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The Acquired Wagons of British Railways Volume 8 Steel-carriers, Special Purpose Wagons and Departmental Transfers
The Acquired Wagons of British Railways Volume 8 Steel-carriers, Special Purpose Wagons and Departmental Transfers

The Acquired Wagons of British Railways Volume 8 Steel-carriers, Special Purpose Wagons and Departmental Transfers

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The Acquired Wagons of British Railways Volume 8

Steel-carriers, Special Purpose Wagons and Departmental Transfers

£25.00

The final volume in the series, written by one of the acknowledged experts on British Railway wagons.

This volume in the series examines the various steel wagon designs acquired and, in some cases, perpetuated by BR. Bolster wagons, both four-wheeled and bogie types, are covered together with the four-wheeled plate, pipe and tube wagons. There were many conversions from the latter types and these are fully covered. Trestle plate wagons, both four wheeled and bogie, are examined together with other special types, principally the Weltrol.

The volume closes with a look at the use of older acquired types in the post-1968 period, with a brief look at survivors in the 1980s.

As with all the other titles in the series, it is illustrated throughout with around 200 black and white photographs. The whole series is essential reading for those interested in this aspect of British Railways history and an invaluable reference source for those engaged in modelling the post 1940s era.

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About the Author

David Larkin is a retired railwayman of over 60 years' service, chiefly as a signalman. He commenced photographing wagons in 1968 and ceased in 1992, having amassed a collection of over 17,500 black & white negatives. He has backed up this collection with research into official records, both within B.R. and the N.R.M. at York, and has supplemented his own collection with black & white prints from other sources.

160 pages with 175 black & white photographs printed on high quality glossy art paper, HARDBACK

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ISBN: 9781800353565

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