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MaritimeThe Cunard-White Star Line's Queen Elizabeth was the largest ship in the World and one of the fastest and most luxurious. In the post-War years, she maintained, with her equally famous running-mate Queen Mary,the most successful transatlantic passenger service there has ever been. But before that, ...Keywords: queen, cunard-white, star, queen, post-war, queen, wartime, clyde, high-speed, queen, wartime, foray, florida, fire, hong, kong, harbour, worthy, harvey, queen, icon, peace, zenith, death | |
Road VehiclesNot only the birthplace of motor racing, France also nurtured the sport in its early years. Blue became the French racing colour when the marques Mors and Panhard contested the early town-to-town races. France created Grand Prix racing in 1906 when a triumphant Renault prevailed. In the years ... From the series Racing ColoursKeywords: german, birthplace, sport, panhard, town-to-town, prix, peugeot, prix, delage, winner, indianapolis, bugatti, german, sports-car, delahaye, talbot-lago, sports-car, bugatti, comeback, talbot-lago, gordini, championship, prix, matra, awoke, fray, peugeot, saga, bennet, bugatti, tragedy, talbot, sorcerer, aerospace, rugby, peugeot | |
RailwaysVHS Cassette (also available as DVD-R Video ). When British Rail finally abandoned wagon load traffic, and appeared to put every obstacle in the path of any company who actually wanted to continue using their rail freight services, it seemed inconceivable that any form of rail freight renaissance ... From the series Rail Freight FocusKeywords: dvd-r, welsh, scottish, benetit, paul, shannon, traffics, settle, carlisle, gypsum, gypsum, kirby, thore, castle, clitheroe, wcml, traffics, hardendale, lime, intermodal, freightiiner, peak, traffics, warrington, marsh, dowlow, middlewich, ferry, container, manchester, waste, bredbury, northenden, northenden, heysham, nuclear, fuel, heysham, acid, sandhach, traffics, workington | |
RailwaysDVD-R Video (also available at HALF PRICE as VHS Cassette ). When British Rail finally abandoned wagon load traffic, and appeared to put every obstacle in the path of any company who actually wanted to continue using their rail freight services, it seemed inconceivable that any form of rail ... From the series Rail Freight FocusKeywords: dvd-r, welsh, scottish, benetit, paul, shannon, traffics, settle, carlisle, gypsum, gypsum, kirby, thore, castle, clitheroe, wcml, traffics, hardendale, lime, intermodal, freightiiner, peak, traffics, warrington, marsh, dowlow, middlewich, ferry, container, manchester, waste, bredbury, northenden, northenden, heysham, nuclear, fuel, heysham, acid, sandhach, traffics, workington | |
RailwaysFirst established in 1995 to handle nuclear traffic DRS has grown over the years to become one of the UKs most innovative and powerful rail freight companies. Famous for the unique variety of operational motive power this new DVD highlights both lineside action and rare site visits over the years ...Keywords: nuclear, nuclear, sellafield, sellafield, heysham, nuclear, sellafield, crewe, intermodal, daventry, dirft, grangemouth, tesco, tesco, plaster, kirkby, thore, elderslie, serco, sandite, carlisle | |
RailwaysA Century ago, the metropolitan Railway had been extended from a profitable base in central London through the sparsely populated countryside to the north-west of Buckinghamshire, by Sir Edward Watkin, a contentious Victorian entrepreneur. This push through the Chilterns was part of his ambitious ...Keywords: metro-land, metropolitan, buckinghamshire, watkin, victorian, entrepreneur, manchester, paris, watkin, death, surplus, banner, metro-land, campaign, post-war, metro-land, culture, metro-land, watkin, terminus, marylebone, fiendish, metro-land, chiltern, foxell, overture, watkin, terminus, marriage, metro-land, metro-land, metro-land, metro-land, metro-land, swan, post-war | |
RailwaysAt one time a scenic coastal railway route linked Girvan with Ayr. The line was built to serve the villages of Maidens, Dunure and Alloway; it was hoped it would help develop agriculture and fishing. However, the route is best remembered for the role it played in leisure and holiday traffic. The ...Keywords: turnberry, dunure, butlin, girvan, dunure, alloway, agriculture, glasgow, south-western, golf, hotel, turnberry, post-world, butlin, camp, turnberry, hotel, golf, carrick, ayrshire, carrick, bruce, clan, kennedy, mcconnell, stuart | |
RailwaysTwo hundred years of railway development has brought assorted designs, structures and schemes that have ultimately proved to be a disaster. In the early years of railway history, many of these blunders arose from the ignorance of those dealing with new technology. Later, many of the promoters and ...Keywords: disaster, arose, victorian, trait, failure, politics, politics, railway-man, vaughan | |
RailwaysIn the early years of railway history, many blunders arose from the ignorance of those dealing with new technology. Later, many of the promoters and engineers were tainted by another Victorian trait, that of over-confidence. Pride can lead to a fall and in the case of the first railway bridge over ...Keywords: arose, victorian, trait, bouch, poor, weak, adverse, heathrow, collapse, vaughan, forthright, politics, railwayman, isbn, bookshop, vaughan | |
RailwaysThroughout the history of Britain's railways there have been events, individuals and designs that can be regarded as conspicuous successes; Stanier's locomotive designs for the LMS, automatic train control, multiple-aspect colour light signals and many others, too numerous to list. However, it is ...Keywords: multiple-aspect, bulleid, ex-br, officer, stanley, bear, stanley, forthright, controversy, stanley, résumé | |
RailwaysThis book is about a man and his railway,the L&NWR.The man became a pillar of the Victorian establishment and his railway at one time was the largest public company of any type in the worlsd.Yet today, outside the realm of railway historians and enthusiasts, he is largely unknown.Richard Moon's ...Keywords: moon, moon, pillar, victorian, worlsd, moon, liverpool, manchester, baronetcy, braine, ancestry, youth, liverpool, worcester, investigator, huish, fool, fold, chairmanship, storm, paternalism, jubilee, politics | |
RailwaysRailways in East Yorkshire first appeared in 1990. A revised, enlarged and updated edition emerged in 2002, by which time it had become Volume One. In 1995, Volume Two had appeared, exploring certain themes in more depth and Introducing guest contributions. The Idea of a Volume Three came from the ...Keywords: yorkshire, yorkshire, filey, filey, camp, farline, pulleyn, filey, camp, weighton, derwent, yorkshire, yorkshire, triangular, scarborough, humber, goole, lancashire, yorkshire, hull, hull, yorkshire, hull, barnsley, dock, martin, bairstow, filey, filey, camp, york, scarborough, wakefield, pontefract, goole, goole, goole, goole, spurn, hull, cannon, derwent, hull, york, suburban, thereof, hull, yorkshire | |
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