The Last Days of Steam in North East England
Title | The Last Days of Steam in North East England PDF eBook |
Author | George Woods |
Publisher | Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | 152 |
Release | 2019-02-15 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 1445684403 |
An evocative collection of photographs documenting the final days of steam on the railways of North East England.
British Industrial Steam Locomotives
Title | British Industrial Steam Locomotives PDF eBook |
Author | David Mather |
Publisher | Pen and Sword Transport |
Total Pages | 208 |
Release | 2020-09-30 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 1526770202 |
The first steam locomotives used on any British railway, worked in industry. The use of new and second hand former main line locomotives, was once a widespread aspect of the railways of Britain. This volume covers many of the once numerous manufacturers who constructed steam locomotives for industry and contractors from the 19th to the mid 20th centuries. David Mather has spent many years researching and collecting photographs across Britain, of most of the different locomotive types that once worked in industry. This book is designed to be both a record of these various manufacturers and a useful guide to those researching and modelling industrial steam.
The Last Days of Steam on the Eastern Region
Title | The Last Days of Steam on the Eastern Region PDF eBook |
Author | E. H. Sawford |
Publisher | Alan Sutton Publishing |
Total Pages | 158 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Photography |
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In this volume, Eric Sawford uses a selection of photographs to tell the story of the last days of steam power on the Eastern Region. His pictures show that, while steam locomotives were not withdrawn from the Eastern Region until the mid 1960s, the 1950s was their swan song. The author's photographs document the range of motive power that could be seen on the track in that era. Locomotives are depicted in action and at rest, on the express routes, shunting or being repaired. Also recorded are neglected locomotives during their declining years, when they were used on secondary duties or were laid up before being scrapped.
LMS & LNER Steam Locomotives
Title | LMS & LNER Steam Locomotives PDF eBook |
Author | Malcolm Clegg |
Publisher | Pen and Sword Transport |
Total Pages | 535 |
Release | 2021-08-30 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 1526778610 |
L M S & L N E R Steam Locomotives, is the result of over two decades of photographing steam locomotives in action in many parts of Britain covered by the former LMS and LNER Railway Companies. They were the two largest of the ‘Big Four’ Railway Companies which operated in Britain between 1923 and 1948. The majority of the photographs were taken during the British Railways era between 1948 and 1968. Although the author Malcolm Clegg has a sizeable collection of steam locomotive photographs taken during this period, the photographs which appear in this book are from the private collection of his lifelong friend and family relative, Mr Peter Cookson (a retired school-master), himself a railway historian, author and amateur photographer, who has kindly provided the photographs for publication in this book. Many of the photographs selected are rare and unusual for a variety of reasons which should appeal to railway historians and steam enthusiasts alike.
Steam, Soot and Rust
Title | Steam, Soot and Rust PDF eBook |
Author | Colin Garratt |
Publisher | Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | 375 |
Release | 2015-11-30 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 1473844134 |
The disappearance of the steam locomotive in the land of its birth touched the hearts of millions, but when the government announced the Modernisation Plan for Britain's railways in 1955, under which steam was to be phased out in favour of diesel and electric traction, few people took it seriously. Steam locomotives were an integral part of our daily lives and had been for almost one and a half centuries. Furthermore, they were still being built in large numbers. It was popularly believed that they would see the century out and probably well beyond that. But the reality was that by 1968 a mere thirteen years after the Modernisation Plan steam traction had disappeared from Britain's main line railways. It was harrowing to witness the breaking up of engines, which were the icons of their day, capable of working long-distance inter-city expresses weighing 400 tons on schedules faster than a mile a minute. Top speeds of 100mph were not unknown.This book chronicles the last few years as scrap yards all over Britain went into overtime, cutting up thousands of locomotives and releasing a bounty of more than a million tons of scrap whilst the engines, which remained in service, were a shadow of their former selves; filthy, wheezing and clanking their way to an ignominious end. The pictures in this book are augmented by essays written by Colin Garratt at the time. Although steam disappeared from the main line network it survives in everdwindling numbers on industrial systems such as collieries, ironstone mines, power stations, shipyards, sugar factories, paper mills and docks. In such environments steam traction eked out a further decade and during this time many of the industrial locations closed rendering the locomotives redundant. The British steam locomotive was born amid the coalfields and was destined to die there one and three quarter centuries later.
Classic British Steam Locos
Title | Classic British Steam Locos PDF eBook |
Author | compiled from Wikipedia entries and published byby DrGoogelberg |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Total Pages | 570 |
Release | |
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ISBN | 1291079734 |
Last Days of Steam Northern and Eastern
Title | Last Days of Steam Northern and Eastern PDF eBook |
Author | Tony Butcher |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 144 |
Release | 2015-10 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780857042736 |
In the 1950s a magnificent array of steam locomotives still operated on the lines that criss-crossed the North and East of Britain. However, in 1955 the Modernisation Plan was issued that showed that steam traction was doomed. By 1960/61 the Beeching Report was starting to have a major effect on the steam fleet and some major and well-liked classes disappeared entirely. All the Princess Royals were withdrawn by the end of 1962 and the Duchesses were eliminated south of Crewe by 1963. All of the 440s were gone by the end of 1962 and many well before that date.