Railroads

The Manchester & Leeds Railway was sanctioned by Parliament in 1836 as a railway commencing at Manchester and terminating at Normanton, from where trains would reach Leeds via the North Midland Railway. Although Leeds is only 35 miles from Manchester,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857944143Author Chris HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

Glory Days: Western Region Steam Around London is a photographic tribute to the former Great Western Railway (GWR) in the post-war years up to the end of Western Region (WR) steam on 31 December 1965. There was certainly a great deal of glory to be...

Between 1835 and the 1850s, railway mania blossomed around Britain. Crime emerged as the railways developed, at first opportunistic crimes such as fare evasion and robberies, but gradually more inventive forms evolved, notably the minor clerk Redpath in...

The heritage railways of Britain have taken preserved steam into a new golden age. All over the country enthusiasts flock to lavish love and attention on the preserved railways and relive bygone eras, especially the ever-popular 1940s re-enactments. But...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857944655Author Mike HeathFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media GroupDimensions(mm) 169mm * 238mm * 4mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857945447Author Paul StanfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media GroupDimensions(mm) 238mm * 172mm * 14mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858951966Author Ted GrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

Looking Back at Stanier Locomotives is a photographic album depicting the designs of Sir William Arthur Stanier, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway from the 1930s. With an extensive selection of colour photographs taken...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857943696Author Nigel AdamsFormat 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 9781906008239Author John OrganFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

The railways of the Isle of Man offer a fascinating insight into public transport in the Victorian era. This small island in the Irish Sea is home to no fewer than seven operating railways and tramways, as well as a transport museum and railway relics...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873793534Author Dave JonesFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Midnight train rides, head-on freight collisions-there is never a dull moment when it comes to trains. Take a look at America's biggest railroads and meet the thunderous personalities who operate them.In Last Train to Texas, author Fred W. Frailey...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858951454Author Roger SiviterFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

The author came to London from Lancashire as a nine-year old having developed an interest in his local buses and Blackpool trams at a very early age. He remained in south-west London living in the Wandsworth and Wimbledon areas for the next 45 years. As...

The Pennine ridge - 'England's backbone' - has provided a dramatic backdrop to the steam locomotive for nearly 180 years. Armies of navvies, commanded by engineers such as George Stephenson, Charles Vignoles and Joseph Locke, battled against...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738548029Author Allan C LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 233mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909328235Author John C MorganFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143426752Author Bibek DebroyFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Portfolio IndiaPublisher Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd

The Great Northern Railway out of King's Cross was always in the limelight with the 'Scotch Expresses' and it carried the baton to just north of Doncaster, whereupon the North Eastern Railway took over. The GNR ventured to Derby, Nottingham, Leicester,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857942644Author Paul ShannonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

Sixties Spotting Days Around the Scottish Region is a photographic album in full colour, depicting the 1960s with coverage of both steam locomotives and the new traction that was taking over during that great period of change on our railways. These...

Praised by the Chicago Tribune as "thoroughly and compellingly detailed history," Volumes I and II of Maury Klein's monumental history of the Union Pacific Railroad covered the years from 1863-1969. Now the third and final volume brings the story of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857944488Author Nigel AdamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

This is James Waite's second book for Pen & Sword about narrow gauge railways. He has travelled extensively in search of interesting, and often obscure, railways in remote locations. His previous book looked at the narrow gauge scene around the...

The Diesel That Did It tells the story of the legendary diesel-electric locomotive, the FT.As war loomed in 1939, American railroads were on the precipice of railroad transformation. In an obscure factory in La Grange, Illinois, a group of gifted...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909328211Author Mike JacobsFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing

Among the many lines that branch all around the East of England, there are some that can be seen diverging from stations that are never used by the train operating companies. These lines head to hidden gems within the East of England known as preserved...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910415306Author Ken CordnerFormat HardbackPage Count 212Imprint Key Publishing LtdPublisher Key Publishing Ltd

Two railway lines cross the border between England and Scotland today, one on the east coast and the other on the west. But, once there were another five lines converging on the border. What happened to them? Here, in this excellently researched and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907094606Author Kieth PirtFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Book Law PublicationsPublisher Book Law Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954706838Author Max HaymesFormat PaperbackPage Count 390Imprint Music Mentor BooksPublisher Music Mentor BooksWeight(grams) 638g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857943672Author David MitchellFormat 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 9781854142139Author Tony HillmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Capital Transport PublishingPublisher Capital Transport Publishing

Sixties Spotting Days Around the Eastern Region offers striking colour photographs depicting the 1960s with coverage of the steam, diesel and electric locomotives from that great period of change on our railways. The captions include nostalgic items of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840332872Author David JamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing

The beauty of its mountain and coastal scenery has always made the railways of North Wales special. During the 1960s, as fast as steam was fading on the main lines, it was flourishing on the narrow gauge railways, hinting at the great potential that was...

Authorised on 8 May 1833, the London & Birmingham Railway was one of Britain's first great trunk lines. Engineered by Robert Stephenson (1803-1859), the L&BR line was regarded at the time of its construction as 'the Eighth Wonder of the World'. The route...

No-one could have imagined what a revolutionary change the dawning of the railway age would have on the British countryside and its inhabitants. Somerset was no exception: the Great Western Railway, the London and South Western Railway, and the Somerset...