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Book Synopsis Steam, Soot and Rust by : Colin Garratt
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 177 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 Ð a mere thirteen years after the Modernisation Plan Ð 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 everÐdwindling 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.
Book Synopsis The Last Days of Steam on the Southern by : Alan Postlethwaite
Download or read book The Last Days of Steam on the Southern written by Alan Postlethwaite and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Summer of '67 written by Jeffery Grayer and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Last Years of BR Steam in Wessex by : Philip Horton
Download or read book The Last Years of BR Steam in Wessex written by Philip Horton and published by Silver Link Publishing. This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Southern Steam Days Remembered by : Kevin Derrick
Download or read book Southern Steam Days Remembered written by Kevin Derrick and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nostalgic look back at the days of Steam in the Southern Region.
Book Synopsis LAST YEARS OF STEAM ON THE SOUTHERN STEA by : PAUL LEAVENS
Download or read book LAST YEARS OF STEAM ON THE SOUTHERN STEA written by PAUL LEAVENS and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Last Days of Steam Western and Southern by : Tony Butcher
Download or read book Last Days of Steam Western and Southern written by Tony Butcher and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-22 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1955, the Modernisation Plan had just been issued which showed that steam traction's future was doomed. In the Southern Region many old classes had kept working due to the Second World War and the subsequent austerity period. No the SR 4-4-0 classes gradually disappeared, hastened by the 1961 electrification of the Kent lines. The Western Region had a more balanced engine set of 4-6-0s and tank engines, but was to see steam finish earlier. In this book, Tony Butcher's black and white images portray the poetry and the power of these living machines.
Book Synopsis The Last of Steam by : Joe G. Collias
Download or read book The Last of Steam written by Joe G. Collias and published by . This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of pictures contains 300 photographs and a minimum of text. The sights, smells and sounds of steam come alive in this book as the waning years of steam railroading throughout the United States is presented. Many roads are included such as the AT&SF, B&O, CN, CP, C&O, CB&Q, Milw., C&NW, RI, Rio Grande, NYC, Pennsy and many more.
Book Synopsis The Twilight of Steam by : Brian Solomon
Download or read book The Twilight of Steam written by Brian Solomon and published by Voyageur Press (MN). This book was released on 2014-06-15 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVA beautiful retrospective of American steam locomotives in their final years, featuring photography and recollections of the men who documented the end of the steam age. /div
Download or read book Steam written by Colin Garratt and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is the finest visual tribute to the steam locomotive ever published. Colin Garratt's text and photography reflect his unique odyssey to document in pictures and word the last steam locomotives of the world. With hundreds of matchless photographs, this book vividly portrays real working steam eking out its final moments amid the great landscapes of the world"--Dust jacket.
Download or read book WAY DOWN SOUTH written by Terence Dorrity and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-03 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Last Days of Steam on the Southern Region by : Roger Malone
Download or read book The Last Days of Steam on the Southern Region written by Roger Malone and published by . This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of photographs taken at various locations across the Southern Region over 40 years ago which capture the essence of the times, as the last embers died in the fireboxes of elderly locomotives which were 'put out to grass' in West Country pastures.
Book Synopsis More Odd Corners of the Southern from the Days of Steam by : Alan Postlethwaite
Download or read book More Odd Corners of the Southern from the Days of Steam written by Alan Postlethwaite and published by Sutton Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh collection of unusual facts and photographs of the Southern railway records, celebrating the trackside buildings, engineering structures, decoration and artwork, ticketing and paperwork, signs and advertising of a remarkable transport system.
Download or read book China written by Gordon Edgar and published by Artist's and Photographers' Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China was the last country in the world to build steam locomotives. The final main line engines emerged from Datong workshops in December 1988 and production of steam locomotives for industrial use continued until 1999. The final few steam locomotives were withdrawn from service in 2003, making China the last country to use steam on its main lines. Total eradication of China's steam programme is set to coincide with the Olympic games in 2008. When this happens, it will be the end of the last mecca for fans of real steam. This is a photo essay detailing the end of this era.
Book Synopsis Railways and Recollections by : Chris Harris
Download or read book Railways and Recollections written by Chris Harris and published by Railways & Recollections. This book was released on 2009-10-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mention 1967 to any transport enthusiast who hails from the South of England and the reply will almost certainly be 'the year steam ended on the Southern Region'. Monday 10 July, 1967 was indeed a sad day for fans of the steam locomotive, being the first day on the Southern Region without them. This book features the Southern Steam.
Book Synopsis The Last Days of BR Steam 1962-1968 by : David Christie
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.
Book Synopsis More Southern Steam, South and West by : Alan Wills
Download or read book More Southern Steam, South and West written by Alan Wills and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
