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Author : Kevin Robertson
Publisher : Sutton Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780862995027
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (95 download)
Download or read book The Last Days of Steam Around London written by Kevin Robertson and published by Sutton Pub Limited. This book was released on 1988 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Fereday Glenn
Publisher : Sutton Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780862999162
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (991 download)
Download or read book More Last Days of Steam Around London written by David Fereday Glenn and published by Sutton Pub Limited. This book was released on 1992 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "London once occupied a unique place in the world of steam, for in the fifties and early sixties locomotives from all four pre-Nationalization companies could be seen there regularly. Apart from the regional termini and the world's busiest station at Clapham Junction, boat trains serviced the Channel ports and freight routes weaved around the margins, linking the different regions with cross-London traffic." "In this volume David Fereday Glenn offers a superb glimpse into London's stations, termini and trains during the last days of steam. Largely taken from his own collection, the photographs reveal many aspects of London and its railways: here are pictures of Euston before rebuilding, Paddington prior to the HST, Victoria in the Golden Arrow era and Neasden in the Metropolitan Railway's centenary year. Although normal steam activity ceased in July 1967, a handful of trains continued to operate using steam for engineers' duties on London Transport lines until 1971. These last survivors are also captured on film. The volume closes with the magnificent King George V, heading the train that ended the infamous steam ban on British Rail lines in October 1971." "With over 240 evocative photographs and informative captions, More Last Days of Steam Around London is a worthy sequel to the highly successful Last Days of Steam Around London, and one which will fascinate railway enthusiasts everywhere."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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.
Author : David Christie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781445668062
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (68 download)
Download or read book The Last Days of Steam on the British Railways, 1962-1968 written by David Christie and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Christie documents the final days of steam on Britain's rail network in full colour.
Author : Michael Clemens
Publisher : Strange Chemistry
ISBN 13 : 9781781551295
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (512 download)
Download or read book The Last Years of Steam Around the Midlands written by Michael Clemens and published by Strange Chemistry. This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ALAN MAUND lived in Worcestershire all his life and had an enthusiasm for steam. He traveled extensively in Britain and built up a large railway photographic archive from the late 1950s onwards. This book is made up entirely of Alan's collection of photographs from across the Midlands. It will appeal to railway enthusiasts, modelers, and those with an interest in local history. Alan started using color film in 1959, and color slides make up the majority of these photographs. Many enthusiasts in this era had a policy of filming steam only and ignoring the new diesel interlopers, but not Alan; diesels do make appearances, and so do some early electric classes. A particular passion of Alan's was small industrial steam locomotives, and he restored a Kerr Stuart 'Wren' class 0-4-0 to working order between 1959 and 1961. So in addition to larger British Railways locomotives, their smaller relations are also seen across the Midlands. Alan passed on in 1983 and his widow, Wendy, gave Alan's collection of railway photographs to filmmaker and author Michael Clemens, whose late father was a friend of Alan's. Alan's collection lives on today at film shows around the country and now in this book.
Author : Christian Wolmar
Publisher : Atlantic Books
ISBN 13 : 1848872615
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (488 download)
Download or read book Fire and Steam written by Christian Wolmar and published by Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback, Fire and Steam tells the dramatic story of the people and events that shaped the world's first railway network, one of the most impressive engineering achievements in history. The opening of the pioneering Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830 marked the beginning of the railways' vital role in changing the face of Britain. Fire and Steam celebrates the vision and determination of the ambitious Victorian pioneers who developed this revolutionary transport system and the navvies who cut through the land to enable a country-wide network to emerge. The rise of the steam train allowed goods and people to circulate around Britain as never before, stimulating the growth of towns and industry, as well many of the facets of modern life, from fish and chips to professional football. From the early days of steam to electrification, via the railways' magnificent contribution in two world wars, the checkered history of British Rail, and the buoyant future of the train, Fire and Steam examines the social and economical importance of the railway and how it helped to form the Britain of today.
Author : David Mather
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1526770202
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book British Industrial Steam Locomotives written by David Mather and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first steam locomotives used on any British railway, worked in industry. The use of new and second hand former main line locomotives, was once a widespread aspect of the railways of Britain. This volume covers many of the once numerous manufacturers who constructed steam locomotives for industry and contractors from the 19th to the mid 20th centuries. David Mather has spent many years researching and collecting photographs across Britain, of most of the different locomotive types that once worked in industry. This book is designed to be both a record of these various manufacturers and a useful guide to those researching and modelling industrial steam.
