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10.30 Limited, The A Great Western Railway Book By W G Chapman Soft Cover
The 10.30 Limited A Great Western Railway Book By W G Chapman
Soft Cover A Railway book for boys of all ages published in 1923 by The Great Western Railway
1970 REPRINT
132 pages. Indexed
Contents
The FirstPADDINGTON 1
The Second"AWAY TO THE WEST"7
The ThirdLOCOMOTIVES11
The FourthWATER AND FUEL32
The FifthCARRIAGES36
The SixthTRAIN LIGHTING AND HEATING 45
The SeventhTHE VACUUM BRAKE53
The EighthSLIP-COACH WORKING59
The NinthTHE PERMANENT WAY65
The TenthSIGNALS75
The EleventhHOW TRAINS ARE CONTROLLED 81
The TwelfthSIGNAL BOX EQUIPMENT87
The Thirteenth SAFETY APPLIANCES94
The Fourteenth SINGLE LINES OF RAILWAY102
The FifteenthTRAIN SPEEDS106
The SixteenthFREIGHT TRAINS113
The Seventeenth RAILWAY GROUPING 116
The Eighteenth GLORIOUS DEVON118
The Nineteenth THE CORNISH RIVIERA121
INDEX 129
WITH 120 ILLUSTRATIONS
"The 10.30 Limited" tells us what the G.W.R. was doing in 1923the date when this book was first published. It affords general information on aspects of railway working in the form of a conversation in a railway carriage of the "10.30 Limited" from Paddington to Penzance. Apart from the sheer sentimental joy that this reprint provides in being able to carry the sympathetic reader back to those times, it recreates the flavour of the period and sets the scene for historical railway modellers since, by its very time-dated nature, it stops short at 1923. These are the days of Stars, Saints and Counties (the 4-4-0 variety, of course), "the Great Bear" and French Compounds, steam railmotors,
RAILWAYS are unique amongst industrial undertakings since they have created for themselves a highly individual world of their own, within which they are subject to as much public scrutiny and interest as a pop star. The Great Western Railway, more than any other railway company before or since, realised the potential of this phenomenon and reacted with a display of publicity consciousness far greater and of more lasting effect than its rivals or successors.
The fact that the Great Western Railway also had something to shout about helped. The territory in which it largely operated was the sunny holiday playground of the West Country. The Great Western Railway thus endeared itself to many enthusiasts as the railway on which they went on holiday. Other railways merely took them to school or to work !
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