Author: Birmingham Locomotive Club (Birmingham, England)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrial locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Industrial Locomotives of Southern England, Including Channel Islands
Author: Birmingham Locomotive Club (Birmingham, England)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrial locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Industrial Locomotives of Southern England (including Channel Islands).
Author: Victorian and Edwardian Locomotive Portraits - The South of England
Author: Anthony BurtonPublisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1399061917
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
The Victorian and Edwardian periods saw the development of the steam locomotive in Britain from a comparatively simple machine to a powerful main line express capable of speeds of a hundred miles an hour. The book starts with an introduction dealing with the main line of development and that is followed by a picture section with over 190 photographs. Each illustration has an extended caption giving details of the engine and its history. The material is arranged geographically, starting with the railways of southern England and ending with Irish railways. The Channel Islands, the Isle of Wight and the Isle of Man are also included, and there is a section on English light railway. The photographs are all of the locomotives in their working days, many showing them in action on both passenger and goods trains. This splendid collection shows the rich diversity of Britain’s railways and how different companies and their engineers produced engines of great individuality. This is a book that will be enjoyed by all lovers of the golden age of steam railways.
Industrial Locomotives of Southern England
Author: Eric S. TonksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 75
Book Description
Industrial Locomotives of Central Southern England
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780901096425
Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Industrial Railways and Locomotives of South Western England
Author: Roger HateleyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781901556759
Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
This work looks at the industrial railways of Cornwall, Devon and Somerset.
Industrial Steam Locomotives of Southern England and South Wales
Author: D. N. CookePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrial railways
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
The Railway Magazine
Author: Industrial Locomotives of South Western England
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780901096234
Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The Southern Region (B R) Class 73 and 74 Locomotives
Author: Fred KerrPublisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1399048848
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
The Southern Region of British Railways had long sought to design a locomotive capable of working on electrified lines and non-electrified station yards and sidings. In 1959 British Railways approved a design, designated Class HA, later British Railways Class 73, which combined the electrical equipment of the latest EMU design with the standard English Electric diesel engine in one bodyshell. An initial order was placed for six locomotives but allocated to Eastleigh Carriage and Wagon Works because the design used stock components normally found on the multiple unit fleet. The locomotives were released to traffic during February 1962 and were allocated to Stewarts Lane depot from where they powered the mundane duties of freight, parcels and empty stock services. They also tested the principle of high-speed propulsion of passenger trains prior to the adoption of the principle for the electrification of the Waterloo Weymouth line as far as Poole. Included in this scheme was the ordering of a further 43 improved Class 73 locomotives which were built by English Electric. The locomotives proved a useful design but when British Railways was privatised in 1994 the new operator considered them surplus and sold them out of service. The original 6 locomotives had already been transferred north to Merseyside to work on the local electric network. Although initially considered unsuitable by the original operator they were highly regarded by many companies hence were sold on to continue working on the national network. Some were converted for special purposes thus were formed into sub-classes hence as at December 2022 30 of the 49 fleet still remain active in mainline service.