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Class 55 Deltics: From the Final Years to Preservation
Colin Alexander
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Description for Class 55 Deltics: From the Final Years to Preservation
Paperback. A wonderful collection of photographs showing the last years of the Deltics, their retirement from service and preservation. Num Pages: 96 pages, 180. BIC Classification: 1DBK; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 233 x 8. Weight in Grams: 302.
Named after the Napier Deltic diesel engines that powered them, the Class 55 Deltic locomotives served on Britain's railways from the early 1960s until the last examples were retired at the beginning of 1982. While in service, the Deltics dominated services on the East Coast Main Line between London King's Cross and Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Six are now in preservation. Obsessed by the Deltics since his childhood, Colin Alexander has photographed these charismatic locomotives in main-line service, in withdrawal and in preservation since the 1970s. Supported by the photographs of his long-time friend and fellow enthusiast Ian ... Read more
Named after the Napier Deltic diesel engines that powered them, the Class 55 Deltic locomotives served on Britain's railways from the early 1960s until the last examples were retired at the beginning of 1982. While in service, the Deltics dominated services on the East Coast Main Line between London King's Cross and Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Six are now in preservation. Obsessed by the Deltics since his childhood, Colin Alexander has photographed these charismatic locomotives in main-line service, in withdrawal and in preservation since the 1970s. Supported by the photographs of his long-time friend and fellow enthusiast Ian ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445656953
SKU
V9781445656953
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-31
About Colin Alexander
Colin Alexander has been a railway enthusiast for more than thirty years and volunteered on preserved Deltic locomotives. He was born in Northumberland, and has a life-long passion for local and transport history, sparked by his mother's copy of The King's England - Northumberland. Appreciative of the county's unique place geographically and historically, he has explored most of its once-inhabited ... Read more
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