Paul Chancellor and Peter Gilbert present the Standards' design history together with the 66 locomotives in the popular Britannia, Duke and Clan classes.

Page size 212 x 272mm, Casebound. 184 pages, 151 illustrations including 17 in colour.

Five classes (three being updated versions of Stanier and Ivatt LMSR versions) totalling 452 engines were produced by Riddles' team. This book by John Walford details their full history

Size 214 x 276mm, 278 pages, 279 illustrations, 17 in colour

230 standard tank engines of three types were built and author Paul Chancellor presents their full story.

Whether these engines hauled you reluctantly to school or you only came across them in preservation, the Cl.4's handsome curved tank sides will evoke many memories. Diagrams of each design are included.

Page size 212 x 272mm, 168 pages, 189 photographs including 16 in colour.

The powerful and very successful class 9F 2-10-0s were designed to reduce transit times of heavy coal and mineral trains. They soon put in sterling work on passenger turns too. 251 were built to a 45-year design life between 1954 and 1960 but it seems a shame that many were scrapped within a decade. Ten of the fleet were constructed to the Franco-Crosti design to improve efficiency and reduce coal consumption whilst other members received double chimneys and a Giesl ejector.

All enthusiasts will find this book a delight as the engines were allocated to more than 60 depots and worked nationwide. Full details of each engine's construction, allocation and use, modification and disposal are included. A chapter on preservation features the nine preserved 9Fs.

Size 212 x 272mm, casebound, 317 pages, 231 b/w and 16 colour illustrations, plus drawings showing detailed dimensions.