The Last Years of the Somerset and Dorset

Engineering & Transportation

MAGGS, Colin G.

Transportation

Ian Allan Publishing Ltd

Somerset and Dorset

Ian Allan Publishing

Branch Lines of Devon: Plymouth, West and North Devon (Transport/Railway)

Sutton Publishing+ltd

Branch Lines of Devon: Exeter and South, Central and East Devon (Transport/Railway)

A description of the branch lines of Dorset, which varied from lightly-built rural railways to branches carrying main line express locomotives. Includes anecdotes about branch life and people.

Branch Lines of Dorset

History

Alan Sutton Publishing, Ltd.

The author's particular fascination with the railway line running between Bristol and Bath has lead him to record in detail the history of this fascinating and important stretch of railway, a microcosm of many British main lines. The line has most of the representative engineering features, from embankments and bridges to tunnels and water troughs, and it has seen all the significant types of motive power, from Churchward's 4-6-0s and the first English Pacifics to GWR railcars and prototype HSTs. Colin Magg's affectionate and accurate depiction of this route should be of interest to all railway enthusiasts, modellers and those keen to learn of the history of the GWR. Fully illustrated with maps and over 200 photographs, this authoritative study provides a rare insight into the development of a typical part of the British railway.

The Bristol to Bath Line

Who won in a race between a train and a pigeon? How can you warn bats to leave a railway tunnel? Before the era of the car, which railway company carried the most prisoners? Colin G. Maggs has collected all of these answers - and more! - in Amazing and Curious Railway Tales, a compendium of stories, curiosities and little-known facts about Britain's railways.

Amazing and Curious Railway Tales

Humor & Entertainment

Puzzles & Games

The History Press

Product Description Do you remember collecting birds’ eggs and cigarette cards? Or the first appearances of wrapped sweets like Mars and Milky Way?The 1930s was a time of great progress, as engines took over from horse power, and electric light from gas and oil. Ordinary families aspired to own their own semi-detached house with a garage, and heated it with coal fires; smog was ever prevalent In cities. Some children were still sewn into their winter clothes, or went to school barefoot. This was a time of home cooking, and holidays were day trips, often by Charabanc. Families kept chickens and rabbits, children played with catapults and bows and arrows. And in the background, change was everywhere, with the Mallard speed record, the launch of the Queen Mary, the abdication of the King, and the increasing spectre of the impending Second World War. This delightfully nostalgic book will take you right back to a different age, remembering what life was like for those growing up in the 1930s. About the Author Colin G. Maggs has had 104 books published to date, mostly on railway history. In 1993 HM the Queen awarded him an MBE for services to railway history. He has written countless railway newspaper and magazine articles, given broadcasts on TV and radio, talks to societies, and lectured on railway history at the University of Bath. He lives in Bath.

A 1930s Childhood

Reference

The Story of the Big Four Railway Companies

Highbridge in Its Heyday (Locomotion Press)

The Oakwood Press and Oakwood Video Library

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