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    British Steam: Pacific Power

    British Steam: Pacific Power

    by Keith Langston

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      ISBN-13: 9781783469239
    • Publisher: Wharncliffe
    • Publication date: 09/19/2013
    • Series: British Steam
    • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
    • Format: eBook
    • Pages: 208
    • Sales rank: 338,706
    • File size: 176 MB
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    Cheshire based KEITH LANGSTON is a widely published and highly respected photo journalist specialising in railway and other transport related subjects. His interest and vast knowledge of all things railway stem from being brought up in the North West of England as part of a railway family. Over the past 25 years he has operated as a contributor to heritage sector journals whilst establishing himself as an accomplished author in his own right. Keith has teamed up with Pen & Sword Books in order to produce the British Steam series for their Wharncliffe Transport Division. His British Steam titles to date have included: Past & Present, Patriot, BR Standards and Pacific Power, with others planned for release in 2013. In addition Keith has produced two further books for Wharncliffe: Fred Dibnah a Tribute and Images of Fred Dibnah, both of which celebrate the life of the late TV personality steeplejack from Bolton, Lancashire.

    Table of Contents

    Chapter 1 A Century of Standard Gauge British Pacific Steam Locomotives 7

    Chapter 2 Designers of the Pacifies 15

    Chapter 3 Great Western Railway '111' Class 4-6-2, 1908 32

    Chapter 4 London Brighton 8c South Coast Railway 'Jl' Class 4-6-2T, 1910 36

    Chapter 5 North Eastern Railway 'Y' Class 4-6-2T (BR 'A7'), 1910-1911 40

    Chapter 6 London 8c North Western Railway 4-6-2 'Superheater Tanks', 1911-1916 43

    Chapter 7 London Brighton 8c South Coast Railway 'T2' Class 4-6-2T, 1912 46

    Chapter 8 Great Central Railway '9N' Class 4-6-2T (LNER/BR A5/1'), 1914-1916 49

    Chapter 9 North Eastern Railway 'W' Class as 4-6-0T 'Whitby Tanks', 1914-1916 53

    Chapter 10 Caledonian Railway '944' Class 4-6-2T 'Wemyss Bay Tanks', 1917 55

    Chapter 11 London 8c South Western Railway 'H16' Class 4-6-2T, 1921-1922 59

    Chapter 12 Great Northern Railway 'Al' Class 4-6-2, 1922-1925 64

    Chapter 13 North Eastern Railway/London & North Eastern Railway 'A2' Class 4-6-2, 1922-1924 67

    Chapter 14 London 8c North Eastern Railway 'Al' ('A10') and Subsequently 'A3' Class 4-6-2, 1922-1935 71

    Chapter 15 Great Central Railway '9N' Class 4-6-2T (LNER/BR 'A5/2'), 1925-1928 109

    Chapter 16 North Eastern Railway 'D' class 4-4-4T, (LNER 'H1'/'A8' Class and BR'A8'), 1931-1936 111

    Chapter 17 London Midland 8c Scottish Railway 'Princess Royal' Class 4-6-2, 1933-1952 119

    Chapter 18 London 8c North Eastern Railway 'A4' Class 'Streamlined' 4-6-2, 1935-1938 148

    Chapter 19 London Midland & Scottish Railway 'Princess Coronation/Duchess' Class 4-6-2, 1937-1948 176

    Chapter 20 Southern Railway/British Railways 'Merchant Navy' Class 4-6-2, 1941-1949 210

    Chapter 21 London & North Eastern Railway 'A2/2' Class 4-6-2, 1943 239

    Chapter 22 London & North Eastern Railway 'A2/1' Class 4-6-2, 1944-1945 242

    Chapter 23 Southern Railway/British Railways 'Battle of Britain' and 'West Country' Class 4-6-2, 1945-1951 245

    Chapter 24 London & North Eastern Railway 'Al/1' Class 4-6-2, 1945 280

    Chapter 25 London 8c North Eastern Railway 'A2/3' Class 4-6-2, 1946-1947 282

    Chapter 26 London 8c North Eastern Railway/British Railways 'A2' Class 4-6-2, 1947-1948 286

    Chapter 27 London 8c North Eastern Railway 'Al' Class 4-6-2, 1948-1949 293

    Chapter 28 British Railways 'Britannia' Class 4-6-2, 1951-1954 307

    Chapter 29 British Railways 'Clan Class 4-6-2, 1951-1952 316

    Chapter 30 British Railways 'Duke of Gloucester' Class 4-6-2, 1954 320

    Chapter 31 60163 Tornado - 50th Member of the Legendary 'Al' Pacific Class, 2008 325

    Chapter 32 Preserved Pacifies 329

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    ‘Pacific’, collectively a name applied to steam locomotives with a 4-6-2 wheel arrangement is perhaps more commonly associated with express passenger engines but that is not the whole story, there were also Pacific Tank Engines. The LNER is famously associated with their streamlined Gresley A4 Pacific locomotives and that most celebrated of locomotives, Flying Scotsman. The new build Pacific Tornado has raised the profile of the 4-6-2 type to even greater heights. The LMS produced powerful Pacific locomotives to a Stanier design; whilst the Southern Railway constructed Bullied air smoothed 4-6-2 engines. The GWR, who built Britain’s first Pacific type, actually entered the BR era without a 4-6-2 type on their stock list! However Riddles included 4-6-2 engines in his multi regional BR Standard range. The locomotive specifications are illustrated and presented in a manner which will appeal equally to enthusiasts, model makers and railway historians.

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