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Think of Sussex Buses and almost automatically that means Southdown: think of locations and that means Brighton. Well, you will find plenty of pictures of both within these pages, but there is much more besides. Trams operated in Hastings and Eastbourne was the world's first municipality to operate motorbuses
This book looks back over the railways 60 years in preservation through the authors own experiences and with memories and illustrations drawn from many of todays volunteers. The variety of work with which volunteers have been involved over these many years is considerable and the progress resulting enormous!
Aveling & Porter as a firm are justly famed for their steam road rollers, the basic design continuing for 50 years, & whilst other manufacturers made rollers, some in high numbers,it is the Aveling with which the public identify as the humble road making steam engine which came down every road & street,until superseded by modern technology.
Some of the 'gems' described are well known, even iconic, others much less so. They include industrial marvels and celebrations of civic prosperity - prominent landmarks in town and cityscape. Many more are harder to find, tucked away down side streets or rural backwaters. These are the true 'hidden gems',
The long campaign of the Cotswold Line Promotion Group, has borne fruit, with an increase in the numbers of trains servicing this route, further enhancing the traveling experience and giving the line a long term future. This book looks at these newer works against a backdrop of past operations, including views of the engineering works involved.
In this volume we travel back to 1962 to see tank engines, steam engines, electric trains and multiple units and more. For those old enough to remember the years depicted, this book will provide reminders of school days, time perhaps spent train-spotting, shed bashing and generally gricing!
In 1959 schoolboys Richard Inwood & Mike Smith met on a train. Subsequently, with their school's Locospotters' Club, & then in their teens and twenties attempted to see, record and ride behind as much steam traction as possible. Richard & Mike have once again dug into their archives to track back over the years 1967 - 1960.
In 2005 Nick Catford started the Disused Stations website with the aim of creating a definitive database of the UKs closed stations.This book, compiled by Paul Wright a major contributor to the website, is intended to as a stand alone record while also acting as a companion to the Disused Stations Website.
22E was the code for the small locomotive shed at Highbridge, a small market town in Somerset. It was the smallest shed in the Bristol division of the LMS motive power department & the 22E Society started there in the summer of 1946. This is a wonderful collection of photographs and memories of the days of steam.
'Passengers Once More' is the title of a new series of books to be published by Silver Link. The series will cover the whole of Great Britain and will be deliberately positive in its approach, as the emphasis will be on reinstated or new stations and lines.The books will be copiously illustrated with photographs at each location featured.
Passengers Once More' is the title of a new series of books to be published by Silver Link. The series will cover the whole of Great Britain and will be deliberately positive in its approach, as the emphasis will be on reinstated or new stations and lines. The books will be copiously illustrated with photographs at each location featured.
Covering all the major bus and trolleybus operators in the South East and Anglian area, together with a few smaller companies, most of the pictures show the buses in pre-National Bus Company and Passenger Transport Executive liveries. The more than 150 photographs were taken between 1951 and 1978 and mostly have never been published.
'British Railways Past and Present' is a nationwide series of books featuring photographs of railway locations taken several decades ago and comparing them with the same scene today. In this volume covering South Gloucestershire are over 175 photographs featuring a wealth of locations.
The aim of this series is to appeal to readers of all ages, perhaps for different reasons... In this volume: We travel back to the year 1958
For the younger reader there are wonderful pictures of trains, real trains. There will, for example, be tank engines, engines, electric trains and multiple units and many more varieties besides! Some will be recognised from train sets, model railways and books, while others will be seen for the first time. in this volume we travel back to 1970.
This is the second of three special titles being published by Silver Link to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Talyllyn Railway in 2011.
Back in 1985 the first 'British Railways Past and Present' was published, it has only taken 25 years for us to start the same treatment for Britain's road transport scene. There is perhaps no better place to start than in the Capital City.
A railway enthusiast from the age of 5, Frank Hornby started loco-spotting while at school, and began to travel around the UK by train from about 1941. This title describes his journeys made throughout Great Britain and Northern Ireland during the 1950s, providing a first-hand picture of what was on offer to railway enthusiasts in those days.
An autobiography chronicling the author's maritime career. It offers an account of what life in Merchant Navy was really like and the conditions in the countries visited, and contains many anecdotes.
Examines the railway 'control interface' between the driver on his footplate and the signalling systems designed to ensure the safety of him and his passengers.
2006 was a landmark year in the history of the Dean Forest Railway, with the opening of the extension to Parkend by HRH Princess Anne. This title presents a selection of 'past' views' and contrasts them with developments on the railway, which took place since the publication of the earlier volume in 2002.
In its more than 50 route miles the Central Line provides a wide variety of locations both in 'tube' and in the open air, and after more than a century of operation not surprisingly there are many 'past and present' contrasts. This title includes the preserved section now operated by the Epping Ongar railway.
The Isle of Man enjoys a wide variety of railed transport. This book features comparative views of various routes, including the Isle of Man Railway, the Manx Electric Railway, the Snaefell Mountain Railway and the Groudie Glen Railway.
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