History Of The Great Western Railway

Author : Colin Maggs
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 144561300X
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of the Great Western Railway written by Colin Maggs and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2013-09-15 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A narrative history of the most iconic railway company of the great age of steam.

Author : Andrew Roden
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781781310151
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Western Railway written by Andrew Roden and published by White Lion Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roden’s comprehensive new history of this remarkable railway company tells the story of nothing less than the opening-up of the isolated Southwest of England to the trade and tourism of the modern age. It has left us with soaring termini like Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads as well as glorious railway institutions like the Night Riviera overnight sleeper to Cornwall that endure to this day (not least thanks to the author’s own campaigning!). While the GWR’s green locomotives and chocolate and cream carriages may have given way to purple, anyone who wants to return to the golden age of the railways will find the company’s history an enthralling journey.

Author : Edward Terence MacDermot
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the Great Western Railway written by Edward Terence MacDermot and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Laurence Waters
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1526707055
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Western: Railway Gallery written by Laurence Waters and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It could be argued that the great Western or 'Gods' Wonderful Railway' was for many years the most famous railway in England. Much of the railway that we see today was the work of one of the greatest engineers of his time, Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The company was also served by locomotive engineers such as Gooch, Armstrong, Churchward, Collett and Hawksworth, who produced a series of locomotives that were well designed, elegant and powerful.Serving many holiday resorts of the south west, with trains such as 'The Cornish Riviera Express,' the publicity department exploited to great effect that the 'Great Western' was the 'Holiday Line.' It is probably true to say that in the years before the Second World War the company was producing some of the most effective publicity material in England.Using previously unpublished material from the extensive 'Great Western Trust' collection at Didcot Railway Centre, the book illustrates in both black and white and color many facets that made the Great Western 'Great"

Author : Allen Jackson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781445670119
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Western Railway Stations written by Allen Jackson and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps more has been written about the Great Western Railway than any other, and the company is regarded with the most affection. The combination of an unbroken history, engineering icons of the Victorian era, holiday destinations and a visual appeal in their design work went a long way in keeping the GWR in pole position. The stations and other structures have long enjoyed the admiration of many and are a quintessential ingredient of the GWR recipe for remembrance. Change has always been with us on the railways and none more so than in the twenty-first century, where much of the GWR scene is to be swept away under the wires of electrification. The GWR proposed electrification of the Taunton to Penzance route in the 1930s and would have carried it out if they'd had the cash so, eighty years later, this change has an air of inevitability about it. Great Western Railway Stations is a last look at much of the GWR architecture, some of which is listed, and aims to present a lavishly illustrated overview of what remains of the old company.

Author : David Wragg
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750985429
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The GWR Handbook written by David Wragg and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many the GWR was synonymous with holidays by the sea in the West Country, but it was built to serve as a fast railway line to London, especially for the merchants and financiers of Bristol. Its operations stretched as far as Merseyside, it provided most services in Wales, and it was the main line to Cardiff, Bristol, Cornwall and Birmingham. This book, a classic first published in 2006, reveals the equipment, stations, network, shipping and air services, bus operations including Western National, and overall reach and history of the GWR. Forming part of a series, along with The LMS Handbook, The LNER Handbook and The Southern Railway Handbook, this new edition provides an authoritative and highly detailed reference of information about the GWR.

Author : Sandra Gittins
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750962569
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book GWR in the First World War written by Sandra Gittins and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2010-08-16 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In August 1914 the GWR was plunged into war, the like of which this country had never experienced before. Over the years that followed life changed beyond measure, both for the men sent away to fight and the women who took on new roles at home.Not since 1922 has the history of the GWR in the First World War been recorded in a single volume. Using modern data-bases and enjoying greater access to archives, Sandra Gittins has been able to produce a complete history which traces the GWR from the early, optimistic days through the subsequent difficult years of the Great War, including Government demands for war manufacture, increased traffic and the tragic loss of staff. From GWR ships and ambulance trains to the employment of women, every part of the story is told, including the saddest of all, which is represented by a Roll of Honour.

Author : Ken Gibbs
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750965959
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Steam Rail Motors of the Great Western Railway written by Ken Gibbs and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Self-propelled carriages were a major innovation at the beginning of the twentieth century, and the GWR was quick to develop a large number of steam motor cars to link farms and scattered villages across the South West to the new branch lines. Their steam motor cars ran from 1903 to 1935, stopping during the war, and were so effective at making rural areas accessible they became victims of their own success. Wagons brought in to meet the high demand proved too heavy for the carriages and they struggled on hills. Soon the steam rail motor services were in decline. After its cancellation all ninety-nine steam carriages were eventually scrapped. Engineer Ken Gibbs reveals the unique GWR carriages, a window into early twentieth-century transport, and the modern replica he helped build, now the only way of viewing these charming historic vehicles.

Author : BRIAN. ARMAN
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781911038764
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book BROAD GAUGE ENGINES OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY written by BRIAN. ARMAN and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Frank Booker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Western Railway written by Frank Booker and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: