Rail Express – September 2019

30 RAIL EXPRESS September 2019

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TWObooksbythe same author

focusingon Sulzer poweredType 2/3

and modernType 5locos. Theyboth

follow apicture-and-captionformat,

with mostlytwo pictures per pages

totalling around 180 photos in each.

The Sulzer book covers theType 2s

that becamesynonymous with

Scotland and theType 3s builtforthe

SouthernRegion. None of the photos

go back further than the mid-1980s,

which isashame because thereisarich

history missed from the first 20years

of their careers. The images arealso

mostlyclose -ups of locos in stations

and depots,rather than heading trains,

which will begood forreferencing

details but does makefor asomewhat

‘dry’ read.

The ‘67/68’ bookfollowsthe same

approach ,giving the impression that

photoshave been used based on what

wasavailable rather than chosenfor

anyother specificreason.

Class 26, 27 and 33 Locomotives/Class 67 and 68 Locomotives

Bothby Andrew Cole

Publishedby Amberley

http://www.amberley-books.com

96 pages, colour,234x165mm,softback. £14.99 each

By Adrian Curtis

Publishedby TrackRecordPress

http://www.westernlocomotiveresearchsociety.com

82 pages, some colour,216x150mm,hardback. £14.99 each

THE author has embarked on an

ambitious, butworthy,project to detail

the lifeand times of all 74 Class 52

‘Westerns’–eachint heir ownself-

cont ained book. The first twohave

been published covering classdoyen

No. D1000Western Enterpriseand

No. D1001WesternPathfinder.

The bookseachbegin withapiece

of ‘Western’ loco history–the D1000

book with the background to design

anddevelopment, while D1001’s

includes testing–beforegoing into

detailabout the specific loco. These

include things like workshistory,

allocations, notableworking sand

scrapping date–all backed upwith a

good selection of photos.

The ‘Westerns’were,ofc ourse, one

of the most popular types of diesel loco

ever to run in this country–but nothing

like this has been attempted before

and the series should add up to an

impressivepiece ofwork.

D1000Western Enterprise

By ChrisMartin

PublishedbyHaynes

http://www.haynes.com

188 pages, colour,275x216mm,hardback. £25.00

Inter-City 125 Owners’ Workshop Manual

COMPILED on behalfoft he 125 Group
in the style of Haynes’classic series
ofcarbooks, this is thereforeonlya
tongue-in-cheekowners’manual –but
from an enthusiast’s pointof view it
offers an insight into the‘nutsand
bolts’ ofClass43 HSTpowercars that
cann ot befound elsewhere.
Writ tenbyaclear expert,
thereare chapte rs covering the
developmentoftheHSTinthe1970s,
the anatomyofapowercar (including

labelled diagrams of allthe various

major parts), howHSTsare maintained,

andwhatitis likeinthedriver’s

cab. Thereisalso alook atthe125

Group’srestoration toworking service

of the NRM's prototype powercar

No. 41 001.

This isafascinating and

informativeread, highlyrecommended

foranyone with aninterest in these

iconiclocomotives that changed inter-

city rail travelinB ritain.

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