Diesel - Western Region Class 14: Diesel-hydraulic 0-6-0s (7) - Couverture souple

Jennison, John

 
9781911703310: Diesel - Western Region Class 14: Diesel-hydraulic 0-6-0s (7)
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1911703315 ISBN 13 : 9781911703310
Editeur : Mortons Media Group, 2023

Synopsis

These locomotives enjoyed striking 'continental' good looks with, strangely, more than a nod to preceding steam design; for this they were regarded fondly by enthusiasts and they earned the somewhat fanciful and inexplicable nickname 'Teddy Bears'.

Sadly, performance did not match these fond feelings and as well as proving disappointing technically, the steam age duties for which they were designed were, to BR's consternation, rapidly disappearing.

British Railways sold them off after a few years but despite such an unprepossessing - ignominious some might say - career many nevertheless saw many years of work in private industry including, famously, the Channel Tunnel.

Remarkably, over a third of the class passed into preservation, an unprecedented proportion and paradoxically they can now be found at work, daily, the length and breadth of the country.

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Éditeur
Mortons Media Group
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1911703315
ISBN 13 
9781911703310
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
100
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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