Handbook for Railway Steam Locomotive Enginemen

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This practical handbook covers all the basics of steam locomotive construction, technology and operation.

The book is a reprint of an official handbook issued for the education of and day-to-day use by British Railways enginemen in late 1957, when it was distributed to all members of the BR footplate grades concerned with steam power. In lucid terms, and with the aid of over 90 contemporary diagrams, many of which employ a variety of colours to distinguish, for example, saturated steam, superheated steam, exhaust steam, air, oil and water passages, the book provides an accessible guide to the basic principles of steam locomotive construction and operation.

Paperback. Approx. size: 234mm x 156mm
200 pages. Approx. 100 colour diagrams