Tracing lost railways / Trevor Yorke.
Material type: TextSeries: Shire library ; 866Publisher: Oxford, England : Shire Publications, 2020Description: 63 pages : colour illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 1784423718
- 9781784423711
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Non-Fiction | Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction | 385.0941 YOR | Available | T00828904 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The drastic railway closures of the 1960s led to the slow decay and re-purposing of hundreds of miles of railway infrastructure. Though these buildings and apparatus are now ghosts of their former selves, countless clues to our railway heritage still remain in the form of embankments, cuttings, tunnels, converted or tumbledown wayside buildings, and old railway furniture such as signal posts. Many disused routes are preserved in the form of cycle tracks and footpaths. This colourfully illustrated book helps you to decipher the fascinating features that remain today and to understand their original functions, demonstrating how old routes can be traced on maps, outlining their permanent stamp on the landscape, and teaching you how to form a mental picture of a line in its heyday.
Includes index.
The drastic railway closures of the 1960s led to the slow decay and re-purposing of hundreds of miles of railway infrastructure. Though these buildings and apparatus are now ghosts of their former selves, countless clues to our railway heritage still remain in the form of embankments, cuttings, tunnels, converted or tumbledown wayside buildings, and old railway furniture such as signal posts. Many disused routes are preserved in the form of cycle tracks and footpaths. This colorfully illustrated book helps you to decipher the fascinating features that remain today and to understand their original functions, demonstrating how old routes can be traced on maps, outlining their permanent stamp on the landscape, and teaching you how to form a mental picture of a line in its heyday.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- A Brief History (p. 5)
- Keeping a Level Track (p. 11)
- Serving the Community (p. 23)
- The Goods Yard (p. 33)
- Operating a Railway (p. 41)
- Track and Trackside Furniture (p. 51)
- Places to Visit (p. 59)
- Index (p. 64)