Railroads

A volume of a new and exciting series illustrating one of the country's best loved railway companies in the days of steam.It consists of maps, charts, timetables and photographs are used to give the reader a sense of a journey in time along the various...

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Andrew Grant Forsyth's impressive catalogue of previously unpublished photographs portrays the work of locomotives from all parts of the former LNER territories between 1947 and 1958. On trips to sheds and stations across eastern England, he photographed...

The first Brush Type 4 No D1500 was delivered to British Railways in September 1962, working its first passenger trains on 8 October. This new book from Simon Lilley is a pictorial history of their first 20 years in service with a mix of black and white...

The West Coast Main Line and the line from Kilmarnock south to Gretna were both built to ensure that passenger services from Scotland would connect to towns and cities in England and, more importantly, that it would open up markets for both manufactured...

Railways have been used for the carriage of mail since soon after the Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened in 1830, the development of the first travelling post offices following, enabling the Post Office to achieve maximum efficiencies in mail...

A photographic journey of the ever changing railway scene of southern England stretching from Cornwall to the Kent Coast, served from 1953 to the present day by the Southern Region and its successors. When our story begins steam west of the Portsmouth...

Scottish Highland Railways describes eight great journeys by rail through northern Scotland, detailing the history of the lines while travelling along their modern-day routes. In addition, the landscapes, regional history, stations and services...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809860Author Peter TimmsFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

This book is about one ordinary person's efforts, largely carried out single-handedly and with limited funds, to build a model railway layout in his garden that runs just like the real thing. It is based on Brymbo in North Wales, where the GWR and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911639404Author Andy CowardFormat PaperbackPage Count 1Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 430gDimensions(mm) 295mm *...

Built to carry minerals from mines in the Rheidol valley, the 2ft gauge Vale of Rheidol Railway found its niche carrying tourists to the tourist attraction at Devil's Bridge, 12 miles inland from the Cardigan coast resort of Aberystwyth. Taken over by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912213146Author Peter WallerFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg Limited

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908174758Author Roger DarsleyFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780860936954Author Hugh LongworthFormat HardbackPage Count 338Imprint OPC RailprintPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840339529Author Neil BurgessFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 174mm * 240mm * 4mm

British Rail is a contentious company, as controversial as Dr Beeching and his axe. However, this examination of BR's passenger services shows just how vital the organisation was.It successfully carried millions of commuters to and from their jobs every...

Nicholas Whittaker's much-loved classic recollects the long sunny days of his childhood when, notepad in hand, jam sandwiches in the duffel bag, he happily spent his time jotting down train numbers during the Indian summer of steam and the heyday of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781900340755Author Helen AshbyFormat HardbackPage Count 120Imprint Locomotives InternationalPublisher Mainline & Maritime Ltd

The Black Country is an area immediately to the west of Birmingham heavily associated with the Industrial Revolution. The townships are fiercely partisan and in typical fashion have fought hard for their railway connections. The main presence was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809624Author Peter GrayFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

The railways which operated in Worcestershire were controlled by the Midland Railway and the Great Western Railway, whose struggle for supremacy had considerable effect on the development of railways in the county. The most important route through the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840336573Author Neil BurgessFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing

The story of the world's most audacious infrastructure project Less than a decade ago, China did not have a single high-speed train in service. Today, it owns a network of 14,000 miles of high-speed rail, far more than the rest of the world combined...

In The Great Railway Revolution, Christian Wolmar tells us the extraordinary one-hundred-and-eighty-year story of the rise, fall and ultimate shattering of the greatest of all American endeavours, of technological triumph and human tragedy, of visionary...

The Festiniog Railway can trace its history back to 1829 and it was constructed to serve the slate quarries in the area. It was built to the gauge of 2ft as this was the track width used in the quarries. Originally powered by gravity and horses, by 1863...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854144256Author Mike HorneFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Capital Transport PublishingPublisher Capital Transport Publishing

Ernest Marples revolutionised three UK government departments. At Transport (1959-1964) he appointed Dr Beeching chairman of British Railways and commissioned him to produce his infamous report, inaugurated motorways and introduced significant...

The Western Region has been going through a period of great transition, and this book aims to document these changes, such as the rebranding of First Great Western as Great Western Railway and the replacement of the High Speed Train (HST) fleet with the...

The railway came to Peebles in July 1855. However, this small town in the Scottish Borders soon became the subject of a dispute between the North British Railway and the Caledonian Railway. The Peebles Railway, the first to reach the town, was taken over...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906419387Author Kevin RobertsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing

The British Rail Class 142 Pacer was an attempt to produce a cost effective train to replace the worn-out and elderly first generation BR Diesel Multiple Unit fleet that had been introduced in the late 1950's. The Class 142 concept was a marriage of...

The Erewash Valley line, linking the busy railway junctions at Trent through the once bustling yards of the iconic railway location of Toton and to the main line at Clay Cross, has seen much in the way of change over the last half a century...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627009263Author Brian SolomonFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Kalmbach MediaPublisher Kalmbach MediaWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 270mm * 208mm *...

For generations of railway enthusiasts and more latterly for social historians, the life and times of the former Great Central Railway and in particular its extension towards London in the 1890s and closure seventy years later, have generated...

'There is probably no place in the British Isles that could offer a more attractive study to one interested in railway working on a small scale than the Isle of Wight'. P. C. Allen, 1928 At its height the Island had a network of 551/2 miles of line...

The first traction engines were built around the middle of the nineteenth century. Their great pulling power and ability to provide power for other equipment revolutionised road haulage and agriculture. Great makers like Burrell and Garrett from East...

The military was quick to see the advantages of railways in warfare, whether for the rapid deployment of men or the movement of heavy equipment like artillery. From here it was a short step to making the train a potent weapon in its own right - a mobile...

The London Midland & Scottish Railway was the largest of the Big Four railway companies to emerge from the 1923 grouping. It was the only one to operate in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, as well as having two short stretches of line in...

Railway photography has never been more popular. Good quality images, once only achievable with expensive professional hardware, are now within everyone's reach. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced photographer wanting to broaden your horizons,...