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5 days ago · The actual presentation he gave to us however was a general talk which he gives to various non-railway bodies and was rather disappointing. To fit a talk about railways and the Great War into a single presentation is challenging but the material chosen was pitched more at a WI audience than the RCTS and left big chunks out of the railways’ story.
6 days ago · The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838 with the initial route completed between London and Bristol in 1841.
3 days ago · Rail transport had originally been conceived as a way of moving coal and industrial goods but the railway operators quickly realised the potential market for railway travel, leading to an extremely rapid expansion in passenger services.
3 days ago · The railway system in Great Britain is the oldest railway system in the world. The first locomotive-hauled public railway opened in 1825, which was followed by an era of rapid expansion.
4 days ago · RAILWAYS OF THE GREAT WAR WITH by Hooper, Colette - ISBN 10: 0593074122 - ISBN 13: 9780593074121 - Bantam Press - 1779 - Hardcover
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Oct 26, 2024 · Whitney’s Railroad Convention proposed a line from the head of the Great Lakes at Duluth, Minnesota, to the Oregon Country. The Mexican War, by adding California, Arizona, and New Mexico to the American domain, complicated the matter greatly.
Oct 26, 2024 · In 1818 the promoters settled on the construction of a railway, and in April 1821 parliamentary authorization was gained and George IV gave his assent. While construction was under way on the 40-km (25-mile) single-track line, it was decided to use locomotive engines as well as horse traction.
