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The Tarka Line threads through beautiful Devon countryside from the
city of Exeter to the ancient market town of Barnstaple. The
Dartmoor Line leaves the Tarka Line near Crediton, and runs along
the northern edge of the Moor to Okehampton and Meldon. First
published in 1998, this book has been fully revised and updated,
with many photographs and now in colour. It features a wealth of
locations along the two routes, seen both yesterday and today, and
the comparisons will be of absorbing interest to anyone who uses
the line, passengers, rail enthusiasts, cyclists and walkers alike.
Passengers Once More' is the title of a new series of books to be
published by Silver Link. The series will cover the whole of Great
Britain and will be deliberately positive in its approach, as the
emphasis will be on reinstated or new stations and lines. The books
will be copiously illustrated with photographs at each location
featured. Data for each location will include opening, closing and
reopening dates, a map reference, the original railway company and
the train operating company currently managing the station.
Reference will also be made to photographs of the same location
published in the British Railways Past & Present series.
Captions will comment on the frequency of the service, reasons for
opening/reopening and other features as appropriate. Each book will
be arranged in line and geographical order. This first book in the
series, by Terry Gough, covers all lines and stations from Kent to
Cornwall. The second book, by the same author, covers Greater
London, Essex and counties to Gloucester. The third volume by John
Hillmer will cover Wales, the Border Counties and Merseyside.
Further volumes are in preparation. All of these books will cover
all relevant stations and lines from the smallest halt to the major
station developments such as the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, now
referred to as High Speed 1.
The first subway line in New York City opened on October 27,
1904. To celebrate the centennial of this event, the Johns Hopkins
University Press presents a new edition of Gene Sansone's acclaimed
book, "Evolution of New York City Subways." Produced under the
auspices of New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority, this
comprehensive account of the rapid transit system's design and
engineering history offers an extensive array of photographs,
engineering plans, and technical data for nearly every subway car
in the New York City system from the days of steam and cable to the
present.
The product of years of meticulous research in various city
archives, this book is organized by type of car, from the 1903-04
wood and steel Composite cars to the R142 cars put into service in
2000. For each car type, Sansone provides a brief narrative history
of its design, construction, and service record, followed by
detailed schematic drawings and accompanying tables that provide
complete technical data, from the average cost per car and
passenger capacity to seat and structure material, axle load, and
car weight. Sansone also includes a helpful subway glossary from "A
Car" (the end car in a multiple car coupled unit) to "Zone" (a
section of the train to the conductor's left or right side).
Subway and train enthusiasts, students of New York City history,
and specialists in the history of technology will appreciate this
updated and authoritative reference work about one of the twentieth
century's greatest urban achievements.
Nigel Gresley built his Pacific class of locomotives to deal with
increasing demands from passenger traffic. Some Pacifics started as
Class A1s but were eventually rebuilt to Class A3 specifications.
Others were built as A3s from the outset. Suffice to say the A3s
underwent a number of significant alterations during their lifetime
extending from 1922 to the mid 1960s. Gresley's A3s documents many
members of the class in well-researched captions. These are set
against photographs which appear in a chronological sequence. We
learn how many different tenders were coupled to a locomotive; how
they were converted from right hand to left hand drive; the many
colour schemes employed; and latterly how trough deflectors were
fitted to a number of engines. A finale to book is a section on the
Flying Scotsman - a world-renowned engine that started as an A1 but
was subsequently converted to A3. The engine has recently undergone
a major overhaul and brought crowds out in their thousands when it
appeared on an inaugural run. This is surely testament to the
longevity of Gresley's great locomotives. - Many of these great
locomotives were built and maintained in Yorkshire at Doncaster
Works - A large number of colour photographs not hitherto seen
previously - Evocative black and white pictures - The locomotives
are seen all along the East Coast Main line, travelling on Scottish
routes and the old Great Central line hauling many named trains.
