Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    Midland Main Lines to St Pancras and Cross Country: Sheffield to Bristol 1957 - 1963
    Unavailable
    Midland Main Lines to St Pancras and Cross Country: Sheffield to Bristol 1957 - 1963
    Unavailable
    Midland Main Lines to St Pancras and Cross Country: Sheffield to Bristol 1957 - 1963
    Ebook468 pages5 hours

    Midland Main Lines to St Pancras and Cross Country: Sheffield to Bristol 1957 - 1963

    By John Palmer

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    About this ebook

    The history of British Railways in the late 1950s/early 1960s is characterized by change; massive change, as its management attempted to meet statutory obligations against a background of social, economic and political influences.

    The Modernisation Plan of 1955 paved the way for the electrification of the route from Manchester to London Euston, with a consequential effect of the Midland route services via Derby needing to be enhanced and improved. That eventually resulted in the arrival of class 7 steam motive power and later also benefitted the cross country Midland route. This book details, year by year, the changes that took place and provides an insight into the reasons why decisions were taken, and how the railway management was faced with a vast range of technological, natural, socioeconomic challenges to be overcome, whilst also trying to meet the day-to-day needs of the operational railway.

    In addition to tracing the history of the routes, the book includes performance logs of typical journeys along difficult sections, recollections of railway men working in various departments and – for enthusiasts – a list of rare and unusual locomotive workings. The book is profusely illustrated with black and white, as well as color, photographs and also includes a comprehensive range of maps.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPen and Sword
    Release dateFeb 28, 2017
    ISBN9781473885592
    Unavailable
    Midland Main Lines to St Pancras and Cross Country: Sheffield to Bristol 1957 - 1963

    Read more from John Palmer

    Related to Midland Main Lines to St Pancras and Cross Country

    Related ebooks

    Technology & Engineering For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Reviews

      Feb 27, 2023

      Images from the Transport Treasury Collection Compiled by Jeffery Grayer THE Midland and South Western Junction Railway (M&SWJR) was a 61-mile-long cross country railway route which closed to passengers on September 9, 1961. It ran from Andoversford

      4 min read

    • Article

      LETTERS & REVIEWS

      Jun 15, 2021

      LETTERS & REVIEWS
      3 min read

    • Article

      The Southern’s Finest Hour

      May 4, 2020

      The Southern’s Finest Hour
      4 min read

    • Article

      Readers’ Platform

      Apr 4, 2022

      Readers’ Platform
      7 min read

    • Article

      Readers’ Platform

      Jun 5, 2023

      Readers’ Platform
      6 min read

    • Article

      Operation Dynamo

      Apr 15, 2021

      Operation Dynamo
      9 min read

    • Article

      Off The Shelf

      Jun 25, 2018

      By Irene Hawkes (hardback, Crecy, 160pp, £30, ISBN 978 0 86093 674 9). THE Metropolitan Railway 150 celebrations brought the history of the world’s first underground system to life for a new generation, and set the stage for steam specials to run ov

      6 min read

    • Article

      Readers’ Platform

      Jan 31, 2022

      Readers’ Platform
      11 min read

    • Article

      Readers’ Forum

      Aug 18, 2022

      Letters intended for publication should ideally add extra detail to our articles (or offer corrections of course!) and not be too long, consistent with the detail they offer. As always, we are sorry that space and time prevent us from printing them a

      8 min read

    • Article

      Reviews

      Jan 30, 2023

      THE latest in a series of branch line DVDs from 1st Take focuses on Oxfordshire, including those lines in the GWR and LNWR networks. It begins with a brief introduction to the development of railways in the county, then takes an in-depth look at each

      4 min read

    • Article

      Off The Shelf

      Jan 19, 2021

      Compiled by Andrew Royle (softback, Transport Treasury Publishing Ltd, 16 Highworth Close, High Wycombe, HP13 7PJ, www.ttpublishing.co.uk112pp, £14.50, ISBN:  978-1-913251-09-3) HEREIN lies a superb collection of black and white images that feature t

      6 min read

    • Article

      Reviews

      Oct 30, 2023

      By Joseph Burr WHAT is not to like about a volume of original photographs taken during the time the charismatic Class 50s were being used in Devon and Somerset? The book takes each section of line from Somerton (on the Berks & Hants) and Chard Juncti

      3 min read

    • Article

      Readers’ Forum

      Oct 20, 2022

      Letters intended for publication should ideally add extra detail to our articles (or offer corrections of course!) and not be too long, consistent with the detail they offer. As always, we are sorry that space and time prevent us from printing them a

