Download or read book British Railways Locomotives written by Ian Allan and published by Ian Allen Pub. This book was released on 2004-02-04 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reprint of the classic Ian Allan combined volume listing all locomotives in operation on Britain's railways as at July 1960 for the Western, Southern, Scottish and London Midland regions and August for the Eastern and North Eastern. Includes diesel and electric locomotives and multiple units and all the original 192 black/white photos, providing a nostalgic look back in time and an essential collector's item. 264 pages. Laminated pocket size hardback
Download or read book Type 4 Locomotives of British Rail written by Andrew Walker and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-08-15 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A terrific pictorial tribute to the type 4 locomotives that hauled trains and served the British railways.
Download or read book A B C British Railways Locomotives and Other Motive Power written by and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Locomotives of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway written by Anthony Dawson and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2021-05-31 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Liverpool & Manchester Railway was Britain’s first mainline, intercity railway; opened in 1830 it was at the cutting edge of railway technology. Engineered by George Stephenson and his team – John Dixon, William Allcard, Joseph Locke – the project faced many obstacles both before and after opening, including local opposition and the choice of motive power, resulting in the Rainhill Trials of 1829. Much of the success of the line can be attributed to the excellence of its engineering but also its fleet of pioneering locomotives built by Robert Stephenson & Co. of Newcastle. This is the story of those locomotives, and the men who worked on them, at a time when the locomotive was still in its infancy. Using extensive archival research, coupled with lessons learned from operating early replica locomotives such as Rocket and Planet, Anthony Dawson explores how the locomotive rapidly developed in response to the demands of the first intercity railway, and some of the technological dead ends along the way.
Download or read book British Rail Locomotives and Other Motive Power written by D. Percival and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Worcester Locomotive Shed written by Steve Bartlett and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2020-08-31 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WORCESTER LOCOMOTIVE SHED is the third in a series of in depth studies of Western Region motive power depots. This provincial city was a busy and fascinating rail centre with main line passenger and freight services passing through alongside local passenger and freight tripping duties that together provided an endless panorama of railway activity. The Great Western Railway had a major locomotive depot here and this book takes a detailed look at the shed, how it functioned, its locomotives and its operational duties during the latter days of steam. As well as official records valuable detail and reminiscences have been gathered from former footplate and shed staff ensuring that local custom and practice is well recorded in the story. The depots sub-sheds at Evesham, Honeybourne, Kingham and Ledbury are also all covered in detail as well as Worcester Locomotive Works. Worcester was also home to the fondly remembered ex-GWR diesel railcars and it was their last operational base at time of final withdrawal in 1962. Their role in the area is well covered in photographs and words. Taken together the book is both a valuable historical record and a fascinating and readable story of a large motive power depot in the latter days of steam.
Download or read book ABC British Railways Locomotives and Other Motive Power written by Ian Allan Publishing and published by . This book was released on 1968-01-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Turbomotive Stanier s Advanced Pacific written by Tim Hillier-Graves and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2017-03-30 with total page 605 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turbomotive was unique in Britain's railway history, and an experimental engine that proved successful but came too late to effect the direction of steam development or deflect the onset of diesel and electric locomotives. It was the brainchild of two of the most influential engineers of the twentieth century William Stanier of the LMS and Henry Guy of Metropolitan Vickers. They hoped that turbine power, which had already revolutionized ships propulsion and power stations, would do the same for the railways.When Turbomotive appeared in 1935, she became a PR phenomenon at a time when commercial rivalry between the LMS and the LNER was reaching its height. Its launch at Euston in June was accompanied by a great fanfare and much publicity. Such was the interest in this 'revolutionary' idea that the engine would attract attention all her life.Although producing good but not remarkable performances, she remained in service, plying her trade between London and Liverpool for longer than anyone predicted. Most expected a quick rebuild to conventional form, but the coming of war and lack of resources meant that she carried on until 1950 in turbine form.Inevitably, change came when maintenance costs seemed likely to escalate and rebuilding seemed unavoidable. She reappeared in August 1952, part Princess and part Coronation, but her new life was cut short by the disaster at Harrow in October. Although many thought her repairable, she was scrapped to make way for another 'experimental' steam engine.This book presents the compulsive and fascinating story of this remarkable locomotive, drawn from a wide variety of sources, many previously untapped and unpublished, including memories of the designers, the crew who drove her, accountants and hardheaded business men, PR teams, the press, the passengers and many more.
Download or read book Britain s Railways in Transition 1965 75 written by John Evans and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Evans explores a fascinating time for Britain's railways.
Download or read book Rail Power written by Steve Barry and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the development of steam, electric, and diesel locomotives from the early nineteenth century right up to the present.
Download or read book Rails Around the World written by Brian Solomon and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2020 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rails Around the World is a visually glorious history depicting trains and locomotives at work in scenic locations throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.
Download or read book A B C British Railways Locomotives and Other Motive Power written by and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Locomotives of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway written by Tim Hillier-Graves and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although closed to traffic in 1966, with most of its infrastructure swiftly destroyed by British Railways, this unique railway line still lives in the minds of many, some too young to remember it in its heyday. For more then a hundred years it courted disaster and could on a number of occasions have succumbed to overpowering financial pressures, but it survived with the help of partnerships with larger, more secure companies, namely the Midland Railway and the London & South Western Railway. Later on, after the grouping in 1923, the line came under the control of the L M S and the Southern Railway. It was unfortunate that the line suffered in later years, from inter regional rivalry between the Western and Southern Regions of British Railways, which led to its eventual closure. The variety of companies involved in its running meant that during its lifetime the small pool of locomotives needed to service the line was supplemented by the best each partner could offer. So from the beginning to the end there were a myriad number of types of locomotive running over the Mendips providing a lively variety of motive power. This heavily illustrated book traces this unique and fascinating history and brings to life this singular, much missed and loved railway.
Download or read book British Railways locomotives and other motive power written by and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book ABC British Railways Locomotives 1957 written by Ian Allan Publishing and published by . This book was released on 2016-02-18 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic 'abc' reprint from 1957 bound together with the 'Locoshed Book' of the same year, both of which have never been reprinted since the original 1950s versions.
Download or read book Locoshed written by Ian Allan Publishing and published by . This book was released on 2004-07 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book CSX Diesel Locomotives in Color written by Patrick E. Stakem and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2000-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CSX Diesel Locomotives In Color Patrick H. Stakem This lavishly illustrated work delivers the motive power history of CSX from its beginnings up to and including the Conrail changes of 1999. Roster data, information and historical background on predecessor diesels absorbed into CSX, and detailed data about locomotives purchased since the creation of CSX fill this colorful and comprehensive volume. Filled with paint schemes as well as painting andlettering diagrams. Hdbd., 8 1/2"x 11", 112 pgs., color ill.
