British Railways Engine Sheds: #01 An LNER Inheritance (IR007)

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Product No.:IR007Title: British Railways Engine Sheds: #01 An LNER InheritanceAuthor(s):Hawkins, Christ; Hooper, John & Reeve, GeorgeIllustrator(s): N/APublisher:Irwell PressISBN:1871608007Condition: NewBinding: SoftcoverDust Jacket:NoneEdition: 1st EditionPublication Year: 1988Features: 40Pages with Black/White Photos. No.1 is a review of the principal LNER developments; it begins with a short discussion of the situation prior to Grouping in 1923 and describes how the LNER embarked upon a great programme of mechanisation and renewal. Chronically short of cash the company nevertheless set about the work with a considerable ingenuity and fashioned novel (and, essentially, cheaper) solution to problems of engine disposal.Drawing upon archive sources, contemporary plans and reports and a wealth of other material the account describes how many of the LNER principles were perpetuated on British Railways, in a new and distinct era of rebuilding in the 1950s.