Author: Allen JacksonPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445667479
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
A lavishly illustrated look at signalling in the GNR region, formerly part of the LNER.
Signalling and Signal Boxes along the GNR Routes
Author: Allen JacksonPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445667479
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
A lavishly illustrated look at signalling in the GNR region, formerly part of the LNER.
The History of the Great Northern Railway, 1845-1902
Author: Charles Herbert GrinlingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Northern Railway
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Lincolnshire Signal Boxes
Author: Dafydd WhylesPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 144564813X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Dafydd Whyles records the signal boxes of Lincolnshire before they are closed for good.
The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art
Author: Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of CommonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 1132
Book Description
The Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway to Poppyland
Author: Rob Shorland-BallPublisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1526790106
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
M&GNJR was a Midlands to East Anglia railway linking towns and villages like a patchwork knitted together by clever business entrepreneurs. It started in the 1850s when there was intense rivalry between railway companies and two rich and powerful companies – MR and GNR – were behind the project. ‘Joint,’ added by a Special Act of Parliament in 1893, confirms this patchwork was the amalgamation of several small independent railway companies plus the MR and GNR. The company was especially interested in stealing a march on the Great Eastern Railway (GER) which believed it was the principal railway serving East Anglia. Poppyland was the nickname created for the Cromer area of the Norfolk coast by Clement Scott, an influential poet, author and drama critic of The Daily Telegraph who first visited in 1883. He claimed that ‘...clean air laced with perfume of wild flowers was opiate to his tired mind.’ Scott publicized his delight and many rich families, and their servants, visited too; the railway business entrepreneurs saw a growing market for their patchwork. The M&GNJR grew eastwards to Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and attracted passengers from the Midlands and London. The M&GNJR grew – then withered as cars, buses, overseas travel offered new holiday options. Closure came on 28 February 1959 but North Norfolk Railway – the Poppy Line – has survived as a heritage line so the Joint is not forgotten!
Railway News, Finance and Joint-stock Companies' Journal
Author: Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain
Author: Donald J. GrantPublisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1788037685
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
The Directory of British Railway Companies of Great Britain is a record of all the companies who sought to build a railway in Great Britain, both successful and unsuccessful. The Directory contains a full list of every company that obtained an Act of Parliament for the construction of a railway. If a railway was built without an Act of Parliament and played a part in the greater picture of Great Britain’s railway system, it is also included, which gives a fascinating glimpse into Great Britain’s colourful public transportation history. Readers will learn about each railway’s origin, opening, route, gauge and growth and its amalgamation with others, and find out which grouping company it finally ended up in. In an interesting additional section, the routes that unfinished railways and railways that never came to fruition would have taken are also included. The Directory of British Railway Companies of Great Britain has been meticulously researched, and as a result includes all railways, built or not, in the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and Scottish Islands. Also included are brief descriptions of the most pertinent Acts relating to railways in Great Britain, providing readers with an insight into the complicated legal processes involved in the creation of a railway. The Directory of British Railway Companies of Great Britain is an all-in-one, easy to access and invaluable reference source. It will appeal to historians and transportation enthusiasts alike, as well as those who have always wondered how Great Britain’s railways came to be.
Signalling and Signal Boxes along the GCR Routes
Author: Allen JacksonPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445667576
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Allen Jackson explores signalling along the GCR, formerly part of the LNER.
The Railway Engineer
Author: Lawrence SaundersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description