Transportation

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613253878Author D Brian SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint CartechPublisher CartechWeight(grams) 426gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 10mm

A railway arrived on Anglesey in 1848, linking London and Dublin. It was the great railway engineer Robert Stephenson who ensured that the railway link to Ireland would run along the North Wales coast to Holyhead when he presented plans that overcame the...

The story of early post-World War II Jaguar key fobs, forgotten for more than a half century, seemed wrapped in an impenetrable mist and was only recently exposed by a dedicated researcher and Jaguar enthusiast. Bud Marston's book reveals the story of...

The route from Euston to Carlisle has always been the 'Premier Line' and, in Roaming the West Coast Rails , Derek Cross has captured its atmosphere and beauty during the transition from steam to the diesel and electric era. Dealing briefly with the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907085352Author Bob ExelbyFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Porter Press InternationalPublisher Porter Press InternationalDimensions(mm) 280mm * 220mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982913192Author Pete LyonsFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Octane PressPublisher Octane PressWeight(grams) 401g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781619540217Author Federal Aviation Administration FAA Aviation Supplies & Academics ASAFormat PaperbackPage Count 824Imprint Aviation Supplies & Academics...

At the forefront of innovation and development in the rail world, the Southern Railway was the only main-line railway to embrace electrification wholeheartedly, creating what was at the time the world's largest electric suburban network. It was also the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854143914Author Derek HuntrissFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Capital Transport PublishingPublisher Capital Transport Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909540293Author Nicholas LeachFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Foxglove Publishing LtdPublisher Foxglove Publishing Ltd

First launched in 1965, the Boeing 737, by many measures, is the most successful and long-standing jetliner in the history of aviation. This volume provides an in-depth look into the story of this extremely significant jetliner and the environment that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906919665Author Garry YatesFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Irwell PressPublisher Irwell Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780856968815Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Haynes Manuals IncPublisher Haynes PublishingWeight(grams) 427gDimensions(mm)...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854143556Author Laurie AkehurstFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Capital Transport PublishingPublisher Capital Transport Publishing

First flown in 1963, the Boeing 727 was skillfully designed to outclass its competitors and remained without a direct rival for nearly two decades. This jetliner was capable of being operated from short, unimproved airfields, while requiring minimal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857945898Author John WhitehouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Past & Present Publishing LtdPublisher Mortons Media Group

An event as significant for Alfa Romeo enthusiasts as the reopening of the marque's historic museum at Arese - held on 24 June 2015, the day on which Alfa celebrates its 105th anniversary - could hardly not be celebrated with a book. The official...

The original and only book devoted to modifying VW Bus suspension, brakes and chassis for high performance now in completely updated form. Now covers all T1 to T5 buses, vans, campers & pick-ups 1950-2010. Ideal for owners wanting to uprate handling...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588340788Author Milton O. ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams) 1g

This latest photo-album in the ""Camera On"" series contains 150 more photographs of private cars adapted for military use by the German forces during WWII. The remainder of the Opel motor company major production types are covered - the car types...

Following the Casablanca Conference in January 1943, at which the Americans refused to back Britain's plan to invade the Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean, to be followed by an invasion of the Greek mainland, a weakened British attempt was made with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901706703Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613255841Author Dennis ParksFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint CarTech IncPublisher CarTech Inc

Incident Command: Tales From the Hot Seat presents a unique examination of the skills of the on-scene or incident commander who is in charge of an emergency or major incident. Experienced commanders from the police and fire services, the armed forces,...

Fully revised and updated to consider recent developments in the industry, the sixth edition of Managing Airports: An International Perspective provides comprehensive and cutting-edge insight into the processes behind running a successful airport...

The illustrated record of all Lola cars from 1978 to 1997. Acknowledged Lola experts Esa Illoinen and John Starkey pool their knowledge to provide full detail on all the different types of Lola of this period - single-seaters and sports racing cars. A...

The little band of Puritan emigres that left Southampton in 1620 to found a godly colony in Virginia (as the eastern seaboard of the North American continent was known at the time) carried with them the ideological seed-corn of a new nation. They were...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692673508Author Kim Edward Bevier CfiiFormat PaperbackPage Count 74Imprint Walloon PressPublisher Walloon PressWeight(grams) 122gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

In late 2007 Freightliner placed its order for twenty Class 70 locomotives. General Electric (GE) commenced building these locomotives at its plant in Pennsylvania, USA, culminating in the delivery of the first two locos in late 2009. Further deliveries...

Written by a pilot for the non-aviator, Strike Eagle puts the reader inside the cockpit of one of the world's most advanced fighters-the F-15E. It is a human-scale account of men at war.About the AuthorWILLIAM L. SMALLWOOD is the author of numerous...

The Daimler Company was one of the oldest established builders of PSV chassis in the United Kingdom and enjoyed a reputation for quality and innovation, particularly with the fluid flywheel. From the earliest charabancs on solid tires, through the...

It was in 1911, on a beach by the North Sea, that Robert Blackburn's Second Monoplane made its first successful flight. By 1914, the Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co Ltd had been formed, based in Leeds, and had taken its place in the ranks of the British...

Many books have been written about the River Thames, some of them devoted to bridges, but not one has been specifically devoted to ferries on the river, until now. In her first of two volumes on the subject, Joan Tucker takes us on a journey down the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840338607Author Stuart EmmettFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 176mm * 235mm * 4mm

Drone Law and Policy describes the drone industry and its evolution, describing the benefits and risks of its exponential growth. It outlines the current and proposed regulatory framework in Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe,...

The Royal Mail has, for over 500 years, provided a crucial service in keeping people connected by land, sea and air. As the British Empire grew, so too did the need for a fleet of liners to service it, and in 1839 Queen Victoria granted the initial Royal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506288345Author Terry L DuranFormat PaperbackPage Count 708Imprint Kaplan PublishingPublisher Kaplan PublishingWeight(grams) 1111gDimensions(mm) 277mm *...

Ernest Sheasby arrived in the small village of Corfe Castle in Dorset around 1896. After ten years in employment, he set up shop with a horse and carriage business. During the next few years, the business grew, Sheasby purchased motor vehicles and two...

The start of the twenty-first century saw a flurry of bus activity at Stratford in East London to provide services to the Millennium Dome - this proved to be largely unneeded. Far more significant was the award of the Olympic Games to London in 2012,...