This book is one of the Pen & Sword Locomotive Portfolio series and covers the rebuilding by Richard Maunsell of the South Eastern & Chatham Railway D and E 4-4-0s as D1 and E1 locomotives with higher pressure boilers and long-travel valve events following the Churchward principles.
This book is one of the Pen & Sword Locomotive Portfolio series and covers the rebuilding by Richard Maunsell of the South Eastern & Chatham Railway D and E 4-4-0s as D1 and E1 locomotives with higher pressure boilers and long-travel valve events following the Churchward principles. The book also covers the SE&CR L class designed by Maunsells predecessor, Harry Wainwright, with modifications made by Maunsell just before their delivery in 1914. Maunsell then designed a further 2 cylinder 4-4-0, the L1 for the Victoria Folkestone 80-minute expresses of the mid-1920s and finally the 3-cylinder V (the Schools class), his masterpiece, for express services on all three constituent parts of the Southern Railway.Design, construction, operations and performance of these locomotives are described and profusely illustrated with over 300 black & white and color photos from their construction right through to their final demise in 1962, together with an update on the three Schools that have been preserved and operate on Britains heritage steam railways.
David Maidment was born in 1938\. He began his railway career in 1960 and although he retired from the railway industry over twenty-two years ago, he is still busy as a writer, activist in the voluntary sector and as a speaker in schools, church groups and general interest clubs. In 1996, David received an OBE for services to the railway industry and, in 2012, he received a Life Achievement Award at the National Rail Awards. His published works include articles on railway history, safety, practice, performance and nostalgia, and several books including The Great Western Eight Coupled Heavy Freight Locomotives, A Privileged Journey, An Indian Summer of Steam and The Other Railway Children, among other publications.
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