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Author : W. A. Blake
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780851532486
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (324 download)
Download or read book London Midland Steam Doubleheaded written by W. A. Blake and published by . This book was released on 1978-01-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Mather
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1526770245
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book The Final Years of London Midland Region Steam written by David Mather and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2020-07-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book investigates the vast number of locomotives that came to the London Midland Region in 1948 at Nationalisation. This is a class by class survey with over 200 illustrations, covering all the top link and freight classes, also looking at the smaller types of locomotive, operating on branch lines and doing more humble tasks. The author explores what happened to them and also looks at those that eventually made their way into preservation.
Author : E. H. Sawford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780750942621
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (426 download)
Download or read book London Midland Steam in Retrospect written by E. H. Sawford and published by . This book was released on 2005-12-08 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawn from Eric Sawford's extensive archive, this volume takes a look back at the London Midland region from the 1950s right through to the end of steam. This book is for anyone who remembers the golden age of transporting, or any modeller attempting to capture the essence of this period.
Author : Keith Langston
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473878551
Total Pages : 487 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book British Steam Military Connections: London, Midland and Scottish Railway Steam Locomotives written by Keith Langston and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2019-08-30 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This British Railways history explores the long-held tradition of naming steam locomotives in honor of the military. The naming of steam locomotives was a beloved British tradition since the first railway locomotives appeared in 1804. Many of the names were chosen in honor of military personnel, regiments, squadrons, naval vessels, aircraft, battles, and associated historic events. This volume looks specifically at the steam locomotives with military-inspired names that were built by the London & North Eastern Railway, which joined the British Railways stock in 1948. A large number of the company’s Jubilee class locomotives were given names with a military connection, as were a small number of Black Five class engines. Famously the majority of the much-admired Royal Scot class of engines carried names associated with the military in general and regimental names in particular. Many of the nameplates were adorned with ornate crests and badges. Long after the demise of mainline steam, rescued nameplates have become prized collectors’ items. This generously illustrated publication highlights the relevant steam locomotives and explains the origins and social history surrounding their military names.
Author : W. G. Rear
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780851532257
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (322 download)
Download or read book London Midland Steam in North Wales written by W. G. Rear and published by . This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Knapman
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473891809
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book Steam on the Eastern & Midland written by David Knapman and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2019-10-30 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author and railway photographer presents a stunning collection of original images showing steam locomotives in action in the mid-20th century. This is the second book from David Knapman’s personal record of railway views that were captured on black and white film in the late 1950’s and 1960’s, until the demise of steam on British Railways. Using the same format as its companion volume, Steam on the Southern and Western, this book presents chapters covering different locations in the Eastern and London Midland regions. Knapman captures branch and mainline trains as well as locations of interest and historical infrastructure. Where preservation starts to overlap with the still active steam scene, some historic photographs are also included. Each chapter begins with an overview of the station it depicts, providing local and historical context. Each photograph is paired with a detailed caption describing the specific trains at work.
Author : Richard Stewart Greenwood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780851532318
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (323 download)
Download or read book London Midland Steam on the Ex-L & Y written by Richard Stewart Greenwood and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kevin Derrick
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445669803
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book London Midland Steam Days Remembered written by Kevin Derrick and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nostalgic look back at the days of steam in the London Midland Region.
Author : Nigel F. W. Dyckhoff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780851532196
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (321 download)
Download or read book More London Midland Steam in the North-West written by Nigel F. W. Dyckhoff and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frank Hornby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780855242985
Total Pages : 71 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (429 download)
Download or read book London Midland Region Steam written by Frank Hornby and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Derek Cross
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780851531281
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (312 download)
Download or read book London Midland Steam Over Shap written by Derek Cross and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Keith Langston
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783408014
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (834 download)
Download or read book British Steam: BR Standard Locomotives written by Keith Langston and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2012-11-19 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of post second world war steam locomotive design and construction in Great Britain, the perfect gift for railroad history buffs. After WWII the existing railway companies were all put into the control of the newly formed British Transport Commission and that government organization spawned British Railways, which came into being on January 1st 1948. The railway infrastructure had suffered badly during the war years and most of the steam locomotives were “tired” and badly maintained and or life expired. Although the management of British Railways was already planning to replace steam power with diesel and electric engines, they still decided to build more steam locomotives as a stop gap. Some 999 Standard locomotives were built in twelve classes ranging from super powerful express and freight engines to suburban tank locomotives. The locomotives were mainly in good order when the directive came in 1968 to end steam, some trains were only eight years old. There still exists a fleet of forty-six preserved Standards of which 75% are in working order in and around the UKs preserved railways, furthermore three new build standard locomotives are proposed. Steam fans who were around in the 1960s all remember the “Standards.”
Author : W. A. Blake
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780851531427
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (314 download)
Download or read book London Midland Steam in Action written by W. A. Blake and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Tuffrey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781912101924
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)
Download or read book London Midland Steam 1948 to 1966 written by Peter Tuffrey and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Askew Blake
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780851533124
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (331 download)
Download or read book London Midland Steam in Action written by William Askew Blake and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Patrick Bruce Whitehouse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780711006966
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (69 download)
Download or read book London Midland Steam in Camera written by Patrick Bruce Whitehouse and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Colin Garratt
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473844134
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book Steam, Soot and Rust written by Colin Garratt and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The disappearance of the steam locomotive in the land of its birth touched the hearts of millions, but when the government announced the Modernisation Plan for Britain's railways in 1955, under which steam was to be phased out in favour of diesel and electric traction, few people took it seriously. Steam locomotives were an integral part of our daily lives and had been for almost one and a half centuries. Furthermore, they were still being built in large numbers. It was popularly believed that they would see the century out and probably well beyond that. But the reality was that by 1968 a mere thirteen years after the Modernisation Plan steam traction had disappeared from Britain's main line railways. It was harrowing to witness the breaking up of engines, which were the icons of their day, capable of working long-distance inter-city expresses weighing 400 tons on schedules faster than a mile a minute. Top speeds of 100mph were not unknown.This book chronicles the last few years as scrap yards all over Britain went into overtime, cutting up thousands of locomotives and releasing a bounty of more than a million tons of scrap whilst the engines, which remained in service, were a shadow of their former selves; filthy, wheezing and clanking their way to an ignominious end. The pictures in this book are augmented by essays written by Colin Garratt at the time. Although steam disappeared from the main line network it survives in everdwindling numbers on industrial systems such as collieries, ironstone mines, power stations, shipyards, sugar factories, paper mills and docks. In such environments steam traction eked out a further decade and during this time many of the industrial locations closed rendering the locomotives redundant. The British steam locomotive was born amid the coalfields and was destined to die there one and three quarter centuries later.
