Type 4 Locomotives of British Rail

by Andrew Walker

The six principal classes of diesel locomotive that once made up the 'Type 4' classification - the 40, 44, 45, 46, 47 and 50 - were the survivors of a wider group that can trace its origins to the British Transport Commission's Modernisation Plan of 1955. Designating a power output of between 2,000 and 3,000 hp, the type once contained representatives of several non-standard and one-off prototype builds, including the Warship and Western diesel-hydraulics,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445680092
• ISBN13: 9781445680095
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages