Author: Stan YorkePublisher: Countryside Books (GB)
ISBN: 9781846741630
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Lost Railways of Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire's Lost Railways
Author: Peter DalePublisher:
ISBN: 9781840332254
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
This collection of fifty-two photographs recalls the days when the people of Gloucestershire benefitted from a thriving railway network. Most of it is gone now, but all the facts and figures are preserved here as well as views of long-forgotten stations such as Toddington, Longhope, Coleford, Severn Bridge, Dursley, Chalford, Downfield Crossing and many others. Also included are two rare views of the county's best-known station - Adlestrop - as it must have looked when Edward Thomas passed through and wrote his famous poem.
Tracing Lost Railways
Author: Trevor YorkePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1784423696
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The drastic railway closures of the 1960s led to the slow decay and re-purposing of hundreds of miles of railway infrastructure. Though these buildings and apparatus are now ghosts of their former selves, countless clues to our railway heritage still remain in the form of embankments, cuttings, tunnels, converted or tumbledown wayside buildings, and old railway furniture such as signal posts. Many disused routes are preserved in the form of cycle tracks and footpaths. This colourfully illustrated book helps you to decipher the fascinating features that remain today and to understand their original functions, demonstrating how old routes can be traced on maps, outlining their permanent stamp on the landscape, and teaching you how to form a mental picture of a line in its heyday.
Author: Trevor Yorke
Author: Frederick George Cockman
Author: Paul AtterburyBritain'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.
Lost Railways of Wiltshire
Author: Justin BaileyPublisher: Countryside Books (GB)
ISBN: 9781853069932
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
This illustrated book covers the history of the county's railways from construction in the 1840s to, in many cases, closure in the 1960s. Includes Brunel's GWR and branch lines across the region.
Lost Railways of Sussex
Author: Leslie OppitzPublisher: Countryside Books (GB)
ISBN: 9781853066979
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Traces the history of the county's railway lines, from their opening in the 19th century, their heyday around the turn of the century, and, in many cases, their closure in the 20th century.
Author: Mike Hall