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    REVIEW OF THE MONTH

    Oct 15, 2021 6 minutes

    Gorton Tank – A Pictorial Review of the Locomotive Works 1847-1963

    David Gosling

    Lightmoor Press, Unit 144B, Lydney Trading Estate, Harbour Road, Lydney, Gloucestershire GL15 4EJ. Tel: 01993 773927. Web: www.lightmoor.co.uk Description: Hardback, 284mm x 220mm, 296pp ISBN: 9781911038870 Price £30.00

    The Great Central Railway’s Gorton Works – which must never be confused with the Beyer, Peacock factory just down the road – was never high on Steam World readers’ ‘must visit’ list in the 1950s and 1960s because the engines it overhauled were nowhere near as attractive as those gathered at Swindon, Crewe or Doncaster.

    For what it missed in glamour was surpassed by its solid, high quality engineering. Why else would LNER CME Sir Nigel Gresley entrust this east Manchester works with the casting the cylinders for his ‘A4s’ and many other of his engines?

    The inspiration for this comprehensive account of the men who made it great as well as the locomotives they built

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