abc British Railways Locomotives and other Motive Power Summer 1959 Combined Volumeabc British Railways Locomotives Summer 1959 Combined Volume 13. 50 A popular feature of our publishing programme for a number of years has been our facsimile reprints of selected titles from the famous Ian Allan Publishing abc series that first appeared in the 1940s. These modestly priced reprints are welcomed by both the enthusiasts who may have used them when they first came out and also by those not around at the time they were first published.