Author : David Mather
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 16,77 MB
Release : 2020-07-30
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1526770245
The book investigates the vast number of locomotives that came to the London Midland Region in 1948 at Nationalisation. This is a class by class survey with over 200 illustrations, covering all the top link and freight classes, also looking at the smaller types of locomotive, operating on branch lines and doing more humble tasks. The author explores what happened to them and also looks at those that eventually made their way into preservation.
Author : PAUL LEAVENS
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 32,58 MB
Release : 2019-06-25
Category :
ISBN : 9781909625969
Author : Keith Widdowson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 39,65 MB
Release : 2019-10-04
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0750993456
ferroequinologist (noun) Someone who studies the 'Iron Horse' (i.e. trains and locomotives). From the Latin ferrus 'iron' and equine 'horse' + -logist As the British steam era drew to a close, a young Keith Widdowson set out to travel on as many steam-hauled trains as possible – documenting each journey in his notebooks. In Confessions of a Steam Age Ferroequinologist, he cracks these books open and blows off the dust. His self-imposed mission, that of riding behind as many Iron Horses as possible prior to their premature annihilation, led to hours of nocturnal travels, extended periods of inactivity in station waiting rooms, missed connections and fatigue. However, any downsides of his quest were compensated by the camaraderie found amongst a group of like-minded colleagues who congregated on such trains. This is a book that no self-respecting ferroequinologist should be without.
Author : E. H. Sawford
Publisher :
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,56 MB
Release : 2005-12-08
Category : Railroads
ISBN : 9780750942621
Drawn from Eric Sawford's extensive archive, this volume takes a look back at the London Midland region from the 1950s right through to the end of steam. This book is for anyone who remembers the golden age of transporting, or any modeller attempting to capture the essence of this period.
Author : E. H. Sawford
Publisher :
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 39,63 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Railroads
ISBN : 9780750922593
The London Midland Region (LMR), which served central England, played a leading role in British railway history. This famous network linked many of the key cities and towns that were essential for British manufacturing and commerce - London, Rugby, Crewe, Chester, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham and Bristol. The LMR was always at the heart of the railway industry.
Author : Kevin Derrick
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 13,54 MB
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1445660725
Kevin Derrick looks back at locomotive-spotting days in the London Midland Region in the 1960s.
Author : Geoff Plumb
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 14,2 MB
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1473869781
After the Second War, Britains railways were rundown and worn out, requiring massive investment and modernisation. The Big Four railway companies were nationalized from 1948, and the newly formed British Railways embarked on a programme of building new Standard steam locomotives to replace older types. These started to come on stream from 1951.
Author : Michael S. Welch
Publisher :
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 32,77 MB
Release : 2000-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781870754491
Author : David Mather
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,69 MB
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1526770202
The first steam locomotives used on any British railway, worked in industry. The use of new and second hand former main line locomotives, was once a widespread aspect of the railways of Britain. This volume covers many of the once numerous manufacturers who constructed steam locomotives for industry and contractors from the 19th to the mid 20th centuries. David Mather has spent many years researching and collecting photographs across Britain, of most of the different locomotive types that once worked in industry. This book is designed to be both a record of these various manufacturers and a useful guide to those researching and modelling industrial steam.
Author : David Maidment
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 41,90 MB
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1399022768
This book follows on from the author’s book on the Princess Coronation pacific locomotives from their construction in 1937 to their operation in 1956. It picks up from the story in 1957 with their operation and performance on the ‘Caledonian’, ‘Royal Scot’ and ‘Midday Scot’ accelerated services of the late 1950s, their continuing heavy work as dieselization of the West Coast mainline is implemented and the sudden withdrawal of the remaining examples at the end of the 1964 summer timetable. Included are the author’s personal experiences and photographs and the descriptions by three Crewe men who fired these engines on the heavy overnight Crewe – Perth sleeper services in the late 1950s, two of whom, Les Jackson and Bill Andrew, drove 6229 and 6233 in the preservation era. As well as their stories of their experiences in BR days, they describe runs with the preserved locomotives and have included photographs from their personal collections. Crewe Works fitter, Keith Collier includes his experiences of their maintenance and the author in conclusion compares them with the finest steam locomotives of France, Germany and the USA.
