Class 50 Locomotives
Author: Andrew Cole
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2017-03-15
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 1445666871
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Andrew Cole looks at Class 50 Locomotives.
Author: Andrew Cole
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2017-03-15
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 1445666871
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Andrew Cole looks at Class 50 Locomotives.
Author: Andrew Cole
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2016-03-15
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 1445657929
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A collection of Andrew Cole's terrific photographs of Class 31 locomotives.
Author: David Cable
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2018-04-30
Total Pages: 530
ISBN-13: 1473899702
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Type 3 Diesel Locomotive album comprises over 200, mainly unpublished, full sized colour photographs of four classes of British engines, developed in the earlier years of the Modernisation Plan.The Type 3 included four classes of locomotive of medium power output, which undertook a wide range of duties from Main line and local passenger services, various freight duties and departmental work. Several are still in use on the national network, and can be seen in various parts of the countryThe Book has been compiled by David Cable, who has authored a range of very successful colour albums for Pen and Sword Books Ltd. The photos illustrate the many duties and colour schemes of the classes in a variety of locations and colour schemes of the classes in a variety of locations, using largely unpublished photographs from his extensive collection.
Author: Andrew Cole
Publisher: Class Locomotives
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781445657912
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A collection of Andrew Cole's terrific photographs of Class 31 locomotives.
Author: John Vaughan
Publisher: Ian Allan Pub
Published: 2009-02-19
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780711032859
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →With the first of the future Class 31 design emerging over half a century ago in 1957, these adaptable locomotives have proved themselves to be amongst the most successful and long-lived of all Modernisation Plan diesels. Between 1957 and 1962 more than 250 locomotives were constructed, and despite massive withdrawals from the mid-1990s onwards, a handful still remains in service with others now in preservation. Initially intended for use on both passenger and freight services on the Eastern Region, the type was later to see service on the Western Region replacing the diesel-hydraulics, and on inter-regional services such as those from Birmingham to Norwich. Privatisation of the railway industry saw the bulk of the survivors pass to EWS ownership, but several others are now owned by charter companies such as FM Rail and by Network Rail itself in a bright yellow livery. This informative new book concentrates primarily on the era after 1980, and is designed to complement the original OPC volume 'Power of the 31s'. The well-researched text explores the history and development of the 31s, and is supplemented by a vivid collection of over 250 mono and colour images of the class in various locations around the country. This impressive collection of images focuses in particular upon the many livery variations to have been carried by the locomotives since their introduction. These will be of great interest to modellers of the type as well as to diesel enthusiasts around the country.
Author: Pip Dunn
Publisher: Crowood
Published: 2013-11-30
Total Pages: 604
ISBN-13: 1847976425
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →British Rail Main Line Locomotives Specification Guide identifies the major detail differences and livery variations that have appeared on all British Rail, ex-British Rail and privatized railway diesel and electric main line classes from 14 to 92. The book provides a record of the main specifications of each class of locomotive, and details of variations, including: numbers, liveries, headcodes, headlights, wheel arrangements and bogies, brakes, names and - where appropriate - details of refurbishment programmes.Diesel locomotives are a relative newcomer to the railway enthusiast and modelling scenes, and this book brings together information on detail changes in a coherent reference form for the first time, illustrated with photographs of major changes. A useful resource for modellers and those with an interest in the differences that have occurred to the British Rail fleet. Superbly illustrated with around 300 colour photographs.
Author: Ross Taylor
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2016-05-15
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 1445655012
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Ross Taylor explores the fascinating world of Class 60 Locomotives.
Author: Anthony P. Sayer
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Published: 2020-06-30
Total Pages: 553
ISBN-13: 1526742829
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A thorough history of the Metropolitan-Vickers locomotive, also known as “Class 28,” featuring 160 color and black & white photos. 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.
Author: David Maidment
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Published: 2018-06-30
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 1526706393
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →British Railways’ David Maidment presents a pictorial history of the county class trains designed by George Jackson Churchward and F. W. Hawksworth. The Great Western Railway had two classes of tender locomotives named after counties. The first class of two cylinder 4-4-0 tender locomotives, designed by George Jackson Churchward, were introduced in the 1900s to provide efficient motive power, including lines on the North & West route between Hereford and Shrewsbury, owned jointly by the Great Western and the London and North Western Railway. The 4-4-0 counties were in service until the early 1930s, when they were withdrawn and replaced by more modern motive power. The 4-4-0 counties were paralleled in design by the county 4-4-2 tanks, which operated suburban services in the London area and were also withdrawn in the early 1930s. In 1945, the Great Western introduced the County Class 4-6-0 tender locomotives, designed by F. W. Hawksworth. These two cylinder machines had a high pressure boiler that was meant to give the same tractive effort as a Castle Class 4-6-0, four cylinder locomotive. After modifications and boiler pressure reduction, the County Class 4-6-0s operated in express and semi fast train service, until the last members of the class were withdrawn in 1964. Great Western, County Classes: The Churchward 4-4-0s, 4-4-2 Tanks and Hawksworth 4-6-0s details the fascinating history of the trains that were a crucial part of England’s twentieth century transportation system.
Author: Colin J. Marsden
Publisher:
Published: 2014-11-11
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780711037922
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The third edition of Colin Marsden's highly successful guide to all the locomotives and multiple units currently operating on Britain's railway network, now brought completely up to date