Keith Widdowson's 45-year career with British Railways began in June 1962, the majority of it spent diagramming locomotive and train crews. Now retired, he has written several books on his steam-chasing travels. He also writes articles for railway magazines and is a member of the Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway.
6 Ebooks door Keith Widdowson
Keith Widdowson: Riding Yorkshire’s Final Steam Trains
Keith Widdowson visited the North Eastern Region of British Railways on over forty occasions during the final eighteen months of steam powered passenger services. With the odd exceptions (usually for …
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Engels
€13.99
Keith Widdowson: Scottish Steam’s Final Fling
In May 1967, Scotland became the third of the six British Railways regions to dispense with the steam locomotive, bringing an iconic era of Britain’s transport heritage closer to its demise. Residing …
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Engels
€13.99
Keith Widdowson: Confessions of A Steam-Age Ferroequinologist
ferroequinologist (noun) Someone who studies the ‘Iron Horse’ (i.e. trains and locomotives). From the Latin ferrus ‘iron’ and equine ‘horse’ + -logist As the British steam era drew to a close, a youn …
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Engels
€13.99
Keith Widdowson: Last One’s Gone: Lost Railway Locations of the 1960s
With the effects of the Beeching Axe beginning to be felt, British Railways employee Keith Widdowson set out to photograph as many scenes and locations as he could before they slipped away into the h …
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Engels
DRM
€15.41
Keith Widdowson: The Great Western Steam Retreat
In mid-1964, Keith Widdowson got wind that the Western Region was hell-bent on being the first to eliminate the steam locomotive on its tracks by December 1965. The 17-year-old hurriedly homed in on …
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Engels
€13.99
Keith Widdowson: Chasing Steam in 1966
By 1966 the steam locomotive was entering its death throes: withdrawals were being carried out at a frenetic pace, with the slightest defect sending engines straight to the cutter’s torch. In an atte …
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Engels
€18.49
