GWR Railcar's

Does anyone have any images showing GWR Publicity involving the diesel railcars, especially the streamlined pre-WW2 railcars? I haven't found any so far, but would have thought they'd be a great marketing tool and would appear in posters/adverts etc

Cheers, Rob

 

Although concentrating on 1950's examples, the Railcar website has a few adverts showing B.U.T publicity including GWR railcars:

http://www.railcar.co.uk/Gallery/BUT/GWR.jpg
http://www.railcar.co.uk/Gallery/BUT/Uframe.jpg

 

Both of the Railcar Books 1 puplished by OPC and written by Russel and the other by Wild Swan, written by C.W.Judge have copies of AEC Publicity Material in them. I don't have a flat bed Scanner, so I am unable to copy them

Whhooppss bit of a mix up on the book info front. The J.H.Russel book, was published by Wild Swan, and the C.W.Judge book was published by OPC

 

Thanks - I do mean to get the book but money's a bit tight at the moment, even more reason to get it when pay day finally comes out about

 

The better of the 2 books is the one by C.W.Judge, so if you can find it at reasonable cost go for that one.

 

Looks like it is sold out, but how much! It's 24 years old though.
http://www.kirkland-books.biz/the-h...-first-edition-with-dust-jacket-b0002051.html

This is more realistic.
http://www.whsmith.co.uk/CatalogAnd...ern+A.E.C.Diesel+Railcars+-9780860931393.html

 

I can also recommend The British Railcar ( AEC to HST ) by R.M. Tufnell pub David & Charles 1984 ISBN 0-7153-8529-1 ewhich discusses the railcars within the conext of late DMU developments

 

The "Judge" book from 1986 was reissued as a paperback in 2008 and is available as new copies on Amazon (from Marketplace sellers rather than Amazon themselves) for just over £13 plus shipping. The original hardback looks expensive secondhand so would appear to be somewhat scarce.

(Full title: "History of the Great Western AEC diesel railcars.")

Edit: The Tufnell "British Railcar" book from 1984 looks to be about £9-40..ish for a decent copy on Amazon. ( plus the £2-75 shipping of course....

 

Bought a Judge reprint paperback from Amazon earlier this year for exactly that reason 46118. Tufnell is also well worth having, I have both in my office book cupboard!

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/History-Gre...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1278539261&sr=1-1