New paperback edition - A narrative history of the most iconic railway company of the great age of steam. The story of the most iconic railway company of the great age of steam. The initials ‘GWR’ conjure an evocative picture of a Brunswick g...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 25-Apr-2024, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: The History Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781803996134)
Looking back at the impact of Britains Big Four railway companies, 100 years later GWR, LMS, LNER and SR: these initials arouse memories of the Cornish Riviera Express, the streamlined Coronation Scot, the streamlined Coronation with its...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 10-Nov-2022, Hardback, Kirjastus: The History Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780750999014)
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GWR, LMS, LNER and SR: these initials arouse memories of the Cornish Riviera Express, the streamlined Coronation Scot, the streamlined Coronation with its beaver tail, and the Southern Electrics, yet three of these companies only enjoyed a life of 25...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 10-Feb-2022, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: The History Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780750997249)
Do you remember collecting birds’ eggs and cigarette cards? Or the first appearances of wrapped sweets like Mars and Milky Way The 1930s was a time of great progress, as engines took over from horse power, and electric light from gas and oil. Ordinar...Loe edasi...
Which was the first railway in Great Britain? Certainly not the one engineered by George Stephenson - one of the first was laid down at Wollaton, near Nottingham, open by 1610, long before Stephensons birth in 1781. In this comprehensive history, Co...Loe edasi...
New B-format paperback edition. The history of steam in Britain from the Rocket in 1829, through to the last main line locomotive in the 1960s. Most people are under a misapprehension: the Rocket was not the first steam engine. Qu...Loe edasi...
In his time, Isambard Kingdom Brunel was the worlds greatest engineer. His list of achievements is truly breathtaking: the Thames Tunnel, the first underwater tunnel in the world; the SS Great Britain, the first propeller-driven ship; the C...Loe edasi...
Thousands of commuters south of the Thames use the railway daily, but how many know the fascinating history of the Southern Railway, created in 1923 from four smaller companies? Colin Maggs, one of the country’s foremost railway historians, tells the...Loe edasi...
In his time Isambard Kingdom Brunel was the worlds greatest engineer. His list of achievements is truly breathtaking, the Thames Tunnel, the first underwater tunnel in the world, the SS Great Britain, the first propeller-driven ship, the Clifton Sus...Loe edasi...
What are the wrong kinds of leaves on the track? At which station could you buy your ticket from a booth in a tree? How do smooth wheels grip smooth rails? Why don’t locomotive boilers explode? What is a slip coach? How can a railway wagon be mo...Loe edasi...
