Trains and railways: general interest Books
Irwell Press WAY DOWN SOUTH: SOUTHERN STEAM IN THE SIXTIES
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£21.21
Irwell Press THE JOY OF JINTIES: PART ONE
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£16.96
Irwell Press MAIN LINE TO THE SOUTH - PART ONE: THE SOUTHERN
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£27.96
Irwell Press THE BOOK OF THE STANIER 8F 2-8-0S: PART FOUR:
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£24.76
Irwell Press WORKING ON BULLEID PACIFICS
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£24.61
Mortons Media Group Brunel's Big Railway
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£13.49
Mortons Media Group Crewe Works A Celebration of Steam
Book SynopsisLocomotive No 32 Tamerline became the first steam locomotive to be completed at Crewe Works on 10 March 1843. One hundred and fifteen years later BR 9F No 92250 became the 7,331st steam locomotive to be built at the Cheshire works, when completed in December 1958. This publication is a tribute to the thousands of people employed there during the steam locomotive building era.In 1913 The Railway Magazine proudly described Crewe as the most famous railway works in the world. Indeed, railways throughout the world benefited from adopting best Crewe practice'. Many who worked at Crewe in its heyday, first under the London & North Western Railway and later the London Midland & Scottish Railway, held the firm belief that the works was the beating heart' of the Cheshire town.Back in those days you would be hard put to find a local family without some kind of connection to that vast engineering enterprise. In earlier times the works not only provided the steadily growing town with employment, b
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Trailblazer Publications Trans-Siberian Handbook: The Trailblazer Guide to
Book SynopsisA trip across Siberia on the longest continuous railway track in the world is undoubtedly the journey of a lifetime. It's also a convenient way to reach China, Mongolia or Japan. Tickets are not expensive or difficult to arrange. This acclaimed guide shows you how to organise a trip, where to get tickets, where to stay and what to see. *Practical information - planning your trip; what to take; getting to Russia from Europe, North America and Australasia*Kilometre-by-kilometre route guides covering the entire routes of the Trans-Siberian, Trans-Manchurian, Trans-Mongolian and Siberian BAM railways with 49 strip maps in English, Russian and Chinese: see where you are as you travel.*City guides and maps - the best sights, places to stay and restaurants for all budgets: Moscow, St Petersburg, Ulaan Baatar, Beijing and 32 towns in Siberia; plus Lake Baikal guide*Siberia and the railway - the detailed history of Siberia, the construction and the running of the railway today are of great interest not only to visitors but also to armchair travellers.*With 92 maps - plus timetables, fares, Russian & Chinese phrases*New 10th edition a new 16pp colour introduction and trip plannerTrade Review'These human-scale books, written and published by people who genuinely know and love their subject, are perfect for travel's post-pandemic recovery.' - The Guardian (UK), March 2021; For previous edition: 'The one I like best is the current edition of the Trans-Siberian Handbook by Bryn Thomas.' - Wanderlust; 'a great guide' - Wanderlust. First edition shortlisted for the Thomas Cook Travel and Guide Book Awards (UK) 'The best guidebook is Bryn Thomas's "Trans-Siberian Handbook"' The Independent (UK) 'Tells you everything you need to know' Cosmopolitan (UK) 'An invaluable guidebook' The Financial Times (UK) 'The Trans-Siberian Handbook ...is a must' The Sunday Times (UK) 'An invaluable travelling companion' Traveller (UK) 'Extensively updated'- Railway Gazette International 'The definitive guidebook is Bryn Thomas's 'Trans-Siberian Handbook" The Independent 'The handbook was really brilliant (everyone we met on the train had a copy!!) We can't imagine doing the trip without it'. Helen Clive 'The Trans-Siberian Handbook (Trailblazer) is the bible for this journey'. The Daily Telegraph. 'The best guide to the Trans-Siberian is undoubtedly Bryn Thomas's "Trans-Siberian Handbook"' - To The Edge of the World, Christian Wolmar (UK)
£15.29
Transport Treasury Publishing Ltd Southern Times Issue 5
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£999.99
Key Publishing Ltd The Railways and Britain’s Nuclear Industry
Book SynopsisThis book shows the important role played by the nation's railways in the nuclear industry and how the need to secure that service through the turbulence of privatisation led to the creation of the nation's most diverse railway company, Direct Rail Services. 1945 marked the beginning of the Labour government that would nationalise the railways and witnessed the start of British nuclear weapon development, which led to a civil nuclear industry. By the 1990s both industries were heading for privatisation, though neither would truly be free from government control. This book provides a brief history of British nuclear power and technology, and goes on to illustrate the transport of spent nuclear fuel from around the world to the Sellafield reprocessing plant. In the twenty-first century the decommissioning of reactors and defence establishments across England added to the loads travelling by rail to the national Low Level Waste Repository. The railways also transported chemicals for the nuclear industry, construction materials and - at least in part - the industry's workers too. Direct Rail Services took over this traffic and became a major player in the rail freight business, with a significant role in the nation's passenger market. The book illustrates this transformation and explains why it happens.
