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The London, Midland and Scottish Railway were pioneers in the field of applying diesel traction on Britain's railways. Their big mainline diesel, no.10000, later classified as D16/1, laid the groundwork for every mainline diesel the UK has ever seen. But, being the first is one thing. Being the best, is another...
SOURCES & CREDIT:
Picture of 37 264 on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway - Own Work
Picture of Class 66 no.653-10 at Rotterdam Harbour - Own Work
Picture of 10000 on a Midland Mainline express – Wiki Commons / Ben Brooksbank - CC BY-SA 2.0
Picture of GWR Gas Turbine 18000 - Wiki Commons / Hugh Llewelyn - CC BY-SA 2.0
Picture of NS Class 09 no.512 - Own Work
Picture of NS Class 09 no.660 - Own Work
Picture of 10000 fresh from Derby Works – scan from 'The Great Book Of Trains'
Footage of 10000 and 5256 at London Euston - British Transport Commission
Picture of 10000 on a Midland Mainline freight train – Wiki Commons / Ben Brooksbank - CC BY-SA 2.0
Picture of 45265 'Sir William A. Stanier F.R.S.' at Edinburgh St. Margret - scan from 'Steam Finale Scotland'
Picture of Bulleid diesel D16/2 no.10201 on a freight - Wiki Commons / Ben Brooksbank - CC BY-SA 2.0
Picture of EE Type 4 on the Merseyside Express at Crewe - Wiki Commons / Ben Brooksbank - CC BY-SA 2.0
Picture of 10000 in BR green (also used as the thumbnail) - Wiki Commons / Keith Holford Archive - CC BY-SA 4.0
Picture of 10000, 10202 and unidentified Sulzer Type 4s - Wiki Commons / Phil Sangwell - CC BY 2.0
Portrait of George Henry Ivatt - National Portrait Gallery - CC BY-NC-ND 3.0
Remaining images not mentioned or marked with distinction of ownership are in the Public Domain.
Website sources:
lms10000.co.uk
npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw101519/Henry-George-Ivatt?
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:British_Rail_Class_D16/1
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:British_Rail_18000
Literary sources:
'The Great Book Of Trains' by Brian Hollingsworth & Arthur Cook, published by Salamander Books Ltd
'Steam Finale Scotland' by Brian J. Dickson, published by Ian Allan Publishing
Charles Edward Fairburn's Obituary - journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1243/JILE_PROC_1945_035_049_02
Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research.
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The London, Midland and Scottish Railway were pioneers in the field of applying diesel traction on Britain's railways. Their big mainline diesel, no.10000, later classified as D16/1, laid the groundwork for every mainline diesel the UK has ever seen. But, being the first is one thing. Being the best, is another...
SOURCES & CREDIT:
Picture of 37 264 on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway - Own Work
Picture of Class 66 no.653-10 at Rotterdam Harbour - Own Work
Picture of 10000 on a Midland Mainline express – Wiki Commons / Ben Brooksbank - CC BY-SA 2.0
Picture of GWR Gas Turbine 18000 - Wiki Commons / Hugh Llewelyn - CC BY-SA 2.0
Picture of NS Class 09 no.512 - Own Work
Picture of NS Class 09 no.660 - Own Work
Picture of 10000 fresh from Derby Works – scan from 'The Great Book Of Trains'
Footage of 10000 and 5256 at London Euston - British Transport Commission
Picture of 10000 on a Midland Mainline freight train – Wiki Commons / Ben Brooksbank - CC BY-SA 2.0
Picture of 45265 'Sir William A. Stanier F.R.S.' at Edinburgh St. Margret - scan from 'Steam Finale Scotland'
Picture of Bulleid diesel D16/2 no.10201 on a freight - Wiki Commons / Ben Brooksbank - CC BY-SA 2.0
Picture of EE Type 4 on the Merseyside Express at Crewe - Wiki Commons / Ben Brooksbank - CC BY-SA 2.0
Picture of 10000 in BR green (also used as the thumbnail) - Wiki Commons / Keith Holford Archive - CC BY-SA 4.0
Picture of 10000, 10202 and unidentified Sulzer Type 4s - Wiki Commons / Phil Sangwell - CC BY 2.0
Portrait of George Henry Ivatt - National Portrait Gallery - CC BY-NC-ND 3.0
Remaining images not mentioned or marked with distinction of ownership are in the Public Domain.
Website sources:
lms10000.co.uk
npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw101519/Henry-George-Ivatt?
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:British_Rail_Class_D16/1
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:British_Rail_18000
Literary sources:
'The Great Book Of Trains' by Brian Hollingsworth & Arthur Cook, published by Salamander Books Ltd
'Steam Finale Scotland' by Brian J. Dickson, published by Ian Allan Publishing
Charles Edward Fairburn's Obituary - journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1243/JILE_PROC_1945_035_049_02
Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research.
LINKS
Discord server - discord.gg/PtekEPJ
Twitter - twitter.com/TeaWithCaramel1
Outro music: Kevin MacLeod - Fiddles McGinty
(Fiddles McGinty by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400051
Artist: incompetech.com )
Channel icon by - twitter.com/lookitstrainart
2D avatars by:
- twitter.com/InkSilvery (Green coat Caramel)
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#ThoseGreatLocomotives
