Great Western Railway Pannier Tanks by Robin Jones

Author:Robin Jones [Jones, Robin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781847976543
Publisher: Crowood
Published: 2014-01-30T22:00:00+00:00

A unique evolutionary chain leading from the steam era to the railways of today: six generations and 100 years of development of drive-from-each-end trains are lined up at Didcot Railway Centre on 28 May 2011: left to right are GWR steam railmotor No. 93, built in 1908; an auto-train which replaced the railmotors by the 1930s, when the 57XXs sister locomotives the 64XXs appeared; GWR diesel railcar No. 22 of 1940; a British Railways Class 121 railcar of 1960; a First Great Western Class 166 Turbo train from the 1990s; and a new Class 172 unit for Chiltern Railways, delivered just two days before the line-up. FRANK DUMBLETON

Preservation pair: GWR 57XX No. 9681 lines up at the Dean Forest Railway’s Parkend terminus alongside one of the diesel multiple units that ousted pannier tanks from service. ROBIN JONES

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