NEW LIGHT ON THE LOCOMOTIVE EXCHANGES

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NEW LIGHT ON THE LOCOMOTIVE EXCHANGES. Cecil J. Allen. Ian Allan Ltd., Hampton Court. 1950 First Edition 60pp Illustrated Trade Paperback. This copy is in fine unmarked condition bound in white card covers. The unpriced dust wrapper has some edge wear but is entire. The supplement to the author's popular work 'The Locomotive Exchanges' for which all railway enthusiasts have been waiting. In it Mr Allen gives in his characteristic style, a closely reasoned commentary on the official report of the 1948 exchange tests, complete with specially compiled comparative tables showing the relative coal and water consumptions, evaporation rates and horsepower outputs of all the locomotives under trial, together with much other information of the greatest interest. Lavishly illustrated throughout with photographs taken from private collections, many published here for the first time. Essential reading for local historians, modellers and transport enthusiasts alike. Ref EE6. N° de ref. del artículo 013458

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