British Goods Wagons
Author: R. J. Essery
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 152
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Author: R. J. Essery
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 152
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Published: 1970
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ISBN-13: 9780678056646
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert Hendry
Publisher: Ian Allan Pub
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781857801705
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA sequel to the author's 'British Railways Goods Wagons in Colour', this volume starts with a look back to the 1960s and shows the development of British freight stock to the present day. The trains in which the wagons run, the depots they serve and the background to their introduction, plus a look at Irish freight developments and narrow gauge wagons are all included. Modellers and all interested in railway freight stock will want to add this volume to their collection.
Author: Brian Grant
Publisher: British Railways Collection
Published: 2007-12-10
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781857943009
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRailways were invented to carry goods, primarily minerals. By the time of nationalisation, British Rails role as 'common carrier' whereby they were obliged to carry any type of freight traffic offered to them - had fully developed.
Author: David Larkin
Publisher: Kestrel Railway Books
Published: 2006-09-01
Total Pages: 88
ISBN-13: 9780954485986
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDavid Larkin is well-known for his study of British Railways goods wagons, and this new work pays particular attention to those ordered by BR in the earliest years of its existence. The Big Four pre-Nationalisation companies all had outstanding wagon orders under construction in 1948, and these continued to be delivered with their original numbers, albeit with new prefix letters. In addition, the newly-created BR acquired a fleet of wagons from the erstwhile Ministry of War Transport. These are also considered in this book, together with the early BR orders for wagons based on existing Big Four designs and on its own early standard designs in the period up to the eve of the Modernisation Plan of 1955. Profusely illustrated, this book includes Lot and Diagram details, wagon number ranges, information on the builders and livery details. The wagons featured are very diverse and include Lowfits wagons, open wagons, containers and container wagons, mineral wagons, ventilated vans, railtanks, cattle wagons and brake vans.
Author: Tim Bryan
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2020-05-28
Total Pages: 64
ISBN-13: 1784423971
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHave you ever watched wagon after wagon of a goods train thunder past and wondered where it is heading, what it is carrying, and how it works its way between the passenger services? While goods services now tend to be shrouded in anonymity, in past times they were celebrated, prominently advertised, and in many cases were the raisons d'être for a rail route. Throughout the nineteenth and much of the twentieth century, goods trains were the lifeblood of the nation, transporting precious raw materials, construction and industrial items, and fresh produce from coastal areas and farms into the centres of bustling cities. This informative illustrated history shows how rail freight has been carried since Victorian times, and how systems have been organized, from the train itself to the sidings, railway clearing houses, goods sheds and final destinations – whether villages, towns, cities, factories or docks. It also examines the basic rolling stock of these trains, from the humble coal wagon to today's hi-tech containers.
Author: David Larkin
Publisher:
Published: 2023-04-30
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781800352711
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David Larkin
Publisher:
Published: 2008-10-01
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781905505081
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDavid Larkin continues his comprehensive survey of British Railways goods wagons by looking at the final flowering of vacuum-braked stock, and the development of air-braked stock in the final years of British Railways, such as"merry-go-round" coal hoppers and Freightliner flat wagons. The batch of vacuum-fitted prototypes that eventually led to the general fleet of air-braked opens and vans is also covered.
Author: David Larkin
Publisher:
Published: 2022-04-28
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781800351400
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Terry Gough
Publisher: Kestrel Railway Books
Published: 2007-11-01
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781905505043
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the 1960s, Terry Gough realized that the traditional goods wagon was rapidly disappearing from British Railways, so he set out to measure, photograph, draw and eventually model as many wagons as he could find.To augment these early observations, Terry continued to gather information from the many wagons that have been preserved in the intervening years.The result is a comprehensive survey of wagons used on the Southern Region of BR that had survived from the pre- and post-grouping eras. For each wagon, there are full details, dimensions, livery details, variations and conversions together with excellent photographs of the prototypes and 4mm scale drawings produced especially for the book. Diagram numbers are also included to aid reference to previous published works on SR wagons, and where examples of wagons can still be seen on preserved lines, full location details are given. This book is not intended to replace the existing standard works on the wagons of the Southern Railway and its constituents, but builds upon those books to present a large selection of freight vehicles that could have been seen from the 1900s, through the BR years, and in many cases to the present day in preservation.