The East Coast Main Line

Author : Adam Head
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 144568747X
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The East Coast Main Line written by Adam Head and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-06-15 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a wealth of previously unpublished images, Adam Head captures the first major part of the famous East Coast Main Line.

Author : Robin Jones
Publisher : The Crowood Press
ISBN 13 : 1785002872
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the East Coast Main Line written by Robin Jones and published by The Crowood Press. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the mid-nineteenth century the East Coast Main Line has been one of the major routes from London to northern England and to Scotland. It has seen some of the greatest achievements in the railways, most notably the 'Flying Scotsman' becoming, in 1934, the first locomotive in the world to exceed 100mph and the 'Mallard' in 1938 claiming the as-yet-unbroken world speed record for steam locomotives of 126mph. The East Coast Main Line not only made history by facilitating an ever-faster link between two capital cities, it also provided an international stage for Britain's engineering marvels, inspiring many generations of schoolboys and adults alike. That was to continue after the end of the steam era on British Railways, with diesel and then electric traction setting a series of new records over the route. This new book looks at how the London-Edinburgh line became the world's fastest steam railway and how its proud and unique heritage is appreciated and celebrated today more than ever before. Superbly illustrated with over 300 colour and black & white photographs.

Author : Peter Tuffrey
Publisher : Fonthill Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The East Coast Main Line 1939-1959 (Volume 2) written by Peter Tuffrey and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2022-07-02 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • The first detailed study of this huge mainline through its operational history • Features extended commentaries from the authors, rich in detail • Superbly illustrated with black and white photographs, many never seen before In this second and final volume, the whole of the East Coast Main Line between King’s Cross and Edinburgh Waverley stations is examined closely, with a particular emphasis on the ways and structures: the line, stations, connections, yards, and other physical features. Interposed are accounts of the traffic at the principal stations – including connecting and branch line services – with observations on changes over the period 1939 to 1959. Some emphasis is placed on freight traffic on account of its importance and, perhaps, its relative unfamiliarity to the reader. The lines, stations and many other elements are described as they were in August 1939, but as some plans on which they are based are dated before the late 1930s, there may be marginal differences from the precise layout in 1939.

Author : Adam Head
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1398106054
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The East Coast Main Line: Peterborough to York written by Adam Head and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2022-10-15 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wonderful selection of photographs documenting this stretch of the famous East Coast Main Line - Peterborough to York.

Author : John Christopher
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445623595
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King's Cross Station Through Time written by John Christopher and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2013-10-30 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: King's Cross station was the terminus of the Great Northern Railway and was opened in 1852. Designed by Lewis Cubitt, it replaced a temporary station at Maiden Lane. It established itself as the London terminus of what is now known as the East Coast Main Line to Edinburgh

Author : Peter William Brett Semmens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780850599299
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Electrifying the East Coast Route written by Peter William Brett Semmens and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sequel to Speed on the East Coast Main Line is a history of British Rail's largest investment programme for 25 years - the electrification of the East Coast Main Line, which will be completed in May 1991. The book covers its engineering, locomotive rolling-stock and signalling.

Author : Seth Bramson
Publisher : Boston Mills Press
ISBN 13 : 9781550463583
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Speedway to Sunshine written by Seth Bramson and published by Boston Mills Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revised and expanded illustrated history of the railroad from its inception, through the building of the Key West extension, to the present day.

Author : Brian Reading
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781445699660
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book East Anglia and the East Coast Railways written by Brian Reading and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stunning previously unpublished photographs documenting the end of steam railways in the East Anglia area.

Author : Richard Brown
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780101852623
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Brown Review of the Rail Franchising Programme written by Richard Brown and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-01-10 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The competition held by the Department for Transport to award a new InterCity West Coast franchise in 2012 was intended to be the first in the most extensive programme of franchising since privatisation. Significant errors were made by the Department during the competition, which not only caused the cancellation of that franchise award at considerable public expense but also called into question the remaining franchising programme. This report is the second of two independent reviews commissioned by the Government, by Richard Brown, the Chairman of Eurostar. It concludes that franchising is a fundamentally sound approach for securing the passenger railway services on which so many people rely. His recommendations include: that the franchising programme should be restarted as soon as possible, but at a pace that both the department and the industry can sustain; that franchise terms should be determined by the circumstances and size of each individual franchise; proposals to strengthen and simplify the bidding and evaluation process for each franchise; proposals for the financial and contractual structure of future franchises, including in relation to risk allocation and capital requirements; and that the government should plan to devolve responsibility for further English franchises to the relevant authorities. Mr Brown also makes recommendations on how to strengthen the department's capability to manage the future franchising programme, echoing the findings of Sam Laidlaw's independent inquiry into the lessons to be learnt from the InterCity West Coast competition. The review also recommends that the Government should determine, by February, plans for the three franchise competitions which were put on hold

Author : George Frederick Bird
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Locomotives of the Great Northern Railway, 1847-1902 written by George Frederick Bird and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: