THE statistics for a new publication on the much-admired and respected Beyer-Garratts are as impressive as the locomotives themselves. Its author, Jeremy Clements, had pondered on the idea of writing such a book for two decades before starting work on it six years ago, and within its 352 pages are nearly 140,000 words, accompanied by 482 images.
Its raison d'etre is as straightforward as its Beyer-Garratt title.“The BeyerGarratt epoch is an example of British engineering at its best, advanced by individuals who were giantsin the enterprise from inception, and which were sustained through to cessation of locomotive construction.
