RailwaysThe South Eastern Railway's branch from Ashford to Ramsgate was the second railway to Canterbury, the first being the line from Whitstable Harbour. This was the first passenger railway in the south of England. Late onto the railway map and early to leave it was the Elham Valley Line. All these ... From the series Branch LinesKeywords: canterbury, cheriton, ashford, ashford, canterbury, harbour, elham, kent | |
RailwaysStill known as the New Line, the Surbiton to Guildford route was a late comer to the railway map, being only a little over 100 years old. Continuing to be largely a rural line, most of the original architecture survives. This is fully illustrated, as is the evolution of the trains serving this ... From the series Branch LinesKeywords: effingham, guildford, leatherhead, hampton, court, surbiton, guildford, comer, hampton, court, surrey | |
RailwaysOriginally the station for Portsmouth, the terminus at Gosport was erected on a grand scale, fit for a city. This is fully illustrated, together with the long-forgotten route to the Isle of Wight via Stokes Bay Pier; also the quaint branch line to Lee-on-the-Solent and Queen Victoria's private ... From the series Branch LinesKeywords: gosport, lee-on-the-solent, portsmouth, terminus, gosport, long-forgotten, wight, lee-on-the-solent, queen, victoria, hampshire | |
RailwaysThe Abbotsbury branch served a population of under 1000 and was typical of the once numerous quiet rural backwaters of the GWR. The Easton line was unique with its joint ownership, steep gradients and sidings to a multitude of stone quarries. The Quay Tramway has been an unusual feature of the ... From the series Branch LinesKeywords: weymouth, abbotsbury, easton, quay, abbotsbury, easton, stone, quay, tramway, weymouth, dorset | |
RailwaysThe branch lines of Dorset, shared almost equally between the GWR and LSWR, varied from lightly built, rural railways carrying a low volume of traffic, to the Swanage branch, which at times carried main line express locomotives. Fortunately this line has been preserved and can still be enjoyed ...Keywords: dorset, dorset, lswr, swanage, dorset, weymouth, harbour, tramway, oilfield, easton, landslip, snap, dorset, enrich, court, ephemera | |
RailwaysThe three branches radiating from the main line at Alton each had a distinctive character, recaptured in this album. The scenes vary from the grand civil engineering of the Meon Valley line to the main line diversions on the Alresford line and the quaintness of the light railway to Basingstoke. ... From the series Branch LinesKeywords: alton, fareham, winchester, basingstoke, alton, meon, alresford, quaintness, basingstoke, memorabilia, hampshire | |
RailwaysEach of the three attractive rural lines is illustrated with photographs of every era and a detailed map of each station in its heyday is also included. The much loved and scenic Cuckoo Line is recorded in minute detail. The present Wealden Railway's headquarters station at Eridge is shown in more ... From the series Branch LinesKeywords: tunbridge, cuckoo, wealden, eridge, sussex | |
RailwaysA new edition of a very popular title first published in 1976 by OPC and now long out-of-print. The line, originally built to Bridport was extended to West Bay, passenger services were withdrawn to West Bay in 1930. The remainder of the line from Bridport via Powerstock and Toller to Maiden ... From the series Oakwood Library Of Railway HistoryKeywords: bridport, out-of-print, bridport, withdrawn, bridport, powerstock, toller, newton, bridport, gateway, weymouth, paddington, jackson, tattershall, chronology, dorset | |
RailwaysTrains of all periods , stations of all styles and traffic of all types combine to make a railway album of rich variety. Diversity is enhanced with photographs of flooding and bombing, together with the unique Kemp Town branch. Nostalgia and local history abounds. From the series South Coast RailwaysKeywords: brighton, eastbourne, kemp, berwick, brighton, eastbourne, falmer, glynde, hampden, kemp, moulsecoomb, sussex | |
RailwaysThis book, covering the final years of steam on Britain's railways, presents a wonderful array of over 200 colour photographs, many of them previously unpublished. All the imagery is reproduced from original transparencies that have remained carefully preserved away from daylight since the day they ...Keywords: daylight, vividness, devon, somerset, anglia, bristol, bath, dorset, scotland | |
Road VehiclesIn the Third Nostalgia Road book to deal with emergency service vehicles, Simon Rowley tells the story of British fire appliances in one of their most exciting periods. Beginning with the Nationalisation of the late-1940s, he discusses the vehicles obtained to meet the needs of the new services of ... From the series Nostalgia RoadKeywords: fire, emergency, simon, rowley, fire, late-1940s, post-war, simon, well-known, fire, fire, burley, firemen, drill, fireman, simon, fireman, hampshire, fire, fire, brigade, founder, fire-aid, poor, simon, rowley, portfolio | |
RailwaysThe county of Kent had a railway network of considerable complexity with a great variety of traffic. Close to London, commuter services dominated passenger traffic though longer distance trains served Kent's coastal resorts and the Channel ports. Away from the main lines, there were the rural ... From the series British Railway PictorialKeywords: kent, kent, commuter, kent, westerham, hawkhurst, kent, kent, sussex, kent, kentish, agriculture, kent, coalfield, navy, chatham, sittingbourne, attract, dover, folkestone, dungeness, ashford, tenterden, hawkhurst, canterbury, faversham, maidstone, rochester, tunbridge, westerham, sheerness, orpington, lcdr, faversham-dover, sittingbourne-sheereness-on-sea, westerham, ashord-minster, canterbury, canterbury, farningham, junction-hythe, kent, sussex, kent, maidstone, east-ashford, medway, paddock, wood-hawkhurst, tunbridge, chattenden, upnor | |
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