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Author: Malcolm Batten
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2021-10-15
Total Pages: 174
ISBN-13: 1398101028
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Previously unpublished photographs looking at steam railways around London over the last fifty years.
Author: Kevin McCormack
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2019-09-15
Total Pages: 154
ISBN-13: 1445694565
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A photographic tribute to the former GWR in the postwar years up to the end of Western Region steam on 31 December 1965.
Author: compiled from Wikipedia entries and published byby DrGoogelberg
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2012-06-11
Total Pages: 570
ISBN-13: 1291079734
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →do you want to know everything on steam locos, how they work? Read about the technology and lots of steam locos like the flying Scotsman. Compiled from Wikipedia pages and published by dr Googelberg.
Author: Brian Solomon
Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)
Published: 2014-06-15
Total Pages: 195
ISBN-13: 0760345864
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →DIVA beautiful retrospective of American steam locomotives in their final years, featuring photography and recollections of the men who documented the end of the steam age. /div
Author: Oliver Green
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
Published: 2021-11-02
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 071126662X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This lavish photographic history of the most beautiful and historic railway stations in London tells a story of power, progress and innovation, from the beginning of steam age to the teeming commuter hubs of today. London has more mainline railway stations than any other city in the world and many of them are amongst its grandest architectural monuments. Its earliest terminals opened in the late 1830s when lines between the capital and the regions were built in the first railway boom. The original station at London Bridge, the capital’s first passenger terminus, was opened in December 1836, six months before Queen Victoria came to the throne. The last main line to London, the Great Central Railway to Marylebone, was opened in March 1899, two years before Victoria died. Ever since they originally opened, these stations have been at heart of London life and activity and have dominated the architectural landscape. Many are now in the midst of major reconstructions and are the centrepieces for the transformation of whole swathes of London, from Paddington to King's Cross. This comprehensive story combines a historical overview, archive illustrations and specially commissioned photography, covering the origins of the earliest stations up to the latest reconstructions and renovations. Written by the expert author Oliver Green, this is an essential gift for anyone interested in the history of London and its transport.
Author: David Mather
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Published: 2020-09-30
Total Pages: 510
ISBN-13: 1526770180
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A pictorial history of the many producers of industrial steam locomotives in Great Britain, from the early nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. The first steam locomotives used on any British railway worked in industry. The use of new and second hand former main line locomotives was once a widespread aspect of the railways of Britain. This volume covers many of the once numerous manufacturers who constructed steam locomotives for industry and contractors from the nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries. David Mather has spent many years researching and collecting photographs across Britain, of most of the different locomotive types that once worked in industry. This book is designed to be both a record of these various manufacturers and a useful guide to those researching and modelling industrial steam. Praise for British Industrial Steam Locomotives “A good introduction, hopefully it will encourage some of those who have only been involved during the preservation period to take a wider interest in the historical aspects of the subject.” —Industrial Locomotive Society
Author: Robert P Pixton
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Published: 2020-03-30
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1526735946
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book illustrates one of the country’s best loved railway companies in the days of steam. Maps, charts, timetables and photographs are used to give the reader a sense of a journey from the compact terminus in Manchester to Godley, the limits of the system, at first opening. The reader is transported back to the original London Road station, using maps, and is walked through the small station to notice the variety of engines, signals and trains that operated there. Gorton, the company’s shed and locomotive works as well as its across the track rivals of Beyer, Peacock, are studied. The railway cross-road at Guide Bridge is given due importance and readers may well ponder on the contrast of ruralness of Ardwick, Fairfield and Fallowfield, then, and now. Connections at the joint stations of Stalybridge and Manchester Central station are explored. The latter is expanded to include Old Trafford shed as well as the links to Trafford Park Estate. Included is a review of the impact of electrification on the system, especially the exchanges taking place where the two systems interact. The numerous Joint Lines in this district (to Oldham, Altrincham, Hayfield and Macclesfield) are looked at in a subsequent volume. Pictures, and extensive captions, have been selected to show the variety of engines used and facets of stations or procedures.
Author: Edwin A. Pratt
Publisher: Good Press
Published: 2019-12-11
Total Pages: 362
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"A History of Inland Transport and Communication in England" by Edwin A. Pratt. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Author: Edwin A. Pratt
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-05-11
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 1000363449
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Originally published in 1912, this book with extensive source footnotes and bibliography follows the evolution and development of roads, rivers, canals, tramways, buses and cycles. The role that the development of transport played in the growth and expansion of trade and industry and on the general economic and social conditions of the country is one of the main issues that is discussed. Other themes which are examined are the electrification of the railways, railways and the state, railway rates and charges and early trading conditions.
