Author: Allen, Cecil J
Title: Locomotive Practice And Performance In The Twentieth [ 20th ] Century
Description: W Heffer & Sons Ltd, Cambridge, 1950, 2nd edition, revised. Cloth, dj, G/G. xvi+302pp, b/w frontis, title vignette, 64pp b/w plates showing 148 images, 8 tables, 7 b/w illustrations, 31 gradient profiles, index, dustjacket grubby & marked wirth archival tape repairs to the head & tail of the spine, the book itself in good roder, page margins tanned. Booksellers ticket of C W F Skrimshire, Southampton. Hardback with dustjacket. ¶ A study of the performance capabilities of Steam Locomotive in the UK, USA & elsewhere, with tables of actual train runs with timings & speeds.

Keywords: locomotives, steam engines, trains, transport