They are also depicted on shed and in works. - A lavish and aptly
sized book that does justice to these much revered and sadly missed
locomotives
The aim of this series is to appeal to readers of all ages, perhaps
for different reasons...In this volume: We travel back to the year
1969 For the younger reader there are wonderful pictures of trains,
real trains. There will, for example, be tank engines, steam
engines, electric trains and multiple units and many more varieties
besides! Some will be recognised from train sets, model railways
and books, while others will be seen for the first time. For the
older reader the books are designed to build into a collection
placing the railway in the context of key events thus providing an
historical perspective of travel in times past. For those old
enough to remember the years depicted, the series will, we hope,
provide reminders for many of school days, time perhaps spent
train-spotting, shed bashing and generally gricing! The books also
make ideal theme gifts for the year of birth, marriage, retirement,
starting work and other such events in life.
All too often, when observing our railways, focus falls entirely on
the locomotives or multiple units that haul the many services that
travel on them. Britain's railway wagons are equally deserving of
attention, with many fascinating details of their own. Over the
past three decades, there has been much change on the railways, and
the wagons reflect this too. Covering an often neglected subject,
John Dedman uses his fascinating collection of images to explore
British railway wagons during this period. Featuring informative
captions, and detailed images, this book will be interesting for
both railway enthusiasts and modellers alike.
'Like so many other boys of my generation, I wanted to be an engine
driver; my dreams, however, were dashed in 1956 when I went for a
medical at Derby. So much depended upon having perfect eyesight
...' So wrote the author in his introduction in Last Days of Steam
on the LMS & BR, published in 2009. Now featuring all new
colour photographs, From Clark to Contoller is an account of
Roderick H. Fowkes' service on the railway, from 1966 until his
retirement in 1996. Reflecting on the demise of steam in the 1960s,
and revisiting the author's experiences in Trent in 1957, the
compelling story continues with 'some of the best times of a
thirty-nine year career with BR', including Fowkes' years working
in Control and the fulfilment of his lifetime ambition of moving to
the West Country. Filled with personal and memorable anecdotes,
this book continues the extraordinary tale of the thirty-nine year
British Railways career of a man deemed unsuitable for the
footplate grade in 1957.
It was in 1841 that the London & Brighton Railway constructed
the line from Norwood (linking with the London & Croydon
Railway) to the coast. The lines built between 1841 and 1868 formed
a comprehensive countywide network, extending from Three Bridges to
Midhurst and Chichester in the west and (via the South Eastern
Railway) from Tunbridge Wells to Bexhill, thence to Rye, in the
east. The county's coastal stations yield their own interesting
story. Apart from the stations on main routes, those on branch
lines and wayside halts are also included. In this book, Douglas
d'Enno explores the absorbing and sometimes colourful story of one
county's railway stations. The older photographs feature early
postcards and carefully selected images from railway archives and
publications. When juxtaposed with their present-day equivalents,
the extent of the change in these facilities for rail passengers
can be fully appreciated.
The 'A4' class of Pacific locomotives, designed by Sir Nigel
Gresley for the London & North Eastern Railway in the 1930s,
was arguably the most distinctive type of steam locomotive built in
Britain. Their streamlined design not only reflected the art deco
and modernist style of the era but was also functional, enabling
them to travel efficiently at high speeds. On 3 July 1938 the most
famous locomotive in the class, Mallard, broke the world speed
record for a steam locomotive, travelling at 126mph. This record
has never been broken. A total of 35 of these beautiful locomotives
were built from 1935-38. The efficiency and speed of Gresley's
design ensured they continued in top link service into the BR era,
particularly London-Edinburgh but also in later years on the hilly
Glasgow-Aberdeen route. In 2013, to mark the 75th anniversary of
Mallard's record breaking run, all six surviving A4s were gathered
together in the UK for the first time since the 1960s and fittingly
Bittern set a new world speed record of 93mph for a preserved steam
locomotive. This is a glorious history of the construction, design
and service of the 'A4s' for over 30 years with the LNER and
British Railways, and an uplifting account of the career of the six
remaining A4s in preservation.
The Isle of Man enjoys a wide variety of railed transport. This
book features comparative views of various routes, including the
Isle of Man Railway, the Manx Electric Railway, the Snaefell
Mountain Railway and the Groudie Glen Railway.
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