The Railways of Devon and Cornwall Around the Early 1960s

The Railways of Devon and Cornwall Around the Early 1960s PDF Author: Michael Clemens
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781781555392
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
The Railways of Devon & Cornwall Around the Early 1960s covers many of the lines across the two counties and the steam locomotives that worked over them. Whilst there are main line photographs, this book mainly visits a selection of the now largely vanished secondary routes and branch lines. The early 1960s also saw the change from steam to diesel power, so the WR hydraulics and first generation DMUs also make an appearance. In the main, the time period is the eight years or so from 1958 until 1966. This book will appeal to railway enthusiasts, modelers, and those interested in local history. Coverage includes: The Exe Valley branch, The Culm Valley branch, The Teign Valley branch, Lyme Regis, Seaton Junction, Sidmouth Junction, Exeter, Crediton, Okehampton, Barnstaple, Torrington to Halwill, Bude and its harbor branch, The North Cornwall Railway to Wadebridge and Padstow, The Launceston and South Devon branch, Plymouth, The Looe branch, Bodmin, Wenford Bridge, Newquay to Par, Falmouth, The Helston branch, and concludes at Penzance. Virtually all of the photographs, a mixture of black & white and color, have never been published before, and all were taken by the author, his father, or his friend Alan Maund.

Devon Railways

Devon Railways PDF Author: Ted Gosling
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780750916691
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
A photographic selection, illustrating the history of the railway system in and around Devon.

Railways of Britain

Railways of Britain PDF Author: Colin McCarthy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780711033023
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A definitive atlas to the railway network of Devon and Cornwall both past and present, cleverly combining the current road network to show the inter-relationship of road and rail.

South Devon

South Devon PDF Author: David Mitchell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781858952741
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 136

Book Description

Lost Railways of Devon

Lost Railways of Devon PDF Author: Stan Yorke
Publisher: Countryside Books (GB)
ISBN: 9781853069260
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
Devon's railway history began when the main line from London reached Exeter in 1844. Links were soon built with Plymouth in 1848 and Barnstaple in 1854. On top of this, in the heyday of railway age, Devon also boasted over 400 miles of branch lines and sidings - nearly all of them to disappear by the end of the 20th century. At a time when horse-drawn coaches and farm carts were the only alternative, the railways transported people and goods to their destinations much more quickly. Sadly, the good times were not to last and by the 1930s competition from road transport led to closures which continued into the 1960s when the Beeching Act finished off all but the main lines. Todaytwo preservation societies, the Plym Valley Railway and the Dart Valley Railway, are keeping the county's railway history alive. In this excellently written and well researched book, author Stan Yorke tells the story of the lost lines - the reason for their construction and for their closure. Modern otographs accompany those taken when Devon's lines were open and bustling. Due in 8th October

British Railways in the 1960s

British Railways in the 1960s PDF Author: Geoff Plumb
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1473869765
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 335

Book Description
After the Second War, Britains railways were rundown and worn out, requiring massive investment and modernisation. The Big Four railway companies were nationalised from 1948, and the newly formed British Railways embarked on a programme of building new Standard steam locomotives to replace older types. These started to come on stream from 1951.This programme was superseded by the 1955 scheme to dieselise and electrify many lines and so the last loco of the Standard types was built in 1960 and the steam locomotives had been swept entirely from the BR network by 1968.This series of books, 'The Geoff Plumb Collection', is a photographic account of those last few years of the steam locomotives, their decline and replacement during the transition years. Each book covers one of the former Big Four, the Southern Railway, London Midland & Scottish Railway, Great Western Railway and London & North Eastern Railway, including some pictures of the Scottish lines of the LMS and LNER.The books are not intended to convey a complete history of the railways but to illustrate how things were, to a certain extent, in the relatively recent past and impart some information through comprehensive captions, which give a sense of occasion often a last run of a locomotive type or over a stretch of line about to be closed down.The photos cover large parts of the country, though it was impossible to get everywhere given the overall timetable of just a few years mainly when the author was still a schoolboy with limited time and disposable income to get around.Pictures are of the highest quality that could be produced with the equipment then available, but they do reflect real life and real times. In simple terms, a look at a period not so long ago but now gone forever.

Devon and Cornwall the Class 47 Years

Devon and Cornwall the Class 47 Years PDF Author: Bernard Mills
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781781556573
Category : Class 47 (Diesel locomotives)
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
The year 2002 saw a radical change on the railways of Devon and Cornwall: it was the last year of daily locomotive hauled passenger trains (other than the overnight London sleeper). These remaining workings were in the capable hands of the ubiquitous Class 47 diesel locomotives, which had plied their trade on the rails of the southwest for almost four decades. Devon and Cornwall--The Class 47 Years is a book of two halves: the first documenting the locomotives' daily work on all manner of trains and lines in the area from 1966 onwards and the second providing a detailed examination of 2002--their last year in front-line passenger service in the West Country--with a glimpse of some of the other automotive power seen in that year. All of this is now history, a snapshot back in time. Over 180 colou photographs, all captured by the author, take the reader on a chronological trip with much nostalgia and a host of unrepeatable scenes that showcase many of the stunning locations to be found in the two counties.
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