Download or read book The Last Days of Steam in Gloucestershire A Second Selection written by Ben Ashworth and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2010-11-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wonderful second selection of photographs, looking at the last steam locomotives to run on Gloucestershire's railways.
Download or read book The Last Days of Steam in Gloucestershire written by Ben Ashworth and published by Academy Chicago Pub. This book was released on 1983 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Last Days of Steam in Bristol and Somerset written by Colin Maggs and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2009-10-15 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating collection of photographs of the last steam locomotives to run on Bristol and Somerset's railways.
Download or read book The Last Days of Steam in North East England written by George Woods and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-02-15 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An evocative collection of photographs documenting the final days of steam on the railways of North East England.
Download or read book The Best of the Last Days of Steam written by Colin Gordon Maggs and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 1993 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its heyday, the variety of steam on Britain's railways was unrivalled - from thundering express trains to hard-working tank engines - and it offered a tremendous range of possibilities for the enthusiastic steam photographer. The Best of The Last Days of Steam brings together the pick of this wealth of images captured during the 1950s and early 1960s, the last years when 'railways' still meant 'steam'. Famous companies and engines are represented alongside small branch services and behind-the-scenes views of locomotive sheds. The photographs are reproduced in high quality duotone and accompanied by informative captions conveying something of the feeling and atmosphere of those heady days. Often the backdrops and glimpses of railway life are almost as interesting as the locomotives themselves, ranging from country stations to busy London terminii and from isolated mountain routes to intricate urban junctions - all of this is captured on film. The result is a superb and evocative collection of well over a hundred photographs, drawn from all over the British Isles, providing a marvellous wide-ranging record of an era now gone and lost for ever. It will be of interest to all railway enthusiasts and to everyone who retains a nostalgia for the last days of steam.
Download or read book Last Days of British Steam Railways written by Colin Dennis Garratt and published by . This book was released on 1994-06-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway written by John Whitehouse and published by Past & Present. This book was released on 2019 with total page 160 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 1997 with total page 1204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Last Days of Steam Northern and Eastern written by Tony Butcher and published by . This book was released on 2015-10 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1950s a magnificent array of steam locomotives still operated on the lines that criss-crossed the North and East of Britain. However, in 1955 the Modernisation Plan was issued that showed that steam traction was doomed. By 1960/61 the Beeching Report was starting to have a major effect on the steam fleet and some major and well-liked classes disappeared entirely. All the Princess Royals were withdrawn by the end of 1962 and the Duchesses were eliminated south of Crewe by 1963. All of the 440s were gone by the end of 1962 and many well before that date.
Download or read book The Last Days of Steam in Bristol and Somerset written by Colin G. Maggs and published by . This book was released on 2009-11-26 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition of a classic text. Although diesel traction had been introduced to the county of Somerset as early as 1958 it was not until 1966, and the closure of the Somerset and Dorset Railway, that steam finally disappeared from the county. Here Colin Maggs has brought together a superb collection of photographs which retell the story of those last days of steam in the area. Depicted in this volume is the unusually wide variety of locomotive power which was to be seen throughout Bristol and Somerset during this era. Alongside the standard GWR and BR classes, are the many MR and LMS types which worked down as far as Bristol, some even making their way through Somerset. Here Southern and, very occasionally, Eastern Region engines were to be found, while the Somerset and Dorset line was the home of the unique class of 7F 2-8-0s. Accompanied by the author's informative captions these evocative pictures, often with a backdrop of splendid scenery, recapture the atmosphere of the end of the age of steam in Bristol and Somerset.
Download or read book More Last Days of Steam in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight written by David Fereday Glenn and published by Sutton. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Renfrewshire s Last Days of Steam written by W. A. C. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest in W.A.C. Smith's captivating series covers Renfrewshire, a county where steam on land and steam at sea were inextricably linked. It was also the county in which the very last steam train service was run in 1967, a photograph of which is naturally included in this book. The pictures and text are all by the author and locations featured include Renfrew, Greenock, Paisley, Howwood, Bridge of Weir, Port Glasgow and every other town in the area which either still has a railway station, or has fond memories of one.
Download or read book Worcester Locomotive Shed written by Steve Bartlett and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2020-08-31 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WORCESTER LOCOMOTIVE SHED is the third in a series of in depth studies of Western Region motive power depots. This provincial city was a busy and fascinating rail centre with main line passenger and freight services passing through alongside local passenger and freight tripping duties that together provided an endless panorama of railway activity. The Great Western Railway had a major locomotive depot here and this book takes a detailed look at the shed, how it functioned, its locomotives and its operational duties during the latter days of steam. As well as official records valuable detail and reminiscences have been gathered from former footplate and shed staff ensuring that local custom and practice is well recorded in the story. The depots sub-sheds at Evesham, Honeybourne, Kingham and Ledbury are also all covered in detail as well as Worcester Locomotive Works. Worcester was also home to the fondly remembered ex-GWR diesel railcars and it was their last operational base at time of final withdrawal in 1962. Their role in the area is well covered in photographs and words. Taken together the book is both a valuable historical record and a fascinating and readable story of a large motive power depot in the latter days of steam.
Download or read book Minchinhampton Memories written by Maureen Reader and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2010-04-15 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maureen Reader and the children from Minchinhampton School have discovered a wealth of history in the stories told by a wide range of people in Minchinhampton.
Download or read book The Last Days of BR Steam 1962 1968 written by David Christie and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Christie documents the final days of steam on Britain's rail network in full colour.
Download or read book The Last Days of Steam on the Southern written by Alan Postlethwaite and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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