Railroads

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906008055Author J. E. ConnorFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Mark Yonge had, for many years, wanted to write a book about railway projects that were started but never completed. The physical evidence of these works throughout England although rapidly vanishing, can still be seen in places to this day. The reader...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956209214Author Richard FurnessFormat HardbackPage Count 279Imprint JDF & Associates LtdPublisher JDF & Associates Ltd

In 1904, when Leicester Corporation opened its state-of-the-art electric tram network, it enjoyed a monopoly on routes and convenient central terminal points. But soon the first small independent motor bus companies became active, and by 1921, Midland...

A model railway layout is greatly enhanced by a good back scene. If a modeller is prepared to go to great lengths to achieve realism in the locomotives, rolling stock and buildings, this should be carried through to the scenics. This book is a...

Leaping across the Avon Gorge, the Clifton Suspension Bridge is a statement of Victorian bravado, ingenuity and engineering prowess. It was Brunel's first major commission, his 'first love' as he put it, and the bridge has become the city's most famous...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909823198Author Tom FerrisFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg Limited

Much has been written about the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, especially how it came into being and the Rainhill Trials, but very little has been said about what happened after the grand opening on 15 September 1830. Drawing on years of research, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853616580Author John HoldenFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911262114Author Ian SixsmithFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint Irwell PressPublisher Irwell Press

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All aboard for the first comprehensive history of the hard-working and wildly influential Northeast Corridor. Traversed by thousands of trains and millions of riders, the Northeast Corridor might be America’s most famous railway, but its influence goes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901706802Author Edwin CourseFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809518Author Colin MarsdenFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

The World's Great Rail Journeys describes over 50 of the world's most exciting, unusual and exotic railway journeys, including North America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australasia, updated to include photographs of new trains travelling on the same...

WORCESTER LOCOMOTIVE SHED is the third in a series of in depth studies of Western Region motive power depots. This provincial city was a busy and fascinating rail centre with main line passenger and freight services passing through alongside local...

To most people InterCity means the network of trains linking the UK with London, but there is a far more interesting and often overlooked network that avoided London: Cross-country. The North East-South West route of British Rail linked Newcastle with...

It was in 1841 that the London & Brighton Railway constructed the line from Norwood (linking with the London & Croydon Railway) to the coast. The lines built between 1841 and 1868 formed a comprehensive countywide network, extending from Three Bridges to...

The railway lines of the heavily industrialised Black Country were of considerable commercial importance to the fortunes of the Great Western Railway and its successor, the Western Region of British Railways. Nevertheless, they received little attention...

Loadhaul, Mainline and Transrail were formed in 1994, when British Rail decided to concentrate its freight operations in the three companies. BR decided to split the country into three regions, with Loadhaul in the north-east, Transrail to the west, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853617594Author Jonathan BeaumontFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

The A4 Pacific locomotive No. 60009 Union of South Africa has recently been retired and is destined to go into a museum. Here, this famous loco's support crew share their memories and anecdotes of working to keep it running for the enjoyment of thousands...

Now preserved for almost sixty years, the former Midland Railway branch from Keighley to Oxenhope to the west of Bradford may not be one of the country’s longest – indeed it only stretches for just under five miles – but it is one of the country’s most...

In many ways this title featuring the evolution of cross-channel boat trains and the many dedicated services responsible for moving international passengers to and from trans-Atlantic steamers, is an extension of luxury railway travel. But that's not the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780906520543Author 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 9781908174574Author 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 9780853616894Author Peter PayeFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

During the 1970s and 1980s, the Western Region was undergoing change in both trains and equipment. On passenger services High Speed Trains worked alongside loco-hauled passenger trains and first generation DMUs, while in the world of freight the last of...

An Odyssey in Steam is renowned artist David Bell's fifth book which features his beautiful and complex paintings of steam engines and locomotives with captivating technical accuracy. It is a unique look at the railways during the age of steam...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912213108Author Paul LawtonFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg Limited

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857943399Author Dr. Bob TebbFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909328570Author Kevin RobertsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

This is the shocking true story behind the botched introduction of Automatic Half-Barrier level-crossings into Britain. January 1968 saw the convening of the first Parliamentary Court of Inquiry into a railway accident in Britain since the Tay Bridge...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910202302Author Richard McMunnFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint How2become LtdPublisher How2become LtdDimensions(mm) 194mm * 128mm * 10mm

Over 125 years ago, barely a year and a half after the Tay Railway Bridge was built, William McGonnagal composed his poem about the Tay Bridge Disaster, the poem about Britain's worst-ever civil engineering disaster. Over 80 people lost their lives in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909328686Author John WenyonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing

In the 1950s and 1960s the railway system in Ireland became a magnet for enthusiasts from Great Britain who realised that, as on the mainland, a way of life was fast disappearing as diesel traction replaced steam and the size of the rail network across...

The book concentrates on the London Midland Region in the final years of steam traction covering the period 1948 to 1966. All major London Midland Region towns and cities are represented. - A fascinating collection of hitherto unpublished black and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780711038431Author John L. FoxFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Ian Allan PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

The Southern Region of British Railways had long sought to design a locomotive capable of working on electrified lines and non-electrified station yards and sidings. In 1959 British Railways approved a design, designated Class HA, later British Railways...