Download or read book British Rail Class 20 Locomotives written by Pip Dunn and published by Crowood. This book was released on 2016-03-31 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 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.

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 As a result, the Claytons were eventually withdrawn from BR service by December 1971.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.

Download or read book Type 4 Locomotives of British Rail written by Andrew Walker and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-08-15 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A terrific pictorial tribute to the type 4 locomotives that hauled trains and served the British railways.

Download or read book Class 20 Locomotives written by Andrew Cole and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-05-15 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pictorial account of the iconic Class 20 locomotive.

Download or read book Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns Locomotives written by Source Wikipedia and published by Booksllc.Net. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: British Rail Class 04, British Rail Class 20, British Rail Class 37, British Rail Class 40, GWR 9400 Class, Iraqi State Railways PC class, NS Class 8800, Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns, South African Class 15E 4-8-2, South African Class 19D 4-8-2, South African Class 1E, South African Class 3E, WAGR Z class. Excerpt: The British Rail Class 37 is a diesel-electric locomotive. Also known as the English Electric Type 3, the Class was ordered as part of the British Rail modernisation plan. The Class 37 became a familiar sight on many parts of the British Rail network, in particular forming the main motive power for Inter-City services in East Anglia and within Scotland. They also performed well on secondary and inter-regional services for many years. The Class 37s are known to some railway enthusiasts as "Tractors," a nickname due to the agricultural sound of the diesel engine of the locomotive. As part of the large scale dieselisation brought about by the British Rail modernisation plan a need was identified for a number of type 3 locomotives of power output 1,500 hp (1,100 kW) to 1,999 hp (1,491 kW). English Electric had already been successful with orders for type 1 and type 4 diesels, and had produced locomotives of similar power to that which was required for railways in East Africa. A design based on the exported locomotives was put forward and accepted. The design was for a general purpose locomotive and initially found service in British Rail's Eastern Region. There was no prototype. British Rail first placed an order for 42 Class 37 locomotives in January 1959. The first of these was delivered in November 1960 (entering service on 2 December), with the last of this original batch complete by mid 1962, by which time subsequent orders had been placed. The last of the 309 built was delivered to the Western...

Download or read book British Rail Main Line Locomotives Specification Guide written by Pip Dunn and published by Crowood. This book was released on 2013-11-30 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British Rail Main Line Locomotives Specification Guide identifies the major detail differences and livery variations that have appeared on all British Rail, ex-British Rail and privatized railway diesel and electric main line classes from 14 to 92. The book provides a record of the main specifications of each class of locomotive, and details of variations, including: numbers, liveries, headcodes, headlights, wheel arrangements and bogies, brakes, names and - where appropriate - details of refurbishment programmes.Diesel locomotives are a relative newcomer to the railway enthusiast and modelling scenes, and this book brings together information on detail changes in a coherent reference form for the first time, illustrated with photographs of major changes. A useful resource for modellers and those with an interest in the differences that have occurred to the British Rail fleet. Superbly illustrated with around 300 colour photographs.

Download or read book British Rail Class 60 Locomotives written by Edward Gleed and published by The Crowood Press. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the mid-1980s, in a drive for greater efficiency, British Rail required another heavy freight locomotive, some of the earlier Type 5 freight locomotives being outdated and no longer regarded as suitable for heavy freight duties. The new Class 60 locomotive was to be constructed using lessons learned from the Classes 56 and 58. Six organisations were invited to tender but only three did so. The contract was awarded to Brush Electrical Machines (today, Brush Traction, part of the Wabtec Rail Group) for a powerful 60mph Type 5 Co-Co design, which resulted in an order being placed for one hundred Class 60 diesel-electric locomotives. Using original research from the National Archives, British Rail Class 60 Locomotives is a high illustrated guide that explores the commissioning of the Class 60s and their construction, testing and running. It undertakes an in-depth technical appraisal of the class and details names, liveries, modifications and preservation and includes the 'Super 60' refurbishment programme and acquisition of ten Class 60s for Colas Rail UK, bringing the timeline to the present day. Of interest to all diesel loco enthusiasts and railway modellers, thie book is lavishly illustrated with 280 colour and black & white photographs, many previously unpublished.

Download or read book British Industrial Steam Locomotives written by David Mather and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first steam locomotives used on any British railway, worked in industry. The use of new and second hand former main line locomotives, was once a widespread aspect of the railways of Britain. This volume covers many of the once numerous manufacturers who constructed steam locomotives for industry and contractors from the 19th to the mid 20th centuries. David Mather has spent many years researching and collecting photographs across Britain, of most of the different locomotive types that once worked in industry. This book is designed to be both a record of these various manufacturers and a useful guide to those researching and modelling industrial steam.

