British Coaching Stock
British Coaching Stock by John Dedman, published by Amberley Publishing on February 15, 2018, presents a detailed exploration of British railway coaches through a rich collection of unpublished photographs. This edition, comprising 96 pages, showcases a variety of Mark 1, Mark 2, and Mark 3 stock, offering insights into both everyday vehicles and specialized coaches such as restaurant, kitchen, and buffet cars. The book begins with an examination of BR Mark 1 stock, including sleeping cars and XP64 prototypes, and extends to Mark 2 and Mark 3 coaches, highlighting notable examples like the Caledonian Sleeper.
Readers will find a comprehensive visual documentation of the evolution of British coaching stock, featuring Pullman coaches and Royal Mail Travelling Post Office vehicles, some dating back to pre-1948 railway companies. The photographs capture older coaches that continue to operate on the main line, often in private charters and excursions. This work serves as a valuable resource for those interested in transportation history and the development of public transportation in the UK.
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John Dedman first started to take photos of coaches in the late 1970s, mainly as references for modelling purposes. In British Coaching Stock, he delves into his superb archive of unpublished images and shares a wide variety of Mark 1, Mark 2 and Mark 3 stock.Beginning with BR Mark 1 stock, John Dedman features the regular day-to-day vehicles alongside photos of various types of restaurant, kitchen and buffet cars. Mark 1 sleeping cars are also included; so too are the XP64 prototypes that were still in service in the period covered. Also featured are Mark 2 and Mark 3 coaches, as well as the Caledonian Sleeper with its distinctive liveried Mark 3 sleeping cars and day coaches.Pullman coaches from the traditional older vehicles to the Mark 2s, as used on the Manchester Pullman service, also appear here, as do Royal Mail Travelling Post Office sorting and stowage vans and parcels vehicles – some of which are from the pre-1948 era railway companies. In addition to this, John Dedman includes photographs of older coaches still running on the main line today, usually in private charter and excursion trains.
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