The Princess Royal Pacifics
Hillier-Graves, Tim2018
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When Stanier joined the LMS in 1932 he was expected to breathe new life into this ailing giant. Since its formation it had steadily lost ground to its main rival, the LNER. In Doncaster, Nigel Gresley and his team, with an eye to advancing locomotive design at the same time as making the company commercially successful, had quickly begun producing a series of high performance and iconic Pacific engines to pull their high profile express trains. Their impact left the LMS trailing in their wake. Under previous CMEs, the LMS had concentrated on 4-6-0 designs to pull their express services, but many felt they lacked sufficient power and had little to offer in performance when compared to their rivals. Stanier, heavily influenced by his mentor, George Churchward, saw such a class as essential to the success of the LMS. And so the Princess Royal Class came into being.
Main title:
The Princess Royal Pacifics / Tim Hillier-Graves.
Author:
Hillier-Graves, Tim, author
Imprint:
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Transport, 2018.
Collation:
208 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN:
9781473885783 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
593218
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