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RON JARVIS - From Midland Compound to the HST
by John Chacksfield |
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In the layer of railway management below
those ultimately in charge there were a large number of very competent
persons, many o whom were outstanding in their particular sphere. Ron
Jarvis was one such person. Starting as an apprentice at the Derby Works
of the LMS he proved to those in high office that he was worth watching.
He obtained a post in the design office at the end of his apprenticeship
before being selected for a move to the Euston headquarters to work in a
development team under Tommy Hornbuckle, then designing a 3-car diesel
unit. The CME, William Stanier, noted his obvious abilities such that,
during World War II Ron spent much time overseas. Firstly, in Turkey
overseeing the erection of a batch of '8F' 2-8-0s and some 500 wagons, and
secondly, in India as personal assistant to William Stanier on an
exhausting Machine Tool Mission. Following the War, he stayed at Derby
working under George Ivatt. During this time he was responsible for much
spare-time effort in the preservation sphere before being posted to
Brighton and put in charge of the three design offices of the Southern
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At Brighton he was involved in the final
trials of Bulleid's 'Leader', the rebuilding of the Bulleid Pacifics, and
the BR Standard class '4' 2-6-4T and 4-6-0, with his final steam design
responsibility being the class '9F' 2-10-0. He then moved on to
electro-diesel and electric locomotive developments for the Southern
Region. Returning to Derby he then spent the last years of his service
largely on the design aspects of the power car for the HST125. He retired
in 1972 and settled in Wales to devote his energies to the restoration of
historic rolling stock on the Festiniog Railway. Throughout all this Ron
was keen photographer. Many of his photographs and also many of his
brother Jim's have been used to illustrate this biography. Ron died before
he could put into practice his intention of writing his autobiography.
However, the material carefully saved to achieve this was preserved by the
family who passed it to author to assist in this task.
The book is to A5 format, 176 pages with
160 illustrations and a full colour perfect-bound jacket. |
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OL130 |
ISBN 0 85361
618 3
ISBN 978 0 85361 618 4 |
£12.95 |
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THE JERSEY EASTERN RAILWAY
by Peter Paye |
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The Jersey Eastern
Railway was proposed essentially for passenger traffic. The railway was
opened from a temporary terminus at St Helier, Green Street to Grouville
on 6th August, 1873. A few weeks later the line was extended to Gorey, and
in May 1874 to the permanent St Helier terminus at Snow Hill, a location
much nearer the centre of the town. The half mile extension beyond Gorey
Village, to Gorey Pier was not completed until 1891, whilst the proposed
extension to St Catherine's was never built.
The new
railway was an immediate success and passenger traffic grew considerably,
especially at weekends and bank holidays, often taxing the company
resources to the limits on the 6⅜ miles of single line. While freight
traffic failed to materialise, passenger growth continued, enhanced by the
introduction of regular sailings from Gorey Pier to Carteret on the French
mainland, with through bookings available from St Helier to various
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Standing in the deep
chasm of Snow Hill terminus, the JER train with its diminutive engine
and four-wheel coaches was as smart as any found on a mainland branch
line. At its head, a highly polished, bright green 0-4-2 tank
locomotive, resplendent with brass fittings and nameplate, was coupled
to an assortment of coaches in teak livery with usually a brake van at
each end. The names of the stations were almost melodic to the ear,
for after St Luke's came Grève d' Azette, then Samarès followed by Le
Hocq. Next came Pontac, standing hard by the seashore, and as the
journey progressed, La Rocque, Les Marais, later renamed Fauvic,
followed by Grouville and Gorey Village, and finally Gorey Pier
station, overlooking the picturesque harbour under the shadow of Mont
Orgueil Castle.
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Contents
Introduction
Jersey - An Explanation
Advent of the Railway
Construction of the Line
The Early Years
Extension and Consolidation
The Fight for Survival
Closure
The Route Described
Signalling, Civil Engineering and
Staff
Timetables and Traffic
Locomotives and Rolling Stock
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index |
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The watershed for
the JER came after World War I, with increasing competition from motor
buses. The purchase of two steam railcars and opening of two new halts
did little to arrest the flow. Losses continued to mount and the
railway was voluntarily wound up and closed after the running of the
last services on 21st June, 1929. To regular travellers, to those who
lived within sight and sound of the line, and the generations of
Jerseyfolk or visiting holidaymakers, who enjoyed summer trips to
Pontac and Gorey, the JER was held in great affection.
