Trains and railways: general interest Books
Kalmbach Media How Diesel and Electric Locomotives Work
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£21.88
University Press of Colorado Bound by Steel and Stone: The Colorado-Kansas
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£23.99
Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd. Quest for Speed
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£999.99
Berghahn Books Mobility in History: Volume 6
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£58.50
Berghahn Books Iron Landscapes: National Space and the Railways
Book Synopsis Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the newly formed country of Czechoslovakia built an ambitious national rail network out of what remained of the obsolete Habsburg system. While conceived as a means of knitting together a young and ethnically diverse nation-state, these railways were by their very nature a transnational phenomenon, and as such they simultaneously articulated and embodied a distinctive Czechoslovak cosmopolitanism. Drawing on evidence ranging from government documents to newsreels to train timetables, Iron Landscapes gives a nuanced account of how planners and authorities balanced these two imperatives, bringing the cultural history of infrastructure into dialogue with the spatial history of Central Europe.Trade Review “It is excellent that the book provides us with opportunities for reflection and generates new questions. The publication is undoubtedly beneficial and, above all, inspiring. It is an innovative treatment of the subject, so it might encourage other historians to look at things from a different perspective. I also believe that the book has the potential to revive the debate on the development of railways and transport infrastructure (not only) in interwar Czechoslovakia.” • Austrian History Yearbook “A terrific book that is highly recommended for reading and that will hopefully find a wide echo.” • Journal of East Central European Studies “This welcome study examines the ways in which the railroad embedded national space in the physical landscape and how that in turn shaped people’s sense of time, distance, and the nation.” • Tatjana Lichtenstein, University of Texas at Austin “Based on an impressive number of primary and secondary sources, Felix Jeschke tells the fascinating story of two seemingly divergent aspects of the Czechoslovak railroad: its roles in both the cultivation of internal unity and the promotion of Czechoslovakia as a modern and cosmopolitan state.” • Jan Musekamp, University of PittsburghTable of Contents List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Introduction: Iron Landscapes Chapter 1. Forging a Nation from the Tracks: Railway Construction and Representation in Interwar Czechoslovakia Chapter 2. The Heart of Europe and its Periphery: Travelling and Travel Writing Chapter 3. ‘Germanized Territories’ or ‘Pure German Soil’? The National Conflict on the Railways Chapter 4. Stations between the National and the Cosmopolitan: Railway Buildings and De-Austrianization Chapter 5. ‘Bratislava to Prague in 4h 51min’: Nationalism, Cosmopolitanism and the Slovenská strela Conclusion Appendix: Tables: Nationality Statistics of Czechoslovak Railway Workers in 1923 Bibliography Index
£89.10
Berghahn Books Transnational Railway Cultures: Trains in Music,
Book Synopsis Since the advent of train travel, railways have compressed space and crossed national boundaries to become transnational icons, evoking hope, dread, progress, or obsolescence in different cultural domains. Spanning five continents and a diverse range of contexts, this collection offers an unprecedentedly broad survey of global representations of trains. From experimental novels to Hollywood blockbusters, the works studied here chart fascinating routes across a remarkably varied cultural landscape.Trade Review ” [This] edited volume will be of interest to historians of technology as it engages with concepts usually analyzed by the discipline. The notion of techno-scientific progress (and its persistence) is the most visible (with trains assuming the role of icon of modernity, contrasting with the backwardness embodied in characters and landscapes surrounding them).” • Technology and Culture “Using interdisciplinary methods, the stimulating essays in this collection consider the ways that a wide variety of cultural texts represent the experience of train travel across national borders.” • Sunny Stalter-Pace, Auburn University “A welcome addition to the growing scholarship