As the title states the book is mostly contains official photos from the Peckett glass plate negatives, now in possesion of the NRM, covering a fair few designs from diminutive n.g. locos for gasworks use to an 0-8-0 tender loco destined for Christmas Island. Local rivals Fox Walker also get a chapter.
The book is clearly laid out and the photos mostly crisply reproduced (some of the negatives appear to be damaged), to the usual IRS high standard. Recommended for all industrial railway enthusiasts.
Compiled by Andrew Smith and published by the Industrial Railway Society.
Paul.
I think next to Andrew Barclay, Pecketts are my favourite industrial maker. Their locos had an idiosyncratic charm and delicacy that other maker's products lacked. The smaller ones had an almost Emmet-like feel to them, as seen in the second photo, top right! Damn, this is another book I will have to buy, Paul!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if their individuality as a maker comes from being a Bristol based company, away from the more traditional loco building areas?
ReplyDeleteThe company do seem to be under-represented, not only in print but in the amount of model Pecketts produced.