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Alfred Raworth s Electric Southern Railway
Author | : Peter Steer |
Publsiher | : Pen and Sword Transport |
Total Pages | : 703 |
Release | : 2022-05-05 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781526778420 |
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The Southern Railway between 1923 and 1939 was the only British company to carry out a sustained programme of electrification which became known as the Southern Electric. Unlike many recent projects, each incremental step was completed on time and within budget. This successful project was more impressive as it was achieved during a period of economic stagnation (including the ‘great depression’) and despite government disapproval of the method of electrification. The driving force behind this endeavor was the railway’s general manager, Sir Herbert Walker, but at his side was his electrical engineer, Alfred Raworth, the man one journalist described as an ‘electrification genius’. Alfred Raworth’s career began working with his father the eminent consulting engineer and entrepreneur, John Smith Raworth. Following the collapse of his father’s business Alfred joined the railway industry and devised an ambitious and innovative electrification design. This was discarded when the railways of southern England were ‘grouped’ into the Southern Railway after which he took responsibility for the implementation of the electrification schemes. With Walker’s retirement in 1937, those who continued to support steam traction took the policy lead. A marginalised Raworth retired but was later to witness the fruition of many of his discarded ideas.
Railway Travel in World War Two
Author | : Peter Steer |
Publsiher | : Pen and Sword Transport |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-01-30 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 1399063170 |
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The popular image of railway travel during the Second World War is that of a sparse service of dirty and grossly overcrowded trains that were forever being delayed. The iconic 'is your journey really necessary' poster campaign is credited with discouraging the public from traveling by train. This book questions these assumptions and examines the mobility requirements of the British public during the war years and aligns these to the level of service provided by the railways. Throughout the war the railways were managed by the Railway Executive Committee (REC) whose members were all senior railway officers. The conflicts between the REC and the government in respect to controlling passenger numbers on the railway system, which was overcrowded with essential additional war related freight traffic, are examined; as are the propaganda campaigns aimed at restricting 'unnecessary' travel. The public's response to the travel restrictions are analyzed to determine how railway passengers' attitudes and reactions corresponded to the publicly accepted mythology. Many British citizens did reduce their railway journeys, but for others who had previously had little need to travel by train, the exigencies of war resulted in them having to make long and often difficult journeys by rail.
Railway Gazette
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 750 |
Release | : 1949 |
Genre | : Railroads |
ISBN | : UOM:39015023916854 |
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Classic British Steam Locos
Author | : compiled from Wikipedia entries and published byby DrGoogelberg |
Publsiher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 570 |
Release | : 2012-06-11 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 9781291079739 |
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do you want to know everything on steam locos, how they work? Read about the technology and lots of steam locos like the flying Scotsman. Compiled from Wikipedia pages and published by dr Googelberg.
British Railways Steam 1948 1970
Author | : L. A. Summers |
Publsiher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 2014-12-15 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9781445634784 |
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Railway sleuth Les Summers unravels the politics and policies that led to the abandonment of steam traction under British Railways. In this fascinating account, he examines the twilight of steam in the era that shaped the future of our railways.
The Southern Handbook
Author | : David Wragg |
Publsiher | : The History Press |
Total Pages | : 331 |
Release | : 2017-08-01 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780750985062 |
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The Southern Railway may not have been the most glamorous of the 'Big Four' companies that emerged from the grouping of 1923, but it was the great innovator. In the 1930s the Southern pioneered the first main-line electrification and created the largest electrified suburban railway network in the world. It was also one of the few to offer regular departures and the first to run true international services, introducing the 'Night Ferry' through-trains from London to Paris using special ferries. Forming part of a series, along with The GWR Handbook, The LMS Handbook and The LNER Handbook, this new edition provides an authoritative and highly detailed reference of information about the Southern Railway.
Modern Transport
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 736 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : UOM:39015021098416 |
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Gilbert Szlumper and Leo Amery of the Southern Railway
Author | : John King |
Publsiher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 2018-04-30 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9781473870383 |
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Very few diaries of directors and senior managers of the Big Four railways have survived to enter the public domain. There are, however, two notable Southern Railway diarists whose records have been available in archives for some years, but have been largely ignored by historians; Southern Railway General Manager Gilbert Szlumper and Director Leopold Amery. Their remarkable diaries are addressed in this insightful book, which gives a slightly different view of the company in contrast to the almost sanitized histories by some writers.The surviving diaries of Szlumper are far from complete. They begin in 1936 and continue into the war years, but there are several gaps. Throughout, Szlumper comments on individuals and developments, revealing little-known facts and the circumstances that meant he could never truly achieve his potential. Formally retiring in 1942, he died in 1969, after which his diaries entered the public domain.Leopold Amery was director of the Southern Railway from 1932. A Birmingham Member of Parliament for many years, he was a statesman of some stature, his high offices including Secretary of State for the Colonies in the 1920s. In his autobiography, Amery writes very little on the railway, although he does comment on its family atmosphere. His diaries, which are in the public domain in a Cambridge University archive, have been published in two volumes but Amerys fascinating business activities were omitted by the publisher, and like Szlumper he comments on individuals and developments.The diary information of these two exceptional men has been supplemented by information from the railway, state archives and other sources, and many of the photographs have never been published before.