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R. W. Kidner (1914–2007)

Teoksen The Cambrian Railways tekijä

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Tietoja tekijästä

Sisältää nimet: R.W.Kidner, KIDNER R W

Tekijän teokset

The Cambrian Railways (1954) 16 kappaletta
The London tramcar, 1861-1952 (1975) 14 kappaletta
English narrow gauge railways (1946) 7 kappaletta
The London motor-bus 1896-1968 (1968) 4 kappaletta
THE RAILCAR 1847 - 1939 (1939) 3 kappaletta
STANDARD GAUGE LIGHT RAILWAYS (1971) 3 kappaletta
The Mineral Railways (1954) 2 kappaletta
The First Hundred Road Motors (1950) 2 kappaletta
THE STEAM LORRY (1956) 1 kappale

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Yleistieto

Kanoninen nimi
Kidner, R. W.
Virallinen nimi
Kidner, Roger Wakley
Syntymäaika
1914-03-16
Kuolinaika
2007-09-14
Sukupuoli
male
Kansalaisuus
UK
Syntymäpaikka
London, England, UK

Jäseniä

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FawknerMotoring | Jul 17, 2021 |
R.W. Kidner started a series of handbooks of light and narrow gauge railways in the British Isles in the years immediately before the Second World War when such lines were coming under increased economic pressure. His work was timely, as many such lines barely survived up to the outbreak of hostilities, and many never re-opened. Of course, the preservation movement was unknown then, and many of the lines he describes in Wales particularly have been revived in the post-war years. But plenty more have not, and the English lines come under this category. (The title of this book is a slight misnomer, as it covers Scotland as well; but there was only one serious narrow-gauge line then generally known north of the Border, the Campeltown and Macrihanish at the tip of the Mull of Kintyre; the Lochaber line, operated by the British Aluminium Company on the southern slopes of Ben Nevis, was unknown to most enthusiasts due to its almost total inaccessibility.)

Kidner's series of handbooks stayed in print into the 1960s, with some additions to try to keep them up to date; but they looked increasingly anachronistic due to their hand-drawn maps and sketches of locomotives, and the small size and poor quality of photographic reproduction. But they remain useful as compendia of lines often now almost erased from history.
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RobertDay | Nov 27, 2010 |
I have spent many a happy hour in and around Bedhampton Halt, p. 48, and Hilsea Halt. There is no photo of Hilsea Halt ("between Portcreek Junction and Fratton") which is a shame. I can find no other blemish in this encyclopaedia of halts in one part of England.
 
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jon1lambert | Oct 28, 2008 |

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Teokset
60
Jäseniä
196
Suosituimmuussija
#111,885
Arvio (tähdet)
3.8
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3
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