Railroads

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858953021Author John HuntFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909328716Author Kevin RobertsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780711038387Author Colin J. MarsdenFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Ian Allan PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

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The railway lines of the heavily industrialised Black Country were of considerable commercial importance to the fortunes of the Great Western Railway and its successor, the Western Region of British Railways. Nevertheless, they received little attention...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780906520260Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton PressDimensions(mm) 240mm * 172mm * 12mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910356340Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

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Over the past two million years that human species have inhabited the Planet Earth they have distinguished themselves by their ability to make and do things creatively to ensure their survival. From the beginning, therefore, they have been defined by...

The BR modernisation plan of 1955 envisaged the replacement of steam traction with diesel and electric locos by around 1975. Chief among the requirements was a loco more powerful than the 2,000-hp locos that had been produced before then. The Sulzer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854142610Author Michael WelchFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Capital Transport PublishingPublisher Capital Transport Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853614494Author Bob YateFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 10mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905505357Author Ian WhiteFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint Kestrel Railway BooksPublisher Kestrel Railway Books

Germany, by its very location and size, is host to a vast number of different traction types. The main operator is DB, and they run huge numbers of both freight and passenger workings that still have locomotive haulage. On the passenger side, most main...

The Class 156 (Super Sprinter) is a Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) ordered by British Rail and built between 1987 and 1989 by Metro-Cammell to replace the aging first-generation 'Heritage' DMUs. A total of 114 of these units were produced at the Washwood...

'Trip', if you happened to be a Swindonian and one that worked 'inside' the Great Western Railway's Swindon Works, was the event of the year. When, in 1848, a party of some 500 made up of men from the Mechanics Institution and their families took the...

The story of the most successful of Britain's new private railway companies is one of triumphant business despite the odds. Formed in 1996 after the privatisation of British Rail, this is a modern railway history, and one which reveals the secrets behind...

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...

Since the 1860s trains have conveyed crushed limestone from Derbyshire to the soda ash and chemicals works in mid-Cheshire. By the 1930s a new higher capacity design of wagon was needed, and so the 'Hoppers' were built by Charles Roberts for Imperial...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908174369Author Roger DarsleyFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858950549Author Alan R. ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 403g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780711034723Author Gavin MorrisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Ian Allan PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904474500Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

The Great Thorpe Railway Disaster of 1874 is the third title from Norwich writer and biographer Phyllida Scrivens, who lives less than half a mile from the site of the fatal collision. At Norwich Thorpe Station on 10 September 1874, at Norwich station a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858952925Author John WhitehouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media GroupDimensions(mm) 238mm * 172mm * 9mm

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...

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In the 1950s Merseyside was a Mecca for steam enthusiasts; over 400 locomotives were allocated to the seven depots that serviced Liverpool and Birkenhead. This book covers the last twenty years of steam in Merseyside, when the area was the centre of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853617235Author Peter PayeFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint 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 9781911658443Author Mark ChattertonFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 311gDimensions(mm)...

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...

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...

London's Underground is one of the best-known and most distinctive aspects of the city. Since Victorian times, this remarkable feat of engineering has made an extraordinary contribution to the economy of the capital and played a vital role in the daily...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853616658Author Brian Michael HandleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911262268Author JOHN JENNISONFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Irwell PressPublisher Irwell Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780906520765Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

With images and vivid recollections, we journey away from the main line to valleys, quarries and factories. Industries as diverse as slate, iron, paper, glass, food and tourism relied on dozens of small railways to keep people and goods moving. At...