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Tornado
Robin Jones
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Description for Tornado
Hardcover. 'Tornado' is the official account of the building of Britain's first main line steam locomotive for 50 years. It details how it took a team of volunteers 18 years to raise more than 2-million to build it and its international headline-grabbing debut on the main line, with a royal visit thrown in for good measure. Num Pages: 208 pages, 150 full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 249 x 20. Weight in Grams: 740.
Officially endorsed by the A1 Steam locomotive trust, Tornado is the official account of the building of Britain's first main line steam locomotive for 50 years, how it took a team of volunteers 18 years to raise more than GBP2-million to build it and its international headline-grabbing debut on the main line, with a royal visit thrown in for good measure.The book looks at the history of the A1 class and the East Coast Main Line which they were built to run on, the man who designed them, Arthur H Peppercorn, the preservation movement which evolved from a handful of ... Read more
Officially endorsed by the A1 Steam locomotive trust, Tornado is the official account of the building of Britain's first main line steam locomotive for 50 years, how it took a team of volunteers 18 years to raise more than GBP2-million to build it and its international headline-grabbing debut on the main line, with a royal visit thrown in for good measure.The book looks at the history of the A1 class and the East Coast Main Line which they were built to run on, the man who designed them, Arthur H Peppercorn, the preservation movement which evolved from a handful of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844681204
SKU
V9781844681204
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
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