Railroads

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 9781857943672Author David MitchellFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

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 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

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 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 9781857944419Author David MatherFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

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...

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...

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...

The steam locomotive was a British invention and even today, the world speed record for steam remains with a British locomotive, Mallard. Steam's first significant contribution to British industry was through powering pumping engines for mines. When...

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...

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 *...

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...

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 *...

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...

Continues from Engine Sheds in Camera (2005), which presented a record of engine sheds and motive power depots in Britain in the 1950s and '60s. This work returns to the same subject and includes a selection of black and white photographs, along with...

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...

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

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

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. ...

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 9780956407382Author Henry L. GreenlyFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Camden Miniature Steam ServicesPublisher Camden Miniature Steam Services

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