£999.99
Key Publishing Ltd LOCO-HAULED PASSENGER TRAINS: Britain's Railways
Book SynopsisThis highly illustrated look at locomotive-hauled trains features a wide selection of locomotive types on many different passenger duties. From one-off special workings to day-to-day operations, the whole range of BR and post-privatisation locomotive-hauled trains are featured. These trains range from the regular loco-hauled traffic from the early 1980s to current times, with all the popular types of diesel and electric locomotives shown, including Deltics, Westerns, Classes 20, 25, 31, 33, 37, 40, 56, 87 and many others. Each historic photograph, most of which have never been published before, is accompanied by an extensive caption, giving a comprehensive overview of timetabled loco-hauled travel in Britain over the last 40 years. They are a historic record of the many changes that have taken place as locomotive-hauled travel declined and, more recently, showed something of a resurgence.
£13.49
Strathwood Ltd STEAM'S LAMENT 4-6-0s on the Southern Region
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£27.96
Strathwood Ltd Last Years of the Class 50s 1980 - 1994
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£19.51
Unique Publishing Services Ltd Steam in Austria: 1955 -1975
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£23.99
Unique Publishing Services Ltd British Railway Stations Since 1901: An Essential
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Unique Publishing Services Ltd The Cambrian Lines
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£13.16
Graffeg Limited Lost Tramways of England: London South East
Book SynopsisOne of four volumes to cover the history of electric tramcar operation in London. Stretching once as far east as Dartford, much of the network south-east of the river inherited from the London County Council survived World War II and remained operational until the process of conversion Operation Tramaway'' commenced in 1950.
£8.99
Platform 5 Publishing Ltd British Rail Traction Maintenance Depots
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£21.95
Platform 5 Publishing Ltd Preserved Locomotives of British Railways 21st
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Platform 5 Publishing Ltd The Railways of South Wales 19751995 Part 2 The Railways around Newport
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Platform 5 Publishing Ltd Paddington to Penzance During the Diesel Era Part 3
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Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. India Junction
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£20.99
Westland Publications Limited Namaste Yatri
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£11.99
Icon Books Platform Souls: The Trainspotter as 20th-Century
Book SynopsisNicholas Whittaker's much-loved classic recollects the long sunny days of his childhood when, notepad in hand, jam sandwiches in the duffel bag, he happily spent his time jotting down train numbers during the Indian summer of steam and the heyday of diesel.Whittaker returns to his roots in this updated edition, casting a sceptical eye over recent developments, catching up with old acquaintances and considering the toll that half a century of ridicule and a couple of decades of privatisation have wrought upon his beloved pastime.As Andrew Martin notes in his Foreword, this is 'one of the best books ever written about rail enthusiasm'. Equally it is a poetically written memoir of growing up in a more innocent age, a hymn to British eccentricity and to the virtues of observing the world around you: 'Spotters - of trains, planes, buses or birds - are a last redoubt for something rapidly vanishing from our lives: looking outward, seeing, observing. People notice things less and less these days, while watching things more and more.'Praise for the first edition:'An elegy: for the steam trains already vanishing when Whittaker's hobby began in 1964; for the short-lived diesel age which followed; for an era of near innocence.' Times Literary Supplement 'Whittaker writes with humour and considerable evocative power . For anyone who will admit to having a childhood brush with this now derided hobby, Platform Souls brings it all rushing back.' IndependentTrade ReviewWhittaker writes with great warmth and wit and his autobiographical style makes Platform Souls an engaging read, even for those who don't particularly share his love of railways. * Shropshire Review *the author's words sing off the page * Burton Mail *
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Dalrymple and Verdun Publishing The Changing Face of Britain's Railways
Book SynopsisThe Railway Companies Bow OutThis profusely illustrated account of the period from 1938 to 1953, with 200 mostly unpublished illustrations, ranging from Thurso to Hayling Island, and from Dingle to Wisbech provides a stunning visual exploration of the 15 years that shaped the future of Britain?s railways. But it is much more than a picture book. By using contemporary records and exploring developments on British Railways in Ulster and in Ireland, Robert Hendry has drawn parallels that shed new light on what really happened. With a wealth of authoritative data that appears in this book, Robert Hendry questions the long accepted allegation that railway managers who had done a superb job in time of war lost touch with reality. He suggests that this argument was a product of old company loyalties, political expediency, and a failure to study the facts, and that the Railway Executive, the men who ran BR from 1948 to 1953, were not the fools that some writers claim, but responsible men who had been put in an impossible position, and nearly succeeded in doing the impossible.
