Britains Historic Railway Buildings

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Britains Historic Railway Buildings is a magisterial reference work on the historic structures on Britains railways in England Scotland & Wales. First published in 2003 by OUP the author will bring the book fully up to date to provide a new book on the subject. In the last few decades the value of Britains railway heritage has become increasingly important & today thousands of structures are listed or scheduled. This book

Includes:: over 2 300 of these structures each of which is given a detailed description supported by photographs maps a survey of the evolution of structures summary of the listing process a list of important buildings lost biographical details of leading railway engineers & architects glossary of terms; bibliography & index. Many structures still play an active part in railway operations but this book also covers structures no longer in active use. In this book the reader will find detailed information about the history of all the surviving historic railway structures in Britain arranged in geographical order large & small from Brunels pioneering Thames Tunnel to the modernist Tooting Bec Underground station the monumental Forth Bridge to the small but delightful footbridges; gasworks & stations; viaducts & signalboxes
- a multitude of structures paying tribute to the verve & drive of one of Britains great industries of the last 200 years.