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Transporter Bridges are a legacy of the closing years of the 19th century and the early years of the 20th, and served a brief but important need. The huge increase in road transport, however, quickly rendered them obsolete, and although many were...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906419363Author Mike JacobsFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847463821Author Ian HayFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Myriad BooksPublisher Myriad BooksDimensions(mm) 279mm * 250mm * 17mm

Liverpool has many railway 'firsts' in the world: an inter-city service, an electrified overhead railway, a large-scale marshalling yard, a deep-level suburban tunnel and one under a tidal estuary. In Britain it can boast of other firsts: an escalator in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904474685Author J. E. ConnorFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

In 1968 British Rail introduced a prototype train that would revolutionise rail travel, and form the backbone not only of BR services, but those of the companies that took over after the privatisation of the railways in 1994. This, of course, was the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781530780440Author Jon JacksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909431904Author David HaydockFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Platform 5 Publishing LtdPublisher Platform 5 Publishing Ltd

The aim of this series is to appeal to readers of all ages, perhaps for different reasons...In this volume: We travel back to the year 1976 For the younger reader there are wonderful pictures of trains, real trains. There will, for example, be tank...

As days get shorter and seasons change, winter arrives with snow and ice. No matter how brief the day or severe the weather, railroads continue to haul tonnage and passengers through landscapes cloaked in snowy white. Scenery takes on an added dimension...

The 1970 merger of Northern Pacific; Great Northern; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; and Spokane, Portland & Seattle created a new super railroad spanning the northern and central United States over a 25,000-mile network. For twenty-five years, BN was one...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910356333Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

The London Midland Region covered a huge part of England from London to the north and north west, from the Scottish borders into the south west. It served huge metropolitan cities and towns, supported heavy industry, and ran through areas of outstanding...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873793343Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton PressDimensions(mm) 240mm * 168mm * 12mm

The railway lines of the West Highlands of Scotland are famous the world over for their illustrious history and unparalleled scenic beauty. Linking Glasgow with Oban, Fort William and Mallaig, the lines managed to survive the axe of Dr Beeching, whose...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853617648Author John MairFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853616788Author Peter PayeFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 210mm * 152mm * 15mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853617686Author Robert WesternFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857942484Author Chris de Winter-HebronFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906008185Author 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 9781906008376Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Nuneaton, the largest town in Warwickshire, sits on an important railway crossroads in the Midlands. At its Trent Valley station, the busy West Coast Main Line heads broadly north to south with the important link between Birmingham and Leicester crossing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906419776Author John DedmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901706321Author 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 9781838408046Author John PotterFormat PaperbackPage Count 672Imprint European Rail Timetable LimitedPublisher European Rail Timetable LimitedWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906419646Author Mike JacobsFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908174475Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton PressWeight(grams) 480gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 168mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906419813Author Jeffery GrayerFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing

The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway evokes many different images, for it was essentially a railway of contrasts - for some it represented holidays to the South Coast resorts of Brighton, Eastbourne, Hastings and Worthing that were all in their...

The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway evokes many different images, for it was essentially a railway of contrasts - for some it represented holidays to the South Coast resorts of Brighton, Eastbourne, Hastings and Worthing that were all in their...

The North Wales landscape contains everything from steelworks and collieries to national parks and seaside resorts. Thus, there was plenty of traffic to interest the various railway companies that would be established in the area. The main reason for a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910356722Author Adrian HartlessFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858950426Author Terry GoughFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Past & Present Publishing LtdPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 398g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857944723Author Alan ClarkeFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media GroupDimensions(mm) 169mm * 238mm * 9mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854143785Author Wayne AsherFormat HardbackPage Count 184Imprint Capital Transport PublishingPublisher Capital Transport Publishing

Wryly humorous and quintessentially British, Three Men and a Bradshaw collects the previously unpublished holiday journals of John Freeman, who travelled Britain with his brothers during the 1870s. Each year the trio would settle upon a destination, buy...

Wryly humorous and quintessentially British, Three Men and a Bradshaw collects the previously unpublished holiday journals of John Freeman, who travelled Britain with his brothers during the 1870s. Each year the trio would settle upon a destination, buy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909328419Author Mike KingFormat PaperbackImprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing

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...

Keith W. Platt made his first visit to Woodham's scrapyard, Barry, in the late 1960s at a time when steam locomotives could still be seen on the national network, going about the everyday business of working goods and passenger trains. With the final...