Freight Train Operation for the Railway Modeller

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Railway modelers are always endeavoring to recreate some aspect of railway operation as accurately as possible. Despite this, the operation of railways, both prototype and model, in the steam era, is perhaps the lest understood aspect of the hobby.Building on the success of his earlier books, Railway Operation for the Railway Modeller and Passenger Train Operation for the Railway Modeller, noted railway historian and modeler Bob Essery here seeks to take the mystery out of railway freight operations. It is often forgotten today, when so much of the focus of the railways in on transporting passengers, that the origins of the railway industry lay in the need to carry the products of Britain's industries from source to market. Freight was the bedrock of the railways' prosperity.Individual chapters examine the development of freight trains, train formations and working practices, locomotive types developed specifically for freight services and goods yard design. Freight Train Operation for the Railway Modeller will become a standard work of reference on the subject for railway historians and modelers alike.