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Book Synopsis The Light Railways of Britain & Ireland by : Anthony Burton
Download or read book The Light Railways of Britain & Ireland written by Anthony Burton and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1985 by Moorland Press, The Light Railways of Britain & Ireland has remained unavailable for more than twenty-five years, until now. Re-released by Pen & Sword, this is a thorough and engaging book that covers, in depth, the fascinating story of Britain's last railway development, the Rural light railways, constructed as a result of the Light Railways Act 1896.Rigorously detailed, it charts the overall history of the last great railway boom in Britain the light railway boom from 1896, to the beginning of the Great War in 1914. During this period a large number of narrow and standard gauge lines were constructed in both Britain and Ireland, in order to serve and open up areas in both countries that, at the time, lacked adequate transport links. This book tells the story of how these lines were constructed and why, in most cases, they eventually failed, due to post-First World War road competition.Authored by two highly acclaimed writers of transport history, this is a true testament to, and a timely reminder of, Britain's last railway development.
Book Synopsis Colonel Stephens Light Railway Locomotives by : Brian Janes
Download or read book Colonel Stephens Light Railway Locomotives written by Brian Janes and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2023-10-30 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Holman Fred Stephens (1868-1931) set himself up in the 1890s as an engineer and manager of the complete light railway as evolved by Victorian theorists to serve rural districts as yet bereft of the benefit of cheaper transport. To them, a light railway was not an assemblage of second-hand mainline equipment of dubious merit but of fit for purpose, new material. This ideal theory did not survive the near universal inability to raise sufficient capital to build and equip a light railway that would give a reasonable profit. Recourse was therefore made to the second-hand market. Stephens became a master at the art of building and running railways with the minimum of capital. The history of the mechanical performance of his railways was also nearly always handicapped with inadequate engineering facilities. This left staff struggling, often surprisingly successfully, with a menagerie of locomotive types. Limited standardisation was practised but most often expediency ruled. This gave rise to a glorious kaleidoscope of locomotives the history of each of which is outlined This variety was further colored by Stephens generally regarding a locomotive name as far more important than its number.
Book Synopsis Locomotive Railway Carriage and Wagon Review by :
Download or read book Locomotive Railway Carriage and Wagon Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Light Railways in England and Wales by : Peter Bosley
Download or read book Light Railways in England and Wales written by Peter Bosley and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume three in this series focuses on the basic principles of light pulse compression through chirp generation and compensation inside and outside the laser cavity. Traces the developmental of light railways from before the 1896 Light Railways Act, and places the failure of the subsequent expansion in the context of financial problems of the rail industry as a whole, due most especially to the concurrent rise of motor traffic. Assesses the impact on the remote areas served, and follows the form of transportation to its terminal decline between the wars. For historians and rail buffs. Distributed by St. Martin's. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Synopsis The Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway by : Peter Johnson
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.
Book Synopsis Sawdust and Splinters by : David W Shopland
Download or read book Sawdust and Splinters written by David W Shopland and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2022-11-09 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the two-hundred year involvement of a small English Family Firm in a Worldwide profession. Namely Felling and converting trees into sawn lumber.
Book Synopsis Local and Personal Laws by : Great Britain
Download or read book Local and Personal Laws written by Great Britain and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Local and Personal Acts by : Great Britain
Download or read book Local and Personal Acts written by Great Britain and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Surveyor & Municipal & County Engineer written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Concrete and Constructional Engineering by :
Download or read book Concrete and Constructional Engineering written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 948 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Public Bills by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
Download or read book Public Bills written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Bills, Public by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Download or read book Bills, Public written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 944 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Parliamentary Papers by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Download or read book Parliamentary Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Locomotive Magazine and Railway Carriage & Wagon Review by :
Download or read book Locomotive Magazine and Railway Carriage & Wagon Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Tables and Indexes by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
Download or read book Tables and Indexes written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
