Severn Tunnel Junction (eBook)

P D Rendall (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
192 Seiten
Crowood (Verlag)
978-1-78500-738-5 (ISBN)

Infos

The Severn Tunnel Junction was the largest freight marshalling yard on the Western Region of British Railways, once stretching for over two miles along the Welsh bank of the River Severn. At its height it was a goods yard, junction, station and loco depot, but it was an important railway community and small town as well. With over 150 photographs this book describes the beginnings of the yard within the wider historical context and discusses the expansion of the site and the impact of the two World Wars. It documents the methods of working at the junction and recalls the locos, freight and passenger trains that travelled the lines. Finally, it remembers the people who worked and lived here.

Autor

P D Rendall became a Mechanical Engineering apprentice for British Rail Engineering's Swindon works at the age of sixteen. After nine years in engineering he worked as a Signalman, rising to become Superrvisor of the Bristol Panel signal box. He has an Honours degree in Social and Community History, and divides his time between work as a social historian and in the mental health sector. He is a published author on many subjects, from the 1970 Bristol resignalling to the North Somerset coalfield, and has appeared on local TV and radio. This is his third book for Crowood.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.9.2020
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge
• Schlagworte: Bishton level crossing • Bishton signal box • Bradbury Co. Wagon works • Bristol • British • British Railways • brunel • Caldicot Halt • Cambrian Wagon Works • Cardiff • Churchward steam shed • Cynheidre Pit • Ferrywagons • first-hand • Glucester • GWR • Hump yard • Ifton Sidings • Jersey Marine • loco depot • Locomotive • Magor Station • mechanical engineer • Milford Haven • Newport • Oakdale Colliery • personal accounts • Pilning • Rail • railway enthusiasts • River Severn • Rogiet • signalman • South Wales Railway • Tower colliery • Trains • trainspotters • Transport • Undy Crossing • Undy Halt • Welsh • Westinghouse Brake & Signal Co. • William Winter • World War II • WWII • Wye Valley Bay • Yard
• ISBN-10: 1-78500-738-6 / 1785007386
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78500-738-5 / 9781785007385