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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909431799Author David HaydockFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Platform 5 Publishing LtdPublisher Platform 5 Publishing Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909328709Author Antony M. FordFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Since Victorian times, London's Underground has made an extraordinary contribution to the economy of the capital and has played a vital role in the daily life of generations of Londoners.About the AuthorStephen Halliday is an expert on the history of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781473833913Author Andrew FowlerFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Pen and Sword TransportPublisher Pen and Sword TransportWeight(grams) 244g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910356586Author Roy DaviesFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909328990Author Kevin RobertsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing

The Great Western Railway - quickly coming to be known as 'God's Wonderful Railway' - was once regarded as the most advanced in the world. Engineered by Isambard Kingdom Brunel it was initially designed to connect Bristol to London and came to develop a...

Engines of War tells the dramatic story of how the railways revolutionized the nature of warfare, ushering in an age of industrialized conflict in which wars were fought on a previously unimaginable scale. From the moment of its first appearance, the...

This book describes seven branch lines which climbed into the mountain ranges that span the length and breadth of the countries of India and Pakistan. Some - like the Darjeeling Himalayan - are well known, but others - like the Zhob Valley, Khyber Pass...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780711038677Author Ian C. SimpsonFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Ian Allan PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

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...

Llanelly to Carmarthen is the latest addition to an ongoing series about railways in West Wales, by railway historian John Hodge. This volume looks at the history of the lines in West Wales, between these locations, taking in the history of the local...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853617389Author Andrew HajduckiFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909431928Author Michael RhodesFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Platform 5 Publishing LtdPublisher Platform 5 Publishing Ltd

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911703310Author John JennisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 300g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780711038059Author Elaine ArthursFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Ian Allan PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Books on railway history invariably start with the Stephenson's or with Richard Trevithick's locomotive of 1804., but the story begins much earlier with the development of steam engines for pumping out deep mines. Ken Gibbs, a retired engineer who served...

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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

In this book Martyn Hilbert presents a pictorial survey of Electrical Multiple Units in the North of England, from Staffordshire to the Scottish borders, Doncaster to Tyneside and including the conurbations of Merseyside, Greater Manchester and...

In this volume of previously unpublished photographs, David Reed takes the reader on a journey around the Southern Region. The Waterloo-Bournemouth and Weymouth line features with Woking, Basingstoke and the New Forest, together with the south coast...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853615767Author John E. ChackesfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

Nigel Gresley built his Pacific class of locomotives to deal with increasing demands from passenger traffic. Some Pacifics started as Class A1s but were eventually rebuilt to Class A3 specifications. Others were built as A3s from the outset. Suffice to...

LONDON’S HISTORIC, iconic Underground railway system in the period from 1968 to 1985 was a very different place to what it is in the 2020s. Much of its rolling stock dated from before World War Two, and with the exception of the new Victoria Line and the...

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...

Robert Stephenson's Planet class locomotive was the first true design of mainline express passenger locomotive. Delivered less than a year after Rocket it was one of the most successful early locomotive designs. Planet set the mold for British locomotive...

One of the giants of American railroading, the Union Pacific Railroad serves a huge swathe of the Mid and Western United States, from the Great Lakes and the Deep South to the Pacific coast. The vast array of locomotives - over 8,000 - and diversity of...

The thrilling story of the last, and greatest, generation of steam railway locomotives in regular main line service: a story of invention, skill and passion, Giants of Steam reveals how the true advocates of steam's glory days pushed its design and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913555054Author Adrian KennedyFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Unique BooksPublisher Unique Publishing Services Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910356548Author Richard AddersonFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Ordered in 1985, the Class 91 was a joint venture between GEC, Brush and ASEA to deliver a fleet of 140 mph tilting electric locomotives for the East Coast Main Line. Delivered between 1988 and 1991, the thirty-one locomotives ply their trade daily ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910356715Author Richard AddersonFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Lincolnshire is a largely rural county, which was reflected in the early history of the railway lines. The main lines mostly passed through on their way to somewhere else and the local traffic was handled by a large number of branch lines. Author Alan...

The first Waterloo Station opened in 1848 and the current building was completed in 1922, after a huge rebuilding programme started in 1899. Catering for suburban traffic, Waterloo is also the major station for trains to Southampton, Portsmouth and...

Rich in both ironstone and coal, the East Midlands historically enjoyed an intensive network of railways linking its major towns and cities, many of which are still in place. This book takes a journey throughout the region, from Northampton in the south...

The Earl of Dudley's Railway, also known as The Pensnett Railway, was nearly 40 miles of track stretching in all directions from The Earl's Iron Works (later a steel works) at Round Oak, just outside Brierley Hill. It began life in a spectacular way back...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780711038004Author Paul SmithFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Ian Allan PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

The Channel Tunnel, has been one of histories most protracted and at times acrimonious, construction projects. From the paranoia of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, when there was a fear that foreign hordes would rush through the tunnel and...

It's an exciting time on Scotland's railways, with new trains meaning faster journey times. The popular 'InterCity' brand has been revived and electrification has spread across the Central Belt. The rural routes have changed little, but are now marketed...