Railroads

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The North Wales landscape contains everything from steelworks and collieries to national parks and seaside resorts. Thus, there was plenty of traffic to interest the various railway companies that would be established in the area. The main reason for a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906419622Author Kevin RobertsonFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854144072Author Michael WelchFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Capital Transport PublishingPublisher Capital Transport Publishing

"This new oversize, full colour book is the 'Diesel Spotter's Guide' on steroids. ... After you get Locomotives, you'll WANT to go out and see what's new!" -Railfan and Railroad. "This is a field guide that is also elegant, so my advice is this: Buy ...

ferroequinologist (noun) Someone who studies the 'Iron Horse' (i.e. trains and locomotives). From the Latin ferrus 'iron' and equine 'horse' + -logist As the British steam era drew to a close, a young Keith Widdowson set out to travel on as many...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857945300Author Horton PFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

Rail Freight in the North West depicts the changing scene of rail freight traffic in this region of England in recent years. The huge variety of workings in this area are represented, including the Preston-Todmorden line over Copy Pit; the Calder Valley...

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The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway evokes many different images, for it was essentially a railway of contrasts - for some it represented holidays to the South Coast resorts of Brighton, Eastbourne, Hastings and Worthing that were all in their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909328600Author Jeffery GrayerFormat PaperbackImprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627007948Author Jim WrinnFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Kalmbach MediaPublisher Kalmbach MediaWeight(grams) 1116gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 20mm

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Ever wondered what it was like to run a fledgling heritage railway? Former General Manager of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway Bernard Warr lifts the veil on the ups and downs of running a private railway line in the 1970s. From working as a...

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For nearly half of the nation's history, the steam locomotive was the outstanding symbol for progress and power. It was the literal engine of the Industrial Revolution, and it played an instrumental role in putting the United States on the world stage...

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...

English Electric Class 20 locomotives once operated over virtually the entire rail network of Scotland. They were introduced to the Highlands in the late 1950s and are probably best remembered for working local freight traffic or working in pairs pulling...

'There is probably no place in the British Isles that could offer a more attractive study to one interested in railway working on a small scale than the Isle of Wight'. P. C. Allen, 1928 At its height the Island had a network of 551/2 miles of line...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840337594Author Neil BurgessFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 174mm * 240mm * 4mm

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The North Western Railway of India (NWR) was one of British India's largest railway systems. Created out of the merger of several local Indian lines, the NWR was gradually extended and charged with the double duty of running civilian passenger trains...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840337907Author Hugh OramFormat PaperbackImprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing

The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway is perhaps best known for its role in the 1970s film The Railway Children, based on Edith Nesbit's much-loved book. Perhaps less known is that the railway has appeared in many other television and film productions,...

Keith W. Platt made his first visit to Woodham's scrapyard, Barry, in the late 1960s at a time when steam locomotives could still be seen on the national network, going about the everyday business of working goods and passenger trains. With the final...

The Channel Tunnel Rail Link is Britain's first dedicated high-speed railway line and its first major railway-building project in more than a century. Running from London's newly refurbished St Pancras International to the mouth of the Channel Tunnel,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910356432Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

L M S & L N E R Steam Locomotives, is the result of over two decades of photographing steam locomotives in action in many parts of Britain covered by the former LMS and LNER Railway Companies. They were the two largest of the 'Big Four' Railway...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853617280Author A. SimpsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

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When British Railways (BR) initiated its Modernisation Plan in 1954 it had little experience of diesel locomotives thus initiated a Pilot Scheme to trial combinations of the three elements comprised within a locomotive the engine, transmission and body. ...

The steam locomotive is a machine that has inspired imagination, innovation and invention from the time of its origination and continues to evoke passion in enthusiasts today. Here Michael R. Bailey, expertly and in fascinating detail, describes the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906919696Author John NicholasFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Irwell PressPublisher Irwell Press

The West Somerset Railway opened in 1862, linking Taunton, Watchet and Minehead. Popular with tourists travelling the Somerset coast, it was nonetheless closed by British Rail in 1971. This book tells the story of the small group of enthusiasts, many of...