Railroads

In this book, the author defines the express stem locomotive on the basis of the mandatory criterion of large drive wheels, and studies its evolution from around 1850 to the last refinements made around 1960, with many wrong turns and great successes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910356418Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

In August 1914 the GWR was plunged into war, the like of which this country had never experienced before. Over the years that followed life changed beyond measure, both for the men sent away to fight and the women who took on new roles at home. Not since...

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 9781906419806Author Kevin RobertsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing

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

The narrow gauge railways of Britain have seemingly had the gift of choosing some of the country's most beautiful scenery through which to run. The Leek & Manifold Valley Light Railway was no exception, running for eight winding miles through the valleys...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840337631Author W. Stewart WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909431539Author Brian GarvinFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Platform 5 Publishing LtdPublisher Platform 5 Publishing Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853613916Author Jeffrey N. FisherFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 5mm

The high-quality rock strata of the Peak District area of England is a major source of limestone products that have long been transported away in railway wagons. Over the years, many different designs of hoppers, open boxes, covered hoppers and powder...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854144447Author Maxwell RobertsFormat HardbackImprint Capital Transport PublishingPublisher Capital Transport Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908174345Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

CrossCountry Trains Ltd won the right to operate the CrossCountry franchise from 11 November 2007 when the Strategic Rail Authority determined that its bid for the franchise was the best value for money and the most sustainable. CrossCountry operates the...

First introduced in the late 1980s, the Class 442s were like nothing that had been seen before in terms of Southern Region electric multiple units. These stylish and sleek trains were the first electric multiple units capable of reaching 100mph, and...

The city of Derby has a long association with the country's railway heritage, not just as a focal point for the county's railway passengers but also its long tradition of manufacture. Today, Derby enjoys passenger services to destinations as far apart as...

The impact of constant technological change upon our perception of the world is so pervasive as to have become a commonplace of modern society. But this was not always the case; as Wolfgang Schivelbusch points out in this fascinating study, our...

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 9781854144577Author Michael WelchFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Capital Transport PublishingPublisher Capital Transport Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901706857Author 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 9781858950778Author Geoff DowlingFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 408g

During the final quarter of the last century a small railway company had the temerity to set up its headquarters at Swindon, right in the GWR heartland, and to drive a standard gauge line north-south through Brunel's broad gauge empire. The interloper...

In Folk Tales on the Settle-Carlisle Railway, join the driver and fireman on the footplate of a locomotive. Stand behind a range of levers in a signal box or be one of a gang working on the permanent way, sweating in the summer heat or shivering after a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858951751Author Terry GoughFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

This second volume to cover the Class 66 takes a look at the Fastline/Direct Rail Services/Colas-operated Class 66/3/4/8/7 locos that were delivered during the mid to late 2000s. This was a time when most of the current locos in use with Freightliner and...

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 Festiniog Railway can trace its history back to 1829 and it was constructed to serve the slate quarries in the area. It was built to the gauge of 2ft as this was the track width used in the quarries. Originally powered by gravity and horses, by 1863...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909328471Author Ron StruttFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

The Poster to Poster series is a nine-volume definitive collection of British railway posters which showcases many of the railway posters from the National Railway Museum at York and other museums and galleries. Each volume is a mixture of travel...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909328143Author Jeffery GrayerFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing

As days get shorter and seasons change, winter arrives with snow and ice. No matter how brief the day or severe the weather, railroads continue to haul tonnage and passengers through landscapes cloaked in snowy white. Scenery takes on an added dimension...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840338652Author Paul ChrystalFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 176mm * 235mm * 4mm

British Rail operated thousands of different shunt engines during its time, many being built by private companies and others by BR themselves. Sadly, most have now been withdrawn; however, a large number have been saved for posterity by many different...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550179910Author Robert D. TurnerFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Harbour PublishingPublisher Harbour Publishing

This book contains previously unpublished photographs from the collection of David Reed, who set out to record the end of steam trains on British Rail's Southern Region. Also recorded here are steam engines in the locomotive graveyards at Salisbury,...

Digital photography equipment and software now give enthusiasts the ability to create images of exceptional quality. For those who want to develop their skills and improve their results, this book will show you how to get the best from your digital...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853617167Author E. A. LangridgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

Engine Sheds in Camera presents a fascinating and wide-ranging record of engine sheds and motive power depots in Britain, mainly in the 1950s and '60s. Portraits of engine crews and shed workers, together with the images of the buildings and the...

The Southern Electric system was a self contained, roughly triangular area of lines with its apex in London and its base running along the south coast from Kent to Weymouth. It also made a couple of forays into Middlesex. Here, in some 196 previously...

Electro-Motive Division of General Motors was North America's leading locomotive builder from 1945 to 1983. After the early years of custom-built motive power and trains, EMD took to the rails in a big way when it built its first freight locomotives in...