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Author : Andy Coward
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781911639046
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (39 download)
Download or read book Heritage Diesel and Electric Locomotives written by Andy Coward and published by . This book was released on 2019-09 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Brian Solomon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781904687207
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (872 download)
Download or read book The heritage of North American train written by Brian Solomon and published by . This book was released on 2004-08-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Ross
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (12 download)
Download or read book The Heritage of North American Trains written by David Ross and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (836 download)
Download or read book Early Diesel-electric and Electric Locomotives written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Fred Kerr
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1526713144
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book Heritage Traction on the Main Line written by Fred Kerr and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an earlier album titled BR Diesel Locomotives in Preservation Fred Kerr detailed the many classes of BR diesel locomotives that had been preserved and noted that some purchases had been made with the hope of operating them on the national network.The Railways Bill 1993 provided an opportunity for this to happen and this album shows such locomotives at work during the early part of the 21st century up to December 2016. During this period many new train operators entered the market and their early operations used elderly locomotives withdrawn from service by their original operators until their business(es) were established and new locomotives could be bought. On occasion these new companies were prepared to hire preserved locomotives with main line access to service short-term contracts and these, mainly freight, services provided much of the variety of locomotive operations that offset the increasing sight of multiple unit train services that epitomize the modern railway.The author has chosen to consider heritage traction as any locomotive older than twenty years, which therefore includes electric locomotives but excludes those of that age which are still operated by their owners as at April 1 1994 when British Railways (BR) was privatized. This results in the Class 59 fleet being excluded because its ownership has been constant but the Class 60 fleet being included because of purchases by Colas Railfreight after that date.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Operation and Maintenance of Diesel-electric Locomotives, 1965 written by and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hans Halberstadt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781610604475
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Modern Diesel Locomotives written by Hans Halberstadt and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andy Coward
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781911639046
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (39 download)
Download or read book Heritage Diesel and Electric Locomotives written by Andy Coward and published by . This book was released on 2019-09 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wallace W. Abbey
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253062802
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book The Diesel That Did It written by Wallace W. Abbey and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2022-10-25 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Diesel That Did It tells the story of the legendary diesel-electric locomotive, the FT. As war loomed in 1939, American railroads were on the precipice of railroad transformation. In an obscure factory in La Grange, Illinois, a group of gifted engineers and designers were planning a revolution that would shake railroading to its foundations and eventually put the steam locomotive out of business. Their creation, the FT, was a diesel-electric, semi-streamlined freight engine. The FT would establish a new standard for reliability, flexibility, and cost, but its arrival unsettled many railroad employees and gave fresh ammunition to their labor unions, who believed that it threatened a century-old culture. Wallace W. Abbey's The Diesel That Did It is the story of a revolution. He explores how EMC (and its successor Electro-Motive Division of General Motors) conceived the FT, and how it ultimately emerged as the dominant locomotive power plant for 20 years. However, for Abbey, the history of the Santa Fe Railway and the FT go hand in hand. The Diesel That Did It also offers a penetrating look at how the great American railroad, at the height of its Super Chief glamor, threw its conservative mechanical traditions aside to bet big on the diesel. Showcasing more than 140 exquisite photographs by Abbey and other noted photographers, The Diesel That Did It is a captivating story not to be missed by railroaders and railfans.
Author : Anthony Coulls
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445675579
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book Narrow Gauge Locomotives written by Anthony Coulls and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-04-15 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Britain’s narrow gauge railways are host to some of the oldest, most charming, varied and extraordinary locomotives to be found anywhere. This book is a fascinating survey of these appealing engines.
Author : Douglas W. Hinde
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Electric and Diesel-electric Locomotives written by Douglas W. Hinde and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elektrische Lokomotive - Dieselelektrischer Antrieb.
Author : Fred Kerr
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1526713101
Total Pages : 611 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book BR Diesel Locomotives in Preservation written by Fred Kerr and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When British Railways (BR) initiated its Modernization Plan in 1954 it had little experience of diesel locomotives thus initiated a Pilot Scheme to trial combinations of the three elements comprised within a locomotive the engine, transmission and body.The initial orders for 174 locomotives were placed in November 1955, but even before the first locomotive had been delivered, changes in Government policy led to bulk orders for most designs being trailed. It was only in 1968, once steam traction had been removed from the network, that BR was able to review the success, or otherwise, of its diesel fleet and decide which designs to withdraw from service.The nascent preservation movement of the time was concerned to preserve steam locomotives whilst only buying diesel shunting locomotives for support roles on heritage lines and it wasnt until 1977 that any effort was made to preserve main line diesels. Once it was confirmed that diesel locomotives had an appeal to enthusiasts, further purchases were made that resulted in examples of most of the BR diesel classes being represented within the preservation movement.Fred Kerrs book details those classes which are represented on heritage lines, identifies where possible their location as of December 2016, shows many of them at work and shows what is involved in the restoration, maintenance and operation of diesel locomotives by the volunteers whose efforts are vital but rarely acknowledged.Some of the preserved locomotives were bought for possible use on the national network and this was facilitated by the Railways Bill 1993. A complementary album of preserved and heritage locomotives titled Heritage Traction on the Main Line details the locomotive classes whose representatives are still in regular use on the national network as at December 2016 and follows a similar format to this album.
Author : Rail Heritage Publications
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (142 download)
Download or read book Early Diesel-electric Locomotives written by Rail Heritage Publications and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Greg Morse
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1784421804
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (844 download)
Download or read book British Diesel Locomotives of the 1950s and ‘60s written by Greg Morse and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-28 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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'.
Author : John F. Kirkland
Publisher : HP Trade
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Dawn of the Diesel Age written by John F. Kirkland and published by HP Trade. This book was released on 1983 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Woods
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1398101923
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (981 download)
Download or read book English Electric Diesel Locomotives written by George Woods and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2020-11-15 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stunning previously unpublished photographs of English Electric locomotives. Shows them in service all over the BR system from 1966 to 2019 working a wide variety of trains.
Author : Anthony P Sayer
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1526742845
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book The Metropolitan-Vickers Type 2 Co-Bo Diesel-Electric Locomotives written by Anthony P Sayer and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
