Author: Mike King Publisher: Noodle Books ISBN: 9781909328198 Category : Freight cars Languages : en Pages : 112
Book Description
Here, Mike King, a renowned expert in the field of Southern rolling stock, turns his attention to wagons and provides a comprehensive record ideal for modellers and enthusiasts.
Author: Michael Harris Publisher: Noodle Books ISBN: 9781906419523 Category : Railroad cars Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
The name Michael Harris will be synonymous with that as the acknowledged expert on LNER and a number of other types of railway coach. This book reproduces his work on LNER carriages.
Author: Terry Gough Publisher: Kestrel Railway Books ISBN: 9781905505043 Category : Freight cars Languages : en Pages : 160
Book Description
In the 1960s, Terry Gough realized that the traditional goods wagon was rapidly disappearing from British Railways, so he set out to measure, photograph, draw and eventually model as many wagons as he could find.To augment these early observations, Terry continued to gather information from the many wagons that have been preserved in the intervening years.The result is a comprehensive survey of wagons used on the Southern Region of BR that had survived from the pre- and post-grouping eras. For each wagon, there are full details, dimensions, livery details, variations and conversions together with excellent photographs of the prototypes and 4mm scale drawings produced especially for the book. Diagram numbers are also included to aid reference to previous published works on SR wagons, and where examples of wagons can still be seen on preserved lines, full location details are given. This book is not intended to replace the existing standard works on the wagons of the Southern Railway and its constituents, but builds upon those books to present a large selection of freight vehicles that could have been seen from the 1900s, through the BR years, and in many cases to the present day in preservation.
Author: Peter Steer Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport ISBN: 1526778424 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 703
Book Description
The Southern Railway between 1923 and 1939 was the only British company to carry out a sustained programme of electrification which became known as the Southern Electric. Unlike many recent projects, each incremental step was completed on time and within budget. This successful project was more impressive as it was achieved during a period of economic stagnation (including the ‘great depression’) and despite government disapproval of the method of electrification. The driving force behind this endeavor was the railway’s general manager, Sir Herbert Walker, but at his side was his electrical engineer, Alfred Raworth, the man one journalist described as an ‘electrification genius’. Alfred Raworth’s career began working with his father the eminent consulting engineer and entrepreneur, John Smith Raworth. Following the collapse of his father’s business Alfred joined the railway industry and devised an ambitious and innovative electrification design. This was discarded when the railways of southern England were ‘grouped’ into the Southern Railway after which he took responsibility for the implementation of the electrification schemes. With Walker’s retirement in 1937, those who continued to support steam traction took the policy lead. A marginalised Raworth retired but was later to witness the fruition of many of his discarded ideas.
Author: Mike King
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