Download or read book British Railway Bridges With Photographs written by David Walters (Author of "British Railway Bridges".) and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bridges for Modellers written by L. V. Wood and published by Opc. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains drawings and photographs of the most common British Railway bridges and includes constructional details for any modeller to create a realistic and accurate model.
Download or read book Railways in the British Landscape written by Robin Coombes and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-08-15 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A breathtaking selection of photographs showcasing railway journeys as a part of the British landscape.
Download or read book The Appearance of Bridges written by Great Britain. Ministry of Transport and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Road Bridges written by Mark Chatterton and published by Hadleigh Books. This book was released on 2017-10-23 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British Road Bridges - An Introduction looks at some of the various types of road bridges that are found in Great Britain. These include the following bridges:- Tower Bridge, the Humber Bridge and the Tamar Bridge. It also looks at the various types of bridge construction including cantilever, suspension and swing bridge
Download or read book The Architecture of British Bridges written by Ronald Yee and published by The Crowood Press. This book was released on 2021-01-25 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Industrial Revolution, Britain was at the forefront of bridge innovation. Pioneering designers such as George and Robert Stephenson, Thomas Telford and Isambard Kingdom Brunel created Britain's rich bridge heritage that features many world firsts and we can learn much from their ground-breaking designs. Written by an experienced bridge architect, this book includes an introduction to bridge aesthetics; it gives an outline of British bridge development and advice on parapet treatment and bridge lighting. This book offers a comprehensive overview of how the best of British bridges marry aesthetic considerations with engineering ingenuity.
Download or read book Rails Across Britain written by David Cable and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-04-19 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rails Across Britain is a collection of full-size colour photographs of trains that have operated in Great Britain over the last thirty years. Compiled by a well-regarded author of several successfully published books showing many varying classes of trains throughout the world, this book covers the period from 1986 to the present day. It brilliantly illustrates the various classes and the huge myriad of colour schemes that have been used throughout the years, from the great days of the British Rail to the era of Privatisation. The contrast between the cash-strapped British Rail from an almost universal blue and grey colour scheme, to the well-funded privatised multi-coloured system seen today, is well portrayed in this comprehensive album, in which more than one photo of a class is shown.This selection of photographs have been specifically chosen to demonstrate an undeniably wide range of locations from Fort William in Scotland to St Austell in Cornwall, and, of course, in a variety of British weather conditions. The emphasis is, therefore, on the beauty of the train in its surroundings.
Download or read book The New Tay Bridge written by Crawford Barlow and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cambrian Railways Gallery written by David Maidment and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2019-11-30 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The historic trainline connecting Shropshire, England, to the West Coast of Wales is beautifully captured in this volume of photographs. One of the most scenic trainlines in the United Kingdom, the Cambrian Line carries passengers through mountains and market towns, offering views of castles, countryside, and World Heritage sites as it makes its way to the breathtaking Welsh coast. This volume offers a brief history of the Cambrian Railways’ early years, followed by a magnificent and comprehensive set of early photographs of Cambrian engines, Oswestry Works, and sumptuous Welsh scenery. The book is written by British Railways expert David Maidment together with Paul Carpenter, who brings the story of the Cambrian up to date. Carpenter also invites a number of former railwaymen who to share their memories of working on the Cambrian system. The book also covers the efforts of Cambrian Heritage Railways to restore part of the closed section of the line.
Download or read book Bridges of Britain written by Eric Samuel De Maré and published by B. T. Batsford Limited. This book was released on 1975 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rise and Fall of the Severn Bridge Railway 1872 1970 written by Ron Huxley and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2008-11-15 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Severn Bridge was built as a railway bridge to create a shorter through route to avoid having to go through Gloucester. This title presents an illustrated history of the Severn Bridge 1872-1970.
Download or read book Images of the British Railway Landscape written by David Goodyear and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2022-05-05 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Goodyear's approach to railway photography has always been to capture the context of the railway within the landscape in which it finds itself. The railway train itself embraces each scene, providing the soul and atmosphere where it may dominate or be dominated by the landscape in which it is portrayed, alongside the special manner through which it expresses its very character. The landscape expresses the train as much as the train expresses the landscape. The magnificence and splendour of a railway viaduct such as that at St. Germans or Brunel's engineering masterpiece of the Royal Albert Bridge makes a statement of the railway within the location it is placed. The train crossing the viaduct finds itself enveloped by the architecture of the viaduct and yet characterises the very function for which the viaduct was built. Steam locomotives always bring a very special sense of mood and movement to a railway landscape, but a modern train can equally also contribute its own soul to the landscape in which the railway participates. Diesel and electric trains contribute their own appeal and character, such as through an eye-catching livery which conveys a sense of stage-appearance on a scene where the aesthetic of the passing train is expressed alongside the location or architecture embracing it. Inspirational scenery, big skies and brooding hills or a patchwork of color in springtime fields can help instil a sense of admiration for beauty in nature through which the train passes. Equally expressive are sunlight and shadows, as also the quality of light through the different seasons, each contributing to the essence of each location. The author lives in an area with access to many such awe-inspiring vistas to explore within Devon and Cornwall. Join him as he explore a series of journeys setting out from the south west towards the north and east, each reflecting his own journey directions.
Download or read book The Girder Bridge After Brunel and Others written by P. S. A. Berridge and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Seventy Years of Railway Photography written by Colin Boocock and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2018-03-30 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colin Boococks' railway photographs are already familiar as they have been featured in a variety of railway books and magazines. This book shows around 300 of his favorite images that illustrate the many different aspects of railway photography.The key seven chapters in this book each cover one decade from the 1940s up to the present day. Not only do they display the early improvement in his photography as he gained experience, they also bring into focus how much railways have changed over the last seventy years. Grimy steam locomotives in smoky surroundings persisted in ever-reducing pockets as more modern forms of traction spread across our railways. Working steam finally disappeared from UK main lines in 1968 and around coal mines in the mid–1980s.The later chapters benefit greatly from Colins' worldwide travels, in which he searched for more unfamiliar railways. The growth of heritage railways also features.Useful appendices add insights into Colins' experience of camera technologies and photographic techniques. These emphasize the changes that have faced him as his photography has moved from black-and-white to color, and from films and darkrooms to the computer and the digital age. Colin last used film in early 2004, having embraced digital photography with enthusiasm.
Download or read book British Railway Bridges Viaducts written by Martin Smith and published by Specialist Marketing International. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beautiful Railway Bridge written by Peter Lewis and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-05-30 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 125 years ago, barely a year and a half after the Tay Railway Bridge was built, William McGonnagal composed his poem about the Tay Bridge Disaster, the poem about Britain's worst-ever civil engineering disaster. Over 80 people lost their lives in the fall of the Tay Bridge, but how did it happen? The accident reports say that high wind and poor construction were to blame, but Peter Lewis, an Open University engineering professor, tells the real story of how the bridge so spectacularly collapsed in December 1879.
Download or read book The Forth Bridges Through Time written by Michael Meighan and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the Forth Bridges have changed and developed over the last century.