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 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thorough history of the Metropolitan-Vickers locomotive, also known as “Class 28,” featuring 160 color and black & white photos. 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.

Download or read book The B T H and North British Type 1 Bo Bo Diesel Electric Locomotives British Railways Classes 15 and 16 written by Anthony P. Sayer and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2021-12-30 with total page 765 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British Railways ‘Pilot Scheme’ orders of 1955 included ten BTH and ten NBL Type 1 locomotives, these being introduced during 1957-61 for use in East London, and on the Great Eastern and London, Tilbury & Southend lines. The BTH fleet subsequently expanded to forty-four, as a consequence of their light axle-loading and the availability of spare manufacturing capacity which BR chose to exploit in their quest to eliminate steam traction. Further construction of these two classes ceased after the fifty-four units, with preference being given to the highly reliable English Electric product which by mid-1962 had proliferated to 128 examples. The NBL fleet survived until 1968, being withdrawn after ten years of indifferent performance. The BTH locomotives followed by 1971, although four lingered on as carriage pre-heating units. Dramatic reductions in goods traffic during the 1960s/70s particularly impacted local trip and transfer freight duties, the ‘bread and butter’ work for the Type 1s, and it was inevitable that the less successful classes were retired from traffic first. This book looks at the short history of these two classes, making extensive use of archive sources, combined with the primary observations of numerous enthusiasts. Previously unpublished information, covering the introduction, appearance design and performance issues of the locomotives, form a central focus, and, allocations, works histories, storage and disposals, liveries and detail differences are covered in the same level of detail as previous volumes in the ‘Locomotive Portfolio” series.

Download or read book British Rail in the 1980s and 1990s Diesel Locomotives and DMUs written by Kenny Barclay and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kenny Barclay documents the diesel locomotives and DMUs in the closing decades of the British Rail era.

Download or read book ABC Traction Recognition written by Colin J. Marsden and published by . This book was released on 2014-11-11 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition of Colin Marsden's highly successful guide to all the locomotives and multiple units currently operating on Britain's railway network, now brought completely up to date

Download or read book Diesel Locomotives of Great Britain written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 110. Chapters: British Rail diesel locomotives, LMS diesel shunters, InterCity 125, British Rail Class 37, Class 47 renumbering, British Rail Class 50, British Rail Class 47, British Rail Class 42, British Rail Class 55, British Rail Class 52, British Rail Class 24, British Rail Class 31, British Rail Class 40, British Rail Class 43, British Rail Class 45, British Rail Class 20, British Rail Class 33, British Rail Class 66, British Rail Class 25, EMD Series 66, British Rail Class 03, British Rail Class 57, British Rail HS4000, British Rail Class 59, British Rail Class 70, BR Class 37 renumbering, British Rail Class 26, British Rail Class 35, MaK / Vossloh G1206, British Rail Class 08, British Rail Class 60, British Rail Class 14, British Rail Class 23, British Rail Class D20/2, List of preserved British Rail Class 08 locomotives, British Rail Class 17, British Rail Class 67, British Rail Class 07, British Rail Class 56, British Rail 10100, British Rail Class 58, List of preserved British Rail Class 47 locomotives, British Rail Class 15, List of British Rail Class 52 locomotives, British Rail Class 27, British Rail Class 97/6, British Rail Class 04, British Railways DP1, British Rail Class 09, British Rail Class 28, British Rail Class D3/12, British Rail Class 22, British Rail Class 53, British Rail Class 21, British Rail Class 11, British Rail Class 46, London Underground diesel locomotives, British Rail Class 01, British Railways Janus, British Rail Class D16/1, British Rail Class 16, British Rail Class 44, Walrus, British Rail 10800, British Rail Class 48, Dolphin, British Rail Class 02, LMS diesel shunters 7059-7068, British Rail Class 05, British Rail Class 29, Deltic 9000 Fund, British Rail Class D16/2, British Rail Class 12, British Rail DP2, British Rail D0260, British Rail Class 13, NZR DS class, British Rail Class...

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Download or read book The British Railways Pilot Scheme Diesel Locomotives written by Colin Alexander and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at the iconic and important pilot scheme diesel locos.

Download or read book A Detailed History of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives The 9F 2 10 0 class written by John Walford and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Walford and Paul Harrison present the complete story of the powerful and successful Class 9Fs. Enthusiasts will find this book a delight as the engines were allocated to more than 60 depots and worked nationwide. Full details of each engine's construction, allocation and use, modification and disposal and a chapter on the 9 preserved engines is included .