Peppercorn's Pacifics

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Arthur Henry Peppercorn, OBE, was the last Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Eastern Railway. Peppercorn finished several projects which were started by his predecessor Edward Thompson, but most popular were his LNER Peppercorn Class A1 and the LNER Peppercorn Class A2 . These were known as some of the best British steam locomotives ever in service. Upon nationalisation and the foundation of British Railways, he continued in essentially the same job, now titled "Chief Mechanical Engineer, Eastern and North Eastern Regions"; he retired at the end of 1949, two years after nationalisation. Only one of his famous Pacific locomotives, a LNER Peppercorn Class A2, 60532 Blue Peter, was preserved, but none of the LNER Peppercorn Class A1. The book will detail Peppercorn's life with as many personal pictures as possible. It will include black and white and colour pictures of 49 of his A1 locomotives and 15 of his A2 locomotives.
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Stock Code GN170.0
Author Tuffrey P
ISBN13 9781912101702
Format Hardback
Height(mm) 250
Width(mm) 184
Page Count 160
Pictures 200
Publication Date 30 Oct 2017
Publisher GREAT NORTHERN BOOKS
Publication Status Available
Record last updated 14/09/2023