Transportation

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998950747Author Rob SiegelFormat PaperbackPage Count 338Imprint Hack Mechanic PressPublisher Hack Mechanic PressWeight(grams) 203g

This book provides an easy-to-follow practical guide to the maintenance, repair and modification of the different types of suspension used in cars. With over 170 illustrations, including colour photographs and diagrams, this practical book explains what...

Honda's Valkyrie/F6C burst onto the motorcycle scene in the mid-1990s, completely changing the way Cruisers looked and performed. Honda's history with horizontally opposed engines in motorcycles dates back to the mid-1970s and the Valkyrie's fully...

Expert practical advice from an experienced race engine builder on how to build an ignition system that delivers maximum power reliably. A lot is talked about ignition systems, and there is a bewildering choice of expensive aftermarket parts, which all...

At the end of the First World War, it was realised that aviation was no longer for the select few but that technology had advanced so much that passengers could be carried long distances relatively economically. As soon as civil aviation was allowed...

With so many different models and specifications to navigate, this book will help you get the Mini you want at the right price. Featuring over a hundred colour images, plus details of problems to keep an eye out for, it is an essential aid for the...

Boats are expensive and they are complicated - unless you are going to pay a professional to carry out a survey (at yet more expense) it is invaluable to be able to: - quickly assess a potential purchase for signs of trouble without paying for lengthy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906919979Author Ian SixsmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Irwell PressPublisher Irwell Press

Under-maintained and over-worked during the Second World War, Britain's railways emerged from the conflict carrying a 'poor bag of physical assets'. Yet the new government of 1945 saw a need to bring the nation's great industries into public ownership -...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorTrained as a photographer in the Royal Air Force, Phil served for 20 years, mainly in aerial reconnaissance and combat photography. He then worked for eight years...

Adhering to what is considered statutory Outer London, this collection of images covers various vehicle types, operators and locations in Outer London since 1990. This book covers the final few years of London Buses plus various independent operators...

The history of the Mersey lighthouses.About the AuthorJohn and Diane Robinson live in Cheshire and have been researching the lighthouses of Liverpool Bay for many years. They are members of the Association of Lighthouse Keepers.Book InformationISBN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906008659Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

The Great Western is the least known of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's three ships, being overshadowed by the later careers of the Great Britain and the Great Eastern. However, the Great Western was the first great success, confounding the critics in becoming...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853614616Author Stephen ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 273mm * 210mm * 6mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905505425Author Nigel BrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Kestrel Railway BooksPublisher Kestrel Railway BooksDimensions(mm) 272mm * 215mm * 10mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908174550Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton PressWeight(grams) 480gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 174mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780910970Author Jonathan WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing

This is a comprehensive study of the career of one type of rally car - the BMC Mini-Cooper/Mini-Cooper S. In the 1960s the Mini became famous as Britain's most successful rally car. It combined superb handling, a tiny body shell, high-performance engines...

Narrow Gauge in the Tropics is the first comprehensive history of railways and tramways in the Dutch East Indies (modern Indonesia) from breaking ground in 1864 to the invasion of the Japanese during World War II.During the mid-19th century under...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780809098958Author Jason VuicFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.Publisher Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.Weight(grams) 350g

Londoners, and London-bound commuters, rely heavily on the railways, the London Underground and Docklands Light Railway to get around. This means there is a constant need for maintenance, and sections of lines are often closed at weekends for track work...

Located on the north bank of the River Thames opposite Gravesend, with which there has been a ferry link for centuries, Tilbury Landing Stage is a fine vantage point for viewing shipping passing to and from upriver berths. Ever since it opened in 1930...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854143631Author Ken BlackerFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Capital Transport PublishingPublisher Capital Transport Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613257227Author Steve HolmesFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint CarTech IncPublisher CarTech Inc

This book describes one of the world's longest serving and most widely used military helicopters. Developed in the 1960s by the Soviet Union as a fire-support helicopter, more than 2,000 have been produced and continue in production today. Given the...

The 1960s witnessed a magnificent, if misguided, swansong for the ocean liner. As the decade progressed a steady succession of elaborate new 'ships of state' populated the world's sea lanes, in futile defiance of the vapour trails above them. Into this...

In Great Britain there existed a practice of naming steam railway locomotives. The names chosen covered many and varied subjects, however a large number of those represented direct links with military personnel, regiments, squadrons, naval vessels,...

Do You Dream of Riding a Motorcycle?The Craft and Art of Motorcycling will help make your dream a reality-from your first ride to the road ahead. Hollywood's go-to riding guru, Steve Krugman, has trained thousands of riders including high-profile actors,...

'Trip', if you happened to be a Swindonian and one that worked 'inside' the Great Western Railway's Swindon Works, was the event of the year. When, in 1848, a party of some 500 made up of men from the Mechanics Institution and their families took the...

A in-depth study of the Ford small block V8 racing engines, covering their development history and use in motorsport. The book explains how rapidly the Ford small block Fairlane V8 engines evolved from passenger car engines to highly successful racing...

This book provides for the first time a complete look at all of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's contributions to the great age of steamship design. From modelling boats as a child to his youthful dreams of leading a fleet of ships, he was excited by maritime...

Scotland still has hundreds of miles of `dismantled railways', the term used by Ordnance Survey, and the track beds give scope for many walks. Some track beds have been `saved' as Tarmacadam walkway/cycleway routes while others have become well-trodden...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853617266Author Colin G. MaggsFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

In this book, the author defines the express stem locomotive on the basis of the mandatory criterion of large drive wheels, and studies its evolution from around 1850 to the last refinements made around 1960, with many wrong turns and great successes...

In 1915, the biggest plane yet seen in Britain took flight, a twin-engine monster with a 100-foot wingspan. Handley Page bombers attacked German cities, disrupting the enemy's industry and crippling its war effort. The men that flew in the 'Bloody...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910356418Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

The last rotary-engined car built, Mazda's RX-8 provides a unique driving experience. Until you've tried one, it's hard to imagine how smooth its free-revving engine really is, or how enjoyable its handling. With comfortable space for four, it can be...

Initially designed and built by Hunting Percival, the Jet Provost was a jet-powered development of the piston Provost trainer, which only entered service five years before its more powerful younger sibling. The Jet Provost became the RAF's first ab...

In August 1914 the GWR was plunged into war, the like of which this country had never experienced before. Over the years that followed life changed beyond measure, both for the men sent away to fight and the women who took on new roles at home. Not since...