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BOOK BY DAVID CABLE 9781473899728
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THIS PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM PORTRAYS THE FOUR CLASSES OF LOCOMOTIVES INTRODUCED TO OPERATE ON
THE BRITISH RAILWAYS SYSTEM, PRIOR TO PRIVATISATION IN 1994. INCREASING LOADS AND DETERIORATING
RELIABILITY OF OLDER CLASSES NECESSITATED THE DESIGN OF NEW, HIGHER HORSEPOWER CLASSES OF DIESEL
LOCOMOTIVES TO OPERATE THE INCREASING REQUIREMENT TO OPERATE TRAINS HANDLING LOADS IN BULK, SUCH AS COAL,
MINERALS, FUELS ETC. THE FOUR CLASSES INCLUDED ONE AMERICAN DESIGN THE CLASS 59 WHICH SET
NEW STANDARDS IN HAULAGE CAPACITY AND RELIABILITY. THE OTHER THREE DESIGNS CLASSES 56, 58 AND 60 WERE MORE
SUITABLE TO THEIR TASKS THAN PREVIOUS MODELS, BUT IN THE CASE OF THE CLASS 56, SUFFERED A POOR REPUATATION FOR
AVAILABILITY FOR SEVERAL YEARS, ALTHOUGH THE FEW REMAINING MEMBERS OF THE CLASS HAVE NOW ATTAINED ACCEPTABLE
STANDARDS. OF THE FOUR CLASSES, A SMALL NUMBER OF CLASS 56S OPERATE IN PRIVATE OWNERSHIP,
ALL THE CLASS 58S HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN, BUT ALL THE CLASS 59S AND 60S ARE IN DAILY USE THROUGHOUT
ENGLAND AND WALES. THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN WRITTEN BY DAVID CABLE, AUTHOR OF A SERIES OF ILLUSTRATED BOOKS
COVERING RAILWAYS IN THE UK AS WELL AS OVERSEAS. THE BOOK SHOWS EXAMPLES OF ALL FOUR
CLASSES WORKING A VARIETY OF DUTIES AT A WIDE RANGE OF LOCATIONS.
PUBLISHER ? : ? PEN SWORD TRANSPORT (26 FEBRUARY 2018)
LANGUAGE ? : ? ENGLISH
HARDCOVER ? : ? 240 PAGES
ISBN-10 ? : ? 1473899729
ISBN-13 ? : ? 978-1473899728
ITEM WEIGHT ? : ? 953 G
DIMENSIONS ? : ? 25.4 X 2.54 X 20.32 CM
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