Author: Ian Carter
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526129744
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Now available in paperback, this is the first academic book to study railway enthusiasts in Britain. Far from a trivial topic, the post-war train spotting craze swept most boys and some girls into a passion for railways, and for many, ignited a lifetime’s interest. British railway enthusiasm traces this post-war cohort, and those which followed, as they invigorated different sectors in the world of railway enthusiasm – train spotting, railway modelling, collecting railway relics – and then, in response to the demise of main line steam traction, Britain’s now-huge preserved railway industry. Today this industry finds itself riven by tensions between preserving a loved past which ever fewer people can remember and earning money from tourist visitors. The widespread and enduring significance of railway enthusiasm will ensure that this groundbreaking text remains a key work in transport studies, and will appeal to enthusiasts as much as to students and scholars of transport and cultural history.
The Last Decade of British Railways Steam
Author: Gavin Morrison
Publisher: Haynes Publishing UK
ISBN: 9780857332776
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Haynes Publishing UK
ISBN: 9780857332776
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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 railway enthusiasm
Author: Ian Carter
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526129744
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Now available in paperback, this is the first academic book to study railway enthusiasts in Britain. Far from a trivial topic, the post-war train spotting craze swept most boys and some girls into a passion for railways, and for many, ignited a lifetime’s interest. British railway enthusiasm traces this post-war cohort, and those which followed, as they invigorated different sectors in the world of railway enthusiasm – train spotting, railway modelling, collecting railway relics – and then, in response to the demise of main line steam traction, Britain’s now-huge preserved railway industry. Today this industry finds itself riven by tensions between preserving a loved past which ever fewer people can remember and earning money from tourist visitors. The widespread and enduring significance of railway enthusiasm will ensure that this groundbreaking text remains a key work in transport studies, and will appeal to enthusiasts as much as to students and scholars of transport and cultural history.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526129744
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Now available in paperback, this is the first academic book to study railway enthusiasts in Britain. Far from a trivial topic, the post-war train spotting craze swept most boys and some girls into a passion for railways, and for many, ignited a lifetime’s interest. British railway enthusiasm traces this post-war cohort, and those which followed, as they invigorated different sectors in the world of railway enthusiasm – train spotting, railway modelling, collecting railway relics – and then, in response to the demise of main line steam traction, Britain’s now-huge preserved railway industry. Today this industry finds itself riven by tensions between preserving a loved past which ever fewer people can remember and earning money from tourist visitors. The widespread and enduring significance of railway enthusiasm will ensure that this groundbreaking text remains a key work in transport studies, and will appeal to enthusiasts as much as to students and scholars of transport and cultural history.
British Railways in Transition
Author: Derek H. Aldcroft
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349007080
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349007080
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Railway Times
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
The Oxford Companion to British Railway History from 1603 to the 1990s
Author: Jack Simmons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
This is the first encyclopedia to chart the progress of Britain's railway development. It begins with primitive 17th-century wagonways, fully considers the eras of horse, steam, diesel, and electric traction, and then charts the change from private to public ownership. Finally, it describes in detail the privatizations of the late 1990s. Over six hundred entries by eighty-eight expert contributors provide a comprehensive and unique reference to all aspects of railways.
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
This is the first encyclopedia to chart the progress of Britain's railway development. It begins with primitive 17th-century wagonways, fully considers the eras of horse, steam, diesel, and electric traction, and then charts the change from private to public ownership. Finally, it describes in detail the privatizations of the late 1990s. Over six hundred entries by eighty-eight expert contributors provide a comprehensive and unique reference to all aspects of railways.
Railway World
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Languages : en
Pages : 1248
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 1248
Book Description
Herapath's Railway Magazine, Commercial Journal, and Scientific Review
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1302
Book Description
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1302
Book Description
The Railway Magazine
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Carriers' Law, Relating to Goods and Passenger Traffic on Railways, Canals, and Steam Ships, with Cases
Author: Edmund B. Ivatts
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385304504
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1154
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385304504
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1154
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
The Solicitors' Journal
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 884
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 884
Book Description