Author: Simon Elson
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398114421
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
Illustrated throughout, this book looks at the history behind some of the Midland's most loved heritage railways.
Heritage Railways in the Midlands
Author: Simon Elson
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398114421
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
Illustrated throughout, this book looks at the history behind some of the Midland's most loved heritage railways.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398114421
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
Illustrated throughout, this book looks at the history behind some of the Midland's most loved heritage railways.
Heritage Railways in the Midlands
Author: Simon Elson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781398114418
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Illustrated throughout, this book looks at the history behind some of the Midland's most loved heritage railways.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781398114418
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Illustrated throughout, this book looks at the history behind some of the Midland's most loved heritage railways.
Industrial Locomotives & Railways of The Midlands
Author: Gordon Edgar
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445649357
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Gordon Edgar explores the industrial and minor railways of the Midlands.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445649357
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Gordon Edgar explores the industrial and minor railways of the Midlands.
Hilton Station
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Languages : en
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The Final Years of London Midland Region Steam
Author: David Mather
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1526770229
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Extensively 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.
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1526770229
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Extensively 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.
Railways of the East Midlands
Author: John Evans
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445698919
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
With previously unpublished images, explore the history of the heyday of British railways in the East Midlands.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445698919
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
With previously unpublished images, explore the history of the heyday of British railways in the East Midlands.
The Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway to Poppyland
Author: Rob Shorland-Ball
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1526790106
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
M&GNJR was a Midlands to East Anglia railway linking towns and villages like a patchwork knitted together by clever business entrepreneurs. It started in the 1850s when there was intense rivalry between railway companies and two rich and powerful companies â MR and GNR â were behind the project. âJoint,â added by a Special Act of Parliament in 1893, confirms this patchwork was the amalgamation of several small independent railway companies plus the MR and GNR. The company was especially interested in stealing a march on the Great Eastern Railway (GER) which believed it was the principal railway serving East Anglia. Poppyland was the nickname created for the Cromer area of the Norfolk coast by Clement Scott, an influential poet, author and drama critic of The Daily Telegraph who first visited in 1883. He claimed that â...clean air laced with perfume of wild flowers was opiate to his tired mind.â Scott publicized his delight and many rich families, and their servants, visited too; the railway business entrepreneurs saw a growing market for their patchwork. The M&GNJR grew eastwards to Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and attracted passengers from the Midlands and London. The M&GNJR grew â then withered as cars, buses, overseas travel offered new holiday options. Closure came on 28 February 1959 but North Norfolk Railway â the Poppy Line â has survived as a heritage line so the Joint is not forgotten!
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1526790106
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
M&GNJR was a Midlands to East Anglia railway linking towns and villages like a patchwork knitted together by clever business entrepreneurs. It started in the 1850s when there was intense rivalry between railway companies and two rich and powerful companies â MR and GNR â were behind the project. âJoint,â added by a Special Act of Parliament in 1893, confirms this patchwork was the amalgamation of several small independent railway companies plus the MR and GNR. The company was especially interested in stealing a march on the Great Eastern Railway (GER) which believed it was the principal railway serving East Anglia. Poppyland was the nickname created for the Cromer area of the Norfolk coast by Clement Scott, an influential poet, author and drama critic of The Daily Telegraph who first visited in 1883. He claimed that â...clean air laced with perfume of wild flowers was opiate to his tired mind.â Scott publicized his delight and many rich families, and their servants, visited too; the railway business entrepreneurs saw a growing market for their patchwork. The M&GNJR grew eastwards to Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and attracted passengers from the Midlands and London. The M&GNJR grew â then withered as cars, buses, overseas travel offered new holiday options. Closure came on 28 February 1959 but North Norfolk Railway â the Poppy Line â has survived as a heritage line so the Joint is not forgotten!
Steam Trains Today
Author: Andrew Martin
Publisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1782834893
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
'A delightful book ... the perfect companion as you wait for the 8.10 from Hove' Observer After the Beeching cuts of the 1960s, many railways were gradually shut down. Rural communities were isolated and steam trains slowly gave way to diesel and electric traction. But some people were not prepared to let the romance of train travel die. Thanks to their efforts, many lines passed into community ownership and are now booming with new armies of dedicated volunteers. Andrew Martin meets these volunteer enthusiasts, finding out just what it is about preserved railways that makes people so devoted. From the inspiration for Thomas the Tank Engine to John Betjeman's battle against encroaching modernity, Steam Trains Today will take you on a heart-warming journey across Britain from Aviemore to Epping.
Publisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1782834893
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
'A delightful book ... the perfect companion as you wait for the 8.10 from Hove' Observer After the Beeching cuts of the 1960s, many railways were gradually shut down. Rural communities were isolated and steam trains slowly gave way to diesel and electric traction. But some people were not prepared to let the romance of train travel die. Thanks to their efforts, many lines passed into community ownership and are now booming with new armies of dedicated volunteers. Andrew Martin meets these volunteer enthusiasts, finding out just what it is about preserved railways that makes people so devoted. From the inspiration for Thomas the Tank Engine to John Betjeman's battle against encroaching modernity, Steam Trains Today will take you on a heart-warming journey across Britain from Aviemore to Epping.
Conserving the Railway Heritage
Author: Peter Burman
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1136744932
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Great Britain not only invented the main-line railway but has also led the way in it's preservation - not just locomotves and carriages but also the buildings and structures that bear witness to the confidence of railway developers, architects and engineers. This book defines the nature of the railway heritage - from signalboxes, viaducts, tunnels and locomotive depots - and then discusses priorities and the best practice for it's conservation. The subject is a strongly topical one due to current concern over privatization, the effects of planned high-speed rail links and lively debates concerning the role of the enthusiast in railway preservation.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1136744932
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Great Britain not only invented the main-line railway but has also led the way in it's preservation - not just locomotves and carriages but also the buildings and structures that bear witness to the confidence of railway developers, architects and engineers. This book defines the nature of the railway heritage - from signalboxes, viaducts, tunnels and locomotive depots - and then discusses priorities and the best practice for it's conservation. The subject is a strongly topical one due to current concern over privatization, the effects of planned high-speed rail links and lively debates concerning the role of the enthusiast in railway preservation.
Rails South West From Birmingham in the Late 20th Century, 1972-2000
Author: Peter J Green
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781399058889
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781399058889
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description