BUT diesel railcars - trains - power units : brochure : British United Traction Ltd. : London : nd [c.1955] : questionnaire

            British United Traction, with its BUT badge, was formed in 1946 as a joint company between Associated Equipment Company - the AEC - and Leyland Motors Ltd. to pool marketing and manufacturing of trolleybuses and railway equipment. This included the associate companies of the two, Albion, Crossley and Maudsley. This folder, along with a series of loosely bound infomation sheets contains an introduction, railcar specifications, performance, power units, body design and a questionnaire that with 64 questions allowed the completed form to be sent to BUT for a quotation. This feature is intact in this copy!

Although BUT note they can produce complete railcars or railcar chassis they were best known, in terms of railway rolling stock, for the diesel engines they produced in large quantities especially for the vast number of diesel multiple units being constructed by British Railways after 1954 as part of the nationalised concern's Modernisation Programme. The folders include a picture of one of the "Derby Lightweight" units that were fitted with a mix of BUT (Leyland) and BUT (AEC) engines. Both Leyland and AEC had pre-war experience of engines for diesel railcars; most notably AEC with their railcars for the Great Western Railway/Western Region. BUT also show examples of their products in trains for the then three Irish mainline railways, CIÉ, the GNR(I) and the UTA as well as units built by the Netherlands Railways, NS.

Taken on: March 19, 2025

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Sets appears in: • BUT Diesel Railcars, trains and power units : brochure : British United Traction Ltd. : c.1955 • Trade catalogues and brochures more » • Railway publicity « less

Groups appears in: • Period Photographs of Transportation (pre-1980) • Public Transportation more » • DMU's, RDC's Rail Motors • Public Transport Around the World • Classic Transport • British Rail • Industrial and Trade Catalogues • UK Railway Memorabilia « less

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