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Tracing Lost Railways

Author : Trevor Yorke
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1784423696
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (844 download)

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Download or read book Tracing Lost Railways written by Trevor Yorke and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The drastic railway closures of the 1960s led to the slow decay and re-purposing of hundreds of miles of railway infrastructure. Though these buildings and apparatus are now ghosts of their former selves, countless clues to our railway heritage still remain in the form of embankments, cuttings, tunnels, converted or tumbledown wayside buildings, and old railway furniture such as signal posts. Many disused routes are preserved in the form of cycle tracks and footpaths. This colourfully illustrated book helps you to decipher the fascinating features that remain today and to understand their original functions, demonstrating how old routes can be traced on maps, outlining their permanent stamp on the landscape, and teaching you how to form a mental picture of a line in its heyday.

Lost Railway Journeys from Around the World

Author : Anthony Lambert
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178131747X
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (813 download)

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Download or read book Lost Railway Journeys from Around the World written by Anthony Lambert and published by White Lion Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the great cathedral-like railways stations of the steam age to obscure lines built through spectacular landscapes to open up countries before the advent of motorised road transport, this book is a celebration of our lost railway heritage and the lines that can no longer be travelled. Through stunning images, Lost Railway Journeys from Around the World evokes the romance and drama of these journeys, taking the reader as close as they can possibly get to this lost world of dining cars, sleeping cars, station porters and international rail travel. Organised by continent, all of these routes have stories to tell and the lost journeys are captured in the old postcards and posters that accompany photographs drawn from collections and archives across the world.

Lost Railways of Lancashire

Author : Gordon Suggitt
Publisher : Countryside Books (GB)
ISBN 13 : 9781853068010
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (68 download)

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Book Synopsis Lost Railways of Lancashire by : Gordon Suggitt

Download or read book Lost Railways of Lancashire written by Gordon Suggitt and published by Countryside Books (GB). This book was released on 2003-10-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of the county's railway lines from their opening in the 19th century, their heyday around the turn of the century and, in many cases, their closure in the 20th century.

Lost Railways of Dorset

Author : Leslie Oppitz
Publisher : Lost Railways
ISBN 13 : 9781853066962
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (669 download)

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Download or read book Lost Railways of Dorset written by Leslie Oppitz and published by Lost Railways. This book was released on 2001 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of the county's railway lines from their opening in the 19th century, their heyday around the turn of the century and, in many cases, their closure in the 20th century.

Lost Railways of Derbyshire

Author : Geoffrey Kingscott
Publisher : Countryside Books (GB)
ISBN 13 : 9781846740428
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Lost Railways of Derbyshire written by Geoffrey Kingscott and published by Countryside Books (GB). This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of the railway lines in the county including branches of the Great Central Railway and Ashover Light Railway, from their opening in the mid 19th century and, in many cases, their closure in the 20th century. This book describes the reasons for their construction and for their subsequent closure. It also includes illustrations.

The Trains Now Departed

Author : Michael Williams
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1409052346
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Trains Now Departed written by Michael Williams and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SOMETIMES you come across a lofty railway viaduct, marooned in the middle of a remote country landscape. Or a crumbling platform from some once-bustling junction buried under the buddleia. If you are lucky you might be able to follow some rusting tracks, or explore an old tunnel leading to...well, who knows where? Listen hard. Is that the wind in the undergrowth? Or the spectre of a train from a golden era of the past panting up the embankment? These are the ghosts of The Trains Now Departed. They are the railway lines, and services that ran on them that have disappeared and gone forever. Our lost legacy includes lines prematurely axed, often with a gripping and colourful tale of their own, as well as marvels of locomotive engineering sent to the scrapyard, and grand termini felled by the wrecker's ball. Then there are the lost delights of train travel, such as haute cuisine in the dining car, the grand expresses with their evocative names, and continental boat trains to romantic far-off places. The Trains Now Departed tells the stories of some of the most fascinating lost trains of Britain, vividly evoking the glories of a bygone age. In his personal odyssey around Britain Michael Williams tells the tales of the pioneers who built the tracks, the yarns of the men and women who operated them and the colourful trains that ran on them. It is a journey into the soul of our railways, summoning up a magic which, although mired in time, is fortunately not lost for ever. THIS EDITION REVISED AND UPDATED TO INCLUDE MAPS.

