Rails South West From Birmingham in the Late 20th Century, 1972-2000
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Rails South West From Birmingham in the Late 20th Century, 1972-2000

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Rails South West From Birmingham in the Late 20th Century, 1972-2000

About this book

Towards the end of the twentieth century, take a photographic journey along the railway lines to the southwest and south of Birmingham. Starting at Birmingham's main stations, New Street and Snow Hill in the centre of the city, you can travel from the West Midlands through the urban, industrial, and rural landscapes of the counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, visiting the branch lines and the various heritage railways and railway centres along the way. As well as the diesel locomotives and railcars that are illustrated in most of the photographs, various steam-hauled special trains are also included. While the railway has gradually improved as a means of transport, for the author it has become increasingly less interesting as it has been modernised. Fortunately, the spectacle of 'Peaks', Class 50s and many other locomotives going about their daily business has been well recorded, and many scenes are captured in these pages. Much railway infrastructure still remained at this time and many older railway stations and mechanical signal boxes, with their associated semaphore signalling, are also featured, adding to the interest of many of the photographs.

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Information

Publisher
Pen and Sword
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781399058902
Edition
0
Subtopic
Modern British History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Maps
  8. Birmingham New Street to Smethwick West
  9. Birmingham Snow Hill to Smethwick West
  10. Langley Green to Stourbridge Junction
  11. Stourbridge Junction to Stourbridge Town
  12. Stourbridge Junction to Round Oak and Pensnett
  13. Stourbridge Junction to Hartlebury
  14. Around Stourport
  15. Hartlebury to Droitwich Spa
  16. Birmingham New Street to Kings Norton via Five Ways
  17. Birmingham New Street to Kings Norton via the Camp Hill Line
  18. Kings Norton to Barnt Green
  19. Barnt Green to Redditch
  20. Barnt Green to Stoke Works Junction
  21. Stoke Works Junction to Abbotswood Junction via Worcester Shrub Hill
  22. Stoke Works Junction to Gloucester via Spetchley and Abbotswood Junction
  23. Worcester Shrub Hill to Moreton-in-Marsh
  24. Worcester Shrub Hill to Hereford
  25. Steam on the Main Line
  26. HERITAGE RAILWAYS AND RAILWAY CENTRES
  27. The Bromyard and Linton Light Railway
  28. The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway
  29. The Severn Valley Railway
  30. Bibliography