An Illustrated History of Signalling

Engineering & Transportation

Vanns, Michael A.

Transportation

Ian Allan Publishing

Signal Boxes for the Modeller aims to provide the modeler with a more detailed examination of signal box types and design, previously mentioned briefly in Aspects of Modelling Signalling. The book gives the reader background on the evolution of the signal box, the main designs produced by the pre-grouping railway companies and their successors, the different types of material used in construction, the positioning of signal boxes, boxes at level crosses through to signal boxes in tight locations. Drawing upon descriptive and easy-to-follow instructions and information coupled with a variety of color and mono illustrations. This book will prove a great addition to every modeler's collection.

Signalboxes for the Modeller

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

Ian Allen Pub

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An Illustrated History of Great Northern Railway Signalling

An Outline History of the Railways of Nottinghamshire

Notts.County Library

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (Heritage Railway Guide)

Pen and Sword Transport

Until 1987, there was still a busy stretch of British main line railway where traditional Victorian operating practices were used to control the movements of both express passenger and a variety of freight trains.At the heart of the former Midland Railway main line from St Pancras to Sheffield, the 45-mile section between Irchester in Northamptonshire and Loughborough in Nottinghamshire was equipped with semaphore signals worked from twenty-three mechanical signalboxes. It was the last main line in the country where this once-standard arrangement remained virtually unchanged since the days of steam. This pocket of mechanical signalling was christened The Leicester Gap, because Leicester was to be the site of a new power signalbox, the last in a chain of just five that would control the whole of the Midland Main Line into the twenty-first century.From 1984 when resignalling work started, to 1987 when it was completed, the author photographed as many trains passing through the Leicester Gap as he could. This book is the result of those efforts.

The Leicester Gap: The Last Semaphore Signalling on the Midland Main Line

This fantastic guide traces the history of, arguably, the most popular heritage railway in Britain from the origins of the line in the 1830s through the good, bad and controversial times, up to the present day. Every year since 1973, the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) has transported hundreds of thousands of visitors in preserved steam and diesel-hauled trains between Pickering and Grosmont through an ancient landscape of unmatched beauty. When those trains started to run regularly to and from Whitby in 2007, it revived a service started by the Whitby & Pickering Railway Company back in 1836. The history of the NYMR is a fascinating one that will do well to be remembered. This book explores the journey, development and changes of the NYMR and is a fantastic guide to how the railway industry has changed over time.

This compelling book centers on the Great Central Railways early history, focusing particularly on its drive to reach London. It follows the subsequent fortunes of the London Extension right up until its closure, and into the preservation era, examining the remarkable achievements of hundreds of enthusiasts and their continuing struggle to fulfill the aspirations of those 1969 visionaries. In 1899 the Great Central Railway opened a new main line between Nottinghamshire and London. It was built to the highest of standards; civil and mechanical engineers able to benefit from the experience of over fifty years of British railway construction. It was a glorious achievement. Yet, despite incorporating some of the best facilities to enable it to operate in a more efficient way than its older rivals, it had a short working life compared to its contemporaries. By the end of the 1960s, most of it had closed. However, ironically, that abandonment by the state-owned British Railways presented an independent and enterprising group of railway enthusiasts with a unique opportunity to operate their own main line with their own engines. In 1969 the Main Line Preservation Group was formed with a vision to re-create a fully functioning, double track, steam-worked main line between Nottingham and Leicester. This book explores the journey, development and changes of the Great Central Railway and is a fantastic guide to how the railway industry has changed over time.

The Great Central Railway (Heritage Railway Guide)

History

Europe

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