Railways ran 24-hour passenger and goods ser vices, and to work efficiently they required regular mainten ance. David Hucknall presents an evocative album of period p hotographs of working steam-locomotive sheds around the coun try. '
Shunting duties in the yards, local freight trips and the majority of secondary passenger services were also still in ... These trains had previously been mostly worked by Cardiff Canton, Tyseley and Hereford based 5MT 'Hall' 4-6-0s and ...
The Great Western Railway had a major locomotive depot here and this book takes a detailed look at the shed, how it functioned, its locomotives and its operational duties during the latter days of steam.
ISBN 978 184797 424 2 144pp, 130 illustrations NIGEL BURKIN ISBN 978 184797 020 6 192pp, 400 illustrations. Planning, Designing and Making Railway Layouts in Small Spaces RICHARD BARDSLEY A Practical Introduction to Digital Command ...
All of this made Hereford a fascinating rail centre and a locomotive shed worthy of its story for posterity, which is meticulously recorded in this book.
On Shed: A Portrait of the Steam Locomotive Depot
While these facilities appeared less glamorous than larger counterparts in Liverpool or Manchester, the stories of the engines, trains and the men who were based at the depots in these towns was no less fascinating.
Steam motive power centres: including the locomotive works, engine shed, station & stabling points. Derby
Photographs by Stephen Dupont Introduction by Mark Tully This is an extraordinary photographic record of the last steam trains in India that captures not only the fascination of the steam...
Not forgotten are both depots sub-sheds at Brimscombe, Cheltenham Malvern Road, Lydney, Ross-on-Wye, Dursley and Tewkesbury along with the duties and local routes that they covered.This in-depth study is supported by over 200 well-chosen ...
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