BR Blue in the 1970s and 1980s
Title | BR Blue in the 1970s and 1980s PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Cole |
Publisher | Amberley Publishing Limited |
Pages | 177 |
Release | 2017-09-15 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 1445674033 |
A look at an iconic period in British rail history.
Crewe in the Days of BR Blue
Title | Crewe in the Days of BR Blue PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Hitchen |
Publisher | Amberley Publishing Limited |
Pages | 155 |
Release | 2019-12-15 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 1445692767 |
A fascinating collection of previously unpublished images of railways around this famous hub of British transport.
Railways Around Brighton in the 1970s and 1980s
Title | Railways Around Brighton in the 1970s and 1980s PDF eBook |
Author | Andy Gibbs |
Publisher | Amberley Publishing Limited |
Pages | 178 |
Release | 2021-06-15 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 1445681927 |
A very nostalgic and evocative collection of photographs documenting the rail scene around Brighton.
BR Blue: A Personal Reflection
Title | BR Blue: A Personal Reflection PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Owens |
Publisher | Amberley Publishing Limited |
Pages | 158 |
Release | 2019-09-15 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 144568991X |
The author celebrates the era of BR blue, with a wealth of previously unpublished images. Illustrating perfectly why so many view the BR Blue period with such fondness.
BR Blue: A Portrait
Title | BR Blue: A Portrait PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Owens |
Publisher | Amberley Publishing Limited |
Pages | 113 |
Release | 2022-10-15 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 1398115029 |
An evocative collection of photographs documenting the history of the days of BR Blue in the 1970s and 1980s.
BR Blue
Title | BR Blue PDF eBook |
Author | Martyn Hilbert |
Publisher | Fonthill Media |
Pages | 181 |
Release | 2022-12-14 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN |
The British Rail corporate image and its Rail Blue livery was one of the longest-lived colour schemes carried by the trains of Britain in the forty-eight-year life of the nationalised railway network. Launched in 1965, after Beeching, the then new corporate image was an attempt by the BR design panel to raise the profile of the railway system countrywide and to sweep away the dull steam-era image as the swinging sixties got underway. By the mid-1970s, virtually all BR locomotives and multiple units were carrying Rail Blue livery, while most of the passenger coaches were in matching blue/grey. As the British Rail network was sectorised from the late 1980s in preparation for eventual privatisation, new bold, bright livery schemes for the fleet swept away the familiar, but by then somewhat jaded BR image. The BR blue era is now looked upon with affection as a golden age when the system was operated by an immense variety of locomotives and rolling stock, all now part of history in the same way that the steam era was viewed when the BR blue era ruled on Britain’s railways.
The Southern Region in the 1970s and 1980s
Title | The Southern Region in the 1970s and 1980s PDF eBook |
Author | Andy Gibbs |
Publisher | Amberley Publishing Limited |
Pages | 114 |
Release | 2018-09-15 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 1445681447 |
A fascinating collection of previously unpublished photographs documenting an interesting time in British railway history, focusing on British Rail's Southern Region.