Gordon Webster: 3 books
West Highland Lines
Post-Beeching
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
The railway lines of the West Highlands are famous the world over for their illustrious history and unparalleled scenic beauty. Linking Glasgow with Oban, Fort William, and Mallaig, the lines managed to survive the axe of Dr. Beeching, whose infamous report forced the closure of almost a third of...
Railways of Glasgow
Post-Beeching
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
The city of Glasgow, formerly one of the largest industrial centers in the world, was once responsible for building about one-quarter of the world's railway locomotives. This was complemented by a massive urban railway network: the second largest in the UK. However, the Beeching Report of 1963 inevitably...
Signal Boxes and Semaphores
The Decline
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Mechanical signal boxes and semaphore signals are the last vestige of Victorian technology still to be found on Britain’s railways. Still surviving against all the odds in a digital era, only a few hundred ‘boxes’ remain in use out of the 10,000 originally built to control train movements across...