RailwaysNo. 6024, King Edward I, was one of thirty King class locomotives built by the Great Western Railway to provide superpower for its crack expresses. Named after the Kings of England the most powerful and heaviest 4-6-0s ever built in Britain ruled until 1962 . . . but for No. 6024 the story was ...Keywords: superpower, crack, 4-6-0s, wessex, royale, stratford-upon-avon, weymouth, melton, mowbray, welsh, oxford, kemble, worcester, homeground, dainton, churston, torre, cornwall, seal, intrude | |
Aviation, MilitaryThroughout aviation history there have been many aircraft designs that have, for a variety of reasons, failed to progress beyond the drawing board. Indeed, the aircraft that have taken to the skies represent, ultimately only a relatively small percentage of those planned. The latest title in the ...Keywords: percentage, buttler, fighter, vietnam, postwar, usaf, f-14, tomcat, fighter, buttle, navy, long-range, interceptor, naval, take-off, fighter, interceptor, chronology, fighter, fighter, america | |
RailwaysFollowing last years succesful fund-raising HARBOUR LIGHTS programme which we produced in association with GB Railfreight, we have again teamed up with the freight company to produce another Class 73 cab ride DVD. ‘Arcs & Sparks' will feature the ‘Caterham Corps' charity charter train which ...Keywords: arcs, demu, harbour, railfreight, caterham, charter, sothern, victoria, stiff, terminus, juice, bromley, spur, crayford, charlton, greenwich, lewisham, tattenham, selhurst, clapham, kensington | |
RailwaysThis historic railway has been the greatest single factor in the development of the towns it serves. Ashford's junction and works together with the Folkestone and Dover Harbour railways are fully illustrated. The landslips at the Warren and the first two Channel Tunnel attempts add to the ... From the series South Coast RailwaysKeywords: ashford, dover, ashford, folkestone, dover, harbour, warren, tunnel, ashford, ashford, ashford, cheriton, dover, dover, folkestone, folkestone, folkestone, harbour, folkestone, hythe, shakespeare, smeeth, warren, kent | |
RailwaysThis album portrays Banbury and the branch to Bletchley as an illustrated view of the final years. In 1960 the branch appeared, along with many others, as the withering shoots of a railway that had been a part of the Victorian flourish of lines that seemed to reach every corner of the country. To ...Keywords: banbury, verney, banbury, bletchley, victorian, forestall, railcar, simpson | |
RailwaysNow more than 150 years old, the route has carried a wide range of traffic types including long distance expresses, local residential services and freight of all types. All these are extensively illustrated, along with the varied architectural styles employed at the stations, many of which vanished ... From the series Western Main LinesKeywords: banbury, birmingham, banbury, birmingham, moor, birmingham, snow, bordesley, cropredy, dorridge, fenny, compton, hatton, lapworth, leamington, olton, oxfordshire, ironstone, solihull, southam, harbury, tyseley, warwick, warwick, parkway, widney, manor | |
RailwaysCharles McKean offers new conclusions about why the first Tay Bridge collapsed and follows the rise and fall of the career of engineer Thomas Bouch. HE tells how the Forth and Tay Bridges, the largest bridges in the world eventually became reality. Costing £4 million and constructed by over 5,000 ...Keywords: 19th-century, mckean, bouch, scotland, victorian, rivet, contractor, arrol, victorian, pursuit, mckean, scotland, bouch, inquiry, bouch, phoenix, warfare, envoi | |
MilitaryAlthough a huge setback the fall of Britain's last foothold in the northeast Mediterranean in May 1941 was not a wholesale German success either. Heavy losses meant it would be the last time German paratroops were to be used for such an assault while the six week delay in launching the invasion of ...Keywords: crete, setback, foothold, northeast, mediterranean, german, german, assault, delay, russia, first-hand, geroge, chronology, crete, crete, garrison, merkur, naval, crete | |
MilitaryAlthough a huge setback the fall of Britain's last foothold in the northeast Mediterranean in May 1941 was not a wholesale German success either. Heavy losses meant it would be the last time German paratroops were to be used for such an assault while the six week delay in launching the invasion of ...Keywords: crete, setback, foothold, northeast, mediterranean, german, german, assault, delay, russia, first-hand, geroge, chronology, crete, crete, garrison, merkur, naval, crete | |
RailwaysThe year 1963 will always be remembered as the one when the Sixties really started to swing. The Beatles and Rolling Stones were topping the charts while the mini-skirt and the Mini car had become the latest fashion accessories. For those with an interest in railways however, 1963 was memorable for ...Keywords: mini-skirt, euphemism, high-speed, linear, derelict, heritage, devon, cornwall, somerset, dorset, philip, horton | |
RailwaysA C3000 CAF DMU takes us on a journey over Northern Ireland's longest railway (96¼ miles). We start at Belfast's Great Victoria Street Station reopened in 1995 and subsequently allowing all lines to converge for the first time. After Belfast Central our train climbs up and over the new ...Keywords: belfast, londonderry, c3000, ireland, belfast, victoria, belfast, pound, harbour-link, catalyst, ireland, york, larne, harbour, antrim, ballymena, ballymoney, coleraine, coleraine, derry, semaphore, castlerock, castlerock, ocean, londonderry, foyle, jump, coleraine, demu, thumper, portrush, causeway, belfast-born, eamonn, eamonn | |
TramsA complete listing of all books, periodical articles and other papers published since 1861 to 2009 with tramways and light rail schemes in Britain and Ireland as their subject forms the content of this publication. Publications concerning all aspects of tramways, including legislation and ...Keywords: irish, ireland, tramway, croft, chronology, memorabilia | |
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