Trains on the Midland Main Line - 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 Trains on the Midland Main Line write by John Jackson. This book was released on 2019-09-15. Trains on the Midland Main Line available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. John Jackson takes a highly illustrated look at passenger and freight trains on the Midland Main Line.
Midland Railway and L M S 4-4-0 Locomotives
Midland Railway and L M S 4-4-0 Locomotives - 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 Midland Railway and L M S 4-4-0 Locomotives write by David Maidment. This book was released on 2021-12-30. Midland Railway and L M S 4-4-0 Locomotives available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. David Maidment has unravelled the complex history of the Johnson, Deeley and Fowler 4-4-0 locomotives of the Midland Railway and its LMS successor, covering their design, construction, operation and performance in this book with over 400 black and white photographs. It recounts their working on the Midland main lines from St Pancras to Derby, Manchester, Leeds and Carlisle, the latter via the celebrated Settle & Carlisle line, and the later work of the Fowler LMS engines on the West Coast main line. The book also describes the history of the Midland 4-4-0s built for the Somerset & Dorset and Midland & Great Northern Railways. The book covers the period from the first Midland 4-4-0 built in 1876 to the last LMS 2P withdrawn in 1962 and includes performance logs, weight diagrams and dimensions and statistical details of each locomotive.
Midland Main Lines to St Pancras and Cross Country
Midland Main Lines to St Pancras and Cross Country - 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 Midland Main Lines to St Pancras and Cross Country write by John Palmer. This book was released on 2017-02-28. Midland Main Lines to St Pancras and Cross Country available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The history of British Railways in the late 1950s/early 1960s is characterized by change; massive change, as its management attempted to meet statutory obligations against a background of social, economic and political influences. The Modernisation Plan of 1955 paved the way for the electrification of the route from Manchester to London Euston, with a consequential effect of the Midland route services via Derby needing to be enhanced and improved. That eventually resulted in the arrival of class 7 steam motive power and later also benefitted the cross country Midland route. This book details, year by year, the changes that took place and provides an insight into the reasons why decisions were taken, and how the railway management was faced with a vast range of technological, natural, socioeconomic challenges to be overcome, whilst also trying to meet the day-to-day needs of the operational railway.In addition to tracing the history of the routes, the book includes performance logs of typical journeys along difficult sections, recollections of railway men working in various departments and for enthusiasts a list of rare and unusual locomotive workings. The book is profusely illustrated with black and white, as well as color, photographs and also includes a comprehensive range of maps.
The Leicester Gap
The Leicester Gap - 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 Leicester Gap write by Michael A. Vanns. This book was released on 2018. The Leicester Gap available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Alpine Thunder
Alpine Thunder - 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 Alpine Thunder write by Jonathan Shingleton. This book was released on 2021. Alpine Thunder available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The story of the KB class is more than just that of the locomotives, but the struggle for appropriate motive power on the Midland Line once the Otira tunnel opened. Their evolution came as a result of immense pressure placed upon the Railways Department to find a suitable class of locomotive to succeed against the difficult terrain and ever increasing traffic"--Page 7.
