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BR DIVERSITY - THE TRANSITION
FROM STEAM
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BRITISH RAILWAYS 1948 - 1994 From Nationalisation to Privatisation
Volume One - From Goods to Railfreight |
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The Post-War decimated railway, pick-up goods and shunting operations,
traditional freight activity in Scotland, the centralisation of freight
marshalling and early bulk flows, major Post-War capital projects -
Whitemoor, Wath and Thornton yards, containerisation and Woodhead
electrification. On the motive power side, Austerity types, GW
standardisation and LMS practice (the basis for the BR Standards) is
discussed before the family of new freight steam locomotives, the headlong
rush towards dieselisation in 1955, the successes and disasters of the
modernisation programme, the co-existence of steam and diesels, and
ultimately the end of steam and subsequent developments. There's even a
presentation by Dr Beeching - wise words? . . . we'll let you decide on
that one. Locations range from Rural Scotland to Industrial Tyneside.
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BRITISH RAILWAYS 1948 - 1994 From Nationalisation to
Privatisation
Volume Two - From Passengers to Customers |
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Pre-War locomotive developments, the 1948 Locomotive Exchanges and their
influence on future motive power policy, the passenger and mixed traffic
BR Standards, early Big Four dieselisation - including GW railcars, the
arrival of the DMU - a novelty at the time, livery changes, improving
steam efficiency - double chimneys on the Western and Eastern and rebuilds
for Bulleid's Pacifics, early branch cut-backs, DC electrification
schemes, pilot scheme diesels and Western Region Hydraulic perversity, AC
electrics and the downgrading of the Great Western route to Birmingham,
the Blue Pullman, more closures including the Somerset & Dorset and the
Great Central and a whole host of branch lines - Dr Beeching tries to
justify his decision's, finally the last steam specials end an era. The
demise of non-standard diesel classes takes us into corporate days (with a
steam interlude on the Vale of Rheidol) and ultimately to Sectorisation
and the new beginning? Locations range from the Welsh Border Branches to
the Southern Region's commuterland. |
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