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The Southern Region of British Railways had long sought to design a locomotive capable of working on electrified lines and non-electrified station yards and sidings. In 1959 British Railways approved a design, designated Class HA, later British Railways Class 73, which combined the electrical equipment of the latest EMU design with the standard English Electric diesel engine in one bodyshell. An initial order was placed for six locomotives but...

Shows the wide variety of services that class members powered.

Details how the Class 37/4 came into being and the duties undertaken by the Scottish/Welsh fleet.

A Pictorial Tribute. Details the creation of the original Virgin Trains and the traction fleets it inheritedDescribes the rationale for the ordering of the Pendelino and Voyager fleets and details theirintroductionGives the reason for, and consequence of, the creation of Cross-Country Trains anda brief history of its operation of East Coast Main Line servicesHighlights the breakdown of its relationship with the Department for Transport and sub...

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Details how the design of the Class 59 fleet operated by Foster Yeoman became the basis for the Class design. Details the rationale of the first order for 250 locomotives.

Identifies the history from introduction to current (2017) operation

Details origin of the Pacer concept Identifing the history from conception to construction.

Identifies the locomotive types which have been used on the main line since BR ceased using steam traction in August 1968

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Details locomotive classes still at work on the privatised network.

Details original designs of the 1954 Modernisation Plan.

Identifies heritage lines where industrial locomotives work both freight and passenger services.

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First published in Great Britain by Wharncliffe Books"--Verso of T.p.

A Collection of very rare images, by a experienced and well respected author, there are very few books published covering this period.

Collection of very rare images, very few books published covering this period

After WWII the existing railway companies were all put into the control of the newly formed British Transport Commision and that government organisation spawned British Railways, which came into being on 1st January 1948. The railway infrastructure had suffered badly during the war years and most of the steam locomotives were 'tired' and badly maintained and or life expired. Although the management of British Railways was already planning to r...

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