Railroads

Until 1987, there was still a busy stretch of British main line railway where traditional Victorian operating practices were used to control the movements of both express passenger and a variety of freight trains. At the heart of the former Midland...

When British Railways (BR) was privatised in April 1994 a series of passenger franchises was created that included services on both the East Coast Main Line (ECML) and competing West Coast Main Line (WCML) routes. The WCML franchise was won by Virgin...

We think of the Stephensons and Brunel as the fathers of the railways, and their Liverpool and Manchester and Great Western Railways as the prototypes of the modern systems. But who were the railways' grandfathers and great-grandfathers? The rapid...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909431942Author Ian Beardsley Rhys JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Platform 5 Publishing LtdPublisher Platform 5 Publishing Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908174864Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway is the UK's leading heritage railway, carrying holidaymakers from the popular seaside resort of Whitby across the spectacular North Yorkshire Moors to the market town of Pickering. The line has been made famous by the TV...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840336559Author Neil BurgessFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingWeight(grams) 167gDimensions(mm) 173mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854144331Author Jim ConnorFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Capital Transport PublishingPublisher Capital Transport Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853617112Author Stanley C. JenkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 9mm

The branch lines of Devon were particularly numerous and this volume covers those in Exeter and the south, central and eastern parts of the county. They were also tremendously varied, ranging from the Exmouth branch - the nearest the West Country comes...

With 187 top quality, mainly 1950s, photographs and eleven drawings, "Railway Memories No.18" lavishly illustrates the diverse railways that once wove their way around the hills, dales and spectacular coastline of Cleveland, Yorkshire's north east corner...

Between 1900 and 1950, Americans built the most powerful steam locomotives of all time-enormous engines that powered a colossal industry. They were deceptively simple machines, yet, the more their technology was studied, the more obscure it became...

Railway enthusiasts living in London in the 1960s saw steam gradually disappearing from the capital's railways. By 1966, with a few exceptions only the south-western lines from Waterloo saw main-line steam in any quantity. Despite being in the middle of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909328563Author Jeffery GrayerFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing

The cross-country Ruabon to Barmouth railway was originally built to fulfil the desire of connecting the town of Llangollen with the rest of the rapidly expanding network. The local Victorian promoters received the backing of the Great Western Railway,...

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. ...

When Jim Body joined Great Northern Railway in 1916, he could never have imagined that it would become 'the family business', with both his son Geoff and his grandson Ian taking to the rails. Through the eyes of three generations of Bodys, the rail...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901706277Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Starting in the late 1970s when the High Speed Trains (HSTs) were first introduced on services out of London Paddington, this book covers approximately forty years of change to the railways of Berkshire. Passenger, parcels and freight services are seen...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909328129Author Jeffery GrayerFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing

This third volume to cover the Class 66 takes a look at the Freightliner-operated Class 66/5/6/9 locos that were delivered during the early to mid 2000s. This was at a time when most of the current locos in use with Freightliner on the national network...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908174512Author 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 9781908174505Author John OrganFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton PressWeight(grams) 480gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 175mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857943337Author Alan J. HaighFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853613862Author M. SharmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

The Canadian Pacific Railway was built to unite all the Canadian Provinces with a transcontinental line running from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Many obstacles were encountered during construction including the Rocky Mountains, a formidable range of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853616207Author Colin Gerald MaggsFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 151mm * 213mm * 7mm

Featuring an array of previously unpublished images, Royston Morris documents the fascinating world of the vehicles and equipment that keep the nation's railways on track and on time. There are numerous machines that can carry out various different...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857945584Author Barry AllenFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 212g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857945577Author Terry Gough and Bob AveryFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

The Peak District area of England has yielded limestone products since around the time of the Romans and by 1794 the Peak Forest Tramway arrived to help transport products further afield. By the time the Midland Railway arrived in the Buxton area in 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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853614616Author Stephen ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 273mm * 210mm * 6mm

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...

Steam's final fling proved a melancholy experience for the many enthusiasts who had witnessed the gleaming giants of the rails in their prime. One day's highly burnished rail tour favourite was the next day's candidate for the breaker's torch. This book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781841144429Author Mike HeathFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove

The accomplishments, and initiatives, both social and economic, of Edward Watkin are almost too many to relate. Though generally known for his large-scale railway projects, becoming chairman of nine different British railway companies as well as...

It is curious that the nineteenth-century railway builders should even have thought of a line linking Huddersfield with Sheffield, now known as the Penistone Line, with the risk of all sorts of disasters. As Along the Penistone Line makes clear,...

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, most of the current locomotives in use on the national network were becoming very tired and evermore unreliable. It was during this time that EWS took over the large bulk of freight operations in the UK, and they...

For over 150 years Britain's railways have relied on a system of semaphore signalling, but by 2020, all semaphore signals and lineside signal boxes will be gone. A Contemporary Perspective on GWR Signalling provides a unique record of the last...