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Robin Jones (4) (1953–)

Autor(a) de Isambard Kingdom Brunel

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50 Works 154 Membros 6 Reviews

About the Author

Robin Jones became interested in railways at the age of four, when his brother took him trainspotting on the Birmingham Snow Hill to Leamington Spa line. Robin was an investigative journalist and news editor at the Birmingham Evening Mail before founding Heritage Railway magazine, of which he is mostrar mais still the editor, in 1999. He has written several books on railway, travel and local history, including Great Western Railway Pannier Tanks, also published by Crowood. mostrar menos

Obras de Robin Jones

Isambard Kingdom Brunel (2006) 15 cópias
Britain's Bizarre Railways (2012) 9 cópias
Mallard 75 (2013) 8 cópias
Lost Railways of Essex (2008) 6 cópias
Brunel's Big Railway (2013) 5 cópias
Beating Beeching (2013) 5 cópias
Beeching - The Inside Track (2012) 4 cópias
Suffolk in the age of steam (2009) 4 cópias
Little Book of Beeching (2013) 3 cópias
Victorian Steam (2015) 2 cópias
Heritage railway stations (2017) 2 cópias
Brunel and his Rivals 2018 (2018) 2 cópias
The Ones that got away (2019) 1 exemplar(es)
Sunny South & West 2016 (2016) 1 exemplar(es)
Legendary Locomotives 2019 (2019) 1 exemplar(es)
The Dawn of Steam (2015) 1 exemplar(es)
Steam's New Dawn (2011) 1 exemplar(es)
Steam on the Underground 2015 (2015) 1 exemplar(es)
Electric Trains (2010) 1 exemplar(es)
Shakespeare Country: Warwickshire (2010) 1 exemplar(es)

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome de batismo
Jones, Robin Howard William
Data de nascimento
1953-02-08
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
UK

Membros

Resenhas

Even-handed and fair assessment of the reforms that Dr. Richard Beeching put in at British Railways in the early 1960s; the author seems to take the position that Beeching should not have gotten most of the "credit" for the oft-derided cuts in service, and the author points the finger at successive governments for directing the job. The only flaws are maps that don't point out precisely where certain railways were (which would have greatly helped comprehension for non-Brits) and a tendency to use bald lists. Otherwise, interesting.… (mais)
½
 
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EricCostello | Jan 2, 2023 |
A really interesting and sobering read. It is arranged chronologically and filled with illustrations and focus points in separate boxes to the textual commentary. The descriptions and analysis is quite in depth,with a look at the background to accidents, the incidents themselves, eye witness accounts, investigations and outcomes.

The biggest thing I took away from this was the vast array of similarities between accidents whether they occurred in the 1800s, 1900s, or 2000s. I suppose there are only so many things that can go wrong on a fixed system, however, it was astonishing to me that it often took several incidents of the same type before serious changes were made to safety materials and guidelines.

Of particular interest to me was the Moorgate accident. If it had been investigated now, it would probably have been put down to a loss of situational awareness by the driver, but back in the 1970s, very little was known about this issue affecting people such as pilots, train drivers, long haul truck drivers etc., and it was sad to see how belligerently the investigators went after the dead driver.

I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the history of trains, accidents, accident investigation and reporting. A sad, but good read.
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KatiaMDavis | Dec 19, 2017 |
A really good and concise history of great railway stations in the UK - and well illustrated. King's Cross, St.Pancras and Eurostar, secret Down Street, Paddington, York, Waterloo and Manchester Victoria and many more are covered. This shows how much investment there has been in stations in recent years.
 
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jon1lambert | Sep 17, 2017 |
Gets a 4th star because after reading it I want to read more.
 
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NatalieSW | Jan 1, 2015 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
50
Membros
154
Popularidade
#135,795
Avaliação
3.8
Resenhas
6
ISBNs
81
Idiomas
1

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