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Author : Hugh Longworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Steam locomotives
ISBN : 0860936422
A comprehensive companion volume to Hugh Longworth's 'British Railways Steam Locomotives 1948-1968', this latest title provides a locomotive-by-locomotive allocation record from 1948 to1963.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:756352190
Author : Hugh Longworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Steam locomotives
ISBN : 0860936600
An exhaustive and monumental listing of every steam locomotive operated by British Railways from Nationalisation until the end of steam in 1968, now brought completely up to date in a second edition.
Author : Hugh Longworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-15
Category : Engine houses (Railroads)
ISBN : 0860936619
Following the success of the author's 'British Railways Steam Locomotive Allocations', published in 2011, Hugh Longworth produced a complementary volume which gave the complete allocation history for every BR steam locomotive from 1948 to 1968, and this detailed reference book proved extremely successful. This has now been updated to provide an even more comprehensive approach to the subject.
Author : Hugh Longworth
Publisher : Opc
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Steam locomotives
ISBN : 0860935930
An account of each and every steam locomotive operated by the Nationalised railway between 1948 and 1968.
Author : Hugh Longworth
Publisher : Ian Allen Pub
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0860936120
First introduced in the early 1950s, the diesel multiple-unit represented an attempt to produce a vehicle that would replace steam traction on the countrys branch lines and secondary routes at a time when the railway industry was in desperate need of a cheaper alternative to steam in order to improve the finances of these increasingly unremunerative lines. Initially introduced in areas such as the north west of England, the West Riding of Yorkshire and East Anglia, the arrival of the new and much cleaner Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs) undoubtedly helped to stem both the loss of passenger traffic and improve, at least briefly, the economics of the lines over which they operated. Between the early 1950s and the start of the following decade, several thousand of these units were produced by a variety of manufacturers for service nationwide. However, despite the cost savings that these units represented, the financial position of the railways continued to deteriorate with the result that many of the lines for which they were designed were closed in the wake of the Beeching Report. Following refurbishment from the early 1970s onwards, many first generation DMUs were to survive in service until the late 1980s or early 1990s. Indeed a handful can still be found in operation almost 50 years after the first of the type entered service. Although most were scrapped after withdrawal, a significant number of these vehicles have been preserved on the nations heritage railways. In 2005 OPC published Hugh Longworths British Railway Steam Locomotives 1948-1968. This definitive listing of every steam locomotive operated by BR between 1948 and 1968 was one of the most successful railway titles of 2005 and was quickly reprinted on three occasions. Having examined the steam locomotive fleet in detail, Hugh Longworth now turns his attention to all of the first generation DMUs constructed. As with the earlier book, each type is covered in detail with information given about construction, technical specifications, entry into service, withdrawal and its fate. Alongside the detailed tabular material the book also includes some 125 mono illustrations recording the great variety of DMU constructed as part of the programme. Comprehensive in its coverage, this new addition to the OPC list will be sought after by all those modellers, preservationists and historians seeking a detailed reference work on the history of these first generation DMUs.
Author : F.G. Cockman
Publisher : Shire Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2008-03-04
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0747803722
This book describes the principal classes of steam locomotive working actively in Britain between 1948 and 1968.
Author : HUGH. LONGWORTH
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1910809721
Author : George Dent
Publisher : Crowood
Page : 749 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-30
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781847976468
Locomotive kit building remains the best route to achieving a varied range of motive power in most scales but it also retains a mystique, being associated with expert modellers and expensive tools. However, in this invaluable, richly illustrated volume, George Dent demonstrates how anyone can successfully assemble working kits with only a modicum of inexpensive equipment and experience. All aspects of assembly are covered in detail including working in plastics, resin and metal; the very basics of working and joining materials; installing ready-made power units and performing more complex operations, such as assembling etched metal chassis frames and intricate valve gear. Includes a full guide to essential tools, materials and adhesives, covers the art of soldering and explains the basics behind chassis construction and alignment. Presents an in-depth guide to the assembly of cylinders, coupling rods and valve gear and examines a range of power unit and transmission options. Demonstrates how to detail and modify kits for extra realism, illustrates painting, lining and weathering techniques and offers tips on running-in, testing and maintaining mechanisms. An essential guide to building locomotives and multiple units from kits and helps the modeller to achieve the best results from every kit. Aimed at railway modellers of all abilities, it is superbly illustrated with 537 colour photographs.
Author : STEPHEN. LEYLAND
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0860936937
Author : Brian Haresnape
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Railroads
ISBN : 0711018561
Author : Don Benn
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-30
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781526726902
This collection of historic photographs showcases the steam trains of England’s Southern Railway from Devon and Cornwall to Wimbledon and beyond. Train enthusiast Don Benn photographed steam locomotives along England’s Southern Railway from 1960 until steam engines were retired in 1967. In his most prolific years, between 1961 and 1963, Benn captured the last of the classic ex Southern Railway designs, such as the King Arthurs, Lord Nelson and Schools classes. Beloved trains such as the Bournemouth Belle and Lymington Pier boat trains are shown to good effect. The 150 black and white photos presented in this volume, many published here for the first time, span the Southern Region from the east to the ‘withered arm’ in Devon and Cornwall. Special focus is paid to the areas just south and south west of London, including such historic locations as the footpaths at South Croydon and Wimbledon.
Author : Chris Banks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Locomotives
ISBN : 0860934667
Author : Geoff Plumb
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781473869790
A “profusely illustrated” and “impressively informative” look at the end of the steam locomotive era on one of UK’s Big Four railway lines (Midwest Book Review). After the Second War, Britain’s railways were rundown and worn out, requiring massive investment and modernization. The Big Four railway companies were nationalized from 1948, and the newly formed British Railways embarked on a program of building new Standard steam locomotives to replace older types. These started to come on stream from 1951. This program was superseded by the 1955 scheme to dieselize and electrify many lines and so the last loco of the Standard types was built in 1960 and the steam locomotives had been swept entirely from the BR network by 1968. This series of books, The Geoff Plumb Collection, is a photographic account of those last few years of the steam locomotives, their decline and replacement during the transition years. Each book covers one of the former Big Four, the Southern Railway, London Midland & Scottish Railway, Great Western Railway and London & North Eastern Railway, including some pictures of the Scottish lines of the LMS and LNER. Though not a complete history of the railways, the books bring a sense of occasion to the last run of a locomotive type or a stretch of line about to be closed down. Pictures are of the highest quality that could be produced with the equipment then available, but they do reflect real life and real times. In simple terms, a look at a period not so long ago but now gone forever. “An evocative collection of views of the twilight of BR steam.” —Railway Modeller
Author : Paul Smith,Shirley Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : Locomotives
ISBN : 0711038007
This is a single, comprehensive reference work covering all departmental locomotives operated by British Rail between 1948 and 1968.
