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RailwaysIn the early 1960s, Britain's rail network was contracting rapidly and, ironically, just as the decline was forcing closures, a cost-cutting type of motive power was entering service - the Diesel Multiple Unit. Yorkshire-based amateur cameraman, Frank Dean, ensured that a record of threatened lines ...Keywords: heritage, yorkshire, amateur, dean, dean, 20-mile, york, knaresborough, starbeck, malton, whitby, rillington, malton, yorkshire, heritage, whitby, contributor, whitby, middlesbrough, battersby, metrocammell, birmingham, mid-1960s | |
Buses, Road VehiclesMidland Red, the common name for the Birmingham & Midland Motor omnibus Co Ltd, was one of the greatest of Britain's regional bus companies. With its origins stretching back to before the outbreak of the Great War, the company grew to become the dominant force in the region. Apart from the ... From the series Heyday of …Keywords: birmingham, omnibus, double-decker, greenwood, keeley | |
RailwaysOpened in 1908, Tyseley shed was located to the south of Birmingham close to the junction between the main line south towards Oxford and the North Warwickshire line to Stratford-on-Avon. One of the most important duties for Tyseley-based locomotives was the provision of motive power for suburban ... From the series Heyday of …Keywords: tyseley, tyseley, birmingham, oxford, warwickshire, stratford-on-avon, suburban, birmingham, moor, tyseley, tyseley, whitehouse, hogarth | |
Trams, Road VehiclesThe second, and again physically large, volume whose title is self descriptive. Please see the table of contents and sample page for additional information. From the series History of the British Steam TramKeywords: tram, gladwin, accrington, alford, sutton, tramway, barrow-in-furness, birmingham, birmingham, aston, birmingham, birmingham, birmingham, blackburn, blackburn, blackburn, darwen, blackburn, darwen, bradford, bradford, bradford, bardford, tramway, bradford, omnibus, bradford, bradford, shelf, tramway, brighton, brighton, shoreham, bristol, burnley | |
RailwaysDr Peter Richards and Bill Simpson have combined their considerable knowledge of railway history to produce this first volume of the first main trunk line out of London. The exhaustive text is supported by 200 illustrations including photographs, some colour, maps, diagrams, timetables etc. The ...Keywords: birmingham, euston, bletchley, simpson, trunk, bletchley, rugby, rugby, birmingham, simpson, euston, willesden, wembley, harrow, watford, hemel, hempstead, cheddington, leighton, buzzard, bletchley | |
RailwaysThis second volume of A History of the London & Birmingham Railway concerns a section of landscape from Bletchley to Rugby high on the uplands of central England with the challenging prospect of Kilsby Ridge. The railway engineering role of the town of Wolverton as a ‘New Town' settlement has to be ...Keywords: birmingham, bletchley, rugby, birmingham, bletchley, rugby, kilsby, ridge, wolverton, rugby, controversy, northampton, simpson, birmingham, conflict, bletchley, milton, wolverton, castlethorpe, roade, blisworth, weedon, crick, welton, kilsby, tunnel, rugby, kilsby, crick, buckby, althorpe, northampton | |
RailwaysPeter Butler tells the story of how the railway network of Northamptonshire developed, flourished and declined, how the county's 70 stations have dwindled to just five today, yet how some of Britain's fastest and most modern main lines pass through or touch the country. Line by Line, he covers all ...Keywords: northamptonshire, butler, northamptonshire, butler, blisworth, birmingham, peterborough, rugby, stamford, northampton, harborough, seaton, yarwell, weedon, leamington, northampton, loop, stratford-upon-avon, huntingdon, manton, loddington, higham, northampton, bedford, stamford, essendine | |
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