abc British Locomotives Winter 1967 Combined

The latest reissue in the series is abc British Rail Locomotives Combined Volume 1967. Two years be-fore in 1965, there had been 3,000 steam locos on BR’s books. But such was the remorseless march of diesel and electric traction, by the end of 1967, this had shrunk to a mere 361; 307 of LMS origin, 2 ex LNER locos and only 52 out of the 999 BR Standard locos built. This is also the first of the abc reprints which uses the term ‘British Rail’ in its title, that having been introduced in 1965. The focus of the 1967 abc Combined is therefore firmly on diesel and electric motive power with new locos being added all the time and almost all of the early Modernisation Plan types still in service. For generations of enthu-siasts, these were the locos they grew up with and spotted so this volume will be one many can relate to more strongly than the rapidly fading age of steam.