Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Labor unions
Languages : en
Pages : 1144
Book Description
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen's Magazine
Author: The GWR Handbook
Author: David WraggPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750985429
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
For many the GWR was synonymous with holidays by the sea in the West Country, but it was built to serve as a fast railway line to London, especially for the merchants and financiers of Bristol. Its operations stretched as far as Merseyside, it provided most services in Wales, and it was the main line to Cardiff, Bristol, Cornwall and Birmingham.This book, a classic first published in 2006, reveals the equipment, stations, network, shipping and air services, bus operations including Western National, and overall reach and history of the GWR.Forming part of a series, along with The LMS Handbook, The LNER Handbook and The Southern Railway Handbook, this new edition provides an authoritative and highly detailed reference of information about the GWR.
The Railway Times
Author: ... Holiday Haunts in England, Wales and Channel Islands
Author: Great Western Railway (Great Britain)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
Book Description
The St Ives Branch Line
Author: Richard C. LongPublisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1399002031
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
In 1963 comic duo Flanders and Swann composed Slow Train - a lament for some of the many railway lines proposed for closure by Dr Beeching. Among the destinations listed in their song is the refrain “from St Erth to St Ives”. Constructed in 1877 as the last broad gauge line to be built in the UK, the St Ives branch did not close in the 1960s and survives to this day – now widely regarded as one of the most scenic railways in Europe. How did it escape closure, and how did it come to be built in the first place? Why did the war departments of the world have their eyes on St Ives in the years before the First World War? How did a town once renowned for the inescapable smell of fish become one of the most popular tourist resorts in the UK? Did the Great Western Railway invent the Cornish Riviera? Why was a heliport proposed for St Erth? Where did a 32-ton ballast digger end-up in 2008? And how did two young men find themselves four miles from the nearest station in 1860...? Containing over 100 images, mostly in color and many never published before, this book sets out to answer these and many more questions.
Holiday Haunts in England and Wales--the Official Guide to the Health Resorts Served by the G.W.R.
Author: Great Western Railway (Great Britain)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
Railway Times
Author: Titled Trains of Great Britain
Author: Cecil J. AllenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Express trains
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Great Eastern Railway Magazine
Author: London and North Eastern RailwayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Titled Trains of Great Britain
Author: Cecil John AllenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Express trains
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description