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RailwaysIn the 15 years which followed the publication of the Modernisation Plan of 1955, which foreshadowed the demise of main line steam, some 3,000 diesel locomotives were constructed for passenger and freight traffic. Of these, more than 300 were the Type 3s built by English Electric between 1961 and ... From the series Diesel RetrospectiveKeywords: liverpool, norwich, scotland, highland, logo, twilight, eurostar, front-line, vaughan, scottish, withdrawn, mid-1950s, vaughan, cambrian, york, cambridge, standedge, bogie, welsh, avon, settle, carlisle, gloucester, cornwall, scottish, steel, serco, sussex, weymouth, transrail, bullet, fenland, bugle, somerset, stone, loadhaul, avon, yorkshire, lincolnshire, rhymney, devon | |
RailwaysAs earlier generations of diesel and electric traction have been superseded around the world they have slipped out of use with little attention while steam has been chased till it disappears. Among these diesels and electrics are early British exports and some classics developed in Europe and ...Keywords: till, america, little-known, well-known, post-war, bouton, hedjaz, mckeen, cuba, indonesia, indonesian, three-phase, italian, three-phase, peru, china, russia | |
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 | |
MaritimeIn Victorian and Edwardian times the Isle of Man was a mecca for holidaymakers and Douglas in particular developed into one of the north west's great tourist centres. Much tourist development was centred on Douglas Head including: an open air theatre with daily black and white minstrel shows, an ...Keywords: douglas, ferry, soderick, victorian, edwardian, mecca, douglas, douglas, theatre, minstrel, hotel, pool, obscura, platform, douglas, douglas, packet, ferry, harbour, headland, ferry, steamer, douglas, ferry, ferry, tramway, douglas, soderick, cove, douglas, attract, boatmen, karina, alas, soderick, vantage, douglas, victorian, edwardian, captain, soderick | |
RailwaysThe Duchesses completes a trilogy of railway books from Aurum, the first two volumes of which have been significant successes. Mallard was the story of the world's fastest steam locomotive. Flying Scotsman was the story of the world's most famous steam locomotive. Now The Duchesses tells the story ...Keywords: trilogy, aurum, mallard, scotsman, roden, scot, tragedy, harrow, slain, brum, duchess, york, riband, baton, sutherland, throne, sublime, sutherland, streamliner | |
RailwaysThe Duchesses completes a trilogy of railway books from Aurum, the first two volumes of which have been significant successes. Mallard was the story of the world's fastest steam locomotive. Flying Scotsman was the story of the world's most famous steam locomotive. Now The Duchesses tells the story ...Keywords: trilogy, aurum, mallard, scotsman, roden, scot, tragedy, harrow, slain, brum, duchess, york, riband, baton, sutherland, throne, sublime, sutherland, streamliner | |
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 | |
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