{"product_id":"9781399022569-fourcoupled-tank-locomotive-classes","title":"Four-Coupled Tank Locomotive Classes Built by the Great Western Railway","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book tackles a comprehensive review of a complex history with many rare or small locomotive classes described, including some unique engines.\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a comprehensive history of all twenty-six classes of four coupled tank engines commissioned by the Great Western Railway or built at their Wolverhampton and Swindon Works, from the Broad Gauge 2-4-0 and 4-4-0 tanks of the 1840s and 1850s to the well known Collett 0-4-2 branch line engines of classes 48XX (later renumbered 14XX) and 58XX of the 1930s. As well as the Broad Gauge engines, the strange looking  Covertibles' of William Dean, a number of experimental  one-off' designs, the numerous Wolverhampton 0-4-2Ts of the  517' class and the Swindon built  2-4-0  Metro Tanks' are described with - where known - their allocation and operation. The book includes twenty weight diagrams and nearly 300 photographs, over 50 in colour. The four-coupled tank engines absorbed by the Great Western from other companies at or before 1923 will be featured in a separate volume to follow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40777665904737,"sku":"9781399022569","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_30137929.jpg?v=1726731539","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781399022569-fourcoupled-tank-locomotive-classes","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}