The diesel impact on British Rail / R.M. Tufnell, with a foreword by T.C.B. Miller.
By: Tufnell, R. M.
Material type: BookPublisher: London : Mechanical Engineering Publications, 1979Description: ix,184 p. : ill, plans ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0852984383.Subject(s): Diesel locomotives -- Great Britain -- HistoryDDC classification: 625.266Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes indexes.
Part One: The locomotives -- The problem of choice -- The industrial scene, 1953 -- The pilot plan in action, 1957-1962 -- The battle of the giants -- The demise of steam, 1963-1968 -- The diesel triumphant and the weeding-out -- Achievement -- Part Two: The engines -- English electric -- The Napier 'Deltics' -- Mirrlees, Bickerton and Day -- Crossley Brothers -- Davey Paxman and Co. -- Sulzer Brothers (UK) Ltd -- MAN -- Maybach Motorenbau GmbH.