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  • Britains Declining Secondary Railways through the 1960s

    The Blake Paterson Collection

    by Kevin McCormack, Martin Jenkins ...
    This is an evocative selection of high quality colour views, each of which recaptures the lost age of Britain's branch lines and secondary railways, of which so many were axed following implementation of the 'Beeching Report' during the 1960s. Most importantly, the previously unpublished views in this book are the work of one man, Blake Paterson, a professional railwayman, who was also an ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Colours of London Buses 1970s

    by Kevin McCormack ...
    This is a colour album of London Buses concentrating mainly on the 1970s which was the first decade since London Transport's inception in 1933 to feature a large number of buses on London streets which were not painted in the mainly all-red (or in a few c ... Read more

    Was $17.99 USD Now $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Irish Railways in the 1950s and 1960s

    A Journey Through Two Decades

    by Kevin McCormack ...
    In the 1950s and 1960s the railway system in Ireland became a magnet for enthusiasts from Great Britain who realized that, as on the mainland, a way of life was fast disappearing as diesel traction replaced steam and the size of the rail network across Ireland was shrinking. Much of the interest stemmed from the similarity with the railways in Great Britain. Also, the existence of several narrow ... Read more

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  • Great Western Branch Line Gallery

    by Kevin McCormack ...
    This book is a gallery of more than two hundred photographs, including a color section, featuring a selection of Great Western Railway/British Railways (Western) branch lines and similar services taken between 1900 and 1965. The emphasis is pictorial rather than factual with the aim of using photographs provided by two transport charities as well as the author, all of which are unlikely to have ... Read more

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  • A Transport Journey in Colour

    Street Scenes of the British Isles, 1949–1969

    by Martin Jenkins, Kevin McCormack ...
    Travel through the mid-twentieth century British Isles in this stunning collection of street photography featuring historic vehicles and buildings.This remarkable book takes the reader on a nostalgic transport journey into streets throughout the British Isles some of which have hardly changed, except for the vehicles displayed, whilst others have been transformed or have, in some cases, altered ... Read more

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  • London Local Trains in the 1950s and 1960s

    by Kevin McCormack ...
    This remarkable colour album of 1950s and 1960s images covers non-express trains working in and out of London termini, along with a selection of feeder services operating in roughly a 40 mile radius of the Capital. The trains featured are therefore semi-fast passenger, suburban passenger and freights. The advantage of casting the net beyond services in and out of London itself is to increase the ... Read more

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  • Steam in Scotland

    A Portrait of the 1950s and 1960s

    by Kevin McCormack ...
    Kevin McCormack has written a large number of transport books mainly using previously unpublished material, much of it sourced from the Online Transport Archive. This, his latest colour album, covers the railways of Scotland in steam days and concentrates as much as possible on depicting older types of locomotives. Consequently, this volume contains a large amount of rare 1950s colour images, ... Read more

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  • Glory Days: Western Region Steam Around London

    by Kevin McCormack ...
    Glory Days: Western Region Steam Around London is a photographic tribute to the former Great Western Railway (GWR) in the post-war years up to the end of Western Region (WR) steam on 31 December 1965. There was certainly a great deal of glory to be found in the 1950s, especially in the second half of the decade, with the creation of new named express trains, the reintroduction of the old GWR ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

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    The Train, The Locomotive, The Legend

    by Bob Gwynne ...
    Series Book 586 - Shire Library
    The Flying Scotsman is probably the most famous railway locomotive in the world. It first caused a sensation for its beauty and its speed in 1923, and it soon became a national icon. The fastest and most comfortable way of travelling between London and Scotland, The Flying Scotsman only got faster and more luxurious as competition from other routes, airlines, and the motor car threatened. From ... Read more

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  • The Somerset & Dorset Railway Through Time

    by Steph Gillett ...
    Series series Through Time
    The Somerset & Dorset Railway, known as the S&D (said to also stand for ‘Slow and Dirty’ or ‘Serene and Delightful’), ran from Bath across the Mendip hills to Bournemouth on the south coast. Never a high-speed line, the main traffic for the Somerset & Dorset during the winter months was freight and local passenger traffic. In the summer, however, there was heavy traffic as Saturday holiday ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

  • Oxfordshire Railways Through Time

    by Stanley C. Jenkins ...
    Series series Through Time
    The railway came to Oxfordshire during the 1840s, the core of the present-day local railway network being completed by 1853. Other lines were subsequently constructed and, despite some branch line closures during the 1960s, these Victorian railways are still serving the public during the first decades of the twenty-first century. Their longevity is a tribute to the energy and vision of the ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

  • The Railways of Glasgow

    Post-Beeching

    by Gordon D. Webster ...
    The city of Glasgow, formerly one of the largest industrial centres in the world, was once responsible for building about one-quarter of the world's railway locomotives. This was complemented by a massive urban railway network: the second largest in the UK. However, the Beeching Report of 1963 inevitably took its toll on Glasgow. This book examines the changing face of Glasgow's railways ever ... Read more

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