Fuel: Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel \ ULSD Current Operators: Great Western Railway, Arriva Cross Country, East Midland Railway, Network Rail, Scotrail, Locomotive Services Limited, Colas Rail. Former Operators: British Rail, Virgin Trains West Coast, Virgin Trains Cross Country, Great North Eastern Rai...
In 2005, Ian Allan Publishing published "Diesel Pioneers", which provided a complete overview of the development of the early diesel classes inherited by BR and those that were developed as part of the Modernisation Plan of 1955. This lovely new book takes the subject forward and covers the st...
Much money was also wasted by the rapid introduction of new classes of diesel locomotives into fleet service without an adequate period of prototype testing, which resulted in several classes being scrapped within a very few years of their being built. The failure of the Modernisation Plan led ...
BRITISH STEAM is a copiously illustrated guide, which explores the rise of the steam locomotive, the engine which dominated British railways, and changed t... JD Little,C Welch 被引量: 0发表: 2013年 TRANSPORT OF DELIGHT: Steam back to the golden age of rail in the East of England Hidden...
Jan. 11, 2025, 10:36 AM UTC(BBC)Great British Rail fare sale: Government confirms cheaper tickets British Railways, former national railway system of Great Britain, created by the Transport Act of 1947, which inaugurated public ownership of the railroads. The first railroad built in Great Brita...