Railroads

Viewing Norfolk Southern Railway covers the history of this railroad, beginning with the South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company, which in 1830 operated the first regularly scheduled passenger train in the United States. Among the many railroads that...

For countless holiday-makers, a trip to the seaside resorts of the West Country used to mean travelling on the network of lines operated by the Great Western and the London and South Western railways. Before the reshaping of British Railways following...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858953007Author John HuntFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Past & Present Publishing LtdPublisher Mortons Media GroupDimensions(mm) 238mm * 172mm *...

Approved in May 1833 at the same time as the London & Birmingham Railway, the Grand Junction Railway was intended to act as a link between the London & Birmingham and the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. Built under the guidance of Joseph Locke, the Grand...

The Eastern Region was a great attraction to railway enthusiasts in the years after nationalisation. The 200 photographs here have been carefully selected to convey the essence of these exciting times, when it seemed that steam would remain unchallenged...

The railways of the USA have a great following, both in the United States where there are large numbers of rail fans and increasingly in Britain/Europe, where there are enthusiasts who visit and model North American railroads. The number and variety of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858952758Author John StrettonFormat 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 9781857945546Author Paul StratfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Mortons Motorcycle Media LtdPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 238g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738551005Author Greg BorzoFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 748gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857944419Author David MatherFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857040565Author Maurice DartFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove

A publication that takes a new approach at the work of Pieter Brueghel the Younger and his contemporaries. This book shows what appears to be a purely religious subject, has been approached in such a way that it can be seen as a hidden critical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781599070155Author Shonda BuchananFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Tsehai PublishersPublisher Tsehai PublishersWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528998178Author Kym RigterFormat HardbackPage Count 28Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley PublishersWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439230961Author Indravadan C ShahFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Booksurge PublishingPublisher Booksurge PublishingWeight(grams) 445g

More than 250 classic American locomotives."Let the country but make the railroads, and the railroads will make the country."- Edward PeaseDuring the mid-1800s, American railroads became the lifeblood of new communities in the West and brought new ways...

R. E. L. Maunsell's engineering career started in Ireland, where he graduated to the post of Chief Mechanical Engineer of the GSWR. He crossed to England just before the outbreak of the First World War to take up the same post on the SECR, where his...

Great Railway Journeys: London to Oxford and London to Cambridge is the fourth in Roger Mason's Great Railway Journeys series. It is a fascinating record of things that can be seen from trains running from London to the two great university cities. ...

This book provides an in-depth exploration of trains and train travel. Letherby and Reynolds have conducted extensive research with all those concerned with trains, from leisure travelers and enthusiasts to railway workers and commuters. Overturning...

Once an icon of American industry, railroads fell into a long decline beginning around the turn of the twentieth century. Overburdened with regulation and often displaced by barge traffic on government-maintained waterways, trucking on interstate...

To many, the narrow gauge belongs entirely to the past; to others it runs a poor second to the glamour and action of main line standard gauge steam. To such critics - and main gauge enthusiasts alike - this book is dedicated. The narrow gauge has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781561647095Author Dan GallagherFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Pineapple Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)...

Sixties Spotting Days Around the London Midland Region is a photographic album depicting the 1960s with coverage of steam, diesel and electric traction from that great period of change on our railways. The captions include items of news, culture, music...

1968: The Last Year of Steam is a photographic album in full colour, depicting this important year with month-by-month coverage of over thirty-five different kinds of locomotives as British Railways phased the last steam locomotives out of use. These...

Great Railway Journeys: London to Sheffield features a series of fascinating sites that can be seen from the window of a train travelling to Sheffield from St Pancras Station in London. Some, like Wembley Stadium and St Albans Cathedral, will be familiar...

Perfecting the American Steam Locomotive documents the role played by mechanical engineers in the development of locomotive design. The steam engine and the mechanical engineering profession both grew directly out of the Industrial Revolution's need for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840333534Author W. A. C. SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857944044Author David PhillipsFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

The South Wales Railway was promoted in the 1840s with the aim of completing a rail link between England, Wales and Ireland. As such, the proposed railway was seen as 'a great national undertaking to connect the South of Ireland as well as South Wales...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911658610Author Robin JonesFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media Group