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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915984005Author Ian BeardsleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Platform 5 Publishing LtdPublisher Platform 5 Publishing Ltd

In the early 1990s, the Waterloo to Exeter route was suffering many delays and problems due to the increasingly unreliable diesel locos being used at the time. It was therefore decided that new trains were the best option. At the time, there was an...

Prior to the nationalisation of the railways in 1948, Britain's rail network was operated almost exclusively by four private companies. The 'Big Four' as they were called - the Great Western, the Southern, the London Midland & Scottish and the London &...

Hugh Llewelyn has travelled throughout Britain to gather this collection of his photographs of the diesel shunters. In addition to the main classes deployed by British Railways from the 1940s up to the present time, he also covers many of the rarer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905505326Author Brian J DicksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Kestrel Railway BooksPublisher Kestrel Railway Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908174413Author John OrganFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857943900Author Richard JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

Ron Buckley's evocative photographs reveal the changing scene of the Southern Railway, illustrating from the 1930s onwards those pre-grouping classes that were still working. These included the work of such well-known designers as Dugald Drummond and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854144393Author Michael WelchFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Capital Transport PublishingPublisher Capital Transport Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840331448Author Peter DaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing

The North British Locomotive Company came into existence in 1903 as an amalgamation of three established Glasgow locomotive manufacturers: Dubs & Co., Sharp Stewart and Neilson Reid. Each of these companies enjoyed an excellent reputation for its...

Southern California Railways looks at the operations of some of the many railroads that serve the southern half of the Golden State. These include the passenger operations of Amtrak, Metrolink and San Diego Coaster and the freight operations of the Union...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873793985Author 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 9781906008956Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

The North-West of England is a diverse and fascinating part of the country with a varied landscape. This area was once the powerhouse of the industrial revolution, and was the location for the World's first true 'Intercity' railway, spawning a complex...

'The most striking result produced by the completion of this Railway, is the sudden and marvellous change which has been effected in our ideas of time and space. What was quick is now slow; what was distant is now near.' So wrote Henry Booth of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857942965Author Chris HarrisFormat PaperbackImprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

'In no other country in the world is there anything to match Britain's love affair with the steam train; nowhere else are there so many preserved railways keeping the magic of steam alive.' In 1896, the Light Railways Act was designed to speed up the...

Biography of British Train Travel is a collection of mainly previously unpublished articles and short stories, covering a lifelong interest in railways. It spans a wide spectrum over the years, from the early days in Kent in 1960, through the many hours...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857943085Author Bob BarnettFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

This is a nostalgic guide to fifty of the most famous locomotives of the steam train and early diesel age, including the people, power and popularity that made them famous. It is packed with thrilling photographs of the locomotives at full steam, as well...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854143938Author Martin EadyFormat HardbackImprint Capital Transport PublishingPublisher Capital Transport Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857945690Author Philip HortonFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 580gDimensions(mm) 169mm *...

In his 1914 ode to Chicago, Carl Sandburg referred to the city as the ‘Hog Butcher for the World, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and Freight Handler to the Nation’. What was true over a century ago is still true today – Chicago is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857943986Author Chris HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

'Like so many other boys of my generation, I wanted to be an engine driver; my dreams, however, were dashed in 1956 when I went for a medical at Derby. So much depended upon having perfect eyesight ...' So wrote the author in his introduction in Last...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908174147Author 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 9781906008253Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton PressWeight(grams) 172g

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 9781857942057Author Brian GrantFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

A railway arrived on Anglesey in 1848, linking London and Dublin. It was the great railway engineer Robert Stephenson who ensured that the railway link to Ireland would run along the North Wales coast to Holyhead when he presented plans that overcame the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873793121Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

In the 1960s, there were still steam locomotives based at Ayr depot and a wealth of branch lines crossed the Ayrshire countryside. Although there was a wave of closures following the Beeching Report, by the 1980s it was decided that what railways were...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913390679Author Kevin DerrickFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Strathwood LtdPublisher Strathwood Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857945256Author Peter Townsend John StrettonFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857942118Author Chris de Winter-HebronFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904474937Author John OrganFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

With bygone railway scenes from all over Yorkshire, 184 pictures - 11 of them colour - illustrate the wide variety of diesel locomotives and multiple units to be found in the white rose county prior to the end of British Rail steam on 11th August 1968...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908174451Author 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 9781906008666Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press