A Detailed History Of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives The End Of An Era
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| Author | : Keith Langston |
| Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 321 |
| Release | : 2012-01-01 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 1845631463 |
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 1st January 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/units they still took a decision to build more steam locomotives (as a stop gap). Some 999 (yes just 1 short) Standard locomotives were built in 12 classes ranging from super powerful express and freight engine to suburban tank locomotives. The locomotives were mainly in good order when the order came in 1968 to end steam, some only 8 years old.There still exists a fleet of 46 preserved Standards of which 75% are in working order in and around the UKs preserved railways, furthermore 3 new build standard locomotives are proposed. Steam fans who were around in the 1960s all remember the 'Standards'.
| Author | : Gavin Morrison |
| Publisher | : Haynes Publishing UK |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2013-04-01 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 9780857332776 |
This attractive, large-format book shows steam locomotives at work throughout the country, in all weathers and in a year-by-year presentation, accompanied by the author’s knowledgeable commentary. Good-quality colour photographs of the last days of the steam age are rare. Many of those that do exist have been published repeatedly, but the 250 colour photographs featured in this book, taken between 1958 and 1968, are an exception. It is believed that the photographer and author, 76-year-old Gavin Morrison, has Britain’s largest personal collection of color slides still in the hands of the original photographer.
| Author | : Mark Jamieson |
| Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
| Total Pages | : 187 |
| Release | : 2022-07-15 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 1445697734 |
A pictorial record of over 100 quality colour images, many never seen before, and with detailed captions, explores this iconic period of rail history.
| Author | : Christian Wolmar |
| Publisher | : Atlantic Books |
| Total Pages | : 332 |
| Release | : 2008-05-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1848872615 |
Now in paperback, Fire and Steam tells the dramatic story of the people and events that shaped the world's first railway network, one of the most impressive engineering achievements in history. The opening of the pioneering Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830 marked the beginning of the railways' vital role in changing the face of Britain. Fire and Steam celebrates the vision and determination of the ambitious Victorian pioneers who developed this revolutionary transport system and the navvies who cut through the land to enable a country-wide network to emerge. The rise of the steam train allowed goods and people to circulate around Britain as never before, stimulating the growth of towns and industry, as well many of the facets of modern life, from fish and chips to professional football. From the early days of steam to electrification, via the railways' magnificent contribution in two world wars, the checkered history of British Rail, and the buoyant future of the train, Fire and Steam examines the social and economical importance of the railway and how it helped to form the Britain of today.
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| Total Pages | : 552 |
| Release | : 1988 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
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| Author | : Ernest Leopold Ahrons |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 414 |
| Release | : 1927 |
| Genre | : Locomotives |
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| Author | : David Mather |
| Publisher | : Pen and Sword Transport |
| Total Pages | : 210 |
| Release | : 2020-09-30 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 1526770202 |
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 19th to the mid 20th 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.
| Author | : Ian McNeil |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 1088 |
| Release | : 2002-06-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1134981651 |
* 22 sections cover the entire field of the history of technology and each section summarises the development of its subject from the earliest times to the present day * Written without unnecessary jargon * 2 extensive indexes of Names and Topics * Usefully illustrated with 150 black & white photographs and line drawings to explain key advances `Contain[s] a vast amount of reliable information over a very wide field. It is certainly a work of which I shall myself make frequent use ... it deserves to find a place ... in every reference library.' - Times Higher Education Supplement `The coverage is excellent ... a most valuable single-volume source which for its comprehensiveness and ease of reference will earn its place in both specialist and general reference collections.' - Reference Reviews `Informative and comprehensive, remarkable in its coverage ... covers every aspect of technology from the Stone Age to the Space Age ... will undoubtedly help readers to get a grip on and feel of an enormous range of subjects ... An invaluable and practical addition to most office bookshelves or libraries.' - New Civil Engineer `The authors represented in this book are to be congratulated for their readable and reliable surveys of the past and present status of the major areas where mankind has harnessed science for the production of useful products and processes.' - Choice
| Author | : Paul Atterbury |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 114 |
| Release | : 2017-02-23 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 1784421898 |
Britain is a country in love with its railway past. Nowhere else do the workhorses of the age of steam exert such a pull; in no other country is the nostalgia for the days when the railways extended to every corner of the kingdom so strong. However, the history of station buildings and signal boxes, steam and diesel engines, goods and postal services, main lines and branch lines is only part of the story told here. As a cherished part of Britain's heritage, it is the impact of the railways on a human level that has truly captured our imagination. In more than 50 photographs, many of which are previously unpublished, Paul Atterbury reveals the people who ran, maintained and used them – the people for whom the railways were a way of life.
| Author | : Allen Jackson |
| Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
| Total Pages | : 176 |
| Release | : 2019-11-15 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 1445693151 |
A fascinating illustrated insight into this iconic Hall Class of locomotuves used by the Great Western Railway.
