Heritage Railway – August 01, 2019

GreatWesternRailway4-4-0

No.3440City of Truro,designed

by GeorgeJacksonChurchward

andbuiltin1 903, isseeninaction

ontheKeighley &WorthValley

Railway.BRIANSHARPE

GREAT STEAMENGINEERS

OF THE TWENTIETHCENTURY

GREATSTEAM ENGINEERS:1900s

PART NINE:THE 1900s

Thefirstdecadeofthe20thcenturysawconsiderableexperimentationin

steamlocomotivedesign,notallofwhichmet withunqualifiedsuccess

but which, asBrian Sharpeoutlines,ledtoimportant developments

thatwouldshapelocomotivedesignin thefuture.