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Class 37 Locomotives in Scotland Colin J. Howat 9781398121096
RRP: £15.99£10.85Class 37 Locomotives were introduced to British Rail from 1960 onwards and eventually numbered 309. In Scotland, they were initially allocated to Eastfield and Polmadie depots in Glasgow and Haymarket Depot in Edinburgh. They became known as Type 3s and... -
Book 3: Western & Wales by Martyn Brailsford 9781999627164
RRP: £16.95£16.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999627164Author Martyn BrailsfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint TRACKmapsPublisher TRACKmaps -
Book 4: Midlands & North West: 2022 by Martyn Brailsford
RRP: £17.95£17.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999627157Author Martyn BrailsfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint TRACKmapsPublisher TRACKmapsWeight(grams) 300g -
GWR Locomotives: The Prairies by Allen Jackson
RRP: £15.99£10.85Known as the Prairies, these tank engines of the 2-6-2T variety were some of Churchward's earliest designs and were the precursor for successful variations of one of the classes - numbered 51XX until 1949. There were two basic types, the smaller type for... -
British Diesel Locomotives of the 1950s and '60s by Greg Morse
RRP: £8.99£6.96After the Second World War, the drive for the modernisation of Britain's railways ushered in a new breed of locomotive: the Diesel. Diesel-powered trains had been around for some time, but faced with a coal crisis and the Clean Air Act in the 1950s, it... -
Book 2: Eastern by Martyn Brailsford
RRP: £15.95£15.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999627133Author Martyn BrailsfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint TRACKmapsPublisher TRACKmaps -
Class 55 Deltics: From the Final Years to Preservation by Colin Alexander 9781445656953
RRP: £15.99£10.85Named 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... -
Lonely Planet's Guide to Train Travel in Europe by Lonely Planet
RRP: £19.99£15.28Looking for a sustainable and stress-free way to explore Europe? Hop on board the continent's railway network with this ultimate guide to train travel. Whether you want to take it slow on the scenic route or make the most of the newest high-speed... -
The Whitland & Cardigan Railway by M.R.C. Price
RRP: £17.95£15.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853617518Author M.R.C. PriceFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing -
The Llangollen Railway: Country Walks from our stations: 2020 by Peter Dickinson
RRP: £8.99£6.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857945713Author Peter DickinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group -
Japan by Rail: Includes Rail Route Guide and 30 City Guides by Ramsey Zarifeh
RRP: £19.99£12.39Japan is steeped in legend and myth, perhaps the greatest of which is the popular misconception that the country is simply too expensive to visit. The truth is that flights to Japan are cheaper than they've ever been, accommodation can be great value,... -
The Galloping Sausage and Other Train Curiosities: 150 Steam Railway Events and Stories by Geoff Body 9780750965934 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99£1.87The formative years of Britain's railway network produced a host of ideas, activities and characters, quite a few of which now seem not only highly unusual, but sometimes little short of ridiculous. Weird schemes and designs, extravagant behaviour,... -
The Galloping Sausage and Other Train Curiosities: 150 Steam Railway Events and Stories by Geoff Body
RRP: £14.99£11.55The formative years of Britain's railway network produced a host of ideas, activities and characters, quite a few of which now seem not only highly unusual, but sometimes little short of ridiculous. Weird schemes and designs, extravagant behaviour,... -
Bradshaw's Handbook by George Bradshaw 9781908402028 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.29A facsimile edition of Bradshaw's Handbook of 1863, the book that inspired the BBC television series 'Great British Railway Journeys'. When Michael Portillo began the series 'Great British Railway Journeys', a well-thumbed 150-year-old book shot back... -
Bradshaw's Handbook by George Bradshaw
