Type 4 Locomotives of British Rail

Type 4 Locomotives of British Rail

Author: Andrew Walker

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2018-08-15

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 1445680106

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A terrific pictorial tribute to the type 4 locomotives that hauled trains and served the British railways.


British Railways Steam Locomotives, 1948-1968

British Railways Steam Locomotives, 1948-1968

Author: Hugh Longworth

Publisher:

Published: 2013-01-01

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 9780860936602

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An exhaustive and monumental listing of every steam locomotive operated by British Railways from Nationalisation until the end of steam in 1968, now brought completely up to date in a second edition.


British Industrial Steam Locomotives

British Industrial Steam Locomotives

Author: David Mather

Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport

Published: 2020-09-30

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1526770202

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The first steam locomotives used on any British railway, worked in industry. The use of new and second hand former main line locomotives, was once a widespread aspect of the railways of Britain. This volume covers many of the once numerous manufacturers who constructed steam locomotives for industry and contractors from the 19th to the mid 20th centuries. David Mather has spent many years researching and collecting photographs across Britain, of most of the different locomotive types that once worked in industry. This book is designed to be both a record of these various manufacturers and a useful guide to those researching and modelling industrial steam.


British Diesel Locomotives of the 1950s and ‘60s

British Diesel Locomotives of the 1950s and ‘60s

Author: Greg Morse

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2016-07-28

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13: 1784421790

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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 Clayton Type 1: Bo-Bo Diesel-Electric Locomotives—British Railways Class 17

The Clayton Type 1: Bo-Bo Diesel-Electric Locomotives—British Railways Class 17

Author: Anthony P. Sayer

Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport

Published: 2021-05-30

Total Pages: 777

ISBN-13: 1526762013

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This informative, illustrated guide to the British Railways locomotive series covers its full production lifespan, from 1962–1965. In the early 1960s, the Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotive known as The Clayton was conceived as the new standard for British Railways, superseding other Type 1 classes. While the early classes suffered from poor driver visibility, the Claytons were highly successful and popular with operating crews. However, the largely untested high-speed, flat Paxman engines proved to be highly problematic. As a result, the Claytons were eventually withdrawn from BR service by December 1971. Anthony Sayer draws on considerable amounts of archive material to tell the full story of these ‘Standard Type 1’ locomotives and the issues surrounding their rise and fall. Further sources provide insights into the effort and money expended on the Claytons in a desperate attempt to improve their reliability. Supported by over 280 photographs and diagrams, dramatic new insights into this troubled class have been assembled for both historians and modelers alike.


The B T H and North British Type 1 Bo-Bo Diesel-Electric Locomotives - British Railways Classes 15 and 16

The B T H and North British Type 1 Bo-Bo Diesel-Electric Locomotives - British Railways Classes 15 and 16

Author: Anthony P. Sayer

Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport

Published: 2021-12-30

Total Pages: 765

ISBN-13: 1526761971

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The British Railways ‘Pilot Scheme’ orders of 1955 included ten BTH and ten NBL Type 1 locomotives, these being introduced during 1957-61 for use in East London, and on the Great Eastern and London, Tilbury & Southend lines. The BTH fleet subsequently expanded to forty-four, as a consequence of their light axle-loading and the availability of spare manufacturing capacity which BR chose to exploit in their quest to eliminate steam traction. Further construction of these two classes ceased after the fifty-four units, with preference being given to the highly reliable English Electric product which by mid-1962 had proliferated to 128 examples. The NBL fleet survived until 1968, being withdrawn after ten years of indifferent performance. The BTH locomotives followed by 1971, although four lingered on as carriage pre-heating units. Dramatic reductions in goods traffic during the 1960s/70s particularly impacted local trip and transfer freight duties, the ‘bread and butter’ work for the Type 1s, and it was inevitable that the less successful classes were retired from traffic first. This book looks at the short history of these two classes, making extensive use of archive sources, combined with the primary observations of numerous enthusiasts. Previously unpublished information, covering the introduction, appearance design and performance issues of the locomotives, form a central focus, and, allocations, works histories, storage and disposals, liveries and detail differences are covered in the same level of detail as previous volumes in the ‘Locomotive Portfolio” series.


A Detailed History of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives: The 9F 2-10-0 class

A Detailed History of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives: The 9F 2-10-0 class

Author: John Walford

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780901115959

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John Walford and Paul Harrison present the complete story of the powerful and successful Class 9Fs. Enthusiasts will find this book a delight as the engines were allocated to more than 60 depots and worked nationwide. Full details of each engine's construction, allocation and use, modification and disposal and a chapter on the 9 preserved engines is included .


Classic British Steam Locomotives

Classic British Steam Locomotives

Author: Peter Herring

Publisher: Southwater Publishing

Published: 2013-03-16

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781780191638

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Britain was the pioneering force behind the birth of the steam locomotive. This authoritative visual reference spans over 150 years of railway history, featuring 85 class profiles, a comprehensive glossary and over 200 photographs.


British Steam Locomotives

British Steam Locomotives

Author: Mirco De Cet

Publisher: Lorenz Books

Published: 2015-06-01

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9780754831334

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An overview of the different locomotives from British Heritage lines across the country.