British Railways was created in 1948 when the Great Western, the London, Midland & Scottish, the London & North Eastern and the Southern were taken into public ownership. BR inherited all their locomotives, passenger and goods rolling stock and, whilst much has been published on BR locomotives and passenger stock, less readily available is an accurate and detailed coverage of the large inventory of vehicles used to convey the huge volumes of goods traffic carried by the railways at that time.
The ‘Acquired Wagons’ series sets out to redress the balance and provide that information. Written by David Larkin, one of the acknowledged experts on British railway wagons, each volume is heavily illustrated throughout. This is the seventh volume in the series and it examines the various types of hopper wagon, wooden and steel, used to carry coal, loco coal, coke, iron ore and ballast, along with the ballast plough brake vans used with ballast hoppers. Each publication is an essential work of reference for all those interested in BR's huge wagon fleet, as well as being a valuable reference tool for railway modellers.
266 black & white photographs. Hardback. 144 pages.