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RailwaysOliver Bulleid was one of the most brilliant and controversial railway engineers of the steam era and after being part of the LNER design team became Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Southern Railway in 1937. This new publication is a significant contribution to the life and work of this legendary ...Keywords: bulleid, myth, bulleid, lner, counter, bulleid, lner, bulleid, bulleid, waterloo, bulleid, ireland | |
RailwaysUnder proposals drawn up in the mid-1930s, the northern line would have needed a large new depot. To provide a suitable site for this, it was planned to extend the line three miles beyond Edgware to a new terminus near Bushey Heath. Just East of the new terminal station, construction of the new ...Keywords: tube, edgware, mid-1930s, edgware, terminus, bushey, failure, watford, edgware, elstree, post-war | |
RailwaysCharles Benjamin Colett was a skilled production man who, outside of the railway environment, was very much an introvert. However, he was most certainly capable of working closely with others, but he selected those in key positions under him carefully and made sure they followed his line of ... From the series Oakwood Library Of Railway HistoryKeywords: colett, introvert, churchward, churchward, swindon, rose, humble, draughtsman, communicator, churchward, biography, chacksfield, castle, tragedy, 4-4-0s, 4-6-0s, swindon, churchward | |
RailwaysToday it is hard to believe that a railway once ran by the secluded banks of the Cairn water, which flows between the village of Moniaive and Dumfries. But the Cairn Valley Light Railway did exist, although like many other rural branches it was short lived, opening in 1905 and closing barely 45 ... From the series Locomotion PapersKeywords: cairn, cairn, village, cairn, lorry, terminus, trim, village, galloway, edinburgh, fertile, out-of--the-way, cairn, glasgow, victorian, village, storv, kirkpatrick, glencairn, memorandum, thornhill, cairn, scotland | |
RailwaysWe complete the route of the 3-hour expresses into Glasgow resuming our journey over the former 'Caley' main line at Perth with 1960s shed and station scenes. Every station between Perth and Gartcosh is illustrated using an amalgam of cine film, historic photographs, 'then and now' scenes and maps ... From the series Video LibraryKeywords: caledonian, perth, glasgow, stirlingshire, 3-hour, glasgow, caley, perth, perth, gartcosh, amalgam, stalwart, stuart, lner, caprotti, dundee, britannias, clan, dunblane, cocktail, stirlingshire, coalfield, larbert, abandon, caley, clackmannan, alloa, brace, j37s, queen, anachronism, alloa, alloa, larbert, caledonian, grangemouth, larbert, falkirk, greenhill, bonnybridge, caley, bogie, caley, denny, greenhill, cumbernauld, gartcosh, balornock, buchanan, caledonian, aberdeen, glasgow, 3-hour, perth, planet, dundee, kingfisher, grampian, eagle, gresley, granite, caley, lner, jubilee, caprotti, britannias, blackford, dunblane, bannockburn, plean, larbert, diverge, wemyss, falkirk, nows, alloa, grangemouth, denny, caley, alloa, queen, thirsk, alloa, brace, j37s, alloa, alloa, larbert, caley, grangemouth, larbert, greenhill, bonnybridge, caley, bogie, denny, glasgow, greenhill, cumbernauld, greenfoot | |
Buses, Road VehiclesFollowing the success of volume 1, Paul Carter now looks at events after 1950, when passenger loadings declined after the post-war peak. Cambridge 2 describes the fortunes of Eastern Counties, Cambus, the neighbouring large operators and the local independents through the tranquil 1950s, swinging ... From the series Super PrestigeKeywords: cambridge, paul, post-war, peak, cambridge, cambus, tranquil, turbulent, run-up, paul, cambridge | |
OtherWith a foreword by Rt. Hon. Ann Widdecombe, this is a thought-provoking analysis of the history, ethics, and methods of capital punishment in Britain. Capital punishment has played its part as the ultimate judicial penalty in the UK for centuries. Often a graphic exercise in physical mutilation, it ...Keywords: widdecombe, ethics, plight, death, violent, women, death, gallows, hung, mortem, macabre, darker, justice, clark, tudor, treason, stake, witchcraft, scottish, witchcraft, halifax, gibbet, scottish, tyburn, tree, children, dock, mortem, inter-war, post-war, homicide, death, hangmen, women | |
Other, Railways, WaterwaysSome of the richest copper mines in the United Kingdom, a rare Cornish canal and a railway uniquely engineered to convey the minerals by gravity combine to make a fascinating story. The wealth bought by copper, as well as by tin and granite, extracted from this corner of Bodmin Moor, built the ...Keywords: caradon, looe, copper, cornish, convey, copper, granite, bodmin, moor, liskeard, harbour, looe, caradon, copper, looe, victorian, directoin, moor, chronology, –copper, caradon, byelaws, borlase, aropund, caradon, cornwall | |
RailwaysCarrying coals to Newcastle has long been proverbially regarded as a pointless exercise, but nevertheless virtually all the coal which came from Newcastle and Tyneside had to be carried to the River Tyne itself before it could be exported. The waggonways and railways which carried the coal to the ... From the series Locomotion PapersKeywords: dunston, newcastle, newcastle, tyne, tyne, dunston-on-tyne, dunston, whickham, pontop, tanfield, durham, victorian, mid-20th, energy, tanfield, beamish, wooden, waggonway, newcastle, carlisle, dunston, derwenthaugh, l9th, dunston, lner, north-eastern | |
RailwaysCastleman's Corkscrew was the sobriquet given to the Southampton & Dorchester Railway because of its circuitous route, partly dictated by the principal towns of the period and the restrictions placed upon its route through the New Forest. Originally conceived as a railway between Southampton and ... From the series Oakwood Library Of Railway HistoryKeywords: castleman, corkscrew, bournemouth, castleman, corkscrew, sobriquet, southampton, dorchester, southampton, dorchester, westward, exeter, weymouth, castleman, feasible, southampton, poole, weymouth, wimborne, poole, bournemouth, somerset, dorset, bournemouth, southampton, dorchester, ringwood, christchurch, bournemouth, poole, bournemouth, bournemouth, sway, bournemouth, weymouth, dorset, bournemouth, wimborne, dorset, lymington, hamworthy, railwaymen, victorian, jackson, castleman, dorset, politics, dorset, somerset, dorset, poole, bournemouth, ringwood, christchurch, bournemouth, southampton, dorchester, bournemouth, victorian, victorian, weymouth, dorchester, tramway, poole, harbour, tramway | |
RailwaysMost of the route formed the main line of the much admires Midland & South Western Junction Railway, but it went into decline following its takeover by the GWR, its longstanding rival. Both eras are extensively illustrated, as is the period of terminal decline overseen by British Railways. From the series Country Railway RoutesKeywords: cheltenham, andover, tidworth, takeover, andover, andoversford, andoversford, dowdeswell, blunsdon, charlton, chedworth, cheltenham, leckhampton, cheltenham, lansdown, cheltenham, malvern, chetlenham, chiseldon, chiseldon, camp, cirencester, watermoor, collingbourne, collingbourne, kingston, cricklade, foss, grafton, burbage, knoll, lansdown, ludgershall, marlborough, moredon, ogbourne, rushey, platt, savernake, cerney, swindon, tidworth, weyhill, withington, warwickshire, gloucestersire, hampshire | |
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