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London’s Underground Locomotives

From the Beyer Peacock engines that first ran in smoky tunnels under London and then out into open countryside, to the larger locomotives that handled growing passenger numbers and
substantial goods traffic.

From the strikingly designed electric locomotives hauling teak-bodied coaches out into the developing ‘Metroland’, to the ex-Great Western pannier tanks in their handsome London Transport maroon livery bustling around the network on departmental duties in later years, this book portrays the rich variety of locomotives that served London’s underground railways for more than a century.