RailwaysThe story of Stan Symes who joined the Southern Railway in August 1939 at Bournemouth Depot as an engine cleaner and is still driving engines on the Swanage Railway on a regular basis. Stan Symes joined the Southern Railway in August 1939 at Bournemouth Depot as an engine cleaner. Stan is still ... From the series Reminiscences | |
Road Vehicles, OtherWho devised Britain's road numbering scheme and what was its purpose? When were roads first numbered? Are there anomalies and why are so many road numbers never shown on a map or signs? These and many other facinating topics are all discussed in this book together with something about the history ... | |
RailwaysThis is the Second Edition of this book which was first published in 2000 as a companion to the earlier volume London's Disused Underground Stations. | |
RailwaysTo many the Abbotsbury branch was a curious line of single track which joined the main line at Upwey Junction, perhaps glimpsed from the carriage window of a train conveying day-trippers or holidaymakers to Weymouth. Indeed, the line cannot have been particularly well known to local people as ... | |
RailwaysThe story of one of South Wales most important lines is told here for the first time. The great export coal trade from South Wales brought the rise of Cardiff from a comparatively minor harbour to one of the world's leading docks, due in no small measure to the efforts of the miners in the ... From the series Oakwood Library Of Railway History | |
RailwaysThe British Railways Modernisation Plan of 1955 called for the introduction of 25kv AC (alternating current) services over the West Coast main line. The first section of this was energised in 1959. Over the next four decades, the 25kv network expanded, culminating in the electrification of the East ... | |
RailwaysDVD-R Video (also available at HALF-PRICE as VHS Cassette ). This unique series of three programmes documents an extraordinary rail journey of over 20,000 kilometres right across Russia from Saint Petersburg on the Baltic Sea in the West, to Vladivostok on the Pacific Ocean in the Russian far ... | |
RailwaysDVD-R Video (also available at HALF-PRICE as VHS Cassette ). This unique series of three programmes documents an extraordinary rail journey of over 20,000 kilometres right across Russia from Saint Petersburg on the Baltic Sea in the West, to Vladivostok on the Pacific Ocean in the Russian far ... | |
Road Vehicles, OtherFrom the Foreword: “In this meticulously researched and fascinating book, Brian Thackray has breathed life into the early years of a company that would become the 'Builders of London's Buses', despite the many misgivings of Lord Ashwell, the prime architect of London's road and underground ... | |
Buses, Road VehiclesAuthor Brian Thackray has already given us the first volume of his monumental undertaking of presenting the complete history of the Associated Equipment Company, of Southall, whose buses and trucks were such a feature of Britain's and the world's roads in the twentieth century. In The AEC Story ... | |
RailwaysA view of Britain's railways from the air. Includes film of Coronation's record breaking run, the Cheltenham Flyer, Blue Pullman & journeys over London, Exeter, Bath, Newcastle, Glasgow, York, Forth Bridge, Saltash Bridge, Glenfinnan Viaduct & Beattock. | |
RailwaysSteam locomotives at work, by day and night, at various locations on British Railways between 1959 and 1961, and in 1982 in Zimbabwe From the series Sounds Of The Steam Age | |
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