British Steam: BR Standard Locomotives

A history of post second world war steam locomotive design and construction in Great Britain, the perfect gift for railroad history buffs.

After WWII the existing railway companies were all put into the control of the newly formed British Transport Commission and that government organization spawned British Railways, which came into being on January 1st 1948. The railway infrastructure had suffered badly during the war years and most of the steam locomotives were "tired" and badly maintai...