Transportation

From Britain's most popular railway historian, a concise, authoritative and fast-paced telling of how the railways changed the world. The arrival of the railways in the first half of the nineteenth century and their subsequent spread across every one...

The TR4 represented a new breed of British sports car. Its modern lines, and accessories, such as wind-up windows and face-level ventilation, were a big departure from the earlier TR3 models. While TR4 mechanical parts may not have been new, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905505418Author David LarkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Kestrel Railway BooksPublisher Kestrel Railway Books

The Scarborough & Pickering Railway line was opened on 16 July 1885. Having first been mooted 1848, it arrived three years after the opening of the York-Scarborough line, which branched out at Rillington and joined the hitherto independent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902953878Author Andrew WiltshireFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint Bernard McCallPublisher Bernard McCall

In the 1970s, Honda broke the mould again by creating a series of motorcycles that would rule the road for over forty years: the Gold Wing, Honda's premier touring motorcycle. From its super-smooth horizontally opposed engine to its faux tank and low...

The complete story of the innovative, iconic and enduring Porsche Carrera. This book takes the reader on a journey from the development of its audacious water-cooled design through its racing success and continued production today, to practical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840337846Author David SpavenFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 233mm * 155mm * 18mm

Windward Islands - Passage ChartAbout the AuthorImray Laurie Norie & Wilson Ltd was formed in 1904 when three private chart publishing firms amalgamated. Each of these London companies had a long history going back to the mid-18th century. James Imray...

This book covers the operations of Jersey Motor Transport from the late 1980s, as well as looking at how the island's bus scene has developed over the last three decades, including the Easylink and Connex era. Jersey was a popular tourist destination...

This is the story of the train operating company First Great Western, whose performance rose from being the worst for a long-distance operator in the UK to becoming one of the best in a few short years, and whose passengers felt so disgruntled they even...

Derek Bowskill's lively commentary to the River Seine is both a comprehensive guide as well as source of all the essential information for navigators on the river from the sea to Paris and beyond to the start of the French inland waterways system. River...

This book is about one ordinary person's efforts, largely carried out single-handedly and with limited funds, to build a model railway layout in his garden that runs just like the real thing. It is based on Brymbo in North Wales, where the GWR and...

In the early 1800s, Ayrshire was already established as a prosperous, mainly rural agricultural county. The realization that there was abundant coal and (to a lesser extent) iron ore deposits to be exploited, together with the coming of the Industrial...

An exciting spectrum of 18 Mercedes-Benz sports cars is featured, covering the line of supercars from 1901 to today. That dream car of all dream cars, the Mercedes-Benz, is presented here in full glory through 285 images. What were the qualities that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781526784032Author Matthew J WrightFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint US Naval Institute PressPublisher US Naval Institute PressWeight(grams) 155g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781802582260Author Peter WallerFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg Limited

Ordered in 1985, the Class 91 was a joint venture between GEC, Brush and ASEA to deliver a fleet of 140 mph tilting electric locomotives for the East Coast Main Line. Delivered between 1988 and 1991, the thirty-one locomotives ply their trade daily ...

Every manual is written from hands-on experience gained from stripping down and rebuilding each vehicle in the Haynes Project Workshop. The practical step-by-step instructions and clear photos are easy to follow and provide information on maintenance,...

Once man had mastered the ability to fly, there came the desire to fly faster, higher and further with increased payloads. Some of the earliest experiments with air-to-air refuelling occurred in the 1920s and as long-distance record attempts progressed,...

Benefit from the author's decades of working on and writing about Triumphs, with the real facts you need to decide whether a Herald or Vitesse is going to suit you. The book covers the chassis-built small Triumph models, explains how and where to buy...

After the end of steam on the Southern in July 1967, the author concentrated primarily on recording the Southern scene, to start with in black and white and then from 1972 in colour. In so doing he built up a huge collection of slides for the period 1972...

Would you love to buy the original Porsche 356, but are scared of owning an expensive lemon? Help is at hand! This is the complete guide to finding the best available example of the classic rear-engined Porsche 356 for a sum you can afford. Insight...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905505401Author David LarkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Kestrel Railway BooksPublisher Kestrel Railway BooksDimensions(mm) 274mm * 216mm * 9mm

In the 1970s the introduction of the merry-go-round coal trains required a far more powerful loco, leading to the 3300 hp Class 56 being built. For general freight services, the Class 60 was developed. Both these types suffered from reliability problems...

One of the great names of the British bus and coach industry was Royal Blue, whose vehicles were a familiar sight on the express routes between London and the West Country. For many years, Royal Blue was the name adopted by the Southern National and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627009454Author Jeff WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Kalmbach MediaPublisher Kalmbach Media

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853617402Author R.J. MaycockFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 18mm

The South Wales Division was one of the three operating divisions of the Western Region. The division included the South Wales Main Line from Severn Tunnel Junction to Fishguard Harbour, as well as numerous branches in the Valleys and West Wales. The...

As Britain entered the 1990s, the character of East London was changing rapidly. The docks, once the mainstay of the area, had closed and the London Docklands Development Corporation was building a vast new financial district on the Isle of Dogs -...

This guide tells you everything you need to know when considering a potential purchase of the car that evolved to become the powerful, technically complex and aggressive Lancia Delta Integrale EVO, a car that consistently won the Rally World Championship...

The Great Thorpe Railway Disaster of 1874 is the third title from Norwich writer and biographer Phyllida Scrivens, who lives less than half a mile from the site of the fatal collision. At Norwich Thorpe Station on 10 September 1874, at Norwich station a...

This book tells what it was like to ride on the trams and what it was like to work on them in their final years. The text is accompanied by over 80 quality black and white photos, many by master of the art Don Thompson, and 25 colour photos.Book...

George and Robert Stephenson's Rocket, is arguably the most enduring silhouette in railway history. But why was Rocket that special? And why does the surviving locomotive look so unlike the striking yellow image that we are familiar with from books,...

'As a movement for social change it is important that we understand our own history. This is a compelling read.' From the anti-roads protests of the 1990s to HS2 and Extinction Rebellion, conflict and protest have shaped the politics of transport. In...

Paddington is part of a hub of underground stations and is home to the world's most famous bear, named after the station. Revel in the selection of images of Paddington Through Time and see how Brunel's masterpiece has stood the test of time. 'I am...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857946178Author Ray FinchamFormat HardbackPage Count 104Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 690g

The Kawasaki Triples Bible covers the entire production of three cylinder two-strokes from 1968 to 1980, featuring a year-by-year breakdown of bike specs, including the KH250, 350 S2, KH400, H1 500 and H2 750 models.Illustrated with hundreds of archive...

Tom Greaves gives his own account of the chaotic introduction of main line diesel locomotives during the late 1950s which was conducted primarily on the suburban network out of London's King's Cross station and with which he was directly involved. There,...