The Duchesses
Roden Andrew
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Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Dales Large Print Books
Publisher Place: Long Preston
Publisher Year: 2008
Edition: First Edition
Description: 292 pages. Ex-Library. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.
Publishers Description: If Mallard was the worlds fastest steam locomotive, and Flying Scotsman the most famous, then the Duchesses, as many steam fans will tell you, were the finest and most powerful ever built in Britain. Designed by the great William Stanier, the class began life in the Thirties as the Princess Coronation class. Andrew Roden has talked to surviving drivers and firemen, and those involved in the subsequent preservation of Duchess of Hamilton and Duchess of Sutherland, to tell the story of one of Britains finest engineering achievements, including the restoration of Duchess of Hamilton to its original streamlined form.
ISBN: 9781842627488
(179318)
