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Total Pages : 180 pages
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Download or read book Railway Centenary written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Railway Centenary 1825-1925 written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Beverley Cole
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781856690140
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Railway Posters 1923-1947 written by Beverley Cole and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 1992 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1923 and 1947 the railway poster in Britain was in its heyday. These were the years of the so-called 'Big Four' companies: the Great Western Railway, Southern Railway, London Midland and Scottish Railway, and London and North Eastern Railway. In the competition for passengers, each of the companies developed its own distinctive style of poster advertising. This book contains over 200 of the most striking and innovative designs of the period.
Author : Lawrence Saunders
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Railway Engineer written by Lawrence Saunders and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bob Pixton
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1399088297
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)
Download or read book The Railway Grouping 1923 to the Beeching Era written by Bob Pixton and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When King George V ascended to the throne in 1910, world trade was increasing and at home the countrys private enterprise railways were booming with larger trains and more freight being carried than ever before. Over the next fifty years the country had experienced not one, but two world wars. Railways had been forcefully reorganized, not once but twice, eventually becoming state owned. With the Government now in control of the railways finances, reformation was on the horizon in the medicine of Dr. Beeching. This volume sets out to chart the passage of the railways during these turbulent times. Contrary to popular belief, life on the railways during these times was not all doom and gloom but times of innovation, competition, new buildings, new lines and the spread of electrification. This was the era of faster, larger, non-stop expresses, streamlined trains: we even showcased our best trains abroad, not once but twice! More and more people were taking holidays by trains and holiday camps emerged. Challenging the position of steam engines were new diesel locomotives. The Festival of Britain (1951) and the Coronation of Elizabeth (1953) saw the country emerge from the devastation and crippling debt after World War 2. On the horizon were devastating rivals that wounded the previously unassailable position of steam trains: motor lorries and family cars. With looming unsustainable finances, the Government solicited external help to help sort out matters.
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Total Pages : 1072 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (918 download)
Download or read book Railway Gazette written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 1072 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Locomotive Railway Carriage and Wagon Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edward Hungerford
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Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Story of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 1827-1927 written by Edward Hungerford and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : A. K. B. Evans
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351887831
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)
Download or read book The Impact of the Railway on Society in Britain written by A. K. B. Evans and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack Simmons, perhaps more than any other single scholar, is responsible for the advancement of the academic study of transport history. As well as being a co-founder of the Journal of Transport History, he wrote extensively on a variety of transport-related topics and was instrumental in developing the London Transport and the National Railway museums. Whilst his death in September 2000 at the age of 85 was a sad loss to the world of transport history, the achievements of his life, celebrated in this festschrift, remain a lasting legacy to succeeding generations of scholars in many fields. Concentrating on the theme of the railways, and how they dramatically affected the development of Britain and her society, this collection touches on numerous issues first highlighted by Professor Simmons which are now central to academic study. These include the men who built the railways, those who financed the enterprise, how the railways affected such everyday issues as tourism, the arts, and politics, as well as the lasting legacy of the railways in a country now dominated by the private car. This volume written by former friends, students and colleagues of Professor Simmons reflects these interests, and provides a fitting tribute to one of the truly great British historians of the twentieth century.
Author : Chapman Frederick Marshall
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3845712872
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (457 download)
Download or read book A History of Railway Locomotives down to the End of the Year 1831 written by Chapman Frederick Marshall and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapman Frederick Marshall gibt in seinem Buch einen umfassenden Einblick über die Geschichte der Lokomotive bis in das frühe 19. Jahrhundert hinein. Sein Ziel war es, Lücken, die in der Darstellung dieses Gegenstandes bis dahin noch in der Literatur bestanden, zu schließen. Dabei geht er nicht nur auf die Idee des Dampfbetriebes ein, sondern nennt wichtige Persönlichkeiten, die die Entwicklung der Lokomotive beeinflusst und vorangetrieben haben. Es handelt sich hierbei um eine englischsprachige Ausgabe.
Author : William Heath Robinson
Publisher : Gerald Duckworth
ISBN 13 : 9780715608234
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (82 download)
Download or read book Railway Ribaldry written by William Heath Robinson and published by Gerald Duckworth. This book was released on 1997-04-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comic artist, W. Heath Robinson, drew this humorous collection at the request of the Great Western Railway who were celebrating their centenary in 1935. It contains views of hissing steam locomotives, hand-operated level-crossings, cattle trucks, and the odd curmudgeonly porter.
