Tyneside Railways

Tyneside Railways
Author: Colin Alexander
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2016-12-15
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1445662310

Colin Alexander examines the variety of stock on Tyneside's railways during the 1970s and 1980s. Including the railways and trains of Newcastle.

Renewing Britain's Railways: Cumbria to Tyneside

Renewing Britain's Railways: Cumbria to Tyneside
Author: Gordon D. Webster
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2022-08-15
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1398110825

The latest volume in this series that focuses on recent developments on Britain's rail network in Cumbria. This photographic collection looks at the rails of the north before and after the pandemic in all their scenic glory.

Railways, Urban Development and Town Planning in Britain: 1948–2008

Railways, Urban Development and Town Planning in Britain: 1948–2008
Author: Russell Haywood
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2016-03-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1317071646

This book provides a critical overview of the relationships between planning and railway management and development during the key period in the 20th Century when the railway was in public ownership: 1948-94. It assesses the strength of the relationships when working in collaboration with the private sector. The book then focuses on the interplay between planning and railway since privatization in 1994 and points to best practice for the future in institutional structures and policy development to secure improved outcomes.

Bradley's Railway Guide

Bradley's Railway Guide
Author: Simon Bradley
Publisher: Profile Books
Total Pages: 533
Release: 2024-10-10
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1782834141

'A lifetime of railway love distilled into a most beautiful volume' Lucy Worsley 'The most attractive, comprehensive and easily digestible history of the oldest railway system in the world' Michael Palin In 1825 the Stockton & Darlington company strode into history with the opening of the world's first public steam railway. What the S&DR had pioneered soon picked up speed, transforming lives and landscapes, connecting far-flung corners of the nation and creating its own distinctive environments and working worlds. This ambitious and lavishly illustrated volume brings the story of Britain's railways to life, spanning two centuries of achievement and change. Full of colour and incident, it is an exhilarating journey through time and space, revisiting favourite themes and introducing unfamiliar stories and places. With original and engaging entries on everything from dining saloons to collecting dogs, wartime salvage efforts and the iconic Rail Alphabet, Simon Bradley gives George Bradshaw's famous 19th century guide a run for its money in this fresh and distinctive chronicle of the making of Britain's railways.

The East Coast Main Line 1939-1959 (Volume 2)

The East Coast Main Line 1939-1959 (Volume 2)
Author: Peter Tuffrey
Publisher: Fonthill Media
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2022-07-02
Genre: Transportation
ISBN:

• The first detailed study of this huge mainline through its operational history • Features extended commentaries from the authors, rich in detail • Superbly illustrated with black and white photographs, many never seen before In this second and final volume, the whole of the East Coast Main Line between King’s Cross and Edinburgh Waverley stations is examined closely, with a particular emphasis on the ways and structures: the line, stations, connections, yards, and other physical features. Interposed are accounts of the traffic at the principal stations – including connecting and branch line services – with observations on changes over the period 1939 to 1959. Some emphasis is placed on freight traffic on account of its importance and, perhaps, its relative unfamiliarity to the reader. The lines, stations and many other elements are described as they were in August 1939, but as some plans on which they are based are dated before the late 1930s, there may be marginal differences from the precise layout in 1939.