Search results for ""author david reed""
Amberley Publishing Steam Up Traction Engines on Parade
A lavishly illustrated celebration of traction engines. Featuring showmanâs engines, heavy haulage engines, steam lorries, tractors and road rollers.
£15.99
Harriman House Publishing Becoming Data Literate: Building a great business, culture and leadership through data and analytics
Data is a must-have for any business looking to thrive. So is having leadership who 'get' data and use it to support their decision-making. But how do you embed the use of data and analytics across your organisation so they truly support every process end-to-end? Becoming data literate in this way is a journey that involves vision, strategy, value creation, culture and data foundations. With an evidence-based framework to guide you, this book lays out a roadmap to ensure you get where you need to go.
£13.49
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Supernatural: Bobby Singer's Guide to Hunting
Bobby Singer has been a hunter since Sam and Dean Winchester were in diapers, and he's hunted every monster, spirit and demon there is. He's become a surrogate father to Dean and Sam, and their most trusted ally. They count on his knowledge to get them out of jams, but now that knowledge is disappearing-something is stealing Bobby's memories! With only hours until he becomes a gibbering vegetable, Bobby must write down everything he's learned in over twenty years on the job. If he fails, all his experience will be gone forever. If he's lucky, he may even track down the creature that got him in this mess in the first place.
£12.99
Amberley Publishing Diesel and Electric Trains: A New Era of Railways
This is the second volume of previously unpublished photographs from the camera of David Reed, focusing on the electric and diesel traction of the late 1960s and 1970s. The photographs of locomotives and multiple units, none of which remain in regular service, feature a variety of locations. On the Eastern and London Midland regions they range from the London area to North Wales, Crewe, Carlisle, East Anglia, Bradford, Ilkley, Manchester and Liverpool. Areas of Scotland pictured include the Ayr coast, the far north, Inverness and Perth, and the renowned ‘Glasgow Blue Trains’. On the Western Region, Paddington, Reading, and the West Country are featured. Many locomotive types no longer in service are pictured and some carry their original green liveries. Many of the locations captured have since changed considerably.
£15.99
Amberley Publishing Steam Railways: Final Operations in the Southern Region and the Early Preservation Years
This book contains previously unpublished photographs from the collection of David Reed, who set out to record the end of steam trains on British Rail’s Southern Region. Also recorded here are steam engines in the locomotive graveyards at Salisbury, Weymouth and Barry, as well as steam engines used by London Transport. The early steam preservation years are covered, including some locations that no longer exist: the Great Western Society at Taplow, Ashchurch, the Wallingford branch and the ‘Marlow Donkey’ Centenary all feature. The Longmoor Military Railway open days are pictured together with early years of the Dart Valley Railway at Buckfastleigh and Ashburton. The Didcot Railway Centre, Dinting Railway Centre, Ashford Steam Centre and the Sittingbourne & Kemsley Railway are also featured, along with the iconic Bluebell Railway.
£15.99
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Ford Farm Toys
Here it is, everything you always wanted to know about Ford farm toys! This colorful book contains detailed information on Ford toys from the early 1900s through the present day, manufactured by companies in the United States as well as abroad including names like Fordson, Ertl, Arcade, Tootsie Toy, and New Holland among others. Here are miniature Ford tractors, industrial equipment, lawn and garden equipment, farm sets and dealer trucks most of which have been produced in full scale by Ford. Toy enthusiast, farm collectors, and modelers are sure to find happy memories of their childhoods in this comprehensive volume. Over 300 full color photos are complemented by humorous anecdotes. A price guide for all models shown is included with the captions.
£25.19
Amberley Publishing Trains in Europe in the 1970s
This volume features photographs taken by David Reed of trains in Europe during the 1970s. The countries visited include France, Portugal, Italy, Austria and Switzerland. The pictures taken in France portray the last steam locomotives on shed at Boulogne and Calais. In Portugal, the photographs include a steam journey up the broad-gauge Douro Valley line from Oporto to Barca D’Alva and the local narrow-gauge lines around Oporto. In Switzerland, narrow- and standard-gauge Alpine lines are featured, including the well-known Bernina Pass and Jungfrau railway. In Austria, a variety of steam locomotives are seen, as well as some vintage electric locos of the 1920s and 1930s. Locations include the Eisenerz-Vordernberg rack and pinion line carrying steam-hauled iron ore trains up gradients of as much as 1 in 14. With previously unpublished images throughout, this nostalgic tour of Europe’s railways in the 1970s will delight enthusiasts both young and old.
£15.99
Amberley Publishing Trains in the Southern Region: The Late 1960s and 1970s
In this volume of previously unpublished photographs, David Reed takes the reader on a journey around the Southern Region. The Waterloo–Bournemouth and Weymouth line features with Woking, Basingstoke and the New Forest, together with the south coast ‘Coastway’ route between Portsmouth, Brighton and Hastings, including a brief hop over to the Isle of Wight. There are also photographs taken on the Waterloo–Reading line, and the Alton–Winchester and Swanage lines before they closed. A variety of elderly 1930s and at the time modern 1960s electric locomotives, electric trains and diesel multiple units and locos are pictured in various liveries, none of which remain in service.
£15.99