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British Railways in the 1960s: Western Region New Book Hardback Trains Steam
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Personalised
- No
- Signed
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Non-Fiction
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Vintage
- No
- Type
- Textbook
- Features
- Illustrated
- Genre
- Transportation
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United Kingdom
- Personalise
- No
- ISBN
- 9781473823952
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- British Railways in the 1960s: Western Region
- Item Height
- 240mm
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books LTD
- Topic
- Railway
- Item Width
- 250mm
- Number of Pages
- 176 Pages
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Product Information
After the Second World War, Britain's railways were rundown and worn out, requiring massive investment and modernisation. The 'Big Four' railway companies were nationalised from 1948 and the newly formed British Railways embarked on a programme of building new 'Standard' steam locomotives to replace older types. These started to come on stream from 1951. This programme was superseded by the 1955 scheme to dieselise and electrify many lines and so the last loco of the 'Standard' types was built in 1960 and the steam locomotives had been swept entirely from the BR network by 1968. This series of books, 'The Geoff Plumb Collection', is a photographic account of those last few years of the steam locomotives, their decline and replacement during the transition years. Each book covers one of the former 'Big Four', in the form of the BR Regions they became: the Southern Railway, London Midland & Scottish Railway, Great Western Railway and London & North Eastern Railway, including some pictures of the Scottish lines of the LMS and LNER. The books are not intended to convey a complete history of the railways but to illustrate how things were, to a certain extent, in the relatively recent past and impart some information through comprehensive captions, which give a sense of occasion often a 'last run' of a locomotive type or over a stretch of line about to be closed down. The photos cover large parts of the country, though it was impossible to get everywhere given the overall timetable of just a few years mainly when the author was still a schoolboy with limited time and disposable income to get around. Pictures are of the highest quality that could be produced with the equipment then available, but they do reflect real life and real times. AUTHOR: Geoff Plumb is a lifelong railway enthusiast, born in Sheffield in March 1949. From an early age he took thousands of photos, the vast majority in colour, documenting the decline and fall of steam locomotives. Geoff's interest in photography led to his forty plus years career in Television, starting with London Weekend TV as a cameraman in 1968, later with Granada TV and finally as a freelance 'lighting cameraman'. Many of Geoff's photos have been published in magazines such as The Railway Magazine and Steam World, and in books including Red Panniers Last Steam on the Underground. The Royal Mail has even used a couple of his photos on specialist stamp issues! 150 colour and 10 b/w illustrations
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Publisher
Pen & Sword Books LTD
ISBN-13
9781473823952
eBay Product ID (ePID)
25049023228
Product Key Features
Book Title
British Railways in the 1960s: Western Region
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Railway
Publication Year
2021
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
240mm
Item Width
250mm
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Geoff Plumb Collection
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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