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Great Western Pannier Tank Classes: An Overview of Their Design & Development (Locomotive Portfolios)
£8.50
This comprehensive and fully illustrated history presents an in-depth look at the Great Western Railway’s various pannier tank engines.
Though hauling freight was a vital part of Great Western Railway’s history—and where it made the majority of its profit—there are few books devoted to the stout, powerful engines that did the work. In Great Western, Pannier Tank Classes, British Railways expert David Maidment corrects that oversight. This volume explores the large number of 0-6-0 saddle tanks built for both the Great Western Railway and the independent railway companies in South Wales, most of which were converted to pannier tanks in the Churchward and Collett eras.
While covering the Armstrong and Dean engines in detail, Maidment goes on to describe the design, construction and operation of the largest class of steam engines built in the UK in the last century: Charles Collett’s GWR 5700 class, examples of which were still being built after nationalization. Collett also designed pannier tank engines for branch passenger and freight work, and his successor Frederick Hawksworth continued the GW tradition with a tapered boiler version. All of these are discussed in depth in terms of their design and service. A concluding chapter covers further designs that were never built.
Though hauling freight was a vital part of Great Western Railway’s history—and where it made the majority of its profit—there are few books devoted to the stout, powerful engines that did the work. In Great Western, Pannier Tank Classes, British Railways expert David Maidment corrects that oversight. This volume explores the large number of 0-6-0 saddle tanks built for both the Great Western Railway and the independent railway companies in South Wales, most of which were converted to pannier tanks in the Churchward and Collett eras.
While covering the Armstrong and Dean engines in detail, Maidment goes on to describe the design, construction and operation of the largest class of steam engines built in the UK in the last century: Charles Collett’s GWR 5700 class, examples of which were still being built after nationalization. Collett also designed pannier tank engines for branch passenger and freight work, and his successor Frederick Hawksworth continued the GW tradition with a tapered boiler version. All of these are discussed in depth in terms of their design and service. A concluding chapter covers further designs that were never built.
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by dt
Very good read, excellent reference for the gwr pannier tank
by Ian W.
On the whole excellent but some obvious mistakes and division of classes is somewhat inconvenient.
by david terry haddock
As with others in this series. Very good collection of photos, drawings and imfo. A welcome reference for modellers at reasonable cost.
by Alan Amos
Another excellent volume from the pen of David Maidment. Profusely illustrated and full of facts. An important addition to the library of any locomotive enthusiast wishing to get a glimpse into the history of a GWR series of locomotives that carried out what many people would call mundane but none the less very important tasks. Without these loco’s the Castles and Kings would have struggled .
by jimbob
Very pleased with my order, lots of great photos
by PeterH
Bought this in Kindle version. The book is very informative and contains a lot of detail which means its more of a reference and its easier to browse through and look up specific locomotives in a paper copy
by kevin brigginshaw
Feeds my needs
by M. J. Young
Previously you needed several volumes of the Pannier Papers plus the RCTS Great Western Locomotives volume on six coupled tank engines to get the history of pannier tanks. This volume contains all the history most people will want. Only the rivet counters or detailing fanatics need anything else. Before you would have had to spend around a hundred pouds to get this detail, now for about twenty five it is all in one book.