Gresley's B17s explores the career of this steam locomotive
passenger class from its introduction in 1928 to withdrawal in 1960
Designed by the London & North Eastern Railway's world-renowned
Chief Mechanical Engineer Sir Nigel Gresley, the engines were
predominantly employed in East Anglia - an area for which the class
was especially produced - and on the ex- Great Central Railway
routes. The book captures the vast majority of the 73 class members
at work, with over 180 superb colour and black and white images.
Some of the places included are: Liverpool Street station;
Stratford; Romford; Parkston; Ipswich; Norwich; Yarmouth; Neasden;
Leicester; Nottingham; Sheffield; Manchester; Doncaster. Split into
three sections, Gresley's B17s are illustrated in the LNER period,
the immediate post-war era, with Thompson renumbering, and through
to BR ownership. The photographs, which have been taken at
stations, sheds, lineside and workshops, are accompanied by
well-researched and informative captions. All 73 B17s ended their
life in the scrapyard and with two attempts currently underway to
produce new locomotives to the design, the book serves as a
reminder to their importance in the history if the LNER and steam
traction in Britain.
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