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An Indian Summer Of Steam
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Author : David Maidment
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2016-01-30
An Indian Summer Of Steam written by David Maidment and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-30 with Transportation categories.
An Indian Summer of Steam' is the second volume of David Maidment's 'railway' autobiography, following his first book 'A Privileged Journey.' David was a railway enthusiast who made the hobby his career. After management training on the Western Region, between 1961 and 1964, he became a stationmaster in a Welsh Valley, an Area Manager on the Cardiff Swansea main line and radiating valleys, the South Wales Train Planning Officer, the Head of Productivity Services for the Western Region and subsequently the British Railways Board, before four years from 1982 as Chief Operating Manager of the London Midland Region, the BRB's first Quality & Reliability Manager in 1986, and finally British Rail's Head of Safety Policy after the Clapham Junction train accident, until privatisation. This experience led to a number of years as an international railway safety consultant, and, as a result of an encounter on an Indian railway station during a business trip abroad, to found the 'Railway Children' charity to support street children living on the rail and bus stations of India, East Africa and the UK, described in 2012 by an officer of the United Nations Human Rights Commission as the largest charity in the world working exclusively for street children. All this is the background to the descriptions the author gives of the last years of steam and his many journeys and experiences during his training in South Wales and the South West, his travels all over BR from 1962 until the end of steam in 1968, his search for steam in France, East and West Germany and China and the steam specials in Britain, France, Germany and China after the demise of regular steam working. The book includes over 100 black and white and 100 colour photos, most taken by the author during his travels, and nearly forty pages of logs of locomotive performance in Britain and the continent. All royalties from the book are being donated by the author to the charity he founded, a brief description of which is included in the last chapter of the book.
An Indian Summer Of Steam
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Author : David Maidment
language : en
Publisher: Pen & Sword Transport
Release Date : 2015
An Indian Summer Of Steam written by David Maidment and has been published by Pen & Sword Transport this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Railroad travel categories.
David was a railway enthusiast who made the hobby his career. His experience in the Western Region and subsequently the British Railways Board is the background to his descriptions of the last years of steam and his many journeys and experiences during his training in South Wales and the South West. After the demise of regular steam working in 1968, he searches for steam in France, East and West Germany and China and the steam specials in Britain. The book includes over 100 black and white and 100 colour photos, most taken by the author during his travels, and logs of locomotive performance in Britain and the continent.
Indian Summer Of Steam
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Author : Duncan R. Hagan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Indian Summer Of Steam written by Duncan R. Hagan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Locomotives categories.
An Indian Summer Of Steam
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Author : David Maidment
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2016-01-30
An Indian Summer Of Steam written by David Maidment and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-30 with Transportation categories.
An Indian Summer of Steam' is the second volume of David Maidment's 'railway' autobiography, following his first book 'A Privileged Journey', published in xxxx. David was a railway enthusiast who made the hobby his career. After management training on the Western Region, between 1961 and 1964, he became a stationmaster in a Welsh Valley, an Area Manager on the Cardiff _ Swansea main line and radiating valleys, the South Wales Train Planning Officer, the Head of Productivity Services for the Western Region and subsequently the British Railways Board, before four years from 1982 as Chief Operating Manager of the London Midland Region, the BRB's first Quality & Reliability Manager in 1986, and finally British Rail's Head of Safety Policy after the Clapham Junction train accident, until privatisation.rn This experience led to a number of years as an international railway safety consultant, and, as a result of an encounter on an Indian railway station during a business trip abroad, to found the 'Railway Children' charity to support street children living on the rail and bus stations of India, East Africa and the UK, described in 2012 by an officer of the United Nations Human Rights Commission as the largest charity in the world working exclusively for street children. All this is the background to the descriptions the author gives of the last years of steam and his many journeys and experiences during his training in South Wales and the South West, his travels all over BR from 1962 until the end of steam in 1968, his search for steam in France, East and West Germany and China and the steam specials in Britain, France, Germany and China after the demise of regular steam working. The book includes over 100 black and white and 100 colour photos, most taken by the author during his travels, and nearly forty pages of logs of locomotive performance in Britain and the continent. rn All royalties from the book are being donated by the author to the charity he founded, a brief description of which is included in the last chapter of the book.
