Trained by Sir Nigel Gresley
Author: Eric Bannister
Publisher:
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9780852068090
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Train
Author: DK
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2023-03-21
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 0744085179
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Visit a train station and create a colorful fold-out scene with all your favorite trains. DK Picture Stickers in favorite themes offer great value and hours of sticker fun in a terrific accordion-page format. Kids can create an exciting scene on one of the poster-size spreads, and then pull it out to hang in a bedroom or playroom. Fun facts accompany each reusable sticker.
The A4 Pacifics After Gresley
Author: Ronald Hillier
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Published: 2023-09-30
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 139907346X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In their book ‘Gresley’s Silver Link’ the authors analyzed the evolution of the A4s Gresley’s and their service up to Gresley’s death in 1941. This book takes this compelling story from the early years of the war up to their demise in the 1960s After four years of service pulling the LNER’s most prestigious trains the A4s took on a more utilitarian role and for six years worked hard to support Britain’s war effort. From this they emerged bowed, but unbeaten, although in an extremely jaded condition. Once restored they took up where they had left off in 1939 and did exceptional service for the rest of their days. With the help of previously unpublished material the authors analyze the second phase of the A4s careers, first as LNER engines, then, from 1948, under British Railways management. Without a diesel or electric fleet of engines to replace them they entered a second golden age of fast running in the ‘50s. Then in the ‘Swinging Sixties’ they faced, as some thought, a premature end as part of a much delayed modernisation programme. Until withdrawn from service they continued to astound their footplate crew and performed exceptionally well, even when maintenance standards had slipped and their condition had deteriorated. They were thoroughbreds and have become a fitting memorial to the master engineers who produced and sustained them for 30 years or more.
Gresley's Silver Link
Author: Tim Hillier-Graves
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Published: 2023-01-30
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 1399073427
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Gresley’s A4 Pacifics are arguably the most famous locomotives ever built, a status cemented by Mallard’s record breaking run on the 3rd July ‘38. And yet only a year later the glamorous ‘streaks’ seemed likely to be cast into obscurity by the coming of another world war. So, for only four exhilarating years they were allowed to flourish as their creator had intended and in that time captured the imagination of railwaymen and public alike. With the help of previously unpublished material the author analyses the complex evolution of the A4s - a project that began in 1911 when Gresley was appointed as Locomotive Superintendent of the Great Northern Railway. It is a story with many strands to consider – war, peace and war again, engineering and art, politics and business, recession and social change, the growth of the media and consumerism, the struggle for professional reputations and a growing, deeply damaging international rivalry. All these elements are captured in the story of the A4s in the heady days before conflict ended their brief golden age and Gresley’s life came to an end.
Flying Scotsman, and the Story of Gresley's First Pacific Locomotives
Author: Tim Hillier-Graves
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2023-12-30
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1399059564
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Herbert Nigel Gresley’s first Pacifics, though notable in their day, were made universally famous by one of their number – 4722 Flying Scotsman. Throughout her life she has been feted and glamorised far more than any of her sisters and yet when appearing from the LNER Works at Doncaster in 1923 she was just another member of the class, but at some stage, early in her career, she acquired star status and to this day has not lost it. But why is this so and why do people care so deeply about this locomotive even though her deeds were easily exceeded by Gresley’s A4 Pacifics? Was it her styling, her name, her performance or simply the work of very talented purveyors of slick PR? Or was it an amalgam of all these issues? As Flying Scotsman reaches 100 ‘not out’ it is fascinating to reflect on these questions. But to do so we must consider how the Class came about, how they were developed, the impact they made on society as it was then, how they were sold to a waiting public and much more. From all this we may be able to understand why 4472 rose above the others and became an icon that still graces our lives today. It is, the author believes, a story without parallel in railway history.
The Steam Train Quiz Book
Author: Paul Andrews
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Published: 2014-06-26
Total Pages: 18
ISBN-13: 1783338466
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →With 100 brain teasing question and answers, on Steam Trains, and related topics, this quiz will test your in-depth knowledge of steam locomotives and their history!
Gresley's Master Engineer, Bert Spencer
Author: Tim Hillier-Graves
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Published: 2023-11-30
Total Pages: 539
ISBN-13: 1399045091
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The great and the good rarely, if ever, accomplish all they wish to achieve without the able assistance of many skilled men and women. To have a very capable person beside you acting as guide, confidant and adviser is essential. Even better when it is someone with a depth of knowledge equal to, or even better than your own. If all these skills can be combined in one trusted, assistant so much the better. To a leader such a person may be valued ‘beyond rubies’, because they have the ability to take ideas, add something and help make them a reality. For Herbert Nigel Gresley, CME of the LNER, Bert Spencer was just such a man. As Gresley triumphed his faithful, introverted and highly talented assistant remained resolutely in the background playing an unsung yet key role in the development of Gresley’s outstanding Pacifics and his many other memorable locomotives. For sixteen vibrant years Spencer sat beside his greatly admired leader witnessing and participating in all that happened adding much to an emerging legend that still resounds with us today. Here, for the first time, is Spencer’s fascinating story, much of it in his own words. This was made possible by the thoughts and memories he recorded in letters to friends, papers he wrote for the Institution of Locomotive Engineers, official documents and much more. All this has been edited together to produce a unique and important personal narrative of his life and work.
Mallard
Author: Don Hale
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2019-09-02
Total Pages: 203
ISBN-13: 0750992913
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Just over eighty years ago on the East Coast main line, the streamlined A4 Pacific locomotive Mallard reached a top speed of 126mph – a world record for steam locomotives that still stands. Since then, millions have seen this famous locomotive, resplendent in her blue livery, on display at the National Railway Museum in York. Here, Don Hale tells the full story of how the record was broken: from the nineteenth-century London–Scotland speed race and, surprisingly, traces Mallard's futuristic design back to the Bugatti car and the influence of Germany's nascent Third Reich, which propelled the train into an instrument of national prestige. He also celebrates Mallard's designer, Sir Nigel Gresley, one of Britain's most gifted engineers. Mallard is a wonderful tribute to one of British technology's finest hours.
The Locomotives of Sir Nigel Gresley 1911- 1921
Author: O. S. Nock
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Published: 2016-08-26
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 1473358043
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.
Train
Author: David West
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9781410925572
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Peter and Penny have been invited to their grandma's train museum but when they arrive they find some of the trains do not work! Their grandma invites them to help repair the trains, and along the way they discover the science of the machine and what makes it work. This book is written in comic book format and pictures show how machines work.
