Trains and railways: general interest Books
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Western Diesel Hydraulics in Preservation
Book SynopsisShows the range of locomotive designs adopted by BR's Western Region.
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd English Electric Class 50 Diesels
Book SynopsisContains photographs of all fifty Class 50sMany less well-known locations appear alongside the popular onesMany locations have changed beyond recognitionSignalling and other railway infrastructure appear in many photos
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd FourCoupled Tank Locomotive Classes Built by the
Book SynopsisThe book tackles a comprehensive review of a complex history with many rare or small locomotive classes described, including some unique engines.
£24.00
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The LMS Princess Coronation Pacifics The Final
Book SynopsisCovers the experiences of three Crewe firemen of the late 1950s firing the home depot's Duchesses' on the overnight sleeper trains to Perth. Includes personal experiences of, and photographs by, the author between 1957 and 1964. Contains descriptions and photographs of the preservation of three of the remaining Princess Coronation pacifics.
£24.00
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Railways and Industry on the Brecon Merthyr
Book SynopsisAbundantly illustrated with many photos of each of the locations along the route. Contains images of some of the best scenery in the Western Region. Detailed coverage of each location along the line with location details and photographs
£23.80
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Early History of Railway Tunnels
Book SynopsisTo the early railway traveller, the prospect of travelling to places in hours rather than days hitherto was an inviting prospect, however a journey was not without its fears as well as excitement. To some, the prospect of travelling through a tunnel without carriage lighting, with smoke permeating the compartment and the confined noise was a horror of the new age. What might happen if we broke down or crashed into another train in the darkness? To others it was exciting, with the light from the footplate flickering against the tunnel walls or spotting the occasional glimpses of light from a ventilation shaft. To the directors of early railway companies, planning a route was governed by expense and the most direct way. Avoiding hills could add miles but tunnelling through them could involve vast expense as the Great Western Railway found at Box and the London and Birmingham at Kilsby. Creating a cutting as an alternative was also costly not only in labour and time, but also in compens
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Britain s Changing Train Liveries
Book SynopsisA large variety of railway liveries, from the BR era to the current passenger and freight scene. Features countrywide locations, including Preserved Railways. Useful detail within photographs for railway modellers. Reflective commentary accompanies each caption. Liveries are presented in alphabetical order to assist research.
£25.50
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Western Region Steam Locomotive Depots
Book SynopsisFrom the opening of the Great Western Railway in 1838 through to the end of steam traction on the Western Region in 1965 the engine shed' formed an important role in both the infrastructure and operation of the railway. As the Great Western system expanded so did the need for larger locomotive servicing facilities and from the 1870s right through to the 1930s many sheds were rebuilt into larger locomotive depots or in some cases replaced by entirely new structuresNationalisation of the railways in 1948 saw the formation of the British Railways Western Region'. Apart from a few early sub-shed closures the number of Western Region steam depots and sub-sheds remained almost unaltered until the regional boundary changes of 1958.Using black and white and colour images from the Great Western Trust archive at Didcot, the book illustrates Western Region steam depots and sub sheds' that were in operation in the mid 1950s. With many previously unpublished photographs the book should interest mod
£23.80
Pen & Sword Books Ltd North British Type 2 BB DieselHydraulic
Book SynopsisThe British Railways Pilot Scheme' orders of 1955 included six North British Type 2 diesel-hydraulic locomotives, these being introduced during 1959 for use on the Western Region. Without operational experience, a further fifty-two locomotives were delivered between 1959 and 1962. The fleet survived intact until 1968, when half of the class was withdrawn due to declining traffic levels across the UK, with successive National Traction Plans progressively selecting the less successful, non-standard and numerically-challenged' classes for removal from traffic. All fifty-eight locomotives were withdrawn by New Years Day, 1972. This book, the second of two, builds on the overview of the class provided in Volume 1, and makes extensive use of available archive material and the personal observations of numerous enthusiasts. Previously unpublished information, covering the performance issues of these locomotives, form a central focus, together with details of fire incidents and accidents. Liv
£28.00
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The LMS Princess Coronation Pacifics 19371956
Book SynopsisThis book covers the design, construction, operation and performance of Sir William Stanier's masterpiece, the Princess Coronation pacific locomotives, better known as the Duchesses'.
