Midland and Scottish Region Railways

Midland and Scottish Region Railways
Author: Brian Reading
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2024-03-15
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1398100153

Stunning previously unpublished photographs documenting the end of steam railways in the West Coast and Midlands area.

British Railways in the 1960s

British Railways in the 1960s
Author: Geoff Plumb
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2019-04-30
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1473869781

After the Second War, Britains railways were rundown and worn out, requiring massive investment and modernisation. The Big Four railway companies were nationalized from 1948, and the newly formed British Railways embarked on a programme of building new Standard steam locomotives to replace older types. These started to come on stream from 1951.

Scottish Region

Scottish Region
Author: A. J. Mullay
Publisher:
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

For half a century from 1948, Scotland's railway system was operated, for the first time, as a complete administrative unit - but also as part of a nationalised system for the whole of the UK. Scottish Region soon developed its own character, with its own problems and potential. Yet it suffered the same fate as the rest of the system - lack of modernisation in the first ten years, the later supply of Diesel and electric traction equipment which was not properly tested, the Beeching axe and the asset stripping prior to privitisation. This is the first ever history of Scotland's BR.

Modelling the Midland Region from 1948

Modelling the Midland Region from 1948
Author: Colin Boocock
Publisher: The Crowood Press
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2019-05-31
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1785005200

The London Midland Region covered a huge part of England from London to the north and north west, from the Scottish borders into the south west. It served huge metropolitan cities and towns, supported heavy industry, and ran through areas of outstanding natural beauty such as the Peak District and Lake District. Modelling the Midland Region from 1948 is an essential guide to creating your own model based on the London Midland Region of the British Railways era. It covers the history of the London Midland Region; British Rail and LMS locomotives; passenger and goods rolling stock; structures and scenery unique to the region, and signalling and electrification. The authors of this book are trustees of the charity Famous Trains model railway and directors of its operating company Famous Trains Ltd. An essential guide to creating your own model based on the London Midland region, for all scales and levels of interest, and fully illustrated with 232 colour photographs and 15 diagrams.