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Broad Gauge Engines of the Great Western Railway: Part 1 : 1837-1840

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Broad Gauge Engines of the Great Western Railway: Part 1 : 1837-1840


The Reverend Canon Brian Arman

144 pages. 275x215mm. Printed on gloss art paper, hard bound with laminated board covers.

ISBN13 : 9781911038368

£22.50


CONTENTS


Foreword and Acknowledgements…………………………………….. Page 5

Methodology and Major Sources……………………………………….. Page 6

E.L. Ahrons…………………………………………………………..……. Page 7


Chapter 1:

The Brunel Legacy………………………………………………………... Page 9


Chapter 2:

The GWR’s Early Engines and their Builders………………………. Page 15


Chapter 3:

The ‘Star’ Class …………………………………………………………... Page 65

Select Bibliography…………………………………………………….. Page 108

Introduction to the Appendices………………………………………. Page 108


Appendix One

A Practical Treatise on Rail-Roads. Nicholas Wood, 1838……….. Page 109


Appendix Two

The Railways of Great Britain and Ireland,

Practically Described and Illustrated.

Great Western Railway. Francis Wishaw, 1840…………………... Page 115


Appendix Three

The Railways of Great Britain and Ireland,

Practical Railway Experiments.

Great Western Railway. Francis Wishaw, 1840…………………... Page 135