Class 43 Locomotives
Author: Andrew Cole
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2016-07-15
Total Pages: 189
ISBN-13: 1445659026
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGives a pictorial account of Class 43 locomotives.
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Class 43 Locomotives
Author: Andrew Cole
Publisher: Class Locomotives
Published: 2016-07-15
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781445659015
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGives a pictorial account of Class 43 locomotives.
Great Western, King Class 4-6-0s
Author: David Maidment
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Published: 2020-08-30
Total Pages: 503
ISBN-13: 1526739860
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn in-depth look at the British railway company’s celebrated class of steam locomotives, with more than three hundred photos. Built by Collett in 1927 after pressure to restore the Great Western Railway’s pre-eminence in motive power and cope with increasing postwar traffic to Devon and Cornwall holiday resorts, the thirty Kings were the final development of the Churchward Stars and the 1923 Castles and remained on top-link main line duty until their final replacement by the ‘Western’ class 52 diesel hydraulics in 1962. This book includes an insight into the thinking of some of Collett’s senior staff at the end of the 1930s and the eventual transformation in the latter years with redraughting and double chimneys. As well as describing their design and construction, the book comprehensively covers their operation and performance, backed up by many recorded logs on all main GW/WR routes over which they were permitted. The author had close experience of the class when working at Old Oak Common between 1957 and 1962, and includes a chapter of his experiences with them, including many footplate trips (as a management trainee, he was greeted with glee by firemen who would hand him the shovel). The book also includes over 300 photographs, one hundred of them in color.
Norfolk and Western Class J
Author: Kenneth Layman Miller
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 131
ISBN-13: 9780615116648
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Complete Encyclopedia of Locomotives
Author: Mirco De Cet
Publisher: Rebo International
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9789036615051
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJust like today, with high-specification computers being used to design even higher specification models for the next generation, the making of machines to make machines was one of the most important aspects of the Industrial Revolution. The lathe, for example, is the oldest known machine tool and dates back to antiquity, but it wasn't until the late 17th century that such industries as clock making, the building of scientific instruments, furniture and gun makers, began to convert from woodworking lathes to ones that ware capable of machining metal. Craftsmen needed precise machines that could shape metal gears, cut metal screws and stamp shapes out of metal, thus enabling others to assemble their products.
Field Guide to Trains
Author: Brian Solomon
Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)
Published: 2016-06-15
Total Pages: 211
ISBN-13: 0760349975
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe ultimate guide for train lovers, Field Guide to Trains is fully loaded with pictures and fun facts on all the machines that ride the rails
William Adams: His Life and Locomotives
Author: John Woodhams
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Published: 2023-11-30
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1399071998
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWilliam Adams (1823 – 1904) is probably best known from his locomotive designs for the London & South Western Railway. The years at Nine Elms were the culmination of career which began formally in marine engineering, including a period at sea with the Royal Sardinian Navy, encompassed civil engineering and surveying before joining the North London Railway as locomotive, carriage and wagon superintendent. He has been described as the father of the suburban train, an inventive engineer, who pioneered the use of continuous train brakes, developed well designed, free-steaming locomotive boilers for services requiring rapid acceleration and frequent stops, and his invention of a bogie with controlled side-play revolutionized future locomotive design. His next move was to the Great Eastern Railway where his designs met with mixed success, before moving south of the Thames to Nine Elms. Here, over five hundred locomotives were built to his designs, with his later express classes regarded by many as his greatest achievement. Adams also proved himself a very capable designer in developing locomotive and carriage works at all three railways, improving efficiency and reducing costs. This book tells the story of a genial man with a love of music, who was undoubtedly one of the finest late Victorian locomotive engineers.
British Rail in the 1980s and 1990s: Diesel Locomotives and DMUs
Author: Kenny Barclay
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2017-11-15
Total Pages: 199
ISBN-13: 1445670062
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKenny Barclay documents the diesel locomotives and DMUs in the closing decades of the British Rail era.
Western Diesel Hydraulic Locomotives in Preservation
Author: Fred Kerr
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Published: 2022-07-28
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 1399004948
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen British Railways initiated its Modernisation Plan in 1955, its Western Region elected to trial locomotive designs with hydraulic transmission whilst BR encouraged designs with electric transmission. The Western Region felt that the lighter weight of 78 tons for a diesel hydraulic locomotive producing 2000 hp, compared to an equivalent weight of 132 tons for a diesel electric locomotive producing 2000 hp, would better meet BR’s requirement for a modern locomotive. BR’s failure to follow up with its declared policy of having all freight vehicles fitted with brakes saw operators preferring the heavier diesel electric designs which proved more able to operate trains without through brakes at higher speed. The greatest concern was with operating costs whereby the Western Region policy of replacing components at the depot then transferring them to Swindon for repair incurred heavy costs that were reflected in the maintenance cost per locomotive. Given the smaller number of diesel hydraulic locomotives and the larger number of diesel electric locomotives it was little surprise that by the mid-1960s a cost comparison showed that the build and operation of diesel electric locomotives was increasingly cheaper over the long term. Furthermore the increased availability of diesel electric locomotives released by a combination of factors provided an opportunity to replace the diesel hydraulic fleet, which was withdrawn from service during the 1970s. The preservation of redundant locomotives was slow but once it was confirmed, by the preservation of ‘Hymek’ Class 35 D7017 in 1975, that public appeals could quickly fund the preservation of withdrawn examples further public appeals followed. In a short space of time 31 locomotives from a mixed fleet of 358 locomotives entered preservation to remind both enthusiasts and the public of a concept (i.e. hydraulic transmission) that had had much to offer but had been dismissed on questionable financial grounds.
Loco Spotter’s Guide
Author: Stuart Black
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2017-02-23
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 1472820509
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA pocket guide to 60 of the most iconic British locomotives of the last two centuries, which will have wide appeal as a handy yet detailed reference book on British locomotives. Since the 1800s locomotives have steamed, chugged and sparked their way into the nation's affections. These powerful engines were the drivers of the Industrial Revolution, and to the present day carry passengers and freight to every corner of Britain. But do you know your Locomotion from your Rocket, or your Gresley Class A4 from your Princess Coronation Class? How heavy is the Flying Scotsman? And who designed the Britannia Class? The Loco Spotter's Guide answers all of these questions, with first-class illustrations portraying more than 60 of the most important steam, diesel and electric designs, including all-important specifications and technical details to aid any would-be loco spotter.
