British Railway Goods Wagons in Colour 1960-2003
British Railway Goods Wagons in Colour 1960-2003

Author: Robert Hendry

Publisher: Ian Allan Pub

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9781857801705

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A 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.

Britain's Railways in Colour
Britain's Railways in Colour

Author: Colin G. Maggs MBE

Publisher: Haynes Publishing UK

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781844256501

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This book, covering the final years of steam on Britain’s railways, presents a wonderful array of over 200 color photographs, many of them previously unpublished. All the imagery is reproduced from original transparencies that have remained carefully preserved away from daylight since the day they were taken, so the original vividness of color remains – a rare quality. This book will delight today’s railway enthusiasts who are looking for new material.

The Last Decade of British Railways Steam
The Last Decade of British Railways Steam

Author: Gavin Morrison

Publisher: Haynes Publishing UK

Published: 2013-04-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780857332776

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This attractive, large-format book shows steam locomotives at work throughout the country, in all weathers and in a year-by-year presentation, accompanied by the author’s knowledgeable commentary. Good-quality colour photographs of the last days of the steam age are rare. Many of those that do exist have been published repeatedly, but the 250 colour photographs featured in this book, taken between 1958 and 1968, are an exception. It is believed that the photographer and author, 76-year-old Gavin Morrison, has Britain’s largest personal collection of color slides still in the hands of the original photographer.

British Railways in the 1950s and ’60s
British Railways in the 1950s and ’60s

Author: Greg Morse

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2012-09-20

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 0747812624

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As Britain moved from austerity to prosperity in the 1950s and 1960s, it became clear that British Railways needed to modernise its equipment and rationalise its network if it was to hold its own in the face of growing competition from road and air transport. After attempting to maintain pre-war networks and technology in the 1950s, a reversal of policy in the 1960s brought line closures, new liveries and the last breath of steam, as Dr Beeching and his successors strove to break even and build a new business from the old. From Britannia to the 'Blue Pullman', Evening Star to Inter-City, Greg Morse takes us through this turbulent twenty-year period, which started with drab prospects and ended with BR poised to launch the fastest diesel-powered train in the world.

British Railway Signalling in Colour
British Railway Signalling in Colour

Author: Robert Hendry

Publisher: Ian Allan Pub

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9781857801149

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The first all colour book devoted to all aspects of railway signalling on British Railways. Much of what is illustrated has been superseded and the evolution of the signal box and signal panel up to recent times is explored. Included is signalboxes, signals, signal lever frames, the first signal panel in the world to be installed by the LNER, and much more. Useful appendices add to this comprehensive and authoritative review.

British Railways in the 1950s and ’60s
British Railways in the 1950s and ’60s

Author: Greg Morse

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2012-09-20

Total Pages: 57

ISBN-13: 0747812691

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As Britain moved from austerity to prosperity in the 1950s and 1960s, it became clear that British Railways needed to modernise its equipment and rationalise its network if it was to hold its own in the face of growing competition from road and air transport. After attempting to maintain pre-war networks and technology in the 1950s, a reversal of policy in the 1960s brought line closures, new liveries and the last breath of steam, as Dr Beeching and his successors strove to break even and build a new business from the old. From Britannia to the 'Blue Pullman', Evening Star to Inter-City, Greg Morse takes us through this turbulent twenty-year period, which started with drab prospects and ended with BR poised to launch the fastest diesel-powered train in the world.

British Railways in the 1970s and ’80s
British Railways in the 1970s and ’80s

Author: Greg Morse

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2013-08-10

Total Pages: 65

ISBN-13: 0747814104

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For British Rail, the 1970s was a time of contrasts, when bad jokes about sandwiches and pork pies often belied real achievements, like increasing computerisation and the arrival of the high-speed Inter-City 125s. But while television advertisements told of an 'Age of the Train', Monday morning misery continued for many, the commuter experience steadily worsening as rolling stock aged and grew ever more uncomfortable. Even when BR launched new electrification schemes and new suburban trains in the 1980s, focus still fell on the problems that beset the Advanced Passenger Train, whose ignominious end came under full media glare. In British Railways in the 1970s and '80s, Greg Morse guides us through a world of Traveller's Fare, concrete concourses and peak-capped porters, a difficult period that began with the aftershock of Beeching but ended with BR becoming the first nationalised passenger network in the world to make a profit.