O. S. Nock (1905–1994)
Auteur de World Atlas of Railways
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: Oswald Stevens Nock
Séries
Œuvres de O. S. Nock
Great Western Railway GWR Stars, Castles and Kings: Part 1 & Part 2 in One Volume (Locomotive Monograph): 0 (1980) 23 exemplaires
Railways in the transition from steam, 1940-1965, (Railways of the world in color) (1974) 18 exemplaires
British Steam Engines: The Ultimate Guide to the Greatest Steam Engines (Picture This) (2010) 17 exemplaires
Two miles a minute: The story behind the conception and operation of Britain's high speed and advanced passenger trains (1980) 16 exemplaires
O. S. Nock's Pocket Encyclopedia of British Steam Railways & Locomotives (Transport) (1986) 9 exemplaires
Steam Locomotive : The unfinished story of steam locomotives and steam locomotive men on the railways of Great Britain (1968) 7 exemplaires
Pre-grouping Railway Scene: Great Northern (Pre-grouping railway scene ; no. 2) (1979) 7 exemplaires
British trains, past and present 6 exemplaires
Britain's new railway : electrification of the London-Midland main lines from Euston to Birmingham,… (1966) 4 exemplaires
Tales of the Great Western Railway: Informal Recollections of a Near-Lifetime's Association With the Line (1984) 3 exemplaires
The Pocket Encyclopaedia of British Locomotives 2 exemplaires
The Settle and Carlisle Railway: A Personal Story of Britain's Most Spectacular Main Line (1992) 2 exemplaires
Locomotives of the premier line in pictures : a reprint of the illustrations from "The premier line," a history of LNWR… (1955) 2 exemplaires
Fifty Years of Western Express Running 1 exemplaire
Flying Scotsman: Great Railways 1 exemplaire
Historical Steam Locomotives 1 exemplaire
The World Railways 1800-1850 1 exemplaire
British Trains 1 exemplaire
Railways In The Formative Years 1851-1895 1 exemplaire
Rail, Steam and speed 1 exemplaire
Railways of Dacorum 1 exemplaire
The Great Days of the Southern Railway 1 exemplaire
British Locomotives from the Footplate 1 exemplaire
Jowett's railway atlas of Great Britain and Ireland : from pre-grouping to the present day 1 exemplaire
Locomotives of the LNER [London & North Eastern Railway]. Standardisation and Renumbering (1947) 1 exemplaire
The Great Western Railway : an appreciation 1 exemplaire
Railway holiday in Austria 1 exemplaire
British Railways in Action 1 exemplaire
The Locomotives of R.E.L. Maunsell 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Nock, Oswald Stevens
- Date de naissance
- 1905-01-21
- Date de décès
- 1994-09-21
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Bath, Somerset, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, UK
Batheaston, Bath, UK
Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, UK - Études
- Giggleswick School, Yorkshire
Imperial College, London (Mech. Eng.) - Professions
- engineer (mechanical)
engineer (steam locomotive)
journalist - Organisations
- Westinghouse
- Prix et distinctions
- President, Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (1969-70)
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 150
- Membres
- 1,306
- Popularité
- #19,653
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 6
- ISBN
- 164
- Langues
- 3
The series is worthwhile in that it provides a sweeping history of world railways, from the idiosyncratic viewpoint of the prolific O S Nock. His opening essay summarises the period well, and it is always interesting to see the carriages, locomotives, wagons and signalling apparatus chosen from around the world. The previous title in this series was "Railways in the Years of Pre-eminance". By the interwar period road vehicles had begun to challenge railways. O S Nock shows how the railways in many parts of the world responded by becoming more competitive through seeking ways of speeding up services. American locomotive design emphasised simplicity and low cost running, while in Britain increasing speed was emphasised, and greater thermal efficiency to save fuel.
The mighty Santa Fe 3771 represent the 'Zenith' of high speed US locomotives designed to haul "The Chief" and "The Fast Mail" long distances with low servicing. Oddly this volume doesn't include the famous A4 Pacific introduced as part of the competition in Britain to provide the fastest passenger service to Scotland, and setting speed records in the process. It does include the "Princess" and "Duchess" classes, of which Nock considers the latter "the finest express passenger locomotive to run in Great Britain.
My own New Zealand is well represented, with the ubiquitous Ab, Wab, K and J classes represented along with the 56" passenger cars only just removed from charter service with Kiwirail. An enjoyable book to browse through.… (plus d'informations)