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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906419264Author David HammersleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904474548Author 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 9781858952338Author John StrettonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Past & Present Publishing LtdPublisher Mortons Media Group

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908174130Author George BradshawFormat PaperbackImprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Strathclyde 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,...

The route covered by this book dates from 1849 onwards. It ran from Manchester to Altrincham, utilising the infrastructure of the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway, then to Knutsford by 1862, with extensions to Northwich and Mouldsworth,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873793084Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

O.S. Nock continues his account of the GWR 4-4-0s with a further look at G.J. Churchward and his programme of modernisation and standardisation, particularly in boiler design, and his introduction of the 'County' class - the last of the new GWR designs...

Looking Back at Sulzer Locomotives is a full-colour photographic album depicting the various classes of locomotives on British Railways that enjoyed Sulzer power. Inside we cover Classes 47, 44, 45, 46, 33, 27, 26, 25, and 24, not forgetting the seldom...

Today, most British Rail diesel locomotive types are represented in preservation, though some classes are much more prolific than others (in particular the more recently withdrawn). Sadly, several early types were lost completely as they were withdrawn...

Anthony Burton has travelled from the Highlands of Scotland, to the south west of England in pursuit of his passion for the steam engine in all its different forms. He has travelled on narrow gauge railways in Wales and enjoyed the splendour of main line...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858952413Author Paul ShannonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media GroupDimensions(mm) 238mm * 172mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901706864Author Edwin CourseFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Historical Railways around the World is a carefully curated selection of vintage railway photos from all around the world. It was composed in the spirit of the time-honoured phrase that a picture is worth a thousand words, and transports the reader back...

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...

Electric Locomotives on Scottish Railways covers virtually the whole of the electrified network across Scotland. The first electrification took place on the north side of Glasgow from 1960 when the Airdrie to Helensburgh line and branches in between were...

The Southern Railway, today headquartered at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, is the earliest of the seventeen zones of the Indian railway that is vital in connecting the different regions of this vast country. Originally, it dates from British rule in India when...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935700128Author Burnham Parry & CoFormat PaperbackPage Count 54Imprint Periscope Film LLCPublisher Periscope Film LLCWeight(grams) 127gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854143433Author Capital TransportFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Capital Transport PublishingPublisher Capital Transport Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857945485Author John LeggFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

Over the course of several volumes, Allen Jackson uses an array of photographs to lavishly illustrate the story of signalling in the principal constituents of the LNER - continuing here with the Great Eastern Railway. The LNER is most popularly...

In 1963 the infamous Beeching Report saw the closure of more than 2,500 railway stations and the lifting of 5,000 miles of track. This released a large amount of land that has since been put to an amazing array of uses. The gentle gradients that were...

Look beyond the pretty cottages and gentle landscapes of the Cotswolds, and you will find a dark history of crime and punishment. From child thieves, poachers, conmen, prostitutes and would-be suicides to bigamists, highwaymen and murderers, the...

The Victorian and Edwardian periods saw the development of the steam locomotive in Britain from a comparatively simple machine to a powerful main line express capable of speeds of a hundred miles an hour. The book starts with an introduction dealing with...

On Christmas Eve 1801, Cornish mining engineer Richard Trevithick tested the first steam locomotive on the road. Though it was short-lived, exploding four days later, this was the beginning of the railway age in Britain. By the end of the 18th century,...

Turkey, the country that straddles Europe and Asia, reflects this in the mix of cultures from both continents to be found there. The western and southern coastal areas are the most familiar to Western holidaymakers but the interior, Black Sea coast and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910356203Author Network RailFormat PaperbackPage Count 1800Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781900340885Author Andrew ShimminFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Locomotives InternationalPublisher Mainline & Maritime Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904474029Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Hugh Llewelyn has visited, lived and/or worked in London since the 1950s and began taking railway photographs in the early 1960s. This volume covers diesel and electric traction, both modern and classic, from that time until now, in black and white in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857945850Author Graham NicholasFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

The Eastern Region was a great attraction to railway enthusiasts in the years after nationalisation. The 200 photographs here have been carefully selected to convey the essence of these exciting times, when it seemed that steam would remain unchallenged...

The story of the world's most audacious infrastructure project Less than a decade ago, China did not have a single high-speed train in service. Today, it owns a network of 14,000 miles of high-speed rail, far more than the rest of the world combined...

The pictures in this book were chosen from the many hundreds of 35mm colour slides Bill Reed took on and off the route stretching from London to Aberdeen. Station scenes, views on works and in sheds are featured. They roughly cover a period from 1951 to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840337990Author David RossFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing

Following the First World War, some railway and tramway companies began selling the bodies of their railway carriages and tramcars, with many finding new uses as houses or bungalows, workshops, chicken houses, bus shelters or animal shelters. During...

East Anglia can sometimes be overlooked in favour of the larger mainlines that run through this country but, as can be seen by this exhibition of the sights found within the boundaries of an Anglia Day Ranger, it can be an interesting and often...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857942774Author John StrettonFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906008420Author 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 9781857945249Author Phil HortonFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group