Author: Bob Gwynne
Sixty years after a disparate group of railway enthusiasts came together in a remote corner of rural Wales to run a train service - a true story that inspired the Ealing comedy "The Titfield Thunderbolt" - 'heritage rail ... |
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Revisiting the Top Train Spotting Destinations of Our Childhood
Author: Julian Holland
A nostalgic look back at the top spots for trainspotters in the 1950s and 60s. A wealth of memories for those once and always train enthusiasts who can remember the excitement of close encounters with steam and speed, tr ... |
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Author: Rosa Matheson
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 ... |
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Author: Jeff Vinter
Jeff Vinter, Consultant to the BBC's "Railway Walks" series, provides comprehensive details of every disused railway line in Wales that is now a public walk or cycle trail. He covers everything from the earliest tram-roa ... |
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Author: Tim Bryan
"Railway workshops" began in the north of England as small engineering concerns building the engines that powered early railways such as the Stockton and Darlington. Once the railway companies had become firmly establish ... |
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Tales by Japanese Railway Soldiers in Burma and Thailand 1941-47
Author: Kazuo Tamayama
The Japanese railway soldiers, who built the notorious Burma-Thailand railway in 1942-43, earned an unenviable reputation for brutality, but they have not hitherto told their own story. This is the first book to bring to ... |
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Author: Press Association Ltd.
This is a shrunk-down version of the fascinating "100 Years of Railways". It features photographs hand-picked from the archives of the Press Association. The railway system in Britain is the oldest in the world, beginnin ... |
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The Epitome of Modernity
Author: Ian Carter
This work shows how the 19th-century's steam railway epitomized modernity's relentlessly onrushing advance. Ian Carter delves into the cultural impact of train technology, and how this was represented in British society. ... |
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Author: T. G. Otte & Keith Neilson
This new study brings together leading experts to show how the modern world began with the coming of the railway. They clearly explain why it had a greater impact than any other technical or industrial innovation before ... |
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Paths of Empire, 1848-1945
Author: T. G. Otte & Keith Neilson
This new study brings together leading experts to show how the modern world began with the coming of the railway. They clearly explain why it had a greater impact than any other technical or industrial innovation before ... |
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SWA Newton and the Great Central Railway
Author: Gary Boyd-Hope & Andrew Sargent
This beautiful photography book records the work of Sydney Walter Alfred Newton, a commercial photographer who was based in Leicester in the late 19th and early 20th century. The young Newton recorded the London Extensio ... |
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Author: Albert Schram
This book relates the history of Italian railways with special regard to their relation with the Italian state from the 1840s, when the first lines were constructed, until nationalization in 1905. It shows that while the ... |
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Author: Albert Schram
This book relates the history of Italian railways with special regard to their relation with the Italian state from the 1840s, when the first lines were constructed, until nationalization in 1905. It shows that while the ... |
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Transporting War
Author: Felix Patrikeeff & Harry Shukman
This book explores the nexus between railways and the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) - the first modern war, and one in which the railways played a key part. Felix Patrikeeff and Harry Shukman examine some of the key dimen ... |
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Transporting War
Author: Harry Shukman & Felix Patrikeeff
This book explores the nexus between railways and the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) - the first modern war and one in which the railways played a key part. Felix Patrikeeff and Harry Shukman examine some of the key dimens ... |
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Author: Tim Bryan
The strategic importance of railways was recognized almost from the beginning of their development, but it was not until the end of the nineteenth century that their real value was appreciated by the military. In both th ... |
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Author: Brian Cathcart
In this work, Brian Cathcart explores: rainfall statistics collector, George James Symons, an unsung hero with his thousands of volunteers; the invention of galoshes and other attractive rainwear; how the wet sock experi ... |
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Author: George Greenwood, James Hutton & John Playfair
Title: Rain and Rivers; or Hutton and Playfair against Lyell and all comers.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's ... |
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Author: George Greenwood, James F R S E Hutton & Lyell Charles Sir
Title: Rain and Rivers; or Hutton and Playfair against Lyell and all comers.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's ... |
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Author: Victor Villaseanor
This phenomenal national bestseller has received extraordinary reviews and avid national media attention. Novelist Villasenor tells the true-life saga of one family's journey from the days of Pancho Villa in war-ravaged ... |
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