GWR ENGINEERING WORK 1928-1938 Tapa dura - 2003

-Tourret Publishing (2003)-. First edition 2003. Cloth. Near fine in dustjacket. Ask to see our other Train titles. GWR Engineering Work: 1928-1938 R. Tourret 0905878086

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Tourret Publishing, 2003. Book. Near Fine. hardback. hardback, quarto, 11 4/5" x 8 1/2", a near fine tightly bound copy in a well preserved pictorial dust wrapper and with a clean and unmarked text, illustrated throughout, iv + 225pp. A heavy book which may, if ordered from certain locations outside the United Kingdom, attract a request for additional postage. Please enquire prior to ordering..

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Abingdon: Tourret Publishing, 2003. This book reviews the engineering works, civil and mechanical, carried out by the Great Western Railway in the decade 1928-1938. In this period, it almost seems that the GWR were rebuilding their whole system, so extensive were the works that were carried out. Bearing in mind that these years covered more or less the 1930s years of industrial depression with high unemployment, it is all the more impressive that the GWR accomplished so much, indeed these foundations mostly remain today. The government of the day helped by passing the Development (Loan Guarantees and Grants) Act of 1929, under which the government could pay the interest on capital expended on schemes of development. Most railways took advantage of this Act, but none more so than the GWR, who participated in the anticipation that trade would improve and there would be a need for better railway transport facilities. By the end of 1933, they had 35 separate schemes involving a total of about… Leer más

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Abingdon: Tourret Publishing, 2003. A review of the immense amount of civil and mechanical engineering work that was carried out across GWR's system during the period 1928-1938. The programme covered all sections of the railway, with major improvements to dock operations, main stations, signalling, line quadrupling, etc. 225 pages + iv prelims. Illustrated throughout with b/w photographs, maps, plans and drawings. Brown boards in jacket. Every book is sent in a rigid cardboard posting box.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 30.5 Cm x 21.5 Cm.