In the mid-1930s, eminent locomotive engineer Sir Nigel Gresley
produced plans for the A4 Class Pacifics, which were specially
built to work a new high-speed express, the ‘Silver Jubilee’.
From the start, the class caused a sensation and immediately
secured the admiration of the general public. Gresley’s A4s
captures these worldfamous locomotives throughout their life, with
over 300 excellent colour and black and white images present in
this collection, which is arguably the greatest ever assembled on
the class. Photographs of every locomotive in the LNER and BR
periods are included. Overa dozen A4s feature in a chapter
dedicated to the 1946 renumbering, which lasted only two/three
years, making pictures of them particularly rare. The A4s are shown
at major centres on the East Coast Main Line, such as King’s
Cross station, Peterborough, Grantham, Doncaster, York, Darlington,
Newcastle and Edinburgh Waverley. Also, images taken during the
twilight years in Scotland are included. The surviving engines are
seen at several locations in the country – Aberdeen, Glasgow and
Perth. A number of images are from the lineside at various points,
or wayside stations and water troughs. Some classmembers have been
photographed at sheds when being serviced, or under repair at
workshops. Many of the famous trains worked by the A4s are
presented, such as the ‘Silver Jubilee’, ‘Coronation’,
‘West Riding Limited’ and ‘Flying Scotsman’, then later the
‘Capitals Limited’, ‘Elizabethan’, ‘The Talisman’, etc.
The class were often selected to head special trains and there are
several examples of this in Gresley’s A4s. The pictures are
accompanied by interesting and informative captions that provide
details from the history of each locomotive, as well as the class.
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