Steam Trains in North Wales
Author | : CLIFF COMP. HAYES |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1996 |
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ISBN | : 9781859250457 |
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Author | : CLIFF COMP. HAYES |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781859250457 |
Author | : Chris Arnot |
Publisher | : AA Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018-05 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780749579265 |
From stalwart little locomotives of topographic necessity, to the maverick engines of one man's whimsy, Britain's narrow-gauge steam trains run on tracks a world apart from its regimented mainlines. In Small Island by Little Train, eccentricity enthusiast Chris Arnot sets out to discover their stories. Stories include miniature railway on the Kent coast, used for Home Guard military trains during World War II, and now the school commute for dozens of local school children. The UK's only Alpine-style rack-and-pinion railway, scaling one of Britain's highest mountains. The five different gauges of railway circling one man's landscaped garden, and the team building their own trains to run on it. Far more than mere relics of the nation's industrial past, or battered veterans of wartime Britain, these are also stories of epic feats of preservation, volunteerism, tourism, and local history. They are an exploration of idiosyncrasy, enthusiasm and eccentricity. Or, to put it another way, a tale of Britishness.
Author | : Michael Clemens |
Publisher | : Fonthill Media |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2021-12-02 |
Genre | : Transportation |
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Robert Ellis James-Robertson (always known as Ellis) was born in Wales but lived at Worcester from the mid-1950s and travelled extensively around the country building up a large railway collection. In the 1960s a few of Ellis’s photographs were published in books and magazines and the credit ‘R. E. James-Robertson’ may be familiar to some. This book of mainly unpublished colour and black & white photographs has been created entirely from Ellis’s North Wales archives, it will appeal to railway enthusiasts, modellers, and those interested in local history. The time period covered is from the mid-1950s through to the mid-1960s with steam being the predominant motive power. Much of North Wales is covered and in addition to BR standard-gauge lines, the narrow-gauge Penrhyn and Padarn slate systems are also seen. Ellis and his wife Norah celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary in 2013, and Ellis passed on in April 2015 aged 92. Their daughters, Louisa and Fiona, contacted film-maker and author Michael Clemens whose late father was a friend of Ellis’s. Ellis’s collection lives on today at films shows around the country given by the author and now in this second of a number of books using his photographic archive.
Author | : James Waite |
Publisher | : Narrow Gauge Album |
Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 2020-06-30 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781900340663 |
The Talyllyn Railway is not only one of the world famous Great Little Trains of Wales, but was the first railway in the world to be owned and operated by volunteer labour. As such it was the forerunner of most of today's heritage railways. This book, compiled by James Waite, a renowned photographer of narrow gauge railways, takes the reader on a full colour photographic journey from the line's headquarters at Tywyn Wharf through the splendid Mid Wales countryside to the terminus in the forest at Nant Gwernol.
Author | : Michael S. Welch |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Railroads |
ISBN | : 9781854143822 |
Author | : Vaughan Pendred |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1908 |
Genre | : Locomotives |
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Author | : Peter J. Green |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2022-05-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781399091220 |
The coastal and mountain scenery around the railway lines of North and Mid Wales is among the best in Great Britain. Here we look at the British Railways lines and the trains that ran on them in the years between 1980 and 2000, as recorded by my cameras during my many visits to the area. A few photographs from earlier years are also included to help to complete the picture. During this period of time, quite a lot of mechanical signalling and many old station buildings still remained, all adding to the railway atmosphere. Featured here are the North Wales Coast line and its branches, the former Cambrian line from Welshpool to Aberystwyth and Pwllheli, and the Welsh section of the Shrewsbury to Chester line. While the emphasis is very much on the main lines, the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway, closed by British Railways in 1956 and reopened as a heritage railway, and the Llangollen Railway on a section of the former Ruabon to Barmouth line also feature, as does the Vale of Rheidol Railway, sold by British Rail into private ownership in 1989. A few photographs of the steam specials that regularly ran on the main lines are also included.
Author | : MICHAEL. CLEMENS |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781781558348 |
Author | : Michael Jones |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 191 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Locomotives |
ISBN | : 9780860935315 |
Author | : Mike Hitches |
Publisher | : Steam Around |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013-09-15 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 9781445607658 |
Recapturing the glory days of steam on the North Wales coast and the Lleyn Peninsula.