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Sir Arthur Heywood and the Fifteen Inch Gauge Railway (Hardback)
by Mark Smithers
Plateway Press1995ISBN: 1871980224
In excellent clean condition – please see photos
Synopsis:By the Latter part of the 19th 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. Heywoods 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, they 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.
Contents:AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1: The Heywood Family Before 1872Chapter 2: Estate and Garden Railways Before 1870Chapter 3: The Duffield Bank Railway 1874-98Chapter 4: Locomotives of the Duffield Bank RailwayChapter 5: Duffield Bank Railway Rolling StockChapter 6: The Commercial Impact of Heywoods Early WorkChapter 7: The Heywood Family 1872-1897Chapter 8: The Eaton Hall RailwayChapter 9: The Railway at DoveleysChapter 10: The Role of the Minimum Gauge RailwayChapter 11: Decline and Fall of the Duffield Bank RailwayChapter 12: Heywood Equipment on the R.&E.RChapter 13: The Eaton Railway After 1916Chapter 14: The Heywood Legacy and RenaissanceAn Eaton Hall Album
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