Fifty Famous British Locomotives

Peter Herring has been a railway enthusiast for longer than he cares to remember. He was editor of Steam Classic magazine for more than six years, and is the author of Ultimate Train (Dorling Kindersley) and Yesterday's Railways (D&C). He has also written numerous articles for other publications, and lives in Surrey.

Introduction; Glory of the Glens; A Horse for a Course; Doing the Heavy Work; They were Just Capital; The 'Arthurs' of Legend; When Atlantics Made Waves; The Crimson Ramblers; The Century-Maker; A First for Freight; Those Classic Westerns; A Great Servant to Many; Mixing It; The Lead at Stratford; The Derby Favourites; London's Extension Leads; The 'Schools' Run; The Good Arthurs; What Made Scotsman Fly?; The 'Castles' of the West; Workhorses of the West Coast; The Hall's Claim to Fame; The Southern's Sea-Dogs; The Throne of 'Kings'; The Saga of the 'Scots'; Pannier Power; Acknowledgements and Picture Credits; Bibliography; Index.