The Last Decade Of British Railways Steam
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| 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 | : Malcolm Clegg |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2020-11-19 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 9781526760425 |
This volume covers the final decade of British steam, looking at steam traction in a wide variety of geographical locations around the British Railways network.The book covers a wide variety of classes of locomotives, that were withdrawn during the last decade of steam traction, some of which examples are now preserved.Malcolm Clegg, has been taking railway pictures since the early 1960s and has access to collections taken by friends who were recording the steam railway scene during this period.This book is a record of his and other peoples journeys during the last decade of steam in the 1960s.
| Author | : Gordon Edgar |
| Publisher | : Artist's and Photographers' Press |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 9781904332800 |
China was the last country in the world to build steam locomotives. The final main line engines emerged from Datong workshops in December 1988 and production of steam locomotives for industrial use continued until 1999. The final few steam locomotives were withdrawn from service in 2003, making China the last country to use steam on its main lines. Total eradication of China's steam programme is set to coincide with the Olympic games in 2008. When this happens, it will be the end of the last mecca for fans of real steam. This is a photo essay detailing the end of this era.
| Author | : Hugh Longworth |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 360 |
| Release | : 2013-01-01 |
| Genre | : Steam locomotives |
| ISBN | : 9780860936602 |
An exhaustive and monumental listing of every steam locomotive operated by British Railways from Nationalisation until the end of steam in 1968, now brought completely up to date in a second edition.
| Author | : Paul Hurley |
| Publisher | : History Press |
| Total Pages | : 168 |
| Release | : 2021-04 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780750996563 |
Commemorating the anniversary of the end of steam railway traction in Britain
| 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.
| Author | : Mirco De Cet |
| Publisher | : Lorenz Books |
| Total Pages | : 160 |
| Release | : 2015-06-01 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 9780754831334 |
An overview of the different locomotives from British Heritage lines across the country.
| Author | : Stephen Dupont |
| Publisher | : Dewi Lewis Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 104 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
Photographs by Stephen Dupont Introduction by Mark Tully This is an extraordinary photographic record of the last steam trains in India that captures not only the fascination of the steam engine but also the sense of past which will never be revisited. It is not, however, simply a book for railway enthusiasts; these are images of great emotional power that embrace not only just the magnificence of steam but also portrays the dignity of a workforce in an industry on the verge of extinction. 70 duotone plates.
| Author | : Michael Clemens |
| Publisher | : Strange Chemistry |
| Total Pages | : 128 |
| Release | : 2013-02 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 9781781551295 |
ALAN MAUND lived in Worcestershire all his life and had an enthusiasm for steam. He traveled extensively in Britain and built up a large railway photographic archive from the late 1950s onwards. This book is made up entirely of Alan's collection of photographs from across the Midlands. It will appeal to railway enthusiasts, modelers, and those with an interest in local history. Alan started using color film in 1959, and color slides make up the majority of these photographs. Many enthusiasts in this era had a policy of filming steam only and ignoring the new diesel interlopers, but not Alan; diesels do make appearances, and so do some early electric classes. A particular passion of Alan's was small industrial steam locomotives, and he restored a Kerr Stuart 'Wren' class 0-4-0 to working order between 1959 and 1961. So in addition to larger British Railways locomotives, their smaller relations are also seen across the Midlands. Alan passed on in 1983 and his widow, Wendy, gave Alan's collection of railway photographs to filmmaker and author Michael Clemens, whose late father was a friend of Alan's. Alan's collection lives on today at film shows around the country and now in this book.
| Author | : Malcolm Clegg |
| Publisher | : Pen and Sword Transport |
| Total Pages | : 168 |
| Release | : 2021-08-30 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781526778604 |
L M S & L N E R Steam Locomotives, is the result of over two decades of photographing steam locomotives in action in many parts of Britain covered by the former LMS and LNER Railway Companies. They were the two largest of the 'Big Four' Railway Companies which operated in Britain between 1923 and 1948. The majority of the photographs were taken during the British Railways era between 1948 and 1968. Although the author Malcolm Clegg has a sizeable collection of steam locomotive photographs taken during this period, the photographs which appear in this book are from the private collection of his lifelong friend and family relative, Mr Peter Cookson (a retired school-master), himself a railway historian, author and amateur photographer, who has kindly provided the photographs for publication in this book. Many of the photographs selected are rare and unusual for a variety of reasons which should appeal to railway historians and steam enthusiasts alike.
