Railways Of East Anglia

Author : Douglas Bourn
Publisher : Bridge Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781869831332
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Right Away: The Railways of East Anglia written by Douglas Bourn and published by Bridge Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-20 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Railway histories are always popular and the continued regard for heritage railways around the UK highlights the nostalgia the industry evokes. Inevitably many concentrate on the locomotives, lost stations and lines that crisscrossed the region. What has often been missing have been the stories of the individual railway workers and the conditions under which they worked, despite some valuable autobiographies and memoirs of railwaymen who worked in the area. This volume aims to address this gap, bringing to life stories of railway workers within a context of the changing nature of the industry from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day.Heavily influenced by his personal and family memories, Douglas Bourn draws on available memoirs, alongside other evidence from railway magazines and local and regional newspapers, to provide the reader with an introduction to the fascinating story of railways in the region. The book takes readers on a historical journey starting with the creation of the first railways in East Anglia, via the growth of a network that promoted and served the agricultural, industrial and tourist development of the towns throughout the three eastern counties, and ending with their almost inevitable decline, as transport needs changed in the post Second World War period.

Author : Oliver Densham
Publisher : The Crowood Press
ISBN 13 : 0719840341
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Railways of East Anglia written by Oliver Densham and published by The Crowood Press. This book was released on 2022-05-23 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The railways of East Anglia have a long and complex history, and this book provides a broad overview of the subject. Beginning with the earliest horse tramroads of Essex and continuing up to the privatized railway of the present day, it includes the tribulations of the early pioneer companies and the ongoing narrative of consolidation and rationalization to which the railways were subjected. Some of the more curious byways of the region's railway history are also covered. With over 140 illustrations, including archive photographs and original drawings by the author, this book includes: the Norfolk and Suffolk Rail-Road Company's fraudulent promotion of 1824; how the East Anglian railway network developed amongst bitter rivalries and uneasy truces, including the florid figure of George Hudson and the surprising history of two separate monorails in Essex. Potted narratives of some of the smaller branch lines and independent concerns are given along with information on the East Anglian railway companies and their roles in both World Wars. Finally, the sometimes-painful processes of nationalization is covered and their effect on the network as we know it today.

Author : Brian Reading
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445699672
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book East Anglia and the East Coast Railways written by Brian Reading and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2020-11-15 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stunning previously unpublished photographs documenting the end of steam railways in the East Anglia area.

Author : Rob Shorland-Ball
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1526744821
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Minor Railways of East Anglia written by Rob Shorland-Ball and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2020-10-19 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at the minor railways in eastern England that were once busy transport links and made vital contributions to the social and business heritage. Rob Shorland-Ball is a former teacher and a born storyteller and so is well aware of the strong local loyalties in East Anglia. Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex are considered to be very different separate and independent areas by their inhabitants. When the author worked in Suffolk he explained that he came from Cambridge which he believed was the front door of East Anglia. An elderly Suffolk man to whom he was speaking paused for a while and then said, with unarguable finality, “Here in Suffolk if Cambridge exists at all, it is a back door and rarely used.” By the 1950s and 60s, when the author explored the minor railways illustrated in this book, they were rarely used, so needed to be recorded and their stories told before they were forgotten entirely. To bring this book up to date, the final section is called Destiny because some of the track beds have survived and flourished with new usage as restored heritage railways, footpaths and cycleways and one route as a busy busway. “A nostalgic look back at long forgotten minor railways in East Anglia . . . Highly recommended.” —Branch Line & Light Railway Publications Flyer “A brief history of each of the lines together with maps and period photographs that make this an interesting read for those unfamiliar with the minor railways of East Anglia.” —Great Eastern Railway Society Newsletter

Author : Brian Reading
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781445699660
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book East Anglia and the East Coast Railways written by Brian Reading and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stunning previously unpublished photographs documenting the end of steam railways in the East Anglia area.

Author : Hugh Moffat
Publisher : Hyperion Books
ISBN 13 : 9780861380381
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book East Anglia's First Railways written by Hugh Moffat and published by Hyperion Books. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Adam Head
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445697394
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Preserved Railways of Eastern England written by Adam Head and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2020-11-15 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book there are seven preserved railways that can be found in the East of England. A wonderful pictorial record of the region's preserved railways.

Author : Leslie Oppitz
Publisher : Countryside
ISBN 13 : 9781853065958
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost Railways of East Anglia written by Leslie Oppitz and published by Countryside. This book was released on 1999 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of East Anglia's railways were built in the second half of the 19th century. Some were closed in the 1930's: many more under Beeching in the 1960's. This illustrated book covers their rise, their heyday and their fall.

Author : John Jennison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780711036543
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Railways of East Anglia 1955 - 1980 written by John Jennison and published by . This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration, through a range of colour illustrations, of the railways of East Anglia covering a 25-year period during which they underwent dramatic change.

Author : John Jackson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445672952
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book East Anglian Traction written by John Jackson and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: East Anglia is a region of rail contrasts and that fascinating mix of freight and passenger workings is shown in this profusely illustrated book.