The British Rail Corporate Image and its Rail Blue livery was the longest lived colour scheme carried by the trains of Britain in the forty-eight-year life of the nationalized railway system. During this period there was an immense variety of locomotives, rolling stock and infrastructure across the network, that is all now part of history.
The British Rail Class 142 Pacer was a marriage of bus and rail technology introduced at a time when a cost effective train was required for the network. In the mid-1980s the 96 trains presented a fresh image in a period when the UK railway system was in need of investment. The fleet has lasted over thirty years and is due to be retired by 2020.
This book is a photographic journey across the historic railway network that serves the diverse area of North-Western England. It chronicles many of the changes since the 1970s, including scenes, routes, and rolling stock that have altered beyond recognition, and illustrates how the railway has adapted to the challenges of the twenty-first century.
Network Greater Manchester chronicles the historic, diverse, busy railway and tram systems that serve 493 square miles of North West England. Ongoing changes to operations, rolling stock and infrastructure since the 1970's are illustrated with high-quality, previously unpublished colour images.
The 75-mile, self-contained Merseyrail Electric network provides safe and efficient transportation for the Liverpool City region, the Wirral, and parts of Cheshire and West Lancashire. 'Merseyrail Electric: The Award-Winning Network' looks at how this iconic railway network has developed, its rolling stock, and what the future holds.
A pictorial survey of electrical multiple-units in the North of England from the late 1970s to the present day.
The history of the railways in Lancashire from 1978 to the present, from the end of the BR regional era, through sectorisation to privatisation.