The author has
attempted to trace the history of the railway from conception to
closure and portray the flavour of those bygone days which will never
return.
A5 format, the book
consists of 208 pages with 180 illustrations and is printed on high
quality art paper. It has a glossy colour card cover with a
square-backed spine. This history was originally published in a
different format by John Masters Publications in 1999.
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OL143 |
ISBN
978 0 85361 664 1 |
£14.95 |
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KENT
and EAST SUSSEX RAILWAY
by Stephen Garrett |
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One of the best known of the Colonel Stephens
Railways. The Colonel ran his railway Empire from his office in
Tonbridge. The make do and mend spirit, and the constant striving for
greater economies made for some interesting ideas, witness the early
railcars. Archaic locomotives and rolling stock, considered life-expired
elsewhere were employed on the KESR and helped it to survive until
Nationalisation. The line was absorbed by British Railways in 1948 and it
wasn¹t long before this uneconomic rural railway was to suffer
rationalisation. The final passenger train ran in 1954 but a limited
freight service lasted until 1961. Fortunately this was not the end of
the story, a preservation group was formed the same year. The preserved
railway, based at Tenterden, continues to go from strength to strength,
with re-opening as far as Bodiam having taken place in 2000.
The story of the Kent & East Sussex Railway was first published by Oakwood
Press in 1972, we publish this, the third enlarged edition, as interest in
this classic English Light Railway continues to grow. |
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The book is to A5 format, 112 pages with 130 photographs/ plans/maps etc
and is printed on art paper throughout. It has a glossy colour laminated
card cover and square-backed spine. |
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LP56 |
ISBN 0 85361 516 0
ISBN 978 0 85361 516 3 |
£8.95 |
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LANCASHIRE &
YORKSHIRE PASSENGER STOCK
by R.W. Rush
LAST FEW COPIES AVAILABLE - Order now to avoid disappointment |
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96 text pages plus 8 pages of 19 photographs on art paper. 77 scale
drawings and reference tables. Size 8½'' x 5¾". Card covers.
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X46 |
ISBN 0 85361 306 0
ISBN 978 0 85361 306 0 |
£ 4.80 |
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LAUDER LIGHT
RAILWAY
by A. Hadjucki & A. Simpson |
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The Lauder Light Railway was one of the many rural lines promoted under
the auspices of the Light Railways Act 1896. Opened only a few months
after the end of Queen Victoria’s long reign, the diminutive trains on
this little known by-way made their way laboriously up and down the
gradients between Fountainhall, Oxton and Lauder for barely 30 years
before the passenger service succumbed to bus competition, while the
remaining goods service dwindled away to a mere skeleton before being
finally laid to rest in the month which saw the inauguration of the first
transatlantic jet service. Lauder is just one of the historic Border towns
and villages which slow traffic up on the spectacular A68 high road to
Edinburgh, few will now be aware, that once upon a time farmers and
schoolchildren, sheep and potatoes, could travel in the wee train pulled
by ‘Maggie Lauder’ as she puffed her way up and down through the rolling
green hills and quiet valleys. The authors can but hope that this book
will keep her memory alive. |
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A5 format, 128 pages, art paper
throughout, including 83 photographs and 38 maps/plans/documents, it has a
square-backed 2-colour Linson cover. |
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LP196 |
ISBN 0 85361 495 4
ISBN 978 0 85361 495 1 |
£9.95 |
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LAUNCESTON
BRANCH
by G.H. Anthony MCIT, Revised and extended by S.C. Jenkins
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Running for over 30 miles through remote, and sometimes beautiful
Devonshire countryside, the line from Plymouth to Launceston was one of
the Great Western’s longer rural branch lines. The complicated history of
the Launceston branch was recounted by G.H. Anthony in an Oakwood Press
publication entitled The Tavistock, Launceston & Princetown Railways,
which was first published in 1971. Born at the end of the 19th century, Mr
Anthony was old enough to have known the GWR in its prime, and it follows
that his history of the Launceston branch was a valuable source of
historical evidence in its own right. Stanley Jenkins has expanded Mr
Anthony’s original book, in this edition the route section has been
greatly enlarged. A new title - The Launceston Branch - has been
adopted. The book covers both the Launceston branch and the branch to
Princetown from Yelverton. The book is to A5 format it is printed on art
paper throughout and includes more than 130 photographs/maps and plans for
this new edition, it has a square-backed Linson cover. |
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OL29 |
ISBN 0 85361 491 1
ISBN 978 0 85361 491 3 |
£ 11.95 |
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‘LBSC’ FOOTPLATE EXPERIENCES: Reminscences at New Cross
by L. Lawrence |
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‘Curly’ Lawrence is probably the best known writer
on model engineering subjects, writing under his pseudonym of ‘LBSC’. He
wrote for many years for the Model Engineer, and first came to
real prominence in 1922 in ‘The Battle of the Boilers’ debate. His writing
was to continue through to the 1960s. His many successful designs for
miniature railway locomotives are his legacy. What is less well known are
his exploits on the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway at New Cross.
