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Simon Bradley traces the history of the station, introducing us to the men behind the architecture and looks at its new international status. This fine new edition includes a fascinating chapter on the new hotel and some timely revisions bringing it...

Designed by G.J. Churchward, no. 40 was constructed at Swindon in April 1906. It was Swindons first 4 cylinder simple engine and was the forerunner of Churchwards famous 4 cylinder Star Class 4-6-0s. Initially built as a 4-4-2 Atlantic, no. 40 was named...

The London & Birmingham Railway was the major project of its day, designed by Robert Stephenson, one of the great railway pioneers, who also supervised its construction and its opening in 1837. Camden Goods Station became the goods terminus and Euston...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909328549Author Tony AtkinsFormat HardbackImprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Long before Brexit, the Common Market and even the Commonwealth, Britannia truly did rule the waves. Perhaps more unsung is the fact that she also ruled the rails over much of the world, for Britain's engineers effectively exported the Industrial...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906008468Author John OrganFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

First on the scene was the London & Southampton, soon to change its name to the London & South Western. The branch on to Salisbury was the start of the LSW's drive to reach Exeter. Other routes followed including the Portsmouth Direct, intended to outdo...

Coal and iron making first brought railways to what is now called South Yorkshire. The industrial towns of Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley and Doncaster attracted the Victorian pioneers, who built a myriad of often competing lines to the collieries and...

The 1950s and 1960s was a time of profound cultural and technological transformation. With images and vivid recollections, we journey back to post-war Wales and the Western Region of British Railways. We explore favourite routes and railway places, many...

In the early 1980s, I began to visit South Wales on a regular basis to photograph the railway scene. At that time, the collieries and steelworks were generating a lot of rail traffic with Class 37 diesels being the usual motive power. Passenger trains...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910356180Author Paul ShannonFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908174215Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

The Underground network in London has always held a fascination for historians and transport enthusiasts, from the early days of the steam operated system in the 1860s. Todays London Underground covers the network as it is today, with features on the...

Across Scotland there are remnants of many disused railway lines, reminders of the wider network that once served a variety of locations. Some fascinating examples are to be found in eastern Scotland and, although many are now fields, footpaths, and...

The Class 60 was the last truly British-built diesel locomotive design. From 1990, the locomotive was gradually delivered, with 100 in total going to the Railfreight sectors of Metal, Coal, Construction and Petroleum. Their introduction did not go...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780711038325Author Ian Allan Publishing LtdFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Ian Allan PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912654147Author Paul LawtonFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg Limited

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904474142Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

The book begins with a history of the industrial development of the Tondu Valleys, including the succession of great industrialists who led the way in the area. This is followed by a chapter on the position of the Tondu Valleys in the South Wales...

Robert Ellis James-Robertson (but always known as Ellis) lived at Worcester from the mid-1950s and travelled extensively around the country building up a large railway archive. In the early 1960s a few of Ellis's photographs were published in books and...

British Rail operated thousands of different shunt engines during its time, many being built by private companies and others by BR themselves. Sadly, most have now been withdrawn; however, a large number have been saved for posterity by many different...

This is a portrait of a railway network that became beloved of the last generations lucky enough to experience mainline steam. The 1960s saw great change in British society, which was moving ever further from the deference that had been ebbing since the...

Peter J Green first photographed Class 50 diesels in action in 1975, while they were still being transferred from the London Midland to the Western Region of British Rail. But it was in the early 1980s, when they were named and painted in Large Logo...

James Waite has been a skilled railway photographer for many years. In this book he has brought together photographs of many of the world's steam-worked narrow gauge railways in the twenty-first century, concentrating mostly on views which show the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858952031Author 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 9780853616801Author Peter TatlowFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853613695Author Roy WaringFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

Nicholas Whittaker's much-loved classic recollects the long sunny days of his childhood when, notepad in hand, jam sandwiches in the duffel bag, he happily spent his time jotting down train numbers during the Indian summer of steam and the heyday of...

The importance of our railways in the movement of sea containers cannot be overstressed. Industry figures suggest that one in four of all containers arriving at UK ports move onwards via the UK rail network. This is particularly significant to the...

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Jeff Vinter, consultant to the BBC's popular Railway Walks series, here guides the walker along ten of the best railway paths in the south of England, ranging from the Camel Trail in scenic north Cornwall to the densely wooded tracks of the Forest of...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809730Author colonel Col. H. C. B. RogersFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Goodall Publications LtdPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857946086Author Roger RounceFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780860930723Author M. SharmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853614463Author Robert WesternFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 7mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908174673Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton PressWeight(grams) 480gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 174mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858952376Author John HillmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Past & Present Publishing LtdPublisher Mortons Media GroupDimensions(mm) 240mm * 180mm...

The Midland Railway Society's Collection was started by Roy F. Burrows in the 1940s and is now generally recognised as a railway collection of national significance; it is devoted to one particular pre-Grouping railway company - the Midland - up to 1922...