Railroads

Churchward proposed a 5ft 8in wheeled 4-6-0 for mixed traffic duties in 1901 and it was seriously considered in 1905, but it took until 1936 before his successor, Charles Collett, realised the plan by persuading the GWR Board to replace many of the 43XX...

Using well over 200 pin sharp photographs and informative text, the book will feature many aspects of railway development in Yorkshire prior to the Grouping of railways in 1923 as well as the years afterwards, up to 1948, and the establishment of British...

During World War II women took on railway roles which were completely new to females. They worked as porters and guards, on the permanent way, and in maintenance and workshop operations. In this book Susan Major features the voices of women talking about...

In mid-1964, Keith Widdowson got wind that the Western Region was hell-bent on being the first to eliminate the steam locomotive on its tracks by December 1965. The 17-year-old hurriedly homed in on train services still in the hands of GWR steam power,...

Revised and updated edition of Christian Wolmar's classic history of the London Underground, with a new chapter on Crossrail.'I can think of few better ways to while away those elastic periods awaiting the arrival of the next eastbound Circle Line train...

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This is a book about the transition from steam to diesel and electric traction on British Railways, covering a period from 1960-1970. The author Jim Blake, took a huge number of pictures during this period, covering all aspects of the railway and its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910356814Author Tom HeavysideFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Few locomotives are as widely known or excite so much interest as Flying Scotsman. Designed by Sir Nigel Gresley in 1923, the locomotive became a flagship for the LNER and represented them at the British Empire Exhibition in 1924 and 1925. Thus began...

There are currently 272 London Underground, 113 Overground and 45 Docklands Light Railway stations. Luke Agbaimoni has been slowly attempting to capture visual moments at each one.When we see a symmetrical image, it soothes us. It feels as if a puzzle...

Named after the Napier Deltic diesel engines that powered them, the Class 55 Deltic locomotives served on Britain's railways from the early 1960s until the last examples were retired at the beginning of 1982. While in service, the Deltics dominated...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910356746Author Roy DaviesFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

This is the tenth book by David Maidment in the Locomotive Portfolio' series and covers the large number of designs from 1860 onwards of 0-6-0 saddle tanks built for both the Great Western Railway and the independent railway companies in South Wales,...

Ever since the Stockton & Darlington Railway opened in 1825 the north-east of England has been at the heart of the railway system. Charlie Emett, ex-railwayman, author and historian, has collected a fascinating selection of over 250 photographs, all...

Seventies Spotting Days in the Western Region is a full-colour photographic album depicting the 1970s with coverage of both diesel-electric and diesel-hydraulics from that great period of change on our railways. The captions include items of news,...

Reissued in a new paperback package to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the London Underground.'I can think of few better ways to while away those elastic periods awaiting the arrival of the next eastbound Circle Line train than by reading [this...

Over the past generation the Class 66 has been one of Britain's most successful and reliable diesel locomotives. After being introduced in the late 1990s, the Class has been involved in various new contracts and has taken over from the older generation...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780860936886Author Kevin RobertsonFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

"The magnificent photos invite you to enjoy the luxurious ambience, the views and the very special flair and to let the constant rattling of the train wheels carry you to distant lands." - Lovely Books "Hopefully history's extravagant chariots serve as...

Follow the evolution of the rail legacy of the Canadian Prairies from the arrival of the first engine on a barge to today's realities. Rails Across the Prairies traces the evolution of Canada's rail network, including the appearance of the first steam...

Celebrate the heyday of passenger rail travel around Britain with this beautiful Times railway book. Take a journey back to the boom time for Britain's railways, through a unique collection of fascinating stories, photographs, posters and...

The name 'Great Western Railway' immediately conjures up images of Stars, Castles and Kings, the legendary express passenger locomotives that were the envy of the world in their day. However, the Swindon empire also produced extensive fleets of...

It is more than 200 years since the world's first steam railway locomotive hauled its initial load of iron ore and passengers on a short, slow journey. From that time onwards, the evolution of the steam locomotive continued unabated through the 19th...

This is the ninth volume in the ten-part series of regional books examining the industrial railways of England, Scotland and Wales. Like elsewhere in Britain, changes have been far-reaching in industry, and Scotland has certainly suffered considerably in...

The Scarborough & Whitby Railway was opened in July 1885. The 21 miles of line traversed the picturesque coast between the two towns for eighty years. There were eight stations on the line all with their own distinctive character and serving the...

The Woodhead Route from Manchester to Sheffield has achieved almost mythical status, not only thanks to the Woodhead Tunnels, but also because of the unique EM1 and EM2 electric locomotives. Inspired by the first 'Railway Mania' of the 1830s, the...

The first global history of the epic early days of the iron railway Railways, in simple wooden or stone form, have existed since prehistory. But from the 1750s onward the introduction of iron rails led to a dramatic technological evolution-one that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906419981Author Jeffery GrayerFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909328969Author Jeffery GrayerFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing

SOMETIMES you come across a lofty railway viaduct, marooned in the middle of a remote country landscape. Or a crumbling platform from some once-bustling junction buried under the buddleia. If you are lucky you might be able to follow some rusting tracks,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909431768Author Ian BeardsleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Platform 5 Publishing LtdPublisher Platform 5 Publishing Ltd

Stephen Poole joined British Rail in 1973, working for three of its Regions and then for three of its Business Sectors in the run-up to privatisation. He experienced stations, depots, freight, parcels, yards, signalling, catering, major projects and...

The day is 8 August 1963. It is the early hours of the morning, and a group of men are waiting at a railway bridge in Buckinghamshire. They are about to rob a mail train, on its way to London from Glasgow, and they have no idea that on board they will...

From coal trains in South Wales to clay trains in Cornwall, there were still large numbers of unfitted and vacuum-braked wagons of various types in use across the Western Region at the start of the 1980s. However changes were taking place, and by 1984...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857233738Author Colin GarrattFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Hermes HousePublisher Anness Publishing

'Fascinating' 'Books of the Year', Financial Times'London's twelve great rail termini are the epic survivors of the Victorian age... Wolmar brings them to life with the knowledge of an expert and the panache of a connoisseur.' Simon Jenkins'A wonderful...

Paul Theroux's Ghost Train to the Eastern Star is a journey from London to Asia by train. Winner of the Stanford Dolman Lifetime Contribution to Travel Writing Award 2020Thirty years ago Paul Theroux left London and travelled across Asia and back again...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911262107Author Ian SixsmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Irwell PressPublisher Irwell Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909431850Author Alan YearsleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Platform 5 Publishing LtdPublisher Platform 5 Publishing Ltd

Robert Butterfield had a lifelong passion for railways. He devoted his career to working for British Railways and was a dedicated enthusiast, photographer and railway modeller. He travelled extensively in the London Midland, Eastern, North Eastern and...