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.

1956 Diesel Locomotives, 1st edition, published 1956 or 1957, 40pp 2/6, no code. The cover drawing/painting depicts perhaps a fanciful glimpse into the future, the rather free-form loco is numbered 10000, and carries the name "The Rocket" on the nose.
1957 Diesel Locomotives, 2nd edition, published 1957, 40pp 2/6. The cover drawing/painting depicts perhaps a fanciful glimpse into the future, the rather free-form loco is numbered 10000, and carries the name "The Rocket" on the nose.
1959 Diesel Locomotives, 3rd edition, published January 1959, 39pp 2/6, code: 862/508/159. The cover photo is of an unidentified Brush Type 3 (later Class 31). This same photo was used on the following two editions.
1959 Diesel Locomotives, 4th edition, published October 1959, 38pp 2/6, code: 955/564/100/1059. The cover photo is of an unidentified Brush Type 3 (later Class 31).
1960 Diesel Locomotives, 5th edition, published 1960, 38pp 2/6, no code. The cover photo is again of an unidentified Brush Type 3 (later Class 31).
$1962 Diesel Locomotives, 6th edition (implied by following edition, but not stated), published February 1962, 40pp 3/-, code: 730/1135/100\262. Cover photos feature Sentinel diesel shunters of Guest Keen & Nettlefolds (South Wales) Ltd (3), Dorman Long (Steel) Ltd (3), and Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd (1), the whole front cover effectively being an advertisement for Sentinel diesels.$
1962 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.
$1963 Diesel Locomotives, 7th edition, published April 1963, 42pp 3/6, code: DL7/1214/15/100\463. Cover photo of BR diesel-hydraulic shunter D2856 at Bootle (Liverpool). Again, the entire front cover is an advertisement, in this instance for the Yorkshire Engine Company, also Rolls Royce engines.$
1963 Diesel Locomotives, 7th edition, published April 1963, 42pp 3/6, code: DL7/1214/15/100\463. Cover photo of BR diesel-hydraulic shunter D2856 at Bootle (Liverpool). Again, the entire front cover is an advertisement, in this instance for the Yorkshire Engine Company, also Rolls Royce engines.

Section 044: Diesel Locomotives (A4 size)

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