Download or read book Great Western Railway Stations written by Allen Jackson and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-04-15 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated survey of a wide range of GWR stations.
Download or read book Broad Gauge Locomotives written by Geof Sheppard and published by Noodle Books. This book was released on 2008-09 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compiled from contemporary records and exciting new research by Geof Sheppard and fellow members of the Broad Gauge Society, this sensational new volume is beautifully illustrated with both familiar and newly uncovered pictures. In addition, the book contains a full index of all locomotive names and numbers as well as appendices listing all the various builders and operators.
Download or read book British Steam Military Connections GWR SR BR WD Steam Locomotives written by Keith Langston and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-07-30 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Great Britain there existed a practice of naming steam locomotives. The names chosen covered many and varied subjects, however a large number of those represented direct links with military personnel, regiments, squadrons, naval vessels, aircraft, battles and associated historic events. For example, all but one member of the famous Royal Scot class were named in honor of British regiments. Also the Southern Railway created a Battle of Britain class of locomotives, which were named in recognition of Battle of Britain squadrons, airfields, aircraft and personnel. In addition, the Great Western Railway renamed some of its engines after Second World War aircraft. The tradition has continued into modern times as the newly built A1 class locomotive is named Tornado in recognition of the jet fighter aircraft of the same name. This generously illustrated publication highlights the relevant steam locomotives and additionally examines the origin of the military names.
Download or read book Great Western Railway Gallery written by Laurence Waters and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It could be argued that the great Western or 'Gods' Wonderful Railway' was for many years the most famous railway in England. Much of the railway that we see today was the work of one of the greatest engineers of his time, Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The company was also served by locomotive engineers such as Gooch, Armstrong, Churchward, Collett and Hawksworth, who produced a series of locomotives that were well designed, elegant and powerful.Serving many holiday resorts of the south west, with trains such as 'The Cornish Riviera Express,' the publicity department exploited to great effect that the 'Great Western' was the 'Holiday Line.' It is probably true to say that in the years before the Second World War the company was producing some of the most effective publicity material in England.Using previously unpublished material from the extensive 'Great Western Trust' collection at Didcot Railway Centre, the book illustrates in both black and white and color many facets that made the Great Western 'Great"
Download or read book Great Western Large Wheeled Outside Framed 4 4 0 Tender Locomotives written by David Maidment and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume covers all the large wheeled outside frame classes of 4-4-0 tender Locomotives, that once ran on the Great Western Railway.The book has full details on each of the classes with good quality pictures, diagrams names, and number lists.This work is also very useful to model makers, giving full details of mechanical and livery changes that took place from the 1900s through to the early 1930, when all except the preserved 3440, City of Truro, were withdrawn and scrapped.
Download or read book Great Western Small Wheeled Double Framed 4 4 0 Tender Locomotives written by David Maidment and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Western Railway experienced the trauma and disruption of the end of the broad gauge in 1892 and were faced with equipping the network with suitable motive power, especially in Devon and Cornwall where the last track conversion had taken place. West of Newton Abbot, the GWR had relied on a variety of 4-4-0, 2-4-0, 0-4-2 and 0-4-4 side and saddle tanks, often doubled-headed, and Dean set about designing a sturdy outside-framed powerful 4-4-0 with 5ft 8in coupled wheels, the 'Dukes', to tackle increasing loads over the heavily graded main line. Then, Churchward came to assist the ailing Locomotive Superintendent, using his knowledge and experience of American and continental practice to develop the Dean designs. He improved the efficiency and performance of the boilers, using the Belgian Belpaire firebox, then developed the tapered 'cone' boiler, and applied it to the chassis of the 'Duke's to form the 'Camel' class, later known as the 'Bulldogs', which eventually numbered 156 locomotives. Finally, in the 1930s when engines of the 'Duke' route availability were still required but their frames were life-expired, their boilers were matched with the stronger frames of the 'Bulldogs' to form the 'Dukedog' class, which lasted until the 1950s, particularly on the former Cambrian lines in mid-Wales. This book recounts the design, construction and operation of these small-wheeled outside-framed locomotives with many rare photos of their operation in the first decade of the twentieth century as well as in more recent times.
