Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
A picture history of British Rail diesels and electrics in action
Author: Diesels and Electrics in Action
Author: Geoffrey KichensidePublisher:
ISBN: 9781446305812
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
An edited photographic history of diesel and electric locomotives containing descriptions and quotes compiled by Geoffrey Kichenside.
Diesels and Electrics in Action
Author: G. M. KichensidePublisher: David & Charles
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
An edited photographic history of diesel and electric locomotives containing descriptions and quotes compiled by Geoffrey Kichenside.
The North British Type 2 Bo-Bo Diesel-Electric Classes 21 & 29
Author: Anthony P. SayerPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526742780
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
This comprehensive history of these unique locomotives covers everything from performance issues to sightings, detail differences and liveries. The Type 2 Bo-Bo Diesel-Electric Classes 21 & 29 locomotives were constructed by the North British Locomotive Company in the early 1960s. Used in the Scottish region of British Railway, they ran into numerous problems and were withdrawn from service within a decade. Due in part to their short careers, these locomotives remain something of a mystery to train enthusiasts. The scant information available on them is very often riddled with misinformation. This authoritative volume corrects the record, presenting the most comprehensive and accurate account of the NBL Classes 21 & 29. Fully illustrated with photographs and detailed line drawings, this volume offers individual locomotive histories, complete technical specifications, accident and fire damage reports, storage histories, and a complete account of their disposal at both private companies and Glasgow Works.
British Diesel & Electric Locomotives Abroad
Author: Anthony P. SayerPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526744708
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 627
Book Description
A detailed, illustrated history of UK locomotives exported across Europe, with over 200 previously unpublished photos. Many British main-line diesel and electric locomotives have found further useful employment across Europe after completion of their careers in the United Kingdom. This volume incorporates text and photos into a detailed history of these locomotives and their surprisingly extensive geographical use—including in France, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Kosovo, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia in recent decades. A significant amount of exclusive factual information and over 200 previously unpublished photographs combine to provide a comprehensive insight into the British locomotives now finding a second life overseas, including coverage of Class 37, 56, and 58 locomotives on high-speed line construction work in France; Class 37 mishaps in Spain; Class 86s on their day of arrival in Bulgaria; and various types of a.c. electric locomotives in their new habitats across Eastern Europe.
British Diesel Locomotives of the 1950s and ‘60s
Author: Greg MorsePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1784421804
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
After the Second World War, the drive for the modernisation of Britain's railways ushered in a new breed of locomotive: the Diesel. Diesel-powered trains had been around for some time, but faced with a coal crisis and the Clean Air Act in the 1950s, it was seen as a part of the solution for British Rail. This beautifully illustrated book, written by an expert on rail history, charts the rise and decline of Britain's diesel-powered locomotives. It covers a period of great change and experimentation, where the iconic steam engines that had dominated for a century were replaced by a series of modern diesels including the ill-fated 'Westerns' and the more successful 'Deltics'.
The Metropolitan-vickers Type 2 Co-bo Diesel-electric Locomotives
Author: Anthony P. SayerPublisher: Locomotive Portfolios
ISBN: 9781526742810
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This book provides an in-depth history of the Metropolitan-Vickers diesel-electric Type 2 locomotives, more frequently known collectively as the "Co-Bo's" due to their unusual wheel arrangement. Twenty locomotives were constructed during the late-1950s for use on the London Midland Region of British Railways.The fleet was fraught with difficulties from the start, most notably due to problems with their Crossley engines, this necessitating the need for extensive rehabilitation work during the early-1960s. Matters barely improved and the option to completely re-engine the locomotives with English Electric units was debated at length, but a downturn in traffic levels ultimately resulted in their demise by the end of 1968 prior to any further major rebuilding work being carried out.Significant quantities of new archive and personal sighting information, supported by over 180 photographs and diagrams, have been brought together to allow dramatic new insights into this enigmatic class of locomotives, including the whole debate surrounding potential re-engining, their works histories, the extended periods in storage, together with in-depth reviews of the various detail differences and liveries.
A History of British Railways Diesel and Electric Locomotive Liveries
Author: Malcolm DyerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diesel locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The Railway Magazine
Author: The Changing Railways of Britain
Author: Paul HurleyPublisher: History Press
ISBN: 9780750989824
Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
As the days of steam ended, other forms of power took over...