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Olde Cotswold Punishments by Nell Darby 9780752458151
RRP: £12.99£8.32Look beyond the pretty cottages and gentle landscapes of the Cotswolds, and you will find a dark history of crime and punishment. From child thieves, poachers, conmen, prostitutes and would-be suicides to bigamists, highwaymen and murderers, the... -
The Great Western's Last Year: Efficiency in Adversity by Adrian Vaughan 9780752465326
RRP: £16.99£12.94Despite being one of the best-known and admired rail companies in the country, by 1947 the GWR was at the lowest ebb of its entire history. Worn out by war, there had been no maintenance for six years and the government couldn't supply the steel it... -
Railpolitik: Bringing Railways Back to the Community by Paul Salveson 9781907103810
RRP: £15.00£14.69Railways have always been at the heart of British politics, from their early beginnings in the 1830s through to the present day. And the sharpest debates have been on the issue of ownership and accountability. The book charts the railways under... -
Survivors of Beeching by John Jackson
RRP: £14.99£9.70Dr Beeching's infamous 1963 report recommending cuts to a number of Britain's railways has long been etched into the consciousness of the British public, but a look at the rail map of Britain today reveals some survivors. These survivors avoided the chop... -
Rails Through The West: Limerick to Sligo, an Illustrated Journey on the Western Rail Corridor by Jonathan Beaumont
£17.89This pictorial album, illustrated in colour from the 1960s to the present, is a portrait of the Limerick to Sligo railway line in its Indian Summer. The colour photography of Barry Carse allows the line to come to life on these pages reviving memories... -
Wartime on the Railways by David Wragg 9780752486123
RRP: £12.99£9.62Presenting an account of the part played by Britain's railways during the Second World War, this book deals with operational matters and the impact of enemy action on railways. It also looks at financial arrangements, the part played by railway workshops... -
Class 70s by Mark Pike
RRP: £15.99£11.61In the late 2000s, Freightliner was looking to expand its locomotive fleet towards more powerful and fuel-efficient locomotives that were compliant with the various European Union emission standards and rules. In a departure from the newest and most... -
Under 10 CMEs: v. 2: C.E. Fairburn to J.F. Harrison, 1944-1959 by E. A. Langridge 9780853617167
RRP: £16.95£15.09Apologies 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 -
Signalling and Signal Boxes along the GER Routes by Allen Jackson
RRP: £14.99£9.70Over the course of several volumes, Allen Jackson uses an array of photographs to lavishly illustrate the story of signalling in the principal constituents of the LNER - continuing here with the Great Eastern Railway. The LNER is most popularly... -
Maggs's Railway Curiosities by Colin Maggs
RRP: £9.99£6.64What are the wrong kinds of leaves on the track? At which station could you buy your ticket from a booth in a tree? How do smooth wheels grip smooth rails? Why don't locomotive boilers explode? What is a slip coach? How can a railway wagon... -
Britain's Lost Lines: New Uses for Former Railway Sites by Anthony Poulton-Smith
RRP: £14.99£11.55In 1963 the infamous Beeching Report saw the closure of more than 2,500 railway stations and the lifting of 5,000 miles of track. This released a large amount of land that has since been put to an amazing array of uses. The gentle gradients that were... -
Chester to Manchester Line Through Time by Steven Dickens
RRP: £15.99£10.85The route covered by this book dates from 1849 onwards. It ran from Manchester to Altrincham, utilising the infrastructure of the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway, then to Knutsford by 1862, with extensions to Northwich and Mouldsworth,... -
Preserved Diesels in the UK by Ross Taylor
RRP: £14.99£9.70Today, most British Rail diesel locomotive types are represented in preservation, though some classes are much more prolific than others (in particular the more recently withdrawn). Sadly, several early types were lost completely as they were withdrawn... -
Southern Electrics Scrapbook Volume II by Kevin Derrick 9781913390686
RRP: £34.95£24.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913390686Author Kevin DerrickFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Strathwood LtdPublisher Strathwood Ltd -
Railway Remnants The Elham Valley Line by Andrew Garland 9781481002882
RRP: £11.93£9.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781481002882Author Andrew GarlandFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
The Railroad Photography of Phil Hastings by Tony Reevy
RRP: £32.00£29.21The Railroad Photography of Phil Hastings explores the life and influential work of Dr. Philip R. "Phil" Hastings (1923-1987). Along with his contemporaries, Hastings changed the way we look at the North American railroad. Influenced by the... -
Bodmin and Wenford Railway by Don Bishop 9781841149219
RRP: £14.99£9.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781841149219Author Don BishopFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove -
Bluebell Railway Recollections by Keith Leppard
RRP: £6.00£4.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857943917Author Keith LeppardFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group -
Narrow Gauge Through Porthmadog by James Waite 9781900340861
RRP: £19.95£14.25A full colour 120 page hardback illustrated album of the Ffestiniog and both Welsh Highland Railways. The book takes the form of an illustrated journey from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Caernarfon. The photographs are accompanied by detailed and informative... -
Grand Central by Andy Brown
