Kerr, Stuart's - Internal Combustion Locomotives, by Allan C. Baker
Published by The Industrial Railway Society in 2018, 146 pages. Hardback with Dust Jacket - c.21.5cm by 26.5cm (N7074)
Brand New Book
This book provides a fascinating account of locomotives built by Kerr, Stuart & Co, a locomotive manufacturer based in Stoke-on-Trent. The book is illustrated throughout with lots of black and white photographs, drawings and line diagrams, and chapters include:
Genesis and General Design Features of the Diesel Locomotives
The Prototype Diesel Locomotive
The Sixty Horsepower Diesel Locomotives
The Thirty Horsepower Diesel Locomotives
The DX1 Thirty Horsepower Diesel Locomotives
The Ninety Horsepower Narrow-Gauge Diesel Locomotives
The Ninety Horsepower Standard-Gauge Diesel Locomotives
The Hunslet Engine Company's Subsequent Involvement
There are also several invaluable appendices, and these include:
List of Post- War Diesel Locomotives and Customers - As Originally Built
Pioneer Modem Power on the Festiniog
Specifications of Kerr, Stuart Diesel Locomotives
Standard Diesel Locomotives: Kerr, Stuart Type
Gezira Light Railway, Sudan - Test Run of Diesel Locomotive
Early Internal Combustion Engine Locomotives
Kerr, Stuart 4415 - Progress on Restoration
Railcar for the Great Northern Railway of Ireland
Other Projected Diesel Designs
The Model DX1 Kerr, Stuart Diesel Locomotive
Genesis and General Design Features of the Diesel Locomotives
The Prototype Diesel Locomotive
The Sixty Horsepower Diesel Locomotives
The Thirty Horsepower Diesel Locomotives
The DX1 Thirty Horsepower Diesel Locomotives
The Ninety Horsepower Narrow-Gauge Diesel Locomotives
The Ninety Horsepower Standard-Gauge Diesel Locomotives
The Hunslet Engine Company's Subsequent Involvement
There are also several invaluable appendices, and these include:
List of Post- War Diesel Locomotives and Customers - As Originally Built
Pioneer Modem Power on the Festiniog
Specifications of Kerr, Stuart Diesel Locomotives
Standard Diesel Locomotives: Kerr, Stuart Type
Gezira Light Railway, Sudan - Test Run of Diesel Locomotive
Early Internal Combustion Engine Locomotives
Kerr, Stuart 4415 - Progress on Restoration
Railcar for the Great Northern Railway of Ireland
Other Projected Diesel Designs
The Model DX1 Kerr, Stuart Diesel Locomotive