Rails to Nowhere

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———. London’s Lost Tube Schemes. Harrow: Capital Transport, 2005.

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———. The Piccadilly Tube: A History of the First 100 Year. Harrow: Capital Transport Publishing Ltd., 2007.

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Show Notes

Simon is joined once again by guest Aaron to discuss the emergence of the Internal Combustion engine as a means of powering road vehicles. This small invention would herald in the era of the motor car and while we often thing of that being a post WWII phenomenon in this episode Simon explains how the origins of car mania are traced back to the 1800s.

Part of the research for this episode stems from Simon dissertation, submitted in pursuit of his MA in Railway Studies from the University of York, so an acknowledgement of the support from Dr David Turner and Dr Kevin Tenant in writing that dissertation is due.

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———. The Experience of Suburban Modernity: How Private Transport Changed Interwar London. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2014.

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Webb, Simon. Commuters: The History of a British Way of Life. Barnsley: Pen & Sword History, 2016.

Show Notes

Join Simon and guest Aaron as they continue Rails to Nowhere's look at Simon’s dissertation research as we discuss the passage of the London Passenger Transport Act. Following on from the passage of the Railway Act 1921 the London Passenger Transport Act 1933 would be the next major step on the road to full nationalisation of the railways in 1948.

Part of the research for this episode stems from an essay written by Simon in pursuit of his MA in Railway Studies from the University of York, so an acknowledgement of the support from Dr David Turner in writing that essay is also due.

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Bibliography

Bagwell, Philip, and Peter Lyth. Transport in Britain 1750 - 2000: From Canal Lock to Gridlock. London: Hambledon & London, 2002.

Barker, Theo. A History of London Transport: Passenger Travel and the Development of the Metropolis, Vol. 2, the Twentieth Century to 1970. 2 vols. Allen & Unwin, 1974.

———. ‘“Unification by Statute” and “The London Passenger Transport Board”’. In A History of London Transport: Passenger Travel and the Development of the Metropolis, Vol. 2, the Twentieth Century to 1970, 270–311 & 407–9. London: Allen & Unwin, 1974.

Barman, Christian. The Man Who Built London Transport: A Biography of Frank Pick by Christian Barman. Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1979.

Croome, Desmond, and Alan Jackson. Rails Through the Clay: A History of London’s Tube Railways. 2nd Edition. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport, 1993.

Fowler, James. London Transport: A Hybrid in History 1905-1948. Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.

Franch, John. Robber Baron: The Life of Charles Tyson Yerkes. Urbana & Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2008.

Glazier, Ken. London Buses Before the War. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport, 1995.

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Hawkes, Irene. A History of the Metropolitan Railway & Metro-Land. Manchester: Oxford Publishing Co, 2018.

Hey, Kevin. ‘Regulating London’s Bus Services 1919-1924: A Reappraisal’. The London Journal 34, no. 1 (2009): 17–32.

Horne, Mike. London’s District Railway A History of the Metropolitan District Railway: Volume I: Nineteenth Century. Crowthorne: Capital Transport Publishing Ltd., 2018.

———. London’s District Railway A History of the Metropolitan District Railway: Volume II: Twentieth Century. Crowthorne: Capital Transport, 2019.

Jackson, Alan. London’s Metropolitan Railway. London: David and Charles, 1986.

Maggs, Colin G. Great Britain’s Railways: A New History. Stroud: Amberley, 2018.

Martin, Andrew. Underground, Overground: A Passenger’s History of the Tube. London: Profile Books, 2013.

Murphy, Simon. ‘The American Father of the London Underground – Charles Tyson Yerkes’. The American Magazine, 2019. https://www.theamerican.co.uk/pr/ft-Charles-Tyson-Yerkes-London-Underground.

Peter, Cline. ‘Eric Geddes and the “Experiment” with Business in Government’. In Essays in Anti-Labour History: Response to the Rise of Labour in Britain, edited by Kenneth Brown, 74–104. Palgrave MacMillan, 1974.

