Transportation

Sixties Spotting Days Around the London Midland Region is a photographic album depicting the 1960s with coverage of steam, diesel and electric traction from that great period of change on our railways. The captions include items of news, culture, music...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781599691480Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781841554440Author Colin PittFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Unique Motor BooksPublisher Unique Motor BooksWeight(grams) 330g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901703016Author Ships in Focus PublicationsFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Ships in Focus PublicationsPublisher Ships in Focus...

Between 1959 and 1964, the Meister Brauser racing team was a leader in US road racing. With Harry Heuer and ace Augie Pabst driving Scarabs, all-American race cars, the team chalked up an unprecedented run of championships. Besides its on-track...

The emergence of the motor car transformed the twentieth century. This illustrated book examines the earliest history of the motor age, explaining the first attempts to develop a self-propelled road vehicle. Often these early pioneers employed strange...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935327875Author United States Air ForceFormat PaperbackPage Count 500Imprint CKE PublicationsPublisher CKE PublicationsWeight(grams) 982gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613255698Author Eric McClellanFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint CarTech IncPublisher CarTech Inc

Plans: Approaches to Brindisi Approaches to Otranto Approaches to Gallipoli Approaches to CrotoneAbout the AuthorImray Laurie Norie & Wilson Ltd was formed in 1904 when three private chart publishing firms amalgamated. Each of these London companies had...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781599695440Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

This is a photographic history of the Yorkshire Ouse navigation, with a wide-ranging collection of images from the early days to today showing the changes over the years.Book InformationISBN 9780752423692Author Mike TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892876389Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 488Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

From the dawn of human flight to today, Seattle has hosted flying history from dirigibles and fabric biplanes to jumbo jets, from epic pioneering flights to innovative companies making world travel routine. This book recaptures that historical awe and...

The structure that anchors Chicago.Every day Chicagoans rely on the loop of elevated train tracks to get to their jobs, classrooms, or homes in the city's downtown. But how much do they know about the single most important structure in the history of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989806503Author Old Car Nuts from Across AmericaFormat PaperbackPage Count 314Imprint David D DickinsonPublisher David D DickinsonWeight(grams)...

1968: The Last Year of Steam is a photographic album in full colour, depicting this important year with month-by-month coverage of over thirty-five different kinds of locomotives as British Railways phased the last steam locomotives out of use. These...

Space Power Development: Theory and Organization explores the nature of space programs and how nations can maximize their advantages gained from space operations. The first chapter of the book draws from both military and economic theory to describe an...

Great Railway Journeys: London to Sheffield features a series of fascinating sites that can be seen from the window of a train travelling to Sheffield from St Pancras Station in London. Some, like Wembley Stadium and St Albans Cathedral, will be familiar...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857040565Author Maurice DartFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove

Due to a strong industry need, many academies and technical schools now offer courses on refrigeration and air-conditioning. Marine Refrigeration and Air Conditioning introduces this complicated subject in a detailed, straightforward manner. Mechanical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620922682Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Haynes Manuals IncPublisher Haynes PublishingWeight(grams) 450gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613250020Author George ReidFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint CartechPublisher CartechWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 7mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620923672Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Haynes Manuals IncPublisher Haynes Manuals IncWeight(grams) 531gDimensions(mm)...

Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Transport...

Augie Pabst was one of the best American sports car racers in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He started driving small production cars and progressed rapidly to the best and fastest racing machines of the day. Along the way he scored many major...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780972470414Author Benjamin Frank RosanderFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint RV-Busconversions.comPublisher RV-Busconversions.comWeight(grams) 264g

Perfecting the American Steam Locomotive documents the role played by mechanical engineers in the development of locomotive design. The steam engine and the mechanical engineering profession both grew directly out of the Industrial Revolution's need for...

When Orville and Wilbur Wright soared over Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina's outer banks and solved the problem of aerial navigation, they wrote the last chapter in a long story. For decades prior, a small community of engineers, scientists, and...

The Jaguar XK120 caused a sensation at the 1948 London Motor Show with its stunning appearance and the startling performance on tap from the innovative XK engine. Although the captivating roadster had been intended as a limited volume showcase for the...

The basic concepts in the transportation and traffic operations field that should be understood by every transportation professional are presented here in a thorough, coherent, and self-contained way. Introductory chapters on "tools" cover topics such as...

The widespread adoption of smartphones, ridesharing and carsharing have disrupted the transport sector. In cities around the world, new mobility services are both welcomed and challenged by regulators and incumbent operators. Mobility as a Service...

Entering service in 1938, the Nieuw Amsterdam was the Holland America Line flagship until the construction of the Rotterdam in the late 1950s. Her prewar life was short and she was used as a troopship during the Second World War, carrying many thousands...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854142597Author David RuddomFormat PaperbackImprint Capital Transport PublishingPublisher Capital Transport Publishing

The advantages of airline competition to consumers are clearly apparent. Lower fares, greater choice, more frequent flights and a wider range of available services have all been evident when the entry of a new competitor has occurred. In many instances...

This is the first of two edited volumes from an international group of researchers and specialists, which together comprise the edited proceedings of the First International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, organized by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892872343Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

The first quarter of the 20th century was a time of dramatic change in auto racing, marked by the move from the horseless carriage to the supercharged Grand Prix racer, from the gentleman driver to the well-publicized professional, and from the dusty...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780981815749Author Raymond a Bawal JrFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Inland ExpressionsPublisher Inland ExpressionsWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm)...

This first ever biography of Antarctic explorer Sir Raymond Priestley (1886-1974) covers his full (at times life-threatening) involvement with Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1907-1909 Nimrod Expedition and Robert Scott's 1910-1913 Terra Nova Expedition...

Great Railway Journeys: London to Oxford and London to Cambridge is the fourth in Roger Mason's Great Railway Journeys series. It is a fascinating record of things that can be seen from trains running from London to the two great university cities. ...