The Great Western Steam Retreat (eBook)

Chasing the Final Steam Trains in BR's Western Region, Wales and the Welsh Marches

Keith Widdowson (Autor)

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2022 | 1. Auflage
240 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-9977-9 (ISBN)

Infos

In mid-1964, Keith Widdowson got wind that the Western Region was hell-bent on being the first to eliminate the steam locomotive on its tracks by December 1965. The 17-year-old hurriedly homed in on train services still in the hands of GWR steam power, aiming to catch runs with the last examples before their premature annihilation. The Great Western Steam Retreat recalls Widdowson's teenage exploits, soundtracked by hits from the Beatles, the Kinks and the Rolling Stones, throughout the Western Region and former Great Western Railway lines. He documents the extreme disorder that resulted from that decision, paying tribute to the train crews who managed to meet demanding timings in the face of declining cleanliness, the poor quality of coal and the major problem of recruiting both footplate and shed staff. This book completes the author's Steam Chase series and provides a snapshot into the comradery that characterised the final years of steam alongside the long-gone journeys that can never be recreated.

KEITH WIDDOWSON's 45-year career with British Railways began in June 1962, the majority of it spent diagramming locomotive and train crews. Now retired, he has written several books on his steam-chasing travels. He also writes articles for railway magazines and is a member of the Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.1.2022
• Zusatzinfo: offset paper
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseberichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Maschinenbau
• Schlagworte: British Rail • Chasing the Final Steam Trains in BR’s Western Region Wales and the Welsh Marches • Chasing the Final Steam Trains in BR’s Western Region Wales and the Welsh Marches, british rail, steam trains, steam engines, steam locomotive, end of steam, gwr, great western rail, gwr steam, train photography, steam photography, train spotting, western region, wales region, welsh marches • end of steam • great western rail • GWR • gwr steam • steam engines • steam locomotive • steam photography • steam trains • train photography • Train Spotting • wales region • Welsh Marches • Western Region
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-9977-2 / 0750999772
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-9977-9 / 9780750999779