Colonel Stephens Light Railway Locomotives
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Colonel Stephens Light Railway Locomotives
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Author : Brian Janes
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Release Date : 2023-10-30
Colonel Stephens Light Railway Locomotives written by Brian Janes 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 2023-10-30 with Transportation categories.
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.
The Light Railway Handbooks The Colonel Stephens Railways 3d Ed Rev 1948
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Author : Roger Wakely Kidner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1948
The Light Railway Handbooks The Colonel Stephens Railways 3d Ed Rev 1948 written by Roger Wakely Kidner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1948 with Locomotives categories.
The Light Railways Of Britain And Ireland
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Author : Anthony Burton
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2015-11-30
The Light Railways Of Britain And Ireland written by Anthony Burton 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 2015-11-30 with Transportation categories.
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 Ð the light railway boom Ð 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.
The East Kent Railway
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Author : John Scott-Morgan
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Release Date : 2021-07-30
The East Kent Railway written by John Scott-Morgan 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 2021-07-30 with Transportation categories.
The East Kent Railway was one of Britain's less well known light railways, a part of the Colonel Stephens group of lines, the East Kent Railway was meant to open up the newly discovered Kent coal field and help to make its shareholders wealthy, however things took a different turn, when the projected colliery's along the line did not materialise the way the promoters had first envisaged. The only colliery to produce quantities of coal being Tilmanstone near Shepherdswell, which opened in 1912. There were other pits started along the formation of the line from Shepherdswell to Wingham, but in the cases of the other pits, only the surface buildings or test shafts were constructed, before the work was abandoned. This was largely due to flooding and the poor calorific quality of East Kent coal, which had to be mixed with other coal to be effectively used. There were four colliery's completed in Kent, the East Kent Railway only served one of them and this together with the other three lasted until the latter part of the 20th century. The railway operated a loss making passenger service to Wingham and for a few years to Sandwich Road halt on the line to Richborough Port line, however the service to Wingham Canterbury Road came to an end in October 1948, after British Railways had taken control. The East Kent Railway lasted through two world wars and was nationalised in 1948, becoming part of the Southern Region of British Railways, it closed to traffic in 1984, during the coal strike.
Colonel Stephens Railmotors
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Author : Stephen R. Garrett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Colonel Stephens Railmotors written by Stephen R. Garrett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Locomotives categories.
Light Railway Handbooks
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Author : Roger Wakely Kidner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1937
Light Railway Handbooks written by Roger Wakely Kidner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1937 with categories.
The Ashover Light Railway
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Author : Kenneth Peter Plant
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
The Ashover Light Railway written by Kenneth Peter Plant and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with categories.
The 1896 Light Railways Act
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Author : John Hannavy
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2019-08-15
The 1896 Light Railways Act written by John Hannavy and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-15 with Transportation categories.
The fascinating story behind a Victorian law with a welcome and unexpected side effect - it allowed today's heritage railways to come into being.
Minor Standard Gauge Railways
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Author : R. W. Kidner
language : en
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Release Date : 1981
Minor Standard Gauge Railways written by R. W. Kidner and has been published by Hyperion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Transportation categories.
Light Railways In England And Wales
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Author : Peter Bosley
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 1990
Light Railways In England And Wales written by Peter Bosley and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Great Britain categories.
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