Industrial Locomotives & Railways of The Midlands


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Gordon Edgar explores the industrial and minor railways of the Midlands.




Midland Railway and L M S 4-4-0 Locomotives


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David Maidment has unravelled the complex history of the Johnson, Deeley and Fowler 4-4-0 locomotives of the Midland Railway and its LMS successor, covering their design, construction, operation and performance in this book with over 400 black and white photographs. It recounts their working on the Midland main lines from St Pancras to Derby, Manchester, Leeds and Carlisle, the latter via the celebrated Settle & Carlisle line, and the later work of the Fowler LMS engines on the West Coast main line. The book also describes the history of the Midland 4-4-0s built for the Somerset & Dorset and Midland & Great Northern Railways. The book covers the period from the first Midland 4-4-0 built in 1876 to the last LMS 2P withdrawn in 1962 and includes performance logs, weight diagrams and dimensions and statistical details of each locomotive.




British Industrial Steam Locomotives


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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.










Search for Steam: Industrial Railways 1964-1966


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With rare and previously unpublished images the author shows a fascinating record of steam on a variety of industrial railways.




Industrial Locomotives & Railways of Yorkshire


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A fascinating look at Yorkshire and Humberside's industrial locomotives and railways.




Industrial Railways


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The very first railways were built by British industry, and at their height private industrial railways could be found all over Britain, moving mined and quarried raw materials, finished goods and much else. This is their story.




The Branch Lines of Worcestershire


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A lavishly illustrated title from acknowledged railway expert Colin G. Maggs, presenting the story of Worcestershire's branch lines.