Shed Side In South Lancashire And Cheshire

Author : Kenn Pearce
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750959991
Total Pages : 259 pages
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Download or read book Shed Side in South Lancashire and Cheshire written by Kenn Pearce and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1950s and 1960s south Lancashire and Cheshire was criss-crossed by a web of railway lines, servicing the various needs of local industries. The region was a haven for railway enthusiasts who pursued the hundreds of steam workhorses based at British Railways depots in 'chemical towns' such as Warrington, Widnes, Wigan and Sutton Oak, besides Southport and Northwich. While these facilities appeared less glamorous than larger counterparts in Liverpool or Manchester, the stories of the engines, trains and the men who were based at the depots in these towns was no less fascinating. Shed Side in South Lancashire and Cheshireprovides a fascinating portrait of the daily operations of the freight and passenger trains of the region during the final decade of Britain's steam era. It evokes a period of grimy, metal-clattering, smoke-filled industry, and of an era forever etched in our industrial heritage.

Author : Ken Gibbs
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750965959
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Steam Rail Motors of the Great Western Railway written by Ken Gibbs and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Self-propelled carriages were a major innovation at the beginning of the twentieth century, and the GWR was quick to develop a large number of steam motor cars to link farms and scattered villages across the South West to the new branch lines. Their steam motor cars ran from 1903 to 1935, stopping during the war, and were so effective at making rural areas accessible they became victims of their own success. Wagons brought in to meet the high demand proved too heavy for the carriages and they struggled on hills. Soon the steam rail motor services were in decline. After its cancellation all ninety-nine steam carriages were eventually scrapped. Engineer Ken Gibbs reveals the unique GWR carriages, a window into early twentieth-century transport, and the modern replica he helped build, now the only way of viewing these charming historic vehicles.

Author : Kenn Pearce
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750959991
Total Pages : 263 pages
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Download or read book Shed Side in South Lancs & Cheshire written by Kenn Pearce and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1950s and 1960s south Lancashire and Cheshire was criss-crossed by a web of railway lines, servicing the various needs of local industries. The region was a haven for railway enthusiasts who pursued the hundreds of steam workhorses based at British Railways depots in ‘chemical towns’ such as Warrington, Widnes, Wigan and Sutton Oak, besides Southport and Northwich. While these facilities appeared less glamorous than larger counterparts in Liverpool or Manchester, the stories of the engines, trains and the men who were based at the depots in these towns was no less fascinating. Shed Side in South Lancashire and Cheshire provides a fascinating portrait of the daily operations of the freight and passenger trains of the region during the final decade of Britain’s steam era. It evokes a period of grimy, metal-clattering, smoke-filled industry, and of an era forever etched in our industrial heritage.

Author : Thomas Baines
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1471078388
Total Pages : 740 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lancashire & Cheshire: Past and Present. Volume 1. written by Thomas Baines and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-02-23 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is volume one of the highly acclaimed and comprehensive History of Lancashire and Cheshire originally published in 1868. Every parish, hundred, city, town and village is described in great detail. Due to boundary changes after the publication of this book it also encompasses a history of Manchester and Merseyside.

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Total Pages : 630 pages
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Author : Thomas Baines (F.R.G.S.)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lancashire and Cheshire, Past and Present ... written by Thomas Baines (F.R.G.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 532 pages
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Author : John I Knight
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Total Pages : 528 pages
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Download or read book Mechanics Magazine written by John I Knight and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Bourne
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 654 pages
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Total Pages : 406 pages
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Download or read book Lancashire and Cheshire, Past and Present written by Thomas Baines and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: