Author: Allen JacksonPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445667576
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Allen Jackson explores signalling along the GCR, formerly part of the LNER.
Author: Allen Jackson
Author: Allen Jackson
Author: Allen JacksonSteam Around York & the East Riding
Author: Mike HitchesPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445612372
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
Steam Around York & East Riding relates the development of York’s local railway lines, highlighting the locomotive types which operated in this area of Yorkshire.
Author: Colin MaggsThe East Coast Main Line 1939-1959 (Volume 2)
Author: Peter TuffreyPublisher: Fonthill Media
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
• The first detailed study of this huge mainline through its operational history • Features extended commentaries from the authors, rich in detail • Superbly illustrated with black and white photographs, many never seen before In this second and final volume, the whole of the East Coast Main Line between King’s Cross and Edinburgh Waverley stations is examined closely, with a particular emphasis on the ways and structures: the line, stations, connections, yards, and other physical features. Interposed are accounts of the traffic at the principal stations – including connecting and branch line services – with observations on changes over the period 1939 to 1959. Some emphasis is placed on freight traffic on account of its importance and, perhaps, its relative unfamiliarity to the reader. The lines, stations and many other elements are described as they were in August 1939, but as some plans on which they are based are dated before the late 1930s, there may be marginal differences from the precise layout in 1939.
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Author: Lawrence SaundersThe Great Central Railway
Author: John PalmerPublisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1526777924
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
“Sets out to address what really happened . . . through its LNER days and into British Railways custodianship . . . A well-researched and presented tome.” —Key Model World For generations of railway enthusiasts and more lately for social historians, the life and times of the former Great Central Railway and in particular its extension towards London in the 1890s and closure seventy years later, have generated considerable interest and controversy. Although many books have been written about the Railway, the majority in recent times have concentrated upon providing a photographic record and a nostalgic look in retrospect to what was generally perceived as happier times for the route. None of the books have presented the outcome from thorough research into the business aspects of the Railway and its successive private (LNER) and public (BR) ownerships through war and peace, and times of industrial, social and political change, that influenced and shaped the demand for a railway service. While retaining a strong railway theme throughout, the book identifies the role played by successive governments, the electricity and coal industries and the effect of social change that, together resulted in a case for closure. The content of the book replaces much supposition with fact and places on record what really happened. The final part of the book acknowledges the fine work over half a century of volunteers dedicated to saving a section of the line in Leicestershire. “A valuable addition to the social and political history of railways.” —The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society