RRP: £12.99£9.09A facsimile edition of Bradshaw's Handbook of 1863, the book that inspired the BBC television series 'Great British Railway Journeys'. When Michael Portillo began the series 'Great British Railway Journeys', a well-thumbed 150-year-old book shot back... -
Ticket to Ride: Around the World on 49 Unusual Train Journeys by Tom Chesshyre 9781849538268
RRP: £10.99£7.40Experience the world by train alongside best-selling travel writer Tom Chesshyre, as he takes a whistle-stop tour around the globe in 49 unique journeys Why do people love trains so much? Tom Chesshyre is on a mission to find the answer by experiencing... -
Ticket to Ride: Around the World on 49 Unusual Train Journeys by Tom Chesshyre 9781849538268 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.29Experience the world by train alongside best-selling travel writer Tom Chesshyre, as he takes a whistle-stop tour around the globe in 49 unique journeys Why do people love trains so much? Tom Chesshyre is on a mission to find the answer by experiencing... -
The Train Lover's Puzzle Book: 200 Brain-Teasing Activities, from Crosswords to Quizzes by Neil Somerville
RRP: £12.99£8.60All aboard the puzzle train!This book is fully loaded with 200 railway-themed puzzles, perfect for aficionados as well as inquisitive commutersMore than just a means of transport, trains have changed the world. Across centuries and continents, they've... -
Slow Trains Around Spain: A 3,000-Mile Adventure on 52 Rides by Tom Chesshyre
RRP: £9.99£6.80Between soaring mountains, across arid deserts, parched plains and valleys of fruit orchards and olive groves, down glittering coastlines and along viaducts towering above plunging ravines... there is no better way to see Spain than by train.Rail... -
The Trainspotter's Notebook: The unmissable book from TikTok's trainspotting sensation by Francis Bourgeois 9781804991473
RRP: £10.99£7.77The adventure filled memoir from the world's most beloved trainspotter, TikTok sensation Francis Bourgeois.'Francis is one of the kindest, most genuine people I've met in a long time. His passion and unadulterated happiness is inspiring. I can't wait for... -
Iowa Interstate Railroad: History Through the Miles by Barton Jennings 9780984986675
RRP: £19.99£13.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984986675Author Barton JenningsFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint Techscribes, Inc.Publisher Techscribes, Inc.Weight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
The Cautious Traveller's Guide to The Wastelands: Be transported by the most exciting debut of 2024 Sarah Brooks 9781399607537
RRP: £16.99£11.94A breathtaking historical fantasy set onboard the Great Trans-Siberian Express, perfect for fans of Piranesi, Babel, The Night Circus and Jessie Burton - available to preorder now!'I urge everybody to pick up a copy' STUART TURTON'Be warned - once you... -
abc Rail Guide 2023 by Pip Dunn 9781800352674
RRP: £25.00£17.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800352674Author Pip DunnFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Why Do Shepherds Need a Bush?: London's Underground History of Tube Station Names by David Hilliam 9780750963039
RRP: £10.99£8.94Who travelling through Totteridge and Whetstone is aware that the station got its name from the medieval soldiers who sharpened their swords at the whetstone before the bloody Battle of Barnet? Or that Canary Wharf was built for importing fruit from the... -
The Times Train Tracks Book 4: 200 challenging visual logic puzzles (The Times Puzzle Books) by The Times Mind Games
RRP: £6.99£6.28A challenging visual puzzle which will appeal to lovers of logic and deduction brain teasers. Use your mental agility to complete the grids using the train tracks. Puzzles included cover three levels of difficulty, 30 easy, 130 medium, 40 hard. ... -
Around the World in 80 Trains by Monisha Rajesh
RRP: £10.99£7.51WINNER OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER AWARD FOR BEST TRAVEL BOOK SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 'Monisha Rajesh has chosen one of the best ways of seeing the world. Never too fast, never too slow, her... -
The Pacer Family: End of an Era by Fred Kerr 9781526726933
RRP: £25.00£8.89In the 1980s British Railways sought a cheap replacement for the ailing Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) trainsets which saw the introduction of the Class 14x trainsets that became known as Pacers. These proved to be cheap to operate hence popular with the... -
