Standards in Steam-53 & 55 (Soft Cover)
Covering the 2-8-0 goods engines introduced between 1912 and 1925.
Features include:
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Why some engines came ahead of others, some with superheaters, some without.
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The many changes and improvements made over the years.
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Examination of the traffic the 310 engines hauled on many lines in New South Wales.
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The many problems that affected the locos and the conversion of many 55 class to burn oil.
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A look at the related K class of the Commonwealth Railways.
Written in the authors entertaining and authoritative style.
Fully illustrated with over 296 photographs, numerous drawings and diagrams, poems, data tables, full index.
Published: 2000
Pages: 244
Format: Softcover
ISBN: 978-1-876568-12-2