£18.71
MP - University Of Minnesota Press The Hiawatha Story
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£21.59
Johns Hopkins University Press John W. Garrett and the Baltimore and Ohio
Book SynopsisGarrett and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is a vivid account of Garrett's twenty-six-year reign.Trade ReviewThe book is an excellent social, political, and commercial history of 19th-century Baltimore and the nation . . . Highly recommended.—ChoiceThis volume was well written, nearly placing the reader alongside Garrett in his office or home library as he took on the enormous task on running the Baltimore & Ohio.—The Michigan RailfanIn a well-researched and engaginglywritten volume, Sander has traced the rise—and fall—of the B&O through the career of its most influential president.—Cambridge CoreSander’s biography is a sweeping and grand narrative of one of the nation’s seminal and transformative railroad presidents whose enterprise is still hard at work today.—Baltimore SunTable of ContentsPrologue: Taking Hold of the Throttle Part One: To the West: 1790-1861Chapter 1: The Whole Population is in Motion: 1790-1828Chapter 2: A Flourishing Condition: 1828-1840Chapter 3: An Era of Fine Pickings: 1840-1855Chapter 4: The Race to the Ohio: 1852-1858Chapter 5: The Personification of Firmness: 1858-1860Chapter 6: Railroad Competition and Coordination--and Political Division: 1858-1861 Part Two "Mr. Lincoln's Road": 1861-1865Chapter 7: In the Thick of the Struggle: 1861Chapter 8: A Southern Line No More: 1862-1863Chapter 9: The Right Arm of the Federal Government: 1863-1865 Part Three: Empire Building and Collapse: 1866-1915Chapter 10: A New World Order: 1866-1871 Chapter 11: Go West, Railroad President--and South: 1868-1873Chapter 12: The Czar of Maryland: 1866-1873Chapter 13: The Storm Is Upon You: 1873-1877Chapter 14: His Willpower Remained Unimpaired: 1878-1883Chapter 15: Final Battles: 1880-1884Chapter 16: After Garrett: 1884-1915 EpilogueEssay on SourcesAcknowledgements
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ACC Art Books Luxury Trains: Splendour, Elegance & Extravagance
Book Synopsis"The magnificent photos invite you to enjoy the luxurious ambience, the views and the very special flair and to let the constant rattling of the train wheels carry you to distant lands." — Lovely Books "Hopefully history's extravagant chariots serve as inspiration for the trains of the future. Newly published book Luxury Trains is full of elegant examples of how to travel in real style." — Hoom Magazine "Transports you back ot the golden age of travel, with pictures of 25 of the most elegant trains in the world." — Good Housekeeping UK Luxury trains have always fascinated and excited our imaginations. A great source of style, romance and exoticism, they have long held starring roles in literature and in Hollywood movies. This wonderful book evokes long-lost days of travel, where trains marked international railway history, from the Orient Express to the Train Bleu. Today, train companies around the world are creating new palaces on rails and these pages offer a journey into that extravagant and luxurious world. Whether comfortably seated in the restaurant car of the Venice Simplon - Orient-Express as you glide past the Venetian Lagoon, travelling through the Highlands of Scotland on the famed Royal Scotsman, or admiring the ancient splendours of Machu Picchu at the Hiram Bingham bar aboard the Andean Explorer, this book traverses the globe in celebration of these wonderful locomotives. A superb gift for the travel enthusiast and anyone interested in the decadent features of these trains.Trade Review"The magnificent photos invite you to enjoy the luxurious ambience, the views and the very special flair and to let the constant rattling of the train wheels carry you to distant lands." - Lovely Books"This wonderful book evokes long-lost days of travel, where trains marked international railway history, from the Orient Express to the Train Bleu." - Lovely Books"Hopefully history's extravagant chariots serve as inspiration for the trains of the future. Newly published book Luxury Trains is full of elegant examples of how to travel in real style." - Hoom Magazine"Transports you back ot the golden age of travel, with pictures of 25 of the most elegant trains in the world." - Good Housekeeping UKTable of Contents13 The History of a Folly 31 Presidential Train 43 Al Ándalus Expreso 49 Orient Express 59 Venice Simplon – Orient Express 71 Rheingold 77 Golden Eagle Danube Express 87 Royal Scotsman 99 British Royal Train 109 British Pullman 125 Grand Hibernian 137 Train Bleu 147 Côte d’Azur Pullman-Express 159 Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express 167 Pride of Africa 175 Eastern & Oriental Express 185 Seven Stars in Kyushu 189 Twilight Express Mizukaze 197 Royal Express 205 Shiki-Shima Train Suite 215 20th Century Limited 221 American Orient Express 227 ‘Virginia City’ 231 Hiram Bingham 241 Andean Explorer 250 Select Bibliography 251 Picture Credits 253 Acknowledgements
£36.00
British Library Publishing The Platform Edge
Book SynopsisHowling down the tunnels comes a new collection showcasing the greatest stories of strange happenings on the tracks, many of which are republished here for the first time since their original departure.
