The Beeching Legacy

Author : Phil Horton
Publisher : Silver Link
ISBN 13 : 1911658794
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Beeching Legacy written by Phil Horton and published by Silver Link. This book was released on 2019-10-24 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edition of this popular volume has been out of print for several years and has become much sought after. Produced in black and white, the first edition was the first volume in the series, taking a detailed regional look at the Beeching Report, its proposals for closures and modifications of the UK railway network. The report has become legendary and the interest and debate it generated is no less today than it has ever been since first published. Indeed, with railways now rejuvenated and passenger numbers growing ever larger, the reflection on what Beeching got right and what perhaps in hindsight got very badly wrong makes for fascinating reading. This new, expanded second edition has been completely reworked and is now published with color illustrations both new and replacing the original black and white images where possible. The text has been expanded and updated as appropriate and there are 32 extra pages, bringing the new edition to 192 pages.

Author : Philip Horton
Publisher : Silver Link
ISBN 13 : 9781857944341
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Beeching Legacy written by Philip Horton and published by Silver Link. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Philip Horton
Publisher : Beeching Legacy
ISBN 13 : 9781857945461
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Beeching Legacy: The West Country written by Philip Horton and published by Beeching Legacy. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bob Pixton
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1399088319
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Railway Grouping 1923 to the Beeching Era written by Bob Pixton and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When King George V ascended to the throne in 1910, world trade was increasing and at home the country’s private enterprise railways were booming with larger trains and more freight being carried than ever before. Over the next fifty years the country had experienced not one, but two world wars. Railways had been forcefully reorganized, not once but twice, eventually becoming state owned. With the Government now in control of the railway’s finances, reformation was on the horizon in the medicine of Dr. Beeching. This volume sets out to chart the passage of the railways during these turbulent times. Contrary to popular belief, life on the railways during these times was not all doom and gloom but times of innovation, competition, new buildings, new lines and the spread of electrification. This was the era of faster, larger, non-stop expresses, streamlined trains: we even showcased our best trains abroad, not once but twice! More and more people were taking holidays by trains and holiday camps emerged. Challenging the position of steam engines were new diesel locomotives. The Festival of Britain (1951) and the Coronation of Elizabeth (1953) saw the country emerge from the devastation and crippling debt after World War 2. On the horizon were devastating rivals that wounded the previously unassailable position of steam trains: motor lorries and family cars. With looming unsustainable finances, the Government solicited external help to help sort out matters.

Author : Dr Geoffrey Dudley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134701586
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Does Policy Change? written by Dr Geoffrey Dudley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why Does Policy Change? uses detailed case-studies from British transport policy since 1945 to examine and explain the dynamics of major policy change.

Author : Charles Loft
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849545634
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Last Trains written by Charles Loft and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-27 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The debate about Dr Richard Beeching will rage until the Second Coming – and probably beyond. But in Charles Loft's careful examination of the Beeching Report, we have as fine a study as we are going to possess in the meantime." – Peter Hennessy "Loft's great strength is his judiciousness. He understands the political processes and assesses them fair-mindedly. And his verdict will, I suspect, hold up better than any of Beeching's judgements." – Matthew Engel, Financial Times "Prepare to be impressed, shocked and saddened ... This is undoubtedly one of the best books of the year – a riveting read." – Railways Illustrated "Lucid, to the point, thought-provoking at every turn, Last Trains is a volume that everyone should read before making judgements about the rail closures of the Sixties." – Heritage Railway "Thoughtful and well-researched analysis." – Edinburgh Evening News *** During the course of the 1950s England lost confidence in its rulers and convinced itself it must modernise. The failing steam-powered local railways, run by Colonel Blimp, symbolised everything that was wrong with the country – surely the future lay in motorways and high-speed express trains? Along came Dr Beeching with his diagnosis, and suddenly branch-line Britain was gone for ever. The debate about the Beeching cuts has raged ever since. In this superbly researched examination, Charles Loft exposes the political failures that bankrupted the railways and lays bare the increasing alienation of bureaucrats from the public they were trying to serve. The result is a fascinating study of a nation grappling to come to terms with modernity.

Author : Charles Loft
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135773661
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Government, the Railways and the Modernization of Britain written by Charles Loft and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work explains the background to, and politics behind, the infamous Beeching Report, which recommended the closure of a third of Britain's railways.

Author : D R Thorpe
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1409059324
Total Pages : 916 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Supermac written by D R Thorpe and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-09-09 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great-grandson of a crofter and son-in-law of a Duke, Harold Macmillan (1894-1986) was both complex as a person and influential as a politican. Marked by terrible experiences in the trenches in the First World War and by his work as an MP during the Depression, he was a Tory rebel - an outspoken backbencher, opposing the economic policies of the 1930s and the appeasement policies of his own government. Churchill gave him responsibility during the Second World War with executive command as 'Viceroy of the Mediterranean'. After the War, in opposition, Macmillan was one of the principal reformers of the Conservatives, and after 1951, back in government, served in several important posts before becoming Prime Minister after the Suez Crisis. Supermac examines key events including the controversy over the Cossacks repatriation, the Suez Crisis, You've Never Had It So Good, the Winds of Change, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Profumo Scandal. The culmination of thirty-five years of research into this period by one of our most respected historians, this book gives an unforgettable portrait of a turbulent age. Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize.

Author : Peter Fanning
Publisher : Sacristy Press
ISBN 13 : 1789592518
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Henry Beeching written by Peter Fanning and published by Sacristy Press. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry Beeching (1859–1919), Dean of Norwich, was a popular preacher, celebrated man of letters and journalist. This is the first full-length biography of this popular poet, professor of English, and a much loved priest.

Author : Ian Hardman
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445685043
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fifteen Guinea Special written by Ian Hardman and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2024-04-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated look back at the famous fifteen guinea special, and how the steam preservation movement developed in the years following it.