Highland Railway Volume 2 Drummond, Smith & Cummings Classes

Description

The early twentieth century was a most eventful period for the Highland. Drummond introduced inside cylinder designs with the Bens and the Barneys. George Smith followed with the contentious River class, designed for the enormously increased wartime loads but refused by the civil engineer. They were sold to the Caledonian, proved themselves successful, and after grouping many were used by the LMS over Highland metals!

James Cormack and James Stevenson detail the three engineers’ designs from 1895 to the Clans, the battle to serve the demands of wartime, individual engine design modifications, shed allocations and operating history, projected designs and the preservation initiatives – both successful and otherwise – in a most readable style.