Download or read book The Last of the Welsh Coal Trains written by Chris Davies and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-12 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During 2013 and 2014, coal accounted for 36 percent of all UK rail freight; by 2015, this plummeted as the top-up carbon tax doubled. South Wales is one of the last places in the UK where coal is still mined and dispatched by rail. This book looks at the last of the coaling operations, with 190 color images of coal trains.
Download or read book South Wales Railways Gallery written by Stuart Davies and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2022-12-29 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At its peak, the South Wales railway network was one of the most complex in the world. Its primary purpose was to transport Coal from source to point of consumption or export via the various docks. To this was added the other raw materials necessary for making Iron and ultimately Steel, together with the respective products of that industry. True, there was no glory in this day to day phenomenon and as a consequence, the area has been poorly represented in the annals of the British railway network. Even that paragon of railway publicity the Great Western, found easier plums to pick elsewhere on its system. However, in addition to the GW, the area was a magnet for the London & North Western, the Midland Railway and not to be forgotten, the 15 indigenous companies. Yet, in terms of traffic, engineering enterprise, operating practices and locomotive types, the area boasted an unequaled variety which this book attempts to reflect. Many of the photographs have not been published before and capture an essence of the variety to be found. The captions contain extensive details to supplement the photographic record enabling a more comprehensive appreciation and understanding of what was involved. It is difficult to appreciate the railway was once a “Common Carrier” obliged to convey any consignment offered. Even though Coal was predominant other traffic, including the more unusual, are also featured; Although of secondary importance in regard to revenue, Passenger services were carefully dovetailed into the intensive freight operation and matched any other location’s provision. After the 1923 Grouping, the GW became the major player in South Wales. It absorbed all 15 of the independent companies and further extended its policy of standardization. Nevertheless, where the smaller companies demonstrated good practices, these were embraced. The L&NW and MR elements became LMSR but still remained far flung tentacles from the parent. All this is recognized here albeit in proportion. The Gallery aims to provide a flavor of what the railways of South Wales had to offer and enlighten the reader as to its major part in the national network.
Download or read book The Railway Times written by and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 1414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Railway Times written by and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 890 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Great Britain s Railways written by Colin Maggs and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore a highly illustrated and comprehensive look at the story of 400 years of Britain's railways.
Download or read book The British Steam Railway Locomotive 1825 1925 written by Ernest Leopold Ahrons and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The World s First Railway System written by Mark Casson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2009-09-10 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first history of the British railway system written from a modern economic perspective. It uses conterfactual analysis to construct an alternative network to represent the most efficient alternative rail network that could have been constructed given what was known at the time - the first time this has been done.
Download or read book The Railway Engineer written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Railway Grouping 1923 to the Beeching Era written by Bob Pixton and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When King George V ascended to the throne in 1910, world trade was increasing and at home the countrys private enterprise railways were booming with larger trains and more freight being carried than ever before. Over the next fifty years the country had experienced not one, but two world wars. Railways had been forcefully reorganized, not once but twice, eventually becoming state owned. With the Government now in control of the railways finances, reformation was on the horizon in the medicine of Dr. Beeching. This volume sets out to chart the passage of the railways during these turbulent times. Contrary to popular belief, life on the railways during these times was not all doom and gloom but times of innovation, competition, new buildings, new lines and the spread of electrification. This was the era of faster, larger, non-stop expresses, streamlined trains: we even showcased our best trains abroad, not once but twice! More and more people were taking holidays by trains and holiday camps emerged. Challenging the position of steam engines were new diesel locomotives. The Festival of Britain (1951) and the Coronation of Elizabeth (1953) saw the country emerge from the devastation and crippling debt after World War 2. On the horizon were devastating rivals that wounded the previously unassailable position of steam trains: motor lorries and family cars. With looming unsustainable finances, the Government solicited external help to help sort out matters.
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