Trains and railways: general interest

The great and the good rarely, if ever, accomplish all they wish to achieve without the able assistance of many skilled men and women.

This book is a comprehensive history of the four coupled tank engines absorbed by the Great Western Railway - locomotives of nine Broad Gauge companies, nineteen Standard Gauge companies, mainly in the South West which became part of the GWR between the 1870s and 1914, and a further eighteen companies, mainly in South Wales absorbed by the GWR in 1922 and 1923 at the formation of the 'Big Four' Grouping.

Lavishly illustrated and a joy to read, this authoritative reference work on the North American continent's railroads covers the U.

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Railways are essential for the development and diversification of Mongolia's economy.

Set against a landscape of rail yards and skate parks, Kai Carlson-Wee's debut collection captures a spiritual journey of wanderlust, depression, brotherhood, and survival.

Featuring 256 drawings, this history of military trains and railways from 1853 through 1953 describes how the railroad transformed the nature of warfare.

Between 1900 and 1950, Americans built the most powerful steam locomotives of all time--enormous engines that powered a colossal industry.

The complex political and cultural relationship between the German state and the Ottoman Empire is explored through the lens of the Ottoman Railway network, its architecture, and material culture With lines extending from Bosnia to Baghdad to Medina, the Ottoman Railway Network (1868–1919) was the pride of the empire and its ultimate emblem of modernization—yet it was largely designed and bankrolled by German corporations.

The Nashville and Decatur Railroad was in operation five months before the start of the Civil War and 17 months before the Federals took control of Nashville and the railroad.

The Mobile & Ohio Railroad was the longest line in the nation when it was completed in spring of 1861--the final spike driven a few weeks after Confederate artillery shelled Fort Sumter.

This glorious visual celebration of train travel keeps you on the right track with stop-offs at the most important and incredible rail routes from all over the world.

What sort of person undertakes to rob a multi-ton train surging down a set of rails at high speed?

"e; This comprehensive guide will assist the traveler in planning an excursion and executing it with minimum effort and maximum pleasure.

Esta investigación nació como parte de la Estrategia de movilidad en bicicleta y proyectos ejecutivos de infraestructura ciclista de la Ciudad de México que concibió el Gobierno del Distrito Federal (GDF) a través de la Secretaría del Medio Ambiente, y cuyo objetivo es fomentar el uso de la bicicleta para convertirla en un medio efectivo de transporte, y así contribuir a agilizar la movilidad de la población al interior de la ciudad y reducir los efectos no deseados del transporte motorizado.

In this book John Whiteley provides a photographic survey of the last years of steam on British Railways in the North of England.

Completed in 1841 and covering a distance of around 118 miles, the Great Western Mainline, affectionately known as Brunel's billiards table due to the flat terrain of the route it follows, links the great cities of London and Bristol.

The first railway to penetrate Sussex was the Brighton Line of the LBSCR.

"e; This comprehensive guide will assist the traveler in planning an excursion and executing it with minimum effort and maximum pleasure.

The third in a trilogy on the Brecon & Merthyr Railway, this book covers the line from Merthyr to Pontsticill where it met the line from Newport and continued to Brecon.

The third in a trilogy on the Brecon & Merthyr Railway, this book covers the line from Merthyr to Pontsticill where it met the line from Newport and continued to Brecon.

What sort of person undertakes to rob a multi-ton train surging down a set of rails at high speed?

Railway commuting is today a mundane and routine necessity, yet for the Victorians it was a novel experience.

Regional histories of the great railroads.

In its early years, the Wilmington & Raleigh Rail Road Company survived multiple threats to its existence.

Desperate for laborers to keep the trains moving during World War II, the U.

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The railway lines of the heavily industrialised Black Country were of considerable commercial importance to the fortunes of the Great Western Railway and its successor, the Western Region of British Railways.

The 'Knotty' was one of the most beloved of Britain's pre-grouping companies.

North Carolina artist Stephen Shoemaker and writer Janet Pittard have teamed up to present a selection of Shoemaker's paintings and drawings and the stories behind them.

Railway travel has had a significant influence on modern theatre's sense of space and time.

Completed in 1938, the Trans-Iranian Railway connected Tehran to Iran's two major bodies of water: the Caspian Sea in the north and the Persian Gulf in the south.

Does your little boy fall in love with big machines that easily?

This book explores how the Erie Railway, in developing a series of sophisticated travel guides, made significant contributions to nineteenth-century visual culture and shaped the social life of Americans.

Nineteen years ago, David McLean was appointed by the prime minister of Canada to the board of directors of CN, after which he was elected chairman.

The high-quality rock strata of the Peak District area of England is a major source of limestone products that have long been transported away in railway wagons.

These units were used by British Rail from the start of electrification in Glasgow in 1960.

The first global history of the epic early days of the iron railway Railways, in simple wooden or stone form, have existed since prehistory.

The BR modernisation plan of 1955 envisaged the replacement of steam traction with diesel and electric locos by around 1975.

This area of the south coast of England has long been a popular 'hotspot' for enthusiasts to sample the variety of traffic on offer on today's railway.

This book takes the reader on a pictorial journey; in time from the early 1970s to 2020 and to places all around Scotland.

First on the scene was the London & Southampton, soon to change its name to the London & South Western.

The first of two books covering the steam heritage scene, with photos of more than ninety different locomotives that have been withdrawn from active service.

It is over fifty years since the main line steam revival began in October 1971 with the return to steam by 6000 King George V, thanks to the efforts of Peter Prior and the help from the British Railways Board.

A pictorial history of the Great Western Railway's numerous four-coupled tank engines.

This book is a comprehensive history of all twenty-six classes of four coupled tank engines commissioned by the Great Western Railway or built at their Wolverhampton and Swindon Works, from the Broad Gauge 2-4-0 and 4-4-0 tanks of the 1840s and 1850s to the well known Collett 0-4-2 branch line engines of classes 48XX (later renumbered 14XX) and 58XX of the 1930s.

"e;The photos are a broad and comprehensive coverage of the Railway Scene as it changed over the years, enlivened by anecdotes and opinions .

Over the years many weird and wonderful types of transport have come and gone, some of which succeeded against all odds, others that spectacularly failed, and some that never got beyond a designer's drawing board.

Simon Bradley traces the history of the station, introducing us to the men behind the architecture and looks at its new international status.

Canton Traction Maintenance Depot was rebuilt and opened on 18 September 1964 as a heavy maintenance and servicing facility for diesel locomotives, shunters and multiple units.