RailwaysThe 'Derry Road' was the 75 mile Great Northern Railway route between Portadown and Londonderry. It was a busy railway, serving the major towns of Dungannon, Omagh, Newtownstewart and Strabane, and many smaller places in between. In its heyday it provided a vital link between Dublin and Counties ... | |
RailwaysThis absorbing collection of photographs focuses on the last days of steam in Britain, from March 1966 to August 1968 - right up to the final twenty-four hours of mainline steam operation. Covering the last three years of BR steam working, from the summer of 1965 to the '15 Guinea Special' of 11 ... | |
RailwaysA photographic portfolio presenting the top quality colour photography of the author. From June 1961 through to the final withdrawal of steam locomotives in normal service by British Railways in August 1968, Tony Butcher travelled all over the country photographing the rapidly declining steam ... | |
Buses, Road VehiclesAfter more than 50 years in service, 2005 saw Londoners bid a tearful farewell to the famous red double decker Routemaster bus. Arguably the most loved and useful public transport vehicle ever built, it was killed off by a combination of 'health and safety' legislation and political correctness. ... | |
RailwaysThe Great Western Railway's main line from London to Bristol, opened throughout in 1841, passed by the ancient market town of Faringdon at a distance of 3½ miles to the south. This bypassed town began to go into decline, and planning for a broad gauge railway to connect Faringdon with the GWR main ... | |
AviationThis is a companion volume to Farnborough: 100 Years of British Aviation by Peter Cooper, which was published in the summer of 2006. This book, however, concentrates on the activities of the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Aircraft/Aerospace Establishment at Farnborough. This department was perhaps the ... | |
RailwaysThe railway to Valencia Harbour was opened in 1893. It was the most westerly point in Europe which could be reached by train. The branch (of almost 40 miles in length) left the Tralee-Mallow main line at Farranfore and headed west through some of Ireland's most spectacular scenery as it climbed ... From the series Oakwood Library Of Railway History | |
RailwaysIn this volume author Patrick O'Sullivan, who was born and bred in Cahirciveen, uses his intimate knowledge of the area to really bring the story of this remote and spectacular railway, and of the people it served and those who worked on the line, to life. Agriculture and fish were the main revenue ... From the series Oakwood Library Of Railway History | |
RailwaysNo other main line in the south has served a cathedral city, a continental port and collieries simultaneously. Agricultural and commuter traffic adds to the resulting diversity of the illustrations. Full coverage of the long forgotten branch to Faversham Creek is given and detailed maps of every ... From the series Southern Main Lines | |
RailwaysThis is your chance to enjoy a unique slice of everyday living railway history from the same producers that bring you the Steam World Archive Series - the most authentic and popular steam archive series available today. This new series features action from all parts of the old British Railways ... From the series Steam World Archive | |
RailwaysThe story of the Fawley branch does not follow the usual pattern of a rural English branch line. The first plans for a railway in the area dated from 1860, it was take more than 60 years before Fawley finally saw a train service. In the l9th century there were elaborate plans for a railway line to ... From the series Locomotion Papers | |
RailwaysThe book tells the story of the Fell Railways themselves plus the development of their system and the railways which adopted it. The Fell system uses a raised centre rail between the two running rails on steeply-graded railway lines to provide extra traction and braking, or braking alone. The ... | |
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