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In the early 1990s, the Waterloo to Exeter route was suffering many
delays and problems due to the increasingly unreliable diesel locos
being used at the time. It was therefore decided that new trains
were the best option. At the time, there was an existing order for
Class 158 units already being constructed and it was decided to
modify the last 22 of these as Class 159s, specifically for use on
western England services. The first of these units started work on
the line during May 1993 and gradually replaced all the remaining
locos and stock. Later, it was becoming obvious that the initial 22
units were no longer sufficient for the increasing number of
travellers, so a further eight Class 158s made redundant in the
north of England were modified as Class 159/1s and entered service
in the mid-2000s. While their service continues to be good, as they
are approaching 30 years old, the time is approaching for
replacement.
Moral and Citizenship Education are again at the forefront of educational attention with the recent governmental announcements about revisions to the National Curriculum frameworks to 2000 and beyond. This book seeks to address some of the central issues in moral and citizenship education facing teachers in the new millennium, by embedding practical considerations in a theoretical context and reviewing teaching, learning and assessment strategies. It draws extensively on research but is written in a clear, accessible style. Moral and Citizenship Education examines concepts and provides an up-to-date overview of policy. In its three main parts it addresses: *theoretical issues, aims and approaches in relation to moral and citizenship education in a pluralist society *the contributions of the curriculum, extra-curricular activities and the school ethos to citizenship and moral education in school *teaching strategies, materials, pupil assessment and school evaluation The book also focuses on key professional and personal issues for teachers in undertaking moral citizenship education.
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Class 59s (Paperback)
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In the mid-1980s, one of British Rail's major customers of heavy
block trains, Foster Yeoman, suggested the unusual arrangement of
running its services with locomotives owned by them, rather than
BR. Disappointment in the Class 56s on its routes led Foster Yeoman
to look elsewhere for locomotives. They eventually agreed a deal
with the US firm General Motors to provide them with the locos
designated as Class 59s. The Class 59s surpassed everyone's
expectations and other customers unhappy with the Class 56s decided
to purchase the Class 59s as well. The locos are now over 30 years
old and are still performing the work they were designed for. With
over 230 images, this book shows the Class 59s through the years
across the United Kingdom.
First introduced in the late 1980s, the Class 442s were like
nothing that had been seen before in terms of Southern Region
electric multiple units. These stylish and sleek trains were the
first electric multiple units capable of reaching 100mph, and after
many years travelling on the old Southern slam-door stock, mostly
in vehicles that dated back to the steam era, the public's
experience of riding in one of the 442s must have been incredible.
The class served with several operators, including South West
Trains, Southern and South Western Railway. With the advent of
COVID-19 and the cutbacks to rail services across the country,
after 35 years of service, the Class 442s found themselves on the
chopping block. This book is a pictorial tribute of more than 200
images to what was, by far and away, the best electric unit ever to
have worked on the Southern Region electrified lines.
This third volume to cover the Class 66 takes a look at the
Freightliner-operated Class 66/5/6/9 locos that were delivered
during the early to mid 2000s. This was at a time when most of the
current locos in use with Freightliner on the national network were
becoming very tired and evermore unreliable. Freightliner followed
on from the example set by EWS with the Class 66/0, and very soon
they started to order small batches of locos, which led to their
current total of over 100 locos, although some have since been
exported to Poland, sold to other operators and a few have been
taken on from DRS. The Class 66/5/9 took over the duties usually
handled by Classes 47 and 57, whereas the Class 66/6 is a re-geared
version capable of hauling heavier loads such as coal or
aggregates. They have now been in service for over 20 years and
have proved very reliable and capable locos. This volume covers the
locos from their early days up to the present time at various
locations around the, especially looking at those in the South.
Moral and Citizenship Education are again at the forefront of educational attention with the recent governmental announcements about revisions to the National Curriculum frameworks to 2000 and beyond. This book seeks to address some of the central issues in moral and citizenship education facing teachers in the new millennium, by embedding practical considerations in a theoretical context and reviewing teaching, learning and assessment strategies. It draws extensively on research but is written in a clear, accessible style. Moral and Citizenship Education examines concepts and provides an up-to-date overview of policy. In its three main parts it addresses: *theoretical issues, aims and approaches in relation to moral and citizenship education in a pluralist society *the contributions of the curriculum, extra-curricular activities and the school ethos to citizenship and moral education in school *teaching strategies, materials, pupil assessment and school evaluation The book also focuses on key professional and personal issues for teachers in undertaking moral citizenship education.
Class 47s have now been part of the UK railway system for over 60
years. They have been used on every type of train over the years,
including front line passenger, freight and charter trains. During
the late 1980s and through the following 20 years, however, many
locos were steadily withdrawn from service with their former duties
being taken over by newer fixed formation electric and diesel
units. However, due to their versatility and almost a �go
anywhere' capability, many of the newer operating companies that
appeared during this period saw the potential in further use for
them. Although the vast majority have long since been scrapped,
there is still a good amount of examples that can been seen at work
throughout the UK. This book shows the duties the class has worked
from around the mid-1980s through to the present time.
