BR Swindon Type 1 0-6-0 Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotives-Class 14: Their Life in Industry

A pictorial survey of the Class 14 locomotive's twenty-year history in British industry.
In 1957 the Western Region of British Railways identified a need for 400 Type 1 diesel locomotives for short-haul freight duties, but it was 1964 before the first was introduced. General-purpose Type 1s were being delivered elsewhere but WR management regarded these as too expensive for their requirements. After completion of design work on the 'Western' locomotives, Swindon turned to creating a cheap '...