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Octopus Publishing Group Ticket to Ride: Around the World on 49 Unusual
Book SynopsisExperience the world by train alongside best-selling travel writer Tom Chesshyre, as he takes a whistle-stop tour around the globe in 49 unique journeys Why do people love trains so much? Tom Chesshyre is on a mission to find the answer by experiencing the world through train travel - on both epic and everyday rail routes, aboard every type of ride, from steam locomotives to bullet trains, meeting a cast of memorable characters who share a passion for train travel. Join him on the rails and off the beaten track as he embarks on an exhilarating whistle-stop tour around the globe, on journeys on celebrated trains and railways including:- India's famed toy train - Sri Lanka's Reunification Express - The Indian Pacific across the Australian outback - The Shanghai maglev - And the picturesque rail journeys of the Scottish Highlands Plus trains through Kosovo, North Macedonia, Turkey, Iran, Finland, Russia, America and France, with short interludes in North Korea, Italy, Poland, Peru, Switzerland, England and Lithuania. All aboard!Trade ReviewFunny and illuminating from Crewe to Korea, Ticket to Ride is a hugely entertaining account of the author's travels on the rails the world over - chance encounters fly like sparks * Sara Wheeler *Tom's ticket certainly scores all the best rides: fast rides and slow ones, short trips and long ones. But most important are the names: why would any trainspotter (let alone a gricer) pass up the Reunification Express or, even better the Orient Express, for a mere airplane? * Tony Wheeler *Like mini-odysseys, Chesshyre's railway journeys are by turns gentle and awesome, and full of surprises * John Gimlette *Trains, dry wit, more trains, evocative descriptions, more trains, fascinating people and more trains - what is there not to like? * Christian Wolmar *Affectionate * Wanderlust Magazine *This is an engaging, enjoyable and warm-hearted book that will appeal as much to general readers as to lovers of trains... Recommended. * Simon Bradley, author of The Railways *Amusing and insightful book * E&T Magazine *Evocative mix of thrill rides and gentle journeys worldwide. Even if locomotives and rolling stock leave you cold, you'll enjoy the author's trademark dry humour. * World of Cruising Magazine *
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HarperCollins Publishers Thomas Friends All About Thomas
Book SynopsisJoin Thomas as he travels around meeting his friends, both old and new!This colourful chunky board book introduces the brand-new younger Thomas style.With cute artwork and simple text in a chunky board that's the perfect size for small hands, this is the perfect gift for young Thomas & Friends fans.Children will also love joining in saying Thomas' name, pointing to his number 1 and making fun engine noises, too.Thomas has been teaching children lessons about life and friendship for over 75 years. He ranks alongside other beloved character such as Paddington Bear, Winnie-the-Pooh and Peter Rabbit as an essential part of our literary heritage.
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Mortons Media Group Flying Scotsman
