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Book Locomotive Cavalcade

Download or read book Locomotive Cavalcade written by H. C. Casserley and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Locomotive Cavalcade

Download or read book Locomotive Cavalcade written by H. C. Casserley and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Cavalcade of the Rails

Download or read book Cavalcade of the Rails written by Frank Philip Morse and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Happy Return

    Book Details:
  • Author : Colin Walker
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1976
  • ISBN : 9780904318081
  • Pages : 144 pages

Download or read book Happy Return written by Colin Walker and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Search for Steam

Download or read book The Search for Steam written by Joe G. Collias and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dynamic collection, this mammoth parade of smokey steam action will delight even the most hard-to-please enthusiasts. This book is filled with a wide variety of railroads including the Santa Fe, Atlantic Coast Line, Baltimore & Ohio, Chicago Great Western, Illinois Central, Norfolk & Western, and many more. Collias features a wide range of roads and regions of the country, along with a variety of steam locomotives. In short, everything you've ever loved about steam railroading is in here! Hardbound Edition. Hdbd., 8 1/2" x 11 1/4", 360 pgs., 420 b & w ill., 5 color.

Book A Railway History of New Shildon

Download or read book A Railway History of New Shildon written by George Turner Smith and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An “extraordinarily informative and profusely illustrated” history of how a town built a railway, and a railway built a town (Midwest Book Review). On September 27, 1825, the first public railway steam train left New Shildon for Stockton-on-Tees, England. The driver was George Stephenson and the engine he was driving was the “Locomotion No.1.” It set off from a settlement that consisted of just a set of rails and four houses, none of which had been there a year before. The four houses became a town with a five-figure population, a town that owed its existence to the railway that made its home there—the Stockton and Darlington (S&DR). Some of the earliest and greatest railway pioneers worked there, including George and his son Robert; the Hackworth brothers, Timothy and Thomas; and the engineer William Bouch. Their story is part of New Shildon’s story. The locomotive works, created to build and maintain steam locomotives, morphed into the world’s most innovative works, whose demise had more to do with politics than productivity. This book covers Shildon’s years between 1820 and today, including the war interludes when the Wagon Works was manned by women and the output was mostly intended for the Ministry of Defense. The story of the creation of the town’s railway museum and the arrival of Hitachi at Newton Aycliffe brings the history up to date and, to complete the picture, there is also a description of the ongoing new build G5 steam locomotive project on Hackworth Industrial Estate, the very site where the S&DR locomotive and wagon works was located. It is the story of a railway town—and also the story of the people who lived there and made it what it is today.

Book The Locomotive

Download or read book The Locomotive written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Cavalcade Retrospect

Download or read book Cavalcade Retrospect written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Locomotive Engineers Journal

Download or read book Locomotive Engineers Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 972 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Railway Magazine

Download or read book The Railway Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 1064 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Locomotive Pioneers

Download or read book The Locomotive Pioneers written by Anthony Burton and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating book explores the development of locomotives over the course of fifty years. From Richard Trevithick's first experimental road engine of 1801 up to the Great Exhibition some fifty years later, locomotives have come far in reimagining and reinventing themselves to serve the people and British industry.The early years showed slow development amongst locomotives: Trevithick's first railway locomotives failed significantly as the engine broke the brittle cast-iron rails. The story is continued through the years when locomotives were developed to serve collieries, a period that lasted for a quarter of a century, and saw many different engineers trying out their ideas; from the rack and pinion railway developed by Blenkinsop and Murray, to George Stephensons engines for the Stockton & Darlington Railway. The most significant change came with Robert Stephensons innovative Rocket, the locomotive that set the formula for future developments.British engineers dominated the early years, although in France Marc Seguin developed a multi-tubular boiler at the same time as Stephenson. The next period was marked by the steady spread of railways in Europe and across the Atlantic. Timothy Hackworth of the Stockton & Darlington railway supplied locomotives to Russia, and his men had an exciting ride to deliver parts by sleigh across the snowy steppes, pursued by wolves. In America, the first locomotives were delivered from England, but the Americans soon developed their own methods and styles, culminating in the Baldwin engines, a type that has become familiar to us from hundreds of Western films.This is more than just a book about the development of a vital technology, it is also the story of the men who made it possible, from the steadily reliable team of William Buddicom and Alexander Allan, who developed their locomotives at Crewe, to the flamboyant Isambard Kingdom Brunel, whose broad gauge was served by the magnificent engines of Daniel Gooch.

Book Three Generations of Railwaymen

Download or read book Three Generations of Railwaymen written by Jim Body and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Jim Body joined Great Northern Railway in 1916, he could never have imagined that it would become 'the family business', with both his son Geoff and his grandson Ian taking to the rails. Through the eyes of three generations of Bodys, the rail industry changed beyond recognition, going through two world wars, grouping, nationalisation, the end of steam and privatisation before ending up as the industry we know today. With tales that include being suspected of spying, dealing with dramatic flooding, and the first Glastonbury Festival, Three Generations of Railwaymen is a rare behind-the-scenes look at one family's life and experiences in the railway industry.

Book The Stephenson Railway Legacy

Download or read book The Stephenson Railway Legacy written by Colin Alexander and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An evocative and nostalgic tribute to one of the great engineering dynasties - the Stephenson family.

Book Cavalcade Remembered  1925

Download or read book Cavalcade Remembered 1925 written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book History of the East Coast Main Line

Download or read book History of the East Coast Main Line written by Robin Jones and published by The Crowood Press. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the mid-nineteenth century the East Coast Main Line has been one of the major routes from London to northern England and to Scotland. It has seen some of the greatest achievements in the railways, most notably the 'Flying Scotsman' becoming, in 1934, the first locomotive in the world to exceed 100mph and the 'Mallard' in 1938 claiming the as-yet-unbroken world speed record for steam locomotives of 126mph. The East Coast Main Line not only made history by facilitating an ever-faster link between two capital cities, it also provided an international stage for Britain's engineering marvels, inspiring many generations of schoolboys and adults alike. That was to continue after the end of the steam era on British Railways, with diesel and then electric traction setting a series of new records over the route. This new book looks at how the London-Edinburgh line became the world's fastest steam railway and how its proud and unique heritage is appreciated and celebrated today more than ever before. Superbly illustrated with over 300 colour and black & white photographs.

Book The Fifteen Guinea Special

Download or read book The Fifteen Guinea Special written by Ian Hardman and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2024-04-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated look back at the famous fifteen guinea special, and how the steam preservation movement developed in the years following it.

Book Michigan State Fair

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Minnis
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2010-08-23
  • ISBN : 1439639493
  • Pages : 132 pages

Download or read book Michigan State Fair written by John Minnis and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08-23 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First held in 1849 in Detroit, the location of the Michigan State Fair rotated in the early years between Detroit, Ann Arbor, Kalamazoo, Adrian, Jackson, Grand Rapids, East Saginaw, Lansing, and Pontiac before settling permanently in Detroit. When Detroit department store magnate Joseph L. Hudson sold 135 acres of Woodward Avenue farmland to the Michigan State Agricultural Society in 1905 for $1, the permanent home of the Michigan State Fair was established. On February 12, 2009, Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm signed an executive order effectively ending a 160-year tradition--the Michigan State Fair.