From the early 1800s and for nearly 170 years, steam locomotives were built in Great Britain and Ireland, by a variety of firms, large and small. James Lowe spent many years accumulating a considerable archive of material on the History of the locomotive building industry, from its early beginnings at the dawn of railways, until the end of steam locomotive construction in the 1960s. British Steam Locomotive Builders was first published in 1975 and has not been in print for some years. This useful and well researched book is a must for any serious railway historian or locomotive enthusiast, 704 pages with reference to 350 builders, 541 illustrations and 47 diagrams. The material in this book has been carefully selected to cover all the leading former steam locomotive manufacturers in the British Isles.
- ISBN10 0905100573
- ISBN13 9780905100579
- Publish Date December 1984
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 November 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint TEE Publishing Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 56
- Language English