This collection of photographs covers British Railways Standard designs and ex-War department Austerity locomotives purchased by British Railways during the landmark year of 1955. Following nationalisation, a new range of BR standard designs was announced, and these were awaited with anticipation. In January 1951 the first of the Britannia class was completed at Crewe; later no. 70004 William Shakespeare was displayed at the Festival of Britain on London's South Bank. Though initially not particularly well recieved by some ...
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This collection of photographs covers British Railways Standard designs and ex-War department Austerity locomotives purchased by British Railways during the landmark year of 1955. Following nationalisation, a new range of BR standard designs was announced, and these were awaited with anticipation. In January 1951 the first of the Britannia class was completed at Crewe; later no. 70004 William Shakespeare was displayed at the Festival of Britain on London's South Bank. Though initially not particularly well recieved by some enginemen used to more traditional designs, the Britannia soon proved themselves and were used extensively to serve East Anglia and in their early years the Southern Region. As more were elivered they spread to all regions. The East Coast main line used Gresley and other Pacifics until the early 1960s when they became a regular sight at King's Cross. Later these engines became threatened by new forms of motive power here and elsewhere.
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Like New in Like New jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped (£19.99 price intact). Published by Sutton, 1998. Quarto. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 7.5 x 10. Dj has minor edge wear, interior tight and clean, vi + 154 pages, standards for each class of trains and the engines built to them with bw photo illustrations of the engines, brief descriptions and histories.
