{"product_id":"famous-fleets-volume-1-british-railways-road-vehicles-1948-1968-9781903016190","title":"Famous Fleets: Volume 1 - British Railways Road Vehicles 1948-1968","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing the nationalisation of Britain's railway network on 1st January 1948, one of the major areas of competition facing the Railway Executive was the fast growing number of privately-owned road haulage vehicles. As part of the first post-war Labour government's strategy for an integrated national transport system, British Railways were strongly encouraged to expand the road delivery services operated by its constituent companies, the LMS GWR, LNER and the Southern Railway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBritish Railway's road delivery fleet is perhaps best remembered by the three-wheel Scammell 'mechanical horses\", but the railway motor vehicle fleet was both diverse and extensive. In a completely revised, and up-dated edition of the well-reviewed first volume of the 'Famous Fleets' series, Alan Earnshaw and Bill Aldridge look at the varied vehicle types and their operation. Using additional new information that came to light after the first edition was published, the story is brought up to date with four extra colour pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftback, 21x20cm, 52 pages, black \u0026amp; white \u0026amp; colour photographs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trans Pennine","offers":[{"title":"Secondhand (289)","offer_id":57503325585791,"sku":"9781903016190","price":8.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1910\/7111\/files\/9781903016190.jpg?v=1778603559","url":"https:\/\/rail-books.co.uk\/products\/famous-fleets-volume-1-british-railways-road-vehicles-1948-1968-9781903016190","provider":"Rail Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}