on the cultural history of the railway, expanding the scope of inquiry geographically and culturally. All in all, a fascinating exploration of trains, cultures, nations, and passengers confronting borders, mobility, and migration.” • Anna Despotopoulou, National and Kapodistrian University of AthensTable of Contents Introduction Benjamin Fraser and Steven Spalding Chapter 1. The Railway Arts: Sound and Space Beyond Borders Aimée Boutin Chapter 1 Appendix Chapter 2. The Sonic Force of the Machine Ensemble: Transnational Objectification in Steve Reich’s Different Trains (1988) Benjamin Fraser Chapter 3. A Genealogy of Apocalyptic Trains: Snowpiercer and Its Precursors in the Transnational Literature of Transport John D. Schwetman Chapter 4. Dangerous Borders: Modernization and the Gothic Mode in Horror Express (1972) and Howl (2015) Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns, and Juan Juvé Chapter 5. Anachronism, Ambivalence, and (Trans)National Self-reference: Tracking the English Literary Chunnel from 1986 on Heather Joyce Chapter 6. Crossing Borders On and Beyond the Train in Joan of Arc of Mongolia (1989) Steven D. Spalding Chapter 7. The Cosmopolitan Writer: Exploring Representations on the Underground Railways of Buenos Aires and Paris through Julio Cortázar Dhan Zunino Singh Chapter 8. Literary Railway Bazaars: Transnational Discourses of Difference and Nostalgia in Contemporary India Abhishek Chatterjee Chapter 9. Memories of Trains and Trains of Memory: Journeys from Past-Futures to Present-Pasts in El Tren de la Memoria (2005) Araceli Masterson-Algar Chapter 10. Nord-Sud: The Parisian Metro and Transnational Avant-Garde Artistic Mobilities and Movements in Early Twentieth-Century Paris Scott D. Juall Conclusion: Mind the Gap Benjamin Fraser and Steven D. Spalding
£89.10
Key Publishing Ltd Japan's Railways: Hokkaido to Chubu
Book SynopsisAt the start of the Menji Era Japan emerged from its hundreds of years of self-imposed isolation and modernised rapidly. Part of this modernisation was the construction of railways, the first railway opened between Tokyo and Yokohama in 1872. This was followed by a rapid expansion of the network, both government and privately constructed, so by the early 20th century the bones of a national system were in place. However, by far the largest development of railways in Japan in the second half of the 20th Century has been the development of the Shinkansen (Bullet Train) network. Even before the Second World War it was recognised that the Tokaido Line between Tokyo, and the Kansai Region was reaching capacity, and the brave decision was made to construct a brand-new high-speed line on a new alignment. Beautifully illustrated, this book is a product of seeral visits made by the author to Japan over a 14-year period. During this time, new trains had been introduced, old trains retired; new lines had opened, some lines sadly have closed, and several fine new museums had opened. This book looks at the changing scene of Japan's railways.
£14.39
Key Publishing Ltd Class 31s
Book SynopsisPerhaps overshadowed by more 'exotic' locos, the Class 31s nonetheless played a significant part in British Railways' Modernisation Plan. Intended for use on more lightly loaded and shorter-distance trains on routes away from the main lines, the 263 original Brush Type 2 locomotives were new between 1957 and 1962 and entered service on the Eastern Region. They could soon be found all across the country. Not long into their careers, they were renumbered into Class 31 under the TOPS system and, over time, four subclasses were developed. The most numerous was the steam heat boiler-fitted 31/1, examples of which were further modified with electric train heating (ETH) to produce the 31/4. Towards the end of the class's collective lifespan came two more developments, the 31/5 and 31/6. The fact that so many still survive after decades of sterling service is testament to their usefulness and versatility, and they are especially appreciated on the various heritage lines up and down the country. This volume includes more than 200 images showing these workhorses in action, mostly in the south of England.
£999.99
Octopus Publishing Group Slow Trains to Istanbul
Book SynopsisEver dreamt of dropping everything and adventuring cross-country to the edge of the Orient? From London via Paris, Naples, Nuremberg, the Swiss Alps, Budapest and into the furthest corners of Eastern Europe across Romania, Bulgaria and Greece, join Tom Chesshyre on his fascinating journey to Istanbul and back.
