"This book will appeal to those interested in the modern railway, but who also have an appreciation of heritage railways and recent railway history."
Review - Friends of the National Railway Museum - No189, Autumn 2024
"This book will appeal to those interested in the modern railway, but who also have an appreciation of heritage railways and recent railway history."
Review - Friends of the National Railway Museum - No189, Autumn 2024
"It (the book) will be enjoyed by all railway enthusiasts who may think they know most of this story that was partly covered in the national media, but other plans are included that never came to fruition and are not widely known which will add to the reader's interest."
Branch Line News - No 1456, 21/09/24
"It (the book) will be enjoyed by all railway enthusiasts who may think they know most of this story that was partly covered in the national media, but other plans are included that never came to fruition and are not widely known which will add to the reader's interest."
Branch Line News - No 1456, 21/09/24
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Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine - October 2024
As featured
Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine - October 2024
"Bob Pixton has produced a readable book and raises several points in the text, which needs further scrutiny. He is to be commended for this study."
Journal of the Railway & Canal Historical Society
"Bob Pixton has produced a readable book and raises several points in the text, which needs further scrutiny. He is to be commended for this study."
Journal of the Railway & Canal Historical Society
"Well I have just received a copy of this new Volume 2 and I must confess that I haven't seen this level of detail in any other diesel & electric publication............and I have quite a few! This series just gets better and better! The author is obviously very methodical in his approach and the level of research to obtain the finite detail that is portrayed go's beyond what has been previously published. Over the last sixty years I thought I knew quite a lot about BR diesels...........but obviously I still have a lot to learn and can do so quite easily with the added style and format of this publication.
Pen & Sword seem to have chosen a very relaxed style of format which allows for good photographic illustration within the text...whoever thought there would be two volumes for a class of 58 'unloved' diesel hydraulics."
RMWeb Forum by 'Brush Veteran' (Grahame Wareham)
"Well I have just received a copy of this new Volume 2 and I must confess that I haven't seen this level of detail in any other diesel & electric publication............and I have quite a few! This series just gets better and better! The author is obviously very methodical in his approach and the level of research to obtain the finite detail that is portrayed go's beyond what has been previously published. Over the last sixty years I thought I knew quite a lot about BR diesels...........but obviously I still have a lot to learn and can do so quite easily with the added style and format of this publication.
Pen & Sword seem to have chosen a very relaxed style of format which allows for good photographic illustration within the text...whoever thought there would be two volumes for a class of 58 'unloved' diesel hydraulics."
RMWeb Forum by 'Brush Veteran' (Grahame Wareham)
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Locomotive Portraits
Whilst ever there have been railways there have been artists keen to paint them. Many famous names have included aspects of the railways in their paintings, including most notably Claude Monet and J M W Turner. This enthusiasm has been kept alive by the formation in the UK of the Guild of Railway Artists, of which there are over two hundred members… Read more...
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Flying Scotsman
From hauling the first non-stop express from London to Edinburgh in 1928 and breaking the 100mph barrier in 1934, to being sold in 1963, and to its final home at the York National Railway Centre, The Flying Scotsman has a rich and, at times, controversial history. It has travelled across the USA and steamed across Australia, changed owners and colour… Read more...
