Transportation

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907085321Author Stephen ArcherFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Porter Press InternationalPublisher Porter Press International

`The Last Years of Steam Around the East Midlands' covers most of the railways across the county and the locomotives that worked over them. In the main, the time period covers the ten years or so from the late 1950s up to the end of steam working in the...

There are lots of books about the classic BMW Boxers; their history, performance, lineage, and the minutiae of its specification. But none of them concentrate entirely on telling you what to look for when buying one secondhand. That's what this book is...

Coventry has a remarkable bicycle manufacturing heritage. From the first velocipedes built in 1868, the city went on to become the home of the British cycle industry and at one time produced the greatest output of cycles in the world - with well in...

The Douglas DC-3 was a twin-engine airliner that first flew in 1935 and was a pioneer during the early ears of international commercial flight. An elegant and robust design, the DC-3 was the definitive American airliner of the immediate pre-World War II...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913555153Author Paul SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Unique BooksPublisher Unique Publishing Services Ltd

It is curious that the nineteenth-century railway builders should even have thought of a line linking Huddersfield with Sheffield, now known as the Penistone Line, with the risk of all sorts of disasters. As Along the Penistone Line makes clear,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857945089Author Alan PriceFormat PaperbackImprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media GroupDimensions(mm) 169mm * 238mm * 5mm

From 1914 until 1969, when it was absorbed into WMPTE, Birmingham City Transport had various periods when they hired buses for evaluation. These demonstrators were tried out for a variety of reasons such as tramway feeder route development, expansion of...

Wales to the East Coast of Ireland Plans included: Cardigan (1:40 000) New Quay (1:20 000) Aberystwyth (1:20 000) Aberdovey (1:50 000) Barmouth (1:30 000) Porthmadog (1:75 000) Tremadog Bay (1:75 000) Menai Strait (1:80 000) Menai Strait -...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904474753Author Roger R. DarsleyFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton PressWeight(grams) 450g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909328808Author Terry ColeFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing

Self-propelled carriages were a major innovation at the beginning of the twentieth century, and the GWR was quick to develop a large number of steam motor cars to link farms and scattered villages across the South West to the new branch lines. Their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781625451170Author Beth Anne KeatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Fonthill Media LLcPublisher Fonthill Media LLcWeight(grams) 621gDimensions(mm)...

Although there had been experiments with the use of a new form of transport - the 'trackless tram' (better known as the trolleybus) - during the first decade of the 20th century, it was in June 1911 that Bradford and Leeds became the country's pioneering...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316565516Author Chaya M MilchteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Little, Brown SparkPublisher Little, Brown Spark

The changes to rail freight in Wales and the Borders since the 1980s have been dramatic in many ways and have often been a knock-on effect of huge transformations in the industries that the railway serves, most notably, the coal-mining sector. These have...

In the late 1960s, P&O established ferry services in the North Sea and English Channel. Roll-on/roll-off operations and containerisation were introduced and new ships, facilities and investment was needed to take advantage of developments. What...

Steam on the Southern and Western is a personal record of railway views that were captured on black and white film in the late 1950s and 1960s, until the demise of steam on British Railways. The style of the book is the well-tried and- tested picture...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857945997Author Phil HortonFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

Cornwall marks the extreme south-western extent of Brunel's kingdom and the county is surprisingly rich in his works. The Royal Albert Bridge, which crosses the River Tamar, connected the broad gauge network with the Cornwall and West Cornwall railways -...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937684815Author Royal Air ForceFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Periscope Film LLCPublisher Periscope Film LLCWeight(grams) 59gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Although in the late 1970s they were frowned upon by many for replacing a number of loco-hauled services, and indeed locomotives, for 40 years the High-Speed Train (HST) was the mainstay of express services for many train operators in the UK. It was in...

Having this book in your pocket is just like having a real marque expert by your side. Benefit from James Taylor's years of experience with the Land Rover Discovery, learn how to spot a bad example quickly, and how to assess a promising one like a...

In his previous book on early jet fighters Leo Marriott traced the history of the revolutionary aircraft produced by the British and Americans immediately after the Second World War; in this companion volume he describes jet fighter development on the...

When London first applied as a contender to stage the 2012 Olympic Games, there was cynical speculation as to whether the transport infrastructure could cope should it win. During the bidding process for 2012, Transport for London, the capital's...

The London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) claimed to be the largest private enterprise concern in the British Empire. It was Britain's largest steam railway and the only one to operate in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, as well as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854143495Author Michael WelchFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Capital Transport PublishingPublisher Capital Transport Publishing

The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 three-engine jet is one of the most distinctive wide-bodied aircraft and since the early 1970s has been operated by many airlines on medium- and long-distance routes throughout the world. Successfully flying passenger service...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853616030Author Robert WesternFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 210mm * 147mm * 9mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613252444Author Barry RabotnickFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint CarTech IncPublisher CarTech Inc

This third volume continues James Stringer's popular series with another highly entertaining collection of Austin-related stories. This time you can read all about: 'Mugwump' and its journey from Bristol to Cape Town; how Spike Milligan and fellow Goon...

Applied Naval Architecture is intended for undergraduate students of many of the disciplines in maritime affairs, including marine engineering, marine transportation, nautical science, shipbuilding or ship production (shipyard apprentice schools), marine...

Few cars have achieved the iconic status of Volkswagen's classic and much-loved Beetle - yet its origins are intertwined with the dark days of Nazism. This book looks at those origins, at the marque's initial post-war rescue by the British and the effect...

East Lancashire Coachbuilders was first registered in October 1934 when two former Massey Bros of Wigan employees decided to set up their own company in Blackburn. Their names were George Danson and Alfred Alcock. Over the next seven decades they...

This book on Jaguar E-type originality is based on research spanning almost five decades, and Drs. Haddock and Mueller include here extensive new information from an exhaustive four-year examination of the Mueller collection of over fifty E-types. As...

For this second book in the Transport Philately series on public transport issues featured on postage stamps, once again the author will combine two of his life-long hobbies as he looks at railways around the world on standard gauge tracks that...

Produced annually by the team from Modern Railways - the leading monthly rail magazine, The Modern Railway 2021 offers a comprehensive review of the UK rail industry, together with an overview of events in Europe. With contributions from Roger Ford, Tony...

The Triumph TR2 and TR3 were the heralds of a long-running line of Triumph Sports Cars, culminating in the futuristic TR7 of the 1970s. They were truly sporting cars, suitable for competition and enjoyable fast road motoring. The quintessential British...

This volume starts with London Transport's green Country bus routes, radiating eastwards from Rainham, Epping and Romford. The author lived in Romford at this time and a favourite ride was on the 370 Romford-Tilbury Ferry route end-to-end, which started...