HERITAGE DIESELS: The Peaks

From an exciting and modestly-priced series of railway books from Trams-Pennine Publishing packed with period colour photographs and a highly informative text telling the history of various diesel and electric locomotive and multiple units used on Britain's railways. Veteran railway enthusiasts will love these hitherto unpublished colour photographs and this volume charts the careers and liveries that later became known as Classes 44, 45 and 46, collectively nicknamed as Peaks after the 'mountain top' names that were bestowed upon the first ten members of the class to be delivered, plus those bearing regimental names, then passing through the different variations in appearances and liveries over the years. In addition, there are 17 of which have been preserved, and for modellers they can be recreated in miniature. Released into service all over painted green, there were later additions of small yellow warning panels to improve visibility to those on the trackside. The life stories of individual trains pictured show how all their name changes, re-numberings, going into storage, resting, restoration, missing name plates and final withdrawal, their nicknames like The Lady for one Class 46, originally named Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry on 14th April 1962 in front of a crowd at Derby Midland Station. With their distinctive yellow noses, the book has approximately 60 marvellous archive colour photos. 60 page paperback.