CREDITS & LINKS


LINKS

The following links lead to sites that I have enjoyed and are of various themes.

Sites marked !Photos! have graciously provided photographs for this site.

British Railways
Alan Newble's photographs: A selection of diesel & electric views from the last decade, and more.
John Turner's Diesel Pages: An extensive variety of views, particularly of the Eastern Region.!Photos!
BR's Sulzer fleet, Derby Works, Buses: And much more from Mr Bennett. !Photos!
D8233 website: A look at preserved D8233 and its long gone sisters.
Alan Baylis's most excellent Class 25 site: Class 25 passengers workings & alot more.
Co-Bo Land (The Class 28's): A thorough look at the short lived Co-Bo's.
Chris Ward's views: Preserved Steam and Class 45's in the Derby area.
David Hey's steam & diesel memories: A walk down memory lane from the 1950's onwards.
Definitive Deltic Library: Paul Bettany's excellent Deltic site. !Photos!
Dreadful!.com: The heady bashing years & other goings on of the 70's & 80's.
Ian Hammond's photos: A contributors great collection of old and new.!Photos!
Heritage Diesels: Mark Harrison's photos with a strong Sulzer flavour!Photos!
Link Rail: A major list of UK themed websites.
Locomotive Photo Gallery: An excellent selection of rail photographs by Mr Shipman. !Photos!
North Wales 1975 - 1983: Views & Text of the North Wales mainline including many Class 24 & 25's.
Rail Blue: Classic Traction from the 1970 & 1980's.!Photos!
Six Bells Junction: The site for railtour information, past & present.!Photos!
1980's Timewarp: Detailed workings from the 1980's in tabular format.
The Rat Roadshow Pages: The travels of a die-hard bunch of Class 25 enthusiasts.
Garry Brookes 1970's memories: Memories & pictures from the 1970's onwards, plenty of 24/25 views.
BR's 1st generation railcars: History and more of BR's diesel multiple units.

Preserved Sulzer's - Big & Small
Mark Fowler's D7629: Great views of the ongoing restoration & lively text describing the challenges of owning a diesel locomotive.
Preserved 26004 & 26024: News of two preserved Class 26's and much more Type 2 Mcstuff.!Photos!
The Brush Type 4 Fund: Owners of 47105.

Vickers Armstrong Photo Archive
Vicker Armstrong picture archive : includes Sulzer engines built for rail traction during the 1960's.

Australian Sulzers
Aussie Sulzers: Nic Doncaster's Sulzer & Crossley pages, amongst others.

Irish Diesels
Irish Preservation attempts to preserve CIE 001 Class #015. - Link disconnected temporarily - link was commandeered by an adult content site!

South American Railways
South American Journeys: Journeys in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia & Chile (& more) by Colin Churcher !Photos!.

Weather
An historical look at English Weather: A month by month review throughout the years.

Maps
Lost in the UK? : Try this map search.
Old Maps of the UK : in interesting resource for old UK maps & photographs.

California Highways
California Highways :A detailed look at the history of California's roads/interstates

Book/Magazines/Photos
Nene Valley Railway Books: No commercial connection here, just a great source of material that has helped with this site.
Locophoto site: Photos from the files of Andrew Henley.
Railway Gazette : historically a great resource for much of this website.

Sulzer Suppliers
UK based support for Sulzer power units : Part of the Simplex-Turbulo Co Ltd group

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CREDITS

This site has been made possible through the efforts of many, many people.

Without a doubt it was the men & women of British Railways, Sulzer, AEI and the myriad other organisations who built, maintained and drove the locomotives depicted in these webpages. Not forgotten should be the permanent way staff, the signalmen and all those others that were necessary to allow the trains to run.

And it must be remembered that in their daily duties some of these workers gave their lives. The train crews that perished in the wreck of 7605 on the Liverpool - Nottingham parcels highlights the tragedy that sometimes befell these daily routines. Routines that asked for their complete attention in all weathers, rain or shine, day or night, in surroundings that were filled with noise, vibration, tempermental heating systems, draughty cabs.......

And thanks to the enthusiasts and others that recorded these events, either through detailed notes in scruffy notebooks or through the lens of many a camera. And to the photographers that captured the images of the early diesel days, often to the derision of those who felt that only steam was worth capturing on film. These individual records provided the basis for the magazines/journals of the time, Railway Magazine, Trains Illustrated, Railway World, Railway Observer, Rail Enthusiast, Diesel Railway Traction and many others, that have provided these pages with much of their information.

The following enthusiasts (plus some I've no doubt overlooked) have provided information/pictures/support for this website:

Adrian Healey
Colin Churcher
Colin Williams
David Rogers
Gary Thornton
Graham Turner
Herbert Fackeldey
John Broughton
John Glynn
John Hague
Mark Bennett
Mark Cook
Mark Fowler
Mark Shipman
Matthew Crump
Neil Cannon
Neil Phillips
Nic Doncaster
Paul Bettany
Paul Fuller
Phillip Moore
Richard Howat
Romain Viellard
Russell Saxton
Stephen Usher
Steve Jones
Tony Sayer

OTHER RESOURCES

In addition to the above periodicals the resources listed below cover the Classes 24 & 25 in various parts:

BR Class 24/25 Diesels, Chris Perkins, Bradford Barton 1982
BR Diesels in Close-Up, Preedy & Ford, Bradford Barton 1974
BR Diesels in the Highland, G Weekes, Bradford Barton 1976
BR Diesels on Shed, Norman Preedy, Bradford Barton 1976
BREL Locomotive Works, J Vaughan, OPC 1981
British Rail Fleet Survey #1 Early Prototypes & Pilot Scheme Diesel Electrics, B Haresnape, Ian Allan 1981
British Rail Fleet Survey #4 Production Diesel-Electrics Types 1-3, B Haresnape, Ian Allan 1983
Class 47 Diesels, Taylor/Thorley/Hill, Ian Allen 1979
Diesel & Electric Disposal, Ashley Butlin, Coorlea Publishing 1987
Diesel & Electrics for Scrap Vol 1, Ashley Butlin, Atlantic Publishing 1988
Diesel Locomotives of the LMS, JWP Rowledge, Oakwood Press 1975
Diesel Railway Traction, supplement to the Railway Gazette - various issues
From the Mountains to the Seas (The Sulzer Diesel Engine), J Somer/H Behling, Wartsila NSD Switzerland 1998
HMSO Accident Reports (British Railways) - various issues
LMS Diesel Locomotives & Railcars, EV Richards, RCTS 1996
Profile of the Class 24's & 25's, CJ Marsden, OPC 1981
Sulzer Diesel Locomotives of British Rail, Brian Webb, David & Charles 1978
Sulzer Types 2 & 3, ATH Tayler, Ian Allan 1984
The 24's & 25's - Rail Portfolios 8, Hugh Dady, Ian Allan 1989
Trains in Trouble (Eight Volumes) Atlantic Transport Publishers 1980 - 1993

And to the wonders of a more modern science that brought about the Internet/World Wide Web that has allowed the creation of a modern electronic library, and that is available at one's fingertips. Thanks!!



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