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Nicknamed the "Whistlers", the 200 members of the English Electric Class 40 were amongst the most distinctive of all the types to emerge from the Modernisation Plan of 1955. Designed initially for express passenger services, in 1958 the first of the class were allocated to the Eastern Region where they replaced steam on the London-Norwich main line. Subsequent deliveries saw their area of operation extend to the London Midland, North Eastern and Scottish regions and their range of activities broaden to include parcels and freight traffic. Though all had been withdrawn by 1988, a number survive in preservation. The book includes detailed 4mm scale drawings and an excellent selection of colour and mono photographs that illustrate the variety in the liveries carried by these machines during their careers and detail differences that marked out individual locomotives at particular times.
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Format:Hardcover
This is much more than the standard locomotive photo album we've all seen. This book is targeted at the locomotive historian and/or modeller and contains many photos (perhaps more than half in colour) of specific detail features of the Class 40 type, as well as variations of those features between individual Class 40 locomotives. Grille, exhuast, bogie, boiler, buffer beam, water tank, gauges, handrails, nameplates, numbering, nose doors, headcodes, livery, ladders, and many, many, many more individual features of these locomotives are shown in photographs and explained. The book is divided into brief sections with text giving an overview of a particular feature, and then each feature is further explained by informative captions to several photos which illustrate the variations in the feature between individual locomotives, and also variations resulting from changes made to them over time. Construction details are given as are naming details for the engines which were given names. Locomotive allocations and routes are covered. Line drawings I believe to be in 4mm are supplied for the three main nose-end variations, with their corresponding side profiles. There is no drawing of the top of the locomotive, but roof features are covered sufficiently by photographs. This book is the first in a new series from Ian Allan, and I can only hope that the publisher releases further volumes in the series to cover all the major diesel classes, as this book is an indispensable reference.
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