| British Rail Diesels: The Lives of the Early Diesels in Photographs Contributor(s): Hymans, Mick (Author) |
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ISBN: 0750966017 ISBN-13: 9780750966016 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $33.26 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Railroads - History - Travel | Europe - Great Britain - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Physical Information: 1.73" H x 5.98" W x 9.29" (0.60 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: British Rail Diesels presents a wide collection of photographs illustrating a lost world on the nation's railways. Mick Hymans' interest in diesels began with resentment as they phased out his beloved steam engines, but over time these once-despised locomotives proved themselves and now enjoy a vast following in their own right. Including every class of diesel introduced on the railways up to the early 1960s, this book covers the whole railway system from the North of Scotland and Wales right down to Cornwall. It covers every early class of diesel, including the many shunters and prototypes produced to replace steam, showing every livery and alteration made, providing a wonderful resource to modelers, as well as enabling enthusiasts to look back fondly on the diesels that replaced steam locomotion and which themselves have mainly been consigned to the scrap heap. |