The author recalls his experiences as a teenage locospotter, following this hobby at a time when British Rail was entering a period of immense change. We look at the railways in action, visiting locomotive sheds and works in the period where diesel was beginning to oust steam. This book is illustrated with photographs from his own collection.
With photographs spanning c.1946 to c. 1962 and using the M25 motorway as a perimeter boundary, 250 photographs have been selected for inclusion, featuring the main-line railway stations belonging to the big four railway companies illustrating this last gasp of steam at the capitals termini and other intermediate halts.
Digital cameras and software now give railway enthusiasts the ability to create images of exceptional quality. This book will help to get the best from a camera, and display how to develop skills to create a collection or portfolio to be proud of. From location to 'digital darkroom,' it will help railway photographers get the most from their ......
This book is a photographic journey across the historic railway network that serves the diverse area of North-Western England. It chronicles many of the changes since the 1970s, including scenes, routes, and rolling stock that have altered beyond recognition, and illustrates how the railway has adapted to the challenges of the twenty-first ......
Reading Railroad Heritage is a photographic essay of the history of a well-run system up to its acquisition by the Consolidated Rail Corporation in 1976, and its legacy that includes the Reading & Northern Railroad, certain electrified commuter lines operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority in the Philadelphia area, and a ......
Street Cars of Washington D.C. is a photographic essay of the history of the well-kept modern street car system that provided frequent transit service to much of our nation's capital up to its closure in January, 1962. Washington D.C. was the first North American city to operate its entire base service by President's Conference Committee (PCC) ......
A mix of high quality colour and black & white photographs, together with extended and informative commentaries brimming with detail, covering the railways of Devon & Cornwall in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Most of the photographs have never been published before and all were taken by the author, his father, and their friends.
From Lostwithiel to the China Clay Rails is a book of contrasts, for example we see High Speed Trains that come in summer from London and Scotland travelling at twenty five miles per hour on a railway originally built as a horse drawn tramway for china clay to reach the sea. All shown in full colour.
This well-illustrated work by a distinguished social historian narrates the epic of the great age of railway history and development. It sets this in the context of the social history and its contemporary impact on society as a whole.
