Author: George Woods
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398101966
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
With previously unpublished images of diesel locomotives in the Western region showing them in service from 1966 to 2019.
Diesels in the Western Region
Author: George Woods
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398101966
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
With previously unpublished images of diesel locomotives in the Western region showing them in service from 1966 to 2019.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398101966
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
With previously unpublished images of diesel locomotives in the Western region showing them in service from 1966 to 2019.
Diesels on the Western Region
Diesels on Western Region
Author: H. L. Ford
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780851531458
Category : Diesel locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780851531458
Category : Diesel locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Diesel-hydraulic Locomotives of the Western Region
Author: Brian Reed
Publisher: David & Charles Publishers
ISBN: 9780715367698
Category : Diesel locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Publisher: David & Charles Publishers
ISBN: 9780715367698
Category : Diesel locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
English Electric Class 50 Diesels
Author: Peter Green
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1399017853
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
A gallery of spectacular photos celebrating the history of these popular locomotives of the late twentieth century. Peter J. Green first photographed Class 50 diesels in action in 1975, while they were still being transferred from the London Midland to the Western Region of British Rail. But it was in the early 1980s, when they were named and painted in Large Logo livery, that his interest in the class really took off. For Peter, they stood out from most other locomotives that were painted in the rather drab Rail Blue livery. The sound of the locomotives, particularly when running at speed, was also very impressive, producing shouts of “50!” from waiting photographers, even before the train was in sight. The class became a particular target for his railway photography and many of his trips were made with them in mind. They regularly worked trains around his hometown of Worcester, so if he did not want to go too far, it was easy to find a satisfactory subject at which to point his camera. Before their withdrawal in the late 1980s and early 1990s, they were used on many rail tours, which always provided good photographic opportunities. Today, with many of the class working on heritage railways, and a number of privately owned locomotives registered for main line use, there is still plenty to keep his cameras occupied. A selection of Peter’s best photos of the Class 50 diesels, taken over a period of forty-five years, appear in these pages.
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1399017853
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
A gallery of spectacular photos celebrating the history of these popular locomotives of the late twentieth century. Peter J. Green first photographed Class 50 diesels in action in 1975, while they were still being transferred from the London Midland to the Western Region of British Rail. But it was in the early 1980s, when they were named and painted in Large Logo livery, that his interest in the class really took off. For Peter, they stood out from most other locomotives that were painted in the rather drab Rail Blue livery. The sound of the locomotives, particularly when running at speed, was also very impressive, producing shouts of “50!” from waiting photographers, even before the train was in sight. The class became a particular target for his railway photography and many of his trips were made with them in mind. They regularly worked trains around his hometown of Worcester, so if he did not want to go too far, it was easy to find a satisfactory subject at which to point his camera. Before their withdrawal in the late 1980s and early 1990s, they were used on many rail tours, which always provided good photographic opportunities. Today, with many of the class working on heritage railways, and a number of privately owned locomotives registered for main line use, there is still plenty to keep his cameras occupied. A selection of Peter’s best photos of the Class 50 diesels, taken over a period of forty-five years, appear in these pages.
Diesels on the Regions
Author: Brian Morrison
Publisher: Oxford Publishing
ISBN: 9780860932215
Category : Diesel locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
Publisher: Oxford Publishing
ISBN: 9780860932215
Category : Diesel locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
Western Region Diesel Pictorial
Author: John Austin Morley Vaughan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diesel locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diesel locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Western Region
Western region diesel pictorial, by john vaughan (pbk).
Author: J. a. m Vaughan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780906025178
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780906025178
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Diesel Part 7 - Western Region Class 14
Author: John Jennison
Publisher: Gresley Books
ISBN: 9781911703310
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
These locomotives enjoyed striking 'continental' good looks with, strangely, more than a nod to preceding steam design; for this they were regarded fondly by enthusiasts and they earned the somewhat fanciful and inexplicable nickname 'Teddy Bears'.Sadly, performance did not match these fond feelings and as well as proving disappointing technically, the steam age duties for which they were designed were, to BR's consternation, rapidly disappearing.British Railways sold them off after a few years but despite such an unprepossessing - ignominious some might say - career many nevertheless saw many years of work in private industry including, famously, the Channel Tunnel.Remarkably, over a third of the class passed into preservation, an unprecedented proportion and paradoxically they can now be found at work, daily, the length and breadth of the country.
Publisher: Gresley Books
ISBN: 9781911703310
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
These locomotives enjoyed striking 'continental' good looks with, strangely, more than a nod to preceding steam design; for this they were regarded fondly by enthusiasts and they earned the somewhat fanciful and inexplicable nickname 'Teddy Bears'.Sadly, performance did not match these fond feelings and as well as proving disappointing technically, the steam age duties for which they were designed were, to BR's consternation, rapidly disappearing.British Railways sold them off after a few years but despite such an unprepossessing - ignominious some might say - career many nevertheless saw many years of work in private industry including, famously, the Channel Tunnel.Remarkably, over a third of the class passed into preservation, an unprecedented proportion and paradoxically they can now be found at work, daily, the length and breadth of the country.