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Author: Roy G. Perkins Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited ISBN: 1445624265 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 175
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This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the Waverly Route has changed and developed over the last century.
Author: Roy G. Perkins Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited ISBN: 1445624265 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 175
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This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the Waverly Route has changed and developed over the last century.
Author: David Cross Publisher: Oxford Publishing ISBN: 9780860936336 Category : Railroads Languages : en Pages : 0
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Heavily illustrated, with some colour coverage, this is an eminently enjoyable journey through the last years of steam on the Waverley Route, which will appeal to railway enthusiasts.
Author: Roy G. Perkins Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited ISBN: 1445613972 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 186
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This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Border Counties Railway has changed and developed over the last century.
Author: David Spaven Publisher: ISBN: 9781906134990 Category : Railroads Languages : en Pages : 256
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Lavishly illustrated, 'Waverley Route' sets out to tell a story that says much about Britain's railways in the late 1960s, and about the opportunities created by devolution of power in the last years of the 20th century to right one of the great wrongs of the old model of London-based transport policy.
Author: Paul D Shannon Publisher: Pen and Sword ISBN: 1399089919 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 254
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This book examines in words and pictures the network of British branch lines and other secondary routes that survived the mass closures of the 1960s. While nearly 4,000 route miles were lost between 1963 and 1970, the cuts were less severe than they might have been. Some lines were reprieved because of their social importance, even though they would never pay their way in purely commercial terms. They included some lengthy rural routes, such as those serving the Far North of Scotland, Central Wales and the Cumbrian Coast, as well as some urban backwaters such as Romford to Upminster and the St Albans Abbey branch. As the 1970s progressed, closures became scarce, but cost-cutting measures included the singling of some lines as well as scaled-down stations and simplified signalling. Yet even today, some pockets of traditional operation survive. Mechanical signal boxes still control many hundreds of miles across the network, in areas as diverse as West Cornwall, East Lincolnshire and South West Scotland. This book also celebrates several reopened and new lines, ranging from the major Borders Railway project in Scotland to the Stansted Airport and Barking Riverside branches in South East England - making the point that the branch line concept is far from dead.
Author: Robin Howie Publisher: Whittles ISBN: 9781849954037 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 0
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Scotland still has hundreds of miles of 'dismantled railways', the term used by Ordnance Survey, and the track beds give scope for many walks. Some track beds have been 'saved' as Tarmacadam walkway/cycleway routes while others have become well-trodden local walks. The remainder range from good, to overgrown, to well-nigh impassable in walking quality. This book provides a handy guide to trackbed walks with detailed information and maps. It is enhanced by numerous black and white old railway photographs, recalling those past days, and by coloured photographs that reflect the post-Beeching changes. The integral hand-crafted maps identify the old railway lines and the sites of stations, most of which are now unrecognisable. The 'Railway Age' is summarised and describes the change from 18th century wagon ways and horse traction to the arrival of steam locomotives c.1830. The fierce rivalry that then ensued between the many competing companies as railway development proceeded at a faster pace is recounted. Although walkers may be unaware of the tangled history of the development of the railway system during the Victorian era, many will have heard of, or experienced, the drastic 1960s cuts of the Beeching axe. However, in more recent times Scotland has experienced a railway revival - principally in the Greater Glasgow area but with new stations and station re-openings elsewhere. The long awaited 30-mile Borders Railway from Edinburgh to Tweedbank, the longest domestic railway to be built in Britain for more than a century, is something on a very different scale. Early passenger numbers have exceeded expectations and towns served by the line have seen significant economic benefits. Many railway enthusiasts cling to the hope that more lines will be reinstated. Meanwhile, those walks offer a fascinating and varied selection of routes that can fill an afternoon, a day or a long weekend - an ideal opportunity to get walking!
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