Sir Arthur Heywood And The Fifteen Inch Gauge Railway .. [AU 92.012 Book] | |
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Sir Arthur Heywood And The Fifteen Inch Gauge Railway | £22.95
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By the latter part of the l9th century - thanks to the pioneering example of the Festiniog Railway - narrow gauge railways had been accepted as a viable technical and commercial proposition. But railways of less than 18 inch gauge were regarded principally as a toy for the amusement of the well-to-do. All this was to change with the arrival on the scene of Sir Arthur Percival Heywood.
A landed aristocrat with a passion for things mechanical, Heywood was obliged by social conventions to pursue his railway engineering activities at an amateur level. Despite this he played a pivotal role in shaping miniature and narrow gauge railway practice, and his influence is still felt today Heywood set out to show that a small gauge railway could be an economic alternative to the horse and cart for the carriage of loads insufficient to justify the building of a conventional railway. He arrived at 15 inches as the ?minimum gauge? for such a railway and set out to prove his theory by the construction of the Duffield Bank Railway in 1874. This attracted much attention from amateur and professional interests alike. Heywood`s tireless promotion of the value of the 15 inch gauge - including the publication of his classic treatise ?Minimum Gauge Railways? - led in 1895 to the construction of a second, longer railway for the Duke of Westminster at Eaton Hall in Cheshire. This was used for transport of coal, household supplies, visitors to the estate, and as a recreation for the family. Heywood designed and built his own distinctive locomotives for both railways: to ?narrow gauge? rather than ?miniature? outline, the exhibited numerous design features unique to the Heywood type. Several Heywood locomotives went on to see new life on the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway after 1916, and 15 inches later became the favoured gauge for many passenger carrying ?pleasure? lines in Great Britain. Mark Smithers is a highly respected author and researcher of narrow gauge history; his articles have appeared in numerous professional journals, and his book `Eighteen Inch Gauge Steam Railways` (OPC 1993) attracted widespread critical acclaim.
This is the author's totally new study of Sir Arthur Heywood and his work. Researched largely from primary sources, and written with the full co-operation of the Heywood family, it covers: estate and garden railways before 1870; the Duffield Bank Railway, its workshops, locomotives and rolling stock; the commercial impact of Heywood`s early work (including connections with John Fowler and W G. Bagnall Ltd.); the Eaton Hall Railway and its locomotives; 9 inch and 15 inch railways at Doveleys; the role of the Minimum Gauge Railway; Heywood equipment on the R.&E.R.; the Heywood legacy and renaissance today.
Contents:
1. The Heywood Family Before 1872,
2. Estate and Garden Railways Before 1870
3. The Duffield Bank Railway 1874-98
4. Locomotives of the Duffield Bank Railway
5. Dufbeld Bank Railway Rolling Stock
6. The Commercial Impact of Heywood's Early Work
7. The Heywood Family 1872-1897
8. The Eaton Hall Railway
9. The Railway at Doveleys
10. The Role of the Minimum Gauge Railway
11. Decline and Fall of the DufBeld Bank Railway
12. Heywood Equipment on the R&ER
13. The Eaton Railway After 1916
14. The Heywood Legacy and Renaissance An Eaton Hall Album
Appendices
Belgrave-AnArchitecturalStudy
Index
Mark Smithers
Hardback. 22.5cm x 28cm. 185 Pages
132 Black & White Photographs, plus numerous Drawings and Maps
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