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    NEW BOOKS as reviewed by Tony Wright

    Oct 07, 2021 3 minutes

    AN ILLUSTRATED APPRECIATION: 2 GRESLEY V2’S, BookLaw Publications/D. R. Dunn. PRICE: £27.99

    s might be expected, I have many books describing Gresleys most-numerous class of large locomotives. However, I wonder if any other one is as thorough and comprehensive as this. Along with, perhaps, Irwell’s Book Of describing the V2s, I doubt if there’s ever been a volume as useful as this one, especially to modelmakers. Every locomotive in the 184-strong class gets at least one illustration. As expected, most show the locomotives in their BR career, though there are some excellent pre-War images, too. Speaking of images, the standard of

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