Hunslet Engine Works: Over a Century and a Half of Locomotive Building

D.H. Townsley

ISBN 10: 1871980380 / ISBN 13: 9781871980387

Published by Plateway Press., Norwich, 1998

About this Item

305 pages, 1.42kg. Green cloth boardswith odor of cigarette smoke and brwning to page edges, so GOOD ONLY in a GOOD ONLY d/w with browning to top edge. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. Owing to the weight, extra shipping overseas may be required.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hunslet Engine Works: Over a Century and a Half of Locomotive Building
• Publisher: Plateway Press., Norwich
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1871980380
• ISBN 13: 9781871980387
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Weight: 1.42 kilograms
• Seller catalogs:
  • Engineering
  • Railways
  • Modelling

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Synopsis

Written by a former Hunslet employee with 40 years experience at the firm, this book is a fascinating history of the the firm. Starting with a survey of Leeds as an early major railway manufacturing center and looking at Murray's Middleton locomotives, it then covers in detail the industrial, narrow and standard gauge locomotives with which Hunslet and Leeds subsequently became synonymous. It also describes the effect on the firm of the expanding British Empire, repeated wars, and political influence. There are also chapters on non-railway products, electric train building, and the closure of the old plant. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos (many never before published), maps, and plans of the works. 305 pages with index.