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  • Mail Trains

    de Julian Stray ...
    Series Libro 657 - Shire Library
    Central to the prompt delivery of the nation's mail is its efficient transit throughout the country.From 1830, the Post Office relied increasingly on the overland rail network to achieve this, with Railway Post Offices, Sunday Sorting Tenders and District Sorting Carriages among the services introduced. More important lines carried the famous 'Night Mail' carriages, rarely seen by the public, ... Leer más

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  • British Railways in the 1950s and ’60s

    de Greg Morse ...
    Series Libro 699 - Shire Library
    As Britain moved from austerity to prosperity in the 1950s and 1960s, it became clear that British Railways needed to modernise its equipment and rationalise its network if it was to hold its own in the face of growing competition from road and air transport.After attempting to maintain pre-war networks and technology in the 1950s, a reversal of policy in the 1960s brought line closures, new ... Leer más

    $9.39 USD

  • Isambard Kingdom Brunel

    de Robin Jones ...
    A biography of the nineteenth-century Englishman who was " one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history" ( Nature).Civil and mechanical engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel's accomplishments were extraordinary—involving the Great Western Railway, the SS Great Britain, the Clifton Suspension Bridge, prefabricated hospital buildings for use during the Crimean War, and more. Born ... Leer más

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  • Speen for Donnington - Stations of the Great Western Railway GWR

    Stations of the Great Western Railway, #2

    Series Libro 2 - Stations of the Great Western Railway
    A dedicated history of one of the vanished Great Western Railway stations that closed in the 1960s.Speen for Donnington Station is no more. This small rural station once had its own full time staff and a thriving traffic of passengers and agricultural produce. Some of the older residents in the villages can still remember the trains rattling through the station, over the level crossing and through ... Leer más

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  • The Flying Scotsman

    The Train, The Locomotive, The Legend

    de Bob Gwynne ...
    Series Libro 586 - Shire Library
    The Flying Scotsman is probably the most famous railway locomotive in the world. It first caused a sensation for its beauty and its speed in 1923, and it soon became a national icon. The fastest and most comfortable way of travelling between London and Scotland, The Flying Scotsman only got faster and more luxurious as competition from other routes, airlines, and the motor car threatened. From ... Leer más

    $8.49 USD

  • Walks Through History - Birmingham: Digbeth: The Early Beginnings of Modern Birmingham

    de John Wilks ...
    This walk is one of twelve walks in John Wilks' Walks Through History - Birmingham series which contains twelve walks within the city. The whole book is available as an ebook or physical book or you could try this one out first. The book is a celebration of the beauty and poetry of the county. Each walk in this book has been chosen not only because it is a pleasant walk in its own right, but also ... Leer más

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  • The Lost Works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel

    ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL is famous for the engineering wonders he left behind - from the SS Great Britain to the delights of Paddington and Temple Meads stations, but much of what he designed has been lost. From the ships Great Western and Great Eastern to the majestic water towers of Crystal Palace, the Hungerford Bridge and the South Devon atmospheric railway, many of Brunel's achievements have ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • The GWR Story

    de Rosa Matheson ...
    The Great Western Railway – quickly coming to be known as 'God's Wonderful Railway' – was once regarded as the most advanced in the world. Engineered by Isambard Kingdom Brunel it was initially designed to connect Bristol to London and came to develop a distinct character all of its own, one of the many reasons why it remains a much-loved and popular area of interest.This book traces its history ... Leer más

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  • London Underground The Quiz Book

    Every pub quiz question never asked about the tube!

    de Mike Dugdale ...
    For the last 150 years, every Londoner, tourist, and visitor uses the tube to explore and enjoy London. But behind the facade of ox-blood brick buildings and colourful diagrams lies a wealth of history and interesting facts. This book tests your knowledge in this area with 250 questions (and answers) about this incredible network. ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Bridging the Itchen

    de Jim Brown ...
    This book describes the various ways in which Southampton’s River Itchen has been crossed over the centuries, ranging from a suspected 2nd century Roman ferry at Clausentum (Bitterne Manor) to the new and massive Itchen Bridge opened in 1977. ... Leer más

    $1.33 USD

  • Oxfordshire Railways Through Time

    Series series Through Time
    The railway came to Oxfordshire during the 1840s, the core of the present-day local railway network being completed by 1853. Other lines were subsequently constructed and, despite some branch line closures during the 1960s, these Victorian railways are still serving the public during the first decades of the twenty-first century. Their longevity is a tribute to the energy and vision of the ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Battersea Through Time

    Series series Through Time
    Battersea has grown to be a fashionable and vibrant district of south-west London. Referred to as Patricesy in the Domesday Book, Battersea was historically best known for market gardening, providing fruit, vegetables and flowers for the City of London. However, the area moved from rural to urban with the coming of the railways, industry and large-scale housing from the 1840s, provoking a ... Leer más

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