The Last Days Of British Steam
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Author |
: Malcolm Clegg |
Publisher |
: Pen and Sword Transport |
Total Pages |
: 297 |
Release |
: 2020-11-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781526760432 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1526760436 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Last Days of British Steam by : Malcolm Clegg
A treasury of photos capturing the end of an era in transportation history—the final decade of steam locomotives in Britain. Malcolm Clegg has been taking railway pictures since the early 1960s, and also enjoys access to collections taken by friends who were recording the steam railway scene during this period. In this book, he covers a wide variety of classes of locomotives that were withdrawn during the last decade of steam traction, examples of some of which are now preserved. This book is a record of his and other peoples’ journeys during the last decade of steam in the 1960s, with photographs and informative captions looking at steam traction in a wide variety of geographical locations around the British Railways network.
Author |
: Gavin Morrison |
Publisher |
: Haynes Publishing UK |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2013-04-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0857332775 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780857332776 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Last Decade of British Railways Steam by : Gavin Morrison
This attractive, large-format book shows steam locomotives at work throughout the country, in all weathers and in a year-by-year presentation, accompanied by the author’s knowledgeable commentary. Good-quality colour photographs of the last days of the steam age are rare. Many of those that do exist have been published repeatedly, but the 250 colour photographs featured in this book, taken between 1958 and 1968, are an exception. It is believed that the photographer and author, 76-year-old Gavin Morrison, has Britain’s largest personal collection of color slides still in the hands of the original photographer.
Author |
: Paul Hurley |
Publisher |
: History Press |
Total Pages |
: 168 |
Release |
: 2021-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0750996560 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780750996563 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Synopsis Remembering Steam by : Paul Hurley
Commemorating the anniversary of the end of steam railway traction in Britain
Author |
: Christian Wolmar |
Publisher |
: Atlantic Books |
Total Pages |
: 332 |
Release |
: 2008-05-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781848872615 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1848872615 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis Fire and Steam by : Christian Wolmar
Now in paperback, Fire and Steam tells the dramatic story of the people and events that shaped the world's first railway network, one of the most impressive engineering achievements in history. The opening of the pioneering Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830 marked the beginning of the railways' vital role in changing the face of Britain. Fire and Steam celebrates the vision and determination of the ambitious Victorian pioneers who developed this revolutionary transport system and the navvies who cut through the land to enable a country-wide network to emerge. The rise of the steam train allowed goods and people to circulate around Britain as never before, stimulating the growth of towns and industry, as well many of the facets of modern life, from fish and chips to professional football. From the early days of steam to electrification, via the railways' magnificent contribution in two world wars, the checkered history of British Rail, and the buoyant future of the train, Fire and Steam examines the social and economical importance of the railway and how it helped to form the Britain of today.
Author |
: Gordon Edgar |
Publisher |
: Artist's and Photographers' Press |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1904332803 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781904332800 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis China by : Gordon Edgar
China was the last country in the world to build steam locomotives. The final main line engines emerged from Datong workshops in December 1988 and production of steam locomotives for industrial use continued until 1999. The final few steam locomotives were withdrawn from service in 2003, making China the last country to use steam on its main lines. Total eradication of China's steam programme is set to coincide with the Olympic games in 2008. When this happens, it will be the end of the last mecca for fans of real steam. This is a photo essay detailing the end of this era.
Author |
: Ken Gibbs |
Publisher |
: Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages |
: 440 |
Release |
: 2012-12-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781445624259 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1445624257 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Steam Locomotive by : Ken Gibbs
Ken Gibbs tells the history of the engineering triumph that is a steam locomotive from the 1800s to the 1960s showing how each development changed the course of history.
Author |
: Mirco De Cet |
Publisher |
: Lorenz Books |
Total Pages |
: 160 |
Release |
: 2015-06-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0754831337 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780754831334 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis British Steam Locomotives by : Mirco De Cet
An overview of the different locomotives from British Heritage lines across the country.
Author |
: Peter Tuffrey |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 160 |
Release |
: 2013-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0957295170 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780957295179 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Last Days of Scottish Steam by : Peter Tuffrey
Noted railway photographer Bill Reed shows his pin-sharp colour pictures of the last days of Scottish steam in this book. The pictures illustrate steam locomotives trundling along many of the branch lines now long gone; waiting in sleepy stations, long abandoned; as well as pausing on shed or dumped on scrap lines, awaiting their ultimate fate.
Author |
: Kenn Pearce |
Publisher |
: History Press |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2011-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 075246048X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780752460482 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (8X Downloads) |
Synopsis Shed Side on Merseyside by : Kenn Pearce
A nostalgic look over the steam locomotive depots of Merseyside from the post-war years to the end of steam
Author |
: Colin Garratt |
Publisher |
: Pen and Sword |
Total Pages |
: 177 |
Release |
: 2015-11-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781473844124 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1473844126 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Steam, Soot and Rust by : Colin Garratt
The disappearance of the steam locomotive in the land of its birth touched the hearts of millions, but when the government announced the Modernisation Plan for Britain's railways in 1955, under which steam was to be phased out in favour of diesel and electric traction, few people took it seriously. Steam locomotives were an integral part of our daily lives and had been for almost one and a half centuries. Furthermore, they were still being built in large numbers. It was popularly believed that they would see the century out and probably well beyond that. But the reality was that by 1968 Ð a mere thirteen years after the Modernisation Plan Ð steam traction had disappeared from Britain's main line railways. It was harrowing to witness the breaking up of engines, which were the icons of their day, capable of working long-distance inter-city expresses weighing 400 tons on schedules faster than a mile a minute. Top speeds of 100mph were not unknown. This book chronicles the last few years as scrap yards all over Britain went into overtime, cutting up thousands of locomotives and releasing a bounty of more than a million tons of scrap whilst the engines, which remained in service, were a shadow of their former selves; filthy, wheezing and clanking their way to an ignominious end. The pictures in this book are augmented by essays written by Colin Garratt at the time. Although steam disappeared from the main line network it survives in everÐdwindling numbers on industrial systems such as collieries, ironstone mines, power stations, shipyards, sugar factories, paper mills and docks. In such environments steam traction eked out a further decade and during this time many of the industrial locations closed rendering the locomotives redundant. The British steam locomotive was born amid the coalfields and was destined to die there one and three quarter centuries later.