Steam S Indian Summer
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Author : George F. Heiron
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Steam S Indian Summer written by George F. Heiron and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Locomotives categories.
An Indian Summer
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Author : James Cameron
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Release Date : 1987
An Indian Summer written by James Cameron and has been published by Penguin Books India this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with India categories.
James Cameron was no stranger to India when he travelled there with his wife in 1972. His work as journalist and his new family brought him a closer understanding of the country he already loved. He also met new people, travelled to unfamilar areas and witnessed the changes that Independence had brought. With this fresh eye he saw kindness and corruption, beauty and filth, impossible bureaucracy and profound humanity. This text tells of his experiences.
Steam Over Scranton
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Author : Gordon S. Chappell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Steam Over Scranton written by Gordon S. Chappell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Government publications categories.
Indian Summer
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Author : Arthur J. Frankel
language : en
Publisher: Author House
Release Date : 2014-02
Indian Summer written by Arthur J. Frankel and has been published by Author House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Under the shadow of the turbulent 1960s, this is my story of a journey through village India as an American Peace Corp Volunteer. I graduated college in 1966 with no idea of what I wanted to do in life. I asked the Peace Corps to send me to a place that was more different than anything I had ever known. I got what I asked for. India unfolded into a kaleidoscope of fascinating people and unforgettable scenes in a culture that never failed to amaze me. The sights, smells, and sounds of village India offer the backdrop of what happened, some stories quite incredible, but all true. After two years, I was infused with the spiritual and mystical quality that was, and still is, India--something that is almost beyond explaining. It cannot be found by touring India or even visiting an ashram, but only by living there, learning the local language, and being with Indians in their homes and work. Forty-four years after leaving the Peace Corps I returned to village India. Surprisingly, very little had changed. All of the profits from the sale of this book will be donated to the Vishwa Bharati non-profit village school in Anavatti, India; and to the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, to support students and faculty in visiting India.
The Journey Matters
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Author : Jonathan Glancey
language : en
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Release Date : 2019-11-07
The Journey Matters written by Jonathan Glancey and has been published by Atlantic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-07 with Transportation categories.
What was it really like to take the LNER's Art Deco Coronation streamliner from King's Cross to Edinburgh, to cross the Atlantic by the SS Normandie, to fly with Imperial Airways from Southampton to Singapore, to steam from Manhattan to Chicago on board the New York Central's 20th Century Limited or to dine and sleep aboard the Graf Zeppelin? In the course of The Journey Matters, Jonathan Glancey travels from the early 1930s to the turn of the century on some of what he considers to be the most truly glamorous and romantic trips he has ever dreamed of or made in real life. Each of the twenty journeys allows him to explore the history of routes taken, and the events - social and political - enveloping them. Each is the story of the machines that made these journeys possible, of those who shaped them and those, too, who travelled on them.
The Lms Princess Coronation Pacifics The Final Years Preservation
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Author : David Maidment
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Release Date : 2023-11-30
The Lms Princess Coronation Pacifics The Final Years Preservation written by David Maidment and has been published by Pen and Sword Transport this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-30 with Transportation categories.
This book follows on from the author’s book on the Princess Coronation pacific locomotives from their construction in 1937 to their operation in 1956. It picks up from the story in 1957 with their operation and performance on the ‘Caledonian’, ‘Royal Scot’ and ‘Midday Scot’ accelerated services of the late 1950s, their continuing heavy work as dieselization of the West Coast mainline is implemented and the sudden withdrawal of the remaining examples at the end of the 1964 summer timetable. Included are the author’s personal experiences and photographs and the descriptions by three Crewe men who fired these engines on the heavy overnight Crewe – Perth sleeper services in the late 1950s, two of whom, Les Jackson and Bill Andrew, drove 6229 and 6233 in the preservation era. As well as their stories of their experiences in BR days, they describe runs with the preserved locomotives and have included photographs from their personal collections. Crewe Works fitter, Keith Collier includes his experiences of their maintenance and the author in conclusion compares them with the finest steam locomotives of France, Germany and the USA.