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This book is a comprehensive history of all the 0-6-0 tender locomotives built by the Great Western Railway or by railways absorbed by the GWR from the very earliest broad gauge engines designed by Daniel Gooch to the Collett 2251 class of the 1930s some of which were still under construction at nationalisation. It includes the Joseph Armstrong ‿Standard Goods‿ and the famous Dean Goods, many of which served overseas in the two world wars. The...

This book is a comprehensive history of the four coupled tank engines absorbed by the Great Western Railway - locomotives of nine Broad Gauge companies, nineteen Standard Gauge companies, mainly in the South West which became part of the GWR between the 1870s and 1914, and a further eighteen companies, mainly in South Wales absorbed by the GWR in 1922 and 1923 at the formation of the 'Big Four' Grouping. The locomotives described and illustrat...

This book follows on from the author's book on the Princess Coronation pacific locomotives from their construction in 1937 to their operation in 1956. It picks up from the story in 1957 with their operation and performance on the 'Caledonian', 'Royal Scot' and 'Midday Scot' accelerated services of the late 1950s, their continuing heavy work as dieselization of the West Coast mainline is implemented and the sudden withdrawal of the remaining ex...

This book covers the design, construction, operation and performance of Sir William Stanier's masterpiece, the Princess Coronation pacific locomotives, better known as the Duchesses'.

The inside story of the restoration and operation of the eight preserved Great Western Castles from the pens of those intimately involved.

As the direct result of a life-changing encounter with a young streetchild in Bombay Churchgate station in 1989, David Maidment set about finding out how to help such exploited and vulnerable children, leading to his founding of the Railway Children charity in 1995. David reflects in this book on that journey and the way the initial idea grew into what is currently a £3million a year turn-over charity working through many partners with street ...

Set in Galilee and Judea near the end of the first century BC, The Child Madonna is an imaginative take on the story of the Virgin Mary. In his role at Amnesty International, author David Maidment was faced with many cases concerning the human rights violations of children. Today many girls still suffer from restricted opportunities, especially in the Middle and Near East where honour killing, rape, enforced marriage are still rife. On rereadi...

You think you know the story of Herod's 'Massacre of the Innocents' and the Holy Family's flight to Egypt? But what was it really like to be running for your lives in a police state, trying to cross borders as penniless refugees, being vulnerable to thieves and scoundrels and trying to settle in a city with increasing racial tension? And would your former neighbours who felt betrayed by you welcome you back with open arms? David Maidment resea...

This is a book of the stories of street children from all over the world and their own voices as collected by author David Maidment from many organisation members of the British charity, 'Consortium for Street Children'. It is not an academic book, nor a treatise for practitioners, but is a vivid account in a series of essays and stories of what it is like to be a street child in the 21st century in Asia, Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe ...

Recounts, from 1960, the refreshing of the trains' performance as they were modified with high superheat and double chimneys.

This 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.

Written by two authors with authentic first hand experience.

Clear chronological history of the many complex variations of the Midland 4-4-0 classes.

L N E R 4-6-0 Tender Mixed Traffic Locomotives covers the design, construction, operation and performance of all 4-6-0 locomotives that ran on the London & North Eastern Railway between 1923 and 1947 and the LNER designed engines that ran on BR's Eastern Region until the end of BR steam in 1968. This includes the former Great Central 4-6-0s of classes B1 - B9 (the B1 and B2 later reclassified B18 & B19), the North Eastern Railway B13 - B16s, t...

This is a book that looks at the 0-6-0 tender goods locomotives of the Southern Railway

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The book includes an insight into the thinking of some of Collett's senior staff at the end of the 1930s and the eventual transformation in the latter years with redraughting and double chimneys.

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Interesting biographical text, Good photographs, Anecdotal material, Interesting historical perspective.

This book in Pen & Sword's Gallery' series starts with a brief history of the Cambrian Railways' early years, followed by a magnificent comprehensive set of early photographs of Cambrian engines and Oswestry Works made available by the former Chairman of