RailwaysThroughout World War 2 Britain's railways were in the frontline and felt the full force of the Luftwaffe's offensive against the homeland. Many railway workers lost their lives, and much of the network was destroyed. However, the railways continued to be an essential part of Britain's war effort ... | |
Trams, Road VehiclesThis comprehensive study of British tram depots is destined to become the standard by which any subsequent book on the subject will be judged. Through extensive research the author has recorded the features, location and ultimate fate of every tramway depot to have existed in Britain and in so ... | |
RailwaysWith its emphasis on third-rail electrification, the Southern Region of British Railways needed locos which could draw electric power from the third-rail, where a line was electrified, but also had an auxiliary diesel engine for use on non-electrified lines. To meet this requirement, the first six ... | |
RailwaysPeter Johnson presents the latest in the ever popular ‘Illustrated History' series, a historic look at the Great Western Narrow Gauge Lines. | |
RailwaysConstructed under the terms of the Light Railways Act of 1896, the Rother Valley Railway from Robertsbridge to Tenterden opened in April 1900. Extended north to Headcorn in 1905, its name was changed at that time to the Kent & East Sussex Railway. Surviving as an independent line through to ... From the series Illustrated History of … | |
RailwaysThe origins of the Shropshire & Montgomery Light Railway date back to the 1860s and an impecunious line called the Potteries, Shrewsbury & North Wales Railway that initially opened its main line in 1866. The route stretched from a separate station in Shrewsbury as far as Llanymynech on the Cambrian ... From the series Illustrated History of … | |
OtherMail was first sorted on a moving train in a converted horse box on the Grand Junction Railway, between Liverpool and Manchester, in January 1838 at the suggestion of Frederick Karstadt, a Post Office surveyor. Karstadt's son was one of two mail clerks who did the sorting. In 1845 the service was ... From the series Illustrated History of … | |
RailwaysSince Portrait of the Welsh Highland Railway was published, Peter Johnson's highly successful first book on the Welsh Highland Railway, a great deal of new material has come to light, enabling him to put together this new and highly significant history of the line. Readers will find an astonishing ... From the series Illustrated History of … | |
RailwaysA railway is more than just its locomotives. It is also the stations, the staff, the carriages and wagons, the tunnels and viaducts, the signalling and much else. For a modeller, seeking to recreate the past, information on these various aspects is as essential to completing a project as ... | |
RailwaysA railway company was always more than its locomotives and rolling stock; its unique identity was also reflected in the architectural style of its station buildings and signalboxes, and the uniforms worn by its staff. For railway modellers, keen to recreate the ambience of an individual ... | |
RailwaysThe final and most successful batch of Type 1 locomotives ordered under the Modernisation Plan of 1955 was the future Class 20 designed by English Electric. Built at the Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows and Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns at Darlington, by the time construction ceased in 1968, 228 ... From the series Power of …. (books) | |
RailwaysThe Class 60s were the last main line diesel locomotives constructed for British Rail and indeed they were destined to be the last main line diesel locomotives to be built in Britain. They were designed to incorporate all the latest developments. Ironically, as well as being the last, they were ... From the series Power of …. (books) | |
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