Railroads

The outbreak of the Second World War had an enormous effect on the railway system in Britain. Keeping the trains running through times of conflict was not such a distant memory for the railway companies and their workers but in this second major war of...

We are all familiar with bustling Tube stations and overcrowded carriages, but have you ever wondered what the London Underground looks like empty? Victoria Louise Howard's haunting photographs reveal just that: beautiful architecture, engineering and...

Very few diaries of directors and senior managers of the Big Four railways have survived to enter the public domain. There are, however, two notable Southern Railway diarists whose records have been available in archives for some years, but have been...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780906520321Author 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 9780860936763Author Chris AustinFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

The last decade has seen a large number of changes on the railways in and around Birmingham. A new operator, accountable to the regional authorities, has taken over most local services from London Midland. There have been new liveries, improved stations...

BR’s Southern Region witnessed huge changes in the 1960s. At the beginning of the decade steam operation could be seen on many branch lines and byways but by the end steam had disappeared and many of the lines which served quiet or rural locations were...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906419691Author Peter TatlowFormat HardbackPage Count 300Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing

In a rapidly changing world, with increasing competition in all sectors of transportation, railways are currently restructuring their planning, management, and technology. As commercial and pricing policies change and new methods of organization are...

Crewe needs little introduction. Even in a country built on railways, with many other railway centres, Crewe is a railway town that is unequalled: five major routes, several motive power depots, an extensive station, large marshalling yards and at one...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781526740342Author Graeme GleavesFormat HardbackPage Count 168Imprint Pen and Sword TransportPublisher Pen and Sword TransportWeight(grams) 248g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857945669Author Paul StanfordFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

The first half of the 1990s was a period of significant change for the BR shunter fleet, which by now almost entirely consisted of Class 08s and Class 09s. The Sectorisation structure that had been in place at the beginning of the decade was replaced in...

Following on from his popular series examining industrial steam in regions of the UK, Gordon Edgar looks at a series of fascinating workings around the world during the final days of steam in industry. A number of globe-trotting trips in the latter part...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909328198Author Mike KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing

RAILS THROUGH WEXFORD is a photographic journey across the two scenic railway routes in the south of the county, which once upon a time connected Waterford city with Wexford town and points further afield, by two different routes. The photographs are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853617570Author Robert WestonFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911262220Author IAN SIXSMITHFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint Irwell PressPublisher Irwell Press

"Illustrated with over 180 photographs, this book presents two generations of railway photography of the southwest of Scotland. The two 20-year periods of 1960-80 and 2001-21 were chosen because the former covers the changeover years from steam to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853617259Author L.T. CathcpoleFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

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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...

Insights into the political background to the first year of the Second World WarBook InformationISBN 9781526749154Author John MatthewsFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Pen & Sword TransportPublisher Pen & Sword Books Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909823181Author Tom FerrisFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg Limited

Simon Bradley traces the history of the station, introducing us to the men behind the architecture and looks at its new international status. This fine new edition includes a fascinating chapter on the new hotel and some timely revisions bringing it...

The West Riding of Yorkshire boasted the most complex railway network in Britain, comprised at various times of seven railway companies, with an eighth trying to secure a foothold, eleven significant joint lines and several minor systems. With no...

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 9781906419455Author Michael WelchFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912050666Author Tom FerrisFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg Limited

The railway in 1980 had not changed much since the 1960s. There were certainly no more steam locomotives, but passenger trains consisted largely of carriages hauled by locomotives, which had mostly been constructed in the 1950s or early 1960s. Secondary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906008468Author John OrganFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

This book is the first of two which covers the history of the Great Eastern Railway and its predecessors from the first proposal for a railway in the eastern counties in 1811 for a railway from Islington to Wallasea Island and Mucking to its absorption...

Designed by G.J. Churchward, no. 40 was constructed at Swindon in April 1906. It was Swindons first 4 cylinder simple engine and was the forerunner of Churchwards famous 4 cylinder Star Class 4-6-0s. Initially built as a 4-4-2 Atlantic, no. 40 was named...

Brian Reed's account is widely acknowledged as the definitive work on the once mighty Crewe Works, with an emphasis on the pre-1947 period it also includes information on the post-nationalisation period. It provides a wealth of authoritative detail on...

Step by step, fully-illustrated building instructions for seven LEGO train models including a coal gondola, milk tanker, open hopper, depressed flatcar, passenger coach, powered box car, and diesel locomotive. Design alternatives suggest ways to...

The coastal and mountain scenery around the railway lines of North and Mid Wales is among the best in Great Britain. Here we look at the British Railways lines and the trains that ran on them in the years between 1980 and 2000, as recorded by my cameras...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908174970Author Richard AddersonFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

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

Bradshaw's Guide of 1863 was the staple book on what's what and where's where for the mid-Victorians and it gives the modern reader a unique insight into the world of the nineteenth-century railway travellers. The guide introduced the notion of seaside...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840337013Author David RossFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing