The Last Years of South West Steam
Title | The Last Years of South West Steam PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Tuffrey |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2023-10-19 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781914227547 |
The Last of Steam
Title | The Last of Steam PDF eBook |
Author | Joe G. Collias |
Publisher | |
Pages | 269 |
Release | 1994-01-01 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 9780911581324 |
This collection of pictures contains 300 photographs and a minimum of text. The sights, smells and sounds of steam come alive in this book as the waning years of steam railroading throughout the United States is presented. Many roads are included such as the AT&SF, B&O, CN, CP, C&O, CB&Q, Milw., C&NW, RI, Rio Grande, NYC, Pennsy and many more.
LAST DAYS OF NORTH WEST STEAM.
Title | LAST DAYS OF NORTH WEST STEAM. PDF eBook |
Author | PETER. TUFFREY |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781912101115 |
Steam, Soot and Rust
Title | Steam, Soot and Rust PDF eBook |
Author | Colin Garratt |
Publisher | Pen and Sword |
Pages | 375 |
Release | 2015-11-30 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 1473844134 |
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 a mere thirteen years after the Modernisation Plan 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 everdwindling 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.
Southern Steam Recollections
Title | Southern Steam Recollections PDF eBook |
Author | Don Benn |
Publisher | Pen and Sword |
Pages | 313 |
Release | 2019-11-30 |
Genre | Photography |
ISBN | 1526726904 |
This collection of historic photographs showcases the steam trains of England’s Southern Railway from Devon and Cornwall to Wimbledon and beyond. Train enthusiast Don Benn photographed steam locomotives along England’s Southern Railway from 1960 until steam engines were retired in 1967. In his most prolific years, between 1961 and 1963, Benn captured the last of the classic ex Southern Railway designs, such as the King Arthurs, Lord Nelson and Schools classes. Beloved trains such as the Bournemouth Belle and Lymington Pier boat trains are shown to good effect. The 150 black and white photos presented in this volume, many published here for the first time, span the Southern Region from the east to the ‘withered arm’ in Devon and Cornwall. Special focus is paid to the areas just south and south west of London, including such historic locations as the footpaths at South Croydon and Wimbledon.
Last Days of Steam Western and Southern
Title | Last Days of Steam Western and Southern PDF eBook |
Author | Tony Butcher |
Publisher | |
Pages | 144 |
Release | 2014-09-22 |
Genre | Steam locomotives |
ISBN | 9780857042262 |
In 1955, the Modernisation Plan had just been issued which showed that steam traction's future was doomed. In the Southern Region many old classes had kept working due to the Second World War and the subsequent austerity period. No the SR 4-4-0 classes gradually disappeared, hastened by the 1961 electrification of the Kent lines. The Western Region had a more balanced engine set of 4-6-0s and tank engines, but was to see steam finish earlier. In this book, Tony Butcher's black and white images portray the poetry and the power of these living machines.
Seventy Years of the South Western
Title | Seventy Years of the South Western PDF eBook |
Author | Colin Boocock |
Publisher | Pen and Sword Transport |
Pages | 234 |
Release | 2022-07-28 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 1526780917 |
The South Western main line is one of the most important railways in the south of England. Colin Boocock spent a significant part of his life living on and researching the history of this centre of railway operations in the South and South West of England. This book looks at the network over the last seventy years, from Nationalisation through to the present day. The system provides a vital link between the South and South West of Britain and London, operating a mixture of commuter services and important main line passenger trains. Throughout the seventy years covered in this book, the South Western network also had significant flows of heavy freight between the capital and Southampton Docks and the West Country. Today there are still frequent, well-loaded container trains from Southampton to the Midlands and the North via Basingstoke and Reading. This volume also covers the transitions from steam traction to diesel and electric in stages from the 1950s through to the late 1980s