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Author : Andy Binks,Peter Timms
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 47,5 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 : 142 pages
File Size : 55,5 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 : Ron Bateman
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 41,5 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 : Peter Timms
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,9 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 : Keith Langston
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-30
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781473851863
The 'Castle' class 4-6-0 locomotives designed by Charles Collett and built at Swindon Works were the principal passenger locomotives of the Great Western Railway. The 4-cylinder locomotives were built in batches between 1923 and 1950, the later examples being constructed after nationalisation by British Railways. In total 171 engines of the class were built and they were originally to be seen at work all over the Great Western Railway network, and later working on the Western Region of British Railways. The highly successful class could be described as a GWR work in progress, because further development took place over almost all of the locomotives working lives. In addition to inspiring other locomotive designers the 'Castle' class engines were proved to be capable of outstanding performances, and when introduced were rightly described as being 'Britain's most powerful passenger locomotives'. Some of the 'Castles' survived in service for over 40 years, and individually clocked up just a little short of 2 million miles in traffic. In this book, Keith Langston provides a definitive chronological history of the iconic class together with archive photographic records of each GWR 'Castle' locomotive. Many of the 300 plus images are published for the first time. In addition background information on the origin of the names the engines carried, including details of the many name changes which took place, are also included. The extra anecdotal information adds a fascinating glimpse of social history. Collett CASTLE Class is a lavishly illustrated factual reference book which will delight steam railway enthusiasts in general and in particular those with a love of all things Great Western!
Author : Peter Timms
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 53,5 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 : Frances Bevan
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526718235
An in-depth history of women’s activism and achievements in one English town, with photos included. As the industrial revolution and the coming of the railways transformed the Wiltshire countryside, Swindon women were on the front line of change, shaping the new industrial town and transforming the old market one. Newcomers arrived from the great railway centers across the country to create a welcoming, tolerant and creative community with women’s contribution at its heart. Following the incorporation of Old and New Swindon in 1900, innovative women stepped up to the plate: women like Swindon-born suffragette Edith New, who challenged political conventions, and Emma Noble, Swindon’s first female councilor, who campaigned to improve living conditions in the town. During two world wars, Swindon women worked in the railway factory in jobs once considered beyond their strength and endurance. Women supported the war effort on the home front, volunteering in what little spare time they had. Struggle and Suffrage in Swindon tells the stories of women like Mary Slade and Kate Handley, two teachers who during WWI headed the Prisoners of War Committee, which sent food parcels to soldiers held in German POW camps. The story of Swindon women includes artists and actresses, political activists and social reformers—and the ordinary women who worked in the factories, raised their children, and made a difference.
Author : Rosa Matheson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 47,9 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 : John Christopher
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781445607948
Responsible for some of the most magnificent industrial architecture in the UK, this is the story of Isambard Kingdom Brunel Through Time
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1901
Category : Railroads
ISBN : PRNC:32101076428562
Author : Alan S. Peck
Publisher : Oxford Publishing
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UVA:X000789952
Author : Ken Gibbs
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-19
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780750962391
The nineteenth century was a time of innovation and expansion across the industrial landscape, and nowhere more so than on the railways, as the new age of iron, steel and steam, literally, gathered pace. At the head of the race up was the iconic Great Western Railway. As this mighty corporation grew, it absorbed an astonishing 353 railway companies. Many of them had their own workshops, depots and manufacturing, often assembling locomotives to the designs of other companies. All these, along with the various designs, became the responsibility of the GWR on takeover, and followed its standardisation of components where this was possible. These works became the beating heart of the GWR's vast empire, where majestic engines were built and maintained by some of the most skillful and inventive engineers of the day. Retired GWR railwayman Ken Gibbs presents a comprehensive portrait of the works from Brunel to the final days of steam in the mid-twentieth century, and beyond to the rediscovery and renovation of many of the workshops for their unique heritage.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1903
Category : Locomotives
ISBN : UOM:39015075035447
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : Technology
ISBN : OXFORD:555025866
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IBNN:BNVA001367551