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Author: Andrew Cole
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2018-12-15
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 1445666936
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAndrew Cole documents Class 87 locomotives. Thirty-six members of Class 87 were built at Crewe Works from 1973 onwards and were an instant success.
Author: Colin J. Marsden
Publisher: Oxford Publishing
Published: 2007-09-27
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780860936145
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLittle is available on Britain's successful AC routes and the stock built for them and with the demise of older types of rolling stock and even the preservation of some samples, this is an appropriate time for a retrospective such as this book.
Author: Roger Rounce
Publisher: Gresley
Published: 2020-06-08
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781911658429
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEngines from every region could be found at Stratford TMD during the 1980s and 90s - making it an ideal hunting ground for the rail enthusiast. Photographer Roger Rounce presents a collection of his own images of diesels and electrics from those days when Stratford used any Class 47 to hand for Norwich trains and journeys between Chelmsford and Liverpool Street could just as easily be hauled by an Eastfield Class 47 as one shedded at Stratford. Visiting Class 37s were also used on empty stock and Cambridge trains. Locomotives of Stratford Depot includes Class 08s, 31s, 37s and 47s alongside less common classes such as 20, 58, 60, 86 and 87. Details of each locomotive pictured include when it was built, when it was scrapped, names currently and previously held, other numbers carried, historical notes and dates.
Author: Kenny Barclay
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2018-03-15
Total Pages: 182
ISBN-13: 1445670224
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book, a companion to British Rail in the 1980s and 1990s: Diesel Locomotives and DMUs, exhibits a selection of some of his finest photographs from this period.
Author: Simon Bolton
Publisher: Crowood
Published: 2014-07-31
Total Pages: 317
ISBN-13: 1847977693
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHave you ever dreamed of being able to make a beautiful model locomotive from scratch? Do you have a favourite locomotive that you would love to reproduce in model form? Are you itching to start such a project and feel you need a helping hand? If so, this is the book for you. Using step-by-step text and illustration, this new book demonstrates how to construct a model of a pleasing J15 class, 0-6-0 steam locomotive in 00 gauge. It also explains how models of other locomotives can be built by adapting the methods covered in the book. Alternative options for chassis construction, other gauges and scales are considered as well as how to build a simple diesel locomotive.
Author: David Maidment
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Published: 2021-12-30
Total Pages: 680
ISBN-13: 1526772515
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDavid Maidment has unravelled the complex history of the Johnson, Deeley and Fowler 4-4-0 locomotives of the Midland Railway and its LMS successor, covering their design, construction, operation and performance in this book with over 400 black and white photographs. It recounts their working on the Midland main lines from St Pancras to Derby, Manchester, Leeds and Carlisle, the latter via the celebrated Settle & Carlisle line, and the later work of the Fowler LMS engines on the West Coast main line. The book also describes the history of the Midland 4-4-0s built for the Somerset & Dorset and Midland & Great Northern Railways. The book covers the period from the first Midland 4-4-0 built in 1876 to the last LMS 2P withdrawn in 1962 and includes performance logs, weight diagrams and dimensions and statistical details of each locomotive.
Author: Anthony P. Sayer
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Published: 2021-05-30
Total Pages: 777
ISBN-13: 1526762013
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
Author: Andrew Cole
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2016-10-15
Total Pages: 190
ISBN-13: 1445662094
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAndrew Cole looks at a titan of Britain's railways.
Author: Pip Dunn
Publisher: Crowood
Published: 2016-03-31
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 1785000993
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first of the English Electric Type 1 design, what we now know as the Class 20s, appeared in June 1957. With their distinctive 'chopper' engine sound, these single-cabbed locomotives soon gained a reputation for rugged reliability brought about by their simplicity and use of tried and tested components. British Rail Class 20 Locomotives looks back at the operations of these fine locomotives since 1957, covering their varied workings and duties, regional use and railtour operations. The book also covers the technical aspects and specifications of the locomotives, including liveries and detailing. This book will be of great interest to all railway and diesel loco enthusiasts. Fully illustrated with 195 colour photographs.
Author: Andrew Cole
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2019-03-15
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 1445661756
DOWNLOAD EBOOKClass 67 and 68 Locomotives gives a brief history of the Class 67 locomotives and a pictorial record of their varied career so far, and looks at the new Class 68, with photographs of their work so far.
