The author’s introduction to a new coal-moving procedure
My career as an illustrator has taken me into a variety of industries with railway associations; from underground mining locomotives to the ‘APT’, I would frequently be found creating artist’s impressions of proposed new rolling stock or preparing instruction manuals for a complete breakdown of a Class 58.
Having become a lapsed rail enthusiast following the demise of steam power, my introduction to the ‘Merry-go-Round’ (MGR) train did not occur until 1985 when my company was awarded the contract to produce an interpretation poster, its publication to coincide with the commissioning of the second phase of Drax Power Station, planned for the following year. Apart from preparing individual cutaway illustrations of one of the nine boilers, supplied by Babcock Power, also the 660MW Parsons & Co. turbogenerator sets,
