
By Laurence Waters
In this booklet writer Laurence Waters charts the extraordinary historical past of the category from the building of the prototype Saint at Swindon in 1902, all through to the ultimate withdrawals in 1953. utilizing many formerly unpublished black and white photos, followed via informative captions, each one member of the category is illustrated. This publication may still attract these attracted to the background of serious Western Locomotive improvement in addition to modellers of the good Western and Western Region.
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