Author: Ernest Leopold AhronsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Locomotive and Train Working in the Latter Part of the Nineteenth Century
Author: Ernest Leopold AhronsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Locomotives
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
A History of the Great Western Railway
Author: Colin MaggsPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 144561300X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
A narrative history of the most iconic railway company of the great age of steam.
An Introduction to Great Western Locomotive Development
Author: Jim ChampPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473877857
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
The first thought, when contemplating a new study of the Great Western Railway locomotive fleet, must surely be to ask what can there be left to say? But there is no single source which gives a general introduction to the Great Western locomotive fleet. There are monographs on individual classes, an excellent multi-volume detail study from the RCTS, and superb collections of photographs, but nothing that brings it all together. This work is intended to provide that general introduction.The volume begins with a series of short essays covering general trends in design development, whilst the main body of the volume covers individual classes. For each class there is a small table containing some principal dimensions and paragraphs of text, covering an introduction, renumbering, key changes in the development of the class and information on withdrawal.The volume concludes with appendices covering the development and types of standard boilers, the various numbering schemes used by the GWR, the arcane subject of locomotive diagrams and lot numbers, and a short reference on the many lines the GWR engulfed.The majority of illustrations are new profile drawings to a consistent format. Described as sketches, they are drawn to a consistent scale, but do not claim to be scale drawings. Much minor equipment has been omitted and the author has certainly not dared to include rivets! Although most are based around GWR weight diagrams, they are not simple traces of the original drawings. Detail has been added from other sources, components copied from different drawings and details have been checked against historical and modern photographs. One must also bear in mind that steam locomotives were not mass produced. Minor fittings frequently varied in position and changes were made over the locomotives' lifetimes. Nevertheless, this collection of drawings provides a uniquely consistent view of the GWR locomotive fleet.
The Railway Magazine
Author: Marine and locomotive work
Author: American School (Lansing, Ill.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
The Impact of the Railway on Society in Britain
Author: A. K. B. EvansPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351887831
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Jack Simmons, perhaps more than any other single scholar, is responsible for the advancement of the academic study of transport history. As well as being a co-founder of the Journal of Transport History, he wrote extensively on a variety of transport-related topics and was instrumental in developing the London Transport and the National Railway museums. Whilst his death in September 2000 at the age of 85 was a sad loss to the world of transport history, the achievements of his life, celebrated in this festschrift, remain a lasting legacy to succeeding generations of scholars in many fields. Concentrating on the theme of the railways, and how they dramatically affected the development of Britain and her society, this collection touches on numerous issues first highlighted by Professor Simmons which are now central to academic study. These include the men who built the railways, those who financed the enterprise, how the railways affected such everyday issues as tourism, the arts, and politics, as well as the lasting legacy of the railways in a country now dominated by the private car. This volume written by former friends, students and colleagues of Professor Simmons reflects these interests, and provides a fitting tribute to one of the truly great British historians of the twentieth century.
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway
Author: Richard E. PrincePublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253339270
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Steam Freight and Passenger Trains--NC&StL Ry.Steam Locomotive Diagrams
Men of Steam
Author: L. A. SummersPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 144565606X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
L. A. Summers discusses both well-known and less-known loco engineers of Britain.
Sociology of Sport
Author: George Harvey SagePublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197622712
Category : Sports
Languages : en
Pages : 511
Book Description
"Now in its twelfth edition, Sociology of Sport offers a compact yet comprehensive and integrated perspective on sport in North American society. Bringing a unique viewpoint to the subject, George H. Sage, D. Stanley Eitzen, Becky Beal, and Matthew Atencio analyze and, in turn, demythologize sport. This method promotes an understanding of how a sociological perspective differs from commonsense perceptions about sport and society, helping students to understand sport in a new way"--
Rail Centres, Bristol
Author: Colin Gordon MaggsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description