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Book Synopsis Lost Railways of North Wales by : Mark Jones
Download or read book Lost Railways of North Wales written by Mark Jones and published by Countryside Books (GB). This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Lost Railways of South Wales by : Mike Hall
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
Book Synopsis Tracing Lost Railways by : Trevor Yorke
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 83 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.
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.
Book Synopsis Lost Railways of the World by : Nigel Welbourn
Download or read book Lost Railways of the World written by Nigel Welbourn and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2023-02-16 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many readers will be familiar with Nigel Welbourn’s long running series of books, covering lost railways in Britain and Ireland. This new book Lost Railways of the World is the latest by this author on the subject of disused railways. The material for this volume has been collected and researched over a period of almost fifty years of world travel by the author. Informative text records the fortunes of the world’s lost railways and every country with significant disused railways is included. Lost railways are a unifying theme, being found throughout the world, from the hottest African desert to the coldest steppes of Russia. The book has a surprisingly British flavor as historically many railways throughout the world used British equipment and operating practices. On his first trip in the 1970s the author discovered British signaling equipment in Europe. In 2020 he discovered the same firms’ equipment in South America. The world’s top ten lost lines are listed, from the seven-mile-long sea bridge on a line that ran through the Florida Keys, to the rugged mountain splendor of the Khyber Pass Railway. Some of the oldest, largest, longest, most northerly, southerly, expensive, crookedest, steepest, highest, lowest and most notorious lost railways are included. Quirky and other unique tales from lost railways are included, such as the disappearing phantom bridge, a line destroyed by molten lava, to one that sank under the sea, another that conveyed giant turtles, to a memorial to a brave railway elephant. The author also visited remote areas of Argentina and provides more information on the mysterious disappearance of the ex-Lynton & Barnstaple Railway locomotive Lew. A large number of the 300 color illustrations have not been published before, maps and stories from around the world will delight not only the railway enthusiast, but appeal to a wider cadre of readers with an interest in nostalgia, history, geography and travel. To some the book will be an informative source of information, to others it is written in a way that highlights the most amazing lost railways in the world, but either way it is a fascinating and unique book.
Book Synopsis Cheshire's Lost Railways by : David James
Download or read book Cheshire's Lost Railways written by David James and published by . This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first railway in Cheshire was the Liverpool & Manchester, which opened in 1830. At that time the county was very rural, but as the railway ran along its northern border it quickly attracted other railway companies wishing to build lines linking it to potentially profitable routes into north Wales and the Wirral. From this time on Cheshire developed one of the highest concentrations of railways anywhere in the country. After the high point of the Victorian era however, the first half of the twentieth century saw the beginning of a decline and today, the once extensive web of branch lines has all but disappeared. Many have long been forgotten but this entertaining and detailed history tells their story. It includes forty-eight period photographs, mostly of lost stations but with a very few that are still in use. This book shows them all in their steam heyday. The locations featured are Heswall, Bollington, Capenhurst, Chester Northgate, Dunham Massey, Neston & Parkgate, Whitegate, Winsford & Over, Northenden, Stockport Tiviot Dale, Higher Poynton, High Lane, Middlewood, Marple Rose Hill, Over & Wharton, Bank Quay, Arpley, Latchford, Lymm, Heatley & Warburton, Broadheath, Waverton, Malpas, Wheelock & Sandbach, Worleston, Beeston Castle & Tarporley, Saltney, Minshull Vernon, and Hartford & Greenbank.
Book Synopsis Gwynedd's Lost Railways by : Alun Turner
Download or read book Gwynedd's Lost Railways written by Alun Turner and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lost Railways series expands into Wales with this comprehensive account of Gwynedd's railway and tramway networks. It is hard to credit that there was a time when a train passenger could expect to travel from Porthmadog to Llandudno within an hour; today, the journey by road takes more than twice as long. Apart from North Devon, there is possibly nowhere else in Great Britain where you can travel so far without seeing a modern working railway line. They may be gone except, for some preserved lines such as the Welsh Highland Railway, but fortunately much of the county's railways and engines were captured in their prime by many local and enthusiast photographers. Fifty-two of these rare period photographs are collected here with valuable statistics and historical accounts of each line. Locations featured include: the Aberglaslyn Pass, Trawsfynnydd, Beddgelert, Ynys, Menai Bridge, Treborth, Port Dinorwic, Dinas Junction, Groeslon, Penygroes, Pant Glas, Llangybi, Chwilog, Nantlle, Cwm-y-Glo, Llanberis, Bala Junction, Bala, Arenig, Cwm Prysor, Trawsfynnydd Lake, Ffestiniog, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Felin Hen, Bethesda, Garneddwen, Drws-y-Nant, Penmaenpool, Dolgellau, Barmouth, Dinas Mawddwy, Cemaes Road, Waenfawr, Bettws Garmon, Bryngwyn, South Snowdon, Nantmor, Porthmadog, Corris, Machynlleth, Aberllefeni, Pontrhythallt and Pwllheli.