Download or read book The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway written by Railway Correspondence and Travel Society and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Brunel s Big Railway written by Robin Jones and published by Gresley. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robin Jones' history of the Great Western Railway line and its founding father.
Download or read book Classic British Steam Locos written by compiled from Wikipedia entries and published byby DrGoogelberg and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-06-11 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: do you want to know everything on steam locos, how they work? Read about the technology and lots of steam locos like the flying Scotsman. Compiled from Wikipedia pages and published by dr Googelberg.
Download or read book The Great Western Eight Coupled Heavy Freight Locomotives written by David Maidment and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great Western Eight-Coupled Heavy Freight Locomotives' is the first of a series of 'Locomotive Profiles' to be published by Pen & Sword. It will describe the conception, design, building and operation of the fleet of powerful locomotives built in the first half of the twentieth century to meet the demands of the growing South Wales coal and steel industries and the West Midlands area served by the Great Western Railway. Whilst concentrating mainly on the standard designs of the great locomotive engineer, George Jackson Churchward, the 28XX and 47XX 2-8-0 locomotives, it will also cover the 2-8-0 and 2-8-2 tank engines designed for the South Wales Valleys mining areas and coal exports through Newport, Cardiff, Barry and Swansea Docks, and other 2-8-0 locomotives acquired by the Great Western to cope with the increased industrial needs during both world wars - the RODs, Swindon built 8Fs, WDs and American S160s. It will also cover the earliest designs of the Barry and Port Talbot Railways intended to cope with the valley coal traffic. The book will be copiously illustrated with 150 black and white and 50 coloured photographs and is a comprehensive record of some outstanding freight locomotives, many of the oldest engines still operating to the end of steam on British Railways in the mid 1960s, sixty years after they were designed."
Download or read book Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Railway Locomotives written by P. Ransome-Wallis and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-04-10 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authoritative international survey reviews everything from standard steam engines, diesels and gas turbines to subways and electric motor coaches. Includes details of construction, problems of operation, and building methods. More than 300 illustrations, photographs.
Download or read book Great Western Moguls and Prairies written by David Maidment and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-08-31 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Traces the bloodline of its 2-6-0 and 2-6-2T classes . . . a comprehensive history of the classes from Churchward to BR days, with excellent photographs.” —Steam Railway Great Western Moguls & Prairies is a volume in Pen & Swords series, Locomotive Profiles. It describes the conception, design, building and operation of the fleet of Prairie 2-6-2 tank engines and the Mogul 2-6-0s designed by Churchward in the early part of the twentieth century and perpetuated by his successor, Charles Collett, in the 1920s and 1930s. These engines formed the backbone of the GWR locomotive fleet for secondary passenger and freight work for over half a century and were some of those that remained to the end of steam traction on the Western Region of British Railways. The book also covers some of the lesser known Moguls developed in the Dean/Churchward transition at the end of the nineteenth century and briefly looks at the Mogul and Prairie designs proposed by Churchward, Collett and Hawksworth but were never built. The book is copiously illustrated with over 250 black and white and 60 colored photographs and is a comprehensive record of a group of locomotives found throughout the Great Western and its successor, the Western Region, for over fifty years. “Lavishly illustrated in both colour and black and white, with pictures from the archive and the modern day, there is much here both for the beginner and the seasoned enthusiast, with the book presenting a structured and fresh view of a popular subject.” —Railway Magazine
Download or read book The Railway Engineer written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Steam Engines and Steam Railways written by Stuart Hylton and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to steam engines and steam railways for young people.
Download or read book Subject Index of Modern Books Acquired written by British Library and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Railway Age written by and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A breathtaking selection of photographs showcasing railway journeys as a part of the British landscape.
