British Railways in the 1960s / Geoff Plumb Collection (ePub)
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(Sprache: Englisch)
A "profusely illustrated" and "impressively informative" look at the end of the steam locomotive era on one of UK's Big Four railway lines (Midwest Book Review).
After the Second War, Britain's railways were rundown and worn out, requiring massive...
After the Second War, Britain's railways were rundown and worn out, requiring massive...
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A "profusely illustrated" and "impressively informative" look at the end of the steam locomotive era on one of UK's Big Four railway lines (Midwest Book Review).
After the Second War, Britain's railways were rundown and worn out, requiring massive investment and modernization. The Big Four railway companies were nationalized from 1948, and the newly formed British Railways embarked on a program of building new Standard steam locomotives to replace older types. These started to come on stream from 1951.
This program was superseded by the 1955 scheme to dieselize and electrify many lines and so the last loco of the Standard types was built in 1960 and the steam locomotives had been swept entirely from the BR network by 1968.
This series of books, The Geoff Plumb Collection, is a photographic account of those last few years of the steam locomotives, their decline and replacement during the transition years. Each book covers one of the former Big Four, the Southern Railway, London Midland & Scottish Railway, Great Western Railway and London & North Eastern Railway, including some pictures of the Scottish lines of the LMS and LNER.
Though not a complete history of the railways, the books bring a sense of occasion to the last run of a locomotive type or a stretch of line about to be closed down. Pictures are of the highest quality that could be produced with the equipment then available, but they do reflect real life and real times. In simple terms, a look at a period not so long ago but now gone forever.
"An evocative collection of views of the twilight of BR steam." -Railway Modeller
After the Second War, Britain's railways were rundown and worn out, requiring massive investment and modernization. The Big Four railway companies were nationalized from 1948, and the newly formed British Railways embarked on a program of building new Standard steam locomotives to replace older types. These started to come on stream from 1951.
This program was superseded by the 1955 scheme to dieselize and electrify many lines and so the last loco of the Standard types was built in 1960 and the steam locomotives had been swept entirely from the BR network by 1968.
This series of books, The Geoff Plumb Collection, is a photographic account of those last few years of the steam locomotives, their decline and replacement during the transition years. Each book covers one of the former Big Four, the Southern Railway, London Midland & Scottish Railway, Great Western Railway and London & North Eastern Railway, including some pictures of the Scottish lines of the LMS and LNER.
Though not a complete history of the railways, the books bring a sense of occasion to the last run of a locomotive type or a stretch of line about to be closed down. Pictures are of the highest quality that could be produced with the equipment then available, but they do reflect real life and real times. In simple terms, a look at a period not so long ago but now gone forever.
"An evocative collection of views of the twilight of BR steam." -Railway Modeller
Autoren-Porträt von Geoff Plumb
Geoff is a lifelong railway enthusiast, born in Sheffield in March 1949. From an early age he took thousands of photos, the vast majority in colour, documenting the decline and fall of steam locomotives. Geoffs interest in photography led to his forty plus years career in Television, starting with London Weekend TV as a cameraman in 1968, later with Granada TV and finally as a freelance lighting cameraman. Many of Geoffs photos have been published in magazines, such as The Railway Magazine and Steam Railway, and in books including Red Panniers Last Steam on the Underground. The Royal Mail has even used a couple of his photos on specialist stamp issues! Geoff has an active photo gallery website at www.plumbloco.co.uk where many of his pictures can be seen.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Geoff Plumb
- 2020, 160 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: PEN & SWORD BOOKS
- ISBN-10: 147386979X
- ISBN-13: 9781473869790
- Erscheinungsdatum: 12.11.2020
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