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ROBERTSON, KEVIN; KAVANAGH, HEATHER; BAKER, ALAN; TOMPKINS, HENRY; COSTER, PETER - British Railways Illustrated, February [Feb] 1999, Vol. 8 No. 5: Western Gas Turbines

U.K.: Irwell Press, 1999. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: The Western Gas Turbines - A technological leap that stumbled; War Report - The Home From Home Front - mysterious six wheeled coach parked alongside the GN main line; Loading and Unloading - more railway road vehicles, from a firmly conventional Austin Loadstar to improvised contraptions mounted on farmyard tractors; A visit to Scotland was a daunting trek in the 1930s, for anyone south of about Lancashire and short of a few bob too; Diesel Dawn - Ghostly Apparition - Lion was the only white liveried diesel; Q1 0-6-0 No. 33025 saves the embarrassment of an electric multiple unit at Guildford on 12 June 1961; Around the Crewe Works; Bishops Stortford 'Shed'; Britain's New Railway - Part 3 - Implementation, Permanent Way; Leaving Euston - glimpse of the teeming terminus in the early '50s; and much more. 44 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Generously illustrated with archival black and white photos. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy.; 4to. Very Good .
USD 99.95 [Appr.: EURO 85.5 | £UK 73.75 | JP¥ 14727] Book number 447h5891

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