[441] |  TITLES ON ALL SUBJECTS WHICH REFERENCE 'COALFIELD' | |
| Almost a century has elapsed since the Barry 'Red Funnel Line' steamers disappeared from the Bristol Channel excursion scene, and although Barry Pier has gone, as has the railway that served it, the remains are yet visible, and so the memory of the handsome fleet of paddle-steamers that were based ... From the series Series X | |
| The line was one of the extremes: from the classical splendour of the Batch Green Park station to the minute and grimy terminus at Bristols St. Philips and from the peace of the Avon valley to the coalfields and industries of the Bristol area. Firmly in the steam era, the route once had a spacious ... From the series Country Railway Routes | |
| The 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 Pictorial | |
| Burntisland was initially served by railways that were to form part of the North British Railway Company. The crossing of the Firth of Forth makes it an interesting and important railway centre. Ferries had been established for some years before Thomas Bouch designed and introduced the world's ... From the series Locomotion Papers | |
| We complete the route of the 3-hour expresses into Glasgow resuming our journey over the former 'Caley' main line at Perth with 1960s shed and station scenes. Every station between Perth and Gartcosh is illustrated using an amalgam of cine film, historic photographs, 'then and now' scenes and maps ... From the series Video Library | |
| The 2ft 3in gauge Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway had its origins in a colliery railway, transporting coal from inland pits to the port of Campbeltown, on the remote Kintyre Peninsula in western Scotland. Opened in 1877, it was upgraded to a fully Fledged Light Railway and extended ... From the series UK Public Railways | Request notification when available  |
| Castleford lies on the very edge of the concealed coalfield and the earliest coal extraction was to the west where the coal measures outcrop on the surface. These workings were served by tramroads but the opening of the York & North Midland Railway in 1840, and then subsequent lines, opened up the ... | |
| The journey begins in rural environs and runs through peaceful pastures and woodland. Some of the beauty of Wenlock Edge could be enjoyed, but it was also home for several limeworks. The once heavily industrialised area of the East Shropshire Coalfield was traversed at the end of the trip. Thus ... From the series Country Railway Routes | |
| The popular view of the Derby - Manchester route is that of a secondary line which allowed the Midland Railway to operate through expresses between London, St Pancras, and Manchester Central: an important passenger artery but unquestionably subordinate to the LNWR and its Euston - Manchester ... From the series B.R. Steam Operating | |
| It must be said that, for the light railway enthusiast and to the many who find pleasure in the unusual or eccentric, the East Kent Railway was a delight. For many it was a last link with the disappearing relics of a bygone age; an age of benevolent gentry in high wing collars and drooping ... From the series Oakwood Library Of Railway History | |
| The three railway branch lines which served the landward areas of East Lothian were an unusual trio and were all worked by the North British Railway. Each line had its own distinctive and often eccentric character and the first to be built was the Haddington branch which carried agricultural ... From the series Oakwood Library Of Railway History | |
| Tthe story of an unusual railway, as it was the only London & North Western Railway branch in an area where Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway branches proliferated. The branch opened for passengers in 1867, just 20 years after the railway first reached Huddersfield. The passenger service was ... From the series Locomotion Papers | |
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