Dorset Stations Then & Now

Author : Mike Oakley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780992915193
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (151 download)

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Download or read book Dorset Stations Then & Now written by Mike Oakley and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lost Railways of Devon

Author : Stan Yorke
Publisher : Countryside Books (GB)
ISBN 13 : 9781853069260
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (692 download)

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Download or read book Lost Railways of Devon written by Stan Yorke and published by Countryside Books (GB). This book was released on 2007 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Devon's railway history began when the main line from London reached Exeter in 1844. Links were soon built with Plymouth in 1848 and Barnstaple in 1854. On top of this, in the heyday of railway age, Devon also boasted over 400 miles of branch lines and sidings - nearly all of them to disappear by the end of the 20th century. At a time when horse-drawn coaches and farm carts were the only alternative, the railways transported people and goods to their destinations much more quickly. Sadly, the good times were not to last and by the 1930s competition from road transport led to closures which continued into the 1960s when the Beeching Act finished off all but the main lines. Todaytwo preservation societies, the Plym Valley Railway and the Dart Valley Railway, are keeping the county's railway history alive. In this excellently written and well researched book, author Stan Yorke tells the story of the lost lines - the reason for their construction and for their closure. Modern otographs accompany those taken when Devon's lines were open and bustling. Due in 8th October

Along Lost Lines

Author : Paul Atterbury
Publisher : David & Charles
ISBN 13 : 9780715327067
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Along Lost Lines written by Paul Atterbury and published by David & Charles. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents the various aspects of British railways, including timetables, stations, tunnels, staff and trains. This work focuses on the 10,000 miles of lines closed in Britain since the 1950s, bringing to life the glorious story of train travel as it used to be.|Rich in romance and nostalgia, this fascinating book documents all the lost and forgotten aspects of British railways, including timetables, stations, tunnels, staff and trains. It focuses on the 10,000 miles of lines closed in Britain since the 1950s, bringing to life the glorious story of train travel as it used to be. Images of the railways' active past and pieces of ephemera capture British rural lines. Like previous books in the series, "Along Lost Lines" takes a very visual approach to the subject matter by highlighting the places and features that best tell the story, through stunning images and fascinating visual detail.

Cranborne Chase

Author : ROGER A.. HOLMAN LANE (ROGER.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781398113756
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Cranborne Chase written by ROGER A.. HOLMAN LANE (ROGER.) and published by . This book was released on 2023-03-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New format paperback edition - A photographic journey through Cranborne Chase, one of the South's most historic and atmospheric landscapes.

The Gardens of Dorset

Author : Roger Lane
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780711230903
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book The Gardens of Dorset written by Roger Lane and published by White Lion Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a portrait of forty of the best gardens in Dorset, from the intimate to the grand ranging over this timeless rural landscape of rolling hills, meadows, winterbournes and lush, well-wooded corners to the coast with its heathland, steep chines and spectacular cliffs. There are delights and surprises aplenty, including a Roman temple in the suburbs of Bournemouth; a folly nestled within the fern garden of an ancestral manor; a classic cottage garden festooned with roses, honeysuckle and clematis; the spectacular subtropical coastal gardens of Abbotsbury; and the Arcadian landscape at Minterne, where a hillside of Himalayan rhododendrons and azaleas looks out over a chain of lakes, waterfalls and streams. Written in close consultation with the owners of the gardens, Roger Lane's informative text details the history of each garden and its development under the current owners, and then focuses on design, planting and the garden's relationship with the surrounding landscape. Glorious photographs taken through the seasons show the gardens at their finest.

Branch Line Britain

Author : Paul Atterbury
Publisher : David & Charles Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780715324165
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (241 download)

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Download or read book Branch Line Britain written by Paul Atterbury and published by David & Charles Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an array of nostalgic photographs and ephemera, this work celebrates the heritage of branchline and rural Britain. It explores surviving lines, and lines no longer in use, visits preserved lines and travels on those lines long forgotten.

