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  • RAILWAYS OF OXFORD
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    RAILWAYS OF OXFORD
    LAURENCE WATERS
    An authoritative history of the railways of Oxford and how they transformed the United Kingdom, from the mid-nineteenth century to the twenty-first. In Railways of Oxford, historian Laurence Waters looks at the development of services and operations from Great Western's opening of the Oxford Railway in 1844 through to the present day. This volume covers the development of the r...

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  • GREAT WESTERN STAR CLASS LOCOMOTIVES
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    GREAT WESTERN STAR CLASS LOCOMOTIVES
    LAURENCE WATERS
    Designed by G.J. Churchward, no. 40 was constructed at Swindon in April 1906. It was Swindon’s first 4 cylinder simple engine and was the forerunner of Churchward’s famous 4 cylinder Star Class 4-6-0s. Initially built as a 4-4-2 Atlantic, no. 40 was named North Star in September 1906, rebuilt as a 4-6-0 in 1909, and renumbered 4000 in 1913. Including no. 40, the Star class even...

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  • GREAT WESTERN: HALLS & MODIFIED HALLS
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    GREAT WESTERN: HALLS & MODIFIED HALLS
    LAURENCE WATERS
    The gradual growth of the railways in Britain during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, in both passenger and freight traffic, saw the requirement for a more powerful and versatile type of motive power mixed traffic locomotives. The construction of Great Western Halls and Modified Halls gave the Great Western a superb all round locomotive, and for thirty-six yea...

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  • RAILWAYS OF OXFORD
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    RAILWAYS OF OXFORD
    LAURENCE WATERS
    An authoritative history of the railways of Oxford and how they transformed the United Kingdom, from the mid-nineteenth century to the twenty-first. In Railways of Oxford, historian Laurence Waters looks at the development of services and operations from Great Western's opening of the Oxford Railway in 1844 through to the present day. This volume covers the development of the r...

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  • GREAT WESTERN: RAILWAY GALLERY
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    GREAT WESTERN: RAILWAY GALLERY
    LAURENCE WATERS
    It could be argued that the great Western or 'Gods' Wonderful Railway' was for many years the most famous railway in England. Much of the railway that we see today was the work of one of the greatest engineers of his time, Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The company was also served by locomotive engineers such as Gooch, Armstrong, Churchward, Collett and Hawksworth, who produced a ser...

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  • GREAT WESTERN: MANOR CLASS
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    GREAT WESTERN: MANOR CLASS
    LAURENCE WATERS
    The 30 Manor class 4-6-0s were designed by CB Collett in 1938, and built by the Great Western, and the Western Region at Swindon in two batches, 20 in 1938/9, and 10 in 1950. In order to save money the first 20 members of the class were built using parts from withdrawn 4300 class 2-6-0s, and were coupled to refurbished Churchward 3,500 gallon tenders. The lighter 4-6-0s Manors ...

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  • GREAT WESTERN: SAINT CLASS LOCOMOTIVES
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    GREAT WESTERN: SAINT CLASS LOCOMOTIVES
    LAURENCE WATERS
    Churchwards 2 cylinder Saint Class 4-6-0s were arguably one of the most important locomotive developments of the twentieth century. The seventy-seven members of the class were so successful that most of the other railway companies in this country used the same 2 cylinder 4-6-0 formula in the design of their own mixed traffic locomotives. Over the years the Saints saw a number o...

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  • WESTERN REGION STEAM LOCOMOTIVE DEPOTS
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    WESTERN REGION STEAM LOCOMOTIVE DEPOTS
    LAURENCE WATERS
    From the opening of the Great Western Railway in 1838 through to the end of steam traction on the Western Region in 1965 the ‘engine shed’ formed an important role in both the infrastructure and operation of the railway. As the Great Western system expanded so did the need for larger locomotive servicing facilities and from the 1870s right through to the 1930s many sheds were r...

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