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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... -
Tube Station Trivia by Geoff Marshall 9781854144317
RRP: £5.95£5.79Apologies 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 -
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... -
Rails Around Rugby: Pre-Grouping to BR Blue by Robert Hendry 9781398113855
RRP: £15.99£10.85Railways Around Rugby: Pre-Grouping to Rail Blue tells the story of change on the railway network in the Rugby area, covering a period spanning from before the Grouping of the Railways in 1923 to the BR Rail Blue era of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. During... -
Rail Railway Memories No.30 CHESTERFIELD, STAVELEY & the Hope Valley by Stephen Chapman 9781871233339
RRP: £17.99£15.94Follows the usual Railway Memories style illustrating the railways in the Chesterfield area of North Derbyshire as they used to be mainly in the 1950s and 1960s when the olde worlde market town of Chesterfield was surrounded by a tangled mass of... -
Trains Around Eastleigh and Southampton by John Jackson
RRP: £15.99£10.85This area of the south coast of England has long been a popular 'hotspot' for enthusiasts to sample the variety of traffic on offer on today's railway. The area is home to one of the UK's most significant ports as well as railway workshops that continue... -
Slow Trains to Venice: A 4,000-Mile Adventure Across Europe by Tom Chesshyre
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 Stanhope & Tyne Railroad Company by Rob Langham
RRP: £15.99£10.85Opened 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,... -
The Somerset & Dorset: The Postwar Years by Adrian Kennedy 9781913555108
RRP: £10.99£7.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913555108Author Adrian KennedyFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Unique BooksPublisher Unique Publishing Services Ltd -
Class 59s by Mark Pike
RRP: £15.99£11.61In the mid-1980s, one of British Rail's major customers of heavy block trains, Foster Yeoman, suggested the unusual arrangement of running its services with locomotives owned by them, rather than BR. Disappointment in the Class 56s on its routes led... -
Branch Line to Ilfracombe by Vic Mitchell 9781873793213
£19.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873793213Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press -
Making Simple Model Steam Engines by Stan Bray
RRP: £19.95£16.44In this book, long-time model maker Stan Bray describes the construction of a range of uncomplicated miniature steam engines, for construction by the model engineer. Single-acting oscillator to more sophisticated twin-cylinder double-acting engines are... -
Transit Maps of the World: Every Urban Train Map on Earth by Mark Ovenden
RRP: £25.00£18.02Transit Maps of the World is the first, comprehensive collection of every rapid-transit system on earth. Using glorious, colourful graphics, Mark Ovenden traces the history of urban transport systems, including rare and historic maps, diagrams, and... -
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 -
Bradshaw's Guide The Railways of Ireland: Volume 8 by John Chrsitopher
RRP: £16.99£11.47Bradshaw's Guide of 1863 was the staple book on what's what and where's where for the mid-Victorians and it gives the modern reader a unique insight into the world of the nineteenth-century railway travellers. Built primarily to provide a passenger... -
Llangollen Railway: Visitor Guide: 2020 by Peter Dickinson
RRP: £8.99£6.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857945508Author Peter DickinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group -
Getting the Train: The History of Scotland's Railways by David Ross
RRP: £10.00£8.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840337716Author David RossFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 236mm * 167mm * 8mm -
The Beaten Track Volume 2: The Traction and Extremities of Britain's Rail Network 1970-1985 by Andy Chard 9781909431911
£37.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909431911Author Andy ChardFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Platform 5 Publishing LtdPublisher Platform 5 Publishing Ltd -
Lion: The Story of the Real Titfield Thunderbolt by Anthony Dawson
RRP: £15.99£10.85Best known as the Titfield Thunderbolt, Lion is one of the most beloved locomotives in railway preservation - transformed from humble luggage engine to film star, this is a Cinderella story. Built in Leeds in 1838 by Todd, Kitson & Laird, Lion is the... -
Electric Multiple Units 2024: Including Multiple Unit Formations by Robert Pritchard 9781915984128
£8.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915984128Author Robert PritchardFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Platform 5 Publishing LtdPublisher Platform 5 Publishing Ltd -
The Glorious Years of the LMS: London, Midland and Scottish Railway by Peter Tuffrey 9781914227554
RRP: £27.50£19.29One hundred years have passed from the formation of the largest British railway company - the London Midland & Scottish Railway. This was also the biggest transport concern in the world at the time. The LMSR was able to serve passengers and customers to... -
The Solway Junction Railway by Stuart Edgar
RRP: £14.95£13.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853617501Author Stuart EdgarFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 6mm -
