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Many railway modellers include an engine shed somewhere on their layout. However, all too often the shed is squeezed into a quite improbable location and is little more than a place to 'park' engines when they are not in use. This well-illustrated and...

Gresley's B17s explores the career of this steam locomotive passenger class from its introduction in 1928 to withdrawal in 1960 Designed by the London & North Eastern Railway's world-renowned Chief Mechanical Engineer Sir Nigel Gresley, the engines...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910356692Author Roger DarsleyFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Selby was an important location from the earliest days of the railways, with the arrival of the Leeds & Selby Railway in 1934. Over the succeeding years it became an important nodal point, with the opening of railways to Market Weighton and Driffield, to...

In the quarter of a century between 1830 and 1855, the railway locomotive developed from the small sisters of Rocketto the broad gauge monsters of Daniel Gooch, with a boiler pressure nearly three times that of Rocketand weighing in at nearly 40 tons...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800350212Author Kevin RobertsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853612025Author Peter PayeFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 210mm * 147mm * 14mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910356784Author Ian ColebyFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

This book takes readers on a spectacular journey across North and Mid-Wales in the thirty-year period from the mid-1950s onwards. In full colour, it features scenic railway main lines and branches; ports, canals and shipping including the Liverpool &...

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 9781858951423Author John StrettonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

Running a railway is a complex business, constantly throwing up drama, misadventure and the unexpected. Geoff Body and Bill Parker have collated a rich selection of railwaymen's memories and anecdotes to create an enjoyable book of escapades and mishaps,...

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...

Return to the era when rail blue ruled supreme on the railways of Britain, when a wide variety of British-built trains operated from the highlands of Scotland, through the now vanished industrial north and midlands, through the Welsh valleys, across the...

It's an exciting time on Scotland's railways, with new trains meaning faster journey times. The popular 'InterCity' brand has been revived and electrification has spread across the Central Belt. The rural routes have changed little, but are now marketed...

Over more than fifty years, the railways of the Eastern Counties have seen a great number of changes. In the early 1970s, many stations, even some of the smaller ones, had a resident diesel shunter for moving empty carriages or servicing the goods yard...

This book shows the important role played by the nation's railways in the nuclear industry and how the need to secure that service through the turbulence of privatisation led to the creation of the nation's most diverse railway company, Direct Rail...

Recording an iconic and important decade in the history of the Southern Region, Michael Hymans offers a unique year-by-year photographic record of the fascinating changes that took place. With an accessible, easy-to-read style, Southern Region Through...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945512315Author Lowry Global Media LLCFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Lowry Global Media LLCPublisher Lowry Global Media LLCWeight(grams)...

Before the West Coast Route electrification was completed in 1966, the electric locomotive was quite a rare beast on Britain's railways, with the exception of the Manchester to Sheffield service that had been electrified from 1954. There were plenty of...

The London & Birmingham Railway was the major project of its day, designed by Robert Stephenson, one of the great railway pioneers, who also supervised its construction and its opening in 1837. Camden Goods Station became the goods terminus and Euston...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854144676Author Jim ConnorFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Capital Transport PublishingPublisher Capital Transport Publishing

Do you love trains? Do you love adventure? If so, join Tom Chesshyre on his meandering rail journey across Europe from London to Venice.Escaping the rat race for a few happy weeks, Chesshyre indulges in the freedom of the tracks. From France (dogged by...

LONDON’S HISTORIC, iconic Underground railway system in the period from 1968 to 1985 was a very different place to what it is in the 2020s. Much of its rolling stock dated from before World War Two, and with the exception of the new Victoria Line and the...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857943191Author L.F.E. CoombsFormat PaperbackImprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

The Bakerloo is the dull brown line on London's iconic tube map. It doesn't have the multiple branches of the Northern or District Lines, the loops of the Piccadilly or the Central, or the puzzling shape of the non-circular Circle.But its nondescript...

_The Golden Age of Yorkshire Steam _includes a wealth of unique memories and experiences from a collection of railway enthusiasts, who in their youth were fascinated by the steam locomotives that ruled the rails. Discover what it was like growing up in...

Throughout its length from London to Glasgow via Crewe and Carlisle, with a loop through the West Midlands and spurs to Holyhead,Liverpool and Manchester, the West Coast Main Line has consistently provided interest for those many with more than a passing...

Main line steam officially ended on British Railways in 1968. Fortunately, steam has continued on preserved railways and even on the modern main line, and the essence of everyday steam working can still be captured. Here, father and son team Robin and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906008109Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Opened in 1836 as a horse tramway using gravity to carry slate from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog, by the 1920s the Festiniog Railway had left its years of technical innovation and high profits long behind. After the First World War, the railway s...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780711037953Author Mark B WarburtonFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Ian Allan PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781802582017Author Gary EssexFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg Limited

The railway lines of the West Highlands of Scotland are famous the world over for their illustrious history and unparalleled scenic beauty. Linking Glasgow with Oban, Fort William and Mallaig, the lines managed to survive the axe of Dr Beeching, whose...

First published in 1879, this book has been identified as a lost publication by Peter Waterman, who is writing the introduction to the reprint.The book, which was published in the year of the Tay Bridge Disaster and the Zulu War in South Africa, looks in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857945904Author Phil WilliamsFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913627263Author Jonathan DavidsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 20Imprint Candlestick PressPublisher Candlestick Press

This unique volume is a startling record of memorable and tragic happenings culled from the railway history of three counties in south-east England: Sussex, Surrey and Kent. It is believed to be the first book to describe and illustrate the accidents and...