Book Description
Rare and previously unpublished photographs celebrating the venerable Class 37 locomotives at work in Scotland.
Author : Colin J. Howat
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 31,27 MB
Release : 2024-09-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 139812110X
Rare and previously unpublished photographs celebrating the venerable Class 37 locomotives at work in Scotland.
Author : Nick Meskell
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,73 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Class 37 (Diesel locomotives)
ISBN : 9780954803544
Author : Fred Kerr
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 33,63 MB
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1399096141
A stunning pictorial survey of the Class 37/4s, covering their operations in Scotland, England, and Wales. In the prelude to the privatisation of British Railways, the Provincial Sector (later Regional Railways) became responsible for local / secondary train services. It initiated the refurbishment of thirty-one 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 Once withdrawn from service some class members were purchased for preservation and—such was their adaptability—that preserved examples were hired by train operators to cover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 : Andrew Walker
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,34 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Class 37 (Diesel locomotives)
ISBN : 9781445657370
Documents the iconic Class 37 locomotive.
Author : Colin J. Howat
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 25,9 MB
Release : 2023-10-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1398105619
With a wealthy of previously unpublished images comes a photographic celebration of class 08 locomotives on Scotland's railways.
Author : Stanley C. Jenkins
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 22,28 MB
Release : 2015-03-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1445644169
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the Chester & Holyhead line has changed and developed over the last century.
Author : Fred Kerr
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 21,1 MB
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1399096168
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 : Nick Meskell
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,68 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Class 37 (Diesel locomotives)
ISBN : 9780954803513
Author : Colin J. Howat
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 15,17 MB
Release : 2017-10-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1445673754
Colin J. Howat looks at traction around Scotland.
Author : Colin J. Howat
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 38,82 MB
Release : 2021-08-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1398105570
With a wealthy of previously unpublished images comes a photographic celebration of Class 20 locomotives on the railways of Scotland.