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Author : Leslie Oppitz
Publisher : Countryside Books (GB)
ISBN 13 : 9781853068669
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (686 download)
Download or read book Lost Railways of Shropshire written by Leslie Oppitz and published by Countryside Books (GB). This book was released on 2004-09-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lost Railways of Shropshire
Author : David James
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781840333848
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (338 download)
Download or read book Shropshire's Lost Railways written by David James and published by . This book was released on 2006-11 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Shropshire's Lost Railways' features dates, details and vital statistics of the closed passenger railways of Shropshire, accompanied by informative text.
Author : Geoff Cryer
Publisher : Crowood
ISBN 13 : 1847976921
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (479 download)
Download or read book Shropshire Railways written by Geoff Cryer and published by Crowood. This book was released on 2014-03-31 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of four hundred years of railways in Shropshire, from the primitive wagonways of the pre-railway age to the county's current rail network and services. Fully illustrated with almost two hundred monochrome and colour photos, Shropshire Railways is an ideal resource for anyone with an interest in this county with its rich railway history, and home to one of Britain's top heritage railways. Including detailed route maps and a survey of timetables over the years, the book covers the pre-railway age and the coming of the main lines, with the opening of the Shrewsbury and Chester railway in 1848; the 'grouping' of the railway companies from 1923 - the Great Western Railway (GWR) and London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) era in the county; the British Railways period from 1948-1994 - nationalization and modernization, passenger and freight trains, and locomotive sheds; the minor lines, the industrial railways and the heritage railways; privatization and the current main line scene. Illustrated with 205 colour and black & white photographs and maps.
Author : Peter Johnson
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1526776200
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book The Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway written by Peter Johnson and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway, was one of the lines managed and operated by Colonel Holman Fred Stephens from his office in Salford Terrace in Tonbridge Kent. It was a revival of the long disused Potteries Shrewsbury & North Wales Railway, a railway that went bankrupt shortly after opening in the mid 1860s and was left derelict for forty years. The railway reopened in 1911 to much local rejoicing, however the company was in financial difficulties by the 1920s and withdrew its passenger services in the early 1930s. During the Second World War the army took over the railway, constructing ammunition and stores depots along its entire length. After the war the railway continued to be operated by the army until closed in 1960, when it was handed over to the Western Region of British Railways for demolition. The author has researched the history of this fascinating bucolic railway over many years. In this new book he presents much previously unpublished information and many fascinating insights into the railway’s complicated history.
Author : Mark Casson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199213976
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)
Download or read book The World's First Railway System written by Mark Casson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-09-10 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first history of the British railway system written from a modern economic perspective. It uses conterfactual analysis to construct an alternative network to represent the most efficient alternative rail network that could have been constructed given what was known at the time - the first time this has been done.
Author : Alan Stennett
Publisher : Crowood Press UK
ISBN 13 : 9781785000942
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Railways of Telford written by Alan Stennett and published by Crowood Press UK. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did Telford need railways? Shropshire was at the heart of the Industrial Revolution in England. The railways provided a way of getting raw materials into the works and finished products to market, and the network grew steadily with the industries of the time; mining. brick and tile making, iron smelting and forging. Author David Clarke covers the history of the railway network and lines in Telford, from its early industrial beginnings to the present day. The book examines the importance of the coal and engineering industries to the region, and covers the rolling stock, signals, signal boxes and locomotive depots of the network. It details the variety of traffic that was generated in the area and traffic passing through. It also gives details never before published of the workings in and out of Hollinswood Yard.
Author : Robert S. Galloway
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527536165
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)
Download or read book The Significance and Social Impact of Quarrying in Shropshire in the 19th and 20th Centuries written by Robert S. Galloway and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-06-19 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quarrying is one of the oldest industries known to man, as, from early times, people have been making items from stone. However, the quarrying industry is only briefly mentioned in most archaeological and historical records, with some books only giving a passing account of this activity. This book alters this and provides an in-depth analysis of this important industry, not only with regards to Shropshire, but the whole country. Many structures in Shropshire and various parts of the country are constructed from stone quarried from this large county. This book shows that quarries are not just holes or scars on the landscape, highlighting the machinery used in extracting and processing the quarried minerals.
Author : Michael Williams
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1409052346
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)
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 352 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.
Author : Mike Hall
Publisher : Countryside Books (GB)
ISBN 13 : 9781846741722
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (417 download)
Download or read book Lost Railways of South Wales written by Mike Hall and published by Countryside Books (GB). This book was released on 2009 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lost Railways of South Wales
Author : Richard K. Morriss
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Railways of Shropshire written by Richard K. Morriss and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frederick George Cockman
Publisher : Hyperion Books
ISBN 13 : 9780747801658
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Discovering Lost Railways written by Frederick George Cockman and published by Hyperion Books. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Trevor Yorke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781784423704
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (237 download)
Download or read book Tracing Lost Railways written by Trevor Yorke and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Eric S. Tonks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway written by Eric S. Tonks and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marie Kreft
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN 13 : 178477006X
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (847 download)
Download or read book Slow Travel Shropshire written by Marie Kreft and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slow Shropshire Travel Guide - Insider advice and holiday tips on everything from the best local pubs and markets to Shrewsbury highlights and county walking routes. Also featuring UNESCO-listed Ironbridge Gorge, Offa's Dyke, Severn Valley, Shropshire Hills, Ludlow, Welsh Marches, castles and historical sites, and US connections with the University of Minnesota, the Caldecott Medal, and Yale University.
Author : Gordon Suggitt
Publisher : Countryside Books (GB)
ISBN 13 : 9781853068010
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (68 download)
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.
Author : John Shipley
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750963425
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)
Download or read book The Little Book of Shropshire written by John Shipley and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2015-03-02 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Little Book of Shropshire is an intriguing, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of places, people and events in the county, from its earliest origins to the present day. Here you can read about the important contributions Shropshire has made to the history of the nation, and meet some of the great men and women, the eccentrics and the scoundrels with which its history is littered. Packaged in an easily readable ‘dip-in’ format, visitors and locals alike will find something to remind, surprise, amuse and entertain them in this remarkably engaging little book.
Author : Leslie Oppitz
Publisher : Countryside Books (GB)
ISBN 13 : 9781853068287
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (682 download)
Download or read book Lost Railways of Cheshire written by Leslie Oppitz and published by Countryside Books (GB). This book was released on 2003-11-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated comprehensive guide to the county's railway lines from their opening in the early 19th century, and, in many cases, their closure in the 20th. It includes services to Holyhead, Manchester, Wrexham, Shrewsbury and the Wirral.
