{"title":"English Railway Photographers S","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"shap-steam-twilight-book-tom-heavyside-9781904242673","title":"Shap Steam Twilight","description":"The West Coast main line, linking London Euston with Glasgow Central, is one of the most important railway routes in Britain and, undoubtedly, the section north of Lancaster is by far the most scenic part of it south of the Scottish border. In particular, the section through the Westmorland fells tempted many to visit the area during the 1950s and 1960s to sample the sight and sound of the iron horse battling to overcome the steep gradients either side of the summit at Shap. It was a spectacle that never ceased to enthrall, but inevitably it all had to come to an end and, at the close of 1967, steam locomotives were banished from the hills. Tom Heavyside, a Lancashire man born and bred, has had a lifelong interest in railways and in 1967 he travelled north to photograph those last vestiges of steam at work in the Westmorland fells. The results of his visits are reproduced here in \"Shap Steam Twilight\".","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49517807599889,"sku":"GOR006396498","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53121794933009,"sku":"GOR007071358","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1904242677.jpg?v=1751156357"},{"product_id":"steam-destination-bournemouth-book-tom-heavyside-9781904242680","title":"Steam Destination Bournemouth","description":"The main line from London Waterloo to Bournemouth, and on to Weymouth, had the dubious distinction of being the last preserve of regular steam-operated passenger services in and out of the capital, steam finally bowing out on Sunday 9 July 1967. In this volume, Tom Heavyside takes us on a trip from London to Bournemouth in the 1960s calling at such places as Nine Elms, Weybridge, Winchfield, Basingstoke, Winchester, Eastleigh and Southampton en route. We also take a trip across The Solent to the Isle of Wight, where steam reigned on the much-reduced network until the last day of 1966. So join us as we set out for \"Steam Destination Bournemouth\".","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49572603101457,"sku":"GOR006750057","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49609508258065,"sku":"GOR013040282","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1904242685.jpg?v=1751442534"},{"product_id":"route-and-branch-in-sussex-book-anthony-burges-9781906578145","title":"Route and Branch in Sussex","description":"In the early fifties, the county of Sussex presented a railway scene vastly different from that of today. Its rail network was a mix of electrified main lines connecting coastal resorts to London, which were the domain of first generation Southern electric multiple units dating from the pre-World War II period, steam worked connecting routes that followed meandering paths across the difficult terrain of the Weald, plus several more traditional branch lines which were suffering a steady decline in passenger traffic as bus services and the private car provided increasingly attractive alternatives in terms of travel time and convenience. Steam locomotives of the pre grouping predecessors of the Southern Railway (the SE\u0026amp;CR, LB\u0026amp;SCR and the LSWR) and much of the passenger rolling stock, with a similar ancestry, were still in evidence. It was such a combination that conferred so much charm to the nonelectrified lines that threaded an area of great natural beauty. Time seemed to have stood still in many of these railway backwaters. This book does not purport to offer either a comprehensive or detailed history of the Sussex railways.Rather, it seeks to convey through photographs something of the flavour of a time fifty years past, by focusing on four categories of line. Firstly, a steam main line route, and more specifically, the section that extended south from Tunbridge Wells to the coastal resorts of St Leonards and Hastings. Secondly, my camera recorded the somewhat urbanized branch line that linked the Hastings main line at Crowhurst to Bexhill West. Branch lines in Sussex were characterized by a number of trans-Wealden secondary routes which provided the traveller with a leisurely, but scenic, journey punctuated by frequent stops at stylish stations serving bucolic villages. The example selected here is the East Grinstead - Lewes line, before it made any claim to fame as a pioneer site for rail line preservation. Its counterparts were the appropriately named 'Cuckoo Line' linking Eridge and Polegate, the Eridge - Lewes via Uckfield section which survived partial truncation to assume a new commuter function, and the Christs Hospital - Shorehamby- Sea link, which never attained its theoretical role as a diversionary route for the Brighton main line.Perhaps of lesser significance was the branch line which diverged from the electrified mid-Sussex route at Pulborough and headed in a westerly direction, carefully avoiding most population centres en route, until it joined the Portsmouth direct line at Petersfield in Hampshire. Lastly we visit one of the most obscure backwaters, the Chichester - Midhurst line, which clung to life for many years after the loss of its passenger service and, even in its final years, refused to go quietly.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49614077788433,"sku":"GOR006974962","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50789183095057,"sku":"GOR006885539","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1906578141.jpg?v=1750834921"},{"product_id":"offshore-on-the-southern-book-anthony-burges-9781904242802","title":"Offshore on the Southern","description":"This album is a delightful collection of images of the Isle of Wight railways as they were operating in 1953 and 1956, when all the lines were open except the Ventnor West branch. However, even this line is covered in the book, as the track was still in situ in 1953. Starting at Newport, Tony Burges takes us on a trip around the island, concentrating on the routes and stations now closed, using his own photographs and a few taken by his friends JH Aston in 1949 and GR Siviour in 1965. Tony is an accomplished photographer and his pictures includes many delightful station views. As well as superb shots of O2 0-4-4Ts and E1 0-6-0Ts in action. So, sit back and enjoy the delights of Calbourne, Yarmouth, Freshwater, Cowes, Ventnor, Bembridge, Newport and many less well known haunts.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49614928970001,"sku":"GOR007297918","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1904242804.jpg?v=1750964322"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/english-railway-photographers-s-book-series.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}