      11 min read

    • Article

      Reviews

      Jun 5, 2023

      By Richard Pulleyn AS THE latest in the ‘Signalling Centres’ series, this is the first of two parts covering the complex history of railways and signalling around Leeds. The city was served not only by the North Eastern Railway but also by the Midlan

      4 min read

    • Article

      Readers’ Platform

      Jul 4, 2022

      Readers’ Platform
      6 min read

    • Article

      Devon Transition from Steam

      Jul 4, 2023

      FOR those of us who were southernbased trainspotters as the postwar 1950s gave way to the Swinging Sixties and steam conceded the upper hand to diesels, BR’s six regions tended to have associations in our adolescent minds, writes Geoff Courtney. The

      3 min read

    • Article

      The Last Years of London Steam and North East Steam 1948-1968

      Nov 22, 2022

      THESE two books, which cover a large part of the BR network during an era remembered with affection by so many trainspotters, are the 20th and 21st volumes for Great Northern Books by the prolific Doncaster-born author PeterTuffrey, writes Geoff Cour

      8 min read

    • Article

      High-speed Lines Then And Now

      Oct 30, 2023

      Send your letters to: The Railway Magazine, Media Centre, Morton Way, Horncastle, Lincs LN9 6JR. Email: railway@mortons.co.uk NB. Publication of a letter does not imply that the Editor or staff of The Railway Magazine necessarily agree with its conte

      8 min read

    • Article

      Christmas Off The Shelf Special

      Nov 19, 2019

      By Julian Holland (hardback, Times Books/Harper Collins, 272pp, £30, ISBN 9780008323752). THE very attractive and lavishly-illustrated coffee-table A4 size volume celebrates the decades when rail travel was considered to be far and away the best,

      12 min read

    • Article

      Reviews

      Feb 16, 2024

      Simon A C Martin Strathwood Publishing, Unit 4 Shuttleworth Rd, Elm Farm Industrial Estate, Bedford MK41 0EP. Tel: 01234 328792. Web: strathwood.co.uk Description: Hardback, 302x 218mm, 456pp. ISBN: 9781913390884. Price £49.95. In 1942, the LNER was

      6 min read

    • Article

      Track Talk

      Mar 10, 2020

      ➜ Was this closure the worst of them all? READING about the closure of the Peterborough to Grimsby main line in 1970 and associated branch lines, one can only sympathise with the title – was it, indeed, the ‘worst’Beeching closure (Heritage Railway i

      1 min read

    • Article

      Readers’Forum

      Jul 21, 2022

      Letters intended for publication should ideally add extra detail to our articles (or offer corrections of course!) and not be too long, consistent with the detail they offer. As always, we are sorry that space and time prevent us from printing them a

      11 min read

    • Article

      Readers'Forum

      Oct 19, 2023

      Robert Foster (August) make a persuasive case that the wrong line south of Crianlarich was closed in 1965. In my “I have a nostalgic attachment to that scenic line of route from Callander to Crianlarich by Loch Lubnaig, Glen Ogle and Killin Junction

      10 min read

    • Article

      Christmas Gift Guide

      Nov 21, 2023

      By Roger R Darsley and Dennis A Lovett (hardback, Middleton Press, 98pp, ISBN 978-1-910356-79-1). IN 2025, one of the best events in the history of the heritage sector will attract a worldwide audience marking the 200th anniversary of the Stockton &

      9 min read

    • Article

      Off The Shelf

      Feb 15, 2022

      By Stephen D Phillips (hardback, Vale of Rheidol Railway, www.rheidolrailway.co.uk, 462pp, £70, ISBN 9781800683730). IN HERITAGE RAILWAY’S 23 years, we have never seen a volume devoted to the history of one line produced to the mind-blowing extent of

      9 min read

    • Article

      Reviews

      Sep 4, 2023

      Railway Power and Politics in Britain By Richard Faulkner and Christopher Austin FOLLOWING their previous books ‘Disconnected’and ‘Holding the Line’(which dealt with railway closures and reopenings respectively), ‘Signals Passed At Danger’by Richard

      3 min read

    • Article

      Readers’ Platform

      Jan 1, 2024

      Send your letters to: The Railway Magazine, Media Centre, Morton Way, Horncastle, Lincs LN9 6JR. Email: railway@mortons.co.uk I THOROUGHLY enjoyed the article on the Selby Diversion (October issue), and it brought back a memory of an unusual occurren

      4 min read

    Reviews for Midland Main Lines to St Pancras and Cross Country

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words