Oliver Bulleid's Locomotives: Their Design and Development - Couverture rigide

Boocock, Colin

 
9781526749239: Oliver Bulleid's Locomotives: Their Design and Development
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ISBN 10 : 1526749238 ISBN 13 : 9781526749239
Editeur : Pen & Sword Transport, 2020

Synopsis

Oliver Bulleid's locomotives guides the reader in the quest to understand what motivated Mr Bulleid in his work as a senior engineer and manager, and tries, with as little bias as is reasonable, to make sense of some of the more controversial aspects of his activities. For example, why did OVB not pursue the ideal of a 2-8-2 for the Southern Railway? How did the 'Leader' project go so much out of control? What role did Bulleid play in the massive dieselisation programme in Ireland when he was CME there? How did the 0-6-6-0T turf-burning steam locomotive fit in with Ireland's traction policy, or did it? And why did ninety of his steam locomotives and ninety-four of 'his' diesels have to be rebuilt to make them either more economical or more reliable? These are fundamental questions to which the book provides the reader with answers based on the author's experiences or on those of people who knew Bulleid. OVB's undoubted successes are illustrated in words and photographs, too, to provide a hopefully balanced picture of one of Britain's more exciting railway engineers.

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À propos de l?auteur

Colin Boocock is a life-long railway enthusiast and an experienced railway engineer. During his early career Colin took part in the overhaul and rebuilding of Bulleid locomotives and met senior engineers who had worked for Bulleid in Britain and in Ireland. Colin is well placed to bring together details of OVB's locomotive engineering during the two long periods when he was CME, from 1937 to 1949 on the Southern Railway and from 1949 to 1958 in Ireland.

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Éditeur
Pen & Sword Transport
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1526749238
ISBN 13 
9781526749239
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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