The British Rail Class 25 earned its place in railway history as one of Britain's most reliable diesel locomotives. Known affectionately as 'Rats' by railway workers and enthusiasts, these workhorses transformed British railways between 1961 and 1967. British Railways' shift from steam to diesel ...
Initially, high-speed Bombardier Voyager and Alstom Class 180 Adelante replaced numerous HST units, but all locomotives and sets were brought back into service as a result of increasing demand. Some Great Western sets were cascaded to Abellio ScotRail to replace the Class 170 units, while others...
This paper describes the theoretical and practical design studies undertaken to improve the curving perfornrance of the British Rail Class 37 Co–Co locomotive to reduce expensive wheel and rail wear on the West Highland Line. Observatiomfrom preliminary performance trials with a locomotivejitted ...
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The Class 56 Freight Locomotives of British Rail 来自 dx.doi.org 喜欢 0 阅读量: 10 作者: D.,F.,Russell,P.,J.,Lowe 摘要: In September 1974, sixty diesel-electric freight locomotives, designated Class 56, were ordered by British Railways to meet an anticipated upsurge in coal and ...
British Rail through the 1970's and 1980's over 4000 images mainly of the classic rail blue era. Locations from around the country including Brighton Birmingham Nottingham London Olympia Scotland Guide Bridge. Classes 33, 73 and 47 a speciality. Motorai
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...
introduced the double-arrow logo, still used by National Rail under licence to represent the industry as a whole; the standardised typeface (known as "Rail Alphabet") used for all communications and signs; and the "rail blue" livery, which was applied to nearly all locomotives and rolling ...
Of the approximately 20,000 locomotives in service on the railways in Britain in 1900 nearly 10% (around 1900) were six-coupled tender engines. These 0-6-0 engines were primary designed to haul goods traffic. Many of these were noteworthy and long lived classes and the Aspinall class 27 ...
Manfred arranged the trip on the footplate of a steam locomotive such as this one in Dortmund station Manfred also asked the driver of an express if I could sample a ride, and I travelled into Hamm on the footplate. The Germans, as ever, were proud to demonstrate the capabilities of the...