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The Rise and Fall of British Railways Main Line Diesel Locomotives (HB)

The Rise and Fall of British Railways Main Line Diesel Locomotives (HB)

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    Product code: H4690Released: 15 March 2010224 pages

    Product description

    John Vaughan

    In a feast of railway nostalgia, this gloriously illustrated book celebrates
    the history of British-built main line diesel locomotives constructed
    between 1947 and 1993. Written by a respected railway author, it
    features locomotives from the whole of mainland Britain, with
    particular emphasis on the years from 1968, when steam ended on
    British Railways, to the arrival of the ‘new generation’ of North
    American diesels at the end of the 1990s. The authoritative text is
    supported by a wealth of photographs spanning the period 1948 to
    2008, most of them published for the first time.

    Key content

    All classes of British-built main line diesel motive power, from Class 14s to
    Class 60s, and early Prototypes.
    Nearly 400 illustrations with extended captions, including 32 pages of colour.
    Nationwide content includes Southern, Western, London Midland, Eastern and
    Scottish Regions, incorporating most of the classes associated with these areas.
    Action photographs showing a huge variety of train types, bygone railway
    infrastructure, and geographical locations.

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