Название: Great Western, King Class 4-6-0s: From Construction to Withdrawal
Автор: David Maidment
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 1526739852
Год: 2020
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 272
Размер: 63,3 МБ
Язык: Английский

Built by Collett in 1927 after pressure to restore the GWR’s pre-eminence in motive power and cope with increasing traffic post-war to the Devon and Cornwall holiday resorts, the thirty Kings were the final development of the Churchward Stars and the 1923 Castles and remained on top-link main line duty until their final replacement by the ‘Western’ class 52 diesel hydraulics in 1962.