Britain's Declining Secondary Railways Through the 1960s

Author : McCormack Kevin
Publisher : Pen & Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 9781526743770
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (437 download)

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Download or read book Britain's Declining Secondary Railways Through the 1960s written by McCormack Kevin and published by Pen & Sword Transport. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an evocative selection of high quality color views, each of which recaptures the lost age of Britain's branch lines and secondary railways, of which so many were axed following implementation of the 'Beeching Report' during the 1960s. Most importantly, the previously unpublished views in this book are the work of one man, Blake Paterson, a professional railwayman, who was also an outstanding photographer who some forty-five years ago was determined to record as much of the passing railway scene as possible. He set himself demanding schedules and would often travel vast distances, sometimes using overnight trains, to reach the more remote comers of the rail network. During this intense period of photographic activity, when he took thousands of color slides, he followed his own strict rules. He would normally only take a photograph when the sun was shining and he would try to capture the train in its natural setting. For Blake, ambiance was paramount. This book is a unique record of one man's railway portraits, featuring a wealth of locations, steam and diesel locomotives, DMUs, stations and station buildings, halts, signals, gas lamps, infrastructure, staff and passengers. Anything that was set to vanish, Blake felt should be recorded. His photographs provide a perfect pictorial record of so many of the lost splendours of Britains rail network.

Britain's Railways in Colour

Author : Colin G. Maggs MBE
Publisher : Haynes Publishing UK
ISBN 13 : 9781844256501
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (565 download)

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Book Synopsis Britain's Railways in Colour by : Colin G. Maggs MBE

Download or read book Britain's Railways in Colour written by Colin G. Maggs MBE and published by Haynes Publishing UK. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, covering the final years of steam on Britain’s railways, presents a wonderful array of over 200 color photographs, many of them previously unpublished. All the imagery is reproduced from original transparencies that have remained carefully preserved away from daylight since the day they were taken, so the original vividness of color remains – a rare quality. This book will delight today’s railway enthusiasts who are looking for new material.

Locomotives and Railways

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Locomotives and Railways written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dr Beeching's Axe 50 Years On

Author : Julian Holland
Publisher : F+W Media, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1446358305
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (463 download)

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Download or read book Dr Beeching's Axe 50 Years On written by Julian Holland and published by F+W Media, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-09-27 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julian Holland's Dr Beeching's Axe 50 Years On is a unique memorial to all that was lost following the publication of the ‘Beeching Report’ on 27 March 1963. Uniquely, the author has tried to include every railway line that was closed as a result of the ‘Beeching Report’, and more. They are all shown on Map 9 in Part 2 of the ‘Report’ and have been annotated for clarity at the beginning of each regional chapter in the book. Needless to say it is not plain sailing: there are lines that were marked for closure on the maps but were closed before publication of the ‘Report’; there are lines that were not originally on Beeching’s original hit list but which were closed anyway; there are lines that were originally marked down for closure but which were fortunately reprieved. There are even one or two which seem to have not existed at all! The author has included them all.

Lost Lanes Central England: 36 Glorious Bike Rides in The

Author : Jack Thurston
Publisher : Wild Things Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781910636343
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (363 download)

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Download or read book Lost Lanes Central England: 36 Glorious Bike Rides in The written by Jack Thurston and published by Wild Things Publishing. This book was released on 2022-05-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack Thurston, best-selling author of the Lost Lanes series, takes you on a freewheeling tour of the hidden lanes and forgotten byways of the Midlands and beyond, from the windswept hills of Shropshire to the big skies of Lincolnshire, from the crags of the Peak District to the comely villages of the Cotswolds. Graded from easy to challenging, with listings of the best pubs and tea stops, wild swim spots, viewpoints and accommodation too. Accompanied by a dedicated website, downloadable GPX files, turn-by-turn route instructions and detailed maps. All rides are accessible by train and include Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire and Cheshire.> Enjoy the traffic-free trails of the Peak District, taking in dramatic landscapes, grand country houses and a wealth of industrial archaeology> Explore the Cotswolds on its quietest country lanes and hidden byways, stopping at cosy pubs and breathtaking sunset viewpoints> Follow in the tyre tracks of Edward Elgar to the summit of the Malvern Hills for some of the most splendid views of England > Discover secret Birmingham on its vast network of canal towpaths and traffic-free urban greenways> Ride high along the dramatic Shropshire Hills on the contours of Brown Clee Hill, the Wrekin, the Stiperstones and Wenlock Edge