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Since the dawn of the railways, away from the glamour of the main line express, thousands of miles of industrial railway moved raw materials and finished products. From sewage works to sugar factories, all manner of industries were served. These...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909431935Author Andy ChardFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Platform 5 Publishing LtdPublisher Platform 5 Publishing Ltd

Class 47s have now been part of the UK railway system for over 60 years. They have been used on every type of train over the years, including front line passenger, freight and charter trains. During the late 1980s and through the following 20 years,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858950884Author David MitchellFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 415g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858950884Author David MitchellFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 415g

Construction on the Callander & Oban Railway began in 1866, but because of the mountain terrain through which the line passed, especially at Glen Ogle and at the Pass of Brander at Loch Awe, the line did not open until 1880. Designed to link Callander,...

The first of two volumes covering the railways of the South East, this book focuses mainly on Sussex but also includes small sections of Surrey and Kent. It concentrates on locomotive-hauled traffic and details a wide range of trains including...

A fascinating collection of bizarre but true stories from nearly 200 years of railway history. Right from the very start, when George Stephenson's famous Rocket knocked over and killed a government minister at the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956209238Author Richard FurnessFormat HardbackPage Count 268Imprint JDF & Associates LtdPublisher JDF & Associates Ltd

Until 1987, there was still a busy stretch of British main line railway where traditional Victorian operating practices were used to control the movements of both express passenger and a variety of freight trains. At the heart of the former Midland...

This book follows the railway through the eye-catching scenery of the west of the county. Over 180 stunning full-colour photographs take the reader on a journey that starts in St Austell, against the backdrop of the clay workings, before moving on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800351370Author Crecy Publishing LTDFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy PublishingWeight(grams) 215g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908174086Author Roger DarsleyFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton PressDimensions(mm) 234mm * 174mm * 11mm

English Electric built their first diesel loco in 1936 and, before the company closed in 1968, built thousands of diesel and electric locos that saw service all over the world. They were among the companies chosen by BR to build prototype diesel locos...

This photographic album portrays the four classes of locomotives introduced to operate on the British Railways system, prior to Privatisation in 1994. Increasing loads and deteriorating reliability of older classes necessitated the design of new, higher...

Toton first saw railway yards built on the site in the 1850s to support the growing need to transport coal from the collieries of the Erewash Valley and, later, the Leen Valley area to towns and industry. Later, growth in wagonload traffic saw British...

A comprehensive guide to the 100 locations both std and narrow gauge lines where steam trains still run. Contains detailed information on locations & running times, plus photos and a wealth of other information.Book InformationISBN 9781862234987Author...

This book is the tale of a small boy from Surrey who had a fascination with anything on wheels and, also, loved to learn about people and what motivated them. He read a lot about railways and was excited by the innovations of our nineteenth-century...

The Blackpool Electric Tramway Company commenced operation of a conduit system of railed vehicles along the Promenade between Cocker Street and Station Road on 29 September 1885. By the 1930s the rolling stock was becoming somewhat worn out and,...

A unique collaboration by two veteran recorders of the railway scene in words and pictures. Since 1967, David Joy has written over 50 books on railways and numerous aspects of the Yorkshire Dales. Gavin Morrison, one of Britain's most experienced railway...

This book illustrates the changing face of rail freight in North West England over 40 years. During that time the traction and wagon fleets have been almost completely replaced, freight trains have become heavier and less frequent, the amount of shunting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853615453Author Niall FergusonFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809877Author Roger SilsburyFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Evolving from the horse-drawn stage coaches that they soon eclipsed, railway carriages steadily grew in sophistication so that by the end of the nineteenth century the railway passenger travelled in comfortable rolling stock of a design familiar to many...

Opened in 1834, the Stanhope & Tyne Railroad Company's line ran from the limestone district of Weardale, via the collieries of north-west Durham to the mouth of the River Tyne at South Shields. This extraordinary railway used horses, steam locomotives,...

Illustrated with 200 photographs, this book depicts the rich scenery and history of the old Western Dunbartonshire railway, which stretched from Clydebank with its shipyards and other heavy industries to the north end of Loch Lomond, now part of...

Power without control is unusable power, and long after the invention of the steam engine, finding ways of applying that power to tasks where consistency was of paramount importance was the 'Holy Grail' which many steam engineers sought to find. It was...

The second of two volumes covering the railways of the South East, this book focuses on Kent. It details a wide range of different trains including heavy aggregate, inter-regional passenger, test trains, the Orient Express, newspaper and mail trains,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909431232Author David HaydockFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Platform 5 Publishing LtdPublisher Platform 5 Publishing Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873793008Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780711038295Author Richard HarmanFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Ian Allan PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Many audacious and improbable schemes for new railways were dreamed up in the nineteenth century, but surely none matched the plan to link the Cromford Canal with the Peak Forest Canal at Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire using a series of rope-worked inclines...

The Erewash Valley line, linking the busy railway junctions at Trent through the once bustling yards of the iconic railway location of Toton and to the main line at Clay Cross, has seen much in the way of change over the last half a century...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853614623Author Neil T. SinclairFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 273mm * 210mm * 8mm

A volume of a new and exciting series illustrating one of the country's best loved railway companies in the days of steam.It consists of maps, charts, timetables and photographs are used to give the reader a sense of a journey in time along the various...

Railway layouts often depict a branch line in a rural or urban setting, with the majority of locomotive models available representing passenger trains. However, increasingly, ready-to-run models of industrial locomotives are becoming available,...

Determining where and how to store a model railway when it is not in use can be difficult, especially if space is severely limited; a folding railway layout can be the solution to this problem. The author has designed an ingenious folding wooden case...

Howling down the tunnels comes a new collection showcasing the greatest stories of strange happenings on the tracks, many of which are republished here for the first time since their original departure. Waiting beyond the barrier are ghostly...

The Metropolitan Railway can claim to have had an influence on the evolution of our railway system out of all proportion to its tracks reaching just forty-seven miles from London. However it was the world's first underground passenger railway, built in...

Anyone who has tried to watch freight moving on UK rails in the last few years will realise these are challenging times for the rail freight industry. Stand by any railway line and you may have to wait a while to see a freight train of any sort pass by...