The Tramways Of North Lancashire
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The Tramways Of North Lancashire
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Author : Wingate Henry Bett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
The Tramways Of North Lancashire written by Wingate Henry Bett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Street-railroads categories.
Focusing on the tramways of North Lancashire, this text covers Accrington, Barrow, Blackburn, Blackpool, Burnley, Carlisle, Colne, Darwen, Lancaster, Lytham, morecambe, Nelson, Preston, and Rawtenshall.
Source Book Of Literature Relating To Tramways In North Lancashire And Cumbria
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Author : David Croft
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003-12
Source Book Of Literature Relating To Tramways In North Lancashire And Cumbria written by David Croft and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-12 with Street-railroads categories.
The Tramways Of South Lancashire And North Wales
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Author : James Gillham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
The Tramways Of South Lancashire And North Wales written by James Gillham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Street-railroads categories.
Works Trams Of The British Isles
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Author : Peter Waller
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2019-05-30
Works Trams Of The British Isles written by Peter Waller 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 2019-05-30 with Transportation categories.
A photographic overview of the little-known cars and engineers that kept British tramways running smoothly and safely. While generally unfamiliar to the passengers that used tramways, works trams were an essential facet of the efficient operation of any system—large or small—and this book presents an overview of the great variety of works trams that served the first generation of tramways in the British Isles. Although construction of most tramways was left to the contractor employed on the work, once this was completed the responsibility for the maintenance and safe operation of the system fell on the operator. The larger the operator, the greater and more varied the fleet of works cars employed; specialist vehicles were constructed for specific duties. Smaller operators, however, did not have this luxury, relying instead on one or two dedicated works cars or, more often, a passenger car temporarily assigned to that work. This book is a pictorial survey of the many weird and wonderful works cars that once graced Britain’s first generation tramways.
Britain S Second Hand Trams
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Author : Peter Waller
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Release Date : 2021-05-30
Britain S Second Hand Trams written by Peter Waller 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 2021-05-30 with Transportation categories.
During the history of Britain’s electric tramcar fleets, many thousands were manufactured of which the vast majority saw out their operational life with a single owner. However, for several hundred there was to be a second – if not, in certain cases, a third – career with a new operator. Almost from the dawn of the electric era in the late 19th century tramcars were loaned or bought and sold between operators. The reasons for this were multifarious. Sometimes the aspirations of the original owners for traffic proved wildly optimistic and the fleet was downsized to reflect better the actual passenger levels. War was a further cause as operators sought to strengthen their fleets to cater for unexpectedly high level of demand or to replace trams destroyed by enemy action. For other operators, modernization represented an opportunity to sell older cars while, certainly from the 1930s, a number of operators – such as Aberdeen, Leeds and Sunderland – took advantage of the demise of tramways elsewhere to supplement their fleet with trams that were being withdrawn but which still had many years of useful operational life in them. The process was to continue right through to the mid-1950s when Glasgow took advantage of the demise of the once-extensive Liverpool system to purchase a number of the streamlined bogie bogie cars that were built in the late 1930s. In this book the author provides a pictorial history – with detailed captions – to the many electric trams that were to operate with more than one tramway during the period up to the closure of the closure of the Glasgow system in 1962.
Buses In The Lake District And North Lancashire
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Author : Peter Tucker
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2023-07-15
Buses In The Lake District And North Lancashire written by Peter Tucker 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 2023-07-15 with Transportation categories.
Previously unpublished images capturing buses in the beautiful area of the Lake District and North Lancashire.
Britain S Preserved Trams
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Author : Peter Waller
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Release Date : 2021-10-30
Britain S Preserved Trams written by Peter Waller 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 2021-10-30 with Transportation categories.
It is almost 100 years since the first tram was preserved in Britain, in the century since then a great variety of trams have been saved from tramway systems small and large. Some trams were purchased directly out of service and others were acquired after many years alternative usage, some being summer houses or homes, while others were used on farms or allotments where they served as sheds and out buildings, before being lovingly restored over many years. The story of tram preservation is not wholly positive, in the early days many trams suffered from being stored in the open at unsafe sites, where the historic vehicles were often subjected to acts of vandalism and suffered badly from the weather. This changed to a large extent in 1959, with the acquisition of the site of the future National Tramway Museum at Crich in Derbyshire,, where a comprehensive collection of trams from all over Britain and also foreign tram networks has been assembled, to secure a collection of tramcars for future generations. There is also today fine collections of trams in other museums in Britain and Ireland, which cover much of the rich history of this once common form of public transport. This book looks at almost 200 of these trams when they were in service, through historic photographs, prior to their withdrawal and eventual preservation.
South Lancashire Tramways Company
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Author : E. K. Stretch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
South Lancashire Tramways Company written by E. K. Stretch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Street-railroads categories.
The Blackpool Streamlined Trams
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Author : Peter Waller
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Release Date : 2020-12-30
The Blackpool Streamlined Trams written by Peter Waller 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 2020-12-30 with Transportation categories.
“What a variety are pictured here! Double deck ‘balloon’ cars, single deckers including open topped cars and various illuminated cars, a specialty of the town.” —York Model Engineers newsletter In the early 1930s the tramcar in Blackpool was at a crossroads; the system needed investment in both new track and new trams while there was a serious threat that the “town” routes might be converted to bus operation. The appointment of Walter Luff as the new general manager was, however, to prove a turning point. Working closely with English Electric, based in nearby Preston, Luff developed a series of streamlined trams—both single-deck and double-deck—that were to revolutionize the town’s tramway. By the end of 1930s, the corporation had acquired more than 100 new trams—the majority built by English Electric but with twenty coming from Brush—that ensured the survival not only of the key route along the Promenade to Fleetwood but also of the bulk of the “town” routes. Over the next seventy years these trams were to form the cornerstone of the Blackpool system. It was only with the modernization of the system in the first decade of the 20th century that, finally, they became largely obsolete but still, as part of the heritage fleet, they remain very much part of the contemporary Blackpool scene. This book examines the history of Blackpool’s streamlined trams of the 1930s from development through to preservation. “An important addition to the more straightforward business and picture book histories of the Blackpool tram network which local historians and industrial archaeologists will find of great value aiding future studies of this subject.” —Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society
The Tramways Of South East Lancashire
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Author : Wingate H. Bett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
The Tramways Of South East Lancashire written by Wingate H. Bett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Lancashire (England) categories.