Author: Oswald Stevens Nock
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Languages : en
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The Great Western Railway in the 20th Century
Author: Oswald Stevens Nock
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Languages : en
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The Great Western Railway in the Twentieth Century
Author: Oswald Stevens Nock
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ISBN: 9780711002272
Category : Great Western Railway
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9780711002272
Category : Great Western Railway
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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The Great Western Railway in the Twentieth Century
Author: Oswald Stevens Nock
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Languages : en
Pages : 254
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Languages : en
Pages : 254
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The Steam Rail Motors of the Great Western Railway
Author: Ken Gibbs
Publisher: History Press
ISBN: 9780750961035
Category : Steam motorcars
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Self-propelled carriages were a big innovation at the beginning of the 20th century, and the GWR was quick to develop a large number of steam motor cars to link farms and scattered villages to the new branch lines. Their steam motor cars ran from 1903-1935, stopping during the war, and were so effective at making rural areas accessible they became victims of their own success. Wagons brought in to meet the demand proved too heavy for the carriages and they struggled on hills, and after they stopped service all 99 steam carriages were eventually scrapped. Engineer Ken Gibbs reveals the unique GWR carriages, a window into early 20th century transport, and the modern-replica he helped build, now the only way of viewing these charming cars.
Publisher: History Press
ISBN: 9780750961035
Category : Steam motorcars
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Self-propelled carriages were a big innovation at the beginning of the 20th century, and the GWR was quick to develop a large number of steam motor cars to link farms and scattered villages to the new branch lines. Their steam motor cars ran from 1903-1935, stopping during the war, and were so effective at making rural areas accessible they became victims of their own success. Wagons brought in to meet the demand proved too heavy for the carriages and they struggled on hills, and after they stopped service all 99 steam carriages were eventually scrapped. Engineer Ken Gibbs reveals the unique GWR carriages, a window into early 20th century transport, and the modern-replica he helped build, now the only way of viewing these charming cars.
The Great Western Railway in the First World War
Author: Sandra Gittins
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750962569
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
In August 1914 the GWR was plunged into war, the like of which this country had never experienced before. Over the years that followed life changed beyond measure, both for the men sent away to fight and the women who took on new roles at home. Not since 1922 has the history of the GWR in the First World War been recorded in a single volume. Using modern data-bases and enjoying greater access to archives, Sandra Gittins has been able to produce a complete history which traces the GWR from the early, optimistic days through the subsequent difficult years of the Great War, including Government demands for war manufacture, increased traffic and the tragic loss of staff. From GWR ships and ambulance trains to the employment of women, every part of the story is told, including the saddest of all, which is represented by a Roll of Honour.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750962569
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
In August 1914 the GWR was plunged into war, the like of which this country had never experienced before. Over the years that followed life changed beyond measure, both for the men sent away to fight and the women who took on new roles at home. Not since 1922 has the history of the GWR in the First World War been recorded in a single volume. Using modern data-bases and enjoying greater access to archives, Sandra Gittins has been able to produce a complete history which traces the GWR from the early, optimistic days through the subsequent difficult years of the Great War, including Government demands for war manufacture, increased traffic and the tragic loss of staff. From GWR ships and ambulance trains to the employment of women, every part of the story is told, including the saddest of all, which is represented by a Roll of Honour.
The Great Western Railway
Author: O. S. Nock
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages :
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The Twentieth Century
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Category : English periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1070
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Category : English periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1070
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Great Western: Moguls and Prairies
Author: David Maidment
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473869315
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
“Traces the bloodline of its 2-6-0 and 2-6-2T classes . . . a comprehensive history of the classes from Churchward to BR days, with excellent photographs.” —Steam Railway Great Western Moguls & Prairies is a volume in Pen & Swords series, Locomotive Profiles. It describes the conception, design, building and operation of the fleet of Prairie 2-6-2 tank engines and the Mogul 2-6-0s designed by Churchward in the early part of the twentieth century and perpetuated by his successor, Charles Collett, in the 1920s and 1930s. These engines formed the backbone of the GWR locomotive fleet for secondary passenger and freight work for over half a century and were some of those that remained to the end of steam traction on the Western Region of British Railways. The book also covers some of the lesser known Moguls developed in the Dean/Churchward transition at the end of the nineteenth century and briefly looks at the Mogul and Prairie designs proposed by Churchward, Collett and Hawksworth but were never built. The book is copiously illustrated with over 250 black and white and 60 colored photographs and is a comprehensive record of a group of locomotives found throughout the Great Western and its successor, the Western Region, for over fifty years. “Lavishly illustrated in both colour and black and white, with pictures from the archive and the modern day, there is much here both for the beginner and the seasoned enthusiast, with the book presenting a structured and fresh view of a popular subject.” —Railway Magazine
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473869315
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
“Traces the bloodline of its 2-6-0 and 2-6-2T classes . . . a comprehensive history of the classes from Churchward to BR days, with excellent photographs.” —Steam Railway Great Western Moguls & Prairies is a volume in Pen & Swords series, Locomotive Profiles. It describes the conception, design, building and operation of the fleet of Prairie 2-6-2 tank engines and the Mogul 2-6-0s designed by Churchward in the early part of the twentieth century and perpetuated by his successor, Charles Collett, in the 1920s and 1930s. These engines formed the backbone of the GWR locomotive fleet for secondary passenger and freight work for over half a century and were some of those that remained to the end of steam traction on the Western Region of British Railways. The book also covers some of the lesser known Moguls developed in the Dean/Churchward transition at the end of the nineteenth century and briefly looks at the Mogul and Prairie designs proposed by Churchward, Collett and Hawksworth but were never built. The book is copiously illustrated with over 250 black and white and 60 colored photographs and is a comprehensive record of a group of locomotives found throughout the Great Western and its successor, the Western Region, for over fifty years. “Lavishly illustrated in both colour and black and white, with pictures from the archive and the modern day, there is much here both for the beginner and the seasoned enthusiast, with the book presenting a structured and fresh view of a popular subject.” —Railway Magazine
A History of the Great Western Railway
Author: Colin Maggs
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 144561300X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
A narrative history of the most iconic railway company of the great age of steam.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 144561300X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
A narrative history of the most iconic railway company of the great age of steam.
Great Western Railway Stations
Author: Allen Jackson
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445670127
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
A lavishly illustrated survey of a wide range of GWR stations.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445670127
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
A lavishly illustrated survey of a wide range of GWR stations.