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Author : Peter Timms
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781445611204
A new study looking at the Swindon works in the transition period between the GWR and BR (Western) ownership.
Author : Peter Timms
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781445642673
From 1841, when the Great Western Railway began building its works at Swindon, to 1986, when the works were closed, Swindon was a railway town
Author : Rosa Matheson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-02
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780750968867
The age of steam is past, the heyday of Swindon Works is long gone – but the legend lives on. What made the Great Western Railway's Swindon Works iconic? Was it its worldwide reputation; perhaps its profound impact in shaping the new town of Swindon; or that it melded those who worked there into one big family? In a new and exciting format, this book, by popular railway historian Rosa Matheson, helps explain why the never-ending love story endures. With big facts and fascinating stories, it is a must read not only for ex-Works employees and their families, nor just for GWR fans and railway enthusiasts, but also for any newcomer seeking to find a good way into railway history.
Author : Andy Binks,Peter Timms
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781445642710
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the Swindon Works have changed and developed since the 1940s.
Author : Rosa Matheson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750968867
The age of steam is past, the heyday of Swindon Works is long gone – but the legend lives on. What made the Great Western Railway’s Swindon Works iconic? Was it its worldwide reputation; perhaps its profound impact in shaping the new town of Swindon; or that it melded those who worked there into one big family? In a new and exciting format, this book, by popular railway historian Rosa Matheson, helps explain why the never-ending love story endures. With big facts and fascinating stories, it is a must read not only for ex-Works employees and their families, nor just for GWR fans and railway enthusiasts, but also for any newcomer seeking to find a good way into railway history.
Author : Ron Bateman
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780750995283
In 1977, the iconic Swindon Works was building locomotives. By 1986, it was shut down. In The End of the Line, Ron Bateman recounts the fight to save Swindon Works, its 3,500 jobs and the livelihood of the entire community it represented. Initially joining through the Works Training School in 1977, Ron witnessed this tragic struggle and the crushing blow dealt to the industry that had defined Swindon for generations. Combining personal recollections with information and interviews from many other insiders and railmen, this book provides the only comprehensive chronicle on the final decade of 147 years of railway engineering and a fateful milestone in the history of Swindon.
Author : Alan S. Peck
Publisher : Oxford Publishing
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UVA:X000789952
Author : Peter Timms
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Locomotive works
ISBN : 1910809861
Author : Rosa Matheson
Publisher : Tempus Publishing Limited
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-11
Category : Locomotive works
ISBN : 075244526X
It was often joked that Swindon Works' men came with 'GWR' stamped on their bottoms, so much so that even in the BR era they considered themselves Great Western! Those who worked 'Inside' as locals called it, possessed a fierce price in their work and in their worldwide reputation. Using material from numerous interviews with workshop men and women as well as official documents, Swindon expert Rosa Matheson examines the differences of each era - GWR / BR; conditions in the Works; the idiosyncrasies of work practices, such as odd names of jobs like 'holder-upper' and generational family work histories. She also explores the relationships between the workers - men ad women, shopfloor and management, foremen and men and especially 'Loco' versus Carriage and Wagon! Whilst many books have been written about the Works, few, if any, have given a chance to those who worked in its workshops to have their voices heard in the telling of that story. This beautifully illustrated book uses their words and experiences to tell the good, the bad and the ugly of working 'Inside'.
Author : Rosa Matheson
Publisher : History Press (SC)
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2006-06
Category : Vacations, Employee
ISBN : 075243909X
'Trip', if you happened to be a Swindonian and one that worked 'inside' the Great Western Railway's Swindon Works, was the event of the year. When, in 1848, a party of some 500 made up of men from the Mechanics Institution and their families took the company's gratis train to Oxford, they set a tradition that lasted for over 120 years. Trip enabled the 'trippers' to travel initially all over the GWR system, then up and down the country and, in later times, even across the Channel to Europe. It was a masterpiece of management and in its heyday numbers up to 26,000 would leave Swindon in a matter of hours. Over the years Trip became part of the fabric of life for Swindon Works' railway families and they invested it with their individual rituals and traditions. It was talked about with hushed breath and hopeful longing for many months before the event and is now remembered long years after with great fondness. This book provides an evocative record of Trip for those who remember the excursions and for anyone interested in the history of Swindon and the administrative prowess of the GWR. Archive photographs and postcards offer a fascinating glimpse of Swindon Works and the families on holiday at an array of Trip destinations.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:841902087
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : Industrial arts
ISBN : NYPL:33433069061319
Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555101322
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : Technology
ISBN : OXFORD:555025866
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IBNN:BNVA001367551