Cheltenham Book of Days - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cheltenham Book of Days write by Michael Hasted. This book was released on 2012-02-29. Cheltenham Book of Days available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Taking you through the year day by day, The Cheltenham Book of Days contains quirky, eccentric, amusing and important events and facts from different periods of history, many of which had a major impact on the religious and political history of Britain as a whole.Ideal for dipping into, this addictive little book will keep you entertained and informed. Featuring hundreds of snippets of information gleaned from the vaults of Cheltenham’s archives, it will delight residents and visitors alike.
The GWR Handbook
The GWR Handbook - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The GWR Handbook write by David Wragg. This book was released on 2017-08-01. The GWR Handbook available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Cheltenham Flyer
Cheltenham Flyer - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cheltenham Flyer write by John Christopher. This book was released on 2014-02-15. Cheltenham Flyer available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For 'boys of all ages', a nostalgic volume which looks at the GWR's record-breaking Cheltenham Flyer and the daily nitty-gritty of operating the railway. Fully illustrated, presented in its entirety with an additional section to bring the topics up to date.
Great Western: Railway Gallery
Great Western: Railway Gallery - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Great Western: Railway Gallery write by Laurence Waters. This book was released on 2018-11-30. Great Western: Railway Gallery available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. It could be argued that the great Western or 'Gods' Wonderful Railway' was for many years the most famous railway in England. Much of the railway that we see today was the work of one of the greatest engineers of his time, Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The company was also served by locomotive engineers such as Gooch, Armstrong, Churchward, Collett and Hawksworth, who produced a series of locomotives that were well designed, elegant and powerful.Serving many holiday resorts of the south west, with trains such as 'The Cornish Riviera Express,' the publicity department exploited to great effect that the 'Great Western' was the 'Holiday Line.' It is probably true to say that in the years before the Second World War the company was producing some of the most effective publicity material in England.Using previously unpublished material from the extensive 'Great Western Trust' collection at Didcot Railway Centre, the book illustrates in both black and white and color many facets that made the Great Western 'Great"
Men of Steam
Men of Steam - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Men of Steam write by David Wragg. This book was released on 2011-12-13. Men of Steam available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Few modes of travel have the enduring appeal of steam railways. Today preserved lines, locomotives and rolling stock attract not just expert enthusiasts but more casual visitors who are keen to savor the distinctive atmosphere of a lost era in transport history. Yet these relics are but one aspect of the long story of steam, for they cannot reveal the human side of working life on the railways the experience of the railwaymen who operated the machinery of the steam age. It is this, the human aspect of railway history that David Wragg has chosen as the subject of this landmark book. He has selected extracts from the personal reminiscences of railway men to create an all-round portrait of the industry in its prime. He records their memories, anecdotes and insights, and he brings the routines of the steam railway vividly back to life.
