{"product_id":"britains-main-line-railways-by-p-b-whitehouse-dj-1977","title":"Britain's Main Line Railways By P B Whitehouse DJ 1977","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003c!-- HTML Generated by Auction Wizard 2000 - http:\/\/www.AuctionWizard2000.com\/ --\u003e\n\n\n\u003c!-- AW2KLOT#:23831 --\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width:98%;padding:2px;margin:auto;border:5px outset #673434;background-color:#FDF3D0\"\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"border:1px inset #673434;margin:5px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width:100%;border:0px;padding:5px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"padding:5px\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial Black;font-size:1.5em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eRailroadTreasures\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial Black;font-size:1.5em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial Black;font-size:1.5em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eoffers the following item:\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\";padding:5px\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eBritain's Main Line Railways By P B Whitehouse DJ 1977\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:1.13em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eBritains Main Line Railways By P B Whitehouse Dust Jacket Copyright 1977  224 Pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eTODAY'S MODERN Inter-City railway network has been in existence for a century at least, although little but the actual routes themselves remain from the old Victorian system. Gone now are the steam locomotives, the luxurious Pullmans, the diverse and often splendid liveries of the old companies, and even the familiar semaphore signals are vanishing fast. They have been replaced by many no less impressive inventions: sleek diesel and electric trains, high-density coaches, a corporate image and efficient colour-light signalling. Whilst the click-clack of wheels and rails is less frequently heard now that track is welded into long, continuous lengths, those shining rails, the great glory of the nineteenth century engineers, still reach out to our major cities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eThe many chapters of this book look in detail at Britain's main-line railways: the growth of rival trunk lines to the north, Brunel's great line to Bristol and the west, the dense commuter networks of the southeast. They concentrate on the lines of the 'Big Four', the London, Midland and Scottish, the London and North Eastern, the Great\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eWestern and the Southern Railways, which came into being in 1923 from the grouping of the hosts of smaller companies, some miniscule in proportion, some magnificent in their own right, who had built our railways in the Victorian era. It follows them through the tribulations of the General Strike and the war years to their present nationalised state under British Rail.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eTheir story is one of continuous evolution and development. The feted traveller in one of today's air-conditioned expresses may look askance at the six-wheeled coaches his turn-of-the-century counterpart would have been bundled into, but these were, in themselves, a vast improvement on what had gone before. The fast-moving block freight of today is a far cry from the' slow, loose-coupled train of yesterday, whilst the absence of the  archetypal signal box along the way is indicative of the fact that our expresses are now controlled from push-button, automated signalling centres many miles from the actual trains. Nor are the problems of operating the thousands of miles of track neglected; chapters deal comprehensively with important behind-the-scenes jobs like planning the timetable and the day-to-day running of a railway station. There are other incidental aspects of our main lines too: their involvement with road, sea and air transport, their colourful advertising and their architecture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Calibri;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eIn words and pictures this is the saga of a century of main-line railways in Britain, railways which have been, and will continue to be in the future, one of the principal assets of our social and communications network. It is a saga that many, be they enthusiast, historian, or just plain traveller, will delight in.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial;font-size:1.0em;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eAll pictures are of the actual item.  If this is a railroad item, this material is obsolete and no longer in use by the railroad.  Please email with questions. Publishers of Train Shed Cyclopedias and Stephans Railroad Directories. Large inventory of railroad books and magazines. 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