Diesels & Electrics [1]

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Diesels & Electrics [1]

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Sub-Titled: Locomotives International Special Edition No.1

As earlier generations of diesel and electric traction have been superseded around the world they have slipped out of use with little attention while steam has been chased till it disappears. Among these diesels and electrics are early British exports and some classics developed in Europe and America, as well as other little-known but fascinating pioneers of modern traction - not that there's much modern about the traction in this publication!

Some well-known authors have contributed to this edition, their photos supplemented by reader's pictures, giving a wide selection of diesel and electric subjects on gauges broad, stan-dard and narrow. As always, we cover that which other publi-cations rarely touch with a world-wide view of railways. More yet is awaiting publication, so a second modern traction edition is to be prepared later in the year.

Contents;-
The World's First Main Line Diesel
Early Diesel Traction Development
British Post-War Exports
The DeDion Bouton Railcars of the Hedjaz Railway
The McKeen Cars
Diesels and Electrics of Cuba
Early Narrow Gauge Diesels of Indonesia
Indonesian Plantation Diesels
What's All This About Three-Phase Electrics?
Italian Three-Phase Electrics
Direct Drive on Diesel Locomotives
Dutch Narrow Gauge Diesels
The Dieselisation of the Central Railway of Peru
Made in the DDR: LEW Electrics Still at Work in China
From Russia with Love - the LEW IV KPl 80-ton Electric

Softback. 80 pages, including 16 pages of full colour
37 colour photographs, 66 black & white photographs

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