Railway Memories
9 primary works
Book 9
Featuring photographs by former Warrington railwayman Arthur Chester, this is a survey of the busy railway hub where steam-hauled goods and passenger trains wove their way between east and west among the famous expresses of the West Coast line. Track layouts and operating notes are included.
Book 14
A journey back to the railways of Selby, Goole and surrounding districts during the 1950s and 1960s. These were times when Selby was still an important junction, where the East Coast main line from London to Scotland crossed the trans-Pennine route from Hull to Liverpool, when the port of Goole had a maze of railways winding around its docks, when endless freight trains carried vast quantities of coal to Hull and Goole for export, when branch lines wandered across open country serving farms and villages, and when steam locomotive reigned supreme. Part of the important York-Sheffield line through Church Fenton and Milford to Burton Salmon is also included along with such regular "Railway Memories" features such as detailed introductory text, track layouts, various train operating instructions, anecdotes and recollections.
Book 18
With 187 top quality, mainly 1950s, photographs and eleven drawings, "Railway Memories No.18" lavishly illustrates the diverse railways that once wove their way around the hills, dales and spectacular coastline of Cleveland, Yorkshire's north east corner. As well as the busy line threading its way through the mass of iron, steel and chemical plants along the south bank of the Tees from Thornaby to Middlesbrough and the seaside resorts of Redcar and Saltburn, this new book also recalls the four different routes that once linked Teesside with Whitby, taking us to such places as Guisborough, Stokesley, Skinningrove, the Esk Valley and Whitby itself. "Railway Memories No.18" not only shows us the steam trains that once served both heavy industry and rural communities but features stations, depots, signal boxes and a wealth of operational information. It includes detailed introductory text, track layouts and operating instructions.
Book 19
Through nearly 200 photographs and a wealth of other material, "Railway Memories No.19" recalls the railways serving the great Yorkshire seaside resorts of Scarborough and Whitby as they were in the days of steam. The first chapter sets the scene by outlining the history and development of these railways, and their decline to the network surviving today, as well as describing the passenger and freight services that operated in the 1950s and since. Railways featured are York-Scarborough, Scarborough-Whitby, Malton-Whitby, Pickering-Seamer, and the Ryedale branches to Ampleforth, Kirby Moorside and Helmsley. This book will be of great local interest in such places as Scarborough, Whitby, York, Malton, Pickering, Goathland, Ravenscar, Robin Hood's Bay, Ampleforth, Coxwold, Helmsley, Kirbymoorside and Thornton Dale which are all featured in its 112 pages.
Book 21
Part of the Railway Memories series, this book illustrates and describes how the railways were in one of Britain's most heavily industrialized regions with photographs spanning 40 years from the late 1940s to the 1980s.
Book 23
"Railway Memories Number 23" recalls the time when passenger trains hauled by vintage steam locomotives ran all the way from Northallerton to the Settle & Carlisle line at Garsdale, when express trains including one of the nation's most prestigious Pullman trains served or passed through Britain's 4th smallest city which has had no railway at all since 1969, when meandering branch lines - including one of the few passenger railways to escape nationalisation in 1948 - connected small market towns to the outside world, and when great Pacifics and Deltics ruled the East Coast main line. "Railway Memories Number 23" lavishly illustrates the East Coast main line from Northallerton to the outskirts of York, the old Leeds Northern main line from Ripon to Thirsk, Northallerton and Picton, the whole 44 miles of the Wensleydale line, as well as the branches to Masham, Thirsk Town and the private Easingwold Railway.
Book 24
Nowadays, Harrogate is half way along one commuter line connecting York with Leeds - the only surviving railway in the whole area. But half a century ago it was a very different matter. Through 174 fascinating photographs - most from the 1950s - plus track plans and a welter of other detail - "Railway Memories Number 24" takes us back to the time when railways from all directions converged on Harrogate. It illustrates vividly the time when Harrogate was one of the most important stations on a main line linking the West Riding with the North and when prestige Pullman trains such as the famous "Queen of Scots" were the everyday routine along with other long-distance expresses. It recalls the time when neighbouring Starbeck was an important railway hub with an engine depot and freight marshalling yards handling heavy goods trains day and night. And we are transported back to the days before Beeching when there were two main rail routes between Leeds and Harrogate, one of them via the important town of Wetherby which has had no railway at all for the last 45 years.
Those were the days when thousands of punters travelled hopefully to race meetings at Wetherby and Ripon by special trains which are also illustrated along with the railways to York, Tadcaster, Boroughbridge and the Nidderdale.
Those were the days when thousands of punters travelled hopefully to race meetings at Wetherby and Ripon by special trains which are also illustrated along with the railways to York, Tadcaster, Boroughbridge and the Nidderdale.
Book 27
Book 30
Rail Railway Memories No.30 CHESTERFIELD, STAVELEY & the Hope Valley
by Stephen Chapman
Published 30 September 2019