Author: Fred Kerr

The Southern Region of British Railways had long sought to design a locomotive capable of working on electrified lines and non-electrified station ...

The author, Fred Kerr, was introduced to the world of industrial railways in 1956 when his parents moved from Edinburgh to Corby in Northamptonshir...

In the prelude to the privatisation of BR the Provincial Sector (later Regional Railways) became responsible for local / secondary train services a...

When BR ran its 15 guinea Special in August 1968 many believed that steam locomotives would quickly become a thing of the past and that future work...

In an earlier album titled _BR Diesel Locomotives in Preservation_ Fred Kerr detailed the many classes of BR diesel locomotives that had been prese...

When British Railways (BR) was privatised in April 1994 a series of passenger franchises was created that included services on both the East Coast ...

In the 1980s British Railways sought a cheap replacement for the ailing Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) trainsets which saw the introduction of the Clas...

When British Railways (BR) initiated its Modernisation Plan in 1954 it had little experience of diesel locomotives thus initiated a Pilot Scheme to...

Built at Doncaster works in 1923 the Nigel Gresley designed then-A1 class Pacific (4-6-2) first entered service as No 1472. The new locomotive did ...

When British Railways was privatised in 1994, much interest was generated by the franchise arrangements including the new operators and the specifi...