The Times Mapping the Railways: The Journey of Britain's Railways Through Maps from 1819 to the Present Day
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (705 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0007435991 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He is currently co-writing Waverley Route: The Life, Death and Re-Birth of the Borders Railway. David Spaven is a rail consultant by profession, a geographer by background, and a railway enthusiast since childhood. . Julian Holland is a specialist railway author, whose recent titles include The Lost Joy of Railways, Amazing and Extraordinary Railway Facts, and Discovering Scotland's Lost Railways
'Marvellous array of maps from all periods of railway history' Modern Locomotives Illustrated 'Will appeal not only to geographers and cartographers but to general rail enthusiasts too.' The Railway Magazine 'Sumptuous production that one could pore over for hours and still find much of interest.' Today's Railway "This is one of the books of the year and is riveting reading." Rail Express "This beautifully illustrated book is a must for anyone interested in British railways" Good Book Guide
Once built, the Ordnance Survey then plotted the lines onto their national maps of Britain. This expansion slowed in the early twentieth century as competition from the car and the lorry began to bite. The nineteenth century saw the foundations laid for our modern railway network, with huge building projects constructing thousands of miles of track, bridges, and tunnels. The modern era has seen an expansion of the network again, with the Channel Tunnel built, and branch lines closed in the 1960s re-opening for business in the later years of public ownership and the first two decades of the privatised railway.. Detailed Parliamentary plans were drawn up for hundreds of proposed railway schemes (many of which never got past the drawing board). The railways made an enormous contribution to the Wor
"Illustrated history of British railway maps" according to Peter Durward Harris. This book depicts all types of railway maps including those that were for use by the public and those that were for internal use, from all parts of Britain and spanning about 200 years. Some were very functional while others were very artistic, although they all served a practical purpose. Raiway Maps This is an excellent book containing many beautiful and informative maps of the railways which will take an honored place in my collection of railway books and fills a gap in existing publications. A few maps are reproduced so small (but full page) as to be mostly unreadable but they are