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RailwaysThese routes were remote for most people and thus the historic photographs herein are a welcome record of these long-lost byways. There is much evidence of the middle part of the Manchester & Milford Railway, which never reached either place in its title. The two heritage sections are also ...Keywords: aberystwyth, carmarthen, aberayron, newcastle, emlyn, long-lost, manchester, milford, heritage, gwili, teifi, aberystwyth, carmarthen, aberayron, newcastle, emlyn, gwili, teifi | |
MaritimeP. & A. Campbell Ltd of Bristol, registered as a Limited Company in 1893, was destined to not quite make its century as the operator of the celebrated White Funnel Fleet of passenger steamers. As the postwar fleet waned in the 1950s profits dwindled and receivership beckoned. Remarkably, a new ...Keywords: balmoral, bristol, campbell, bristol, funnel, postwar, campbell, hovercraft, cross-channel, partnership, belgium, heritage, quartet, campbell, flag, bristol, funnel, irish, south-east, balmoral, devon, lundy, campbell, pattern, excursion-steamer, paddler, waverley, prince, ivanhoe, westward, balmoral, devonia, funnel, bristol, trillo, earlierc, lyde-built, paddle-steamer, waverley, severn, bristol, exmoor, devon, pembrokeshire, campbell, tedstone | |
RailwaysThe coal tanks were the product of a forward-looking policy of engineering standardisation in an era that was only a couple of generations removed from the birth of the locomotive itself. Following their introduction in 1881, they received a variety of enhancements. These reflected the ongoing ...Keywords: lnwr, policy, boiler, exhaust, boiler, feed, safer, boiler, vacuum, brake, pursue, heritage, worthy, hardship, welfare, heritage, skellon | |
Road VehiclesContinuing the story of vehicle manufacture ion the post-war period Robert W. Berry and Alan Earnshaw now examine the Bedford commercial vehicles in the 5-cwt to 35-cwt range which Vauxhall Motors produced in the 1950s and 1960s. Vauxhall had served Britain well during the difficult years of World ... From the series Classic MarquesKeywords: bedford, post-war, berry, earnshaw, bedford, vauxhall, vauxhall, bedford, peace, austin, ford, vauxhall, bedford, bedford, vauxhall, vauxhall, heritage, berry, earnshaw, k-type, m-type, ta-type, tj-type | |
Buses, Road VehiclesOne of the most iconic British motor coach chassis of all time was Bedford's VAL, which was introduced at the 1962 Commercial motor show. This was the first time that Bedford ventured in to the large-capacity coach market. But it did it with style and a novel engineering approach. Employing a ... From the series Fare Stage SeriesKeywords: bedford, fare, chassis, bedford, bedford, novel, leyland, low-height, chassis, twin-steer, axle, chassis, bedford, vauxhall, heritage, bedford, personnel, chassis, chassis, non-psv, chassis, berry, val70 | |
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 | |
RailwaysThe sum of all the books ever published on the Great Northern Railway from Kings Cross to Doncaster, its successors the LNER, then the Eastern Region of British Railways, and now including Railtrack and Network Rail, together with the engineers and their locomotives, if laid end to end, would take ...Keywords: doncaster, lner, railtrack, internet, heritage, skill, hindsight, doncaster, welwyn, garden, coster, terminus, holloway, holloway-finsbury, finsbury, finsbury, park-wood, wood, hatfield, welwyn, garden | |
RailwaysThe branch lines of Oxfordshire were not so numerous as those of some other counties, but they carried a wide variety of locomotives and rolling stock, and included specialist lines such as those for Morris Cowley, as well as branches of the Great Western Railway. Many of the lines centred on the ...Keywords: oxfordshire, oxfordshire, cowley, oxford, fairford, bletchley, cheltenham–, banbury, paddington–thame–oxford, paddington–birmingham, oxford–cambridge, bicester, wroxton, quarry, chinnor, risborough, oxfordshire, ephemera, oxfordshire, oxfordshire, heritage, wargrave, wainhill, watlington, farm, oxford, blackthorn, bicester, souldern, banbury, merton, farthinghoe, wroston, quarry, kingham, sutton, kidlington, blenheim, woodstock, oxford, launton, bicester, oxford, kelmscott, langford | |
RailwaysThe industrial history of Great Britain records numerous enterprises which failed to fulfil expectations and have since vanished almost without trace. Few can have involved so much expenditure, for so little reward, as the opening and development of the iron mines on the Brendon Hills in West ...Keywords: brendon, somerset, fulfil, expenditure, brendon, somerset, somerset, watchet, harbour, newport, kilometre, brendon, upland, exmoor, heritage, ephemera, sellick, hamilton, somerset, somerset, exmoor, heritage, somerset, village | |
RailwaysHardback Version (also available as Softback Version ). There's a magical romance about train travel that no other form of transport can capture. Unlike other rail-based guides, this is not a backpacker's manual on how to travel cheaply and quickly and what to do once you get there. Instead, this ...Keywords: gazer, backpacker, sojourn, indulgent, care-free, jacket, black-and-white, full-colour, gift, self-purchase, fanatics, wainwright, quirky, eco-tourism, heritage, pubs, benedict, britannia, scotland, scotland, anglia, waterloo, southeast, peep, fare, fare | |
RailwaysThe words and photographs contained within the pages of this book expand on Andy Sparks's well-received formula in his first book British Rail Northern Scene. The reader is taken on a fascinating journey exploring the multi-faceted 1970s northern rail scene. In this book the area covered has been ...Keywords: encompass, holyhead, carnforth, scarborough, grimsby, heritage, stone, deeper, chain, buffer | |
RailwaysAlthough the origins of the railways lay with the need to transport goods, it was not long before the early companies realised that there was considerable additional revenue to be had in passengers traffic. The station and the facilities it provided, became an important part of the individual ...Keywords: mid-1830s, pancras, austere, classicism, birmingham, curzon, huddersfield, layer, heritage, urban, termini, hendry, victorian, noon | |
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