The Irish Narrow Gauge in Colour
Colourpoint Books (Verlag)
978-1-904242-13-0 (ISBN)
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Preface - An all-colour album on the Irish narrow gauge is a logical sequel to the much loved colour volumes on the 'Wee Donegal' and the Isle of Man Steam Railway, published by Colourpoint Books in recent years. Of course, many books have been published on Irish narrow gauge railways; most of them on specific lines and a few as general albums. However, all have been illustrated in black and white, mainly because most of the lines closed before colour photography became commonplace. Apart from the Colourpoint albums, the colour medium has not been explored at all for the narrow gauge, except in a few general albums on Irish railways. Until recently, it would have been virtually impossible to find a sufficient number and variety of colour slides to make this book possible. This has changed in the last few years as more and more colour images from the 1950s have emerged from the archives and the credit for these discoveries must go to Ron White of ColourRail and my good friend John Langford who put me in touch with some other photographers. Of course, a colour album on this subject has inevitable constraints.There is no material pre-1949 and by that date many of the smaller lines had already closed completely, leaving only seven to have any colour coverage at all. Of these seven, the Giant's Causeway Tramway closed in 1949 and the UTA's Ballycastle line in 1950 and they are represented by only a handful of images. The Tralee and Dingle and the Lough Swilly bowed out in 1953 and fared somewhat better for colour, but nevertheless there are fewer than twenty shots of either. The three lines which lasted until 1959-61 survived long enough to attract a good number of Kodachrome or Agfa equipped photographers and inevitably it is these three - the Cavan and Leitrim and West Clare sections of CIE and the ever popular Donegal - which form the core of this album. I have concluded the album with a look at the industrial narrow gauge and the recent revival of some of the closed lines.
Norman Johnston has been a railway enthusiast for as long as he can remember. He began writing on railways in 1992 and has been the author, or joint author, of six other railway books, including 'The Fintona Horse Tram', 'Fermanagh's Railways', 'LNERâ Locomotives in colour' and, most notably, 'Locomotives of the GNR(I)'. Norman spent most of his working life in Co Tyrone before retiring from teaching in 1996 to concentrate on publishing and writing. The photograph, appropriately, shows him alongside Giant's Causeway Railway No 1 'Tyrone', which previously ran on the Shane's Castle Railway. Norman has no difficulty in finding a publisher, since he is a founder and joint partner of Colourpoint Books. As well as his own books he spends a lot of his time editing those of other Colourpoint authors. He is married with two sons, both of whom are in the family publishing business. Norman would especially like to thank a number of people who have assisted with this book, either by lending photographs and slides, assisting with drawings or reading the manuscript. In alphabetical order they are Des Coakham, Joe Curran, Mark Kennedy, Michael Kennedy, John Langford, Pat O'Connell, Jack Patience, Keith Pirt, Paul Savage, David Soggie, Drew Sucksmith, Ron White and Richard Whitford.
Preface Introduction Almost Made It Just Made It The Giant's Causeway Electric Tramway The Londonderry and Loughâ Swilly The Tralee and Dingle The Cavan and Leitrim The West Clare The County Donegal Industrial Lines Preservation
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.10.2003 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 155 colour photographs |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 205 x 298 mm |
| Themenwelt | Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge |
| ISBN-10 | 1-904242-13-8 / 1904242138 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-904242-13-0 / 9781904242130 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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