{"product_id":"9781784420338-british-diesel-locomotives-of-the-1950s-and-60s","title":"British Diesel Locomotives of the 1950s and ‘60s","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA beautifully illustrated guide to the trains that took over as the Age of Steam was drawing to a close in the 1950s. Ideal for anyone interested in Britain’s railways and the evolution of rail transport.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautifully illustrated guide to the trains that took over as the Age of Steam was drawing to a close in the 1950s. Ideal for anyone interested in Britain’s railways and the evolution of rail transport.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter the Second World War, the drive for the modernisation of Britain’s railways ushered in a new breed of locomotive: the Diesel. Diesel-powered trains had been around for some time, but faced with a coal crisis and the Clean Air Act in the 1950s, it was seen as a part of the solution for British Rail.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis beautifully illustrated book, written by an expert on rail history, charts the rise and decline of Britain’s diesel-powered locomotives. It covers a period of great change and experimentation, where the iconic steam engines that had dominated for a century were replaced by a series of modern diesels including the ill-fated ‘Westerns’ and the more successful ‘Deltics’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31641645908065,"sku":"9781784420338","price":9.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32482613.jpg?v=1737623925","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781784420338-british-diesel-locomotives-of-the-1950s-and-60s","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}