Download or read book Britain s Railways in Colour written by Colin G. Maggs MBE and published by Haynes Publishing UK. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, covering the final years of steam on Britain’s railways, presents a wonderful array of over 200 color photographs, many of them previously unpublished. All the imagery is reproduced from original transparencies that have remained carefully preserved away from daylight since the day they were taken, so the original vividness of color remains – a rare quality. This book will delight today’s railway enthusiasts who are looking for new material.
Download or read book British Railway Coaching Stock in Colour Since 1960 written by Robert Hendry and published by Ian Allan Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text portrays the great variety of coaching stock visible on Britain's railways in the years after 1960 and the liveries they carried, from the 'Big Four' survivors through to the Mark 4s used on the East Coast main line.
Download or read book British Railways in Colour written by Alan Earnshaw and published by . This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Railway Goods Wagons in Colour 1960 2003 written by Robert Hendry and published by Ian Allan Pub. This book was released on 2003 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sequel to the author's 'British Railways Goods Wagons in Colour', this volume starts with a look back to the 1960s and shows the development of British freight stock to the present day. The trains in which the wagons run, the depots they serve and the background to their introduction, plus a look at Irish freight developments and narrow gauge wagons are all included. Modellers and all interested in railway freight stock will want to add this volume to their collection.
Download or read book The Last Decade of British Railways Steam written by Gavin Morrison and published by Haynes Publishing UK. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This attractive, large-format book shows steam locomotives at work throughout the country, in all weathers and in a year-by-year presentation, accompanied by the author’s knowledgeable commentary. Good-quality colour photographs of the last days of the steam age are rare. Many of those that do exist have been published repeatedly, but the 250 colour photographs featured in this book, taken between 1958 and 1968, are an exception. It is believed that the photographer and author, 76-year-old Gavin Morrison, has Britain’s largest personal collection of color slides still in the hands of the original photographer.
Download or read book Britain s Railways in Colour BR Diesels in the 1960s And 70s written by Colin G. Maggs MBE and published by Haynes Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, covering the early years of diesel on Britain’s railways, presents a wonderful array of over 200 color photographs, many of them previously unpublished. All the imagery is reproduced from original transparencies that have remained carefully preserved away from daylight since the day they were taken, so the original vividness of color remains – a rare quality. As high-quality color photography from this period is scarce (most photographers worked mainly in black and white to serve the needs of publishers), this book will delight today’s railway enthusiasts, who are always keen to see new material unearthed and published.
Download or read book British Railways in the 1960s written by Geoff Plumb and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “profusely illustrated” and “impressively informative” look at the end of the steam locomotive era on one of UK’s Big Four railway lines (Midwest Book Review). After the Second War, Britain’s railways were rundown and worn out, requiring massive investment and modernization. The Big Four railway companies were nationalized from 1948, and the newly formed British Railways embarked on a program of building new Standard steam locomotives to replace older types. These started to come on stream from 1951. This program was superseded by the 1955 scheme to dieselize and electrify many lines and so the last loco of the Standard types was built in 1960 and the steam locomotives had been swept entirely from the BR network by 1968. This series of books, The Geoff Plumb Collection, is a photographic account of those last few years of the steam locomotives, their decline and replacement during the transition years. Each book covers one of the former Big Four, the Southern Railway, London Midland & Scottish Railway, Great Western Railway and London & North Eastern Railway, including some pictures of the Scottish lines of the LMS and LNER. Though not a complete history of the railways, the books bring a sense of occasion to the last run of a locomotive type or a stretch of line about to be closed down. Pictures are of the highest quality that could be produced with the equipment then available, but they do reflect real life and real times. In simple terms, a look at a period not so long ago but now gone forever. “An evocative collection of views of the twilight of BR steam.” —Railway Modeller
Download or read book British Railways in Colour written by Alan Earnshaw and published by . This book was released on 2004-10-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Railways in Colour written by Alan Earnshaw and published by . This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Britain s Railway Liveries written by Ernest Frank Carter and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Railways in the 1950s and 60s written by Greg Morse and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book British Railways in Colour written by Graham Onley and published by . This book was released on 2002-12-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Railways In Unseen Colour written by KEVIN ROBERTSON and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Railway History in Colour written by Neil Parkhouse and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Railways written by Colin Boocock and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Railway Western Region in Colour written by Laurence Waters and published by Ian Allan Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the disappearance of the GWR in 1948, the newly created Western Region of British Railways still managed, however, to maintain a uniqueness.
Download or read book British Railways in the 1960s Western Region written by Geoff Plumb and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2021-07-30 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An evocative collection of photographs covering the Western Region during a decade of great change. After the Second World War, Britain’s railways were rundown and worn out, requiring massive investment and modernization. The “Big Four” railway companies were nationalized from 1948, and the newly formed British Railways embarked on a program of building new “Standard” steam locomotives to replace older types. These started to come on stream from 1951. This program was superseded by the 1955 scheme to dieselize and electrify many lines, and so the last loco of the “Standard” types was built in 1960—and the steam locomotives had been swept entirely from the BR network by 1968. This series of books is a photographic account of those last few years of the steam locomotives, their decline and replacement during the transition years. This volume covers much of the Western Region, as photographed by the author in his youth, often with limited time or disposable income but always with a passion for his project. While not a complete history, it offers a vivid illustration of how things were in the relatively recent past and imparts information through comprehensive captions, which give a sense of occasion—often a “last run” of a locomotive type or over a stretch of line about to be closed down. In simple terms, it’s a look at a period not so long ago but now gone forever. Praise for the series “Profusely illustrated . . . impressively informative.” —Midwest Book Review “An evocative collection of views of the twilight of BR steam.” —Railway Modeller
