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  • The modernisation plan : British Railways' blueprint for the future / David N. Clough

9780711037908
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Author:
Publication date:
  • 2014
Publisher:
  • Ian Allan
Place of publication:
  • Hersham, Surrey
ISBN:
  • 9780711037908
Dimensions:
  • 24 cm
Extent:
  • 174 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
Illustrations:

  • illustrations

Summary etc:

  • History of the 1955 “Modernisation and re-equipment of British Railways” report beginning with the impact of nationalisation in 1948. Assessment of the long-term effects of the plan on the future of the British railway network. Chapters on diesel multiple units, electrification and design.

Contents note:

  • Bibliography -- Index

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Shelf reference:
  • F06 Clo