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 The United Counties Miscellany a Magazine for Somerset Dorset and Devon written by and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Journey Into Cornwall Through the Counties of Southampton Wilts Dorset Somerset Devon written by George Lipscomb and published by . This book was released on 1799 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tabulated reports on schools inspected in Somerset Dorset Devon and Cornwall by E D Tinling and E P Arnold 1855 6 written by Great Britain. Committee on Education and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Notes Queries for Somerset and Dorset written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Somerset Dorset Railway Through Time written by Steph Gillett and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-02-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wonderful collection of photographs showing the Somerset & Dorset Railway in operation, after abandonment and during the present day.

Download or read book Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway Re opening written by Somerset and Dorset Railway Restoration Trust and Society and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Weymouth Portland at Work written by Fiona Taylor and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weymouth & Portland at Work is a fascinating pictorial history of the working life of the Dorset towns of Weymouth and Portland in the last hundred and more years.

Download or read book Somerset and Dorset Line from Above written by Kevin Potts and published by . This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the Somerset & Dorset railway line closed more than 40 years ago, it has left traces in the landscape which are still visible today. This book shows the first part of the route - from Bath to Evercreech Junction - through the medium of aerial photography.

Download or read book Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway written by Somerset and Dorset Railway Restoration Trust and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A handbook for travellers in Wiltshire Dorsetshire and Somersetshire written by John Murray (publishers.) and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Notes and Queries for Somerset and Dorset written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Somerset Dorset Railway written by Robin Atthill and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Railway Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Somerset and Dorset Railway written by John Bailey and published by . This book was released on 2016-02-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a journey on The Somerset & Dorset Railway back to the halcyon days of steam to a time when a tablet was either taken for a headache or used to ensure only one train was on a single track section at a time, and blackberries were picked on the line-side to make a pie. The book will take you on the journey from Bath to Bournemouth describing the stations along the route and is complemented by tales from the footplate told by Somerset & Dorset men Wallace Moon and Geoff Akers. Then fast forward to the present and 50 years ago what to many was the best loved line of all was swept aside by the ruthless actions of Dr Beeching. But out of adversity comes opportunity and a spirited group of enthusiasts, all volunteers, has worked relentlessly since 1996 to lovingly restore the station at Midsomer Norton. We are now welcoming steam locomotives once again to the Somerset & Dorset Railway with the aim of edging closer and closer to Chilcompton Tunnel and beyond.

Download or read book Heyday of the Somerset Dorset Railway written by Alan Hammond and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Railways.

Download or read book Handbook for Travellers in Wiltshire Dorsetshire and Somersetshire written by John Murray (Firm) and published by London : [s.n.]. This book was released on 1869 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: