Description
Product ID: | 9781526773425 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | The Railways of Bradford and Leeds |
Subtitle: | Their History and Development |
Authors: | Author: Peter Waller |
Page Count: | 208 |
Subjects: | Trains and railways: general interest, Trains & railways: general interest, Yorkshire |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Providing a largely illustrated account to the history of the railway development of the area, the book includes a fascinating selection of illustrations that focus on the evolution of the network in the almost eighty years since the end of the Second World War. It was to the south-west of Leeds that one of the key lines in the development of Britain’s railway network – the Middleton Railway – established the principle of seeking parliamentary sanction for the construction of a new form of transport. Five decades later in the early nineteenth century it was again the Middleton Railway that was at the forefront of the use of steam – rather than animal – power to move coal from colliery to market.From the early 1830s through until the early years of the twentieth century the local railway network continued to expand; indeed, if it had not been for the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 the area would have played host to one of the last first-generation main lines to be constructed with the Midland Railway planning – and partially constructing – a new main line north from Royston. In the event the line was never completed, consigning Bradford to be served by no more than glorified branch lines.Providing a largely illustrated account to the history of the railway development of the area, the book includes a fascinating selection of illustrations that focus on the evolution of the network in the almost eighty years since the end of the Second World War. |
Imprint Name: | Pen & Sword Transport |
Publisher Name: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2023-10-12 |