Diesels in the Western Region

by George Woods

The Great Western Railway was always a little different to the rest of the railways, and that was still the position when in 1955 British Railways announced their Modernisation Plan that would see steam replaced by diesels and electrics. The rest of the railway regions opted for diesel-electric locos but the Western would be different, opting for diesel-hydraulics. The first entered service in 1957 and by 1964 six different classes were introduced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1398101958
• ISBN13: 9781398101951
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages