Preserved Steam Britain's Heritage Railways Volume Two

Geoff Swaine

• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Year: 2015
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• eBook ISBN:
  9781445649474
• Subtopic: Rail Transportation
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Geoff Swaine's superb photography captures the very best of Britain's preserved steam in action at locations throughout the country. Following on from Britain's Heritage Railways: Preserved Steam Volume 1, Geoff Swaine presents a new collection of images covering some of Britain's most celebrated heritage lines: The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, the Bluebell Railway, the North York Moors Railway, Didcot Railway Centre, the Mid-Hants Railway (Watercress Line), the West Somerset Railway, the Great Central Railway, the Swanage Railway, the Severn Valley Railway, the North Norfolk Railway, the Kent & East Sussex Railway, the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, the langollen Railway, the Midland Railway Centre, the Isle of Wight Steam Railway, the South Devon Railway, the Dartmouth Steam Railway, the Nene Valley Railway and the East Anglian Railway. This volume also includes three new railways and interesting written pieces covering both early days of the steam railways and the post-war period.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Introduction
• Early Engines at the Great Central Railway
• Victorian Times Broad Gauge
• Early Engines
• Late Victorian 4-4-0 Wheel Arrangements
• Going to War
• The Big Four
• Liveries of the Big Four Railway Companies
• Suburban & Branch Line
• Streamliners
• GWR Standards and Interchangeables
• Into War Again
• After the War
• BR Standards
• Preservation
• On the Main Line
• Schedule of Lines (Standard Gauge)