Line by Line: Yorkshire by Neil Gibson
RRP: £15.99£10.85Line by Line: Yorkshire is a pictorial guide to the county's railway, showcasing a collection of images captured over several decades. A celebration of both beautiful scenery and elegant engineering, it documents a variety of interesting rail traffic and... -
The Railways: Nation, Network and People by Simon Bradley
RRP: £11.99£8.83Sunday Times History Book of the Year 2015 Currently filming for BBC programme Full Steam Ahead Britain's railways have been a vital part of national life for nearly 200 years. Transforming lives and landscapes, they have left their mark on... -
Stanier's Jubilees by Peter Tuffrey 9781914227530
RRP: £27.50£19.29Sir William A. Stanier's 'Jubilee' 5XP 4-6-0 Class served as the backbone of passenger services for the London Midland & Scottish Railway - as well as the successor London Midland Region of British Railways - for a number of years. Despite initial design... -
British Rail Traction Maintenance Depots 1974-1993 Part 3: Wales & Scotland by Michael Rhodes 9781915984159
£23.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915984159Author Michael RhodesFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Platform 5 Publishing LtdPublisher Platform 5 Publishing Ltd -
Amtrak, America's Railroad: Transportation's Orphan and Its Struggle for Survival by Geoff Doughty
RRP: £36.00£31.99Discover the story of Amtrak, America's Railroad, 50 years in the making.In 1971, in an effort to rescue essential freight railroads, the US government founded Amtrak. In the post-World War II era, aviation and highway development had become the focus of... -
Strathclyde Traction by Colin J. Howat
RRP: £14.99£9.70Strathclyde Traction covers the former Strathclyde Region Council area of the west of Scotland, stretching from the southern end of the Western Highlands to the Southern Uplands, which was formed by merging the city of Glasgow with the counties of Ayr,... -
Speedlink Volume 1: A comprehensive pictorial study of the rolling stock used on this service 1977-91 by David Larkin 9781800352773
RRP: £25.00£17.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800352773Author David LarkinFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Slow Train to Switzerland: One Tour, Two Trips, 150 Years and a World of Change Apart by Diccon Bewes
RRP: £10.99£6.47In June 1863 an English lady set off by train on the trip of a lifetime: Thomas Cook's first Conducted Tour of Switzerland. A century and a half later, travel writer Diccon Bewes, author of the bestselling Swiss Watching, decided to go where she went and... -
Wagons in the Peak District by Paul Harrison
RRP: £15.99£10.85The high-quality rock strata of the Peak District area of England is a major source of limestone products that have long been transported away in railway wagons. Over the years, many different designs of hoppers, open boxes, covered hoppers and powder... -
Essex and East Hertfordshire: No. 42 by Paul Shannon 9781858951935
RRP: £15.99£13.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858951935Author Paul ShannonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media GroupDimensions(mm) 238mm * 172mm * 8mm -
The Southern Way Special No 16: The Bournemouth Electrification by Colin Scott-Morton
RRP: £16.95£12.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909328914Author Colin Scott MortonFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing -
GWR Goods Cartage: 4 by Tony Atkins 9781909328792
RRP: £27.50£21.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909328792Author Tony AtkinsFormat HardbackPage Count 338Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy 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 -
The Clapham Train Accident: Causes, Context and the Corporate Memory Challenge by Greg Morse 9781399073028
RRP: £25.00£17.62Clapham was a pivotal point in British railway history. Much technology had been invented and applied to accident prevention by 1988; much more was to come. The Clapham Train Accident considers Clapham in its wider context, using official reports and... -
Bradshaw's Guide The Railways of Wales: Volume 7 by John Christopher
RRP: £15.99£10.85Bradshaw's Guide of 1863 was the staple book to what's what and where's where for the mid-Victorians and it gives the modern reader a unique insight into the world of the nineteenth-century railway travellers. Built primarily to serve industry and the... -
The Later Years of British Rail 1980-1995: Freight Special by Patrick Bennett
RRP: £15.99£10.851980 to 1995 was an extraordinary time for the railways of Britain, especially the freight sector. In 1980 there was a unified, monochrome railway. Freight traffic was still abundant, with marshalling yards active and many branch lines still operating... -
British Rail Motive Power in the 1980s by Andrew Walker
RRP: £15.99£10.85The 1980s were years of momentous change on Britain's railways. At the dawn of the decade it was still possible to travel on a Sundays-only St Pancras to Manchester Piccadilly service that traversed the Woodhead route, or catch a Deltic-hauled express... -
Book 1: Scotland & Isle of Man by Martyn Brailsford
RRP: £14.95£14.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999627140Author Martyn BrailsfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint TRACKmapsPublisher TRACKmapsWeight(grams) 190g