Section 044: Diesel Locomotives (A4 size)
The very fact that this series are all A4 size is a giveaway that this NOT an ABC, but have been included here for a number of reasons, one of which is to explain to the unwary collector exactly what this series consists of. It appears to be a publication aimed at the rail industry in general as a sort of in-house catalogue of diesel locomotives and component parts; apart from the first and second edition, the books contain a fair number of advertisements to that effect. Much of the text is repeated, although possibly amended, from edition to edition. The dates of the first and fourth edition are educated guesses based on certain relevant references within the books themselves. Produced roughly between 1956/57 and 1963.
Read More1962 Diesel Locomotives, 6th edition (implied by following edition, but not stated), published February 1962, 40pp 3/-, code: 730/1135/100\262. Cover photos feature Sentinel diesel shunters of Guest Keen & Nettlefolds (South Wales) Ltd (3), Dorman Long (Steel) Ltd (3), and Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd (1), the whole front cover effectively being an advertisement for Sentinel diesels.