NREA Spotters Companion 2017 39th editionRecommended as a travelling companion and record book.The National Railway Enthusiasts Association have been publishing a spotters companion guide to British mainline locomotives, coaches and unit trains for many years.
The book is kept to a thin A6 size book which can comfortably be carried in a jacket pocket while travelling. Technical data which can easily be found elsewhere is omitted, allowing a full listing of locomotives, coaches and multiple unit trains registered with Network Rail and expected to enter service in the coming year to be accommodated.
The listings cover details of numbers, names, owner/operators, shed allocations and any specific differences between class members. Multiple unit train formations (early 2016) are shown, allowing unit numbers to be identified from individual car numbers. The small number of locomotive hauled passenger coaches and the fleet of HST coaches are listed with number, allocation and any previous numbers for vehicles modified/rebuilt/renumbered, plus detail variations from similar vehicles.