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NEW BOOKS as reviewed by Tony Wright

GRESLEY'S SILVER LINK THE EVOLUTION OF THE A4 PACIFICS1911-1941 by Tim Hiliier-Graves & Ronald Hillier, Pen and Sword. PRICE: £35.00

This is the latest book by Tim Hillier-Graves, following in a series where he's written works on Gresley and his locomotives, Edward Thompson and Arthur Peppercorn; an LNER theme indeed. I have these other books and they're rather good, so I looked forward to reviewing this latest one. In the main, I'm not disappointed. Rightly acknowledged as one of the greatest British steam locomotives of all time (the jury's out on which is the most famous British locomotive of all time - ), this scholarly work takes an in-depth look at the development of

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