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Decline and Return to Mainline Steam

- Special Trains in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s
Af: Laurie Golden Engelsk Paperback

Decline and Return to Mainline Steam

- Special Trains in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s
Af: Laurie Golden Engelsk Paperback
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During the 1960s, British Railways withdrew its thousands of steam locomotives from the national network. The process started gradually in the early 1960s but accelerated towards the end of the decade so that by 1968 the last steam-operated trains had ceased. The decade also saw a wave of line closures in an effort to make the railways more economical to run. However, railtours in the 1960s allowed enthusiasts what was often a final chance to enjoy special steam-operated workings, many over lines that were later to close. In 1968 BR established a ban on steam operation on any of its main lines (apart from ‘Flying Scotsman’) which was to last until the early 1970s. When the ban lifted railtours using steam returned and for many the 1970s and 1980s were a golden age of railtours, with many unusual workings.In this book Laurie Golden recaptures these exciting years of railtours on Britain’s railways where so much was changing so fast. With approximately half of the photographs representing the rundown of steam operation in the period 1963–68, and the rest capturing the era of the return to steam on the national network for railtours in the 1970s and 1980s, this book is a portrait of an era that is now part of the history of our railways.
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During the 1960s, British Railways withdrew its thousands of steam locomotives from the national network. The process started gradually in the early 1960s but accelerated towards the end of the decade so that by 1968 the last steam-operated trains had ceased. The decade also saw a wave of line closures in an effort to make the railways more economical to run. However, railtours in the 1960s allowed enthusiasts what was often a final chance to enjoy special steam-operated workings, many over lines that were later to close. In 1968 BR established a ban on steam operation on any of its main lines (apart from ‘Flying Scotsman’) which was to last until the early 1970s. When the ban lifted railtours using steam returned and for many the 1970s and 1980s were a golden age of railtours, with many unusual workings.In this book Laurie Golden recaptures these exciting years of railtours on Britain’s railways where so much was changing so fast. With approximately half of the photographs representing the rundown of steam operation in the period 1963–68, and the rest capturing the era of the return to steam on the national network for railtours in the 1970s and 1980s, this book is a portrait of an era that is now part of the history of our railways.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 96
ISBN-13: 9781398119093
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1398119091
Udg. Dato: 15 aug 2024
Længde: 9mm
Bredde: 234mm
Højde: 165mm
Forlag: Amberley Publishing
Oplagsdato: 15 aug 2024
Forfatter(e): Laurie Golden
Forfatter(e) Laurie Golden


Kategori Sent 20. århundrede, 1950 til 1999


ISBN-13 9781398119093


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 96


Udgave


Længde 9mm


Bredde 234mm


Højde 165mm


Udg. Dato 15 aug 2024


Oplagsdato 15 aug 2024


Forlag Amberley Publishing

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