Title: Locomotive Engineers of the GWR
Author: Ben Webb
Edition: 1946
Format: Paperback booklet
Publisher: Ian Allan (Staines)
Series: ABC Locomotive Series
ISBN: — (published before ISBNs existed)
Language: English
Pages: About 29 numbered pages
Dimensions: —
Publication Date: 1946
Genre: Railway History, Biography
Condition: Good
Description:
Locomotive Engineers of the GWR is a short, fully illustrated booklet in Ian Allan’s ABC Locomotive Series. Written by Ben Webb and published in 1946, it records the working lives and achievements of the Great Western Railway’s Chief Mechanical Engineers. The cover shows a Great Western express locomotive hauling a train under a plume of steam, and the booklet sold at 1/6. It is a handy period piece for collectors of Great Western Railway material and Ian Allan’s early ABC booklets, and for readers interested in the history of British steam locomotive design. This copy is in good condition, with only light handling wear.
Title: Locomotive Engineers of the GWR
Author: Ben Webb
Edition: 1946
Format: Paperback booklet
Publisher: Ian Allan (Staines)
Series: ABC Locomotive Series
ISBN: — (published before ISBNs existed)
Language: English
Pages: About 29 numbered pages
Dimensions: —
Publication Date: 1946
Genre: Railway History, Biography
Condition: Good
Description:
Locomotive Engineers of the GWR is a short, fully illustrated booklet in Ian Allan’s ABC Locomotive Series. Written by Ben Webb and published in 1946, it records the working lives and achievements of the Great Western Railway’s Chief Mechanical Engineers. The cover shows a Great Western express locomotive hauling a train under a plume of steam, and the booklet sold at 1/6. It is a handy period piece for collectors of Great Western Railway material and Ian Allan’s early ABC booklets, and for readers interested in the history of British steam locomotive design. This copy is in good condition, with only light handling wear.