£9.99
Stenlake Publishing Central Scotland's Last Days of Steam
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£999.99
Stenlake Publishing Old Yarm-on-Tees
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£10.95
Stenlake Publishing Seeking the Swilly
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£12.30
Stenlake Publishing Classic Diesel Years Northumberland
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£11.35
Stenlake Publishing Banffshires Railways
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£11.35
Stenlake Publishing Morayshires Railways including Invernessshire and
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£11.35
Berghahn Books The Great Train Race: Railways and the
Book Synopsis From their origins, railways produced an intense competition between the two major continental systems in France and Germany. Fitting a new technology into existing political institutions and social habits, these two nations became inexorably involved in industrial and commercial rivalry that eventually escalated into the armed conflict of 1914. Based on many years of research in French and German archives, this study examines the adaptation of railroads and steam engines from Britain to the continent of Europe after the Napoleonic age. A fascinating example of how the same technology, borrowed at the same time from the same source, was assimilated differently by the two continental powers, this book offers a groundbreaking analysis of the crossroads of technology and politics during the first Industrial Revolution.Trade Review "The breadth of [this] comparative study of French and German railroad development - the largest and most important railway systems on the continent - is a signal achievement... A brief sketch of the book's trajectory does justice neither to the wealth of detail nor to the arresting insights that future historians will draw on for years to come." · Central European History "... a fine book. Indeed, it is a labour of love, informed by intensive research and a lifetime's interest. All historians of European railways will be greatly in its debt." · The International History Review "The Great Train Race is a well-researched book, full of useful comparative insights into French and German railway development, and doubtless an important contribution to the history of Franco-German rivalry before World War One ... [R]ecommended to economic historians as a study which shows, in well-balanced comparative perspective, the great importance of their field for understanding political history." · Journal of Modern History “For Mitchell, this was clearly a labor of love, and it is a pleasure to see a job well done. The book has a full scholarly apparatus along with vital charts and maps to keep things clear.” · H-German “Allan Mitchell is presenting, with The Great Train Race, a highly informed and ambitious study, in which the fundamental importance of trains for the societies of both countries has been convincingly argued.” · Historische Zeitschrift “...Presents a rich and understandable overview…The book provides an excellent model for researching and writing comparative railway histories. Such analyses of the relationship between state and railway are rare events.” · The Journal of Transport HistoryTable of Contents List of Illustrations Preface Introduction: The Conundrum of Comparative History PART I: LAUNCHING THE RAILWAY AGE Chapter 1. France, 1815–1870 Liberalism and the Legrand Star The Emergence of the Great Railway Companies The Surge of the Second Empire Trains and Free Trade The Military Implications Chapter 2. Germany, 1815–1870 The Dilemmas of Political Diversity Particularism Unbound Prussia and the Push for Unification Before the Take-Off Strategic Thought and Military Action Chapter 3. Comparisons, 1815–1870 Administrative Organization Economic Competition Military Strategy PART II: THE SIGNALS ARE SET Chapter 4. France, 1870–1890 After the Fall The Counterattack of the Companies The Failure of Centralism A Condition of Troubling Inferiority Railways and the Republican Army Chapter 5. Germany, 1870–1890 Bismarck’s Railroad Policy The Reassertion of States’ Rights Germany Transformed The Age of St. Gotthard The Consolidation of Military Predominance Chapter 6. Comparisons, 1870–1890 Administrative Organization Economic Competition Military Strategy PART III: INTERNAL AND INTERNATIONAL TENSIONS Chapter 7. France, 1890–1914 Recovery and Controversy The Companies Face Nationalization Private Enterprise or Public Service? The Long Stagnation France Prepares for War Chapter 8. Germany, 1890–1914 The Specter of Prussification Flirting with Unification Low Expectations and High Finance Railroads and the German Take-Off The Consequences of Escalation Chapter 9. Comparisons, 1890–1914 Administrative Organization Economic Competition Military Strategy Epilogue: From Trains to Trenches List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Name Index Subject Index
