Author: Stephen ChapmanPublisher:
ISBN: 9781871233391
Category : Railroad signal towers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Signal Box Scenes Around Britain
Author: Stephen ChapmanPublisher:
ISBN: 9781871233391
Category : Railroad signal towers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
SIGNAL BOX SCENES AROUND BRITAIN PART TWO NORTH WEST & NORTH EAST ENGLAND, WALES & SCOTLAND.
Author: Scenes from a Signal Box
Author: David & Charles PublishersPublisher: David & Charles Publishers
ISBN: 9780715311844
Category : Railroad companies
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Central England Signal Boxes
Author: Dafydd WhylesPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445653028
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
Dafydd Whyles records the signal boxes of Central England before they close for good.
Signals and Signal-boxes of Great Britain
Author: D. J. HucknallPublisher: Alan Sutton Publishing
ISBN: 9780750913225
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Numerous closely-spaced signal boxes and associated semaphore signals once controlled every aspect of train movement in the country. Using David Hucknell all offers a pictorial history of signal boxes. This is a collection with accompanying text which covers a broad range of signal-boxes, from those built in the 1880s to examples from the 1930s, 40s and 50s. It shows the buildings and interior views of lever frames, block instruments and section maps.
Britain's Railways Through the Seasons
Author: David GoodyearPublisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1399086537
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
The four seasons pass by like a gliding ship, each signalled by a transformation of changing colors and hues of light, thus providing a form of marker to these passages of time. Living in the temperate zone we experience four distinct seasons. The railway scene reflects such in its own special character - cold winter air enhances the bountiful steam escaping from the hissing steam locomotive impatiently awaiting its departure, while autumn enchants with trees that exude a variety of hues which embellish any image of even the most mundane suburban train. Springtime blossom and wild flowers bestow railway cuttings with a bounty of generous bright colors while coastal railways often look most inviting on warm sunny days as they pass alongside azure seas and golden beaches. The seasons each add their own dimension for the photographer to encapsulate, and railways passing through the ever-changing landscape provide their own tribute to this inspirational tapestry. As readers travel through each season, so they are invited to share this awe and constant source of inspiration from nature's kaleidoscope of color. Photographs are provided with captions and reflective commentary to enlighten the knowledgeable rail enthusiast alongside those who equally enjoy such a portrait of landscape and scenery through the seasons. The range of photographs ranges from the mid -1980's to the present with the majority from the last two decades.
Contemporary Perspective on LMS Railway Signalling Vol 2
Author: Allen JacksonPublisher: Crowood
ISBN: 178500073X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
For over 150 years Britain's railways have relied on a system of semaphore signalling, but by 2020, all semaphore signals and lineside signal boxes will be gone. In his previous book, author Allen Jackson covered the GWR lines; here, he continues his journey by providing a pictorial record of the last operational signalling and infrastructure on Britain's railway network, as it applied to the former London, Midland and Scottish Railway (and lines owned jointly with other companies). This second volume covers the routes of the London and North Western Railway, the Caledonian Railway and the Highland Railway. Beautifully illustrated with over 400 contemporary colour photographs and with detailed information from a 2003-2014 survey, this is an essential resource for railway enthusiasts, rail historians, railway modellers and anyone interested in this aspect of Britain's heritage.
Signalling and Signal Boxes Along the LB&SCR and Isle of Wight Railway Routes
Author: Allen JacksonPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445669315
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
Allen Jackson explores signalling along the LB&SCR and Isle of Wight Railway routes.
Britain’s Changing Train Liveries
Author: David GoodyearPublisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 139906634X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Railway liveries play an important role in establishing much-valued recognition of the many operating companies through the variety of colors worn by their trains which ply our British railways. These reinforce the pride that their “uniform” bestows. This is demonstrated by the immaculate designs which adorned the Pre-grouping steam locomotives through to the stamp of Network South East which certainly raised the profile of many ordinary commuter trains, at least around London and the Home Counties. Similarly, it is a quality which is especially evident in the ubiquitous all-pervading British Railways blue era, which now features as an essential ingredient in diesel preservation, as also in a multitude of colors and futuristic designs bestowed by the contemporary privatized passenger and freight companies. Furthermore, consider the appeal of “retro” liveries which decorate some of the locomotives hauling charter trains, a trend which reinforces the popularity of liveries which were once merely part of the mundane everyday scene. Any glimpse through the news reviews and photographs published in monthly railway magazines will reveal such a kaleidoscope of colors adorning the locomotives and rolling stock which traverse the UK’s modern and preserved railways. This book endeavors to facilitate a brief overview of some of these liveries in the hope that it will whet the readers’ appetite to explore their own world of railway liveries.
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