Early and First Generation Green Diesels in Photographs

by Brian J. Dickson

The four pre grouping companies all experimented with diesel-powered shunters. By the time the BR Modernisation Report was published in 1955 there were only seven mainline diesel locomotives in operation with the first of the projected pilot scheme locomotives not entering service until 1957. Then, 14 types of types were ordered from six independent manufacturers and two BR Works with an initial order tolling 174 locomotives. It was intended that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750992654
• ISBN13: 9780750992657
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.7" x 10.4"