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.
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.
Upgrading the Isle of Wight's Railway
Author: Richard C LongPublisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1399045199
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
In 2019 it was announced that the Isle of Wight’s iconic 1938 Stock tube trains were to be withdrawn and replaced with a ‘new’ fleet of refurbished ex-London Underground trains, as part of a wider project to upgrade the Island’s ageing railway infrastructure. This book examines in detail the events that followed: the infrastructure works, the withdrawal and disposal of the old trains, and the development and introduction of their replacements – all of it carried out in the midst of a global pandemic. What went wrong, and what went right? What would happen to the 1938 Stock? And would the new trains even fit through Ryde Tunnel…? In writing this book the author has been able to draw upon unique insights provided by some of the key figures involved in the Island Line upgrade, as well as by the current owners of many of the withdrawn 1938 Stock units.
Signalling and Signal Boxes Along the LSWR Routes
Author: Allen JacksonPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445669390
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
Allen Jackson's illustrated look at signalling and signal boxes along the routes of the London & South Western Railway.
The Railway Engineer
Author: Railway Gazette
Author: Tracing Your Railway Ancestors
Author: Di DrummondPublisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1844686701
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Di Drummond's concise and informative guide to Britain's railways will be absorbing reading for anyone who wants to learn about the history of the industry and for family history researchers who want to find out about the careers of their railway ancestors. In a clear and accessible way she guides readers through the social, technical and economic aspects of the story. She describes in vivid detail the rapid growth, maturity and long decline of the railways from the earliest days in the late-eighteenth century to privatization in the 1990s. In the process she covers the themes and issues that family historians, local historians and railway enthusiasts will need to understand in order to pursue their research. A sequence of short, fact-filled chapters gives an all-round view of the development of the railwaysIn addition to tracing the birth and growth of the original railway companies, she portrays the types of work that railwaymen did and pays particular attention to the railway world in which they spent their working lives. The tasks they undertook, the special skills they had to learn, the conditions they worked in, the organization and hierarchy of the railway companies, and the make-up of railway unions - all these elements in the history of the railways are covered. She also introduces the reader to the variety of records that are available for genealogical research - staff records and registers, publications, census returns, biographies and autobiographies, and the rest of the extensive literature devoted to the railway industry.
Signalling and Signal Boxes Along the SE&CR Routes
Author: Allen JacksonPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445669374
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Allen Jackson takes a lavishly illustrated look at signalling along the South Eastern & Chatham Railway routes.
Ottley's Bibliography of British Railway History. Second Supplement 12957-19605
Author: Guide to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway
Author: C. P. WhitingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Isle of Wight (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Author: