From the Photographic Archive of Ellis James-Robertson
A photo-book covering railways around North Wales from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s consisting mainly of unpublished images in both colour and black & white together with an informative commentary. All were taken by railway enthusiast Ellis James-Robertson who died in 2015, and this book has been written by film-maker and author Michael Clemens.
When this story begins passengers then as now were the main business of the railways in southern England. Since then electrification has been the priority. Diesels appeared in the 1950s, steam ended in 1967, branch lines closed with Beeching, but in compensation the south has a remarkable network of preserved steam and diesel operated railways.
CSX Transportation Railroad Heritage is a photographic essay of this major railroad that was formed in 1980 by a merger of the Seaboard Coast Line with the Chessie System, providing a history that goes back to its beginning with the opening in 1830 of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, which was the first common carrier railroad in the United States. ......
The British Rail Class 142 Pacer was a marriage of bus and rail technology introduced at a time when a cost effective train was required for the network. In the mid-1980s the 96 trains presented a fresh image in a period when the UK railway system was in need of investment. The fleet has lasted over thirty years and is due to be retired by 2020.
Great War Special Agent, a history of the times: schemes of railway moguls; foreign railway adventures; steps towards WW1; final Eastern Front strategy; Russian interventions; plundering in Paris; fire at Smyrna; mingling with the famous: Prince Wilhelm, Queen Marie, Edward Grey, Ion Bratianu, Leon Trotsky, Kemal Ataturk, Lord Cowdray, Ian ......
New Jersey's Trolley Heritage is a photographic essay of trolley cars that once served Atlantic City, Ocean City, and Wildwood, plus the modernized Newark City subway, along with the new Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Line and River Line. From 1889 to 1955, electric trolley cars served commuters and vacationers in Atlantic City. Between 1938 and 1955, ......
Network Greater Manchester chronicles the historic, diverse, busy railway and tram systems that serve 493 square miles of North West England. Ongoing changes to operations, rolling stock and infrastructure since the 1970's are illustrated with high-quality, previously unpublished colour images.
A mix of high quality colour and black & white photographs, together with informative commentaries brimming with detail, covering the railways of Scotland in the late 1950s and 1960s. Virtually all of the photographs have never been published before and were taken by the author, his late father, and their friend Alan Maund.
Following his first book, the author relates his experiences continuing his locospotting hobby from 1959-62. With black and white photographs, his records cover visits to locomotive sheds, works and time at stations and the lineside finally rounding off his reminiscences with modern colour views of locomotives which made it to preservation.
