Britain's lost railways
Subtitle: the twentieth-century destruction of our finest railway architecture
By: by John Minniss
Publisher: Aurum
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9781845134501
Subjects: Railroads; History; Buildings and structures; Abandonment
Description: "In this ... book, John Minnis reveals the loss. From the most cavernous engine shed like Old Oak Common to the most eccentric gimcrack country halt like those in Tollesbury's light railway with a tumbvledown carriage body for a waiting room; from a magnificent station setting like Symonds Yat to the remarkable Meccano-like gantries of the Liverpool Overhead Railway or the robust Gothic of the Midland Railway's architecture, here is a pictorial surbey of our lost railway heritage. ..."--Book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Early railways; title: Major terminal stations; title: Major stations; title: Urban and suburban stations; title: Country stations; title: Standard designs; title: Modern stations; title: Light railways; title: Goods warehouses and goods sheds; title: Signal boxes; title: Railway works, engine sheds and engine handling; title: Viaducts and bridges; title: The railway environment.