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British locomotives post-Nationalisation and overseas locomotives post 1945. This is the section for modern traction and BR standard steam. See also: Locomotives: Pre-Nationalisation for British locomotives pre-Nationalisation and overseas locomotives up to the end of the Second World War; Photo albums & collections for the Working Steam series and similar; and Biographies for books about locomotive engineers.
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The Book Of The Britannia Pacifics A Photographic Accompaniment. Ref: MT1851

Every single Britannia!
Sixsmith, I.
Very large, 52 page album, soft back.

Price: £6.99

British Industrial Steam In The 1960s. Ref: MT3890

The collected industrial colour photography of Terence Dorrity.
Dorrity.
Very large, 224 page colour album, glazed boards. ** The author developed an interest in industrial steam as a boy growing up in the west midlands and it is the coal, ironstone and steel industries there that form the backbone of this work. When older he photographed industries further afield in England, Wales and Scotland and so has produced a powerful record of steam at work from Dorset to Morayshire. Some terrific images here, including some fairly unusual engines.

Price: £30.00

A Celebration Of BR Standard Pacifics. Ref: MT3834

Britannias, Clans and Duke Of Gloucester.
Jennison.
Very large landscape, 144 page album, glazed boards. **The third of this new series of albums depicting some of the best-loved steam classes. Fine black and white photos of BR Standard 4-6-2s, one to a page, in chronological order starting with the batches of each class as built. The emphasis is on the engines in service and all engines are illustrated at least once (71000 is x 6).

Price: £27.95

Testing Times At Derby. Ref: MT1869

A 'privileged' view of steam. RS14.
Rimmer.
Medium, 120 pages, some photo illustrations, soft back. **A locomotive engineer in the 1950s.

Price: £9.95

Diesels & Electrics. Ref: MT3901

Locomotives International special edition no 1.
Catchpole, P and others.
Very large, 80 pages, many photo illustrations, some colour, soft back. **A collection of articles about overseas "modern" traction of unusual interest.
Out of print, last copy.

Price: £14.95

Diesels & Electrics. Ref: MT1822

Locomotives International special edition no 2.
Catchpole, P and others.
Very large, 80 pages, many photo illustrations, some colour, soft back. **A second collection of articles about overseas "modern" traction of unusual interest.

Price: £14.95

Here Be Dragons. Ref: MT3592

A journey with steam to the end of the world.
Girdlestone.
Very large, 136 pages, photo illustrations, chiefly colour, maps, hard back. **Phil Girdlestone, who died untimely in 2016 at the age of 61, was a locomotive engineer, described by David Wardale in the foreword as "one of a small band of adventurers with steam for a vocation and anywhere in the world for a home - provided of course there was a steam railway nearby." Girdlestone chronicles his remarkable career, which started at the Festiniog in 1969 and took in Africa, Russia and South America, and describes his technical work in detail. A fascinating read.

Price: £33.95

Internal Combustion Traction. Ref: MT3759

A compilation.
Hennessey.
Very large, 80 pages, photo illustrations and drawings, soft back. **A collection of archive articles recording some of the better and lesser known developments of applying internal combustion motors to railway traction. In no way a definitive or critical history of this form of motive power, the compiler offers the selection - arranged chonologically - as a good read and provides a good bibliography for those who want to pursue the subject in greater depth. Robert's article on Fairbanks-Morse opposed piston diesel engines is included amid a feast of topics from R H N Hardy's recollections of the coming of diesels on BR to weird steam/diesel and jet-propelled locomotives.

Price: £12.50

Locomotive Compendium Ireland. Ref: MT2655

Boocock.
Very large, 128 pages, photo illlustrations, some period colour, glazed boards. **The first of a series planned to cover all the main railways in the British Isles in the period from 1949 to the present. In fact this volume includes classes dating back to the 1870s. A class-by-class survey giving brief histories and class statistics. The volume covers the whole of Ireland. Out of print, last copy.

Price: £19.99

Locomotives Of The LMS NCC. Ref: MT2590

And its predecessors.
Scott.
Very large, 190 pages, map, photos, locomotive drawings, tables, hard back. **History of NCC locomotives from the first engines built for the Belfast and Ballymena Railway in 1847 - every NCC locomotive built between then and the end of steam in 1970 is described, together with information on diesel locomotives and railcars.

Price: £25.00

Pictorial Record Of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives Volume Two. Ref: MT1835

Including War Department heavy goods engines.
Talbot, E.
Very large, 118 page album: photos, some technical drawings, glazed boards. *Pictures of all BR standard classes; a companion volume to the author's original Pictorial Record Of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives which was published in 1982.

Price: £20.00

Preserved Standard Gauge Steam Locomotives Of Great Britain A Working History. Ref: MT3515

Randall
Medium, 144 pages, a few photo illustrations, soft back. ** Useful reference book lists all preserved standard gauge locomotives (whether restored or not) by manufacturer. Dates, numbers (including works numbers), past owners and present whereabouts are given for each engine. Appendices list imported locomotives, list every main line engine by number (referenced to the main entry), and list the places of work of the preserved ex-industrial locomotives.

Price: £13.50

Tornado 21st Century Steam. Ref: MT2767

The definitive work.
Glancey.
Very large, 207 pages, many colour and some black & white photos, hard back. **The "official history" of Tornado includes a complete history of the Peppercorn A1 class. A handsome book at a very reasonable price.

Price: £24.99

Yellow Trains. Ref: MT3721

Ten years of testing.
Royle.
Very large, 160 pages, many photos: colour throughout, glazed boards. **The author worked as an on-train technician for Network Rail between 2002 and 2012. He took his camera wherever he went and recorded the trains, the equipment and the people - this lucid description of the work involved is therefore singularly well illustrated.

Price: £25.00

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