Railroads

Week after week, the guns of the British expeditionary force battered away at the defences of Sevastopol, eight miles away from Balaklava, the port through which all besiegers' supplies arrived. As autumn turned to winter, rain and frost turned the track...

There is a widely held belief that Thomas Cook invented the railway excursion. In fact the railway excursion is almost as old as the railway itself, dating back to the 1830s, when hordes of people from one town would descend on another for a 'cheap trip'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909328808Author Terry ColeFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840336566Author Neil BurgessFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingWeight(grams) 167gDimensions(mm) 173mm *...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853616030Author Robert WesternFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 210mm * 147mm * 9mm

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853615743Author Stanley C. JenkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857943108Author Patrick KellyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853615880Author Jonathan BeaumontFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 11mm

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Swindon Works 1930-1960 is a fully revised and enlarged edition of Working at Swindon Works 1930-1960, first published in 2007. It describes various aspects of the famous railway works of the Great Western Railway, later British Railways Western Region. ...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780711038561Author Colin MarsdenFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint Ian Allan PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

The changes to rail freight in Wales and the Borders since the 1980s have been dramatic in many ways and have often been a knock-on effect of huge transformations in the industries that the railway serves, most notably, the coal-mining sector. These have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858950587Author David MitchellFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 359g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840335552Author Neil BurgessFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 172mm * 242mm * 4mm

With tracks and trackage rights that cover more than half of the states in the union, the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe is one of the true giants not just of the United States, but of the entire global rail scene. From the vast mileages of the Trans-Con...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858952703Author Terry GoughFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780711038073Author Ben MuldoonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Ian Allan PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

R.J. (Ron) Buckley's photographs show the changing locomotive scene taking place throughout the counties of Northumberland, Durham and Yorkshire, illustrating from the later 1930s those pre-grouping classes that were still working. These included the...

The Fifteen Guinea Special was the last steam-hauled British Rail passenger service on 11 August 1968. A day later, the once living and breathing steam locomotives fell silent, some never to run again. Ian Hardman begins with an in-depth look into the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853617549Author Roger JermyFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

America was made by the railroads. The opening of the Baltimore & Ohio line--the first American railroad--in the 1830s sparked a national revolution in the way that people lived thanks to the speed and convenience of train travel. Promoted by visionaries...

Though the famous bullet train launched in 1964, many steam engines were still operational in Japan before withdrawal in 1975. These wonders of narrow gauge railway engineering have often gone unappreciated in Western countries - until now. Japan's...

A comprehensive look at the LMS/BR Class 7 4-6-0 rebuilt locomotives, including the rebuilt Jubilees, the rebuilt Patriots and the rebuilt Royal Scots. The book includes hundreds of photographs and feedback from the original crews that operated the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913390242Author Kevin DerrickFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Strathwood LtdPublisher Strathwood Ltd

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CELEBRATING FIFE'S RAILWAYS. By the end of the nineteenth century Fife, like most of central Scotland, had a fairly extensive railway network serving the towns and country, moving the people and products of its varied industries and agriculture around...

Being a lover of steam locomotives is a bit like chasing a setting sun - with the real diehards searching out survivors further and further from their home territory. Many enthusiasts would mark August 1968 as the end of 'proper' steam locomotives in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857946086Author Roger RounceFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

Over 200 underground railways are in service or under construction around the world. Many although of great importance to their cities and passengers are otherwise unremarkable, however others have fascinating stories to tell. With unique histories,...

The 1950s and 1960s was a time of profound cultural and technological transformation. With images and vivid recollections, we journey back to post-war Wales and the Western Region of British Railways. We explore favourite routes and railway places, many...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780906520116Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

No fewer than sixteen pre-grouping companies were represented within Cumbria's borders, seven of these in Carlisle alone. To the east of the mountains are the great Anglo-Scottish lines of the London and North Western and the Midland. Venturing across...

Following the end of the steam locomotive in normal service, the diesel has become the favourite of many railway enthusiasts. To show something of the diesel types and operations on various international railway systems, Peter J. Green has selected some...