£26.55
Capital Transport Publishing Tramways in Victorian London
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£23.75
Global Books Tokyo Commute: Japanese Customs and Way of Life
Book SynopsisA unique take on modern life in Japan’s capital city. A Japan of trains, every day to and fro, carriage scenes and theatre, vistas from the window, advertising posters. Each to be savoured through a specific Tokyo line – the Odakyu. Pitched as creative text and line-graphics, Tokyo Commute: Japanese Customs and Way of Life Viewed from the Odakyu Line offers on-track and off-track observations. A gallery of mirrors, musings, memories. This is less documentary than iconography, a poetics of Japanese routine and etiquette. It offers a wry diary of month-and-weekday observations, a ‘map’ of Shinjuku as key station and gathering-place, a run of notable Tokyo locations – from the National bunraku theatre to a Kawasaki sludge recycling centre. Other Odakyu travel involves the Hakone open air art gallery, Narita as both airport and temple complex, Yokohama as history and Chinatown. Essential reading for first-time, and second-time visitors, and even regular commuters.Table of Contents1. Odaky?-sen 2. Shinjuku Station 3. Shinjuku 4. Muk?gaoka-y?en North 5. Muk?gaoka-y?en South 6. Muk?gaoka-y?en Platform 7. January Monday 8. Odaky? Notables 9. Odaky? Line Sounds Familiar 10. Train Notices 11. Odaky? Commercials 12. February Tuesday 13. Odaky? Keitaispracht 14. By-line, Setagaya Line 15. March Wednesday 16. Odaky? Day-out Sendagi 17. Shimo-Kitazawa 18. Bicycle! 19. Odaky? Bike Interview – Toda-san 20. International Interlude via Narita Airport 21. Keitai Train Culture 22. April Thursday 23. Odaky? Tamagawa 24. Station Sights 25. Odaky?-sen, Yoyogi-Hachiman Eki 26. May Friday 27. Muk?gaoka-y?en, Day for Night 28. Odaky? Day-out, Hakone 29. June Saturday 30. Odaky? Commercials 31. Odaky? Smokes 32. By-line, Nambu Line 33. Odaky? Bag Watch 34. Seijo Times 35. Odaky? Day-out, Yokohama 36. July Sunday 37. Odaky? Trains of Thought 38. Train Signs, Train Sounds 39. By-line, Tama Express 40. August Monday 41. Odaky? Day-out, Chiba 42. September Tuesday 43. Odaky? Lady-grooming 44. Odaky? and Near-Odaky? Women’s Hairday 45. Odaky? Evenings-out 46. October Wednesday 47. Odaky? Day-out, Ibaraki 48. Chikan! Odaky? Misbehaviour 49. November Thursday 50. Odaky? Blues 51. Odaky? Men’s Haircut 52. Odaky? Day-out, ?-Sumo 53. December Friday 54. Odaky? Store 55. Odaky? Bookshelf 56. Last Train Glossary
£39.22
Manchester University Press The Railway Age
Book SynopsisCovers the history and development of the railways and the transforming effect which they had on the world. A lively and readable account, peppered with fascinating facts. Written by an authoritative and important figure in the world of railways.
£23.83
Middleton Press Aylesbury to Rugby: Including Brill and Verney
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£19.95
Middleton Press Cheltenham to Redditch: Including Barnt Green
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£999.99
Middleton Press York to Scarborough: Featuring All Change at York
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£19.95
Platform 5 Publishing Ltd Italian Railways: Locomotives and Multiple Units
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£24.95
Middleton Press Settle To Carlisle
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£20.85
Middleton Press Leeds To Harrowgate
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£29.30
Mortons Media Group From Chocolate to Cider
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£21.25
Platform 5 Publishing Ltd Locomotives 2025
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£10.59
Platform 5 Publishing Ltd Diesel Multiple Units 2025
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£10.59
Platform 5 Publishing Ltd British Railways Locomotives Coaching Stock 2025
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£999.99
Platform 5 Publishing Ltd Electric Multiple Units 2025
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£10.59
Salzwasser-Verlag Gmbh Alle Lokomotoven 1910
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£22.86
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC British Railway Tickets Shire Library
Book SynopsisIn 1838 Thomas Edmondson, an employee of the fledgling Newcastle & Carlisle Railway, revolutionised the ticket issuing process in Britain and left an enduring legacy: the Edmondson ticket. Purchased as proof of the contract between passenger and railway company, the ticket was a receipt, travel pass and an ephemeral record of almost every train journey ever taken in the British Isles, reflecting the nostalgia of the railways and a period of history when the movement of millions of people brought together England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The railways printed millions of tickets for every conceivable journey and category of passenger. Most were destroyed after use, but remarkably many survive, in the care of libraries, museums and collectors, and form the basis of a fascinating hobby.Table of Contents?Introduction / The Edmondson Ticket and Railway Travel in Britain / Types of Ticket / How Tickets Tell the Story of a Railway / Modern Tickets / Collecting Railway Tickets / Further Information / Index
