Lost Railways Of The World
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Author | : Nigel Welbourn |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword Transport |
Total Pages | : 628 |
Release | : 2023-02-16 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1399096184 |
Many readers will be familiar with Nigel Welbourn’s long running series of books, covering lost railways in Britain and Ireland. This new book Lost Railways of the World is the latest by this author on the subject of disused railways. The material for this volume has been collected and researched over a period of almost fifty years of world travel by the author. Informative text records the fortunes of the world’s lost railways and every country with significant disused railways is included. Lost railways are a unifying theme, being found throughout the world, from the hottest African desert to the coldest steppes of Russia. The book has a surprisingly British flavor as historically many railways throughout the world used British equipment and operating practices. On his first trip in the 1970s the author discovered British signaling equipment in Europe. In 2020 he discovered the same firms’ equipment in South America. The world’s top ten lost lines are listed, from the seven-mile-long sea bridge on a line that ran through the Florida Keys, to the rugged mountain splendor of the Khyber Pass Railway. Some of the oldest, largest, longest, most northerly, southerly, expensive, crookedest, steepest, highest, lowest and most notorious lost railways are included. Quirky and other unique tales from lost railways are included, such as the disappearing phantom bridge, a line destroyed by molten lava, to one that sank under the sea, another that conveyed giant turtles, to a memorial to a brave railway elephant. The author also visited remote areas of Argentina and provides more information on the mysterious disappearance of the ex-Lynton & Barnstaple Railway locomotive Lew. A large number of the 300 color illustrations have not been published before, maps and stories from around the world will delight not only the railway enthusiast, but appeal to a wider cadre of readers with an interest in nostalgia, history, geography and travel. To some the book will be an informative source of information, to others it is written in a way that highlights the most amazing lost railways in the world, but either way it is a fascinating and unique book.
Author | : Nigel Welbourn |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword Transport |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2023-02-16 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1399096206 |
Many readers will be familiar with Nigel Welbourn’s long running series of books, covering lost railways in Britain and Ireland. This new book Lost Railways of the World is the latest by this author on the subject of disused railways. The material for this volume has been collected and researched over a period of almost fifty years of world travel by the author. Informative text records the fortunes of the world’s lost railways and every country with significant disused railways is included. Lost railways are a unifying theme, being found throughout the world, from the hottest African desert to the coldest steppes of Russia. The book has a surprisingly British flavor as historically many railways throughout the world used British equipment and operating practices. On his first trip in the 1970s the author discovered British signaling equipment in Europe. In 2020 he discovered the same firms’ equipment in South America. The world’s top ten lost lines are listed, from the seven-mile-long sea bridge on a line that ran through the Florida Keys, to the rugged mountain splendor of the Khyber Pass Railway. Some of the oldest, largest, longest, most northerly, southerly, expensive, crookedest, steepest, highest, lowest and most notorious lost railways are included. Quirky and other unique tales from lost railways are included, such as the disappearing phantom bridge, a line destroyed by molten lava, to one that sank under the sea, another that conveyed giant turtles, to a memorial to a brave railway elephant. The author also visited remote areas of Argentina and provides more information on the mysterious disappearance of the ex-Lynton & Barnstaple Railway locomotive Lew. A large number of the 300 color illustrations have not been published before, maps and stories from around the world will delight not only the railway enthusiast, but appeal to a wider cadre of readers with an interest in nostalgia, history, geography and travel. To some the book will be an informative source of information, to others it is written in a way that highlights the most amazing lost railways in the world, but either way it is a fascinating and unique book.
Author | : Anthony Lambert |
Publisher | : White Lion Publishing |
Total Pages | : 211 |
Release | : 2018-11-13 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 178131747X |
From the great cathedral-like railways stations of the steam age to obscure lines built through spectacular landscapes to open up countries before the advent of motorised road transport, this book is a celebration of our lost railway heritage and the lines that can no longer be travelled. Through stunning images, Lost Railway Journeys from Around the World evokes the romance and drama of these journeys, taking the reader as close as they can possibly get to this lost world of dining cars, sleeping cars, station porters and international rail travel. Organised by continent, all of these routes have stories to tell and the lost journeys are captured in the old postcards and posters that accompany photographs drawn from collections and archives across the world.
Author | : Frederick George Cockman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 87 |
Release | : 1973-01-01 |
Genre | : Railroads |
ISBN | : 9780852632314 |
Author | : Trevor Yorke |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781784423704 |
Author | : Paul Atterbury |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Railroad tracks |
ISBN | : 9780749563714 |
Author | : Neil Burgess |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2016-10-03 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781840337556 |
Author | : Julian Holland |
Publisher | : Collins |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016-05-05 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : 9780008163587 |
100 selected walks across the length and breadth of Britain's lost railway lines. Each walk includes a short history of the railway before it closed, a description of what can be seen along it today, practical details such as car parking, access by public transport, a detailed route map and historical and modern day photographs.
Author | : Keith Widdowson |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2020-03-15 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1445695987 |
A collection of nostalgic images, many previously unpublished, documenting railway locations that are now sadly gone.
Author | : Julian Holland |
Publisher | : F+W Media, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 355 |
Release | : 2013-09-27 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1446358305 |
Julian Holland's Dr Beeching's Axe 50 Years On is a unique memorial to all that was lost following the publication of the ‘Beeching Report’ on 27 March 1963. Uniquely, the author has tried to include every railway line that was closed as a result of the ‘Beeching Report’, and more. They are all shown on Map 9 in Part 2 of the ‘Report’ and have been annotated for clarity at the beginning of each regional chapter in the book. Needless to say it is not plain sailing: there are lines that were marked for closure on the maps but were closed before publication of the ‘Report’; there are lines that were not originally on Beeching’s original hit list but which were closed anyway; there are lines that were originally marked down for closure but which were fortunately reprieved. There are even one or two which seem to have not existed at all! The author has included them all.