The Gresley Pacifics. Omnibus edition combining parts 1 & 2
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| This Edition Published | 1982 |
| Publisher | David & Charles |
| Printed by | Butler & Tanner Ltd |
| Publisher Series | Locomotive Monographs |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | Newton Abbot, Devon, UK |
| This Edition Published | 1982 |
| Pages / Font | 284 pages |
| ISBN 10 | 0715383884 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification Number | 625.2'61'0924 |
| Library of Congress Classification Number | TJ603.4.G7 |
| Chapters | Contents
Preface
1 The Fascinating Preliminaries
2 'Great Northern'
3 Early Performances and Tests
4 LNER Standard
5 Valve Improvements and Higher Pressures
6 The Edinburgh Non-Stops
7 The A3 Class
8 Long Awaited Speed Up: 1932 Onwards
9 High Speed Trials: 1934-5
10 Prelude to the A4s
11 The Silver Jubilee
12 Performance 1935-6
13 Coronation year and just after
14 East Coast in transition - peace to war
15 Gresley Pacifics in eclipse
16 Nationalisation: the interchange trials
17 Start of a revival
18 The work of K.J. Cook
19 The brilliant finale
Herbert Nigel Gresley: a biographical note to midsummer 1935
Case Histories
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index Contents
Preface
1 The Fascinating Preliminaries
2 'Great Northern'
3 Early Performances and Tests
4 LNER Standard
5 Valve Improvements and Higher Pressures
6 The Edinburgh Non-Stops
7 The A3 Class
8 Long Awaited Speed Up: 1932 Onwards
9 High Speed Trials: 1934-5
10 Prelude to the A4s
11 The Silver Jubilee
12 Performance 1935-6
13 Coronation year and just after
14 East Coast in transition - peace to war
15 Gresley Pacifics in eclipse
16 Nationalisation: the interchange trials
17 Start of a revival
18 The work of K.J. Cook
19 The brilliant finale
Herbert Nigel Gresley: a biographical note to midsummer 1935
Case Histories
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
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| Notes | First published in two parts. Part 1 1973, Part 2 1975. |
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