{"product_id":"working-on-bulleid-pacifics","title":"WORKING ON BULLEID PACIFICS","description":"\u003cp\u003eby DEREK PHILLIPS \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"format\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"col1\"\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"format\"\u003e156 pages, 130c\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe author spent the best years of his\u003cspan class=\"actsearchhighlightcolor\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eworking\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elife at Yeovil Town engine shed, cleaning and labouring at first and then as fireman on goods and passenger trains to Exeter, Salisbury and Weymouth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003eThe acme of engine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"actsearchhighlightcolor\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eworking\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to him was a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"actsearchhighlightcolor\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBulleid\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Pacific and a fascination and wonder began in the days when ‘dieselisation’ and ‘electrification’ were just bad things that might never happen. Sadly they did but a love affair with the engines continued through life into retirement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003eAlong with his own reminiscences, Derek has brought together the antics and adventures of a dozen or so mates and colleagues, all of them similarly enamoured of these magnificent and enigmatic locomotives, both in their original form and as rebuilt by British Railways. There is much on Derek’s stamping grounds in the West of England but\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"actsearchhighlightcolor\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBulleids\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e are also portrayed from every depot, Devon to Kent, from which they worked.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003eOver a hundred photographs show them (well more or less!) in every conceivable mode of operation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hunt's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43632323920112,"sku":"","price":28.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/products\/ir126.working_on_bulleid_pacifics.jpg?v=1667819151","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.live\/products\/working-on-bulleid-pacifics","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}