These were published as a series of articles in the 1950s and have been
carefully compiled by noted author on ‘Brighton’ subjects, Klaus Marx.
‘Curly’ Lawrence was born around 1882 and in the mid-1890s joined the
London Brighton & South Coast Railway to start his apprenticeship at New
Cross as a cleaner at two shillings per day. In the seven or so years of
railway service he would only have graduated to approved fireman, but that
status enabled him to go out on the road. Shall we ever see his like
again?
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Lawrence had the genius quality of
inspiring people, and his reminiscences are a distinctive and attractive
trademark in an era when next to no railwaymen were putting pen to paper.
On the photographic side, Klaus Marx has been able
to illustrate every one of the locomotives mentioned in the memoirs, and
for the most part within the compass of the years 1898-1904 when ‘Curly’
worked, first as a cleaner, and latterly as fireman at New Cross
locomotive sheds. These latter years it has been possible to illustrate
with hitherto unpublished photographs from the collection of John Minnis. The great majority of illustrations come from
two famous LB&SC collections: those of Maurice Bennett, taken personally
with his brother Walter in the period between the turn of the century and
World War I; and of John L. Smith whose all embracing collection of
Brighton locomotive pictures includes the work of distinguished
photographers, such as O.J. Morris.
The book is to A5 format and consists of 96 pages
with 73 photographs, printed on art paper throughout, with a square-backed
four-colour card cover. |
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ISBN 0 85361 498 9
ISBN 978 0 85361 498 2 |
£ 7.95 |
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LEIGHTON BUZZARD LIGHT RAILWAY
by Sydney Leleux
LAST FEW COPIES AVAILABLE - Order now to avoid disappointment |
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The definitive history of this railway is told clearly and concisely in
this much enlarged Second Edition. A series of superb maps has been
specially commissioned for greater clarity. In the LBLR’s heyday it was a
mecca for enthusiasts of the Simplex and Motor Rail locomotives, which
were kept active on this very busy little railway. These diminutive
locomotives, have enjoyed a renaissance of interest amongst railway
modeller’s and railway historians alike in recent years. The story of the
railway cannot be told without the background to the industry and the area
in which it operated, the family businesses of Arnold and Garside being
prominent names in the district, and in the sand industry far beyond. When
the First Edition of this history was published preservation of the line
was in its infancy, since that time the Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge
Railway Society has matured into a very popular preserved narrow gauge
railway with approx 18,000 passengers per annum. It is one of the top
tourist attractions in Bedfordshire and heritage displays, featuring
various industries continue to be established.
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This lavishly produced book
is to A5 format, and is printed on art paper throughout and consists of
240 pages, which include 144 photographs, plus numerous track plans and
layouts and drawings of rolling stock, it is casebound with gold-blocked
spine, with a glossy laminated dust jacket and printed endpapers. Sure to
become a classic amongst enthusiasts of industrial and narrow gauge
railways. |
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OL96 |
ISBN 0 85361 460 1
ISBN 978 0 85361 460 9 |
£ 18.95 |
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