Leek Manifold Valley Light Railway
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Leek Manifold Valley Light Railway
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Author : Lindsey Porter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000-10-01
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The Leek Manifold Valley Light Railway
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Author : Manifold
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1955
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The Leek Manifold Valley Light Railway
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Author : Keith Turner
language : en
Publisher: David & Charles Publishers
Release Date : 1980
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Leek And Manifold Valley Light Railway
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Author : Keith Turner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004-06
Leek And Manifold Valley Light Railway written by Keith Turner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-06 with Railroads categories.
The narrow gauge railways of Britain have seemingly had the gift of choosing some of the country's most beautiful scenery through which to run. 'The Leek & Manifold Valley Light Railway' was no exception, running for eight winding miles through the valleys of the rivers Manifold and Hamps. Situated in the north-east corner of Staffordshire and the south-west corner of the Peak District National Park, where the one spills over into the others, the Manifold Valley possesses a scenic grandeur all of its own. The valleys cut through an area with few inhabitants and little obvious economic prosperity. Agriculturally the land is poor, except when used for the raising of cattle and the production of milk, and the latter product was envisaged as providing the bulk of the railway's freight traffic while the passenger service, it was hoped, would bring in day-trippers from the neighbouring urban areas. This then was the great idea and it is to the credit of this predominantly rural corner of England that there were found locally enough men of vision to back the dream with hard cash. This is the 'Manifold's' story from conception to closure and conversion to idyllic rural footpath.
Narrow Gauge Railways
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Author : Peter Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2013-07-10
Narrow Gauge Railways written by Peter Johnson and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-10 with History categories.
Narrow gauge railways, so well suited to difficult, mountainous terrain, were built in many of the UK's most scenic locations. Their genesis was in mines and quarries where they replaced manor horse-pulled wagons, but their adaptability meant that by the 1860s they were also carrying passengers, in some cases over quite considerable distances. Today a good proportion of all the important lines survive in the service of tourists, whose appreciation of the landscape, and the railways themselves, keep these relics of industrial Britain alive in all their variety. Peter Johnson has been researching and writing about narrow gauge lines for many years, and this is the perfect introduction to a rich and appealing corner of British railway history.
The Manifold Valley And Its Light Railway
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Author : Robert Keys
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972-01-01
The Manifold Valley And Its Light Railway written by Robert Keys and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972-01-01 with Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway categories.
British Railways Past And Present
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Author : Hugh Ballantyne
language : en
Publisher: Past & Present
Release Date : 2005
British Railways Past And Present written by Hugh Ballantyne and has been published by Past & Present this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Railroads categories.
Talks about: the West Coast Main Line from Madeley to Rugeley Trent Valley; the Potteries main line from Harecastle to Norton Bridge and Colwich; and the Potteries loop line. This book also talks about lines radiating from Stoke-on-Trent; the Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway; the Churnet Valley line; and lines around Stafford and Uttoxeter.
The Leek And Manifold Light Railway
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Author : Stanley C. Jenkins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991-01-01
The Leek And Manifold Light Railway written by Stanley C. Jenkins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-01-01 with Narrow gauge railroads categories.
The Tanat Valley Light Railway
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Author : Peter Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Release Date : 2024-09-30
The Tanat Valley Light Railway written by Peter Johnson 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 2024-09-30 with Transportation categories.
Situated in the Welsh borderland to the West of Oswestry, the scenic Tanat Valley reached westwards into Wales, its Llangynog terminus nestling where the road starts the climb over the Berwyn mountain range towards Bala. It was a lightly populated area that sustained agriculture and some mineral extraction whose residents struggled to get their produce to market. During the 19th Century there were several schemes for a railway that failed due their inability to raise sufficient capital. The Tanat Valley Light Railway is, therefore, a true child of the 1896 Light Railways Act, promoted by the Oswestry Urban District Council the following year to take advantage of the grant-making facilities of that legislation. Because it took so long to obtain powers, and it was not opened until 1906, the Light Railway never really fulfilled its potential. Operated initially by the Cambrian Railways, it was not heavily worked, although it benefited from pipe traffic generated by renewals of Liverpool Corporations Vyrnwy reservoir pipeline. Although closure came in stages during the 1950s, and was deemed to be complete in 1960, a short section of track remains in situ at Porthywaen. Author Peter Johnson has drawn on the material available at the National Archives at Kew and the Parliamentary Archives in the House of Lords as well as conducting extensive research in digitised newspapers to tell the Light Railways story, producing the first in-depth account of its development, operation and closure. Peter Johnson is also the author of The Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway the rise and fall of a rural byway, published by Pen & Sword Transport in 2024. The two railways were connected at Blodwel Junction and the surviving section of the Tanat Valley Light Railway thence to Porthywaen enabled stone traffic on the Shropshire & Montgomeryshires Nantmawr branch to continue until 1971.
The Light Railways Of Britain Ireland
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Author : Anthony Burton
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2015-11-30
The Light Railways Of Britain 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 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.