The Heyday of the Early British Rail Diesels

The So-called 'First Generation Diesels' basically started life in the 1955 British Railways Modernisation Plan. Looked at in depth, and in hindsight, the plan was a massive gamble by a desperate punter. In parts the plan worked, in others it failed but overall it did what it was supposed to do and kicked started the modernisation of the British Railways especially its huge, varied and ancient motive power fleet. The Purpose of this album therefore is to illustrate and comment on various aspects of the motive power in a critical but at the same time light-hearted way.