{"title":"Books by Hugh Longworth","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781800352988","title":"British Railways Diesel and Electric Locomotives","description":"Hugh Longworth has published a number of very successful volumes on British Railways' steam locos, DMUs and coaching stock. His thorough and detailed research has focused on the operation history and allocations of the rolling stock types covered in these books.In this completely new work, in the style of those previously published, he covers in detail all the classes of diesel and electrics locomotives that were introduced by BR from the modernisation plan of 1955 to the present day. Each class, which operated over this lengthy period, is covered in the book. The headlong rush to eliminate steam traction and modernise the railways from the 1950s onwards produced very mixed results. Some of the locomotives introduced were very successful and long lived with examples still in service well into the twenty first century whilst others were found seriously wanting and withdrawn completely after only a few years in service. For each class, a concise history is provided giving construction details and full technical specifications. For every individual locomotive, a full listing is provided including all numbers applied throughout its career, names where they were allocated, details of entry into service, full allocation details over their operational life as well as withdrawal and scrapping dates.The book is illustrated throughout predominantly using colour photos and drawings and the data it contains is fully cross referenced. Comprehensive in its coverage, this book will be referred to again and again by all those interested in the diesel and electric era on Britain's railways.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56305837572469,"sku":"9781800352988","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781800352988_93242acc-86ad-4c46-800b-e9de10e08872.jpg?v=1786026603"},{"product_id":"9781800352537","title":"British Railways First Generation DMUs","description":"First widely introduced from the early 1950s onwards, the diesel multiple-unit represented an attempt to produce a vehicle that would replace steam traction on the country's branch lines and secondary routes at a time when the railway industry was in desperate need of a cheaper alternative to steam in order to improve the finances of these increasingly unremunerative lines. Over 4,000 vehicles were ordered from both BR works and private manufacturers as part of the BR modernisation plan of 1955.Following refurbishment from the early 1970s onwards, many first generation DMUs were to survive in service until the late 1980s and early 1990s. Although most were scrapped after withdrawal,  a significant number of these vehicles have been preserved on the nation's heritage railways.This updated and expanded edition of Hugh Longworth's classic book on the subject records the great variety of DMU types constructed as part of the programme. Each is covered in detail with information about construction, technical specifications, entry into service, formations, allocations, withdrawal and final fate. This new edition makes full use of colour throughout with many additional photos included. The diagrams have been redrawn and a new section showing the unit formations has been added.Comprehensive in its coverage, this book will be sought after by all those modellers, preservationists and historians seeking a detailed reference work on the history of first generation DMUs.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56306862653813,"sku":"9781800352537","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781800352537_1c3a3e9a-c0bc-412f-82e3-2562e62fdd9a.jpg?v=1786026570"},{"product_id":"9781800353220","title":"British Railways Steam Locomotives 1948-68","description":"When it was originally published, Hugh Longworth's definitive record of every steam locomotive operated by British Railways from nationalisation until the end of steam traction on the network in 1968 was very much welcomed as it provided for the first time in one place a detailed and accurate source of reference on this important subject.With the book having been out of print for some time, a new and revised edition was overdue. However, the extent of the revisions, which included the books' many photographs being given more space on the page and the use of enlarged and enhanced locomotive drawings, greatly increased the size of the work. Rather than attempt to cut or dilute the content, it was decided that instead of publishing one unwieldy and expensive book, a more realistic approach was to present the work in two volumes of roughly similar size. This is the first of these and focuses on the Great Western and LNER locomotives which became part of BR stock in 1948. The second book, due in 2025, will cover Southern and LMS locos and the Standard classes introduced by BR.The entry for each class provides essential information including the size of cylinders and driving wheels, boiler pressure, weight, the type of valve gear used, the year the type was introduced and its tractive effort. For each locomotive in a class, its place of construction and the date, withdrawal and scrapping dates are given as are details of any renumberings that may have occurred during the BR era.Heavily illustrated throughout, this book and its companion volume will be of great value to all interested in the steam era on British Railways. All classes that were on BR's books in the years post 1948 are covered, and whilst the overwhelming majority of the locos featured are standard gauge, the few narrow gauge locomotives operated by BR are also included.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56307028230517,"sku":"9781800353220","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781800353220_4a0deba2-81b5-4069-91a7-9ab013b181c8.jpg?v=1786026623"},{"product_id":"9780860936954","title":"British Railways Pre-Nationalisation Coaching Stock Volume 2","description":"\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56311990616437,"sku":"9780860936954","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780860936954_7358d86c-c835-4410-a0c2-25f37f36bcf0.jpg?v=1786016061"},{"product_id":"british-railways-steam-locomotives-1948-68","title":"British Railways Steam Locomotives 1948-68","description":"When it was originally published, Hugh Longworth's definitive record of every steam locomotive operated by British Railways from nationalisation until the end of steam traction on the network in 1968, was very much welcomed, as it provided, for the first time in one place, a detailed and accurate source of reference on this important subject.  With the book out of print for some time, a new and revised edition was overdue. However, the extent of the revisions, which included the book's many photographs being given more space on the page, and the use of enlarged and enhanced locomotive drawings, greatly increased the size of the work. Rather than attempt to cut or dilute the content, it was decided that instead of publishing one unwieldy and expensive book, a more realistic approach was to present the work in two volumes of roughly similar size. The first of these dealing with the Great Western and LNER locomotives which became part of the BR stock in 1948, was published in 2025. This second volume covers Southern and LMS locos inherited in 1948 and the Standard classes introduced by BR.   The entry for each class provides essential information including the size of the cylinders and driving wheels, boiler pressure, wight, the type of locomotive in a class, its place of construction and the date, withdrawal and scrapping dates are given as the details of any renumbering that may have occurred during the BR era. Heavily illustrated throughout, this book and its previous volume will be of great value to all interested in the steam era on British Railways. All classes that were on BR's books in the years post 1948 are covered in the two volumes, and whilst the overwhelming majority of the locos featured are standing gauge, the few narrow gauge locomotives operated by BR are also included.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57487745810805,"sku":"9781800353541","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781800353541.jpg?v=1786354971"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-hugh-longworth.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}