Perhaps more has been written about the Great Western Railway than any other, and the company is regarded with the most affection. The combination of an unbroken history, engineering icons of the Victorian era, holiday destinations and a visual appeal in their design work went a long way in keeping the GWR in pole position. The stations and other structures have long enjoyed the admiration of many and are a quintessential ingredient of the GWR recipe for remembrance.Change has always been with us on the railways and none more so than in the twenty-first century, where much of the GWR scene is to be swept away under the wires of electrification. The GWR proposed electrification of the Taunton to Penzance route in the 1930s and would have carried it out if they¿d had the cash so, eighty years later, this change has an air of inevitability about it.Great Western Railway Stations is a last look at much of the GWR architecture, some of which is listed, and aims to present a lavishly illustr
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A lavish photographic history of all the key railway stations of London for transport buffs and anyone interested in the rich history of London.
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This book is about one ordinary person¿s efforts, largely carried out single-handedly and with limited funds, to build a model railway layout in his garden that runs just like the real thing.It is based on Brymbo in North Wales, where the GWR and LNER...
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Provides a step-by-step account of the construction, from scratch, of a model railway called Dovedale. This book covers layout planning and construction, controllers, point motors, power supply, cables and connectors, ways of operating traffic flows,...
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