Author: Tim Hillier-Graves
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1526748363
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 735
Book Description
Although closed to traffic in 1966, with most of its infrastructure swiftly destroyed by British Railways, this unique railway line still lives in the minds of many, some too young to remember it in its heyday. For more then a hundred years it courted disaster and could on a number of occasions have succumbed to overpowering financial pressures, but it survived with the help of partnerships with larger, more secure companies, namely the Midland Railway and the London & South Western Railway. Later on, after the grouping in 1923, the line came under the control of the L M S and the Southern Railway. It was unfortunate that the line suffered in later years, from inter regional rivalry between the Western and Southern Regions of British Railways, which led to its eventual closure. The variety of companies involved in its running meant that during its lifetime the small pool of locomotives needed to service the line was supplemented by the best each partner could offer. So from the beginning to the end there were a myriad number of types of locomotive running over the Mendips providing a lively variety of motive power. This heavily illustrated book traces this unique and fascinating history and brings to life this singular, much missed and loved railway.
Locomotives of the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
Author: Tim Hillier-Graves
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1526748363
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 735
Book Description
Although closed to traffic in 1966, with most of its infrastructure swiftly destroyed by British Railways, this unique railway line still lives in the minds of many, some too young to remember it in its heyday. For more then a hundred years it courted disaster and could on a number of occasions have succumbed to overpowering financial pressures, but it survived with the help of partnerships with larger, more secure companies, namely the Midland Railway and the London & South Western Railway. Later on, after the grouping in 1923, the line came under the control of the L M S and the Southern Railway. It was unfortunate that the line suffered in later years, from inter regional rivalry between the Western and Southern Regions of British Railways, which led to its eventual closure. The variety of companies involved in its running meant that during its lifetime the small pool of locomotives needed to service the line was supplemented by the best each partner could offer. So from the beginning to the end there were a myriad number of types of locomotive running over the Mendips providing a lively variety of motive power. This heavily illustrated book traces this unique and fascinating history and brings to life this singular, much missed and loved railway.
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1526748363
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 735
Book Description
Although closed to traffic in 1966, with most of its infrastructure swiftly destroyed by British Railways, this unique railway line still lives in the minds of many, some too young to remember it in its heyday. For more then a hundred years it courted disaster and could on a number of occasions have succumbed to overpowering financial pressures, but it survived with the help of partnerships with larger, more secure companies, namely the Midland Railway and the London & South Western Railway. Later on, after the grouping in 1923, the line came under the control of the L M S and the Southern Railway. It was unfortunate that the line suffered in later years, from inter regional rivalry between the Western and Southern Regions of British Railways, which led to its eventual closure. The variety of companies involved in its running meant that during its lifetime the small pool of locomotives needed to service the line was supplemented by the best each partner could offer. So from the beginning to the end there were a myriad number of types of locomotive running over the Mendips providing a lively variety of motive power. This heavily illustrated book traces this unique and fascinating history and brings to life this singular, much missed and loved railway.
The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780951448977
Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 59
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780951448977
Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 59
Book Description
Locomotives of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
Author: Tim Hillier-Graves
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 9781526748355
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Although closed to traffic in 1966, with most of its infrastructure swiftly destroyed by British Railways, this unique railway line still lives in the minds of many, some too young to remember it in its heyday. For more then a hundred years it courted disaster and could on a number of occasions have succumbed to overpowering financial pressures, but it survived with the help of partnerships with larger, more secure companies, namely the Midland Railway and the London & South Western Railway. Later on, after the grouping in 1923, the line came under the control of the L M S and the Southern Railway. It was unfortunate that the line suffered in later years, from inter regional rivalry between the Western and Southern Regions of British Railways, which led to its eventual closure. The variety of companies involved in its running meant that during its lifetime the small pool of locomotives needed to service the line was supplemented by the best each partner could offer. So from the beginning to the end there were a myriad number of types of locomotive running over the Mendips providing a lively variety of motive power. This heavily illustrated book traces this unique and fascinating history and brings to life this singular, much missed and loved railway.
