Diesel & Electric Locomotives & Units
BOOCOCK, Colin
Railway Liveries: BR Traction 1948 - 1995
Numerous fine colour photographs support chapters describing the livery changes in each period. Companion volume to that on 'Privatisation 1995 2000' covering the post-BR period (see separate listing).
BOOTH, Adrian
BR in Industry / Ex-BR Diesels in Industry
Industrial Railway Society Handbook BRD
Details of British Rail diesel locomotives below 1000hp (Classes 03 to 17) sold for industrial service and preservation.
BRADLEY, Rodger P.
Power for the World's Railways - GEC Traction and its predecessors 1823 to the present day
History of the development of diesel and electric traction by General Electric and it's forebears, including British Thomson-Houston Co., English Electric, Metropolitan-Vickers, Vulcan Foundry. A fine study, illustrated throughout.
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British Electrical Development Association
The Case for Electrification of the Railways [1936]
British Rail Eastern
Deltic - The end of an era
Well produced British Rail commemorative booklet produced in 1981 at the end of their service. Fine colour photographs and cut-away diagrams.
British Railways London Midland Region
A.C. Electrified Lines - 25 kV A.C. Multiple Unit Trains E.M.U.'s 001 - 0045 Driver's Manual 1963
BR 12034/3
British Railways London Midland Region
A.C. Electrified Lines: A.C. Electric Locomotives Series E3001- E3099 Driver's Instruction Manual
BR 12034/2
Manual for AC Electric locomotives first published in 1963 and covering Class AL1 to AL6 (Class 81 to 86). With frontispiece photograph and line diagrams of locomotives.
British Railways Southern Region
Locomotive Route Availability and Coupling Restrictions on Running Lines, December 1976
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British Timken Limited
Railway Manual [1950]
No. 4001
Fine manufacturers manual showing the application of roller bearings to steam, diesel and electric locomotives as well as mine locomotives, coaches, railcars and freight wagons. Photographs throughout and 28 detailed fold-out diagrams to the rear.