'Pacific', collectively a name applied to steam locomotives with a 4-6-2 wheel arrangement is perhaps more commonly associated with express passenger engines but that is not the whole story, there were also Pacific Tank Engines. The LNER is famously associated with their streamlined Gresley A4 Pacific locomotives and that most celebrated of locomotives, Flying Scotsman. The new build Pacific Tornado has raised the profile of the 4-6-2 type to even greater heights. The LMS produced powerful Pacific locomotives to a Stanier design; whilst the Southern Railway constructed Bullied air smoothed 4-6-2 engines. The GWR, who built Britain's first Pacific type, actually entered the BR era without a 4-6-2 type on their stock list! However Riddles included 4-6-2 engines in his multi regional BR Standard range. The locomotive specifications are illustrated and presented in a manner which will appeal equally to enthusiasts, model makers and railway historians. SELLING POINTS: Pacifics are the most popular steam locomotives Exceptionally well written and researched Contains many rare images
'Pacific', collectively a name applied to steam locomotives with a 4-6-2 wheel arrangement is perhaps more commonly associated with express passenger engines but that is not the whole story, there were also Pacific Tank Engines. The LNER is famously associated with their streamlined Gresley A4 Pacific locomotives and that most celebrated of locomotives, Flying Scotsman. The new build Pacific Tornado has raised the profile of the 4-6-2 type to even greater heights. The LMS produced powerful Pacific locomotives to a Stanier design; whilst the Southern Railway constructed Bullied air smoothed 4-6-2 engines. The GWR, who built Britain's first Pacific type, actually entered the BR era without a 4-6-2 type on their stock list! However Riddles included 4-6-2 engines in his multi regional BR Standard range. The locomotive specifications are illustrated and presented in a manner which will appeal equally to enthusiasts, model makers and railway historians. SELLING POINTS: Pacifics are the most popular steam locomotives Exceptionally well written and researched Contains many rare images
Fred Kerr was born in Edinburgh in 1948 where he gained an interest
in railway locomotives from both the LMSR and LNER companies whose
services permeated the local network. When his parents moved to
Corby in 1956 the local steelworks provided further interest from
its mix of freight services, including seeing the last of the Beyer
Garrets and the replacement Standard Class 9Fs whilst the
industrial locomotives of the internal steelworks network offered
further insight into the variety of steam locomotives. This was a
time of change and during the 1960s the interest in locomotives
included the new order of diesel and electric traction without
reducing the interest in steam traction. While his interest in
Diesel Traction led to his early involvement with the Diesel &
Electric Group and its preservation activities during the 1970s,
his move to Southport in 1982 restored his opportunities to return
to his first love of viewing steam locomotives at work and this
album records some of the locations that he chose to visit and the
locomotives that he was able to photograph.
Today his interest continues as a life member of the A4 Locomotive
Society, Keighley & Worth Valley Railway and Ribble Steam Railway
whilst he also support bodies concerned with preserving steam
locomotives, diesel locomotives and infrastructure extensions.
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