Southern Big Tanks: 1 G16 4-8-0Ts 30492 - 30495
The Southern inherited small classes designed for specific tasks, to a greater extent than the other companies. To the LSWR for instance, with a new, modern hump yard in prospect at Feltham, it made sense to specially build four giant eight-coupled tanks for the work; it was a very rare instance of creating such a 'specialised heavy shunter' in this country.
56 pages, black & white photos, drawings SOFTBACK