Author: Andy GibbsPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445681927
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
A very nostalgic and evocative collection of photographs documenting the rail scene around Brighton.
Railway Renaissance
Author: Gareth DavidPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473862027
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
“David’s superb book looks at the defiant renaissance of such heritage railways . . . in contrast to Beeching’s vision of a streamlined railway network.” —Books Monthly When a 35 mile stretch of the former Waverley route from Edinburgh to Carlisle reopened on 6 September 2015, it became the most significant reopening of any UK railway since the infamous Beeching Report, “The Reshaping of British Railways,” was published in March 1963. In his report, Dr. Richard Beeching recommended sweeping closures of lines across the UK to improve the financial performance of British railways, which led to wholesale closures over the following decade and a reduction in the UK rail network from 18,000 miles in 1963, to some 11,000 miles a decade later. But since that low point was reached in the early 1970s a revolution has been taking place. Passenger traffic on the railways is now at its highest level since the 1940s and from Alloa to Aberdare, as well as from Mansfield to Maesteg, closed lines have reopened and the tide of Beeching closures has been gradually rolled back. Scores of stations have been reopened and on many of the newly revived lines, passenger traffic is far exceeding the forecasts used to support their reopening. In this comprehensive survey of new and reopened railways and stations across England, Scotland and Wales, Gareth David asks what it tells us about Dr. Beeching’s report, looking at how lines that were earmarked for closure in that report, but escaped the axe, have fared and reviews the host of further routes, which are either set to be reopened or are the focus of reopening campaigns.
British railway enthusiasm
Author: Ian CarterPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526129744
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Now available in paperback, this is the first academic book to study railway enthusiasts in Britain. Far from a trivial topic, the post-war train spotting craze swept most boys and some girls into a passion for railways, and for many, ignited a lifetime’s interest. British railway enthusiasm traces this post-war cohort, and those which followed, as they invigorated different sectors in the world of railway enthusiasm – train spotting, railway modelling, collecting railway relics – and then, in response to the demise of main line steam traction, Britain’s now-huge preserved railway industry. Today this industry finds itself riven by tensions between preserving a loved past which ever fewer people can remember and earning money from tourist visitors. The widespread and enduring significance of railway enthusiasm will ensure that this groundbreaking text remains a key work in transport studies, and will appeal to enthusiasts as much as to students and scholars of transport and cultural history.
Author: Charles Loft
Author: Andy GibbsBritain's Lost Railways
Author: John MinnisPublisher: Aurum
ISBN: 1781317739
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The beautifully restored St Pancras Station is a magisterial example of Britain’s finest Victorian architecture. Like the viaducts at Belah and Crumlin, cathedral-like stations such as Nottingham Victoria and spectacular railway hotels like Glasgow St Enoch's, it stands proud as testament to Britain's architectural heritage. In this stunning book, John Minnis reveals Britain's finest railway architecture. From the most cavernous engine sheds, like Old Oak Common, through the eccentric country halts on the Tollesbury line and the gantries of the Liverpool Overhead Railway, to the soaring viaducts of Belah and Cumlin, Britain’s Lost Railways offers a sweeping celebration of our railway heritage. The selection of images and the removable facsimile memorabilia, including tickets, posters, timetables and maps, allows the reader to step into that past, serving as a testimony to an age of ingenuity and ambition when the pride we invested in our railways was reflected in the grandeur of the architecture we built for them.
Decline and Return to Mainline Steam
Author: Laurie GoldenPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398119105
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
A pictorial survey of steam railtours in the 1960s in the years before the demise of steam, and the return to main line steam for railtours around Britain in the 1970s and 1980s.
Author: Andy GibbsLondon
Author: Corey SandlerPublisher: Contemporary Books
ISBN: 9780809226375
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Newly revised and updated for 2001, Contemporary's Econoguide "RM" travel series is loaded with all of the up-to-the-minute travel information anyone needs to plan the perfect vacation. These guides show readers how to get the most for their money and time with inside information, tips, ratings, and suggestions. Chapters detail major attractions, how to get there, where to stay, and when to go. Additionally, Econoguide "RM" -recommended "Power Trips" provide step-by-step daily itineraries that help readers make the most of their day without losing their patience or life savings. -- Bold new covers give the series a fresh look -- Includes restaurant, hotel, and motel listings -- Features dozens of money-saving coupons for hotels, car rentals, attractions, restaurants, and more
British Railways in the 1970s and ’80s
Author: Greg MorsePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0747814090
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
For British Rail, the 1970s was a time of contrasts, when bad jokes about sandwiches and pork pies often belied real achievements, like increasing computerisation and the arrival of the high-speed Inter-City 125s. But while television advertisements told of an 'Age of the Train', Monday morning misery continued for many, the commuter experience steadily worsening as rolling stock aged and grew ever more uncomfortable. Even when BR launched new electrification schemes and new suburban trains in the 1980s, focus still fell on the problems that beset the Advanced Passenger Train, whose ignominious end came under full media glare. In British Railways in the 1970s and '80s, Greg Morse guides us through a world of Traveller's Fare, concrete concourses and peak-capped porters, a difficult period that began with the aftershock of Beeching but ended with BR becoming the first nationalised passenger network in the world to make a profit.
