Pageant Of British Steam
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Pageant Of British Steam
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Author : SWAINE GEOFF
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Pageant Of British Steam written by SWAINE GEOFF and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with categories.
A Pageant Of British Steam
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Author : Geoff Swaine
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2018-10-30
A Pageant Of British Steam written by Geoff Swaine and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-30 with Transportation categories.
A Pageant of British Steam is a book honouring the position to which Britains Heritage Steam Railways has now arrived.Preservation has become the word for the achievements of the thousands of volunteers who have given up a mass of time to advance the saving of this section of Britains history. Most of these people are the likely descendants of our Industrial Revolution where the skills have never been forgotten.The book shows in fine color photography the wonderful selection of locomotives and rolling stock running on our preserved lines all across the country. Text highlights the historical background of railway history from the earliest times right through to the end of steam in the nineteen sixties.Geoff Swaine has emerged to be a leader in this field of photography, be it lineside or heritage working steam. His style is one of his own, where the subject leaps from the page, usually bathed in fine sunlight with blue sky above.Informative captions accompany every picture not only targeting the novice or newcomer to the subject, but the experienced rail enthusiast will also be pleased to learn a thing or two.This book strongly features the historical background as well as catching some of the people who now revel in dressing the part to prove their love of this enthralling and popular subject.
London S Historic Railway Terminal Stations
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Author : Geoff Swaine
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Release Date : 2022-03-10
London S Historic Railway Terminal Stations written by Geoff Swaine 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 2022-03-10 with Transportation categories.
This book covers in pictures, the history and development of London's main terminal stations, looking at the stations through the lens of photographers from Victorian and Edwardian times through to the modern era. The main terminal stations in London have changed greatly in the last 150 years, this volume seeks through pictures to capture the spirit of those changes, showing the often interesting and colorful history of these great and often beautiful structures, that are an important part of our railway heritage.
Steam Soot And Rust
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Author : Colin Garratt
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2015-11-30
Steam Soot And Rust written by Colin Garratt 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.
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 a mere thirteen years after the Modernisation Plan 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 everdwindling 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.
British Steam Lives
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Author : Colin Dennis Garratt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
British Steam Lives written by Colin Dennis Garratt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Locomotives categories.
The steam locomotive was possibly Britain's greatest technological gift to the world. This book is not only a celebration of British world pre-eminence in railway pioneering, but a magnificent record of the surviving working British steam locomotives to be found around the world, lovingly captured in the twilight of their lives by the skilled and patient lens of Colin Garratt. This book breaks new ground for the growing numbers of people interested in the British steam locomotive industry, and demonstrates the tremendous importance of the industry over 150 years, and the significant part it played in the Industrial Revolution.
British Steam
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Author : John Norton Westwood
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
British Steam written by John Norton Westwood and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Railroads categories.
British Steam Lives
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Author : Colin Garratt
language : en
Publisher: Bounty Books
Release Date : 2014-10-13
British Steam Lives written by Colin Garratt and has been published by Bounty Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-13 with categories.
British Steam Since Nineteen Hundred
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Author : William A. Tuplin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
British Steam Since Nineteen Hundred written by William A. Tuplin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with categories.
British Steam Br Standard Locomotives
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Author : Keith Langston
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2012-11-19
British Steam Br Standard Locomotives written by Keith Langston and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-19 with Transportation categories.
A history of post second world war steam locomotive design and construction in Great Britain, the perfect gift for railroad history buffs. After WWII the existing railway companies were all put into the control of the newly formed British Transport Commission and that government organization spawned British Railways, which came into being on January 1st 1948. The railway infrastructure had suffered badly during the war years and most of the steam locomotives were “tired” and badly maintained and or life expired. Although the management of British Railways was already planning to replace steam power with diesel and electric engines, they still decided to build more steam locomotives as a stop gap. Some 999 Standard locomotives were built in twelve classes ranging from super powerful express and freight engines to suburban tank locomotives. The locomotives were mainly in good order when the directive came in 1968 to end steam, some trains were only eight years old. There still exists a fleet of forty-six preserved Standards of which 75% are in working order in and around the UKs preserved railways, furthermore three new build standard locomotives are proposed. Steam fans who were around in the 1960s all remember the “Standards.”
British Steam Revival
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Author : Peter J. C. Skelton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
British Steam Revival written by Peter J. C. Skelton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Locomotives categories.