British Diesel Locomotives of the 1950s and ‘60s

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

British Diesel Locomotives of the 1950s and 60sAuthor(s): Greg Morse\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Shire Publications\nISBN-13: 9781784420338, 978-1784420338\nSynopsis\nA beautifully illustrated guide to the trains that took over as the Age of Steam was drawing to a close in the 1950s. Ideal for anyone interested in Britains railways and the evolution of rail transport.\n\nAfter the Second World War, the drive for the modernisation of Britains railways ushered in a new breed of locomotive: the Diesel. Diesel-powered trains had been around for some time, but faced with a coal crisis and the Clean Air Act in the 1950s, it was seen as a part of the solution for British Rail.\n\nThis beautifully illustrated book, written by an expert on rail history, charts the rise and decline of Britains diesel-powered locomotives. It covers a period of great change and experimentation, where the iconic steam engines that had dominated for a century .