Book Synopsis Britain's Lost Railways by : John Minnis
Download or read book Britain's Lost Railways written by John Minnis and published by Aurum. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beautifully restored St Pancras Station is a magisterial example of Britain’s finest Victorian architecture. Like the viaducts at Belah and Crumlin, cathedral-like stations such as Nottingham Victoria and spectacular railway hotels like Glasgow St Enoch's, it stands proud as testament to Britain's architectural heritage. In this stunning book, John Minnis reveals Britain's finest railway architecture. From the most cavernous engine sheds, like Old Oak Common, through the eccentric country halts on the Tollesbury line and the gantries of the Liverpool Overhead Railway, to the soaring viaducts of Belah and Cumlin, Britain’s Lost Railways offers a sweeping celebration of our railway heritage. The selection of images and the removable facsimile memorabilia, including tickets, posters, timetables and maps, allows the reader to step into that past, serving as a testimony to an age of ingenuity and ambition when the pride we invested in our railways was reflected in the grandeur of the architecture we built for them.
Book Synopsis The Welsh Highland Railway by : Alun Turner
Download or read book The Welsh Highland Railway written by Alun Turner and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some may consider it extravagant to attach the dates of 1864 to 1948 to the history of a line that originally only ran from 1923 to 1937. But the history of the Welsh Highland Railway in Gwynedd cannot be considered by itself. The part played by its two forerunners, the Croesor Tramway and the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways, must also be taken into account. This book gives a beautifully researched account of the history of all three railways, while also providing fascinating insights into the business of running a railway in times of intense competition from bigger players. Here are details of the day-to-day working of the line, and its final decline in the face of the rise of road transport. The story is not all gloom, however, as the company has been resurrected and now runs services over a small section of the original line. The story of this revival is also told. Thirty-seven period photographs give a flavour of life on the line and feature many rare shots of the railway's long-serving, but long-lost engines including 'Russell', 'Gowrie' and '590'. Included also are the stations of Beddgelert, Porthmadog, Nantmor, Dinas Junction, Bryngwyn (the only known photo of a passenger train there!), Rhyd-Ddu, Snowdon Ranger, Bettws Garmon, Rhostryfan, Tryfan Junction, and Waenfawr, and locations along the line such as Glanrafon and Aberglaslyn Pass. This railway is also featured, along with other lines, in Gwynedd's Lost Railways, also available from Stenlake
Download or read book Errors of Judgment written by Caro Fraser and published by Allison & Busby. This book was released on 2013-09-30 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a hedonistic personal lifestyle so often at odds with his professional existence, Leo Davies QC, head of chambers at 5 Caper Court, is thinking he has perhaps reached an age when he should opt for a quieter pace of life. But when a lovely face from the past turns up, an ex-lover who can give him a run for his money any day in games of sex and intrigue, Leo realizes he relishes the challenges as much as ever. And what of Anthony Cross, younger member of chambers, former love interest, and the man Leo has never quite been able to rid from his mind? When Anthony falls in love with a beguiling young law student, it sets off a chain of events in which Leo is more closely involved than he ever could have imagined. Behind the sedate exterior of 5 Caper Court, the lives of its employees twist and turn in ever more intriguing ways ...
Book Synopsis Railways of North Wales by : William G Rear
Download or read book Railways of North Wales written by William G Rear and published by . This book was released on 1994-03-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Discovering Lost Railways by : Frederick George Cockman
Download or read book Discovering Lost Railways written by Frederick George Cockman and published by Bloomsbury Shire Publications. This book was released on 1985 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis British railway enthusiasm by : Ian Carter
Download or read book British railway enthusiasm written by Ian Carter and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available in paperback, this is the first academic book to study railway enthusiasts in Britain. Far from a trivial topic, the post-war train spotting craze swept most boys and some girls into a passion for railways, and for many, ignited a lifetime’s interest. British railway enthusiasm traces this post-war cohort, and those which followed, as they invigorated different sectors in the world of railway enthusiasm – train spotting, railway modelling, collecting railway relics – and then, in response to the demise of main line steam traction, Britain’s now-huge preserved railway industry. Today this industry finds itself riven by tensions between preserving a loved past which ever fewer people can remember and earning money from tourist visitors. The widespread and enduring significance of railway enthusiasm will ensure that this groundbreaking text remains a key work in transport studies, and will appeal to enthusiasts as much as to students and scholars of transport and cultural history.
Download or read book Lost Lines written by Paul Lawton and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2020-07-05 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two different companies built the long-lost railway that once ran between Rhyl and Corwen through the rich farm lands of the Vale of Clwyd. Later in the 1950s, it became part of the route of hugely popular scenic rail cruises run for the benefit of holiday makers in the north coast resorts. This nostalgic photographic journey along its tracks will bring back many memories of the line and the trains which once ran on it.
Download or read book Ruabon to Barmouth written by Tom Ferris and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Tom Ferris uncovers Wales' railway heritage through a series of four pocket books, each one looking at a"lost line" of Wales. Explore the Cambrian Coast line station-by-station as the history, heritage, and social background of the railway and its passengers is brought to life using archive photography, some of it never before published.
Book Synopsis The Trains Now Departed by : Michael Williams
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.
Book Synopsis Lost Railways of Middlesex by : Mike Hall
Download or read book Lost Railways of Middlesex written by Mike Hall 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 area's railway lines from their opening in the 19th century, their heyday at the turn of the century, and in many cases, their closure in the 20th century.