LOCOMOTIVES IN DETAIL 3: Gresley 4-6-2 A4 Class

There can be few more iconic classes of express steam locomotive than the `A4' Pacifics designed by Sir Nigel Gresley for use on the LNER's East Coast Main Line. No 4468 Mallard will always have a place in history as the holder of the world speed record for a steam locomotive. These stylish locomotives dominated East Coast services for quarter of a century. After a swan-song for some of the class on Glasgow-Aberdeen expresses, the last `A4s' were withdrawn in 1966. Six survive in preservation, two in North America.This latest addition to the new `Locomotives in Detail' series, as with the earlier volumes, provides highly detailed 4mm scale drawings along with a comprehensive selection of both colour and mono photographs that illustrate the considerable variety of liveries carried by the locomotives during their careers and the detail differences that marked out each individual locomotive at particular dates. 

Author: David Clarke
Title: LOCOMOTIVES IN DETAIL 3: Gresley 4-6-2 A4 Class
Format: HB 96 pages
Publisher: Ian Allan Ltd
Pub date: July 2005
ISBN 10: 0711030855
ISBN 13: 9780711030855

List Price: £16.99