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Author : Mike Arlett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780860934806
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (348 download)
Download or read book Great Western Steam in the West Country written by Mike Arlett and published by . This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : 4588
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780851532882
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (328 download)
Download or read book Great Western Steam in the West Country written by 4588 and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andrew Roden
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781781310151
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Great Western Railway written by Andrew Roden and published by White Lion Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roden’s comprehensive new history of this remarkable railway company tells the story of nothing less than the opening-up of the isolated Southwest of England to the trade and tourism of the modern age. It has left us with soaring termini like Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads as well as glorious railway institutions like the Night Riviera overnight sleeper to Cornwall that endure to this day (not least thanks to the author’s own campaigning!). While the GWR’s green locomotives and chocolate and cream carriages may have given way to purple, anyone who wants to return to the golden age of the railways will find the company’s history an enthralling journey.
Author : Allen Jackson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445670127
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book Great Western Railway Stations written by Allen Jackson and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-04-15 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated survey of a wide range of GWR stations.
Author : Keith Widdowson
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750999772
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)
Download or read book The Great Western Steam Retreat written by Keith Widdowson and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2022-01-06 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In mid-1964, Keith Widdowson got wind that the Western Region was hell-bent on being the first to eliminate the steam locomotive on its tracks by December 1965. The 17-year-old hurriedly homed in on train services still in the hands of GWR steam power, aiming to catch runs with the last examples before their premature annihilation. The Great Western Steam Retreat recalls Widdowson's teenage exploits, soundtracked by hits from the Beatles, the Kinks and the Rolling Stones, throughout the Western Region and former Great Western Railway lines. He documents the extreme disorder that resulted from that decision, paying tribute to the train crews who managed to meet demanding timings in the face of declining cleanliness, the poor quality of coal and the major problem of recruiting both footplate and shed staff. This book completes the author's Steam Chase series and provides a snapshot into the comradery that characterised the final years of steam alongside the long-gone journeys that can never be recreated.
Author : Allen Jackson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1398109649
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (981 download)
Download or read book GWR Locomotives: The Prairies written by Allen Jackson and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest volume in Allen Jackson's series examining the locomotives of the Great Western Railway. Profusely illustrated throughout.
Author : Brian Reading
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1398100013
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (981 download)
Download or read book Wales and Western Region Railways written by Brian Reading and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With stunning previously unpublished photographs documenting the end of steam railways of the G.W.R.
Author : Michael S. Welch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781854143273
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (432 download)
Download or read book Western Steam in Devon and Cornwall written by Michael S. Welch and published by . This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Western Railway promoted its holiday lines with enterprise and imagination. Using quality images, this album looks back at the last years of steam on the former Great Western routes in Devon and Cornwall which retained much of their distinctive atmosphere well into the 1960s.
Author : John Payne
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 190849350X
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (84 download)
Download or read book The West Country written by John Payne and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2011-11-10 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The English West Country is a land of exceptional landscapes: many miles of wild, unspoilt coastline and vast expanses of wild moorland; great cities such as Exeter, Plymouth, Bath and Bristol; and market towns, villages and hamlets. Farming, mining, quarrying, fishing and trade are the traditional industries of the counties of Wiltshire, Somerset, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall. On one level, the West Country is the most English of all English regions, home of clotted cream, thatch, church spires, folksong, hobby horses and Cecil Sharp. Yet the area was trading with Mediterranean Europe before the Romans. For many years Bristol was the centre of the slave trade, and many of its great mansions were built on the proceeds of slavery. Great swathes of land in Dorset, Wiltshire and Devon are still used by the military and are off-bounds to visitors. And within the West Country is the special case of Celtic Cornwall, and the even more remote Isles of Scilly. People lived in the West Country long before Britain, or England, were invented. From the great stone circles of Avebury and Stonehenge in Wiltshire to the menhirs of Cornwall, and the wealth of prehistoric remains on the Isles of Scilly, this has always been an inhabited landscape, crafted by men and women working closely with nature and natural forces. John Payne explores this culturally rich and varied region, revealing many facets of its distinctive and much-loved identity.
