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Books > Sport & Leisure > Transport: general interest > Trains & railways: general interest
At the turn of the 20th century the rail network extended to over
23,000 miles, very nearly the circumference of the world - the
greatest length it was ever to achieve. Some urban routes had
closed and later, hundreds of rural lines and stations succumbed to
the Beeching axe. This title shows the network in its heyday before
the decline commenced.
The cross-country Ruabon to Barmouth railway was originally built
to fulfil the desire of connecting the town of Llangollen with the
rest of the rapidly expanding network. The local Victorian
promoters received the backing of the Great Western Railway, which
had an ambitious plan to reach the Cambrian Coast and tap into the
slate quarries around Snowdonia. As time was to prove, the GWR was
to be temporarily thwarted by the construction of a branch inland
from Barmouth by the rival Cambrian Railway, resulting in an end-on
connection between the two railways in the market town of Dolgelly.
The route developed into an important artery across rural Wales,
bringing in its wake a revolution in agriculture, industry and
daily life. Holiday traffic became big business, tapping into the
big conurbations of Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham. The route
would ultimately succumb to the Beeching axe during the 1960s, but
even this did not go to plan following severe flooding a few weeks
prior! Volume One explores the eastern half of the route,
encompassing the towns of Ruabon, Llangollen, Corwen and Bala, and
a brief introduction to the fundamentals of railway travel. The
perfect companion for anyone visiting the preserved Llangollen
Railway.
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Southern Railway
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Sallie Loy, Dick Hillman, C. Pat Cates
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Since 2003 the International Association for the History of
Traffic, Transport and Mobility (T2M) has served as a trade-free
zone, fostering a new interdisciplinary vitality in the
now-flourishing study of the History of Mobility. In its Yearbook,
Mobility in History, T2M surveys these developments in the form of
a comprehensive state-of-the-art review of research in the field,
presenting synopses of recent research, international reviews of
research across many countries, thematic reviews, and retrospective
assessments of classic works in the area. Mobility in History
provides an essential and comprehensive overview of the current
situation of Mobility studies. Volume 6 divides its review of
recent literature across polemical, theoretical, and geographical
categories, and concludes with a section on tourism.
The arrival of the railway was one of the most far reaching events
in the history of the Victorian city. The present study, based upon
detailed case histories of Britain's five largest cities (London,
Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester and Liverpool), shows how the
railways gave Victorian cities their compact shape, influenced
topography and character of their central districts, and determines
the nature of suburban expansion. This book was first published in
1969.
For over 150 years Britain's railways have relied on a system of
semaphore signalling, but by 2020, all semaphore signals and
lineside signal boxes will be gone. A Contemporary Perspective on
GWR Signalling provides a unique record of the last operational
mechanical signalling and infrastructure on Britain's railway
network, as it applied to the former Great Western Railway (and
lines owned jointly with other companies). It also includes a
comprehensive explanation of what mechanical signalling is and how
it works. There is detailed coverage of the signal boxes and
infrastructure on Network Rail, including routes through
Shrewsbury, Hereford, Worcester, Cornwall, Chester and North
Warwickshire. Beautifully illustrated with over 400 contemporary
images and with detailed information from a 2003-2014 survey, this
is an essential resource for anyone with an interest in the
traditional signalling systems of railways in Britain.
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