This second volume to cover the Class 66 takes a look at the
Fastline/Direct Rail Services/Colas-operated Class 66/3/4/8/7 locos
that were delivered during the mid to late 2000s. This was a time
when most of the current locos in use with Freightliner and English
Welsh & Scottish (EWS) were Class 66s and were tried and tested
as reliable locos. Direct Rail Services closely followed EWS and
Freightliner and very soon it ordered one batch, then another, then
another, until the total was 34. However, DRS later sold the first
20 locos to both GB Railfreight and Freightliner and were left with
just 14 locos that they continue to operate to the present day
(late 2021). Production numbers of the Class 66/3 only totalled
five locos and lasted only a short while (2008-2010) when these
five were taken on by DRS. The Class 66/8s also only numbered five
locos and these supplement the Class 70s on various work around the
UK. This volume covers the locos from their early days up to the
present time at various locations around the UK, with a special
focus towards the south and its beautiful landscapes.
For almost 50 years, High Speed Trains (HSTs) have been the
mainstay for express services for many operators in the UK. While
they were used extensively by British Rail - even being dubbed the
saviour of British Rail' - these trains have been used by other
operators as well, including East Coast, Midland Mainline, and
Virgin CrossCountry. However, following their mass withdrawal in
2018-19, when the Hitachi bi-mode units came on the scene, many of
the HSTs were put into storage, or, sadly, scrapped altogether.
Fortunately, not everyone followed suit. Some operators have been
reconsidering their potential in recent times. Colas Rail acquired
some to use as test trains operated for Network Rail, and
Locomotive Services Ltd have two dedicated charter sets that are
used throughout the UK. Illustrated with over 230 images, this book
follows on from HSTs: The Western Region. It shows HSTs over the
past 20-30 years, in numerous UK locations, highlighting why they
have served so long and why they should be saved.
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Class 33s (Paperback)
Mark Pike
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In 1960, the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company built a
class of 98 locomotives, later to be designated Class 33s. They
were capable of operating at up to 85mph and were equipped with a
reliable 1,550hp Sulzer engine. Three sub-classes were subsequently
created, classified as the standard Class 33/0, the push-pull Class
33/1 and the narrow-bodied Class 33/2\. These locos were eventually
used over a large area of operation, and throughout their careers
worked both passenger and freight duties. The south of England saw
the main bulk of their workings, with allocations split between
Hither Green, Stewarts Lane and Eastleigh. During the 1980s,
however, they were also diagrammed on passenger services much
further afield, with workings including Portsmouth Harbour to
Bristol/Cardiff/Swansea, Cardiff to Crewe/Manchester, and local
services from Exeter to Barnstaple/Paignton/Plymouth. Following
privatisation, freight company English Welsh & Scottish Railway
even transferred Class 33s to Aberdeen, albeit not for very long.
Many of these useful locos have survived into the 21st century,
both as attractions on heritage lines and in service with rail tour
companies. With over 220 images, this book is a nostalgic pictorial
record of the Class 33 locomotives around the UK.
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Class 70s (Paperback)
Mark Pike
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In the late 2000s, Freightliner was looking to expand its
locomotive fleet towards more powerful and fuel-efficient
locomotives that were compliant with the various European Union
emission standards and rules. In a departure from the newest and
most common locomotives running on the network at the time, Class
66s built by General Motors, Freightliner looked to General
Electric to construct these new machines and opted to place an
initial order for 20 locomotives with an option for a further ten.
The new Class 70 was a 3,690bhp locomotive of a very different
design from the Class 66s, with a focus on reliability and
efficiency. Eventually, Freightliner declined to take up the option
of the further ten locos and instead they were taken on by Colas
Rail. Containing over 190 colour photographs, this book is a
collection of images showing every Class 70 locomotive, except the
ill-fated 70012, over the last decade or so that they have been in
service. It shows a variety of locations, mostly in the south of
England, where these impressive locomotives can be seen at work.
190 colour photographs
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Class 60s (Paperback)
Mark Pike
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The Class 60 was the last truly British-built diesel locomotive
design. From 1990, the locomotive was gradually delivered, with 100
in total going to the Railfreight sectors of Metal, Coal,
Construction and Petroleum. Their introduction did not go smoothly,
however, and they took almost three years to enter service due to
various teething troubles. Once these were ironed out, the class
became reasonably reliable, and examples of other classes that were
getting very tired at the time were progressively withdrawn.