£999.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Mail Trains Shire Library
Book SynopsisCentral to the prompt delivery of the nation''s mail is its efficient transit throughout the country. From 1830, the Post Office relied increasingly on the overland rail network to achieve this, with Railway Post Offices, Sunday Sorting Tenders and District Sorting Carriages among the services introduced. More important lines carried the famous ''Night Mail'' carriages, rarely seen by the public, other than those seeking out the late-night facility of posting directly into the side of a mail train. All these were supplemented by additional services enabling even rural locations to enjoy a ''next day'' service only dreamed of in the age of the mail coach. This book provides a history of the overland carriage of mail by rail, from draughty and poorly lit sorting carriages in 1838 through to the purposeful late-twentieth-century ''Ladies in Red''.Table of ContentsMail by Rail Travelling Post Offices A National Network Post-war Change Modern Mail Trains Places to Visit Further Reading Index
£8.54
The History Press Ltd Schoolboy Servant GWR Apprentice
Book SynopsisA unique glimpse into the life of a young servant boy and GWR apprentice in the late nineteenth century
£12.34
Amberley Publishing Devon Metro
Book SynopsisThis book examines the development of the Devon Metro, the rapid-transit-style rail network announced by Devon County Council in 2011, and how it might evolve in the future.
£14.39
Amberley Publishing An English Railfan in America
Book SynopsisDave Hewittâs book illustrates a selection of North American steam and heritage railways traversing stunning landscapes.
£14.39
Crecy Publishing Southern Way 69
Book SynopsisSince it was first published in 2007, The Southern Way has become the definitive journal on the history and heritage of the Southern Railway and the Southern Region of British Railways. The first two of the four issues scheduled for 2025, numbers 68 and 69, will be released in January and May. Two more issues and a Southern Way Special are due in the second half of the year. Each volume contains a mixture of articles and photo features on various aspects of the SR including rolling stock, infrastructure, operations and personalities. The Southern Way remains essential reading for all who interested in the SR and those modelling it.As this catalogue went to press not all the content had been finalised but among articles confirmed for inclusion are a survey of Southern stations in East Dorset, Wiltshire, West Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and a feature on the Guildford-Cranleigh-Christ''s Hospital branch.
£13.46
Key Publishing Ltd Britain's Railways in the 1990s
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£999.99
Key Publishing Ltd Modern Railways Review 2024
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£999.99
Key Publishing Ltd Train Traveller
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£9.49
Middleton Press East London Line: New Cross to Liverpool Street
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£999.99
Middleton Press Caterham and Tatterham Corner: Two Branches from
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£19.95
Middleton Press Branch Lines Around Cromer
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£999.99
Great Northern Books Ltd On The Tracks Of The Flying Scotsman
Book SynopsisCelebration in words and pictures of the world-famous named train from London to Edinburgh and the great railway centres along its tracks Doncaster, York, Darlington and Newcastle.
£19.12
Platform 5 Publishing Ltd The Beaten Track Volume 4
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£34.15
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Industrial Narrow Gauge Railways Shire Album 145
Book SynopsisThis book examines those railways in Britain that served industry and had a track gauge smaller than the British standard gauge' of 4 feet 81/2 inches. Whether they were temporary contractor's lines or more permanent installations, these meandering, often poorly maintained railways have a special fascination. This book deals in turn with the locomotives, the rolling stock and the track, describing their development. It pays tribute to the inventors of an earlier age and to the more recent groups of enthusiasts who have been keeping the narrow' tradition alive.
£6.99
Stenlake Publishing Listowel and Ballybunion Railway
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£14.73
Globe Pequot Rails in the North Woods
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£15.29
