Название: The Princess Royal Pacifics
Автор: Tim Hillier-Graves
Издательство: Pen & Sword
Год: 2018
Страниц: 225
Язык: English
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 196 MB
When Stanier joined the LMS in 1932, as their CME, he was expected to breathe new life into this ailing giant. Since its formation it had steadily lost ground to its main rival, the LNER. In Doncaster, Nigel Gresley and his team, with an eye to advancing locomotive design at the same time as making the company commercially successful, had quickly begun producing a series of high performance and iconic Pacific engines to pull their high profile express trains. Their impact left the LMS trailing in their wake.
