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Author: Roger Malone
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Published: 2010-03-01
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781841149929
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnyone with an interest in railway history will be fascinated by this pictorial memoir. Over 150 photographs appear in the book including photographs taken at the famous Barry scrapyard where so many locomotives ended their days.
Author: E. H. Sawford
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780750922593
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe London Midland Region (LMR), which served central England, played a leading role in British railway history. This famous network linked many of the key cities and towns that were essential for British manufacturing and commerce - London, Rugby, Crewe, Chester, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham and Bristol. The LMR was always at the heart of the railway industry.
Author: David Mather
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Published: 2020-07-30
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 1526770245
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book investigates the vast number of locomotives that came to the London Midland Region in 1948 at Nationalisation. This is a class by class survey with over 200 illustrations, covering all the top link and freight classes, also looking at the smaller types of locomotive, operating on branch lines and doing more humble tasks. The author explores what happened to them and also looks at those that eventually made their way into preservation.
Author: David Christie
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2017-07-15
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 1445668076
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDavid Christie documents the final days of steam on Britain's rail network in full colour.
Author: E. H. Sawford
Publisher: Alan Sutton Publishing
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 158
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this volume, Eric Sawford uses a selection of photographs to tell the story of the last days of steam power on the Eastern Region. His pictures show that, while steam locomotives were not withdrawn from the Eastern Region until the mid 1960s, the 1950s was their swan song. The author's photographs document the range of motive power that could be seen on the track in that era. Locomotives are depicted in action and at rest, on the express routes, shunting or being repaired. Also recorded are neglected locomotives during their declining years, when they were used on secondary duties or were laid up before being scrapped.
Author: E. H. Sawford
Publisher:
Published: 2005-12-08
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780750942621
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDrawn from Eric Sawford's extensive archive, this volume takes a look back at the London Midland region from the 1950s right through to the end of steam. This book is for anyone who remembers the golden age of transporting, or any modeller attempting to capture the essence of this period.
Author: David Mather
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Published: 2020-07-30
Total Pages: 584
ISBN-13: 1526770229
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExtensively illustrated with photos, a history of the many locomotives that became part of this British Railways region. This book investigates the vast number of locomotives that came to the London Midland Region in 1948 upon the nationalization of the four largest railway companies in the UK. It is a class-by-class survey with over two hundred illustrations, covering all the top link and freight classes and also looking at the smaller types of locomotive, operating on branch lines and doing more humble tasks. The author explores what happened to them, and also looks at those that eventually made their way into preservation.
Author: Keith Widdowson
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2019-10-04
Total Pages: 287
ISBN-13: 0750993456
DOWNLOAD EBOOKferroequinologist (noun) Someone who studies the 'Iron Horse' (i.e. trains and locomotives). From the Latin ferrus 'iron' and equine 'horse' + -logist As the British steam era drew to a close, a young Keith Widdowson set out to travel on as many steam-hauled trains as possible – documenting each journey in his notebooks. In Confessions of a Steam Age Ferroequinologist, he cracks these books open and blows off the dust. His self-imposed mission, that of riding behind as many Iron Horses as possible prior to their premature annihilation, led to hours of nocturnal travels, extended periods of inactivity in station waiting rooms, missed connections and fatigue. However, any downsides of his quest were compensated by the camaraderie found amongst a group of like-minded colleagues who congregated on such trains. This is a book that no self-respecting ferroequinologist should be without.
Author: Colin Maggs
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2009-10-15
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 1445625873
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA fascinating collection of photographs of the last steam locomotives to run on Bristol and Somerset's railways.
Author: Geoff Plumb
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Published: 2019-04-30
Total Pages: 195
ISBN-13: 1473869781
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter the Second War, Britains railways were rundown and worn out, requiring massive investment and modernisation. The Big Four railway companies were nationalized from 1948, and the newly formed British Railways embarked on a programme of building new Standard steam locomotives to replace older types. These started to come on stream from 1951.
