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Goods Trains

Tim Bryan (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

64 Seiten

2020
Shire Publications (Verlag)
978-1-78442-399-5 (ISBN)

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Have you ever watched wagon after wagon of a goods train thunder past and wondered where it is heading, what it is carrying, and how it works its way between the passenger services? While goods services now tend to be shrouded in anonymity, in past times they were celebrated, prominently advertised, and in many cases were the raisons d’être for a rail route. Throughout the nineteenth and much of the twentieth century, goods trains were the lifeblood of the nation, transporting precious raw materials, construction and industrial items, and fresh produce from coastal areas and farms into the centres of bustling cities. This informative illustrated history shows how rail freight has been carried since Victorian times, and how systems have been organized, from the train itself to the sidings, railway clearing houses, goods sheds and final destinations – whether villages, towns, cities, factories or docks. It also examines the basic rolling stock of these trains, from the humble coal wagon to today’s hi-tech containers.

Tim Bryan worked as curator at the GWR and STEAM museums in Swindon for more than twenty years and is now Director of the Brunel Institute at the SS Great Britain in Bristol. He is the author of eighteen books on railway and heritage topics and has written six titles for Shire.

Introduction
A Brief History of Railway Goods Operation
The Development of Goods Trains
Goods Infrastructure
Wagons and Loads
Further Reading
Places to Visit
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	04.11.2020
Reihe/Serie	Shire Library
Zusatzinfo	Fully illustrated throughout
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	149 x 210 mm
Gewicht	150 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
	Technik
ISBN-10	1-78442-399-8 / 1784423998
ISBN-13	978-1-78442-399-5 / 9781784423995
Zustand	Neuware