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Lost Skills of Our Grandparents
150+ Illustrations included.
Av George Woods
Häftad, 2026
344 kr
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Account of the Past and Present State of the Isle of Man;
Including Topographical Description; a Sketch of Its Mineralogy; an Outline of Its Laws, With the Privileges Enjoyed by Strangers; and a History of the Island
Av George Woods, Robert Baldwin
Inbunden, 2022
417 kr
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Account of the Past and Present State of the Isle of Man;
Including Topographical Description; a Sketch of Its Mineralogy; an Outline of Its Laws, With the Privileges Enjoyed by Strangers; and a History of the Island
Av George Woods, Robert Baldwin
Häftad, 2022
302 kr
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English Electric Diesel Locomotives
Av George Woods
Häftad, 2020
187 kr
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English Electric built their first diesel loco in 1936 and, before the company closed in 1968, built thousands of diesel and electric locos that saw service all over the world. They were among the companies chosen by BR to build prototype diesel locos for the Modernisation Scheme of 1955, which …
Diesels in the Western Region
Av George Woods
Häftad, 2021
187 kr
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The Great Western Railway was always a little different to the rest of the railways, and that was still the position when in 1955 British Railways announced their Modernisation Plan that would see steam replaced by diesels and electrics. The rest of the railway regions opted for diesel-electric …
Sulzer Type 4 Locomotives
Av George Woods
Häftad, 2023
181 kr
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The BR modernisation plan of 1955 envisaged the replacement of steam traction with diesel and electric locos by around 1975. Chief among the requirements was a loco more powerful than the 2,000-hp locos that had been produced before then.The Sulzer Company in Switzerland were able to provide an …
Heavy Freight Locomotives
Av George Woods
Häftad, 2022
187 kr
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In the 1970s the introduction of the merry-go-round coal trains required a far more powerful loco, leading to the 3300 hp Class 56 being built. For general freight services, the Class 60 was developed. Both these types suffered from reliability problems in their early years. Several large stone …
Electric Locomotives on Britain's Railways
Av George Woods
Häftad, 2023
187 kr
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Before the West Coast Route electrification was completed in 1966, the electric locomotive was quite a rare beast on Britain’s railways, with the exception of the Manchester to Sheffield service that had been electrified from 1954. There were plenty of EMUs running on suburban systems around large …
Electric Locomotives on Britain's Railways
Av George Woods
E-bok, 2023
178 kr
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Before the West Coast Route electrification was completed in 1966, the electric locomotive was quite a rare beast on Britain’s railways, with the exception of the Manchester to Sheffield service that had been electrified from 1954. There were plenty of EMUs running on suburban systems around large …
Britain's DMUs: 1966-1985
Av George Woods
Häftad, 2024
183 kr
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Diesel trains had been introduced even before the announcement of the British Railways modernisation plan in 1955. The first was the BR Derby Lightweight design of 1954, followed by the Metro-Cammell trains in 1955. The Derby units were placed in service in the West Riding of Yorkshire on many …
Express Diesel Trains
Av George Woods
Häftad, 2023
187 kr
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In 1968 British Rail introduced a prototype train that would revolutionise rail travel, and form the backbone not only of BR services, but those of the companies that took over after the privatisation of the railways in 1994. This, of course, was the High Speed Train, which introduced 125 mph …
Britain's DMUs: 1986-2022
Av George Woods
Häftad, 2024
187 kr
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By the 1980s, earlier DMUs were coming to the end of their useful lives and BR were introducing the first of the next generation. The replacements started with Class 141 Pacers, which were four-wheel units based on a wagon chassis with a Leyland bus body, intended for branch-line services. Soon …
Technical education
an address delivered before the State teachers' association, at Shippensburg, Penn'a., August 12, 1874. By George Woods ...
Av George Woods
Häftad, 2011
191 kr
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South African Steam in the 1970s
Av George Woods
Häftad, 2018
176 kr
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As in many countries in the 1970s, South Africa’s railways were making the change over from steam to diesel and electric traction at an ever-increasing pace. As a member of the Locomotive Club of Great Britain the author was able to join a tour organised in 1973 to see steam in action at a time …
Last Days of Steam in North East England
Av George Woods
Häftad, 2019
187 kr
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In September 1967 the last steam locos finished operations in the North East – the area where it had all begun 142 years before. The last trains ran from the engine sheds at Sunderland, Tyne Dock and West Hartlepool, and were hauling coal from collieries to industrial sites, power stations and …
