A Detailed History of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives: The end of an era

A Detailed History of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives: The end of an era

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Published: 1994

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ISBN-13: 9780901115812

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A Detailed History of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives

A Detailed History of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives

Author: John Walford

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Published: 1994

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780901115973

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This book represents the final stage in the Society's quest to present the complete story of British locomotive standardisation to culminate in the twelve BR Standard designs that totalled 999 engines. This final publication covers a number of topics and using papers from the Mr. R. Bond and Mr. G. Dow collections the book asks whether the Standard project was required and what happened to it, how the locomotive works of the UK handled repairs and developments of various locomotive types including comparison of Standards with existing designs. There are sections on the naming policy adopted in regard to specifically Britannias, how the shed and shed code system had developed but in particular with reference to dealing with the Standard classes. A further lengthy section deals with Locomotive Performance and shows various comparisons with other locomotive types. More repair tables have been provided following feedback from earlier volumes and inevitably this book provides a list of amendments and correction to the previous four volumes. In a major departure for the society this book features all colour photographs of Standard locomotives in traffic, many not seen in print before.This volume represents the comprehensive conclusion to the series and draws a line under many questions asked about the Standards.


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Download or read book A Detailed History of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives written by John Walford and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book represents the final stage in the Society's quest to present the complete story of British locomotive standardisation to culminate in the twelve BR Standard designs that totalled 999 engines. This final publication covers a number of topics and using papers from the Mr. R. Bond and Mr. G. Dow collections the book asks whether the Standard project was required and what happened to it, how the locomotive works of the UK handled repairs and developments of various locomotive types including comparison of Standards with existing designs. There are sections on the naming policy adopted in regard to specifically Britannias, how the shed and shed code system had developed but in particular with reference to dealing with the Standard classes. A further lengthy section deals with Locomotive Performance and shows various comparisons with other locomotive types. More repair tables have been provided following feedback from earlier volumes and inevitably this book provides a list of amendments and correction to the previous four volumes. In a major departure for the society this book features all colour photographs of Standard locomotives in traffic, many not seen in print before.This volume represents the comprehensive conclusion to the series and draws a line under many questions asked about the Standards.


A Detailed History of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives: Background to standardisation and the Pacific classes

A Detailed History of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives: Background to standardisation and the Pacific classes

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Published: 1994

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780901115812

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This book by Paul Chancellor presents the Standards' design history and for each of the Britannia, Duke and Clan classes their complete construction, modification, allocation and operating history.


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A Detailed History of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives: The 4-6-0 and 2-6-0 classes

A Detailed History of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives: The 4-6-0 and 2-6-0 classes

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A Detailed History of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives: The 4-6-0 and 2-6-0 classes

A Detailed History of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives: The 4-6-0 and 2-6-0 classes

Author: Railway Correspondence and Travel Society

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Published: 1994

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9780901115935

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At nationalisation half of the medium size mixed traffic fleet was over age with some very elderly. Riddle's team designed five 4-6-0 and 2-6-0 classes totalling 452 engines. John walford presents complete design data, modification details, livery, allocation and use for each engine in each class.


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Download or read book A Detailed History of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives: The 4-6-0 and 2-6-0 classes written by Railway Correspondence and Travel Society and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At nationalisation half of the medium size mixed traffic fleet was over age with some very elderly. Riddle's team designed five 4-6-0 and 2-6-0 classes totalling 452 engines. John walford presents complete design data, modification details, livery, allocation and use for each engine in each class.


A Detailed History of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives: The 9F 2-10-0 class

A Detailed History of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives: The 9F 2-10-0 class

Author: John Walford

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Published: 1994

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780901115959

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John Walford and Paul Harrison present the complete story of the powerful and successful Class 9Fs. Enthusiasts will find this book a delight as the engines were allocated to more than 60 depots and worked nationwide. Full details of each engine's construction, allocation and use, modification and disposal and a chapter on the 9 preserved engines is included .


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Download or read book A Detailed History of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives: The 9F 2-10-0 class written by John Walford and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Walford and Paul Harrison present the complete story of the powerful and successful Class 9Fs. Enthusiasts will find this book a delight as the engines were allocated to more than 60 depots and worked nationwide. Full details of each engine's construction, allocation and use, modification and disposal and a chapter on the 9 preserved engines is included .


The Last Days of British Steam

The Last Days of British Steam

Author: Malcolm Clegg

Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport

Published: 2020-11-06

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1526760436

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A treasury of photos capturing the end of an era in transportation history—the final decade of steam locomotives in Britain. Malcolm Clegg has been taking railway pictures since the early 1960s, and also enjoys access to collections taken by friends who were recording the steam railway scene during this period. In this book, he covers a wide variety of classes of locomotives that were withdrawn during the last decade of steam traction, examples of some of which are now preserved. This book is a record of his and other peoples’ journeys during the last decade of steam in the 1960s, with photographs and informative captions looking at steam traction in a wide variety of geographical locations around the British Railways network.


