Author: Alasdair WhamPublisher:
ISBN: 9781872350271
Category : Ayrshire (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
The Lost Railway Lines of Ayrshire
Author: Alasdair WhamPublisher:
ISBN: 9781872350271
Category : Ayrshire (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways
Author: Gordon StansfieldPublisher:
ISBN: 9781840330779
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Fascinating statistics on the now closed lines and demolished stations from these two counties, accompanied by 52 old photographs showing many of the locations in their prime. The original Wemyss Bay station, forerunner to the extravagant mock-Tudor structure that exists today, a railbus at Crosshouse, and the sorry spectacle of Kilwinning East station during demolition are some of the many subjects.
Lost Railway Lines South of Glasgow
Author: Alasdair WhamPublisher:
ISBN: 9781872350080
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
Ayrshire's Forgotten Railways
Author: Alasdair WhamPublisher: John Donald
ISBN: 9780853617297
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The Railway Chronicle
Author: Guide to the Glasgow & Ayrshire Railway, with Descriptions of the Glasgow and Edinburgh, and Glasgow and Greenock Railways
Author: Glasgow and Ayrshire RailwayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Glasgow (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
The Railways
Author: Simon BradleyPublisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1847653529
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Sunday Times History Book of the Year 2015 Currently filming for BBC programme Full Steam Ahead Britain's railways have been a vital part of national life for nearly 200 years. Transforming lives and landscapes, they have left their mark on everything from timekeeping to tourism. As a self-contained world governed by distinctive rules and traditions, the network also exerts a fascination all its own. From the classical grandeur of Newcastle station to the ceaseless traffic of Clapham Junction, from the mysteries of Brunel's atmospheric railway to the lost routines of the great marshalling yards, Simon Bradley explores the world of Britain's railways, the evolution of the trains, and the changing experiences of passengers and workers. The Victorians' private compartments, railway rugs and footwarmers have made way for air-conditioned carriages with airline-type seating, but the railways remain a giant and diverse anthology of structures from every period, and parts of the system are the oldest in the world. Using fresh research, keen observation and a wealth of cultural references, Bradley weaves from this network a remarkable story of technological achievement, of architecture and engineering, of shifting social classes and gender relations, of safety and crime, of tourism and the changing world of work. The Railways shows us that to travel through Britain by train is to journey through time as well as space.
The British National Bibliography
Author: Arthur James WellsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 1896
Book Description
Angus & Kincardineshire's Lost Railways
Author: Gordon StansfieldPublisher: Stenlake Publishing
ISBN: 9781840331110
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Dundee had one of the earliest railway systems in Scotland (dating from the 1830s), and by the early 1900s could boast a complex network of lines serving virtually every town and village in Angus and Kincardineshire. At date of publication there are just eleven functioning stations left in the two counties, although passengers can take a nostalgic ride on the preserved steam railway between Brechin and the Bridge of Dun. Archival photographs accompanying Gordon Stansfield's informative text include Laurencekirk, Marykirk, Drumlithie, Newtyle, Baldovan and Downfield, Lochee West, Colliston, Leysmill, Crathes, Brechin, West Ferry, Elliot Junction, Lunan Bay, Portlethen, Justinhaugh, Tannadice, Dundee East and West, Edzell, Barnhill, Johnshaven, St Cyrus, Kirriemuir, Forfar, Guthrie, Auldbar Road, Dubton, Hillside and Newtonhill.
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