Author: Michael Mather Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited ISBN: 1445682761 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 168
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Former members of the support crew of the famous Union of South Africa locomotive share their memories, supported by a wealth of previously unpublished images.
Author: David Mather Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport ISBN: 1526770202 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 208
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The first steam locomotives used on any British railway, worked in industry. The use of new and second hand former main line locomotives, was once a widespread aspect of the railways of Britain. This volume covers many of the once numerous manufacturers who constructed steam locomotives for industry and contractors from the 19th to the mid 20th centuries. David Mather has spent many years researching and collecting photographs across Britain, of most of the different locomotive types that once worked in industry. This book is designed to be both a record of these various manufacturers and a useful guide to those researching and modelling industrial steam.
Author: David Knapman Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport ISBN: 1526792567 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 130
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It is over fifty years since the main line steam revival began in October 1971 with the return to steam by 6000 King George V, thanks to the efforts of Peter Prior and the help from the British Railways Board. This is not the whole story, in that the preservation movement was developing and beginning to mature, as more preserved railways opened throughout the Country. These developments took place fifty years ago, and subsequently, are forming their own history. The period covered in this book reflects on times when main line steam travel and preserved railways developed and matured into the steam operations we experienced as we entered the twenty first century. This book contains color images from the author's collection of large format slides, using over 200 pictures with informative captions to describe the scenes depicted, in chronological order. The enormous work of volunteers in developing the preservation movement cannot be underestimated, because without those efforts, there would be no history to record. This is a salute to the volunteer movement.
Author: Anthony Dawson Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited ISBN: 1445670976 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 136
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A beautiful collection of steam locomotives in the Pennines.This book follows preserved lines and steam specials and revisits iconic locations in the history of steam across the Pennines.
Author: David Price Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited ISBN: 139810230X Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 118
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The author presents a selection of his stunning steam and diesel photographs showing the different traction in use on the Perth to Inverness railway line.
Author: Howard Routledge Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport ISBN: 1399083937 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 210
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By the turn of the 1960s, steam traction on Britain's railways was within its last decade and for a group of young enthusiasts living in Carlisle, there was always the urge to travel to other parts of the country to photograph steam locomotives, which in most cases would never have appeared in there own locality. Visits to certain parts of Scotland, the North East of England and parts of Lancashire, could be achieved in a day, using a day return ticket. More distant parts of Britain, would require more planning usually using an all lines rail rover ticket, these visits and trips could be done on an individual basis or with a group of like minded friends, or even with a railway club or society. The benefits of visits with railway society's or clubs, were that such organizations could arrange group shed permits, where as individuals had to arrange such things by themselves. As the 1960s progressed time started to run out for the photographer to capture the last embers of steam across the country and things became ever more urgent, with the end in sight. This book depicts visits to many locations undertaken during this period when time was running out for steam traction. We traveled from Aberdeen to Weymouth to record the dying days of a form of traction that served the railways of Britain, from the 1820s through to the late 1960s.
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