Glory Days: Western Region Steam Around London
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2019
Amberley Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4456-9455-9 (ISBN)
Amberley Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4456-9455-9 (ISBN)
A photographic tribute to the former GWR in the postwar years up to the end of Western Region steam on 31 December 1965.
Glory Days: Western Region Steam Around London is a photographic tribute to the former Great Western Railway (GWR) in the post-war years up to the end of Western Region (WR) steam on 31 December 1965.
There was certainly a great deal of glory to be found in the 1950s, especially in the second half of the decade, with the creation of new named express trains, the reintroduction of the old GWR chocolate and cream colours on express coaching stock and the adoption of green livery with full lining out on all classes of locomotive that were likely to haul passenger trains. However, by the last two years covered in this book, the locomotives were generally unkempt and had been demoted to menial tasks. Numberplates and nameplates had often been lost and it was very depressing to see them in this deplorable state.
Explore the glory days of Western Region steam around the capital in this wonderfully evocative book.
Glory Days: Western Region Steam Around London is a photographic tribute to the former Great Western Railway (GWR) in the post-war years up to the end of Western Region (WR) steam on 31 December 1965.
There was certainly a great deal of glory to be found in the 1950s, especially in the second half of the decade, with the creation of new named express trains, the reintroduction of the old GWR chocolate and cream colours on express coaching stock and the adoption of green livery with full lining out on all classes of locomotive that were likely to haul passenger trains. However, by the last two years covered in this book, the locomotives were generally unkempt and had been demoted to menial tasks. Numberplates and nameplates had often been lost and it was very depressing to see them in this deplorable state.
Explore the glory days of Western Region steam around the capital in this wonderfully evocative book.
Kevin McCormack is best known for his various books on street transport in and around London and on the steam railways of southern England.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.09.2019 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 180 Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Chalford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 165 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 307 g |
| Themenwelt | Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4456-9455-7 / 1445694557 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4456-9455-9 / 9781445694559 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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