Britain's Railways #: Class 442s: The Wessex Electrics

Britain's Railways #: Class 442s: The Wessex Electrics
Mark Pike
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Paperback
h243 x 170mm - 96pg
30 Jan 2023 UK
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9781802821840
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First introduced in the late 1980s, the Class 442s were like nothing that had been seen before in terms of Southern Region electric multiple units. After many years travelling on the old Southern slam-door stock, the public' s experience of riding in one of the stylish and sleek 442s must have been incredible. With the advent of COVID-19 and the cutbacks to rail services across the country, after 35 years of service, the Class 442s found themselves on the chopping block. This book is a pictorial tribute of more than 200 images to what was, by far and away, the best electric unit ever to have worked on the Southern Region electrified lines.

Class 442s: The Wessex Electrics
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Class 66: 3/4/7/8
Class 66: 5/6/9
Class 67s
Devon's Railways: North and East of the Country
Grand Central
Highland Railways: Four Decades of Diesel traction North of Perth
Liveries of the WR Diesel Hydraulics
Locomotive-Hauled Trains on the East Coast Main Line
Norfolk Rail: 25 Years of the Wherry Lines
Railways in Northern Lincolnshire: Four Decades of Change
Railways of South and West Scotland
Railways of South West Scotland: Two Generations of Photography
West Coast Main Line Locomotive Haulage
West Highland Lines

Mark Pike has a lifelong interest in UK railways that started at the age of about six when his father used to take him to watch trains at Poole station in Dorset, just after steam had been abolished in the late 1960s. He later joined the railway at the age of 19 as a permanent way trackman at Bournemouth and was later an electric track maintenance worker at Dorchester for over 20 years. Now semi-retired, he is still an avid railway photographer, with various images appearing regularly in mainstream railway magazines and books.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781802821840
Published: 30 Jan 2023
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Key Publishing
Publisher: Key Publishing
Format: Paperback
Height: 243mm
Width: 170mm
Pages: 96

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