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(Hardback)

By: Brian Janes

ISBN: 9781399023436
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2023
UK Publication Date: 30th August 2023
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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Colonel Stephens ran independent railways on a shoestring, assembling a rich variety of locomotives to run his lines, some built to his designs. Set out in this book, for the first time, the how and why he achieved this across his whole 'empire'.


(Hardback)

By: David Maidment

ISBN: 9781399022668
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2023
UK Publication Date: 30th May 2023
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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The inside story of the restoration and operation of the eight preserved Great Western Castles from the pens of those intimately involved.


(Hardback)

By: Tim Hillier-Graves

ISBN: 9781399073431
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2023
UK Publication Date: 30th July 2023
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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In their book Gresley's Silver Link' the authors analysed the evolution of the A4s Gresley's and their service up to Gresley's death in 1941. This book takes this compelling story from the early years of the war up to their demise in the 1960s.


(Hardback)

By: David Maidment

ISBN: 9781399085779
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2023
UK Publication Date: 30th April 2023
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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This book covers the design, construction, operation and performance of Sir William Stanier's masterpiece, the Princess Coronation pacific locomotives, better known as the Duchesses'.


(Hardback)

By: David Maidment

ISBN: 9781399022620
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2023
UK Publication Date: 30th September 2023
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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Covers the experiences of three Crewe firemen of the late 1950s firing the home depot's Duchesses' on the overnight sleeper trains to Perth. Includes personal experiences of, and photographs by, the author between 1957 and 1964. Contains descriptions and photographs of the preservation of three of the remaining Princess Coronation pacifics.