The Standard Steam Locomotives Of British Railways

Author : Hugh Longworth
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ISBN 13 : 9780860936602
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Railways Steam Locomotives, 1948-1968 written by Hugh Longworth and published by . This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exhaustive and monumental listing of every steam locomotive operated by British Railways from Nationalisation until the end of steam in 1968, now brought completely up to date in a second edition.

Author : Brian Stephenson
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ISBN 13 : 9780711012455
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book BR Standard Steam Locomotives written by Brian Stephenson and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Standard steam locomotives were designed by R.A. Riddles and his team. There were 12 classes in all - totalling 999 locomotives - built between January 1951, when the first, No 70000 Britannia, emerged from the BR workshops at Crewe, and March 1960 - the date that No 92220 Evening Star, the last of the Standards left Swindon.

Author : Keith Langston
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783408014
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Steam: BR Standard Locomotives written by Keith Langston and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2012-11-19 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of post second world war steam locomotive design and construction in Great Britain, the perfect gift for railroad history buffs. After WWII the existing railway companies were all put into the control of the newly formed British Transport Commission and that government organization spawned British Railways, which came into being on January 1st 1948. The railway infrastructure had suffered badly during the war years and most of the steam locomotives were “tired” and badly maintained and or life expired. Although the management of British Railways was already planning to replace steam power with diesel and electric engines, they still decided to build more steam locomotives as a stop gap. Some 999 Standard locomotives were built in twelve classes ranging from super powerful express and freight engines to suburban tank locomotives. The locomotives were mainly in good order when the directive came in 1968 to end steam, some trains were only eight years old. There still exists a fleet of forty-six preserved Standards of which 75% are in working order in and around the UKs preserved railways, furthermore three new build standard locomotives are proposed. Steam fans who were around in the 1960s all remember the “Standards.”

Author : John Walford
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ISBN 13 : 9780901115959
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Detailed History of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives: The 9F 2-10-0 class written by John Walford and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Walford and Paul Harrison present the complete story of the powerful and successful Class 9Fs. Enthusiasts will find this book a delight as the engines were allocated to more than 60 depots and worked nationwide. Full details of each engine's construction, allocation and use, modification and disposal and a chapter on the 9 preserved engines is included .

Author : Ernest Stewart Cox
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives written by Ernest Stewart Cox and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 : 9780901115812
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book A Detailed History of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives: Background to standardisation and the Pacific classes written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book by Paul Chancellor presents the Standards' design history and for each of the Britannia, Duke and Clan classes their complete construction, modification, allocation and operating history.

Author : John Walford
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ISBN 13 : 9780901115973
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Detailed History of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives written by John Walford and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book represents the final stage in the Society's quest to present the complete story of British locomotive standardisation to culminate in the twelve BR Standard designs that totalled 999 engines. This final publication covers a number of topics and using papers from the Mr. R. Bond and Mr. G. Dow collections the book asks whether the Standard project was required and what happened to it, how the locomotive works of the UK handled repairs and developments of various locomotive types including comparison of Standards with existing designs. There are sections on the naming policy adopted in regard to specifically Britannias, how the shed and shed code system had developed but in particular with reference to dealing with the Standard classes. A further lengthy section deals with Locomotive Performance and shows various comparisons with other locomotive types. More repair tables have been provided following feedback from earlier volumes and inevitably this book provides a list of amendments and correction to the previous four volumes. In a major departure for the society this book features all colour photographs of Standard locomotives in traffic, many not seen in print before.This volume represents the comprehensive conclusion to the series and draws a line under many questions asked about the Standards.

Author : Rodger P. Bradley
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Standard Steam Locomotives of British Railways written by Rodger P. Bradley and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : E. Talbot
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ISBN 13 : 9780860931584
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Pictorial Record of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives written by E. Talbot and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 : 9780901115812
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Download or read book A Detailed History of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives: The end of an era written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: