First Generation Scottish Dmus Av Colin J. Howat

Offers a portrait of the Second Generation DMUs in Scotland which covers the modern diesel multiple units introduced by BR from 1981.

First widely introduced from the early 1950s onwards, the diesel multiple-unit represented an attempt to produce a vehicle that would replace steam traction on the country''s branch lines and secondary routes at a time when the railway industry...

The Class 08s, the most common type of British Rail shunter, could be found at almost every area of the UK and Scotland from the mid-1950s. These shunters carried out all the shunting and movements around stations and yards all over Scotland, with most...

English Electric Class 20 locomotives once operated over virtually the entire rail network of Scotland. They were introduced to the Highlands in the late 1950s and are probably best remembered for working local freight traffic or working in pairs pulling...