London Underground Rolling Stock In Colour For The Modeller And Historian
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Author | : John Glover |
Publisher | : Ian Allan Pub |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2009-10-15 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780711033481 |
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When the first section of the future London Underground network opened, it represented the first serious attempt to use railways as a means of improving public transport access into the heart of a pre-existing urban environment. Steam, however, was not an ideal means of propulsion in long tunnel sections and it was not until the development of electric traction in the late 19th century that the concept of the tube network became practical. Over the years, London Underground and its predecessors have constructed a wide variety of locomotives and rolling stock for use on the network. This colourful volume illustrates the development of rolling stock designed for use on the Underground through the ages. With a range of photographs capturing all the many and various types supported by detailed captions throughout, this book is a must-have buy for all serious railway modellers.
Author | : John Glover |
Publisher | : Ian Allen Pub |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780711033498 |
Download London Underground Stations in Colour for the Modeller and Historian Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This colourful new book provides an excellent account of the development of architecture on the Underground from the earliest stations on the Metropolitan in the 1860s through to the most recent work on the Jubilee Line and Docklands Light Railway. With the appointment of Charles Holden who worked closely with Frank Pick in the mid-1920s and in particular after the creation of the LPTB, London Transport became a byword for architectural excellence with work on the Piccadilly extension, for example, now regarded as amongst the finest British architecture of the interwar years. Even before the creation of the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933, the stations constructed for use on the future Underground network had developed distinctive styles both above and below the surface, according to the individual company that had promoted them. Thus, even today, it remains possible to easily identify both open and closed stations, even when in the latter case, the use of the building has changed subsequently (e.g. Marlborough Road station is now a restaurant although part of the platforms remain at track level and Aldwych station is still largely unchanged and is now used regularly for film and TV work). This impressive book contains over 200 colour photographs that show surface and sub-surface views, with detailed captions covering the wide variety of stations, both open and closed, constructed for use on the London Underground network over the past 140 years. The book will be of significant use as reference material for historians and modellers alike and continues the quality of this established series.
Author | : Brian Hardy |
Publisher | : Capital Transport |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2002-12-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781854142634 |
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Author | : B. HARDY |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780904711295 |
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Author | : Andrew Emmerson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 2013-02-20 |
Genre | : Locomotives |
ISBN | : 9781854143648 |
Download Underground and Overground Trains Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The successor to London Underground Rolling Stock, this new book gives details of all trains currently in service on the London Underground and Overground networks, with coverage of engineers' trains and brief coverage of sold stock. Full lists of unit formations are also included. Well illustrated in colour.
Author | : Ben Muldoon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2014-07-17 |
Genre | : Subways |
ISBN | : 9780711038073 |
Download London Underground Rolling Stock Guide 2014 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A comprehensive guide to the rolling stock in the current London Underground fleet.
Author | : John Scott Morgan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Subways |
ISBN | : 9780711037007 |
Download London Underground in Colour Since 1955 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
As London Underground celebrates its 150th anniversary, this stunning colour album provides a pictorial journey through its growth and development in the years since 1955, with photographs that have never been published before.
Author | : Jim Blake |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword Transport |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2024-09-30 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1399055623 |
Download London's Underground Since 1985 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
JIM BLAKE's second volume of his photographs featuring the London Underground cover the period from 1985, shortly after the Thatcher regime's destruction of London Transport and its re-birth as London Underground Ltd., to 2021 when the Northern Line gained its new branch from Kennington to Battersea Power Station. This was a turbulent time in the system's history, encompassing the withdrawal of the last pre-war passenger rolling stock (in 1988) and then the abolition of two-person operated trains at the beginning of 2000. With the exception of the Waterloo & City Line, which was transferred from British Rail to London Underground in the 1990s, all Underground lines are covered together with the rolling stock operating them. Jim's photographs concentrate on the older types. What is very striking in them is how the system seemed to be going downhill rapidly during the Thatcher years when this survey begins - plagued by the curse of graffiti and liberally littered thanks to cuts in staff who once dealt with such problems. Fortunately, since Transport for London's takeover of the Underground from 2000 onwards, things in that respect have markedly improved, trains and stations are much cleaner and therefore welcoming to passengers. The contrast between the late 1980s/early 1990s and today's Underground is very clear in Jim's photographs featured here, most previously unpublished. It is unfortunate that further improvements, not to mention long-planned extensions to the system, continue to be frustrated by government spending restrictions at the time of writing.
Author | : Piers Connor |
Publisher | : Crowood |
Total Pages | : 459 |
Release | : 2015-09-30 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1785000144 |
Download London Underground Electric Train Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The London Underground Electric Train tells the story of the development of electric traction on the London Underground system. It combines technical knowledge, historical context and practical experiences, and covers the history of underground lines since the opening of the first deep-level underground rail system in the world in 1890: the City & South London Railway. The evolution of train design, including power, lighting, heating and design of the Underground cars is also covered along with the development of operational, engineering and safety devices on trains. Highly illustrated with period and new photography and technical diagrams, this book is a reference work for electric traction and underground rail enthusiasts.
Author | : Alan Arthur Jackson |
Publisher | : London : Allen & Unwin |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 1962 |
Genre | : Local transit |
ISBN | : |
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