English Electric Type 2 Bo-Bo 'Baby Deltic' Locomotives
b r class 23, design to destruction
$100.52
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
21 January 2025
Summary
Baby Deltics: A History of the English Electric Type 2 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 extensive use of available but previously unpub…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399058452 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399058452 |
| Author: | Anthony P. Sayer |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pen & Sword Transport |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 21 January 2025 |
| Weight: | 1.11kg |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 250mm |
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About The Author
Anthony P. Sayer
ANTHONY SAYER is a life-long railway enthusiast with an interest in the history of the early British diesel and electric locomotive classes. This is the author’s ninth book in the Pen & Sword ‘Locomotive Portfolio’ series, following on from the North British Type 2s (diesel-electric Classes 21 & 29), the Metropolitan-Vickers Type 2s (Class 28), the Clayton Type 1s (Class 17), the BTH/NBL Type 1s (Classes 15 & 16), the BR/Swindon Type 1s (Class 14, Volumes 1 & 2) and the NBL Type 2s (diesel-hydraulic Class 22, Volumes 1 & 2) books published between 2019 and 2024. Anthony lives in the north-east of England and is now retired after thirty-seven years working in the steel industry with responsibilities in both transport planning and supply-chain logistics.
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