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GWR, LMS, LNER and SR: these initials arouse memories of the Cornish Riviera Express, the streamlined Coronation Scot, the streamlined Coronation with its beaver tail, and the Southern Electrics, yet three of these companies only enjoyed a life of 25...

The Fifteen Guinea Special was the last steam-hauled British Rail passenger service on 11 August 1968. A day later, the once living and breathing steam locomotives fell silent, some never to run again. Ian Hardman begins with an in-depth look into the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888391254Author Lorraine HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,CanadaPublisher Hancock House Publishers Ltd...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780872333093Author Bradford G. BlodgetFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Bauhan (William L.),U.S.Publisher Bauhan (William L.),U.S.

Robin Grierson’s photography book, Steam Rally is published by Lost Press and has an introduction by the esteemed journalist and author, Ian Jack. It consists of 50 high quality colour photographs that explore steam rallies in England over the past 30...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911704010Author Richard ClarkFormat HardbackPage Count 136Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media Group

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910356845Author Dennis LovettFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857946147Author Nigel AdamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857946130Author Mike HeathFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 241g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857945867Author Nigel AdamsFormat 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 9781628083101Author Milan JanicFormat PaperbackPage Count 287Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 528g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781607413080Author Milan JanicFormat HardbackPage Count 275Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 510g

The goal of this book is to provide transportation and land use planning practitioners in the public and private sectors with the tools and resources to properly assess the impacts of land use decisions on freight movements, as well as the impacts of...

About 93 trains a day on average crossed into the continental United States from Canada and Mexico in 2014, according to U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). Trains enter and leave the United States through...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781455614967Author Earl Hampton, Jr.Format PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Pelican Publishing CoPublisher Pelican Publishing Co

This book describes the southern Republicans' post- Civil War railroad aid program--the central element of the Gospel of Prosperity" designed to reestablish a vigorous economy in the devastated South. Conceding that race and Unionism were basic...

The debate on rail privatisation often seems to focus on very narrow issues. Those on both sides of the argument seem to be able to employ a mass of statistics to prove their point. Proponents of privatisation suggest, with some credibility, that all was...

Optimization Models for Rail Car Fleet Management represents the result of multi-year efforts to provide readers with insights into one of the most important areas of railway transport management. The book covers mathematical procedures for the effective...

This book provides the latest scientific research regarding the importance of infrastructure charges in establishing competitive conditions in the railway market. The current charging regimes applied throughout the EU member states are analysed as well...

Pressure is building for greater passenger use of freight rail-road rights of way. Freight rail-road rights of way are owned by private, for-profit corporations, and the routes potentially most useful for passenger service are typically the busiest with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634630030Author Patrick WilliamsFormat HardbackPage Count 117Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 322g

This 200-mile line through Pennsylvania's most challenging mountain terrain was intended to form the heart of a new trunk line from the East Coast to Pittsburgh and the Midwest. Conceived in 1881 by William H. Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, and a group of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944424947Author Randal O'TooleFormat HardbackPage Count 300Imprint Cato InstitutePublisher Cato InstituteWeight(grams) 730g

The history of East Shropshire has had a global impact, with Ironbridge and Coalbrookdale acknowledged as the 'Cradle of the Industrial Revolution'. In this book, local industrial history expert Neil Clarke examines through photographs the history of the...

The Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) rail-safety oversight framework relies on inspections to ensure railroads comply with federal safety regulations. FRA inspects railroad infrastructure and operations, identifies safety defects, and may, if...

The factors affecting the economic viability of high speed rail lines include the level of expected riders, costs, and public benefits, which are influenced by a line's corridor and service characteristics. High speed rail tends to attract riders in...

Originally published in 1979, this volume is an invaluable study of a railway system and its adjustment to changing political-geographical conditions, as well as changes in economic and social geography. Each change in the territorial extent or in the...

This book provides an in-depth exploration of trains and train travel. Letherby and Reynolds have conducted extensive research with all those concerned with trains, from leisure travelers and enthusiasts to railway workers and commuters. Overturning...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781844917976Author Mapseeker Publishing Ltd.Format HardbackImprint Mapseeker Archive PublishingPublisher Historical Images Ltd

First published in 1967, British Locomotive Design is a review of British locomotive practice during the century and a quarter of steam’s ascendency. The author shows how the Stephenson basic plan, while remaining essentially unchanged, was adapted over...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780872333055Author Bradford G. BlodgetFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Bauhan (William L.),U.S.Publisher Bauhan (William L.),U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780872333079Author Bradford G. BlodgetFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Bauhan (William L.),U.S.Publisher Bauhan (William L.),U.S.

One of the best accounts of the story of The Great Siberian Railway.Book InformationISBN 9781901977806Author CP PressFormat PaperbackPage Count 520Imprint CP Press Architectural BooksPublisher CP Press Architectural BooksWeight(grams) 0g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781558381216Author Bob GriswoldFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint American Traveler PressPublisher American Traveler PressWeight(grams) 70g

As we recall the recent forty-fifth anniversary of the end of steam working on British Rail, Steam North West is a fascinating journey along the West Coast mainline from Crewe to Carlisle, also visiting a number of lines which made a junction with this...

From their origins, railways produced an intense competition between the two major continental systems in France and Germany. Fitting a new technology into existing political institutions and social habits, these two nations became inexorably involved in...

Published in 1999. The book presents and compares the new relationships between transport authorities and railway companies in a number of countries (Great Britain, Sweden, Japan, Germany, Switzerland and France). It also presents a number of case...

Since the advent of train travel, railways have compressed space and crossed national boundaries to become transnational icons, evoking hope, dread, progress, or obsolescence in different cultural domains. Spanning five continents and a diverse range of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853616191Author Kate RobinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840333848Author David JamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingWeight(grams) 149gDimensions(mm) 174mm *...