The facsimile reprints of the famous Ian Allan ABC Locomotives Combined Volumes from the 1950s and 60s are extremely popular. They have been welcomed both by the generation of enthusiasts who used them when they first came out and also by those who were not around at the time. This informative new title lists all the locomotives operating on British Railways until late 1956 and includes large numbers of pre-Grouping and Big Four locomotives that were still in existence, the new steam locomotives built since nationalisation in 1948 as well as the first generation of diesel and electric locomotives and multiple-units that had begun to enter service following the Modernisation Plan of 1955.

The first time in recent years that this particular volume covering 1956/57 has been reprinted, a must have for all rail enthusiasts nationwide. .