Tanfield Waggonway
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2025
Amberley Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-3981-0558-4 (ISBN)
Amberley Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-3981-0558-4 (ISBN)
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Marking its 300th anniversary, this highly illustrated book explores the history of the Tanfield wagonway.
Dating back to the 1720s and still partly in use today as a preserved railway, the Tanfield Railway has a justifiable claim to be the world’s oldest railway, running on the trackbed that three hundred years ago was travelled over by horse-drawn coal waggons on wooden rails. This book charts the history of the Tanfield Railway, from its origins as part of a network of wooden waggonways that ran from coal pits to the River Tyne, through to the introduction of locomotives which, alongside the remaining gravity-worked rope inclined planes, attracted enthusiasts in its final years of operation in the 1960s.
The book also covers the preservation of the three-mile-long section of the line from East Tanfield to Sunniside, which operates today as a steam railway.'
Dating back to the 1720s and still partly in use today as a preserved railway, the Tanfield Railway has a justifiable claim to be the world’s oldest railway, running on the trackbed that three hundred years ago was travelled over by horse-drawn coal waggons on wooden rails. This book charts the history of the Tanfield Railway, from its origins as part of a network of wooden waggonways that ran from coal pits to the River Tyne, through to the introduction of locomotives which, alongside the remaining gravity-worked rope inclined planes, attracted enthusiasts in its final years of operation in the 1960s.
The book also covers the preservation of the three-mile-long section of the line from East Tanfield to Sunniside, which operates today as a steam railway.'
Rob Langham has been passionate about history since childhood, later turning it into his vocation. Working in museums, he has completed an MA in Britain in the First World War and spends his spare time researching a diverse range of topics such as the early railways of North East England and the First World War battlefields of Gallipoli.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.9.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 100 Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Chalford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 165 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge |
| ISBN-10 | 1-3981-0558-9 / 1398105589 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-3981-0558-4 / 9781398105584 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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