The author's second volume about the Great Western's classic
express locomotives covers their final six years in British
Railways service. In 1960 the Castles, many now modernised with
double chimneys and 4-row superheaters, were still in charge of
most of the Western Region's expresses, but by the summer of 1963
their regular express work was limited to the London - Worcester
route. Their declining numbers in the last couple of years covered
special summer and relief trains, parcels and freight work,
deputising for failed or unavailable diesels and a flurry of
excursions and railtours where their prowess could still be
demonstrated. The author worked and lived alongside them in these
years and the book includes much of his own personal experience on
the footplate, on their trains and on shed. The book recaps briefly
their first 25 years and covers their history, operation and
performance in their final years and is copiously illustrated
including over 100 colour photographs.
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