Diesels On The Eastern

Michael Welch / Terry Phillips

Publisher: IAN ALLAN

Publication Date: 03/04/2008

Format: Hardback

Eastern Engines

It has been nearly 40 years since dieselisation, and the Eastern Region (prior to the merger with the North Eastern Region) was one part of the BR network that was quick to exploit the development of diesel traction from the late 1950s onwards.

The ex-GER main line from London to Ipswich and Norwich was the first to be dieselised, with the English Electric Type 4s taking over the express services from the 'Britannia' class Pacifics, whilst elsewhere in East Anglia, DMUs rapidly replaced steam on many rural passenger services. By the early 60s, steam had effectively been withdrawn and the arrival of the 'Deltics’ and others began.

The machines built for this phase of Britain's railway development are now as much a part of history as the locomotives they were designed to replace.
Following on from his book on Southern diesels, Welch portrays the variety of first-generation diesel locomotives and DMUs on ER metals from the late 1950s through to the early 1970s.

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