BTC - Transport Age, No.4, January 1958 - Western Region at Teignmouth by Albert Brenet
Part of the railway that has been much in the UK news of late as this exposed coastal route in south west England suffered massively in this winter's storms and was breached - closed, and expected to re-open in April 2014. This view shows one of the Western Region's new diesel locomotives, delivered as part of the BTC's modernisation of British Railways and intended to replace steam. The image shows D600 - one of a small, and short lived class of locomotives that formed a skirmish between the BR HQ and the Western Region about the types of locomotives required to replace steam on ex-GWR lines. Known as the 'Warship' class, the locos were built by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow and fitted with MAN engines with hydraulic drive. For a short time, as seen here, they powered the 'flagship' services from London to the South West. The locomotives had a very short life of about a decade.
The artwork is interesting and bears some comparison with French Railways/SNCF posters of the era - not a surprise as it is the work of Albert Brenet (1903 - 2005), the French transport and marine artist.
BTC - Transport Age, No.4, January 1958 - Western Region at Teignmouth by Albert Brenet
Part of the railway that has been much in the UK news of late as this exposed coastal route in south west England suffered massively in this winter's storms and was breached - closed, and expected to re-open in April 2014. This view shows one of the Western Region's new diesel locomotives, delivered as part of the BTC's modernisation of British Railways and intended to replace steam. The image shows D600 - one of a small, and short lived class of locomotives that formed a skirmish between the BR HQ and the Western Region about the types of locomotives required to replace steam on ex-GWR lines. Known as the 'Warship' class, the locos were built by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow and fitted with MAN engines with hydraulic drive. For a short time, as seen here, they powered the 'flagship' services from London to the South West. The locomotives had a very short life of about a decade.
The artwork is interesting and bears some comparison with French Railways/SNCF posters of the era - not a surprise as it is the work of Albert Brenet (1903 - 2005), the French transport and marine artist.