RRP: £15.99£11.61Grand Central is an innovative and pioneering railway open-access operator with a relatively short, but varied history. Beginning operations in 2007, Grand Central runs its routes, Sunderland and Bradford Interchange to London King's Cross, along the... -
The Central Wales Line: A Nostalgic Trip Along the Whole Route from Craven Arms to Swansea by Roger Siviter
RRP: £10.99£8.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858951386Author Roger SiviterFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media GroupDimensions(mm) 238mm * 172mm * 6mm -
Dark Days and Brighter Days for Northern Ireland Railways by Edwin McMillan
RRP: £29.95£22.37The railway system that makes up Northern Ireland Railways was formed in 1967 and remains open to this day despite threats of closure and the devastating effects of the 'Troubles'. This new book records its history through the eyes of the author, an NIR... -
The Southern Way Issue No 30 by Kevin Robertson 9781909328334
RRP: £14.50£7.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909328334Author Kevin RobertsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Firing the Steam Locomotive by The Reading Company 9781937684211
£11.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937684211Author The Reading CompanyFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Periscope Film LLCPublisher Periscope Film LLCWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm)... -
A Bowater's Album by David Hammersley 9781906419264
RRP: £11.95£7.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906419264Author David HammersleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing -
All Change at Reading: The Railway and the Station by Adam Sowan 9781901677928
RRP: £10.00£7.00Isambard Kingdom Brunel gave Reading an inconvenient station with but a single platform; after four major rebuilds it now has 15. This book documents 175 years of growth; the proliferation of branches and connections; the 'railway mania' of the 1840s;... -
Hereford to Newport: Via Caerleon by Vic Mitchell 9781904474548
RRP: £19.95£18.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904474548Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press -
The Welsh Highland Railway by John Stretton
RRP: £16.99£14.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858952338Author John StrettonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Past & Present Publishing LtdPublisher Mortons Media Group -
Looking Back At Sulzer Locomotives by Kevin Derrick
RRP: £14.99£9.70Looking Back at Sulzer Locomotives is a full-colour photographic album depicting the various classes of locomotives on British Railways that enjoyed Sulzer power. Inside we cover Classes 47, 44, 45, 46, 33, 27, 26, 25, and 24, not forgetting the seldom... -
West Croydon to Epsom: Including the Epsom Downs Branch by Vic Mitchell 9781873793084
RRP: £19.95£19.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873793084Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press -
Standard Gauge Great Western 4-4-0s Part 2 by O.S Nock 9780715376843
RRP: £17.99£13.80O.S. Nock continues his account of the GWR 4-4-0s with a further look at G.J. Churchward and his programme of modernisation and standardisation, particularly in boiler design, and his introduction of the 'County' class - the last of the new GWR designs... -
Railway Signal Engineering in the Mechanical Era by L. P. Lewis
£36.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956358585Author L. P. LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint TGR Renascent BooksPublisher TGR Renascent BooksWeight(grams) 489gDimensions(mm) 255mm *... -
Steam Engine Pilgrimage by Anthony Burton 9781473860452
RRP: £25.00£11.55Anthony Burton has travelled from the Highlands of Scotland, to the south west of England in pursuit of his passion for the steam engine in all its different forms. He has travelled on narrow gauge railways in Wales and enjoyed the splendour of main line... -
Tilbury Loop by Edwin Course 9781901706864
RRP: £19.95£18.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901706864Author Edwin CourseFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press -
The Midland Railway: Through the Eyes of a Collector by Roy F. Burrows
RRP: £14.99£9.70The Midland Railway Society's Collection was started by Roy F. Burrows in the 1940s and is now generally recognised as a railway collection of national significance; it is devoted to one particular pre-Grouping railway company - the Midland - up to 1922... -
Dimensions, Weights, and Tractive Power of Narrow-Gauge Locomotives: Manufactured by the Baldwin Locomotive Works by Burnham Parry & Co, Williams 9781935700128
RRP: £14.00£9.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935700128Author Burnham Parry & CoFormat PaperbackPage Count 54Imprint Periscope Film LLCPublisher Periscope Film LLCWeight(grams) 127gDimensions(mm)... -
This Is Your Way Sir by Capital Transport 9781854143433
RRP: £7.95£7.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854143433Author Capital TransportFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Capital Transport PublishingPublisher Capital Transport Publishing -
Rail Rover: Freedom of the Severn and Solent by John Jackson
RRP: £15.99£10.85As the Rover's name suggests, the north of the area ranges from Cardiff and Bristol (close to the Severn) to Swindon and Cheltenham, then extends down to the Southampton area (on the Solent) with a coastal stretch from Portsmouth as far as Weymouth... -
RUNNING ON RAILS: A sojourn through rail-borne transport through two centuries by John Legg
RRP: £25.00£20.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857945485Author John LeggFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group -
Scottish Steam Album by Brian Morrison
RRP: £15.99£10.85In the 1950s there were still train services to most parts of the country, and steam was everwhere. Many of the locomotive types used in Scotland never ventured south of the border. So from 1952 Brian Morrison set out to record every locomotive class...