Details the history, design, performance, and eventual decline of the British Railways Class 23 'Baby Deltics' locomotives. The British Railways 'Pilot Scheme' orders of 1955 included ten English Electric Type 2 diesel-electric locomotives deploying Napier 'Deltic' engines. These locomotives, more colloquially known as the 'Baby Deltics', were introduced into traffic during 1959 for use on the Eastern Region of British Railways. This book looks at the history of the Class 23s, making exten...

The British Railways 'Pilot Scheme' orders of 1955 included six North British Type 2 diesel-hydraulic locomotives, these being introduced during 1959 for use on the Western Region. Without operational experience, a further fifty-two locomotives were delivered between 1959 and 1962. The fleet survived intact until 1968, when half of the class was withdrawn due to declining traffic levels across the UK, with successive National Traction Plans progressively selecting the less successful, non-...

The British Railways ‘Pilot Scheme’ orders of 1955 included six Type 2 diesel-hydraulic locomotives built by the North British Locomotive Co., these being introduced during 1959 for use on the Western Region. Without operational experience, a further fifty-two locomotives were delivered between 1959 and 1962. The fleet survived intact until 1968, when approximately half of the class was withdrawn as a result of declining traffic levels across the UK, with successive National Traction Plans...

A pictorial survey of the Class 14 locomotive's twenty-year history in British industry.In 1957 the Western Region of British Railways identified a need for 400 Type 1 diesel locomotives for short-haul freight duties, but it was 1964 before the first was introduced. General-purpose Type 1s were being delivered elsewhere but WR management regarded these as too expensive for their requirements. After completion of design work on the 'Western' locomotives, Swindon turn...

This informative, illustrated guide to the British Railways locomotive series covers its full production lifespan, from 1962–1965.In the early 1960s, the Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotive known as The Clayton was conceived as the new standard for British Railways, superseding other Type 1 classes. While the early classes suffered from poor driver visibility, the Claytons were highly successful and popular with operating crews. However, the largely untested high-speed...

Anthony P. Sayer's BR Swindon Type 1 explores the history of the experimental 0-6-0 diesel-hydraulic locomotives on British Railways.In 1957 the Western Region of BR identified a need for 400 Type 1 diesel locomotives for short-haul freight duties but it was 1964 before the first was introduced. General-purpose Type 1s were being delivered elsewhere but management regarded these as too expensive for their requirements.After completion of design work ...

The British Railways 'Pilot Scheme' orders of 1955 included ten BTH and ten NBL Type 1 locomotives, these being introduced during 1957-61 for use in East London, and on the Great Eastern and London, Tilbury & Southend lines. The BTH fleet subsequently expanded to forty-four, as a consequence of their light axle-loading and the availability of spare manufacturing capacity which BR chose to exploit in their quest to eliminate steam traction. Further construction of these two classes ceased a...

A thorough history of the Metropolitan-Vickers locomotive, also known as "Class 28," featuring 160 color and black & white photos.This book provides an in-depth history of the Metropolitan-Vickers diesel-electric Type 2 locomotives, more frequently known collectively as the "Co-Bo's" due to their unusual wheel arrangement. Twenty locomotives were constructed during the late-1950s for use on the London Midland Region of British Railways. The fleet was fraught with di...

A detailed, illustrated history of UK locomotives exported across Europe, with over 200 previously unpublished photos.Many British main-line diesel and electric locomotives have found further useful employment across Europe after completion of their careers in the United Kingdom. This volume incorporates text and photos into a detailed history of these locomotives and their surprisingly extensive geographical use—including in France, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, ...

This comprehensive history of these unique locomotives covers everything from performance issues to sightings, detail differences and liveries.The Type 2 Bo-Bo Diesel-Electric Classes 21 & 29 locomotives were constructed by the North British Locomotive Company in the early 1960s. Used in the Scottish region of British Railway, they ran into numerous problems and were withdrawn from service within a decade. Due in part to their short careers, these locomotives remai...

This is a book written by those at the sharp end of leisure service contract management. The lessons that can be learned from it are of value to everyone involved in, or studying, all forms of contract management. Readers will be able to benefit from examples of best, and worst, practice. The book will be especially valuable for clients, contractors, and students, directors and consultants.

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Not a coincidence. Symptoms of a system.When a private equity firm acquires a software company, the intended playbook is clear: invest, grow, and sell within a specific holding period. But what happens when the exit market stalls, the acquisition debt pressure builds, and the plan runs long?In Left Holding, Sayer P. Martin pulls back the curtain on the financial mechanics that can transform a he...