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Author : Gwyn Briwnant-Jones
Publisher : National Museum Wales
ISBN 13 : 9780720004250
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Great Western Railway in Wales written by Gwyn Briwnant-Jones and published by National Museum Wales. This book was released on 1995 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Wragg
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750985429
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)
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 : Colin Maggs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781445644288
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)
Download or read book A History of the Great Western Railway written by Colin Maggs and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the most iconic railway company of the great age of steam. The initials 'GWR' conjure an evocative picture of a Brunswick green locomotive hauling tea-and-cream-coloured coaches through a verdant West Country landscape. However, the GWR was not just engines and trains. In this comprehensive history, Colin Maggs, one of the country's foremost railway historians, tells of other, perhaps less well-known aspects of the company's history: its construction and expansion; the activities of its publicity department; and its sea, air and road services. It was a caring, cradle-to-the-grave employer and at Swindon even provided a hospital, school, baths and recreational facilities. These and other fascinating aspects of the company are all revealed in this accessible book, illustrated with over 100 photographs and period posters, many in colour.
Author : Allen Jackson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781445670119
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)
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 : Frank Booker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)
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:
Author : Stanley C. Jenkins
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445641380
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Great Western Railway Volume Six South Wales Main Line written by Stanley C. Jenkins and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the GWR South Wales Main Line has changed and developed over the last century.
Author : R. A. Cooke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781915069207
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)
Download or read book Track Layout Diagrams of the Great Western Railway and B.R. (WR). written by R. A. Cooke and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Maidment
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1473896479
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)
Download or read book Great Western: Small-Wheeled Double-Framed 4-4-0 Tender Locomotives written by David Maidment and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Western Railway experienced the trauma and disruption of the end of the broad gauge in 1892 and were faced with equipping the network with suitable motive power, especially in Devon and Cornwall where the last track conversion had taken place. West of Newton Abbot, the GWR had relied on a variety of 4-4-0, 2-4-0, 0-4-2 and 0-4-4 side and saddle tanks, often doubled-headed, and Dean set about designing a sturdy outside-framed powerful 4-4-0 with 5ft 8in coupled wheels, the 'Dukes', to tackle increasing loads over the heavily graded main line. Then, Churchward came to assist the ailing Locomotive Superintendent, using his knowledge and experience of American and continental practice to develop the Dean designs. He improved the efficiency and performance of the boilers, using the Belgian Belpaire firebox, then developed the tapered 'cone' boiler, and applied it to the chassis of the 'Duke's to form the 'Camel' class, later known as the 'Bulldogs', which eventually numbered 156 locomotives. Finally, in the 1930s when engines of the 'Duke' route availability were still required but their frames were life-expired, their boilers were matched with the stronger frames of the 'Bulldogs' to form the 'Dukedog' class, which lasted until the 1950s, particularly on the former Cambrian lines in mid-Wales. This book recounts the design, construction and operation of these small-wheeled outside-framed locomotives with many rare photos of their operation in the first decade of the twentieth century as well as in more recent times.
Author : Great Western Railway (Great Britain)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Great Western Railway Official Guide, 1909 written by Great Western Railway (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wyndham Harding
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)
Download or read book Reply to "Observations" of the Great Western Railway Company on the Report of the Gauge Commissioners written by Wyndham Harding and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