Sherwood, Tim. Charles Tyson Yerkes: The Traction King of London. Stroud: The History Press, 2008.

Wolmar, Christian. The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How It Changed the City Forever. London: Atlantic Books, 2005.

Show Notes

In this episode we start our look at Simon's disseration work on London Transport policy in the 1930s. We start of with a look back at the context behind our later discussions as we talk about the early London Underground and the decisions which laid the fondations for the system.

Part of the research for this episode stems from an essay written by Simon in pursuit of his MA in Railway Studies from the University of York, so an acknowledgement of the support from Dr David Turner in writing that essay is also due.

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Badsey-Ellis, Antony. London’s Lost Tube Schemes. Harrow: Capital Transport, 2005.

Badsey-Ellis, Antony. The Hampstead Tube: A History of the First 100 Years. Harrow: Capital Transport, 2007.

Bagwell, Philip, and Peter Lyth. Transport in Britain 1750 - 2000: From Canal Lock to Gridlock. London: Hambledon & London, 2002.

Barker, Theo. ‘“Unification by Statute” and “The London Passenger Transport Board”’. In A History of London Transport: Passenger Travel and the Development of the Metropolis, Vol. 2, the Twentieth Century to 1970, 270–311 & 407–9. London: Allen & Unwin, 1974.

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Casson, Mark. ‘The Determinants of Local Population Growth: A Study of Oxfordshire in the Nineteenth Century’. Explorations in Economic History 50, no. 1 (2013): 28–45.

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Connor, Piers. ‘The American Influence’. In 150 Years of the District, 22–29. Crowthorne: Capital Transport Publishing Ltd., 2018.

Croome, Desmond, and Alan Jackson. Rails Through the Clay: A History of London’s Tube Railways. 2nd Edition. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport, 1993.

Franch, John. Robber Baron: The Life of Charles Tyson Yerkes. Urbana & Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2008.

Halliday, Stephen. Underground to Everywhere: London’s Underground in the Life of the Capital. Stroud: The History Press, 1996.

Hawkes, Irene. A History of the Metropolitan Railway & Metro-Land. Manchester: Oxford Publishing Co, 2018.

Horne, Mike. London’s District Railway A History of the Metropolitan District Railway: Volume I: Nineteenth Century. Crowthorne: Capital Transport Publishing Ltd., 2018.

Horne, Mike. London’s District Railway A History of the Metropolitan District Railway: Volume II: Twentieth Century. Crowthorne: Capital Transport, 2019.

Horne, Mike. The Piccadilly Tube: A History of the First 100 Year. Harrow: Capital Transport Publishing Ltd., 2007.

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Martin, Andrew. Underground, Overground: A Passenger’s History of the Tube. London: Profile Books, 2013.

Murphy, Simon. ‘The American Father of the London Underground – Charles Tyson Yerkes’. The American Magazine, 2019. https://www.theamerican.co.uk/pr/ft-Charles-Tyson-Yerkes-London-Underground.

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Wolmar, Christian. The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How It Changed the City Forever. London: Atlantic Books, 2005.

In this unlocked patreon Bonus episode Simon and Ela discus Historiography and its importance to Historical study, and get distracted from discusing the Historiography of BR.

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For those who prefere youtube the video can be found here: https://youtu.be/iHKHa8yfB-U

In this episode Simon and Ela take their last look at the History of British Rail and innovation. Looking at the Thatcher and Major years todays conversation covers Pacers, Sprinters, and yet more signalling. Yet again we find that BR was a hive of technology and innovation stymie by the policies thrust upon it by the UK government.

Part of the research for this episode stems from an essay written by Simon in pursuit of his MA in Railway Studies from the University of York, so an acknowledgement of the support from Dr David Turner in Simon’s work for that course.

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Gareth Dennis Talks Alternative APT History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJJEeolcZaA  

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