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Author : Ross Taylor
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445652803
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book Preserved Diesels in the UK written by Ross Taylor and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the preserved diesel locomotives of the UK.
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 : Ross Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781445655109
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (551 download)
Download or read book Preserved Mainline Diesels written by Ross Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ross Taylor catalogues the preserved diesel locomotives of Northern England.
Author : Fred Kerr
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1399096168
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)
Download or read book The English Electric Class 37/4 Diesel Locomotives written by Fred Kerr and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the prelude to the privatisation of BR the Provincial Sector (later Regional Railways) became responsible for local / secondary train services and initiated the refurbishment of 31 Class 37 locomotives, fitted with train heating equipment – hence designated Class 37/4 - to support the shortfall of DMU trainsets. Their initial task was to work services on Scottish lines radiating from Inverness to points north and Glasgow to service the West Highland Line with a small batch based in South Wales to service Cambrian Line services and services from Cardiff traversing the Marches Line to serve Liverpool. These services were soon replaced by Sprinter trainsets thus releasing the fleet to other duties including freight operators hence, at privatisation in April 1994, the fleet became owned by freight companies who subsequently hired locomotives to both other freight companies and passenger operators. Throughout their working life the fleet members have proved invaluable and capable of powering a variety of services whose history confirms both the locomotives’ adaptability and prowess in handling the duties allocated to them. Fred Kerr’s book seeks to show this adaptability by detailing the reason for their initial creation and the tasks successfully undertaken once released from their initial roles as support for the shortage of DMU trainsets. The advent of privatisation saw an increased demand for their ‘go-anywhere do anything’ ability which is also displayed by the range of photographs that illustrate the wide range of duties performed by class members. Once withdrawn from service some class members were purchased for preservation and – such was their adaptability – that preserved examples were hired by train operators to cover duties that no other class of diesel locomotive was capable of achieving.
Author : Fred Kerr
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1399089951
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)
Download or read book British Railways Diesel Electric Classes 44 to 46 written by Fred Kerr and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2023-02-16 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Derby Works introduced the first mainline Diesel to UK service with the production of LMS 10000 in 1947, although mainline diesels had previously been tested on post-Grouping main lines prior to being exported. When British Railways' Modernization Plan of 1955 was initiated by a Pilot Scheme to identify the best features for a future standard diesel fleet, Derby Works upgraded the design to produce its Type 4 - later Class 44 - locomotive that ultimately spawned 193 locomotives encompassing 3 variants which powered trains throughout the UK network. Fred Kerr lived close to the Midland Main Line in Northamptonshire and observed the class from their introduction in May 1959 to their final withdrawal in the 1980s and has amassed a collection of images showing them working both freight and passenger duties throughout the UK but particularly on the Midland Main Line where the Class 45 variant held sway for nearly 25 years. This album contains images from his extensive collection and, supported by a brief text, reflects the history of the 3 variants by showing the variety of services which they powered and the wide range of locations where class members were to be found.
Author : Fred Kerr
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1473896592
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book Steam at Work written by Fred Kerr and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, Fred Kerr, was introduced to the world of industrial railways in 1956 when his parents moved from Edinburgh to Corby in Northamptonshire, where the local steelworks offered a mix of locomotives from several manufacturers. When steam traction finished on BR in August 1968, Fred's interest in railways continued with diesel and electric traction, whilst retaining a passing interest in industrial locomotives through his visits to the heritage lines which were initiated in the post-Beeching era.When the author converted to digital photography in 2001, he visited many heritage lines as he sought to gain experience in the digital world. When he looked back after a decade of digital photography, he noted that industrial locomotives were still at work on many heritage lines throughout the UK. He also noted that during the 1960s the effort to preserve mainline steam traction had overlooked the availability of industrial locomotives, leading to the scrapping of many locomotives with both a story to tell and an incomplete working life.The result is a book that pays tribute to industrial locomotives which are still at work by detailing the manufacturers of these workhorses and the locomotives which they built; identifying their working lives where possible; showing their entry into preservation and paying tribute to those heritage lines which appreciated the value of these unsung heroes of the Industrial Revolution by buying the 'scrap' locomotives then restoring them to working order.
Author : Anthony P. Sayer
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1526762013
Total Pages : 777 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book The Clayton Type 1: Bo-Bo Diesel-Electric Locomotives—British Railways Class 17 written by Anthony P. Sayer and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2021-05-30 with total page 777 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
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.
Author : Rev. W. Awdry
Publisher : Egmont Books (UK)
ISBN 13 : 9781405203517
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Main Line Engines written by Rev. W. Awdry and published by Egmont Books (UK). This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of four stories chronicling the adventures of several railway engines.
Author : Malcolm Clegg
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1526760479
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book British Steam Locomotives Before Preservation written by Malcolm Clegg and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2020-07-30 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pictorial history of the British locomotives now part of the national collection, detailing their working lives and their preservation. British Steam Locomotives Before Preservation covers the history in pictorial form of steam locomotives that are now preserved as part of the national collection. Those which can be found in private collections and the ones which adorn the various heritage railways which operate throughout Britain. The book looks at each subject both in its working life and during its subsequent preservation. The pictorial content covers a wide swathe of Britain during the years before the heritage locomotives were earmarked for preservation. Praise for British Steam Locomotives Before Preservation “The book does exactly what it says on the cover and is recommended for anyone with an interest in UK standard-gauge steam. The photographs include not only locomotives, but also trains in some very interesting settings, which adds to the enjoyment of a well-researched offering. Recommended—Next one please!” —Ffestiniog Railway Magazine
Author : Art Peterson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781627008631
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (86 download)
Download or read book Classic Railroad Scenes: Railroads at Work Hard Cover written by Art Peterson and published by . This book was released on 2021-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Art Peterson is back with more color images from his Krambles-Peterson Archive. This book focuses on freight railroading and features scenes of switching and trains in industrial areas in the Transition and Classic eras. Large photos and in depth captions go beyond just telling what's in the photo - they put the images in context with the greater railroad scene as well as what was going on in the larger society.
Author : Peter Nicholson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Diesel Locomotives in Preservation written by Peter Nicholson and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wilbert Awdry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781855912106
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Boco the Diseasel written by Wilbert Awdry and published by . This book was released on 1992-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9780750982535
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (825 download)
Download or read book Great Western Steam written by and published by History Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ron Buckley's photographs show the changing scene throughout the GWR and its successor, the Western Region of BR, from the mid-1930s until the end of main line steam in the 1960s.
Author : Patrick Whitehouse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780715313848
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (138 download)
Download or read book Passion for Steam written by Patrick Whitehouse and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nostalgic writing combined with vintage photographs celebrate the unique joys of steam trains.
Author : Reverend W Awdry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781760128807
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (288 download)
Download or read book Bill and Ben written by Reverend W Awdry and published by . This book was released on 2016-07 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these TWO exciting stories about Thomas and his friends, Jack saves a broken bridge, and Bill and Ben rescue people at the Quarry.
Author : Peter Nicholson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Diesel Locomotives in Preservation written by Peter Nicholson and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