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Download or read book The Last Days of British Steam written by Malcolm Clegg and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2020-11-06 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A treasury of photos capturing the end of an era in transportation history—the final decade of steam locomotives in Britain. Malcolm Clegg has been taking railway pictures since the early 1960s, and also enjoys access to collections taken by friends who were recording the steam railway scene during this period. In this book, he covers a wide variety of classes of locomotives that were withdrawn during the last decade of steam traction, examples of some of which are now preserved. This book is a record of his and other peoples’ journeys during the last decade of steam in the 1960s, with photographs and informative captions looking at steam traction in a wide variety of geographical locations around the British Railways network.


A Detailed History of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives: The Tank engine classes

A Detailed History of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives: The Tank engine classes

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Published: 1994

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9780901115775

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In this volume Paul Chancellor covers the construction at all six main workshops. With local livery variations and national use there is something for everyone to savour in this book. Diagrams for each design are included.


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Download or read book A Detailed History of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives: The Tank engine classes written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume Paul Chancellor covers the construction at all six main workshops. With local livery variations and national use there is something for everyone to savour in this book. Diagrams for each design are included.


British Railways in the 1960s

British Railways in the 1960s

Author: Geoff Plumb

Publisher: Pen and Sword

Published: 2019-04-30

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 147386979X

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A “profusely illustrated” and “impressively informative” look at the end of the steam locomotive era on one of UK’s Big Four railway lines (Midwest Book Review). After the Second War, Britain’s railways were rundown and worn out, requiring massive investment and modernization. The Big Four railway companies were nationalized from 1948, and the newly formed British Railways embarked on a program of building new Standard steam locomotives to replace older types. These started to come on stream from 1951. This program was superseded by the 1955 scheme to dieselize and electrify many lines and so the last loco of the Standard types was built in 1960 and the steam locomotives had been swept entirely from the BR network by 1968. This series of books, The Geoff Plumb Collection, is a photographic account of those last few years of the steam locomotives, their decline and replacement during the transition years. Each book covers one of the former Big Four, the Southern Railway, London Midland & Scottish Railway, Great Western Railway and London & North Eastern Railway, including some pictures of the Scottish lines of the LMS and LNER. Though not a complete history of the railways, the books bring a sense of occasion to the last run of a locomotive type or a stretch of line about to be closed down. Pictures are of the highest quality that could be produced with the equipment then available, but they do reflect real life and real times. In simple terms, a look at a period not so long ago but now gone forever. “An evocative collection of views of the twilight of BR steam.” —Railway Modeller


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Download or read book British Railways in the 1960s written by Geoff Plumb and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “profusely illustrated” and “impressively informative” look at the end of the steam locomotive era on one of UK’s Big Four railway lines (Midwest Book Review). After the Second War, Britain’s railways were rundown and worn out, requiring massive investment and modernization. The Big Four railway companies were nationalized from 1948, and the newly formed British Railways embarked on a program of building new Standard steam locomotives to replace older types. These started to come on stream from 1951. This program was superseded by the 1955 scheme to dieselize and electrify many lines and so the last loco of the Standard types was built in 1960 and the steam locomotives had been swept entirely from the BR network by 1968. This series of books, The Geoff Plumb Collection, is a photographic account of those last few years of the steam locomotives, their decline and replacement during the transition years. Each book covers one of the former Big Four, the Southern Railway, London Midland & Scottish Railway, Great Western Railway and London & North Eastern Railway, including some pictures of the Scottish lines of the LMS and LNER. Though not a complete history of the railways, the books bring a sense of occasion to the last run of a locomotive type or a stretch of line about to be closed down. Pictures are of the highest quality that could be produced with the equipment then available, but they do reflect real life and real times. In simple terms, a look at a period not so long ago but now gone forever. “An evocative collection of views of the twilight of BR steam.” —Railway Modeller


British Industrial Steam Locomotives

British Industrial Steam Locomotives

Author: David Mather

Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport

Published: 2020-09-30

Total Pages: 510

ISBN-13: 1526770180

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A pictorial history of the many producers of industrial steam locomotives in Great Britain, from the early nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. 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 nineteenth to the mid-twentieth 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. Praise for British Industrial Steam Locomotives “A good introduction, hopefully it will encourage some of those who have only been involved during the preservation period to take a wider interest in the historical aspects of the subject.” —Industrial Locomotive Society


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Download or read book British Industrial Steam Locomotives written by David Mather and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pictorial history of the many producers of industrial steam locomotives in Great Britain, from the early nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. 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 nineteenth to the mid-twentieth 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. Praise for British Industrial Steam Locomotives “A good introduction, hopefully it will encourage some of those who have only been involved during the preservation period to take a wider interest in the historical aspects of the subject.” —Industrial Locomotive Society