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 \nPOEMSby  \nFREDERIC VANSON  \nLIBRARY  \nUSE ONLY  \n£1.20.  \nEssex County Council  \nMany libraries in Essex havefacilities for exhibitionsand meetings -  \nenquire at your local libraryfor details  \n\n| ESSEX   |\n| --- |\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n| COUNTY   |\n| LIBRARY   |\n| FoR REFERENCE ONLY   |\n\nPSL 1695  \nC.L.12.  \n00775174  \nhAch  \nSTEAM!  \n# Tributes in Verse toBritishSteam Locomotives...\n\nbyFREDERIC VANSON  \nJ6299  \nE.821  \nNOW ε THEN PUBLICATIONS  \n# FOREWORD\n\nAll my life I had had three consuming interests,poetry,music and steam locomotives.This collectionof verses brings together two of these three in atribute to the great locomotive engineers andtheir products.  \nFew poets have attempted this subject and indeedrailways in general have not inspired much verse,thenotable exception being certain poems by Sir JohnBetjeman.  \nTo the latter I owe a debt of gratitude for  \nhis encouragement.Sir John was kind enought to acceptthe dedication of one of the poems included here andanother not included.  \nI believe that these poems will appeal to many railwayenthusiasts who would not otherwise read poetry andto many poetry readers who have not shared my lifelonglove of the Iron Horse.  \n# F.V.\n\nNow &Then Publications,24,Morley Grove,HARLOWCopyrightg Frederic Vanson 1985.  \nPrinted by P.H.Duplicating Service,(P.&T.Hood);16-18 Bridge Street,Bungay,Suffolk,NR351HD.  \nCUSTOM HOUSE STATION,WEST HAM(circa 1931)For Sir John Betjeman.  \nAncient 0-4-4 by HoldenHissing in the Beckton bay,Waiting for the arm to signalThree ancient carriages away;  \nOther tanks from Bow and FenchurchSturdily North Woolwich bound,Swift descend to Silvertown TunnelAll sulphurous steam and roaring sound.  \nAs a backdrop great warehouses,Ships from Argentina far -  \nDouble funnelled Highland MonarchAnd the Arandora Star.  \nOn the bridge at Tidal Basin  \nGlimpses of the PLA's  \nDark blue shunters taking over  \nFrom Stratford's streaked and dirty greys.  \nO those were gallant days,the thirties,  \nWhen for tuppence there and back  \nI could ride to tangy Woolwich  \nThat silver,that romantic track!  \nPORT OF LONDON AUTHORITY 0-6-0 TANK (1934)  \nFrom Victoria Docks emergingA dark blue shunter slowly crawlsUnder grey and smoke-dark heavensUnder gloomy factory walls.  \nTrailing her some fifty meat vansLoaded from Royal Mail,Blue Star,Handing over to the main lineBeef from Argentina far.  \nMaid of all work by the docksidePurposive,unfussy,neat,  \nNext time it could be rice or cables,Jute,tobacco,lorries,wheat.  \nFrom Victoria Docks emerging  \nA dark blue shunter heaves and haulsTen,or sixty,vans and wagonsUnder Silvertown's echoing walls.  \nMIDLAND 2Fs  \nUnremarkable,prosaic,unsung,  \nThey puffed in and out of goods loops and sidingsIn rural Bedfordshire,Leicestershire,RutlandOr in the Ridings,  \nJohnson's veterans,useful and hardy,  \nThey started enormous trains out of docks and mines,Creeping gradual as snails,plodding and tardyOn the slow lines.  \nI've seen them with one wagon and a brake vanThreading a poppied bank by a single line;I've seen them roaring to the sky in tandemOn Lickey incline.  \nUnremarkable,prosaic,unsung,  \nJohnson's veterans of many a laden freight,Many a mineral run or pick up goodsHad their claim to be great!  \n# \"EXPERIMENT\"(London and North Western 4-6-0-)(1926)\n\nWhatever her name she's no experiment  \nGeorge Whale's \"Experiment\",solid and bluff,  \nNo match for a \"Star\"or a \"Saint\"as the trials showedBut stolid and tough.  \nNow with six bogie vans and a Crewe brake on\"Experiment\"meanders along the slow track,Taking her time,quietly puffing and ambling,Well painted and black.  \nGeorge Whale's \"Experiment\"retired now from dutyOn Northern expresses,the challenge of Shap;To children who lean from a bridgeside her driverIs waving his cap!","cbCaimTD4EXQ9QUQ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimTD4EXQ9QUQ","pdf",1143871,32,"English","# FOREWORD\n## F.V.","[{\"question\":\"What inspired Frederic Vanson’s collection?\",\"answer\":\"The foreword states that Vanson’s lifelong consuming interests were poetry, music, and steam locomotives. 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