Last Days Of North West Steam
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Author | : George Woods |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2019-02-15 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1445684403 |
An evocative collection of photographs documenting the final days of steam on the railways of North East England.
Author | : George Woods |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 165 |
Release | : 2017-10-15 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 144567131X |
George Wood's terrific collection of photographs of the final years of steam locomotives and trains in north-west England.
Author | : Colin Garratt |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 375 |
Release | : 2015-11-30 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1473844134 |
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.
Author | : Joe G. Collias |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 1994-01-01 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780911581324 |
This collection of pictures contains 300 photographs and a minimum of text. The sights, smells and sounds of steam come alive in this book as the waning years of steam railroading throughout the United States is presented. Many roads are included such as the AT&SF, B&O, CN, CP, C&O, CB&Q, Milw., C&NW, RI, Rio Grande, NYC, Pennsy and many more.
Author | : Michael Clutterbuck |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2019-04-29 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781913166038 |
The stories tell the tale of some of the North West's footplatemen following the Second World War, as the railways undergo a series of dramatic changes due to nationalisation, the introduction of diesel engines, and the slow but steady demise of the Age of Steam.
Author | : David Mather |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword Transport |
Total Pages | : 208 |
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 | : Malcolm Clegg |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword Transport |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2020-11-06 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1526760436 |
A treasury of photos capturing the end of an era in transportation history—the final decade of steam locomotives in Britain. Malcolm Clegg has been taking railway pictures since the early 1960s, and also enjoys access to collections taken by friends who were recording the steam railway scene during this period. In this book, he covers a wide variety of classes of locomotives that were withdrawn during the last decade of steam traction, examples of some of which are now preserved. This book is a record of his and other peoples’ journeys during the last decade of steam in the 1960s, with photographs and informative captions looking at steam traction in a wide variety of geographical locations around the British Railways network.
Author | : David Christie |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 2017-07-15 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1445668076 |
David Christie documents the final days of steam on Britain's rail network in full colour.
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 650 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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Author | : Jim Blake |
Publisher | : Wharncliffe |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2015-09-30 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1473833841 |
This pictorial book covers London's railways from 1967 to 1977, showing the transition from steam to diesel and electric traction. This volume has a very readable narrative, telling tales of the authors adventures during his many trips around the London railway network. The volume encapsulates a period of time in Britain, during which a great deal of change was taking place, not only with railways and transport, but also socially and economically. Jim Blake, describes all of these changes, while also looking at the capitals transport scene of the period.