Description
Product ID: | 9781905505401 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Non-Pool Freight Stock 1948-1968: Privately-Owned and European Vehicles (Including APCM, Dorman Long, Esso & Gulf) |
Authors: | Author: David Larkin |
Page Count: | 96 |
Subjects: | Industrialisation and industrial history, Industrialisation & industrial history, Trains and railways: general interest, Trains & railways: general interest, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1945 to c 1960, c 1960 to c 1970 |
Description: | Select Guide Rating The first five Kestrel Railway Books volumes by David Larkin looked at the revenue-earning wagon fleet operated by British Railways and its successor, British Rail. These were followed by a series of three books looking at the specially-designed wagons that were used for track maintenance, and then three volumes covering the parcels and passenger-rated stock. This is the first of a series covering the ex-private owner fleet.When BR was created, it was intended that it should own all railway rolling stock, but legal action by some of the larger wagon-owning companies delayed things until 1951. Non-Pool wagons were defined as privately-owned wagons allowed to run over railways owned or operated by the British Transport Commission. This series sets out the types of wagon eligible to be classified as Non-Pool and lists them individually with details of numbers carried, capacity and registration details where known. Volume 1 covers owners with initials A to H, and Volume 2 (expected to be published in October 2016) deals with the remaining owners alphabetically. |
Imprint Name: | Kestrel Railway Books |
Publisher Name: | Kestrel Railway Books |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2016-02-18 |