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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857943474Author Paul ShannonFormat 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 9780853617587Author Nigel S. C. MacmillanFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853616412Author Peter PayeFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

It is now more than thirty years since two words synonymous with Diesel Multiple Units became part of railway parlance - 'Pacers' and 'Sprinters'. The Class 142 Pacers were introduced in the mid-1980s and, despite almost continuous criticism as to...

Being a lover of steam locomotives is a bit like chasing a setting sun - with the real diehards searching out survivors further and further from their home territory. Many enthusiasts would mark August 1968 as the end of 'proper' steam locomotives in the...

Offers a look at the ever changing Leeds railway scene over a span of 50 years from the late 1940s to the 1990s. In 217 top quality photographs, this book features not only many steam trains of the past but diesels, electrics, stations, locomotive depots...

Second Generation DMUs in Scotland covers the modern diesel multiple units introduced by BR from 1981. It features locations from across Scotland, and also looks at Carlisle. This book covers units from the experimental Class 140s, introduced in 1981, to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857943825Author Philip HortonFormat 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 9781858951638Author Paul ShannonFormat 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 9781901706093Author 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 9781911703136Author Gavin GlenisterFormat PaperbackPage Count 297Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 328gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906008338Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Since the 1860s trains have conveyed crushed limestone from Derbyshire to the soda ash and chemicals works in mid-Cheshire. By the 1930s a new higher capacity design of wagon was needed, and so the 'Hoppers' were built by Charles Roberts for Imperial...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858951126Author Chris MilnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Past & Present Publishing LtdPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 373g

By the turn of the 1960s, steam traction on Britain's railways was within its last decade and for a group of young enthusiasts living in Carlisle, there was always the urge to travel to other parts of the country to photograph steam locomotives, which in...

The city of Peterborough stands about 75 miles north of London on the East Coast Main Line (ECML). It is one of the railway's most important interchanges for both passenger and freight traffic; the services north and south are complemented by one of the...

With photographs supported by introductory text, track layouts, operating instructions and timetables brought to life by the reminiscences of people who worked in the area, "Railway Memories No 15" recalls the busy railway network serving the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906919733Author Ian SixsmithFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Irwell PressPublisher Irwell Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908174437Author 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 9781911658542Author Brian SharpeFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 810gDimensions(mm) 255mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909328495Author Jeffery GrayerFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Between 1900 and 1950, Americans built the most powerful steam locomotives of all time-enormous engines that powered a colossal industry. They were deceptively simple machines, yet, the more their technology was studied, the more obscure it became...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853615880Author Jonathan BeaumontFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 11mm

With construction beginning in 1997, the Turbostar family of diesel multiple units are by far the most numerous design of such units introduced to the privatised railway. Over the next fourteen years, over a hundred units belonging to this family have...

In this book, the author takes full advantage of the diversity on offer as a regular user of this rail ticket. It offers the choice of three of the country's main lines stretching north to south across the ticket's boundaries (West Coast, Midland and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908174017Author 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 9780853617440Author Peter PayeFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840338300Author David SpavenFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 234mm * 154mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908174154Author 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 9781854142382Author Michael WelchFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Capital Transport PublishingPublisher Capital Transport Publishing

Steam on Britain's railways ended in 1968 - and the fifty years since have been a period of controversy and debate; has it been a time of progress and development, or under-investment and political meddling? Some would say that Beeching's cuts led to an...

This is the story of how for more than a hundred years steam power played a vital role in the development of road transport. It all began with tentative attempts to build steam carriages by pioneers such as Cugnot in France and Trevithick in Britain, and...

The 10 miles of the preserved Llangollen Railway was previously a short section of the former Great Western line that stretched from Ruabon, Denbighshire, to Dolgellau, Gwynedd, and further on to Barmouth. Sadly, most of this line officially closed in...

Although the majority of the branch lines of Hampshire belonged to the London & South Western Railway, they offered the opportunity to see a wide variety of locomotives serving both rural outposts and the major towns. In the west of the county, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904474432Author Smith KeithFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904474715Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton PressWeight(grams) 450g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910356159Author 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 9781857945102Author John WhitehouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media GroupDimensions(mm) 169mm * 238mm * 5mm

The ancient city of York has been closely associated with railways since their conception and promotion by the Railway King', George Hudson. Its impressive station and engine sheds have played host to the elite of East Coast Main Line traction as well...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857945478Author John C. BeckettFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media GroupDimensions(mm) 169mm * 238mm * 9mm