Railroads

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858950570Author Keith SandersFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 363g

The Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway is one of the world famous Great Little Trains of Wales, and has now been operated for longer as a preserved railway than it was as a part of the national rail network. This book, compiled by the railway's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853617488Author A.T. NewhamFormat PaperbackImprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840332537Author Gordon StansfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 174mm * 250mm * 48mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955411038Author Kevin RobertsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840338515Author Tom HeavysideFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 175mm * 240mm * 4mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840336702Author Neil BurgessFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 172mm * 240mm * 4mm

It is hard, from a distance of nearly two centuries, to imagine the impact the coming of the railways must have had at the start of the nineteenth century. Their physical impact was dramatic enough - great mechanical horses, breathing fire and smoke and...

This concise look at the locomotive company Robert Stephenson & Co from 1823 to 1923 by J. G. Warren provides a unique history of the locomotive industry as it came to be built. He includes details such as letters, diagrams, photos, pictures and tables...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840334975Author David RossFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857944341Author Philip HortonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

At one time, it seemed as though every canyon and pass leading into Colorado's high country was a path laid with 3-foot gauge narrow gauge railroad. Dreams of tapping the riches of mining discoveries in mountain locations made this almost true. But...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995749382Author Peter WallerFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Unique BooksPublisher Unique Publishing Services Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910356098Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

The development of railways in Britain came in the 1830s as a result of the needs of industry and of the public eager for the novelty and cheapness of rail travel. As the authors of Wheels to Disaster! explain, these early railways were beset by...

The last two decades have seen many changes to the railways of Central Scotland with different ownership of passenger franchises and new locomotives and rolling stock for both passenger and freight. These changes have intensified over the five years...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854143365Author Michael WelchFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Capital Transport PublishingPublisher Capital Transport Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780711037465Author David CableFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Ian Allan PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840334272Author Stephen JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingWeight(grams) 160gDimensions(mm)...

The West of England Division stretched from Penzance in the west to Blackwell Summit at the top of the Lickey Incline to the north of Bromsgrove. Geographically it was the largest of the three operating divisions of the Western Region, and in many ways...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853617402Author R.J. MaycockFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 18mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901706895Author Keith ScholeyFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

At the nationalisation of Britian's railways in 1948, the railways in the north-east of England had been placed within the North Eastern Region of British Railways, and had been given a distinctive orange corporate colour. It was with some shock that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857942941Author John StrettonFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

The picturesque county of Hampshire in southern England boasts an astonishing variety of railway lines and attractions to delight the enthusiast. From one of the world's oldest operational railways at Hythe, a unique island line, to successful...

As the hugely popular Llangollen Railway recovers from a financially troubled Lockdown period, we are delighted to present this 120 page hardback photographic album of the railway at its brilliant best!Book InformationISBN 9781900340915Author Iain...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904474777Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton PressWeight(grams) 450g

Before the widespread popularity of automobiles, buses, and trucks, freight and passenger trains bound the nation together. The Station Agent and the American Railroad Experience explores the role of local frontline workers that kept the country's vast...

Electric Locomotives on Scottish Railways covers virtually the whole of the electrified network across Scotland. The first electrification took place on the north side of Glasgow from 1960 when the Airdrie to Helensburgh line and branches in between were...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993487095Author Michael ClutterbuckFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Heddon PublishingPublisher Heddon PublishingWeight(grams) 186g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909328181Author Kevin RobertsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing

The Midland main line from London St Pancras to the north of England is one of Britain's most important trunk routes. With its various loops and branches, this major artery of communication links busy centres of population such as Leicester, Derby,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857945942Author Will AdamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

China was the last bastion of the steam railway, with construction of new steam locomotives for industrial use continuing up to the end of 1999. Even now a few locomotives struggle on at collieries and other industrial premises, but this is likely to end...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857703658Author Paul O'CallaghanFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint SB PublicationsPublisher SB Publications

Hungary offers the railway photographer a wealth of different trains to document; alongside the state railway operator MAV there are a number of private companies operating all over the country, such as GYSEV, Floyd and AWT. There are also a number of...

Operated by the Govia Group, London Midland commenced operation in November 2007, combining the former Silverlink franchise with parts of the former Central Trains franchise. The geographical area covered by the company stretches from London Euston,...

Bounded by the counties of Hampshire, Somerset, Berkshire, Dorset, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire, the county of Wiltshire has several significant main line railway routes passing through it: to the north is the Great Western Main Line from London...

It is over fifty years since the main line steam revival began in October 1971 with the return to steam by 6000 King George V, thanks to the efforts of Peter Prior and the help from the British Railways Board. This is not the whole story, in that the...