My Wish Lists Login / Join

Broad Gauge Railways : Shire Library : Book 850 - Tim Bryan

Broad Gauge Railways

eBook | 31 May 2018 | Edition Number 1

At a Glance

ePUB
64 Pages

eBook

RRP $11.99

$10.99

or 4 interest-free payments of $2.75 with

Instant Digital Delivery to your Booktopia Reader App

Read on

Android

eReader

Desktop

IOS

Windows

Isambard Kingdom Brunel considered the Great Western Railway the 'finest work in England' and he contributed many groundbreaking features, none so unorthodox as the decision not to adopt the 'standard' track gauge of 4ft 8½in and instead introduce the new 'broad gauge' of 7ft ¼in. Describing the rationale behind the choice of broad gauge, and also the unique track and locomotives used, this beautifully illustrated introduction to broad gauge railways chronicles the building of the original GWR between Bristol and London, and the expansion of that original 112-mile main line into a network stretching across the West of England, Wales and the Midlands. It describes how the clash between broad and narrow led to the 'Battle of the Gauges' and also provides a list of places to visit where broad gauge artefacts still survive.

Read on

Android

eReader

Desktop

IOS

Windows

You Can Find This eBook In

Non-Fiction History Transportation Trains & Railways in General Hobbies, Games & Puzzles Hobbies Model Railways

More in Trains & Railways in General

Highest Duty : My Search for What Really Matters - Chesley B. Sullenberger

eBOOK

Highest Duty

My Search for What Really Matters

eBook

RRP $31.89

$25.99

19%
OFF

Bistros of Paris - Robert Hamburger

eBOOK

Bistros of Paris

eBook

$9.99

Great Australian Railway Stories : Great Australian Stories - Bill Marsh

eBOOK

Great Australian Railway Stories

Great Australian Stories

eBook

$9.99

Trains Unlimited in the 21st Century - Tim Fischer

eBOOK

Trains Unlimited in the 21st Century

eBook

$10.99

Human Factors in the U.S. Railroad Industry : Transportation Human Factors - Thomas G. Raslear

eBOOK

Human Factors in the U.S. Railroad Industry

Transportation Human Factors

eBook

$117.99

Trains for Nature : Railroads and the American Land - Alfred Runte

eBOOK

Trains for Nature

Railroads and the American Land

eBook

RRP $37.47

$30.99

17%
OFF

The Social Railway and Its Workers in Europe's Modern Era, 1880-2023 : Moments of Fury, Ramparts of Hope - Dr David Welsh

eBOOK

The Social Railway and Its Workers in Europe's Modern Era, 1880-2023

Moments of Fury, Ramparts of Hope

eBook

RRP $153.01

$137.99

10%
OFF

The Light Railway : A Journey along the Narrow and Bucolic - John Scott-Morgan

eBOOK

The Light Railway

A Journey along the Narrow and Bucolic

eBook

RRP $34.09

$27.99

18%
OFF

The Kent & East Sussex Railway, 1974-2004 : Return to the Rother - Nick Pallant

eBOOK

The Kent & East Sussex Railway, 1974-2004

Return to the Rother

eBook

RRP $41.79

$33.99

19%
OFF

G T 3 The Unrealised Dream : The Story of Britain's Last Gas Turbine Locomotive - Tim Hillier-Graves

eBOOK

G T 3 The Unrealised Dream

The Story of Britain's Last Gas Turbine Locomotive

eBook

RRP $48.39

$38.99

19%
OFF

London & North Eastern Railway 4-4-0 Tender Locomotives - North Eastern, North British, Great North of Scotland, L N E R - David Maidment

eBOOK

London & North Eastern Railway 4-4-0 Tender Locomotives - North Eastern, North British, Great North of Scotland, L N E R

eBook

RRP $48.39

$38.99

19%
OFF

Moonlight Express : Around the World By Night Train - Monisha Rajesh

eBOOK

Moonlight Express

Around the World By Night Train

eBook

RRP $27.99

$23.99

14%
OFF

Great British Steam Locomotives that Made History : The Story of Railways in Britain - Rosa Matheson

eBOOK

Great British Steam Locomotives that Made History

The Story of Railways in Britain

eBook

RRP $18.49

$15.99

14%
OFF

Railroad Nation : The Art of Selling America, 1825-1925 - Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes

eBOOK

Railroad Nation

The Art of Selling America, 1825-1925

eBook

RRP $72.59

$65.99

Waste Materials Utilisation for Transport Infrastructure - Buddhima Indraratna

eBOOK

Waste Materials Utilisation for Transport Infrastructure

eBook

$349.99

Slow Trains Around Britain : Notes from a 4,088-Mile Adventure on 143 Rides - Tom Chesshyre

eBOOK

Slow Trains Around Britain

Notes from a 4,088-Mile Adventure on 143 Rides

eBook

$19.99

Final Destination : Riding Britain's Trains to the End of the Line - Nige Tassell

eBOOK

Final Destination

Riding Britain's Trains to the End of the Line

eBook

$24.99

Off The Rails : The Inside Story of HS2 - Sally Gimson

eBOOK

Off The Rails

The Inside Story of HS2

eBook

$19.31

English Electric Type 2 Bo-Bo 'Baby Deltic' Locomotives : B R Class 23, Design to Destruction - Anthony P Sayer

eBOOK

English Electric Type 2 Bo-Bo 'Baby Deltic' Locomotives

B R Class 23, Design to Destruction

eBook

RRP $48.39

$38.99

19%
OFF

Paddington to Birkenhead : The Great Western's North West Frontier - Michael H C Baker

eBOOK

Paddington to Birkenhead

The Great Western's North West Frontier

eBook

RRP $48.39

$38.99

19%
OFF

To the Sea by Train : The Golden Age of Railway Travel - Andrew Martin

eBOOK

To the Sea by Train

The Golden Age of Railway Travel

eBook

RRP $35.02

$29.99

14%
OFF

The Gas Tramcar : An Idea Ahead of its Time - John Hannavy

eBOOK

The Gas Tramcar

An Idea Ahead of its Time

eBook

RRP $52.79

$42.99

19%
OFF

The Railways of Bradford & Leeds : Their History and Development - Peter Waller

eBOOK

The Railways of Bradford & Leeds

Their History and Development

eBook

RRP $52.79

$42.99

19%
OFF

Great Western Castle Class 4-6-0 Locomotives : The Final Years 1960-1965 - David Maidment

eBOOK

Great Western Castle Class 4-6-0 Locomotives

The Final Years 1960-1965

eBook

RRP $50.59

$40.99

19%
OFF

This product is categorised by