Swindon Steam 1921-1951

Contents Prologue 1 Swindon in the Nineteenth Century; Gooch and Armstrong 2 Swindon in the Nineteenth Century: Dean to Churchward 3 Churchward Twighlight 4 Drawing Office 5 C.B. Collett, Castles and Kings; No 6000 to USA 6 To the Locomotive Works 7 Austere times; Partial and Intermediate Repairs 8 High Speed Light Engine Tests; Axleboxes and Tyres 9 Modernisation of the Classes of Small Locomotives in Two Groups 10 Locomotive Repairing Circuit; Optical Methods for Frame Setting, New Machinery 11 A Revolution in Lubrication and Measurement of Crank Pins 12 Of Locomotive Boilers 13 The Renewal Fund 14 Axleboxes and Tickler Cards 15 World War II: Phase One 16 World War II: Phase Two 17 F.W. Hawksorth, Chief Mechanical Engineer 1941-1949 18 K.J.C. Mechanical and Electrical Engineer 1950-1951 19 Trip Epilogue Appendix