WESTERN STEAM DAYS REMEMBERED III.
Author: KEVIN. DERRICK
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Published: 2019
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ISBN-13: 9781913390013
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Author: KEVIN. DERRICK
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Published: 2019
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ISBN-13: 9781913390013
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Published: 2019
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ISBN-13: 9781913390006
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kevin Derrick
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2017-03-15
Total Pages: 150
ISBN-13: 144566982X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA nostalgic look back at the days of steam on the Western Region.
Author: Kevin Derrick
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2017-02-15
Total Pages: 189
ISBN-13: 1445669781
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA nostalgic look back at the days of Steam in the Southern Region.
Author: Keith Widdowson
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2022-01-06
Total Pages: 255
ISBN-13: 0750999772
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn mid-1964, Keith Widdowson got wind that the Western Region was hell-bent on being the first to eliminate the steam locomotive on its tracks by December 1965. The 17-year-old hurriedly homed in on train services still in the hands of GWR steam power, aiming to catch runs with the last examples before their premature annihilation. The Great Western Steam Retreat recalls Widdowson's teenage exploits, soundtracked by hits from the Beatles, the Kinks and the Rolling Stones, throughout the Western Region and former Great Western Railway lines. He documents the extreme disorder that resulted from that decision, paying tribute to the train crews who managed to meet demanding timings in the face of declining cleanliness, the poor quality of coal and the major problem of recruiting both footplate and shed staff. This book completes the author's Steam Chase series and provides a snapshot into the comradery that characterised the final years of steam alongside the long-gone journeys that can never be recreated.
Author: Tim Hensley
Publisher: Abradale Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780810981850
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNinety photographs with captions present the activities of the Norfolk and Western Railway, the last major railroad in America to use steam power. Most of the photographs were taken at night, and Thomas H. Garver's afterword includes description of Link's methods of flash photography.
Author: Harold Gasson
Publisher: Crecy
Published: 2020-12-12
Total Pages: 480
ISBN-13: 1800350244
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Harold Gasson first put pen to paper more than forty years ago, it was at a time when there was a growing resurgence of interest in the steam railway. Three of his books described his life as a fireman based at Didcot shed from the early 1940s. Firing Days was followed by Footplate Days and then Nostalgia Days. Finally, after Harold had forsaken the footplate for the signal box, came the final instalment, Signalling Days. All were eagerly sought after at the time for they described the railway readers wanted to hear about, providing a nostalgic perspective which could be enjoyed from the comfort of ones arm chair. Out of print for several decades, all four books have now been reprinted and are available together for the first time complete with a new set of illustrations. The steam engines and most of the mechanical signal boxes of Harolds working days may have been long consigned to history but in these well-written and enjoyable books they are brought vividly back to life for a new audience to enjoy as well for those who recall his era for whom these tales will reawaken treasured memories.
Author: Kevin Derrick
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2017-03-15
Total Pages: 174
ISBN-13: 1445669803
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA nostalgic look back at the days of steam in the London Midland Region.
Author: Jonathan Glancey
Publisher: Atlantic Books Ltd
Published: 2014-08-07
Total Pages: 478
ISBN-13: 1782395660
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe thrilling story of the last, and greatest, generation of steam railway locomotives in regular main line service: a story of invention, skill and passion, Giants of Steam reveals how the true advocates of steam's glory days pushed its design and performance to remarkable limits, taking these powerful and beautifully designed machines to new heights against a backdrop of the political upheavals and military conflicts of the mid twentieth century. Glancey tells the stories of the greatest of the 'steam men', the charismatic engineers who designed these machines and put them to use. Giants of Steam also reveals how steam design has continued to progress against the odds in recent decades, while enthusiasm for the steam locomotive itself is far from burning out.
Author: Thomas H. Garver
Publisher: ABRAMS
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPhotographs and text introduce the reader to the people and places associated with the Norfolk and Western Railway which in the 1950s was the last American railroad to utilize steam engines.