£28.00
Orion Publishing Co The Big British Railway Puzzle Book
Book Synopsis''Great fun. Railway travel without leaving your armchair!'' Chris TarrantA jam-packed puzzle and trivia book about Britain''s iconic railways. The Big British Railway Puzzle Book is a must-buy gift book for puzzle book fanatics, train and travel enthusiasts, history buffs, and the people up and down the country who love their heritage and their regional identity! Featuring a treasure trove of puzzles about railways and locomotives, using maps, old routes and tracks, original posters and all things that delight train lovers, the book also includes mind-boggling brainteasers, navigational tests, word games, code-crackers, anagrams, crosswords, mathematical conundrums and more. As well as having over 100 mind-bending puzzles, the book also contains historical facts and figures, trivia and introductions to each section authored by Dr Thomas Spain, a research associate at the National Railway Museum, about the history of the Br
£13.49
Anness Publishing British Steam Locomotives The Steam Trains of
Book SynopsisAn overview of the different locomotives from British Heritage lines across the country, newly updated for 2024 edition.
£13.50
Octopus Publishing Group Slow Trains to Istanbul
Book SynopsisTom Chesshyre is the consummate traveller, who makes you want to experience all his adventures and mishaps for yourself. - Christian Wolmar, author of British Rail: The Making and Breaking of Our TrainsFrom London via Paris, Naples, Nuremberg, the Swiss Alps, Budapest, Athens and into the furthest corners of Eastern Europe across Romania and Bulgaria, join Tom Chesshyre on his fascinating journey to Istanbul and backEver dreamt of dropping everything and adventuring cross-country to the edge of Asia? That''s just what rail enthusiast Tom Chesshyre did, hitting the tracks for a 4,570-mile adventure on 55 rides, shadowing the old Orient Express route.Interrailing was once the realm of young backpackers setting off to find themselves - and for many, it still is. But it''s also a joyful and eco-friendly twenty-first century adventure that''s open to us all, no matter our age or agenda. Dodging striking train drivers in Germany,
£17.00
Great Northern Books Ltd The Glorious Years of the GWR
Book SynopsisA superb edition with over 230 outstanding photographs and thoroughly researched, informative captions.Beautifully produced in hardback with rare and previously unseen images.
£23.38
Crecy Publishing Railways Remembered Lake District and North Lancashire
£20.25
TRACKmaps Book 3: Western & Wales
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£16.95
Prestel Iconic Transit Maps
Book SynopsisThis visually stunning collection of iconic and historic subway, light rail, and streetcar maps from fifty of the world's most exciting cities is a map- and transit-lover's dream.Transport maps are some of the most frequently consulted and memorized navigation tools on earth. Millions use them daily to guide their journeys. Some have gained such familiarity they're revered as design classics, hunted by collectors. Taken for granted, without these everyday objects passengers would quite literally be lost without them. Best-selling author, Mark Ovenden who curated this collection dating from their earliest appearance 160 years ago, dissects the design decisions which led to today's intelligent wayfinding tools. Divided by continent, it features archival and modern maps from a dizzying array of locationsfrom Algiers and Cape Town; Boston and Chicago; Mexico City and Montreal; Bangkok and Beijing; Delhi and Doha; Amsterdam and Prague; to Auckland and Sydney.<
£24.00
Stenlake Publishing Quarry Hunslets of North Wales
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£23.70
Amberley Publishing GWR Locomotives The Prairies
Book SynopsisThe latest volume in Allen Jackson's series examining the locomotives of the Great Western Railway. Profusely illustrated throughout.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing Preserving Diesel Hydraulic Locomotives
Book SynopsisThe reflections of a diesel locomotive enthusiast in the early days of the diesel preservation movement.