Book SynopsisNo 1472 was the third of a class of steam locomotives that was eventually to number 79 engines, and did not originally even carry a name. The Great Northern Railway A1 4-6-2 though, was the biggest express steam engine ever to have been seen in Britain at the time. It was chosen to be displayed at a major exhibition at Wembley in 1924, and for this it was given the name Flying Scotsman. It hauled the London & North Eastern Railway's first King's Cross-to-Edinburgh nonstop express in 1928. It was the first steam engine in the world to officially break the 100mph barrier. Flying Scotsman has now become the one steam engine in the world of which everyone knows the name, and which most people would even recognise. It was briefly the only main line steam engine running in the whole of Britain, and it has travelled across the Atlantic and across America. It has circumnavigated the globe, steamed across Australia, broken the record for a nonstop run with steam (again), and been sold for easily the highest price ever paid for a steam engine.In 2004, its ongoing 40 years of fame finally earned it a place in the National Railway Museum collection and, after an unprecedented fundraising campaign and a National Heritage Memorial Fund grant, the museum was able to clear the enormous debts of the engine's then owning company and acquire Flying Scotsman for the nation, and for a British public which clearly holds the engines in high esteem. If it had not acquired fame, largely as a result of its name, in the 1920s and 1930s, then maybe Alan Pegler would not have had the enthusiasm to purchase it in 1963. If it had been scrapped, what would then have become Britain's most famous steam engine? And now it's back. No-one expected it to take ten years of toil, but the National Railway Museum finally has an engine to be proud of. This book tells the story of the legend that is Flying Scotsman - the ultimate in British express steam design elegance.Quantity
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Mortons Media Group Legendary Locomotives
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Capital Transport Publishing London Underground Station Encyclopaedia
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£45.00
Capital Transport Publishing The Story of London's Underground
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£23.75
Mortons Media Group Creative Scenic Modelling: A Practical Approach
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£999.99
Indiana University Press Evolution of the American Diesel Locomotive
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA host of books and articles have touched on various aspects of this ongoing story over the years, but none tell the story with the completeness and superb clarity found here. May - June 2010 * Michigan Railfan *Lamb's book is . . . an important contribution to railroad technological history. The book's strength is the author's mastery of the mechanical details, which he presents in a straightforward style. -- Mark Reutter, editor * Railroad History *Lamb provides the reader with detailed descriptions of every generation of diesel locomotive along with a generous supply of excellent photographs. July 2008 -- Maury Klein * Technology and Culture vol. 49 *Table of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1 Precursor TechnologiesChapter 2 Self-propelled CoachesChapter 3 The Diesel Climbs AboardChapter 4 Streamlined TrainsChapter 5 Developments Beyond La GrangeChapter 6 Alco ReboundsChapter 7 Postwar ShakeoutChapter 8 Road Switchers Take OverChapter 9 A Monopolized MarketChapter 10 Special Purpose DesignsChapter 10 New Heights for Diesel PowerChapter 12 Recent DevelopmentsChapter 13 The Diesel Century in PerspectiveReferences Index
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Biography of British Train Travel
Book SynopsisBiography of British train travel from the 1950s to present day.
