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Swindon Works 1930-1960
Language: en
Pages: 192
Authors: Peter Timms
Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-08-15 - Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

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From 1841, when the Great Western Railway began building its works at Swindon, to 1986, when the works were closed, Swindon was a railway town
Swindon Works 1930-1960
Language: en
Pages: 160
Authors: Peter Timms
Categories: Great Western Railway
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-08-01 - Publisher: Tempus Publishing Limited

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Presents a social and industrial study of the conditions faced by the many thousands of working men and women and their families whose lives were controlled by
In and Around Swindon Works
Language: en
Pages: 362
Authors: Peter Timms
Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-05-15 - Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

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A new study looking at the Swindon works in the transition period between the GWR and BR (Western) ownership.
A History of the Great Western Railway
Language: en
Pages: 443
Authors: Colin Maggs
Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-09-15 - Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

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A narrative history of the most iconic railway company of the great age of steam.
British Railways in the 1960s: Western Region
Language: en
Pages: 376
Authors: Geoff Plumb
Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-07-30 - Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport

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An evocative collection of photographs covering the Western Region during a decade of great change. After the Second World War, Britain’s railways were rundow