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RailwaysThis series will provide a comprehensive guide to the class featured, for both the modeller and those with a more general interest in the locos concerned. Nicknamed the ‘Whistlers', the 20 members of the English Electric Class 40 were amongst the most distinctive of all the types to emerge from the ... From the series Diesels in DepthKeywords: norwich, scottish, broaden, withdrawn, clarke | |
RailwaysThe Eastern Region as it existed prior to the merger with the North Eastern Region in the late 1960s was one of the parts of the BR network that was quick to exploit the development of diesel traction from the late 1950s onwards. The ex-GER main line from London to Ipswich and Norwich was the first ...Keywords: ipswich, norwich, britannia, pacifics, anglia, dmus, withdrawn, anglia, deltics, pacifics, scotland, suburban, baby, deltics, dmus, welch, dmus, main-line, succumbs, all-colour, foster, welch | |
RailwaysPopular histories of Scottish railways have tended to tell the story of one particular company or another. This book presents a different approach by exploring the inter-related development of the Great North of Scotland and the Highland Railways and their constituent companies in the three decades ...Keywords: dilemmas, debt, scotland, highland, mid-nineteenth, scottish, scotland, highland, scotland, fletcher, framework, scotland, inverness, aberdeen, inverness, gale, collapse, aberdeen, highland, caledonian, scotland, debt, highland, highland | |
TramsAs trams and other light rapid transit systems make a comeback in many British cities this volume, the first of three, looks at all the tramways that have operated in the towns and cities of southern England and the Channel Islands. From the 1870s to the 1950s, trams were a common sight in many ...Keywords: comeback, oystermouth, tramroad, up-to-the-minute, nottingham, dublin, tramway, anglia, tramway, yarmouth, guernsey, chronology, tramway, tramway, welsh, tramway, scottish, tramway, irish, tramway | |
RailwaysLocal railway lines were once the lifeblood of the Scottish communities they served. From Wick and Deeside, to the Borders and Galloway, each of the thirteen lines explored in this book reveal stories from the past, with pictures of how the lines look today. Although some of the lines had closed ...Keywords: scotland, scottish, wick, galloway, scotland, julian, holland, scotland, scotland, julian, holland, castle, douglas, kirkcudbright, newton, whithorn, dalmellington, elvanfoot, wanlockhead, eskbank, ballinluig, aberfeldy, montrose, bervie, aberdeen, ballater, kintore, alford, dingwall, strathpeffer, mound, dornoch, wick, lybstre | |
RailwaysThe mid-to-late 19th century was a boom period for railway building in Scotland. Many lines were built, often through sparsely populated areas and with over-optimistic forecasts of a bright future. Some schemes never saw the light of day and if they had been built would never have paid a return to ...Keywords: scotland, scotland, paid, toll, pace, spelt, scotland, victorian, edwardian, steel, scotland, heritage, julian, holland, scotland, julian, holland, stranraer, connel, ferry, ballachulish, spean, fort, augustus, muir, fortrose, garten, elgin, tillynaught, banff, inveramsay, macduff, kinnaber, stanley, forfar, balquhidder, dunblane, ciranlarich, loch, fife, waverley, edinburgh, carlisle | |
RailwaysDoing The Rounds is the fascinating, ever-changing story of the Class 67 fleet. Built in Spain for EWS's Royal Mail traffic, these 125mph locomotives soon became surplus when the mail contract was lost, leading to all manner of unexpected workings as EWS tried to keep the fleet active. Highlights ...Keywords: spain, mail, surplus, mail, newport, mail, cornwall, carlisle, wigston, saunderton, parcel, backfoot, queen, crash, eurostar, holyhead, emus, scrap, lickey, kingswear, serco, windsor, eton, cannon, scottish, highland, culloden, viaduct, highland, wrexham, shropshire, cardiff, taunton, ballast, china, clay, up-to-speed | |
RailwaysThe Great Western Railway's Swindon Works was the largest employer in the area, even during the early British Railway years. For well over a hundred years thousands of apprentices and ‘trainees' passed through its doors to learn the trades of the railways. Throughout its lifetime the apprenticeship ...Keywords: swindon, swindon, marriage, forbidden, swindon, policy, post-war, first-hand, in-depth, rosa, matheson, swindon | |
RailwaysThe Drummond brothers were notable amongst Scottish engineers in that both of them became Locomotive Superintendents. Dugald, the eldest, has always been lauded as an outspoken and very capable engineer, so much so, that his brother Peter has been somewhat, overshadowed. Strangely, their life ... From the series Oakwood Library Of Railway HistoryKeywords: drummond, scottish, drummond, scottish, dugald, outspoken, brother, scotland, australia, dugald, dugald, industrialist, scotland, scenario, ladder, scotland, scottish, biography, dugald, outspoken, blunt, streak, brother, afraid, dugald, biography, plug, scottish, chacksfield, dugald, brighton, scotland, caley, dugald, drummond, disaster, eastleigh, 4-6-0s, drummond, highland, lochgorm, dugald, drummond, scottish, dugald, drummond, lswr, drummond, drummond, drummond, duglad, drummond | |
| DUBLIN BUS (Book) by Ian Molloy, Darren Hall and Johnathan McDonnell |
Buses, Road VehiclesThe year 2007 marks the twentieth anniversary of the enactment of the decision made by the Irish government to split the existing monolithic nationalised transportation company, Coras Iompair Éireann (CIÉ), into three separate operating companies, Iarnród Éireann (Irish Railways) which dealt with ...Keywords: dublin, irish, coras, iompair, éireann, iarnród, éireann, irish, éireann, urban, cork, limerick, atha, cliath, dublin, irish, dublin, policy, dublin, ridership, molloy, darren, johnathan, mcdonnell | |
RailwaysThe second in a series of programmes looking back at the decline of main line steam across Europe focuses on Northern Britain in the period 1960-1968. Working its way from the North of Scotland to Aberystwyth via numerous locations such as Kyle, Inverness, Edinburgh, Carlisle, Newcastle, West ...Keywords: scotland, aberystwyth, kyle, inverness, edinburgh, carlisle, newcastle, auckland, york, doncaster, wigan, llandudno, shrewsbury, gnsr, scotland, jubilee, waverley, northumbrian, j72s, newcastle, patriot, carlisle, carlisle, kingmoor, upperby, duchess, stainmore, ecml, darlington, york, york, doncaster, skipton, fairburn, wigan, guineas, chester, shrewsbury, wrexham, llandudno, penychain, aberystwyth | |
RailwaysIn the mid-1950s, British Railways embarked on a modernisation programme which heralded the replacement of steam traction by more modern motive power. In the London Area, apart from those routes earmarked for electrification, steam was to be replaced by diesel locomotives and multiple units. At the ...Keywords: mid-1950s, pilot, headlong, policy, scotland, welch, chiltern, harrow, wealdstone, belmount, watford, abbey | |
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