London Midland Steam

Author : Geoff Plumb
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 147386979X
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Railways in the 1960s written by Geoff Plumb and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “profusely illustrated” and “impressively informative” look at the end of the steam locomotive era on one of UK’s Big Four railway lines (Midwest Book Review). After the Second War, Britain’s railways were rundown and worn out, requiring massive investment and modernization. The Big Four railway companies were nationalized from 1948, and the newly formed British Railways embarked on a program of building new Standard steam locomotives to replace older types. These started to come on stream from 1951. This program was superseded by the 1955 scheme to dieselize and electrify many lines and so the last loco of the Standard types was built in 1960 and the steam locomotives had been swept entirely from the BR network by 1968. This series of books, The Geoff Plumb Collection, is a photographic account of those last few years of the steam locomotives, their decline and replacement during the transition years. Each book covers one of the former Big Four, the Southern Railway, London Midland & Scottish Railway, Great Western Railway and London & North Eastern Railway, including some pictures of the Scottish lines of the LMS and LNER. Though not a complete history of the railways, the books bring a sense of occasion to the last run of a locomotive type or a stretch of line about to be closed down. Pictures are of the highest quality that could be produced with the equipment then available, but they do reflect real life and real times. In simple terms, a look at a period not so long ago but now gone forever. “An evocative collection of views of the twilight of BR steam.” —Railway Modeller

Author : E. H. Sawford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780750942621
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book London Midland Steam in Retrospect written by E. H. Sawford and published by . This book was released on 2005-12-08 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawn from Eric Sawford's extensive archive, this volume takes a look back at the London Midland region from the 1950s right through to the end of steam. This book is for anyone who remembers the golden age of transporting, or any modeller attempting to capture the essence of this period.

Author : Kevin Derrick
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445669803
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book London Midland Steam Days Remembered written by Kevin Derrick and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nostalgic look back at the days of steam in the London Midland Region.

Author : Peter Tuffrey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781912101924
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book London Midland Steam 1948 to 1966 written by Peter Tuffrey and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : W. A. Blake
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780851532486
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book London Midland Steam Doubleheaded written by W. A. Blake and published by . This book was released on 1978-01-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joe Moorwood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781914227141
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Outside Is Inside written by Joe Moorwood and published by . This book was released on 2021-09 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Mather
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1526770245
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Final Years of London Midland Region Steam written by David Mather and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2020-07-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book investigates the vast number of locomotives that came to the London Midland Region in 1948 at Nationalisation. This is a class by class survey with over 200 illustrations, covering all the top link and freight classes, also looking at the smaller types of locomotive, operating on branch lines and doing more humble tasks. The author explores what happened to them and also looks at those that eventually made their way into preservation.

Author : David Mather
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1526770180
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Industrial Steam Locomotives written by David Mather and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pictorial history of the many producers of industrial steam locomotives in Great Britain, from the early nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. The first steam locomotives used on any British railway worked in industry. The use of new and second hand former main line locomotives was once a widespread aspect of the railways of Britain. This volume covers many of the once numerous manufacturers who constructed steam locomotives for industry and contractors from the nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries. David Mather has spent many years researching and collecting photographs across Britain, of most of the different locomotive types that once worked in industry. This book is designed to be both a record of these various manufacturers and a useful guide to those researching and modelling industrial steam. Praise for British Industrial Steam Locomotives “A good introduction, hopefully it will encourage some of those who have only been involved during the preservation period to take a wider interest in the historical aspects of the subject.” —Industrial Locomotive Society

Author : Keith Widdowson
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750993456
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confessions of A Steam-Age Ferroequinologist written by Keith Widdowson and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2019-10-04 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ferroequinologist (noun) Someone who studies the 'Iron Horse' (i.e. trains and locomotives). From the Latin ferrus 'iron' and equine 'horse' + -logist As the British steam era drew to a close, a young Keith Widdowson set out to travel on as many steam-hauled trains as possible – documenting each journey in his notebooks. In Confessions of a Steam Age Ferroequinologist, he cracks these books open and blows off the dust. His self-imposed mission, that of riding behind as many Iron Horses as possible prior to their premature annihilation, led to hours of nocturnal travels, extended periods of inactivity in station waiting rooms, missed connections and fatigue. However, any downsides of his quest were compensated by the camaraderie found amongst a group of like-minded colleagues who congregated on such trains. This is a book that no self-respecting ferroequinologist should be without.

Author : Keith Langston
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473878551
Total Pages : 487 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Steam Military Connections: London, Midland and Scottish Railway Steam Locomotives written by Keith Langston and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2019-08-30 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This British Railways history explores the long-held tradition of naming steam locomotives in honor of the military. The naming of steam locomotives was a beloved British tradition since the first railway locomotives appeared in 1804. Many of the names were chosen in honor of military personnel, regiments, squadrons, naval vessels, aircraft, battles, and associated historic events. This volume looks specifically at the steam locomotives with military-inspired names that were built by the London & North Eastern Railway, which joined the British Railways stock in 1948. A large number of the company’s Jubilee class locomotives were given names with a military connection, as were a small number of Black Five class engines. Famously the majority of the much-admired Royal Scot class of engines carried names associated with the military in general and regimental names in particular. Many of the nameplates were adorned with ornate crests and badges. Long after the demise of mainline steam, rescued nameplates have become prized collectors’ items. This generously illustrated publication highlights the relevant steam locomotives and explains the origins and social history surrounding their military names.