Privatisation saw all the class being sold on to English, Welsh
& Scottish Railways and, in 2004, the first Class 60 was
withdrawn. Towards the end of the 2000s, almost all of the locos
were put into store with a seemingly very bleak future. However, in
the early 2010s, a small fleet of the locos received a thorough
rebuilding so they could haul DB Schenker's heaviest trains, and
eventually 21 locos were refurbished for them, another ten for
Colas Rail and a further four for Devon & Cornwall Railways.
This has meant that although the majority of the class is still
presently rusting away and unlikely to run again, at least a number
of examples will still be visible on the national network for a few
more years to come. Illustrated with over 190 photographs, this
volume looks at the Class 60s from their early days through to the
end of the 2010s.
`What the book does extremely well is do describe the way things
are in terms of the requirements of the Framework for Teaching
English, the curriculum and the new specifications - and for this
reason it is likely to be most useful to those contemplating
English tech9ng in the maintained sector from outside - returnees,
aspiring NQTs or those in the independent sector' - Times
Educational Supplement `Instead of taking us yet again on a tour
through the four modalities of English, this book's tri-partite
structure takes a refreshingly different approach by offering
thought-provoking argument grounded in classroom practicality' -
Nick McGuinn, University of York Students' comments on Teaching
Secondary English: `The book is written in clear, digestible terms,
offering many practical ideas for teaching the key skills and the
wide range of material encountered in the English classroom. .. It
is the kind of book which can be dipped into, which is particularly
useful for people who spend most of their time planning lessons!'
`Teaching Secondary English is a must for student teachers and
NQTs. It is a clear, comprehensive and practical guidebook dealing
not solely with theory and pedagogy, but with the very real issues
facing new teachers today' ` It is clear that Teaching Secondary
English, unlike so many textbooks on the subject, is written by
someone with recent classroom experience and this helps the reader
to trust and respect the advice it purports. I certainly feel it is
grounded in practicalities not "pie in the sky" theory that will
not work in most `real' classrooms!' This book enables English
teachers to implement change and rise to new challenges, while
remaining true to an ethically and socially just position which
provides the rationale for their vocation. The author describes and
evaluates recent changes to English teaching brought about by
initiatives such as the Literacy Strategy, the new `A' levels and
the requirement to focus on spiritual, moral, social and cultural
development. Examples of innovative teaching and learning
strategies are provided throughout. The author helps teachers to
foster keen readers, writers and communicators. He shows how they
can enable their students to acquire skills and knowledge, as well
as to recognize the value of aesthetic experience, emotional
literacy and spiritual and moral response to literature in their
own lives and in their communities. This book is essential reading
for PGCE students as well as practising teachers and all those
involved in English in education.
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Class 50s (Paperback)
Mark Pike
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Containing many previously unpublished photographs, particularly of
Class 50s in operation in the south of England and west of
Basingstoke and Reading, this book looks at this iconic class of
train in colourful detail.
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Class 67s (Paperback)
Mark Pike
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In the late 1990s, English, Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS)
ordered a large fleet of 250 Class 66 locomotives to replace a
variety of freight locomotive types that had been in service with
British Rail for many years. However, EWS also required something
with a bit more performance, as well as electric train supply, for
hauling charter and mail trains, which were still quite common at
that time. A partnership with Royal Mail resulted in the Class 67s
moving post around the country. When Royal Mail ended that
arrangement in 2004, the Class 67s were pushed into other areas of
work, including light freight and occasional passenger services, as
well as continuing with charters. Although the design of the Class
67s has not been to everyone's taste, they do at least add a bit of
variety to the modern scene. During the 20 years that they have
been in service, they have been very reliable with only occasional
failures. Containing 220 images, this book illustrates all 30 locos
in the class during their first two decades in service.
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, most of the current locomotives
in use on the national network were becoming very tired and
evermore unreliable. It was during this time that EWS took over the
large bulk of freight operations in the UK, and they quickly
realised that major changes were needed. In 1996, they ordered a
whole fleet of 250 Class 66 locos, which followed on from the same
basic design as the earlier Class 59, privately owned, locos used
for the Mendip aggregates traffic. The Class 66 was intended for
more general use, rather than being used for just one specific
purpose though. They have now been in service for over 20 years and
have proved very reliable and capable locos. This volume covers the
Class 66/0s from their early days up to the present at various
locations around the UK.
Although in the late 1970s they were frowned upon by many for
replacing a number of loco-hauled services, and indeed locomotives,
for 40 years the High-Speed Train (HST) was the mainstay of express
services for many train operators in the UK. It was in the former
Western Region of British Rail that they first made their mark in
service, and they were on duty there from their earliest days until
2019 when, after years of sterling work, they were withdrawn from
frontline express duties. Illustrated with over 190 colour
photographs, this book looks at the history of many of the power
cars that worked in the region and details the varied Western
Region locations, some off the beaten track, where they could be
seen operating during their four decades of service. 190 colour
photographs
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