Crewe Type (Locomotive) (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Crewe type locomotive was a design of steam locomotive designed by Alexander Allan and William Buddicom during the 1840s. It was widely copied elsewhere, particularly in France. During early 1840s Alexander Allan and William Buddicom of the Grand Junction Railway created the design incorporating inclined outside cylinders and a double frame. It was built due to combat the frequent failure of crank axles on contemporary inside cylinder locomotive designs. The earliest examples were built by Buddicom at Chartreux for the Chemins de Fer de l'Ouest in 1844 where the type became know known as 'Le Buddicom'.