New Book: “GRIDS”
From their conception in the early 1970s to the preservation scene of today, the Mighty Grids have captured the imagination and devotion of enthusiasts nationwide. This is the complete story of their varied and unusual lives – starting with the reasons why they were called into existence, how they were built, how their pattern of operations changed, and concluding with their final run-down, burial and resurrection.
The eleven chapters cover the British Rail/BREL era, Sectorisation, Trainload, and the period of private ownership, culminating in the French adventure and the triumphant return of a select few to the main line.
As well as the text, there are more than 200 high-quality colour photographs, diagrams, and extensive tables, including every known working on passenger stock.
This is the definitive book on Class 56!
128 pages
A4 softback
Over 60,000 words
Printed on top quality paper
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Here’s what one very satisfied customer said;
“Like the author I took a liking to the class 56 locomotives, in the 1970’s after visiting Doncaster works in 1978 and seeing 56047-56061 under construction.
It makes a refreshing change to read a book, that is throughly researched and is quite simply a joy to read. I have 100’s of railway books in my library. And this is the first one for many a year that is written by an enthusiast who knows what he’s talking about.
I’m sick to the back teeth with the usual prolific railway authors of late, who just simply skim numerous books. And put a new book out in their name. These lightweight picture albums are invariably ill researched with poor captions and numerous errors in their text. And you feel as though you’ve been robbed. As in all fairness these books a rubbish.
This isn’t. It is quite simply outstanding.
If you like your ‘Grids’. Or you want to buy a decent railway book for a change. With the added bonus you will actually read something totally new. Then buy it.”
