This 148-page special examines how research played a major role in the development of our railways by studying the locomotives and trains used by the division in the BR era and to the present day.

Testing, Testing traces the development of British Rail Research, and Mechanical and Electrical Engineering operations based at the Railway Technical Centre in Derby. Modelling British Railways - Engineers' Wagons Testing Testing - Understanding Britain's Test Trains

See the full table of contents on the product details page HERE. Some lead on to inspire incredible innovations on the railways whilst others were unmitigated disasters. In the pursuit for constant improvement there have been many of these top-secret projects over the years. This 132-page bookazine is dedicated to chronicaling some of the most unusual locomotives ever to exist in the history of railways, including: Bulleid Leader, EE GT3, Stanier Turbomotive, Gresley Hush-Hush, APT and many more. Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of experimental trains in Britain. This 132-page publication brings together a collection of detailed and informative articles, from the pages of Rail Express Magazine, detailing train formations in the diesel and electric era which you can utilise to recreate them in model form.Ī huge variety of operations are on display, including: power station coal traggic, nuclear and military trains, Travelling Post Office (TPO) workings, grain traffic and the ever popular Scottish push-pull trains.Įven if you're not a modeller, there's a great deal of information and photographs that will bring back great memories from the last 40 years of railways in Britain. Rail Express Modeller Train Formations Handbook

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