| | A definitive history of this extensive private railway. Wemyss Estate's developed this railway to allow it to exploit the considerable coal deposits on its land. Massive investment was made to gain Fife's mineral wealth, this including major development of Fife ports. Coal became such an important factor in the prosperity in this part of Fife that is impossible to tell the story without looking at the wider implications for the area's social history. The system was Nationalised and incorporated into the National Coal Board. Today coal mining in Fife has not ceased but it is a shadow of its former self as the major single employer. A chapter on the Wemyss & Buckhaven Railway by Alan Simpson has also been included. Contents:
- Introduction
- Preface
- Chapter One - Origins of Coal and Railways in Wemyss
- Chapter Two - Dock, Rail and Coal Investment
- Chapter Three - Agreements and Disagreements
- Chapter Four - Estate Railway Construction and Development
- Chapter Five - Continuing Developments
- Chapter Six - Nationalisation and Beyond
- Chapter Seven - Run Down, Closure and Subsequent Events
- Chapter Eight - Locomotives and Rolling Stock
- Chapter Nine - Wemyss & Buckhaven Railway 1881-1988 by A Simpson
- Appendix One - From Earl David`s Diaries
- Appendix Two - Major General Hutchinson`s Reports to the Board of Trade (1881),
- Appendix Three - Dividends of the Wemyss Coal Company (Ordinary Shares)
- Appendix Four - Mr Johnston`s Report, October 1953 ,
- Appendix Five - Operations at Scott`s Road
- Appendix Six - Wemyss Private Railway Rule Book
- Appendix Seven - Surviving Physical Relics by A Simpson
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Index
Continent: Europe
Country: UK
Area: UK Fife | | Tag cloud: wemyss fife shadow simpson brotchie dock earl hutchinson scott rule | Tell a friend about this publication  |
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