Southern Steam Finale
Author : Barry J. Eagles
Publisher :
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 47,91 MB
Release : 2002-07-01
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ISBN : 9780946184941
Author : Barry J. Eagles
Publisher :
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 47,91 MB
Release : 2002-07-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780946184941
Author : Rex Kennedy
Publisher :
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 19,78 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Railroads
ISBN : 9781912205240
Author : Alan J. Goodwin
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 12,37 MB
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1473891159
At the beginning of 1967 the writing was clearly on the wall for Southern Steam, with the intention of eliminating it altogether on the 18th June of that year. From the 2nd January, with the Brush type 4s working many main line trains including the Bournemouth Belle, steam was reduced to thirteen departures from Waterloo, three of which were in the early hours.From the 3rd April this was further reduced to just five day and three night time departures. However, by this time it was realized that due to late delivery of the new electric stock, the deadline for the demise of steam was put back to the 9th July and an interim timetable introduced from 12th June.Using information gathered from many sources, Countdown to Extinction chronicles the events of 1967, with the final five weeks in detail, including events that formed the background to the time.
Author : Don Benn
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 40,73 MB
Release : 2017-06-30
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1473863082
This book is first and foremost the story of the enginemen and their steeds which brought the steam era to an end on the Southern. It is therefore primarily about locomotive performance but enlivened by stories about how that was achieved and also about the band of young men who followed the exploits of men and machines, day and night over those last two years. It includes a substantial contribution from an ex-Nine Elms fireman and many anecdotes about the enginemen. The book contains about eighty train running logs plus records of lineside observations, detailed descriptions of the work covered by the locomotives and crews from the various steam motive power depots, copies of the actual duty rosters posted at Nine Elms, together with a unique collection of about 150 black and white and color images taken in the 1965 to 1967 period covered by this book. It is the most comprehensive story of those last few years yet produced, and it is truly The Untold Story, a fine tribute to the enginemen who performed near miracles with their doomed and run-down fleet of locomotives, in the very different world of the mid–1960's railway, unequaled anywhere else in Britain.
Author : A. W. V. Mace
Publisher : Bounty Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,2 MB
Release : 2007-07
Category : Railroads
ISBN : 9780753715413
The steam locomotive was possibly Britain's greatest technological gift to the world. This book is not only a celebration of British world pre-eminence in railway pioneering, but a record of the surviving working British steam locomotives.
Author : Scott Lothes
Publisher :
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 21,63 MB
Release : 2020-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781734563504
The Railroad Photography of Donald W. Furler showcases the black-and-white imagery of a master of the craft. Furler (1917-1994) grew up in New Jersey and helped pioneer the "action shot" to show trains at speed. He faithfully and dramatically documented the final decade of steam operations in the northeastern United States with technically-superior and often creative images portraying the trains in their environments. While his work appeared frequently in early issues of Trains magazine in the 1940s and 1950s, it has rarely been seen since. As someone who helped write the rules for railroad action photography, an examination of Furler's photography is long overdue.
Author : Eric Sawford
Publisher :
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 29,73 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN :
In the days of steam each of the six British Railways regions had its dedicated enthusiasts, none more so than the Southern, a region of contrasts headed by the magnificent Bullied Pacifics. These comprised the 'Merchant Navy' class, all of which were eventually seen in rebuilt form, to the lighter 'West Country' and 'Battle of Britain' 4-6-2s. ......
Author : KEVIN. DERRICK
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 28,76 MB
Release : 2019
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ISBN : 9781905276783
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Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 18,93 MB
Release : 2004-01
Category : Railroads
ISBN :
Author : C. Pat Cates
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 44,2 MB
Release : 2005-09-14
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1439629889
Following on the heels of Images of Rail: The Southern Railway, this volume takes a more detailed look at a historic railroad that has served the South for over 100 years and continues to serve as the Norfolk Southern Railway. Included in these pages are stories of bravery in war and ingenuity in peace. From 1942 to 1945, the 727th Railway Operating Battalion'sponsored by the Southern Railway'served in North Africa and up the spine of Italy into Germany. The courageous unit received a citation from Gen. George S. Patton for its involvement in the Sicily Campaign.