Locomotives Of The Somerset Dorset Joint Railway

Author : Tim Hillier-Graves
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1526748363
Total Pages : 735 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Locomotives of the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway written by Tim Hillier-Graves and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 735 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although closed to traffic in 1966, with most of its infrastructure swiftly destroyed by British Railways, this unique railway line still lives in the minds of many, some too young to remember it in its heyday. For more then a hundred years it courted disaster and could on a number of occasions have succumbed to overpowering financial pressures, but it survived with the help of partnerships with larger, more secure companies, namely the Midland Railway and the London & South Western Railway. Later on, after the grouping in 1923, the line came under the control of the L M S and the Southern Railway. It was unfortunate that the line suffered in later years, from inter regional rivalry between the Western and Southern Regions of British Railways, which led to its eventual closure. The variety of companies involved in its running meant that during its lifetime the small pool of locomotives needed to service the line was supplemented by the best each partner could offer. So from the beginning to the end there were a myriad number of types of locomotive running over the Mendips providing a lively variety of motive power. This heavily illustrated book traces this unique and fascinating history and brings to life this singular, much missed and loved railway.

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ISBN 13 : 9780951448977
Total Pages : 59 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway written by and published by . This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tim Hillier-Graves
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 9781526748355
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Locomotives of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway written by Tim Hillier-Graves and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although closed to traffic in 1966, with most of its infrastructure swiftly destroyed by British Railways, this unique railway line still lives in the minds of many, some too young to remember it in its heyday. For more then a hundred years it courted disaster and could on a number of occasions have succumbed to overpowering financial pressures, but it survived with the help of partnerships with larger, more secure companies, namely the Midland Railway and the London & South Western Railway. Later on, after the grouping in 1923, the line came under the control of the L M S and the Southern Railway. It was unfortunate that the line suffered in later years, from inter regional rivalry between the Western and Southern Regions of British Railways, which led to its eventual closure. The variety of companies involved in its running meant that during its lifetime the small pool of locomotives needed to service the line was supplemented by the best each partner could offer. So from the beginning to the end there were a myriad number of types of locomotive running over the Mendips providing a lively variety of motive power. This heavily illustrated book traces this unique and fascinating history and brings to life this singular, much missed and loved railway.

Author : David Maidment
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1526700972
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Western: Large Wheeled Outside Framed 4-4-0 Tender Locomotives written by David Maidment and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume covers all the large wheeled outside frame classes of 4-4-0 tender Locomotives, that once ran on the Great Western Railway.The book has full details on each of the classes with good quality pictures, diagrams names, and number lists.This work is also very useful to model makers, giving full details of mechanical and livery changes that took place from the 1900s through to the early 1930, when all except the preserved 3440, City of Truro, were withdrawn and scrapped.

Author : James S. Baldwin
Publisher : Locomotive Portfolios
ISBN 13 : 9781783463688
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Brighton Atlantics written by James S. Baldwin and published by Locomotive Portfolios. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * The Brighton Atlantics were an important development in the motive power on the London Brighton & South Coast Railway. * Designed by D. Earl Marsh, the two classes of Atlantics, classes H1 and H2, were the main stay of passenger services on the Brighton main line for nearly twenty years. * The last members of the H2 class, were not withdrawn fr

Author : D. S. M. Barrie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Somerset & Dorset Railway written by D. S. M. Barrie and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stephen Austin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780711026926
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway written by Stephen Austin and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Laurence Waters
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1473850355
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Western: Saint Class Locomotives written by Laurence Waters and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2017-01-30 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Churchwards 2 cylinder Saint Class 4-6-0s were arguably one of the most important locomotive developments of the twentieth century. The seventy-seven members of the class were so successful that most of the other railway companies in this country used the same 2 cylinder 4-6-0 formula in the design of their own mixed traffic locomotives. Over the years the Saints saw a number of modifications, with many of the class passing into BR ownership. The last member of the class, no. 2920 Saint Martin, was withdrawn from service in 1953 and was sadly not preserved. However, the Great Western Society are now constructing a replica Saint at Didcot Railway Centre. Numbered 2999 it will be named Lady of Legend.In this book author Laurence Waters charts the remarkable history of the class from the construction of the prototype Saint at Swindon in 1902, right through to the final withdrawals in 1953. Using many previously unpublished black and white photographs, accompanied by informative captions, each member of the class is illustrated. This book should appeal to those interested in the history of Great Western Locomotive development as well as modellers of the Great Western and Western Region.

Author : Robin Atthill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Somerset & Dorset Railway written by Robin Atthill and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Maidment
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1526772515
Total Pages : 680 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Midland Railway and L M S 4-4-0 Locomotives written by David Maidment and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2021-12-30 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Maidment has unravelled the complex history of the Johnson, Deeley and Fowler 4-4-0 locomotives of the Midland Railway and its LMS successor, covering their design, construction, operation and performance in this book with over 400 black and white photographs. It recounts their working on the Midland main lines from St Pancras to Derby, Manchester, Leeds and Carlisle, the latter via the celebrated Settle & Carlisle line, and the later work of the Fowler LMS engines on the West Coast main line. The book also describes the history of the Midland 4-4-0s built for the Somerset & Dorset and Midland & Great Northern Railways. The book covers the period from the first Midland 4-4-0 built in 1876 to the last LMS 2P withdrawn in 1962 and includes performance logs, weight diagrams and dimensions and statistical details of each locomotive.