Marking its 300th anniversary, this highly illustrated book explores the history of the Tanfield Waggonway. Dating back to the 1720s and still partly in use today as the preserved Tanfield Railway, the line has a justifiable claim to be the w...Loe edasi...
After the financial failure of the Stanhope & Tyne Railroad Company in 1841, a new company was set up to operate the coal-carrying eastern half of the railway that ran from the area around Consett down to South Shields. This new company, the Pontop &...Loe edasi...
The Stockton & Darlington Railway Company’s take-over of half of the 1834 Stanhope & Tyne route, under the guise of the Wear & Derwent Railway, saw the most interesting period in the history of this part of the line. The route, which ran from the lim...Loe edasi...
Opened in 1834, the Stanhope & Tyne Railroad Company’s line ran from the limestone district of Weardale, via the collieries of North West Durham to the mouth of the River Tyne at South Shields. This extraordinary railway used horses, steam locomo...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Jan-2016, Hardback, Kirjastus: Fonthill Media Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781781550809)
In 1915, the biggest plane yet seen in Britain took flight, a twin-engine monster with a 100-foot wingspan. Handley Page bombers attacked German cities, disrupting the enemy’s industry and crippling its war effort. The men that flew in the Blood...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Aug-2012, Hardback, Kirjastus: Fonthill Media Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781781550816)
This book tells the story of the men and machines of the North Eastern Railway during the Great War. 18,339 members of staff, 34 of the workforce, were released for military service - 2,236 of those men died, and 300 received military decorations....Loe edasi...
