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THE MODERNISATION PLAN
- British Railways’ Blueprint for the Future
This new railway history has been produced to mark the 60th anniversary of the British Railways Modernisation Plan of 1955. Apart from the design and building of new diesel locomotives, very little has been written about the process itself, so this detailed analysis fills a gap in the literature and tells the story of how the modernisation was undertaken, set against the backdrop of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s.
Starved of capital since nationalisation in 1948, the Government’s willingness to fund a bold programme of modernisation in 1954 sparked a new mood of optimism on the railways and brought forth new schemes covering almost every facet of activity. The best known of these, the so-called Pilot Scheme for main line diesels and the equivalent scheme for electric locomotives are covered in detail. Railway electrification, including the reason for adoption of 25kV as the new standard, self-powered passenger vehicles - from railbuses to the Blue Pullman sets - and service modernisation are also explored
Hardback, 192 pages
