Apologies for starting another thread, but I think this deserves it. A very kind gentleman called Oleg helped me to overcome my Paypal problem by letting me download it for free. It's a belter.
Amongst its delights:
Illustrations and descriptions of Tank-carrying wagons and Rectanks; the Ramp Wagon for entraining and detraining; field artillery carried on rail wagons; railway guns; trench railways; trench monorails; rail ambulances; loads of other stuff, including Middle East, Boer War, and enough types of locomotive to have Baldwin drooling.
Best of all IMHO, description of the Tank Ferry designed to operate from Richborough, with illustrations and plan of layout. It wasn't a true roll-on-roll-off but a stern loader that had to reverse into position at each end of the trip.
The only slightly worrying thing is in the introduction: "As early as 1838 troops were conveyed by rail in Britain to cope with the notorious Peterloo incident in Manchester." Peterloo was in 1819, and there were no railways to Manchester then.
Other than that, this is a fantastic book. Oleg might not be so generous again, but it can be downloaded for 1.83 euros.
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Beware you may get hooked,this is the book that sent me down the Light Railway road/track (get it !!!) For those with a passion for the narrow gauge and the Great War this is it. Next you have got to get hold of WJK Davies's book, the "Bible"
Beware you may get hooked,this is the book that sent me down the Light Railway road/track (get it !!!) For those with a passion for the narrow gauge and the Great War this is it. Next you have got to get hold of WJK Davies's book, the "Bible"
Thanks Barry for the warning, but you may be too late! There's a a 1918 Ruston loco (copy of Deutz ) only a mile or so from me, I'm managing to keep focused on Little Willie still but it's difficult.
-- Edited by LincolnTanker on Thursday 20th of January 2011 07:53:39 PM
"Sometimes things that are not true are included in Wikipedia. While at first glance that may appear like a very great problem for Wikipedia, in reality is it not. In fact, it's a good thing." - Wikipedia.
..those interested should go to the Yahoo site: narrowmilitaryrail The interest there is narrow gauge military trains with an emphasis on WW1 two-foot ( 60cm ) locomotives and rolling stock.