£14.39
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Great Eastern Railway The Late 19th and Early
Book SynopsisThis is the second volume of the history of the Great Eastern Railway from 1811 to 1924. This volume covers from 1862 when the Great Eastern Railway was formed to 1924 when with the absorption of the Colne Valley and Halstead Railway and the Mid Suffolk Light Railway into the LNER, the cessation of locomotive building at Stratford and the departure of the Company's last General Manager, Sidney Parnwell the GER could finally be said to exist. The history covers many things including the building and the subsequent expansion of Liverpool Street station and the development of the extensive suburban system. The Company's attempts to gain direct access to the northern coal fields which resulted in the formation of the Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Line is mentioned as is the abortive proposed working union with the Great Northern and the Great Central railways. Relations with London, Tilbury and Southend Railway including the battle for the Southend traffic from 1911 are dealt
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Railway Travel in World War Two
Book SynopsisThe popular image of railway travel during the Second World War is that of a sparse service of dirty and grossly overcrowded trains that were forever being delayed. The iconic is your journey really necessary' poster campaign is credited with discouraging the public from travelling by train. This book questions these assumptions and examines the mobility requirements of the British public during the war years and aligns these to the level of service provided by the railways. Throughout the war the railways were managed by the Railway Executive Committee (REC) whose members were all senior railway officers. The conflicts between the REC and the government in respect to controlling passenger numbers on the railway system, which was overcrowded with essential additional war related freight traffic, are examined; as are the propaganda campaigns aimed at restricting unnecessary' travel. The public's response to the travel restrictions are analysed to determine how railway passengers' attitu
£21.25
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Britains Railways Through the Seasons
Book SynopsisImages of seasonal landscapes capturing the majesty of railways encompassed by nature's colours.
£28.00
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Passenger Trains in the North of England
Book SynopsisCovers main line expresses, local and branch line services plus special workings. Includes Steam, Diesel and Electric locomotives from over six decades. Contains views from the length and breadth of the North of England. Sixty-five years of passenger trains, many remembered and many forgotten.
£17.00
Amberley Publishing Industrial Locomotives Railways of The North
Book SynopsisPrimarily utilising previously unpublished photographs, Gordon Edgar explores the industrial and minor railways of North East England.
£16.99
Amberley Publishing The Somerset Dorset Railway Through Time
Book SynopsisA wonderful collection of photographs showing the Somerset & Dorset Railway in operation, after abandonment and during the present day.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing The North Yorkshire Moors Railway
Book SynopsisA pictorial tour of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing Class 58 Locomotives
Book SynopsisAndrew Cole's pictorial account of Class 58 locos.
£13.49
Amberley Publishing Joint Railways Eastern and Southern England
Book SynopsisThe latest in this heavily illustrated series looking at Britain's pre-Grouping joint railway lines focusing on Eastern and Southern England.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing Tanfield Railway in Colour
Book SynopsisWith stunning photographs and informative captions, the authors present a pictorial story of Tanfield Railway during its heritage years.
£14.39
Rowman & Littlefield Florida's Great Ocean Railway
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£13.49
Rowman & Littlefield Tropical Surge: A History of Ambition and
Book SynopsisAn engaging historical narrative covering many significant events in the history of south Florida, Tropical Surge includes the major developments and setbacks in the early years of Miami and Key West, as well as an in-depth look at Henry Flagler''s amazing Overseas Railway. This well-written history tells the story of the dramatic battle between human ambition and the reality of the West Indian hurricane. By 1935, at least, the hurricane had won. Includes gripping narratives of the 1919, 1926, and 1935 hurricanes in south Florida and the Keys.
