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The Great Western Halls and Modified Halls
Laurence Waters
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Description for The Great Western Halls and Modified Halls
Hardcover. This is the first serious volume on the Great Western Hall and Modified Hall classes, in fifty years. The book covers all the members of both classes, including construction and withdrawal, from their design and development to eventual scrapping. Num Pages: 160 pages, 150 black and white photographs & 50 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 261 x 16. Weight in Grams: 880.
The gradual growth of the railways in Britain during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, in both passenger and freight traffic, saw the requirement for a more powerful and versatile type of motive power - mixed traffic locomotives. The construction of Great Western Halls and Modified Halls gave the Great Western a superb all round locomotive, and for thirty-six years they operated passenger and freight services over the Great Western, and later Western Region. The Hall class were among the largest mixed traffic steam locomotives that ran throughout this country, and this is the first serious volume to focus ... Read more
The gradual growth of the railways in Britain during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, in both passenger and freight traffic, saw the requirement for a more powerful and versatile type of motive power - mixed traffic locomotives. The construction of Great Western Halls and Modified Halls gave the Great Western a superb all round locomotive, and for thirty-six years they operated passenger and freight services over the Great Western, and later Western Region. The Hall class were among the largest mixed traffic steam locomotives that ran throughout this country, and this is the first serious volume to focus ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen and Sword
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Barnsley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783831456
SKU
V9781783831456
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About Laurence Waters
A retired professional photographer and photography teacher. He has a special interest in local history, particularly local transport. He has an Oxford University Undergraduate Diploma in English Local History. Over recent years he has written, or contributed as co-author to a number of local history books. His main interest is the Great Western Railway, and the Western Region, and he ... Read more
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