British Railways In The 1970s And 80s
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Author | : Greg Morse |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 65 |
Release | : 2013-08-10 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 0747814104 |
For British Rail, the 1970s was a time of contrasts, when bad jokes about sandwiches and pork pies often belied real achievements, like increasing computerisation and the arrival of the high-speed Inter-City 125s. But while television advertisements told of an 'Age of the Train', Monday morning misery continued for many, the commuter experience steadily worsening as rolling stock aged and grew ever more uncomfortable. Even when BR launched new electrification schemes and new suburban trains in the 1980s, focus still fell on the problems that beset the Advanced Passenger Train, whose ignominious end came under full media glare. In British Railways in the 1970s and '80s, Greg Morse guides us through a world of Traveller's Fare, concrete concourses and peak-capped porters, a difficult period that began with the aftershock of Beeching but ended with BR becoming the first nationalised passenger network in the world to make a profit.
Author | : Andy Sparks |
Publisher | : History Press |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2017-03 |
Genre | : Railroads |
ISBN | : 9780750970136 |
Taking railway photographs and capturing an age of impressive locomotives and atmospheric stations is a pastime that the age of steam passed down through generations, even after its own decline in favour of diesel and electric traction. It was certainly one that avid teenage trainspotter Andy Sparks sought to take up, emulating the work of prized 1960s railway photographer Colin T. Gifford. But by the 1970s, when Andy's camera was at the ready and after Beeching's axe had come down on the British railway network, modernisation and rationalisation were rapidly sweeping away the vestiges of the previous age, and dereliction and decay intertwined much of what could be seen. Desperate to capture the scene, Andy took thousands of photographs from 1972 until the early 1980s, and his images beautifully convey the nostalgic, gritty years of that era of change on Britain's railways. From his lens to the pages of this book, this is a unique look at an oft-overlooked period of British railway history.
Author | : Kevin Redwood |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 187 |
Release | : 2019-03-15 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1445684322 |
With a wealth of rare and previously unpublished images, Kevin Redwood documents this fascinating period in Britain’s railway history.
Author | : John Carlson |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 125 |
Release | : 2021-11-15 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1445687550 |
With previously unpublished photographs John Carlson takes a new look at the north-western rail scene.
Author | : Greg Morse |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 57 |
Release | : 2012-09-20 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 0747812691 |
As Britain moved from austerity to prosperity in the 1950s and 1960s, it became clear that British Railways needed to modernise its equipment and rationalise its network if it was to hold its own in the face of growing competition from road and air transport. After attempting to maintain pre-war networks and technology in the 1950s, a reversal of policy in the 1960s brought line closures, new liveries and the last breath of steam, as Dr Beeching and his successors strove to break even and build a new business from the old. From Britannia to the 'Blue Pullman', Evening Star to Inter-City, Greg Morse takes us through this turbulent twenty-year period, which started with drab prospects and ended with BR poised to launch the fastest diesel-powered train in the world.
Author | : Greg Morse |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 2016-07-28 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1784421790 |
After the Second World War, the drive for the modernisation of Britain's railways ushered in a new breed of locomotive: the Diesel. Diesel-powered trains had been around for some time, but faced with a coal crisis and the Clean Air Act in the 1950s, it was seen as a part of the solution for British Rail. This beautifully illustrated book, written by an expert on rail history, charts the rise and decline of Britain's diesel-powered locomotives. It covers a period of great change and experimentation, where the iconic steam engines that had dominated for a century were replaced by a series of modern diesels including the ill-fated 'Westerns' and the more successful 'Deltics'.
Author | : Andy Gibbs |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 2021-06-15 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1445681927 |
A very nostalgic and evocative collection of photographs documenting the rail scene around Brighton.
Author | : Arnie Furniss |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2017-08-15 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1445669587 |
Arnie Furniss takes the reader on a nostalgic roving tour of Scotland's railways in the 1970s and 1980s.
Author | : Andy Gibbs |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 133 |
Release | : 2020-03-15 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1445681900 |
A fantastic array of previously unpublished photographs of Scottish railways in the 1970s and 1980s.
Author | : Roger Senior |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 2016-09-30 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1473870445 |
Train Doctor is the story of Roger Senior's career in the railway industry, from 1968 when the author joined British Railways, until his retirement from Great North Eastern Railway.The book takes you from the 1970s period, with its first generation Diesels, through to privatisation in 1994 and the electrified East Coast main line.This will be of interest to enthusiasts and modern railway historians, with its inside look at the railway industry during a time of considerable change.The author began his career with first generation diesel classes, on the Eastern Region, of what was then British Railways and went on to work with the High Speed Train Fleet, when they were first introduced to main line service, in the 1970s.This is a story of troubleshooting, with many different types of modern traction over a period of twenty-five years, an insight in to the trials and tribulations of keeping the railway running, in all weathers and at all costs.Roger Senior later worked with electric traction, both before and after privatisation, on the East Coast main line, finishing his career with Great North Eastern Railway as the Resident Engineer for the refurbishment of the MK1V fleet known as the Mallard project.