Full Steam Ahead: How the Railways Made Britain

Full Steam Ahead: How the Railways Made Britain
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The Age of Railways was an era of extraordinary change which utterly transformed every aspect of British life – from trade and transportation to health and recreation.Full Steam Ahead reveals how the world we live in today is entirely shaped by the rail network, charting the glorious evolution of rail transportation and how it left its mark on every aspect of life, landscape and culture. Peter Ginn and Ruth Goodman brilliantly bring this revolution to life in their trademark style which engages and captivates. They explore the everyday lives and the intangible ephemeral history that make up the stories of the people who built, worked and were affected by the railways. From the very first steam train to the infrastructure that is still used in part today, they look at the men, women and children who lived and sometimes died constructing Britain's railway heritage.As they trace the emergence of the Industrial Revolution across the country, the authors discover a hidden layer of social history, using rail transportation as a backdrop to reveal Britain’s radical change in social attitudes and culture across the 19th and early 20th centuries, including the rise of the working class, women’s rights, industrial growth, economic decline, warfare and the birth of the great British holiday. They tell the stories of the historic characters whose lives were changed by this radical mode of transport.Beautifully illustrated with photographs and artwork throughout, Full Steam Ahead is a passionate, charming and insightful look at Britain through the lens of one of its most momentous eras.

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Peter Ginn. Full Steam Ahead: How the Railways Made Britain

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CONTENTS

INDEX

PICTURE CREDITS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

About the Authors

About the Publisher

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Dedication

This book is dedicated to all the men, women and children who have given life, limb or time to the creation and preservation of Britain’s railways.

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Steam engines require the very best stuff – the clean-burning coals that will not coat the firebox and boiler tubes with tar. They also need coal that is highly calorific, giving the engines the energy they need to work, and they need it to have a very low water content. From the very beginning of the era of steam railways, south Wales had a reputation for producing top quality ‘steam coal’ – particularly the area around Merthyr Tydfil. Domestic fires do not have quite the same need for high-end anthracite type coals; they might burn better using good coal, but they can work on much cheaper, dirtier, wetter and less calorific types. The cheapest varieties of coal are the brown coals that are halfway between peat and anthracite, but even the best ‘house coals’ are cheaper and of lower quality than ‘steam coal’.

Consequently, throughout the days of steam travel, there was a thriving cross-country trade in different types of coal. It was perfectly common for a colliery that produced mainly domestic coal to have to bring in steam coal in order to fire its pumping engines and locomotives.

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