Soft cover oblong book titled STANIER PACIFICS by Derek Hunteriss (1993) - (LL-Base-1)

Stanier Pacifics

Engineering & Transportation

HUNTRISS, Derek

Engineering

Ian Allan, Ltd

On Midland Lines

<p>Full color pictorial of the Cambrian Railways in Wales in the 1950s and 1960s as well as the Vale of Rheidol and the Welshpool &amp; Llanfair railways. 80 pages.</p>

On Cambrian Lines (The railway colour album series)

Ian Allan Publishing

On Great Northern Lines

Specialist Marketing International

Southern EMUs in Colour

Transportation

Ian Allan Publishing Ltd

<p>A celebration of the last decade of steam operation on the South Wales main line, from the Severn Tunnel westwards to Swansea and the South Wales valleys. Examines the role of steam engines in heavy industry and coal production, including the famous Great Western railway.</p>

The Heyday of Steam in South Wales

Ian Allan

On North Eastern Lines

Diesel-Hydraulics in the West Country

Gray, Peter W.

Automotive

Ian Allan Pub

Heyday of the Westerns

The Midlands, the traditional industrial heartland of Britain, was inevitably the center of an impressive network of railway lines. It was also the home of one of the most important non-BR manufacturers of diesel-locomotives, the Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. With a number of significant lines running through the region, in addition to the complex local network, it was inevitable, from the earliest days of modernization, that the region would see the rapid introduction of modern traction. The suburban services on the GWR main line were among the first to be converted, whilst the main line services themselves were to see the introduction of the blue Pullmans, a stopgap measure whilst the West Coast route was modernized. Elsewhere the Nottingham area was to become the home for the first of the 'Peaks', which were allocated to Toton for virtually their entire working lives.Drawing upon the collections of many of the notable photographers who were recording the changing railway scene in the Midlands during the late 1950's and 1960's, Derek Huntriss has selected some 85 color illustrations that portray graphically the rise of modern traction in the region during these decades. Of the locomotives and multiple units illustrated, many are now as much a part of history as the steam engines they were destined to replace, victims of the rapid reduction in the size of the railway network in the years following the Beeching Report and the replacement of older types by the second generation of diesel power. Allied to the author's detailed captions, the book recreates an era familiar to countless thousands of enthusiasts nationwide. As the first generation diesel-electric locomotives gradually fade into history, so interest in the so-called 'green diesel' era grows apace. Focusing upon the relevant period in the heartland of industrial Britain, Diesels in the Midlands is an evocative reminder of how far the railways have changed in a relatively short period.

Diesels in the Midlands

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