£10.99
Getty Trust Publications Railroad Vision Photography Travel and
Book SynopsisWith more than 100 photographs, this book illustrates the parallel histories of railroads and photography - from a photograph of George Stephenson's locomotion, to powerful images from the American Civil War, to a mid-20th-century photograph of a train roaring by a drive-in movie theatre.
£42.75
Mortons Media Group Diesel and Electric Locomotives around the UK in
Book SynopsisRoger Rounce presents a round-the-UK tour of diesel and electric locomotives from Devon and Cornwall right the way up to Scotland, and covering everything else in between. Informative and entertaining, Diesel and Electric Locomotives Around the UK presents images of diesel and electric engines that many are lucky enough to remember seeing in their heyday and which many will wish they had. The locomotive names, liveries and locations featured will bring back many fond memories and will hopefully offer something new for even the most ardent enthusiast.
£28.50
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Moonlight Express
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£15.29
Capital Transport Publishing The Spread of Londons Underground
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£11.74
HarperCollins Publishers Full Steam Ahead
Book SynopsisThe Age of Railways was an era of extraordinary change which utterly transformed every aspect of British life from trade and transportation to health and recreation.Full Steam Ahead reveals how the world we live in today is entirely shaped by the rail network, charting the glorious evolution of rail transportation and how it left its mark on every aspect of life, landscape and culture. Peter Ginn and Ruth Goodman brilliantly bring this revolution to life in their trademark style which engages and captivates. They explore the everyday lives and the intangible ephemeral history that make up the stories of the people who built, worked and were affected by the railways. From the very first steam train to the infrastructure that is still used in part today, they look at the men, women and children who lived and sometimes died constructing Britain''s railway heritage.As they trace the emergence of the Industrial Revolution across the country, the authors discover a hidden layer of social hiTrade ReviewPraise for the authors: ‘Packed with delicious kernels of knowledge … all served up by the most delightfully eccentric author I've ever encountered. Seldom have I had so much fun reading history. Seldom have I learnt so much.’ The Times ‘Always entertaining’ Observer ‘Fascinating, immersive history’ New York Times
£21.25
The History Press Ltd Red for Danger
Book SynopsisA classic work that must be included in the library of any railway enthusiastTrade ReviewRailway enthusiasts should consider it essential.
£15.19
The History Press Ltd Discovering Britains First Railways
Book SynopsisDiscovering Britain’s First Railways is devoted to the history, rediscovery and exploration of Britain’s first railways, examining its network of over 1,500 miles of horse-drawn tramroads and waggonways.
£9.49
The History Press Ltd The Flying Scotsman Story
Book SynopsisFew locomotives are as widely known or excite so much interest as Flying Scotsman. Thus began Flying Scotsman’s fame, which only continued as the locomotive broke records, becoming the first to exceed 100mph in 1934 and taking the longest journey of any steam locomotive in 1988–89.
£9.89
JDF & Associates Ltd Poster to Poster Railway Journeys in Art Vol 2
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£38.00
Mortons Media Group The North Yorkshire Moors Railway Past & Present
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