| | As a very small boy Peter Coster could remember a little of his first railway book. It had a title something like The Boy's Book of Trains and, like his contemporaries, he would pore over the pages of British, European and Transatlantic trains, becoming almost word perfect. One illustration stood out, which he later learnt was staged by the LNER Publicity Department at Waterworks Sidings at Wood Green, which he had seen repeated many times since. It showed three A4s, each at the head of a rake of coaching stock, in echelon, with towering exhausts, with an A3 farthest away from the main line, accelerating away. It left a small boy impressed but bewildered. It was a very impressive sight, but if the A4 was the best of the LNER's express locomotives, why wasn't it called an A1? Didn't A1 mean the best, the absolutely top quality? Find out more in this definitive book on the A4 pacific. If you thought you knew everything there was to know about A4s and you thought you had seen every Photo... Think again. Contents:
- Preface
- Chapter One - Progress Towards Higher Speeds
- Chapter Two - Development Of The A4 Pacific
- Chapter Three - The Streamliner Years
- Chapter Four - War And Post-War
- Chapter Five - The Last Decade
- Chapter Six - Looking Back To The 1930s
- Chapter Seven - Recovery And Triumph
- Chapter Eight - Of Men And Machines
- Chapter Nine - Work And Performance
- Chapter Ten - Looking Around
- Chapter Eleven - The A4 Portfolio And Engine Records
- Appendix A - A4 Dimensions
- Appendix B - Comparative Mileages By Region
- Appendix C - The Silver Jubilee
- Appendix D - The Streamliners
- Appendix E - Passenger Train Journal Times
- Appendix F - Published Runs
- Appendix G - Stoke Bank - Record Runs
- Appendix H - Typical Examples Of Daily Running
Continent: Europe
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