The Last Days of Steam on the Eastern Region

Author: E. H. Sawford
Publisher: Alan Sutton Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 158

Book Description
In this volume, Eric Sawford uses a selection of photographs to tell the story of the last days of steam power on the Eastern Region. His pictures show that, while steam locomotives were not withdrawn from the Eastern Region until the mid 1960s, the 1950s was their swan song. The author's photographs document the range of motive power that could be seen on the track in that era. Locomotives are depicted in action and at rest, on the express routes, shunting or being repaired. Also recorded are neglected locomotives during their declining years, when they were used on secondary duties or were laid up before being scrapped.

LAST DAYS OF NORTH WEST STEAM.

Author: PETER. TUFFREY
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781912101115
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

Glory Days: Steam in East Anglia

Author: Peter Swinger
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445699656
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 159

Book Description
A highly illustrated survey of the glory days of steam in Essex, Sussex, Norfolk and parts of Cambridgeshire.

International Coal Trade

Author: United States. Bureau of Mines
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coal trade
Languages : en
Pages : 546

Book Description
"Monthly inventory of information from United States Government Foreign Service offices and other sources that may not otherwise be made available promptly".

British Steam Military Connections: LNER Steam Locomotives & Tornado

Author: Keith Langston
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526759837
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 324

Book Description
This British Railways history explores the long-held tradition of naming steam locomotives in honor of the military. The naming of steam locomotives was a beloved British tradition since the first railway locomotives appeared in 1804. Many of the names were chosen in honor of military personnel, regiments, squadrons, naval vessels, aircraft, battles and associated historic events. This volume looks specifically at the steam locomotives with military-inspired names that were built by the London & North Eastern Railway, which joined the British Railways stock in 1948. A large number of the company’s Jubilee class locomotives were given names with a military connection, as were a small number of Black Five class engines. Famously the majority of the much-admired Royal Scot class of engines carried names associated with the military in general and regimental names in particular. Many of the nameplates were adorned with ornate crests and badges. Long after the demise of mainline steam, rescued nameplates have become prized collectors’ items. This generously illustrated publication highlights the relevant steam locomotives and explains the origins and social history surrounding their military names.

A Brief History of the Age of Steam

Author: Thomas Crump
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388

Book Description
In 1710 an obscure Devon ironmonger Thomas Newcomen invented a machine with a pump driven by coal, used to extract water from mines. Over the next two hundred years the steam engine would be at the heart of the industrial revolution that changed the fortunes of nations. Passionately written and insightful, A Brief History of the Age of Steam reveals not just the lives of the great inventors such as Watts, Stephenson and Brunel but also tells a narrative that reaches from the US to the expansion of China, India, and South America and shows how the steam engine changed the world.

International Coal Trade

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coal trade
Languages : en
Pages : 48

Book Description
"Monthly inventory of information from United States Government Foreign Service offices and other sources that may not otherwise be made available promptly".

EIA Data Index

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Energy policy
Languages : en
Pages : 786

Book Description
Indexes the tables, graphs, and formatted data presented in the statistical publications of the EIA.

Peppercorn's Pacifics

Author: Peter Tuffrey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781912101702
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description

The East Coast Main Line 1939-1959 (Volume 2)

Author: Peter Tuffrey
Publisher: 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.