Hill Railways of the Indian Subcontinent

Author: Richard Wallace
Publisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN: 1785008099
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 501

Book Description
This book describes seven branch lines which climbed into the mountain ranges that span the length and breadth of the countries of India and Pakistan. Some - like the Darjeeling Himalayan - are well known, but others - like the Zhob Valley, Khyber Pass and Kangra Valley lines - are less so. Several of these railways were also the last bastions of steam operation in the sub-continent. Unsurprisingly, as hill railways, most of them reached remarkable heights, many using ingenious feats of engineering to assist their climb into seemingly impenetrable terrain. These lines served diverse locations, each with its own characteristics, from the hostile territories of the North-West Frontier, along the spectacular foothills of the Himalayas, skirting the Western Ghats of the Deccan down to the gentle rolling landscape of the Nilgiris, or Blue Hills, of South India. The book gives the histories of the seven hill railways including summaries of their operations and routes. Maps and gradient charts for all seven railway lines are given as well as listings of the locomotives operating the hill railways.

Railways of the British Empire: The Indian Subcontinent

Author: Colin Alexander
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445690276
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
Fascinating previously unpublished images of railways around the world built by British companies with British locomotives, rolling stock and other infrastructure.

East Kent Road Car Company Ltd: Services of the Golden Jubilee Era

Author: Richard Wallace
Publisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN: 1785005588
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 423

Book Description
East Kent - Services of the Golden Jubilee Era takes the reader on a journey along the routes of all the stage-carriage services operated by East Kent in 1968, just after the Company celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 1966/7, and immediately prior to the National Bus Company (NBC) taking full control. This book reveals the contrasting nature of East Kent's services from rural byways to the seasonal, but very busy routes serving the still-popular resorts around the Kent coast. It includes a comprehensive fleet list and details a specimen allocation of cars to each service on a typical day in 1968; local route maps of all major town services as well as a sectionalised reproduction of the original East Kent network map of 1968 and, finally, a summary of the Centenary celebrations of 2016. It is superbly illustrated by over two hundred and fifty photographs, most not published before, of nearly every bus route as well as most London express services and all the operational garages. The author has worked as a driver and a conductor for EKRCC and part owns an ex-East Kent AEC Regent V.

Natural Stone and World Heritage: Delhi-Agra, India

Author: Gurmeet Kaur
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000040690
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 153

Book Description
This book discusses heritage stones which were used in the making of the architectonic heritage of Delhi and Agra, encompassing UNESCO world heritage sites and heritage sites designated as prominent by the Indian government. The most famous monument of the two cities is the ‘Taj Mahal’ of Agra. The book focuses on the geological characteristics of the famous Makrana marble, red sandstone and other sandstone variants of the Vindhyan basin and Delhi quartzite, the most widely used stones in almost all the monuments, as well as on their quarries. The work also aims to sensitise the public to protecting and preserving the architectonic heritage of these two densely populated cities in India as repositories of our past cultures and traditions. Identifying the nature and provenance of stones/rocks used in construction will lead to better restoration for future generations, in light of the deterioration of architectonic heritage through various natural weathering agencies and anthropogenic activities. The book will serve as a useful source book to economic geologists, geologists, archaeologists, architects, historians and stone industry operators specifically and to academic and non-academic communities, travellers and tourism industry operators in general. The book will benefit students, researchers, and rock enthusiasts spanning all age groups and academic levels.

East Kent Road Car Company Ltd

Author: Richard Wallace
Publisher: Crowood
ISBN: 1785001019
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 473

Book Description
East Kent Road Car Company Ltd - A Century of Service, 1916-2016, celebrates one hundred years of a bus operation that is still very much recognizable for its origins. Unlike so many proud names that have diasppeared in recent times, the old identity of East Kent Road Car Co Ltd is still carried as the legal lettering on the Stagecoach-owned buses operating in the area today. This book takes the reader on a journey through those one hundred years. It covers the initial developments of the 1920s and 30s, the challenges of World War II, the halcyon days of the 1950s and the descent into the economic struggles of the 1960s. Nationalization and an eventual move back into the private sector are also covered, finishing with a description of the innovative approach to new services developed by the local Stagecoach management today. With over two hundred illustrations, both black and white and colour, many previously unpublished, this book provides a wide-ranging historical and pictorial record of the buses, artefacts and operations of the East Kent Road Car Company. Fully illustrated with over 200 colour and black & white illustrations, many previously unpublished.

Hill Railways of the Indian Subcontinent

Author: Richard Wallace
Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)
ISBN: 9781785008085
Category : TRANSPORTATION
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This book contains the histories of seven hill railways of the Indian Subcontinent including summaries of their operations as well as maps and gradient charts for all seven lines.

Banking Awareness for SBI & IBPS and Other Exams E-Book

Author: Adda247 Publications
Publisher: Adda247 Publications
ISBN:
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 293

Book Description
Adda247 brings to you the one-stop solution to all your worries regarding the preparation of Banking Awareness for the GA Section of Banking Examinations. Banking Awareness is a very important topic that every banking aspirant must prepare. This is not only a part of the General Awareness section but it is also important from interview's point of view where the panel will expect you to be aware of the whereabouts of facts and figures related to banking industry. This eBook is prepared by the team of Adda247 under the guidance of Gopal Anand Sir who has been providing aspirants with the G.K Power Capsules for as a compact solution to crack the General Awareness section of competitive exams. It will help you to prepare for SBI, IBPS, RBI Grade-B & Other Competitive Exams. The best feature of these note being provided as ebooks is it will ensure timely and regular updates, easy to understand the content and hassle-free studies as you can access the ebook online on Adda247 Store or on your mobile device using the Adda247 mobile app. You can subscribe to Banking Awareness eBook package now and the updates will start from 3rd May 2018, where you'll get ebook updates on a weekly basis. Salient Feature of Banking Awareness eBook by Adda247 Publications: -Covers all important topics of Banking Awareness in 40 Chapters. -Easy to Understand notes prepared by a team of experts. -Regular Updates

Temple Tracks

Author: Vineeta Sinha
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1805390163
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 346

Book Description
The notions of labour, mobility and piety have a complex and intertwined relationship. Using ethnographic methods and a historical perspective, Temple Tracks critically outlines the interlink of railway construction in colonial and post-colonial Asia, as well as the anthropology of infrastructure and transnational mobilities with religion. In Malaysia and Singapore, evidence of religion-making and railway-building from a colonial past is visible in multiple modes and media as memories, recollections and 'traces'.

The Tentacles of Progress

Author: Daniel R. Headrick
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190281499
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 416

Book Description
This penetrating examination of a paradox of colonial rule shows how the massive transfers of technology--including equipment, techniques, and experts--from the European imperial powers to their colonies in Asia and Africa resulted not in industrialization but in underdevelopment. Examining the most important technologies--shipping and railways, telegraphs and wireless, urban water supply and sewage disposal, economic botany and plantation agriculture, irrigation, and mining and metallurgy--Headrick provides a new perspective on colonial economic history and reopens the debate on the roots of Asian and African underdevelopment.

Geography 10

Author: RK Jain
Publisher: Ratna Sagar
ISBN: 9788183320818
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 252

Book Description
ICSE Geography is a series based on the latest syllabus for ICSE schools. They cover all aspects of the subject, such as practical geography, continents and water bodies, their physical features, climate, natural vegetation, resources, utilization and life of the people. Large-sized maps make learning geography a hands-on experience. Exercises on the pattern of the board exams will help children to prepare for them.