Author : Alan Postlethwaite
Publisher : Alan Sutton Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780750912051
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (12 download)
Download or read book The Last Days of Steam on the Southern written by Alan Postlethwaite and published by Alan Sutton Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A photographic tour around the old LSWR, when most of the services were still steam-operated, from tiny Victorian tank engines to the might of the BR standard designs, providing an evocative picture of the railway, its trains and people during the final decade of steam.
Author : Malcolm Clegg
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1526760436
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book The Last Days of British Steam written by Malcolm Clegg and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2020-11-06 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A treasury of photos capturing the end of an era in transportation history—the final decade of steam locomotives in Britain. Malcolm Clegg has been taking railway pictures since the early 1960s, and also enjoys access to collections taken by friends who were recording the steam railway scene during this period. In this book, he covers a wide variety of classes of locomotives that were withdrawn during the last decade of steam traction, examples of some of which are now preserved. This book is a record of his and other peoples’ journeys during the last decade of steam in the 1960s, with photographs and informative captions looking at steam traction in a wide variety of geographical locations around the British Railways network.
Author : George Woods
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445684403
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book The Last Days of Steam in North East England written by George Woods and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-02-15 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An evocative collection of photographs documenting the final days of steam on the railways of North East England.
Author : Kevin McCormack
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445694565
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book Glory Days: Western Region Steam Around London written by Kevin McCormack and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-09-15 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A photographic tribute to the former GWR in the postwar years up to the end of Western Region steam on 31 December 1965.
Author : David Christie
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445668076
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book The Last Days of BR Steam 1962-1968 written by David Christie and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Christie documents the final days of steam on Britain's rail network in full colour.
Author : Jonathan Glancey
Publisher : Atlantic Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1782395660
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (823 download)
Download or read book Giants of Steam written by Jonathan Glancey and published by Atlantic Books Ltd. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thrilling story of the last, and greatest, generation of steam railway locomotives in regular main line service: a story of invention, skill and passion, Giants of Steam reveals how the true advocates of steam's glory days pushed its design and performance to remarkable limits, taking these powerful and beautifully designed machines to new heights against a backdrop of the political upheavals and military conflicts of the mid twentieth century. Glancey tells the stories of the greatest of the 'steam men', the charismatic engineers who designed these machines and put them to use. Giants of Steam also reveals how steam design has continued to progress against the odds in recent decades, while enthusiasm for the steam locomotive itself is far from burning out.
Author : E. H. Sawford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780750922593
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (225 download)
Download or read book The Last Days of Steam on the London Midland Region written by E. H. Sawford and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The London Midland Region (LMR), which served central England, played a leading role in British railway history. This famous network linked many of the key cities and towns that were essential for British manufacturing and commerce - London, Rugby, Crewe, Chester, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham and Bristol. The LMR was always at the heart of the railway industry.
Author : Kenn Pearce
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9780752460482
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)
Download or read book Shed Side on Merseyside written by Kenn Pearce and published by History Press. This book was released on 2011-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nostalgic look over the steam locomotive depots of Merseyside from the post-war years to the end of steam
Author : Simon Garfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780571216086
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)
Download or read book The Last Journey of William Huskisson written by Simon Garfield and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Mauve comes a dramatic and hugely readable account of the day which saw the dawning of the railway age - and the first railway accident
Author : Andrew Martin
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1782834893
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)
Download or read book Steam Trains Today written by Andrew Martin and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2021-04-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A delightful book ... the perfect companion as you wait for the 8.10 from Hove' Observer After the Beeching cuts of the 1960s, many railways were gradually shut down. Rural communities were isolated and steam trains slowly gave way to diesel and electric traction. But some people were not prepared to let the romance of train travel die. Thanks to their efforts, many lines passed into community ownership and are now booming with new armies of dedicated volunteers. Andrew Martin meets these volunteer enthusiasts, finding out just what it is about preserved railways that makes people so devoted. From the inspiration for Thomas the Tank Engine to John Betjeman's battle against encroaching modernity, Steam Trains Today will take you on a heart-warming journey across Britain from Aviemore to Epping.
