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Hunslet Engine Works by Don Townsley 1.5 century of locomotive building w/DJ
Hunslet Engine Works by Don Townsley
Hard Cover w/ dust jacket Reflections of light on some photos
305 pages
Copyright 1998
CONTENTS
PART ONE - HISTORY
CHAPTER ONEAs permanent as the Pyramids themselves 1
CHAPTER TwoE. B. Wilson - Strength through Joy 12
CHAPTER THREEThe Hunslet Engine Company - Victorian imperialism 28
CHAPTER FOUREdwardian splendour and the Great War 57
CHAPTER FIVEBetween the Wars 81
CHAPTER SIXDiesel dawn 106
CHAPTER SEVENThe Second World War and its immediate aftermath 127
PART TWO - IN LIVING MEMORY
CHAPTER EIGHTIntroduction to part two 151
CHAPTER NINESteam locomotive production, 1949-1971 162
CHAPTER TENDiesel ascendancy 1949-1962 185
CHAPTER ELEVENStandard locomotives 207
CHAPTER TWELVEDiversions 230
CHAPTER THIRTEENA decade of change, 1977-1987 246
CHAPTER FOURTEENEclipse of the Family Firm, 1987-1989 266
CHAPTER FIFTEENDown like the stick 277
DUST JACKET INTRODUCTION
The word `Hunslet' is revered by thousands of railway enthusiasts throughout the world for the many hundreds of locomotives bearing the name which continue to provide enjoyment on preserved lines and in museums at home and abroad.
But there is a wider ranging story to the products of this south Leeds industrial suburb which goes back to the very beginning of railways themselves. They reached from the Urals to the Cape, the Andes to the Antipodes, and from 15,000 feet above sea level to two miles below ground.
This book identifies Leeds as a major railway manufacturing centre and takes the story through from Murray's Middleton locomotive of 1812 to both standard and broad gauge express locomotives of the very early main line railways. It deals at length with the industrial, mining and narrow gauge types with which the words Hunslet and Leeds subsequently became synonymous. The growth of Empire and the effects of war play a large part in the story as do political influences and changes in commercial emphasis.
Diversions into non-railway products are covered and the book ends with the short excursion into electric passenger train building and the ultimate closure of the old factory to make way for an electrical switch-gear plant.
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