Main Line Steam Around London

Author : Malcolm Batten
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1398101028
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Main Line Steam Around London written by Malcolm Batten and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2021-10-15 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously unpublished photographs looking at steam railways around London over the last fifty years.

Author : David Mather
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1526770202
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( 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 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 19th to the mid 20th 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.

Author : Kevin McCormack
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445694565
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Glory Days: Western Region Steam Around London written by Kevin McCormack and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-09-15 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A photographic tribute to the former GWR in the postwar years up to the end of Western Region steam on 31 December 1965.

Author : compiled from Wikipedia entries and published byby DrGoogelberg
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1291079734
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Classic British Steam Locos written by compiled from Wikipedia entries and published byby DrGoogelberg and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Oliver Green
Publisher : Frances Lincoln
ISBN 13 : 071126662X
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book London's Great Railway Stations written by Oliver Green and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lavish photographic history of the most beautiful and historic railway stations in London tells a story of power, progress and innovation, from the beginning of steam age to the teeming commuter hubs of today. London has more mainline railway stations than any other city in the world and many of them are amongst its grandest architectural monuments. Its earliest terminals opened in the late 1830s when lines between the capital and the regions were built in the first railway boom. The original station at London Bridge, the capital’s first passenger terminus, was opened in December 1836, six months before Queen Victoria came to the throne. The last main line to London, the Great Central Railway to Marylebone, was opened in March 1899, two years before Victoria died. Ever since they originally opened, these stations have been at heart of London life and activity and have dominated the architectural landscape. Many are now in the midst of major reconstructions and are the centrepieces for the transformation of whole swathes of London, from Paddington to King's Cross. This comprehensive story combines a historical overview, archive illustrations and specially commissioned photography, covering the origins of the earliest stations up to the latest reconstructions and renovations. Written by the expert author Oliver Green, this is an essential gift for anyone interested in the history of London and its transport.

Author : Robert P Pixton
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1526735946
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Main Line Operations Around Manchester and the MSW Electrification written by Robert P Pixton and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2020-03-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book illustrates one of the country’s best loved railway companies in the days of steam. Maps, charts, timetables and photographs are used to give the reader a sense of a journey from the compact terminus in Manchester to Godley, the limits of the system, at first opening. The reader is transported back to the original London Road station, using maps, and is walked through the small station to notice the variety of engines, signals and trains that operated there. Gorton, the company’s shed and locomotive works as well as its across the track rivals of Beyer, Peacock, are studied. The railway cross-road at Guide Bridge is given due importance and readers may well ponder on the contrast of ruralness of Ardwick, Fairfield and Fallowfield, then, and now. Connections at the joint stations of Stalybridge and Manchester Central station are explored. The latter is expanded to include Old Trafford shed as well as the links to Trafford Park Estate. Included is a review of the impact of electrification on the system, especially the exchanges taking place where the two systems interact. The numerous Joint Lines in this district (to Oldham, Altrincham, Hayfield and Macclesfield) are looked at in a subsequent volume. Pictures, and extensive captions, have been selected to show the variety of engines used and facets of stations or procedures.

Author : Edwin A. Pratt
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000363449
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Inland Transport and Communication written by Edwin A. Pratt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1912, this book with extensive source footnotes and bibliography follows the evolution and development of roads, rivers, canals, tramways, buses and cycles. The role that the development of transport played in the growth and expansion of trade and industry and on the general economic and social conditions of the country is one of the main issues that is discussed. Other themes which are examined are the electrification of the railways, railways and the state, railway rates and charges and early trading conditions.

Author : Fred Kerr
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1473896592
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Steam at Work written by Fred Kerr and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, Fred Kerr, was introduced to the world of industrial railways in 1956 when his parents moved from Edinburgh to Corby in Northamptonshire, where the local steelworks offered a mix of locomotives from several manufacturers. When steam traction finished on BR in August 1968, Fred's interest in railways continued with diesel and electric traction, whilst retaining a passing interest in industrial locomotives through his visits to the heritage lines which were initiated in the post-Beeching era.When the author converted to digital photography in 2001, he visited many heritage lines as he sought to gain experience in the digital world. When he looked back after a decade of digital photography, he noted that industrial locomotives were still at work on many heritage lines throughout the UK. He also noted that during the 1960s the effort to preserve mainline steam traction had overlooked the availability of industrial locomotives, leading to the scrapping of many locomotives with both a story to tell and an incomplete working life.The result is a book that pays tribute to industrial locomotives which are still at work by detailing the manufacturers of these workhorses and the locomotives which they built; identifying their working lives where possible; showing their entry into preservation and paying tribute to those heritage lines which appreciated the value of these unsung heroes of the Industrial Revolution by buying the 'scrap' locomotives then restoring them to working order.

Author : Andrew Martin
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1782834893
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Steam Trains Today written by Andrew Martin and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2021-04-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A delightful book ... the perfect companion as you wait for the 8.10 from Hove' Observer After the Beeching cuts of the 1960s, many railways were gradually shut down. Rural communities were isolated and steam trains slowly gave way to diesel and electric traction. But some people were not prepared to let the romance of train travel die. Thanks to their efforts, many lines passed into community ownership and are now booming with new armies of dedicated volunteers. Andrew Martin meets these volunteer enthusiasts, finding out just what it is about preserved railways that makes people so devoted. From the inspiration for Thomas the Tank Engine to John Betjeman's battle against encroaching modernity, Steam Trains Today will take you on a heart-warming journey across Britain from Aviemore to Epping.

Author : Edwin A. Pratt
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Inland Transport and Communication in England written by Edwin A. Pratt and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-11 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A History of Inland Transport and Communication in England" by Edwin A. Pratt. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.