David N. Clough
In the year that marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Modernisation Plan, this definitive account of the pioneering BR diesel locomotive classes looks at precursors of the pilot scheme designs like the LMS 10000 and 10001 and then the designs that emerged in the late 1950s, some hugely successful and some, like the Metrovick Co-Bos and 'Baby Deltics' soon discarded.