Cock O The North
gresley's bold experiment
$52.00
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
14 January 2019
Summary
On 22 May 1934 a zenith of locomotive construction in the UK was reached when an enormous new locomotive entered traffic for the London & North Eastern Railway Company. The impressive engine was P2 Class no. 2001 Cock o’ the North and it was painstakingly erected to the designs of eminent locomotive engineer H.N. Gresley (later Sir) at the company’s sprawling Doncaster Works.Cock o’ the North was equipped with number of new and experimental features and this created quite a stir in the hi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781781556832 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1781556830 |
| Author: | Peter Tuffrey |
| Publisher: | Fonthill Media Ltd |
| Imprint: | Fonthill Media Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 14 January 2019 |
| Weight: | 381g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 150mm x 22mm |
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About The Author
Peter Tuffrey
Peter Tuffrey was born in Doncaster in 1953 and studied Fine Art at Doncaster College of Art from 1970 to 1971. He held the position of Keeper of Fine and Decorative Arts at Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery. Tuffrey was the PR Media Consultant for Doncaster Rovers and in his spare time, has built up a massive photographic archive of the region’s towns and villages. With this, he has produced over fifty publications including Doncaster’s Electric Transport and Rotherham from the Scrivens Collection. He has also written many articles for local and regional newspapers.
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