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Portraits of Castles by Bryan Holden & Kenneth H Leech w dust jacket
Portraits of Castles by Bryan Holden & Kenneth H Leech
Portraits of every Western Region Castle class locomotive, with footplate comments
Hard Cover w/ dust jacket
128 pages
Copyright 1981
CONTENTS
1 IntroductionPage 7
2 `Britain's most powerful express passenger locomotive ...'9
3 Castles remembered ... Kenneth Leech's footplate experiences21
4 Engine modifications37
5 Portraits of Castles-with footplate comments41
6 Postscript121
7 Summary of Castle class locomotives124
DUST JACKET INTRODUCTION
Between 1923 and 1950 a total of 171 Castles were built, although strictly only 170 were ever in service at one time.
Kenneth Leech saw and photographed them all, and it is the sheer number of Castles and their far ranging shed locations which make this collection of photographs so very special.
Wisely, Kenneth did not chase the Castles all over the country but waited for them to come into his area of Bath, Bristol, Chippenham and Swindon.
Towards the end of his quest he admits to receiving official assistance. Just one engine, No 5075 Wellington, was needed to complete his collection, and arrangements were made for him to receive a 'phone call when it was in Swindon Works. Sure enough, a few weeks later the call came and he was on his way !
Thus it is that this book represents a complete photographic record of the entire Castle class. But more than that, it contains Kenneth Leech's own story of what it was like to fire and drive a type of engine which, when it first appeared on 23 August 1923, was described as `Britain's most powerful express passenger locomotive.'
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