Transportation

In the first-ever history book about BART, longtime agency spokesman Michael C. Healy gives an insider's account of the rapid transit system's inception, hard-won approval, construction, and operations, "warts and all." Written with a master...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892873524Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

Inspired by the AEC Routemaster, the New Bus for London, later renamed the 'New Routemaster', was the first bus specifically built for use in London since 1968, when the last Routemaster machines were constructed. Then Mayor Boris Johnson wished for a...

This book covers every aspect of the dry docking of sea going vessels. It provides a guide to industry for the different dock types and docking procedures inclusive of material management, steelwork operations and dry dock legislation. Many thousands of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857944648Author Henry ConnFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media GroupDimensions(mm) 169mm * 238mm * 4mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613250662Author Robert BowenFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint CartechPublisher CartechWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613254325Author Doug DutraFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint CarTech IncPublisher CarTech Inc

An electric bicycle is, quite simply, a normal bicycle with an added battery and electric motor that just about double your pedal power - able to waft up hills and into headwinds, they take the sweat out of cycling, and give you supercharged legs! How...

From its formation in 1919 in Wigan, Lancashire, Northern Counties Motor & Engineering Company Limited grew to become one of Britain's most prominent bus builders. From independent operators both large and small, through to the municipal sector, the...

Celebrating the sesquicentennial anniversary of the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States, After Promontory: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Transcontinental Railroading profiles the history and heritage of this historic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857943740Author David PhillipsFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

At the height of its existence, the Fishguard & Rosslare Railways & Harbours Company owned a total of 104 miles of track in Ireland as well as just short of a mile of line at Fishguard Harbour. The Company is now jointly owned by Irish Rail and Stena and...

The definitive history of the internationally popular Porsche 924, including motorsport. Expert guidance on buying a 924. Over 220 illustrations, mainly in colour, acquired with the full assistance of Porsche.Book InformationISBN 9781845849771Author...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983060642Author A Nicholas VeronicoFormat PaperbackPage Count 326Imprint The Sturge-Weber FoundationPublisher The Sturge-Weber FoundationWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588345813Author F. Robert van der LindenFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams) 1g

For the first time, a rich heritage of pictures and other information about private motoring in Bedford since the turn of the 20th century highlights a little known aspect of the town's history.About the AuthorRichard Wildman is School Archivist of...

Traffic crashes are one of the ten leading causes of deaths worldwide, and the leading cause of death for young people in the western world - a seemingly necessary evil that accompanies increasing levels of motorization. In this comprehensive 2nd edition...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781850100508Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Haynes Manuals IncPublisher Haynes Manuals IncWeight(grams) 495gDimensions(mm)...

Looking Back at Riddles & Ivatt Locomotives is a photographic album depicting the designs of both Robin Riddles CBE and Henry George Ivatt. With 190 colour photographs, the book covers all of their British Railways Standard designs, the Austerities and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782985560700Author William SilverFormat PaperbackImprint Vintagehonda PublicationsPublisher Vintagehonda PublicationsWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 280mm...

Iconic cars such as the 356's and the immortal 911's, extraordinary success stories in the classic endurance races, great champions and remarkable engineers. These are the principal ingredients of Porsche. The Golden Years, a book examining the full...

This book comprehensively examines the relationship between literature and sculpture in the work of W. B. Yeats, drawing on extensive archival research to offer revelatory new readings of the poet. The book traces Yeats's literary and critical engagement...

The Midland Main Line (MML) links London's St Pancras station to the East Midlands cities of Leicester, Derby and Nottingham. It then heads northwards through Chesterfield to Sheffield. Along the way, its southern section sees an extensive service of...

At the start of 1963, author and photographer Charlie Verrall was disillusioned after the withdrawal of so many steam locomotives at the end of the previous year. However, coaxed into returning to his old hobby, he would spend the next few years until...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781387499489Author Don NarusFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 136g

The Railroad Photography of Phil Hastings explores the life and influential work of Dr. Philip R. "Phil" Hastings (1923-1987). Along with his contemporaries, Hastings changed the way we look at the North American railroad. Influenced by the...

On February 17, 1894, the Diesel engine was operated successfully for the first time. Since then it has been a prime mover for civilization, and today much of the world depends on it as a source of power. Nowhere, perhaps, is it in more widespread use...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780914025153Author David BurchFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Starpath PublicationsPublisher Starpath PublicationsWeight(grams) 259g

Sir John Franklin's Arctic expedition departed England in 1845 with two Royal Navy bomb vessels, 129 men and three years' worth of provisions. None were seen again until nearly a decade later, when their bleached bones, broken instruments, books, papers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613254721Author Charles MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint CartechPublisher CartechWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840333046Author Robert GrievesFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906537340Author Gordon YefimFormat HardbackPage Count 640Imprint Classic PublicationsPublisher Crecy PublishingWeight(grams) 2700g

This fascinating collection of 200 archive photographs takes the reader on a nostalgic bus and tram ride through the north-west of Birmingham, from the city centre along the A41 to Hockley, taking in the famous Jewellery Quarter and the many Victorian...

The complete navigation reference for beginners and experts including electronic simulators for GPS, chartplotting, radar and AIS. The modern sailor needs a back up plan if the electrics on board fail, and Pat Manley delivers the tools to make this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904474593Author Colin BarkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Being an avid collector of old photographs, particularly those featuring railways, well-known Yorkshire writer Peter Tuffrey was aware of the vast photographic archives lurking in the depths of the Yorkshire Post newspaper. Recently renewing his contact...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857942941Author John StrettonFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780760338001Author Wayne ScrabaFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Motorbooks InternationalPublisher Motorbooks InternationalWeight(grams) 470g

In this compelling book looking at the sporting history of the Jowett company, Noel Stokoe has compiled an absorbing selection of thoroughly entertaining personal accounts by Jowett drivers in competition from 1906-1954, including the mammoth treks...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910241745Author Colin PittFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint C P PressPublisher C P Press