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 9781526748355
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Although closed to traffic in 1966, with most of its infrastructure swiftly destroyed by British Railways, this unique railway line still lives in the minds of many, some too young to remember it in its heyday. For more then a hundred years it courted disaster and could on a number of occasions have succumbed to overpowering financial pressures, but it survived with the help of partnerships with larger, more secure companies, namely the Midland Railway and the London & South Western Railway. Later on, after the grouping in 1923, the line came under the control of the L M S and the Southern Railway. It was unfortunate that the line suffered in later years, from inter regional rivalry between the Western and Southern Regions of British Railways, which led to its eventual closure. The variety of companies involved in its running meant that during its lifetime the small pool of locomotives needed to service the line was supplemented by the best each partner could offer. So from the beginning to the end there were a myriad number of types of locomotive running over the Mendips providing a lively variety of motive power. This heavily illustrated book traces this unique and fascinating history and brings to life this singular, much missed and loved railway.
Great Western: Large Wheeled Outside Framed 4-4-0 Tender Locomotives
Author: David Maidment
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526700972
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
This volume covers all the large wheeled outside frame classes of 4-4-0 tender Locomotives, that once ran on the Great Western Railway.The book has full details on each of the classes with good quality pictures, diagrams names, and number lists.This work is also very useful to model makers, giving full details of mechanical and livery changes that took place from the 1900s through to the early 1930, when all except the preserved 3440, City of Truro, were withdrawn and scrapped.
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526700972
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
This volume covers all the large wheeled outside frame classes of 4-4-0 tender Locomotives, that once ran on the Great Western Railway.The book has full details on each of the classes with good quality pictures, diagrams names, and number lists.This work is also very useful to model makers, giving full details of mechanical and livery changes that took place from the 1900s through to the early 1930, when all except the preserved 3440, City of Truro, were withdrawn and scrapped.
The Somerset & Dorset Railway
Author: D. S. M. Barrie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
Author: Stephen Austin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780711026926
Category : Steam locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780711026926
Category : Steam locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
The Somerset & Dorset Railway
Author: Robin Atthill
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The Brighton Atlantics
Author: James S. Baldwin
Publisher: Locomotive Portfolios
ISBN: 9781783463688
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
* The Brighton Atlantics were an important development in the motive power on the London Brighton & South Coast Railway. * Designed by D. Earl Marsh, the two classes of Atlantics, classes H1 and H2, were the main stay of passenger services on the Brighton main line for nearly twenty years. * The last members of the H2 class, were not withdrawn fr
Publisher: Locomotive Portfolios
ISBN: 9781783463688
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
* The Brighton Atlantics were an important development in the motive power on the London Brighton & South Coast Railway. * Designed by D. Earl Marsh, the two classes of Atlantics, classes H1 and H2, were the main stay of passenger services on the Brighton main line for nearly twenty years. * The last members of the H2 class, were not withdrawn fr
The Golden Age of Steam
Author: Roy S. McNaught
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railway appreciation
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railway appreciation
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Midland Railway and L M S 4-4-0 Locomotives
Author: David Maidment
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1526772515
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
David Maidment has unravelled the complex history of the Johnson, Deeley and Fowler 4-4-0 locomotives of the Midland Railway and its LMS successor, covering their design, construction, operation and performance in this book with over 400 black and white photographs. It recounts their working on the Midland main lines from St Pancras to Derby, Manchester, Leeds and Carlisle, the latter via the celebrated Settle & Carlisle line, and the later work of the Fowler LMS engines on the West Coast main line. The book also describes the history of the Midland 4-4-0s built for the Somerset & Dorset and Midland & Great Northern Railways. The book covers the period from the first Midland 4-4-0 built in 1876 to the last LMS 2P withdrawn in 1962 and includes performance logs, weight diagrams and dimensions and statistical details of each locomotive.
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1526772515
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
David Maidment has unravelled the complex history of the Johnson, Deeley and Fowler 4-4-0 locomotives of the Midland Railway and its LMS successor, covering their design, construction, operation and performance in this book with over 400 black and white photographs. It recounts their working on the Midland main lines from St Pancras to Derby, Manchester, Leeds and Carlisle, the latter via the celebrated Settle & Carlisle line, and the later work of the Fowler LMS engines on the West Coast main line. The book also describes the history of the Midland 4-4-0s built for the Somerset & Dorset and Midland & Great Northern Railways. The book covers the period from the first Midland 4-4-0 built in 1876 to the last LMS 2P withdrawn in 1962 and includes performance logs, weight diagrams and dimensions and statistical details of each locomotive.