David Jenkinson (1934–2004)
Author of The Big Four in Colour, 1935-50
About the Author
Series
Works by David Jenkinson
British Railway Carriages of the 20th Century, Volume 2: the Years of Consolidation, 1923-53 (1990) 11 copies
An Illustrated History of L.M.S.Locomotives: Absorbed Pre-group Classes, Midland Division v. 4 (1987) 8 copies
An Illustrated History of L.M.S. Locomotives: Absorbed Pre-group Classes, Western and Central Divisions v. 2 (1985) 6 copies
An Illustrated History of L.M.S.Locomotives: Absorbed Pre-group Classes, Northern Division v. 3 (1986) 6 copies
The Illustrated History of L.M.S. Standard Coaching Stock: General Introduction and Non-passenger Vehicles v. 1 (1991) 5 copies
The Illustrated History of L.M.S. Standard Coaching Stock: General Service Gangwayed Stock v. 2 (1998) 3 copies
Railways South East 2 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1934-08-06
- Date of death
- 2004-04-27
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley
London University - Organizations
- RAF
LMS Society
Science Museum, London
National Railway Museum, York, England - Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- England, UK
Members
Reviews
Rails in the fells; a railway case study: an account of the origins, characteristics and contribution of a railway to the landscape; together with an attempt to evaluate its past and present influence on the area through which it passes by David Jenkinson
A very different railway book. Whilst there are plenty of pictures of trains and descriptions of the line, the bulk of the book is an exposition of the geography and geology of the area and how that affected the planning, course and construction of the line. It then takes a long hard look at the contribution of the railway to the local economy, and how that impacted on local traffic patterns. It ends with an examination of coaching stock and locomotives from an operating point of view. There show more should be more railway books like this that take a serious view of their subject; this is a textbook rather than something for the casual reader to leaf through. And none the worse for that. show less
The authors are very knowledgable and give an interesting and fully illustrated account of the development of LMS coaching stock.Some new information from the archives sheds new light on the history of the Coronation sets.A very informative and interesting read.
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Statistics
- Works
- 46
- Members
- 286
- Popularity
- #81,617
- Rating
- 4.2
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 43