Steam Locomotives 1955
Author : E. H. Sawford
Publisher :
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 40,95 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Locomotives
ISBN : 9780750904087
Author : E. H. Sawford
Publisher :
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 40,95 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Locomotives
ISBN : 9780750904087
Author : E. H. Sawford
Publisher : Sutton Pub Limited
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 42,26 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780750910026
A collection of black and white photographs capturing the locomotives of the Southern and Western Region in 1955. Includes information on technical details, allocations and duties performed, together with nameplate photographs and information on design and special workings.
Author : E. H. Sawford
Publisher : Alan Sutton Publishing
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 42,57 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780750916172
This collection of photographs covers British Railways Standard designs and ex-War department Austerity locomotives purchased by British Railways during the landmark year of 1955. Following nationalisation, a new range of BR standard designs was announced, and these were awaited with anticipation. In January 1951 the first of the Britannia class was completed at Crewe; later no. 70004 William Shakespeare was displayed at the Festival of Britain on London's South Bank. Though initially not particularly well recieved by some enginemen used to more traditional designs, the Britannia soon proved themselves and were used extensively to serve East Anglia and in their early years the Southern Region. As more were elivered they spread to all regions. The East Coast main line used Gresley and other Pacifics until the early 1960s when they became a regular sight at King's Cross. Later these engines became threatened by new forms of motive power here and elsewhere.
Author : Eric Sawford
Publisher : Alan Sutton Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 15,8 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780750913133
This collection of photographs shows the area once served by the London, Midland and Scottish Regions railway during the landmark year of 1955, when many interesting locomotives were still to be found on duty in a wide variety of wheel arrangements. As well as England's capital city, it covers the Midlands, a large part of the north of England and the west of Scotland, and the busy railway centres of Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Perth and Inverness. Among the different locomotives to be found in the area were the ex-LNWR 0-8-0 heavy goods engines, with their distinctive wheezing and whistling sounds, and the popular 'Cauliflowers', which though rebuilt with Belpaire boilers and still ruggedly powerful were soon to disappear from use. Often rarities could be found on shunting duty, including Webb's 'Special Tanks', and the 0-6-0 'Coal Engines' at Crewe, while the famous 'Midland Compounds' were still employed on main line duties. There were notable survivors north of the border too, including the Drummond 'Standard Goods', with their stovepipe chimneys, and Caledonian 'Pugs' 0-4-0Ts, some of which dated back to 1885. Each class is represented, with in some cases nameplate pictures as well as photographs of the locomotives in action. The text provides full technical details, allocations and duties performed, and important points on design and special workings.
Author : Hugh Longworth
Publisher :
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 37,5 MB
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : 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 : D. Frank Holland
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 48,25 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Locomotives
ISBN : 9780715353820
Author : R. A. LeMassena
Publisher :
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 27,98 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Transportation
ISBN :
Like many other books, Articulated Steam Locomotives of North America began as a modest attempt to chronicle a certain type of locomotive---in this case, the Mallet-articulated locomotive in the U.S.A. This project soon ballooned into unanticipated magnitude. It wasn't long before it became evident that Canadian and Mexican engines could not logically be ignored; they were an important part of the story. After that, one thing quickly led to another. By including the double-truck Fairlies, one was obliged to recognize their single-truck counterparts, as well as several mechanical hybrids which defied accurate classification. Locomotives having geared trucks were indeed articulated; thus, something had to be said about them. Then, there was the booster-engine which temporarily transformed ordinary locomotives into pseudo-articulateds. The latter-day duplex-drive locomotives could properly have been omitted; however, that would have concealed an important episode of motive-power progress wherein one railroad tried to avoid articulation. Consequently, duplex-drive locomotives are included, too.The author's efforts to locate suitable photographs to illustrate this chronicle have been remarkably successful--and there have been few locomotives whose portraits have been completely elusive. Considering the objective was to obtain views of every kind of articulated steam locomotive on every major railroad, this was no easy task. However, the end result is a dazzling collection of over 600 photographs--including more than 32 color views--some of them quite rare.
Author : Donald Frank Holland
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 40,99 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Locomotives
ISBN :
Author : John Sargent
Publisher :
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 42,6 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Steam locomotives
ISBN : 9781876249199
Author : David Page Morgan
Publisher :
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 31,52 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Steam locomotives
ISBN :