Author : Allen Jackson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445693038
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book GWR Locomotives: The Manor Class written by Allen Jackson and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating and lavishly illustrated guide to this iconic Great Western Railway locomotive Manor Class.
Author : Colin Maggs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781445644288
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (442 download)
Download or read book A History of the Great Western Railway written by Colin Maggs and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the most iconic railway company of the great age of steam. The initials 'GWR' conjure an evocative picture of a Brunswick green locomotive hauling tea-and-cream-coloured coaches through a verdant West Country landscape. However, the GWR was not just engines and trains. In this comprehensive history, Colin Maggs, one of the country's foremost railway historians, tells of other, perhaps less well-known aspects of the company's history: its construction and expansion; the activities of its publicity department; and its sea, air and road services. It was a caring, cradle-to-the-grave employer and at Swindon even provided a hospital, school, baths and recreational facilities. These and other fascinating aspects of the company are all revealed in this accessible book, illustrated with over 100 photographs and period posters, many in colour.
Author : John Maybery
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445639920
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book Great Western Revival written by John Maybery and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of those GWR locomotives that have survived into preservation.
Author : 4588
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (81 download)
Download or read book Great Western Steam in the Western Country written by 4588 and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Maidment
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1526752026
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book Great Western, Grange Class Locomotives written by David Maidment and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2019-03-30 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The renowned British railroad historian delivers “a well-illustrated account of the rationale behind Collett’s construction of this 80 strong class” (West Somerset Railway Association). English railway engineer George Jackson Churchward proposed a 5ft 8in wheeled 4-6-0 for mixed traffic duties in 1901 and it was seriously considered in 1905, but it took until 1936 before his successor, Charles Collett, realized the plan by persuading the GWR Board to replace many of the 43XX moguls with modern standard mixed traffic engines that bore a remarkable likeness to the Churchward proposal. David Maidment has written another in his series of “Locomotive Portfolios” for Pen & Sword to coincide with the construction of a new “Grange” at Llangollen from GW standard parts to fill the gap left by the total withdrawal and scrapping of one of that railway’s most popular classes—to their crews at the very least. As well as covering the type’s design and construction, the author deals comprehensively with the allocation and operation of the eighty locomotives and in particular has researched their performance and illustrated it with many examples of recorded logs from the 1930s as well as in more recent times. As in previous volumes, the author has added his own personal experiences with the engines and has sourced more than 250 photos, over 40 of which are in color. “Superbly researched . . . another extraordinary and unreservedly recommended addition to . . . British Railroading History collections.” —Midwest Book Review “Granges worked off-region quite widely, so this is not just a book for the copper-capped chimney brigade; enthusiasts for whom these capable machines are favorites will definitely want this volume on the bookshelf.” —Railway Modeller
Author : Colin Maggs
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 144561300X
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book A History of the Great Western Railway written by Colin Maggs and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2013-09-15 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A narrative history of the most iconic railway company of the great age of steam.
Author : Stephen E. Ambrose
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9780743203173
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Nothing Like It In the World written by Stephen E. Ambrose and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-11-06 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the men who build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's.
Author : Laurence Waters
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1526740397
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book Railways of Oxford written by Laurence Waters and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative history of the railways of Oxford and how they transformed the United Kingdom, from the mid-nineteenth century to the twenty-first. In Railways of Oxford, historian Laurence Waters looks at the development of services and operations from Great Western’s opening of the Oxford Railway in 1844 through to the present day. This volume covers the development of the railway locally, including the London and North Western ‘Buckinghamshire Railway’ from Bletchley, together with the five local branch lines. The opening of the Great Western / Great Central joint line in 1900 opened up regional travel across the United Kingdom. During the Second World War, the construction of a new junction at Oxford North created a direct link from the Great Western to the London Midland & Scottish Railway branch to Bletchley and beyond. These two junctions turned Oxford into a major railway center, bringing a considerable increase in both passenger and freight traffic. Today, Oxford is as busy as ever, with passenger services to London operated by Great Western Railway and Chiltern Trains, and by Cross Country Trains the South and the North of England.
