The Railway Race to the North
Author | : Oswald Stevens Nock |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1962 |
Genre | : Express trains |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Oswald Stevens Nock |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1962 |
Genre | : Express trains |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Oswald Stevens Nock |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : |
Author | : David Wragg |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 175 |
Release | : 2013-01-21 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 147382236X |
In the late nineteenth century, some of Britains leading main-line railway companies threw caution to the winds in an attempt to provide the fastest passenger express services between London and Scotland. These became known as the races to the north. There were two phases, in 1888 and 1895, and they spurred the building of new bridges across the Firth of Forth and Firth of Tay.David Wraggs gripping, detailed narrative tells the story of this epic engineering and commercial competition. He concentrates on the determination of the railway companies to see who could provide the fastest schedule between London and the main Scottish cities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth, Dundee and Aberdeen.Casting aside their early policy of co-existence on these prestigious and lucrative routes, the West Coast and East Coast companies were drawn into a period of intense, highly publicized rivalry as they sought to dominate the market. David Wragg gives an insight into the conduct of the well-publicized highs and tragic lows of this dramatic story the extension of the lines to the far north, the building of the Tay and Forth bridges including the collapse of the first Tay bridge with 72 fatalities and the repeated bids by the companies to cut the journey times.While he describes the public side of this fascinating story, David Wragg fills in the background, which is no less interesting the pioneering engineering of the steam age, the massive construction projects, the cut-throat battle for passengers and freight and the deep inter-company rivalries that drove the rapid development of the railways during the Victorian period.
Author | : W. J. Scott |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 1895 |
Genre | : Railroads |
ISBN | : |
Author | : David Wilson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 162 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Locomotives |
ISBN | : 9780750908863 |
This book, through the use of press coverage, company records and national archives, recreates the fervour of the Railway Races to the North. The author includes coverage of the race itself and assesses the performance of the trains and crews.
Author | : Allan Mitchell |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781571811660 |
"The breadth of [this] comparative study of French and German railroad development - the largest and most important railway systems on the continent - is a signal achievement... A brief sketch of the book's trajectory does justice neither to the wealth of detail nor to the arresting insights that future historians will draw on for years to come." - Central European History "... a fine book. Indeed, it is a labour of love, informed by intensive research and a lifetime's interest. All historians of European railways will be greatly in its debt." - The International History Review "The Great Train Race is a well-researched book, full of useful comparative insights into French and German railway development, and doubtless an important contribution to the history of Franco-German rivalry before World War One ... [R]ecommended to economic historians as a study which shows, in well-balanced comparative perspective, the great importance of their field for understanding political history." - Journal of Modern History "For Mitchell, this was clearly a labor of love, and it is a pleasure to see a job well done. The book has a full scholarly apparatus along with vital charts and maps to keep things clear." - H-German "Allan Mitchell is presenting, with The Great Train Race, a highly informed and ambitious study, in which the fundamental importance of trains for the societies of both countries has been convincingly argued." - Historische Zeitschrift "...Presents a rich and understandable overview...The book provides an excellent model for researching and writing comparative railway histories. Such analyses of the relationship between state and railway are rare events." - The Journal of Transport History From their origins, railways produced an intense competition between the two major continental systems in France and Germany. Fitting a new technology into existing political institutions and social habits, these two nations became inexorably involved in industrial and commercial rivalry that eventually escalated into the armed conflict of 1914. Based on many years of research in French and German archives, this study examines the adaptation of railroads and steam engines from Britain to the continent of Europe after the Napoleonic age. A fascinating example of how the same technology, borrowed at the same time from the same source, was assimilated differently by the two continental powers, this book offers a groundbreaking analysis of the crossroads of technology and politics during the first Industrial Revolution.
Author | : Allan Mitchell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781845451363 |
From their origins, railways produced an intense competition between the two major continental systems in France and Germany. Fitting a new technology into existing political institutions and social habits, these two nations became inexorably involved in industrial and commercial rivalry that eventually escalated into the armed conflict of 1914. Based on many years of research in French and German archives, this study examines the adaptation of railroads and steam engines from Britain to the continent of Europe after the Napoleonic age. A fascinating example of how the same technology, borrowed at the same time from the same source, was assimilated differently by the two continental powers, this book offers a groundbreaking analysis of the crossroads of technology and politics during the first Industrial Revolution.
Author | : Mary Ann Fraser |
Publisher | : Square Fish |
Total Pages | : 81 |
Release | : 2016-08-02 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1250131243 |
On May 10, 1869, the final spike in North America's first transcontinental railroad was driven home at Promontory Summit, Utah. Illustrated with the author's carefully researched, evocative paintings, here is a great adventure story in the history of the American West--the day Charles Crocker staked $10,000 on the crews' ability to lay a world record ten miles of track in a single, Ten Mile Day.
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 852 |
Release | : 1896 |
Genre | : English literature |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Rhoda Blumberg |
Publisher | : National Geographic Kids |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : |
Influenced both by the Gold Rush and the Civil War, America came to realize that a link to the far West was vital. In the mid-1800s, the Union Pacific railroad company, along with their rival, the Central Pacific company, raced to cover the most ground before meeting at Promontory Summit, Utah in 1869. Blumberg vividly evokes the people, places, danger and perseverance surrounding an American milestone. Over 70 period illus. Young Adult.