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British Steam Horses by George Dow Book of modern locomotives w/ dust jacket
British Steam Horses by George Dow
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
128 pages
Copyright 1950
TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Illustrations6
Acknowledgments8
Foreword by A. H. Peppercorn, o.B.E.9
Introduction 11
I The Steam Locomotive Explained15
2 Some Famous Locomotive Designers30
3 How a Modern Locomotive is Built46
4 Modern Passenger Types57
5 Modern Freight Types and Some Others77
6 The Locomotive Running Depot89
7 Some Locomotive Speed and Other Records 99
Appendix 1118
Appendix 2119
Appendix 3121
Index123
THE PLATES
First Group, between pages 40 and 41
1. G.W.R 0-6-oPT (pannier tank) in 1903; H. A. Ivatt and Archibald
No. 5700 Sturrock
2. Midland Railway 4-4-0 compound 9. One of Johnson's incomparable
No. 1013 single express locomotives designed
3. Bird's-eye view of 'pop' safety for the Midland Railway
valves and whistle on L.N.E.R class 10.One of Robinson's beautiful G.C.R
B17 locomotive Atlantics, No. 258 The Rt. Hon.
4. Front end of L.M.S (Northern Viscount Cross G.C.B., G.C.S.I.
Counties Committee) compound 11. J. G. Robinson, G.C.R Chief
2-4-0 No. 57 Galgorm Castle Mechanical Engineer
E. Motion of Southern Lord Nelson 12. Herbert Nigel Gresley, Locomotive
class 4-6-0 No. 854 Howard of Engineer G.N.R 1911-1922 and
Effingham Chief Mechanical Engineer L.N.E.R
6. Motion of L.N.E.R class A2/3 1923-1941
4-6-2 No. 511 Airborne 13. G. J. Churchward, G.W.R Loco-
7. Cab comparison motive, Carriage and Wagon Super-
8. G.N.R Locomotive Engineers of intendent 19o2-1916 and Chief
two generations meet at Doncaster Mechanical Engineer 1916-1921
Second Group, between pages 56 and 57
14. Tapping a furnace at Crewe Works 21. Loco. weighman at Darlington
15. The main frames of No. 525 in handWorks
16. The boiler, having been thoroughly 22. G.W.R 4-6-o No. 6003 King tested, is lowered on to the main frames George IV
23. G. W. R double-chimneyed 'County'
17. Another view of the huge boiler of4-6-0 No. 1000 County of Middlesex
No. 525 ... 24. L.M.S 4-6-2 No. 6203 Princess
18. Now No. 525 gets her coupled Margaret Rose
wheels, gleaming in their fresh 25. L.M.S 4-6-2 No. 6231 Duchess of green paint ... Atholl
19. Finished at last, No. 525 visits the 26. G.W.R 4-6-o No. 4079 Pendennis
paint shop ... Castle leaves King's Cross
20.... and later leaves the works for 27. L.N.E.R. 4-6-2 No. 4474
her first trip on the main line (later named Victor Wild) enters
Paddington
28. Great Central 4-6-0 No. 6168 Lord Stuart of Wortley
Third Group, between pages 72 and 73
29. Rebuilt L.M.S Royal Scot class 36. G.W.R Castle class 4-6-0 No. 5083
4-6-0 No. 6133 The Green Howards Bath Abbey
30. L.N.E.R class AI/I 4-6-2 No. 113 37. Class 4F 2-6-0 No. M3007 of L.M.S Great Northern design
31. L.N.E.R class V2 2-6-2 No. 4771 38. S.R class Qi 0-6-0 No. C,4 and a
(later No. 800) Green Arrow class Q 0-6-0
32. L.N.E.R class Li mixed traffic 39. Southern class Z 0-8-0T No. 953
2-6-4T No. 9000 40. Refuelling installation for oil-burn-
33. Southern class N15 4-6-o No. 452 ing locomotives at Llanelly (G.W.R)
Sir Meliagrance 41. L.M.S 2-6-6-2 Beyer-Garratt No.
34. S.R 4-6-2 No. 21C11 General Steam4979 (later No. 7979)
Navigation 42. L.N.E.R class 07 `austerity' 2-8-0
35. G.W.R 2800 class 2-8-0 No. 2810No. 3094
43. Smoke and steam, and light and shade at York locomotive depot
Fourth Group, between pages 104 and 105
44. Engine tube cleaner-a study at 50. On the footplate of L.N.E.R class
Swindon Works A3 4-6-2 No. 97
4S. Coaling plant at Eastfield locomotive 51. L.M.S four-cylinder 4-6-0 No.
depot, Glasgow 6019 Llewellyn
46...seeing particularly to the 52. L.N.E.R class A4 4-6-2 No. 16
charging of various lubricators' Silver King
47. The modern rectangular double- 53. L.N.E.R class A4 4-6-2 No. 2509
ended shed at Carnforth locomotive (later No. 14) Silver Link
depot 54. Coronation of the L.N.E.R
48. Tractor-operated turntable at Gran- 55. L.M.S 4-6-2 No. 6221, Queen
tham locomotive depot Elizabeth
49. At one of the water columns at 56. Mallard, holder of the world's speed
York locomotive depot record for steam traction
57. L.N.E.R class B17 4-6-0 No. 1629
Haworth Castle
THE DIAGRAMS
I. Stephenson Gear20 V. L.N.E.R Post-War Plan for
II. Walschaerts Gear21Modern Locomotive Depot94
Ill. Gresham's Patent Combination 27 VI. Standard British Loading Gauge;
InjectorAmerican Loading Gauge100
IV. Plan of Doncaster Works50
VII. Water Troughs on West Coast, Midland, and East Coast Routes
to Scotland 103
DUST JACKET INTRODUCTION:
British Steam Horses A BOOK OF MODERN LOCOMOTIVES
This is the book of the railway engine for locomotive enthusiasts of any age. It is one of the few books about locomotives and railways written by a professional railwayman. Mr. Dow has packed into his pages an enormous amount of diverse and fascinating information about British locomotives and British railway systems. In addition to his text there are 57 photographs, many of which have never previously been published, and seven diagrams and plans. He explains the structure of the steam locomotive, describes its building stage by stage, gives details of all the important modern passenger and freight types on British Railways to-day, and explains how a locomotive depot operates. There is a chapter on famous loco designers, and an exciting one on speed and endurance records containing many stories of rivalry between the old independent companies and of astonishing feats performed by the handsome `thoroughbreds' of the permanent way. Appendices explain the renumbering of British Railways locomotives since nationalization, and how the new liveries have been allotted to the various types.
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