LNER 4-6-0 Locomotives, their design, operation & performance
THIS BOOK covers quite a range of locos – the LNER 4-6-0 Tender Mixed Traffic designs – looking at the design, construction, operation and performance of all 4-6-0 locos that ran on the London & North Eastern Railway between 1923 and 1947. It also includes the Lner-designed engines that ran on BR’S Eastern Region until the end of BR steam in 1968. Among the many types covered are the former Great Central 4-6-0s of Classes B1 – B9 (the B1 and B2 later reclassified B18 & B19); the North Eastern Railway B13 – B16s; the Great Eastern B12s; and the LNER B17s, the Thompson B1s and rebuilds (B2 and B3/3).
This comprehensive work has more than 60,000 words and 400 photos, many previously unpublished from the archives of the Manchester Locomotive Society at Stockport. The book uses the same design and layouts as David Maidment’s previous Locomotive Portfolio books on engines of the Great Western and Southern Railways. Consequently, it is easy to follow and includes an absolute mass of detail, much from his own experiences, seeing and travelling behind engines of these classes in the 1950s and early 1960s, especially the B1s, B12s and B17 ‘Sandringhams’. This includes performance tables and a technical appendix and even photos of some models. The latter no doubt because the book will appeal to railway modellers and enthusiasts of locomotive running and performance as well as those seeking more general locomotive history. Well worth adding to the bookcase.