The Last Days Of Steam On The London Midland Region
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The Last Days Of Steam On The London Midland Region
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Author : E. H. Sawford
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
The Last Days Of Steam On The London Midland Region written by E. H. Sawford and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Railroads categories.
The London Midland Region (LMR), which served central England, played a leading role in British railway history. This famous network linked many of the key cities and towns that were essential for British manufacturing and commerce - London, Rugby, Crewe, Chester, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham and Bristol. The LMR was always at the heart of the railway industry.
London Midland Steam In Retrospect
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Author : E. H. Sawford
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005-12-08
London Midland Steam In Retrospect written by E. H. Sawford and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12-08 with Railroads categories.
Drawn from Eric Sawford's extensive archive, this volume takes a look back at the London Midland region from the 1950s right through to the end of steam. This book is for anyone who remembers the golden age of transporting, or any modeller attempting to capture the essence of this period.
Confessions Of A Steam Age Ferroequinologist
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Author : Keith Widdowson
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2019-10-04
Confessions Of A Steam Age Ferroequinologist written by Keith Widdowson and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-04 with Transportation categories.
ferroequinologist (noun) Someone who studies the 'Iron Horse' (i.e. trains and locomotives). From the Latin ferrus 'iron' and equine 'horse' + -logist As the British steam era drew to a close, a young Keith Widdowson set out to travel on as many steam-hauled trains as possible – documenting each journey in his notebooks. In Confessions of a Steam Age Ferroequinologist, he cracks these books open and blows off the dust. His self-imposed mission, that of riding behind as many Iron Horses as possible prior to their premature annihilation, led to hours of nocturnal travels, extended periods of inactivity in station waiting rooms, missed connections and fatigue. However, any downsides of his quest were compensated by the camaraderie found amongst a group of like-minded colleagues who congregated on such trains. This is a book that no self-respecting ferroequinologist should be without.
The Last Days Of Steam On The Eastern Region
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Author : E. H. Sawford
language : en
Publisher: Alan Sutton Publishing
Release Date : 1999
The Last Days Of Steam On The Eastern Region written by E. H. Sawford and has been published by Alan Sutton Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Photography categories.
In this volume, Eric Sawford uses a selection of photographs to tell the story of the last days of steam power on the Eastern Region. His pictures show that, while steam locomotives were not withdrawn from the Eastern Region until the mid 1960s, the 1950s was their swan song. The author's photographs document the range of motive power that could be seen on the track in that era. Locomotives are depicted in action and at rest, on the express routes, shunting or being repaired. Also recorded are neglected locomotives during their declining years, when they were used on secondary duties or were laid up before being scrapped.
The Final Years Of London Midland Region Steam
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Author : David Mather
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Release Date : 2020-07-30
The Final Years Of London Midland Region Steam written by David Mather 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 2020-07-30 with Transportation categories.
The book investigates the vast number of locomotives that came to the London Midland Region in 1948 at Nationalisation. This is a class by class survey with over 200 illustrations, covering all the top link and freight classes, also looking at the smaller types of locomotive, operating on branch lines and doing more humble tasks. The author explores what happened to them and also looks at those that eventually made their way into preservation.
The Final Years Of London Midland Region Steam
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Author : David Mather
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Release Date : 2020-07-30
The Final Years Of London Midland Region Steam written by David Mather 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 2020-07-30 with Transportation categories.
Extensively illustrated with photos, a history of the many locomotives that became part of this British Railways region. This book investigates the vast number of locomotives that came to the London Midland Region in 1948 upon the nationalization of the four largest railway companies in the UK. It is a class-by-class survey with over two hundred illustrations, covering all the top link and freight classes and also looking at the smaller types of locomotive, operating on branch lines and doing more humble tasks. The author explores what happened to them, and also looks at those that eventually made their way into preservation.
The Last Days Of Steam On The Southern
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Author : Alan Postlethwaite
language : en
Publisher: Alan Sutton Publishing
Release Date : 1996
The Last Days Of Steam On The Southern written by Alan Postlethwaite and has been published by Alan Sutton Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Railroads categories.
A photographic tour around the old LSWR, when most of the services were still steam-operated, from tiny Victorian tank engines to the might of the BR standard designs, providing an evocative picture of the railway, its trains and people during the final decade of steam.
The Last Days Of Steam On The Southern
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Author : Alan Postlethwaite
language : en
Publisher: Sutton Pub Limited
Release Date : 1994
The Last Days Of Steam On The Southern written by Alan Postlethwaite and has been published by Sutton Pub Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Business & Economics categories.
The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway was one of three major companies which were grouped in 1923 to form the Southern Railway. It served virtually the whole of Sussex and Surrey, much of south London and part of Hampshire; commuting to London, holiday excursions and cross-Channel traffic were important elements of its business. The Brighton was also a joint operator of the Isle of Wight ferry service from Portsmouth to Ryde, where two local railway companies, the IOW and the IOW Central, operated the island trains. In 1958 most of the secondary and branch line services of the LBSCR and IOW lines were still steam-hauled. Vintage locomotives and carriages from the pre-grouping era could be found, including classes C2X on freight, E4/H/M7 on secondary services and AIX 'Terrier' tanks on the Hayling Island branch. The Isle of Wight was the province of ex-LSWR class 02 tanks, which were named after the island's towns. In contrast, the very successful BR class 4 tanks were dominant on the services to Oxted and Tunbridge Wells West. This superb and evocative collection of photographs, taken between 1958 and 1966 and published here for the first time, captures the romance, beauty and fascination of the last vestiges of steam on the LBSCR and IOW. Covering all types of line, this book will appeal to railway enthusiasts, modellers and social historians.
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.
London Midland Steam Days Remembered
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Author : Kevin Derrick
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2017-03-15
London Midland Steam Days Remembered written by Kevin Derrick 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 2017-03-15 with Transportation categories.
A nostalgic look back at the days of steam in the London Midland Region.