LMS Locomotive Design and Construction

Description

Author Arthur Cook interviewed many LMS locomotive engineers over the years to extract much new material and give a new insight into their designs’ origins and performances for this book. It initiates the main part of the Society’s Locomotives of the LMS series, dealing with the post-Grouping era.

The railway’s design policies, origins and building programmes are meticulously traced with engine diagrams and modifications fully documented.

An account of the development of piston valves and valve events on the LMS includes an appendix outlining the fundamentals of valve events, invaluable for preservationists.