Heather Kay
Western Thunderer
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Normally retailing at £16.99, I found this new copy on a trader's stand at a small local model railway exhibition at £4.99. It would have been churlish not to buy.
With JLTRT promising a kit covering the early BR Derby Lightweight DMUs, and having a bit of a soft spot for the machines anyway, I was pleased to find this book from Ian Allan, published in 2012, rather full of excellent images and lots of well-written text. Covering the concept, design and service lives of mainly the "bay window" vehicles, it also covers the first generation Metro-Cammell units. If you like DMUs, you'll probably like this book. It may well be worth seeing if it's being remaindered by other sellers.
Normally retailing at £16.99, I found this new copy on a trader's stand at a small local model railway exhibition at £4.99. It would have been churlish not to buy.
With JLTRT promising a kit covering the early BR Derby Lightweight DMUs, and having a bit of a soft spot for the machines anyway, I was pleased to find this book from Ian Allan, published in 2012, rather full of excellent images and lots of well-written text. Covering the concept, design and service lives of mainly the "bay window" vehicles, it also covers the first generation Metro-Cammell units. If you like DMUs, you'll probably like this book. It may well be worth seeing if it's being remaindered by other sellers.