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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 632

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Author: Allen Jackson
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445669315
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 141

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Allen Jackson explores signalling along the LB&SCR and Isle of Wight Railway routes.

Author: Charles J. Humber
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1460283384
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 230

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DAD’S BEST MEMORIES AND RECOLLECTIONS is Chazzz Humber’s epithaph casting a very long and sentimental shadow across North America and beyond. This 230-page volume is his granite monument, well-polished! It lavishly records 125 of his best memories over a life-span of nearly eighty years. The vignettes are serenaded with more than 400 illustrations. Those discovering this volume likely will find themselves wanting to record, in their own sunset years, their personal memories and recollections. And when they do, they are apt to recall what it was like to live in their fluctuating world dominated by a variety of personalities and cascading events. Mr. Humber vividly describes what it was like, in 1945, to travel in a 1930 Model A Ford from Toronto to Boston. With lively enthusiasm, he reports what it was like to live in post-World War II Boston, to cook a lobster for a former President of the United States or to sell a pair of elevator shoes to one of Hollywood’s shortest celebrities or to shine the shoes of a Derby-hatted father of a future President of the United States. It is not a remarkable achievement to reflect, to recall or to have memories that are treasured. But to tell them with literary aplomb, to recall the events that happened nearly seventy-five years ago with utmost clarity is definitely an admirable achievement and should be cherished not only by the kin who follow Mr. Humber but by those who might like to imitate what he has monumentally achieved in Dad’s Best Memories and Recollections.

Author: Mike Jacobs
Publisher: Noodle Books
ISBN: 9781906419363
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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In 1945 Mike Jacobs visited the Isle of Wight for the first time and was captivated by the railway system, which he innocently believed at the time to be concentrated only at Ryde. Over the years, further visits followed, including trips on the Island line to Ventnor, Bembridge, Newport, and Yarmouth. Already addicted to the charm of the Island system, it was fortunate indeed when in 1954 the family moved to Ventnor, which was to cement his fascination with the railway system. Mike Jacobs' stories of railway life half a century ago and more, seen through the eyes of both a regular passenger and an enthusiast, are unique. Written with wonderful warmth of feeling, the reader is immediately taken back to a long-forgotten time and to a quaint way of life that has now all but disappeared. Fully illustrated with plenty of rare mono illustrations, this volume captures the ever-changing railway scene beautifully.

Author: Gordon Edgar
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445639769
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 189

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Capturing the spirit of the Isle of Man's narrow gauge network. Its history as well as today's preserved steam railway.

Author: Brian Reading
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398100099
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 183

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Stunning previously unpublished images documenting the end of steam in London, the South and South West.

Author: Richard C Long
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1399045210
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 234

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In 2019 it was announced that the Isle of Wight’s iconic 1938 Stock tube trains were to be withdrawn and replaced with a ‘new’ fleet of refurbished ex-London Underground trains, as part of a wider project to upgrade the Island’s ageing railway infrastructure. This book examines in detail the events that followed: the infrastructure works, the withdrawal and disposal of the old trains, and the development and introduction of their replacements – all of it carried out in the midst of a global pandemic. What went wrong, and what went right? What would happen to the 1938 Stock? And would the new trains even fit through Ryde Tunnel…? In writing this book the author has been able to draw upon unique insights provided by some of the key figures involved in the Island Line upgrade, as well as by the current owners of many of the withdrawn 1938 Stock units.

Author: Michael G Harvey
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752475622
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 198

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Michael Harvey's book brings to its readers the excitement of trainspotting in the 1950s and '60s, the hobby's heyday. It was the advent of the famous Ian Allan ABC Locospotters books that really gave the hobby its impetus, as they gave trainspotters all the information they required. Forget the Anorak sets out to provide the reader with a personal account of what the hobby entailed - teenagers roaming the railways of Britain, sleeping on deserted platforms on porters' trolleys, 'bunking' dimly lit depots and eluding capture, travelling hundreds of miles on a platform ticket, and stink bombs on the Underground. You'll be able to smell the steam, soot and unwashed socks, and taste the boiled egg sandwiches, the chips wrapped in newspaper and the hot jam doughnuts, all washed down with warm Tizer. Illustrated with Michael Harvey's own photographs and a selection of maps, Forget the Anorak appeals to anyone who experienced the golden days of trainspotting, as well as to anyone interested in the social history of Britain after the Second World War.

Author: Hugh Daly
Publisher:
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 462

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Author: E. J. Rose
Publisher: Alan Sutton Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 138

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A history of the Southern Railway during its heyday, from 1923 to 1947, when it transported hundreds of passengers daily during the summer holiday months. Details the locomotives used, the make-up of passenger and freight trains, and individual performances.