Flying Scotsman - 100th Anniversary by Brian Sharpe 9781911703211
RRP: £11.99£8.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911703211Author Brian SharpeFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 497g -
TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain by Mike Bridge 9781909431263
£31.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909431263Author Mike BridgeFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Platform 5 Publishing LtdPublisher Platform 5 Publishing Ltd -
London's Underground, revised edition: The Story of the Tube by Oliver Green 9780711289055
RRP: £35.00£24.83It is impossible to imagine London without the Tube: the beating heart of the city, the Underground shuttles over a billion passengers each year below its busy streets and across its leafy suburbs. The distinctive roundel, colour-coded maps and Johnston... -
Ticket to Ride Puzzles: Over 100 Off-the-Rails Challenges by Richard Wolfrik Galland
RRP: £12.99£9.00Inspired by the hit board game that has sold over 12 million copies, travel the world from the comfort of your home with the Ticket to Ride Puzzle Book. Based on the award-winning board game, this book is packed full of 100 original, colourful and... -
British Rail by Christian Wolmar 9781405946278
RRP: £12.99£9.09The authoritative and fascinating history of the rise and fall of the state-owned British Rail'Wolmar's book is impeccably organised and makes a fast, enjoyable read' THE TIMES Literary Supplement________British Rail wasn't how we're asked to remember it... -
Gresley's A4's by John Ryan
RRP: £27.50£20.29In the mid-1930s, eminent locomotive engineer Sir Nigel Gresley produced plans for the A4 Class Pacifics, which were specially built to work a new high-speed express, the 'Silver Jubilee'. From the start, the class caused a sensation and immediately... -
British Steam Locomotives: The Steam Trains of Great Britain Shown in 200 Photographs by Mirco de Cet 9780754831334
RRP: £15.00£11.96Enthusiasm for historical steam locomotives never ceases to amaze. There are more Heritage Lines now than ever before, and more and more people are spending their weekends participating in 'Special Weekends', 'Santa Specials' and many other steam events... -
The Modified Bulleid Pacifics: How Ron Jarvis Reconstructed the Bulleid Pacifics by Tim Hillier-Graves 9781526721662
RRP: £40.00£29.39Oliver Bulleid's Pacifics were perhaps the most controversial steam locomotives ever built in Britain. They seem to been loved and loathed in equal measure and the debate over their strengths and weaknesses took on a new dimension when BR decided to... -
Modern Traction in the North of England by John Whiteley 9781398116627
RRP: £15.99£10.85In this book John Whiteley provides a photographic survey of modern traction in the North of England in the last years of British Rail and the first years of privatisation. The photographs cover the period from the early 1960s to the 1990s. At the start... -
Tube Station Trivia by Geoff Marshall 9781854144317
£5.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854144317Author Geoff MarshallFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Capital Transport PublishingPublisher Capital Transport Publishing -
Slow Trains to Venice: A 4,000-Mile Adventure Across Europe Tom Chesshyre 9781787832992
RRP: £9.99£6.80Do you love trains? Do you love adventure? If so, join Tom Chesshyre on his meandering rail journey across Europe from London to Venice. Escaping the rat race for a few happy weeks, Chesshyre indulges in the freedom of the tracks. From France (dogged by... -
The London Feltham Tram: London's Last Modern Tram by Peter Waller 9781526702135
RRP: £25.00£18.62By the late 1920s the existing trams operated by both the Metropolitan Electric Tramways and the London United Tramways were increasingly aged. Although the long-term future of the tramways was open to doubt, the two operators co-operated in the... -
BR Blue: The North in Focus by Stephen Owens
RRP: £15.99£10.85From 1978 onwards, during the period often referred to as BR Blue, Stephen Owens was able to photograph for posterity some of what he saw on the railway. Some might suggest the period didn't have the interest of the steam era - how could it? It was an...