Author : Institute of Transport (London, England)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Journal written by Institute of Transport (London, England) and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Colin Alexander
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445676559
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book The Stephenson Railway Legacy written by Colin Alexander and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An evocative and nostalgic tribute to one of the great engineering dynasties - the Stephenson family.
Author : Rosa Matheson
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752474324
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)
Download or read book The Fair Sex: Women and the Great Western Railway written by Rosa Matheson and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Western Railway struggled with what was called 'the women question' for many years. It had heartily agreed with The Railway Sheet and Official Gazette that 'the first aim of women's existence is marriage, that accomplished, the next is ordering her home'. Yet women were the cheapest form of labour, apart from young girls, presenting the company with a dilemma and the GWR finally succumbed to allowing women to work after heavy external pressures. Using over 100 pictures, Swindon author Rosa Matheson traces the development of this problematic relationship, from its beginnings in the 1870s when women were employed as sewers and netters at Swindon Works, through the changes wrought by the two world wars and the entry of women into railway offices - fiercely opposed by the company and by the unions and many men who resented sharing the lowly paid but prestigious title of 'clerk' with women. The book also uses many original documents and forms as well as written and oral testimonies providing first-hand insights into the women's experiences.
Author : David Turnock
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351958933
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)
Download or read book An Historical Geography of Railways in Great Britain and Ireland written by David Turnock and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although a great deal has been published on the economic, social and engineering history of nineteenth-century railways, the work of historical geographers has been much less conspicuous. This overview by David Turnock goes a long way towards restoring the balance. It details every important aspect of the railway’s influence on spatial distribution of economic and social change, providing a full account of the nineteenth-century geography of the British Isles seen in the context of the railway. The book reviews and explains the shape of the developing railway network, beginning with the pre-steam railways and connections between existing road and water communications and the new rail lines. The author also discusses the impact of the railways on the patterns of industrial, urban and rural change throughout the century. Throughout, the historical geography of Ireland is treated in equal detail to that of Great Britain.
Author : John A. McGregor
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1788855728
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (888 download)
Download or read book The West Highland Railway written by John A. McGregor and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2005-08-19 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The West Highland Railway, which opened to Fort William in 1894 and to Mallaig in 1901, follows a scenic route by Loch Lomond, Breadalbane and Lochaber to the west coast of Scotland and is one of the most famous railway lines in the world. This book describes the late-nineteenth-century 'railway mania' in the Highlands, addressing the politics of promotion and the disputes over state assistance for the Fort William–Mallaig line, rather than the heroics and the romance of construction and operation. It discusses the uneasy alliances and battles between the railway companies of Scotland, as well as those between Scottish lines and their English counterparts. It also reviews other schemes, more or less successful, and examines the expectations bound up with railway development, asking how far these had been achieved, or remained relevant, by 1914. 'This is a meticulously researched book . . . a unique and comprehensive history of the origins of the West Highland Railway . . . an essential addition to the library of anyone with an interest in Scottish railway history' - Ewan Crawford, University of Glasgow 'a fascinating and revealing study of rail development issues in the western Highlands between the 1840s and 1914' - Tom Hart, University of Glasgow
Author : Simon Bradley
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1782834141
Total Pages : 533 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)
Download or read book Bradley's Railway Guide written by Simon Bradley and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2024-10-10 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A lifetime of railway love distilled into a most beautiful volume' Lucy Worsley 'The most attractive, comprehensive and easily digestible history of the oldest railway system in the world' Michael Palin In 1825 the Stockton & Darlington company strode into history with the opening of the world's first public steam railway. What the S&DR had pioneered soon picked up speed, transforming lives and landscapes, connecting far-flung corners of the nation and creating its own distinctive environments and working worlds. This ambitious and lavishly illustrated volume brings the story of Britain's railways to life, spanning two centuries of achievement and change. Full of colour and incident, it is an exhilarating journey through time and space, revisiting favourite themes and introducing unfamiliar stories and places. With original and engaging entries on everything from dining saloons to collecting dogs, wartime salvage efforts and the iconic Rail Alphabet, Simon Bradley gives George Bradshaw's famous 19th century guide a run for its money in this fresh and distinctive chronicle of the making of Britain's railways.
