Wagons of the Middle British Railways Era
A Pictorial Study of the 1955 to
1961 Period
by David Larkin
David Larkin
continues his comprehensive survey of British Railways goods wagons from where
he left off in the first volume, here covering some of the new designs that were introduced by BR during a period of
great change. The success of these
designs was patchy – some being good in their day, but others being failures
from the start.
The way forward for mineral traffic was block trains of automatic-braked
stock, as had been demonstrated by the ICI limestone trains that had operated
between Derbyshire and
With the
same profusion of photographs as the first volume, and including lot and
diagram details, number ranges, builders and livery details of the vehicles,
this series is building into a veritable “ABC” of BR wagons.
“A
profusion of well-reproduced photos on high-grade paper.” Railway
Magazine
“Comprehensive
survey. An excellent selection of
photographs.” Railway Modeller
Softback: 96
pages with 138 photographs
273 x 215mm
ISBN
978-1-905505-06-7
£14.00
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