Gresley's Silver Link
The Evolution of the A4 Pacifics 1911-1941
$59.48
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
8 November 2022
Summary
Gresley’s A4 Pacifics are arguably the most famous locomotives ever built, a status cemented by Mallard’s record breaking run on the 3rd July ‘38. And yet only a year later the glamorous ‘streaks’ seemed likely to be cast into obscurity by the coming of another world war. So, for only four exhilarating years they were allowed to flourish as their creator had intended and in that time captured the imagination of railwaymen and public alike.
With the help of previously unpublished mater…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399073394 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399073397 |
| Author: | Tim Hillier-Graves |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pen & Sword Transport |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 8 November 2022 |
| Weight: | 1.25kg |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 250mm |
| Series: | Locomotive Portfolio |
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About The Author
Tim Hillier-Graves
Ronald Hillier was born in North London in 1922. When only 18 he volunteered for service with the Army and saw much action in North Africa, Sicily and Italy. He landed in France on D Day plus 2, then, after a short period in hospital, returned to the battlefield to be involved in the drive across Europe to Germany. He was in the forward units that discovered Bergen-Belsen and returned a few weeks later to help burn it down with a flame thrower equipped Bren Gun Carrier. After demob’ he returned to live in London and worked at the at Explosives Research and Development Establishment at Waltham Abbey as a chemist. He retired in 1984 and died shortly afterwards. From childhood to the end of his life he undertook detailed research into railway and military history, leaving his extensive collection to his nephew. It is this material, and an outline he left, that forms the basis of this book.
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