Railroads

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

Hill's Tramroad was established in about 1817 by the Blaenavon ironmaster Thomas Hill to connect his ironworks with Llanfoist Wharf on the Brecknock & Abergavenny Canal. Trams loaded with pig iron were hauled by horses through a long tunnel to Pwlldu on...

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 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 9781909328570Author Kevin RobertsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

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

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...

Bristol is one of the best cities in the world for exploring on foot and the Severn Beach Line - once hailed as one of Britain's most scenic railways - is the gateway to some of its finest sights. The walks in this guide range from short strolls...

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 - A fascinating collection of hitherto unpublished black and...

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. ...

From the busy West Coast and Midland Main Lines to the thriving quarries of Leicestershire and intermodal terminals in and around Birmingham, rail freight is still alive and well in the Midland counties of England. All the established freight operators...

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

Rob Shorland-Ball is a former teacher and is also a born story teller and is well aware of the strong local loyalties in East Anglia. Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex are considered to be very different separate and independent areas by their inhabitants ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956209276Author Richard FurnessFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint JDF & Associates LtdPublisher JDF & Associates Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908174635Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton PressWeight(grams) 480gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 174mm *...

The Kyle of Lochalsh Line was opened in 1870 to connect the ferry terminus at Stromeferry on Scotland's west coast with Dingwall and Inverness on the east coast. It had been intended to reach Kyle of Lochalsh but the company ran out of money, and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914079825Author Peter WallerFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg LimitedDimensions(mm) 150mm * 200mm * 15mm

For British Rail, the 1970s was a time of contrasts, when bad jokes about sandwiches and pork pies often belied real achievements, like increasing computerisation and the arrival of the high-speed Inter-City 125s. But while television advertisements told...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781526729859Author Tim Hillier-GravesFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint Pen and Sword TransportPublisher Pen and Sword TransportWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853615422Author Michael WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 149Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 128mm * 149mm * 10mm

The Highland Railway has a special place in the eyes of many who have an interest in railways. Whether it is the romantic scenery, the long lines running through sparsely populated country or the characteristics of its locomotives that draws people is...

In 2012 it was all change for the railways of East Anglia. After eight years of National Express it was time for a new operator to emerge on to the East Anglian railway scene. Greater Anglia, operated by Abellio, would go on to operate the area for the...

John Dedman first started to take photos of coaches in the late 1970s, mainly as references for modelling purposes. In British Coaching Stock, he delves into his superb archive of unpublished images and shares a wide variety of Mark 1, Mark 2 and Mark 3...

The 00 gauge train set was the ultimate 'boy's toy' of the 1950s and '60s. Electric 00 gauge trains were introduced by Trix and Hornby Dublo in the mid-1930s, but the Second World War quickly halted production. However, they burst back onto the post-war...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913555115Author Paul SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Unique BooksPublisher Unique Publishing Services Ltd

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914079108Author Jamie GreenFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg Limited

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906008406Author Richard AddersonFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton PressDimensions(mm) 240mm * 174mm * 6mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858950471Author Peter W. GrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 259g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853617297Author Alistair WhamFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901706413Author Richard AddersonFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton PressDimensions(mm) 240mm * 168mm * 12mm

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 Rail was not all third rail EMUs, although it often seems like it. There was a huge variety of freight and inter-regional workings that brought 'foreign' locomotives in to the area. During the 1970s, once the author had a...

Illustrated with 180 photographs, this book looks at the much-loved West Highland line, which runs from Glasgow to Fort William, along with the Mallaig Extension from Fort William to Mallaig and the Oban line divergence at Crianlarich. The variety of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956209207Author Richard FurnessFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint JDF & Associates LtdPublisher JDF & Associates Ltd

0 gauge (scale 7mm to the foot) is the 'senior scale' and it has existed for almost as long as the hobby of railway modelling itself. With the advent of high-quality ready-to-run 0 gauge locomotives and rolling stock, it is enjoying a huge surge in...

The author started taking photographs of steam locomotives and steam hauled trains on the Southern in 1960 and continued until the end of steam in July 1967. The quality of most of the very early photographs isn't good enough for reproduction but better...

While Brighton is synonymous with EMUs and commuter trains, over the years there has also been some limited freight and parcels traffic and, eventually, the reintroduced direct services to the Midlands and North West brought further variety to the scene...