£13.49
Vestal Press Ltd ,U.S. Railroads in Early Postcards: Northern New
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£12.59
HarperCollins Publishers Collins Rail Map of Europe
Book SynopsisLooking for your next adventure? This rail map of Europe is the perfect planning and travel companion
£11.69
W. W. Norton & Company Railroaded The Transcontinentals and the Making
Book SynopsisA Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize "A powerful book, crowded with telling details and shrewd observations." —Michael Kazin, New York Times Book ReviewTrade Review"Required reading for anyone interested in the history of American railroading…This is an exciting story and well told." -- John Steele Gordon - Wall Street Journal"A model of narrative skill and [an] insightful reinterpretation of the Gilded Age. It is easily the best business history I have read." -- Donald Worster - Slate"A scathing and wonderful new book. [Railroaded] will entertain and outrage readers." -- Buzzy Jackson - Boston Globe"An acute analysis that in failure came success and in many ways the map of the nation." -- Scott Martelle - Washington Post"Imaginative, iconoclastic, immensely informative and mordantly funny." -- Glenn C. Altschuler - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"A different and provocative view of the role of the transcontinentals in developing the American West. Railroaded will no doubt spark lively debate and become required reading for those seeking an insightful and recast history of the transcontinental railroad saga." -- Walter R. Borneman - San Francisco Chronicle"Richard White is one of those rare historians with an unfailing ability to transform any topic he writes about, no matter how familiar that topic might seem. In Railroaded, he tells the story of the western transcontinentals as it has never been told before, with insights that speak as much to our own time as to the nineteenth-century era he explores with such wit and intelligence." -- William Cronon, author of Nature’s Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West"When it comes to the American West, there is no other writer like Richard White, a serious scholar with a highly original take on familiar subjects and elegant prose besides. His subject, the making of the transcontinental railroads, is perhaps the pivotal story of the West, but it’s not the one we know from movies and myth. It’s about the birth of all those things that most trouble us nowadays, a genesis story in which the serpent in Eden is the railroad itself writhing across the continent." -- Rebecca Solnit, author of Orwell's Roses"This brilliant book will forever change our understanding of the great railroad projects of nineteenth-century America." -- William Deverell, director, Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West"Excellent big-picture, popularly written history of the Howard Zinn mold, backed by a mountain of research and statistics." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
£18.59
Amberley Publishing March Traction Depot
Book SynopsisRare and previously unpublished images documenting the final decades of this now-closed traction maintenance depot.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing Camerons Engines
Book SynopsisA lavishly illustrated account from the volunteers who kept the engines of John Cameron, the Union of South Africa and The Great Marquess, operational on heritage railways.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing Signalling and Signal Boxes along the GNR Routes
Book SynopsisA lavishly illustrated look at signalling in the GNR region, formerly part of the LNER.
£14.99
Amberley Publishing Locomotives of Western Canada
Book SynopsisA stunning collection of photographs documenting the railways in Canada, one of the most scenic parts of the world.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing Steam Trains
Book SynopsisNew B-format paperback edition. The history of steam in Britain, from the Rocket in 1829, through to the last main line locomotive in the 1960s.
£9.99
Arcadia Publishing (SC) Montana Rails
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£20.69
Arcadia Publishing (SC) Florida East Coast Railway
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£21.24
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Great Eastern Railway in South Essex: A
Book SynopsisThe Great Eastern Railway In South Essex: A Definitive History is the history of the Great Eastern's lines from Shenfield to Southend, Wickford to Southminster and Woodham Ferrers to Maldon including their ancestor. It is the only comprehensive history of all three lines and was researched using both previously published and unpublished material. The history covers not only the history of the lines in question but also a sample of services from the opening of them to the present day, the motive power that was and is used on them and a topographical description of them. The book is intended to appeal to wide audience: in particular those with an interest in the local history of the area served by the lines, those interested in the history of Essex and railway enthusiasts interested in the railways of the eastern counties in general and the Great Eastern Railway in particular.
£999.99
Michigan State University Press Michigan Railway Company
Book SynopsisMichigan Railway Company: The Northern and Southern Divisions, the first comprehensive history of the Michigan United Railway Company, traces the rise and fall of Michigan's most significant electric railway. This also explores how electric railway history is intertwined with the state of Michigan.
£51.00
Fonthill Media The Railroads That Built the Finger Lakes
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£17.52
America Through Time Tracking the Chili Line Railroad to Santa Fe
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£21.24
The History Press Ltd Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Book SynopsisBrunel made plenty of mistakes, some of them ruinously expensive. But he also designed and built several structures which are still with us to this day. For these we have to thank a man who was famously described as in love with the impossible'.
£9.49
Usborne Publishing Ltd Things To Do on a Train Journey
Book SynopsisThis little book is packed with puzzles that will make any journey steam by, including mazes, spot-the-differences, number puzzles and more. Part of a range of mini paperbacks perfect for journeys, rainy days and party bags.
£5.62
