A photographic history celebrating the lives of the early diesels across Britain's railway network 'British Rail Diesels' presents a wide collection of photographs illustrating a lost world on the nation's railways. Mick Hymans' interest in diesels began with resentment as they phased out his beloved steam engines, but over time these once- despised locomotives proved themselves and now enjoy a vast following in their own right. Including every class of diesel introduced on the railways up to the early 1960s, this book covers the whole railway system from the North of Scotland and Wales right down to Cornwall. It covers every early class of diesel, including the many shunters and prototypes produced to replace steam, showing every livery and alteration made, providing a wonderful resource to modellers, as well as enabling enthusiasts to look back fondly on the diesels that replaced steam locomotion and which themselves have mainly been consigned to the scrap heap. AUTHOR: Mick Hymans has driven buses for over 40 years. He has also always enjoyed a fascination with the railways, starting from his train spotting days in the steam era. He is on the committee of Eastbourne Local History Society and has written on Eastbourne's local history as well as A History of Eastbourne Buses for The History Press. He collects old amateur cine films and uses them to create DVDs, which can be viewed on his website www.totallyarchive.co.uk and www.archivefilms.org. He has a vast collection of railway photographs stemming from many years of avid collecting. SELLING POINTS: ? Covering every class of diesel locomotive across England, Scotland and Wales ? Many unpublished photographs from the author's wide collection, amassed over many years ? Evoking a wealth of nostalgia for enthusiasts and modellers alike ? Detailing the different liveries of the diesels across their lives ? A first-stop reference book for anyone looking for diesel information 200 b/w, 16 colour
