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Freight operations on Britain's rail network have changed enormously in the last two decades. In this book author and photographer Paul D. Shannon surveys the changes in the rail freight scene since the year 2000. With superb colour photographs he...

The 'Knotty' was one of the most beloved of Britain's pre-grouping companies. Centred on Stoke-on-Trent, at one time it carried two-thirds of the country's pottery, as well as partaking in the lucrative coal and iron trades. It began to build its own...

Across the country at numerous locations the government operated another railway, hidden from the public, behind high wire fences. These were the railways serving the Ministry of Defence. A fascinating collection of sites, with differing gauges, origins...

_The Golden Age of Yorkshire Steam _includes a wealth of unique memories and experiences from a collection of railway enthusiasts, who in their youth were fascinated by the steam locomotives that ruled the rails. Discover what it was like growing up in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853617402Author R.J. MaycockFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 18mm

After the financial failure of the Stanhope & Tyne Railroad Company in 1841, a new company was set up to operate the coal-carrying eastern half of the railway that ran from the area around Consett down to South Shields. This new company, the Pontop &...

British Rail is a contentious company, as controversial as Dr Beeching and his axe. However, this examination of BR's passenger services shows just how vital the organisation was.It successfully carried millions of commuters to and from their jobs every...

The high-quality rock strata of the Peak District area of England is a major source of limestone products that have long been transported away in railway wagons. Over the years, many different designs of hoppers, open boxes, covered hoppers and powder...

Rob Shorland-Ball is a former teacher and is also a born story teller and is well aware of the strong local loyalties in East Anglia. Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex are considered to be very different separate and independent areas by their inhabitants ...

During much of his early career, from 1944 through to the early 1960s, Richard Hardy took hundreds of pictures of life on the railways and the men he knew and worked with on a daily basis, using his trusty Brownie 620 box camera. These unique behind the...

The Scarborough & Whitby Railway was opened in July 1885. The 21 miles of line traversed the picturesque coast between the two towns for eighty years. There were eight stations on the line all with their own distinctive character and serving the...

This is the ninth volume in the ten-part series of regional books examining the industrial railways of England, Scotland and Wales. Like elsewhere in Britain, changes have been far-reaching in industry, and Scotland has certainly suffered considerably in...

The 1980s were years of momentous change on Britain's railways. At the dawn of the decade it was still possible to travel on a Sundays-only St Pancras to Manchester Piccadilly service that traversed the Woodhead route, or catch a Deltic-hauled express...

This highly illustrated look at locomotive-hauled trains features a wide selection of locomotive types on many different passenger duties. From one-off special workings to day-to-day operations, the whole range of BR and post-privatisation...

It's about the journey, not the destination.All Aboard-first published in 1995, and here revised and updated-is much more than just a mile-by-mile scenery guide for train travelers. Written both for veteran train travelers and those considering their...

August 2020 marked the fortieth anniversary of the opening of the first section of the Tyne & Wear Metro between Haymarket and Tynemouth. It is an exciting time for the system, with a new fleet of trains about to be ordered, and extensions to the network...

Shown are Soviet armored trains as used during the Russian Revolution, the Russian Civil War, and World War II.Book InformationISBN 9780887409172Author Wilfried KopenhagenFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer...

Main line steam officially ended on British Railways in 1968. Fortunately, steam has continued on preserved railways and even on the modern main line, and the essence of everyday steam working can still be captured. Here, father and son team Robin and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910356852Author Mark BartlettFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

The South Maitland and Richmond Vale Railways formed an extensive network of standard-gauge lines serving collieries in the New South Wales coalfields. The first section opened for coal traffic in 1893, with passenger services introduced on part of the...

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway is Britain's most popular heritage railway, and runs for 18 miles through the national park of the same name. The journey commences at the market town of Pickering, whose station has a recently restored overall roof. It...

Between the two world wars there was a golden era of industrial design when the benefits of streamlining were realised, allowing for reduced wind resistance, faster transportation and a more efficient economy. The Art Deco-influenced style was also a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800352759Author Martin JenkinsFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

The excellent photographs of railway historian and former Senior British Medical Council Researcher B.W.L. `Ben' Brooksbank capture the twilight years of the steam railways of the Western Region. Nearly three hundred images are featured, including rare...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853617358Author Robert WesternFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

Running a railway is a complex business, constantly throwing up drama, misadventure and the unexpected. Geoff Body and Bill Parker have collated a rich selection of railwaymen's memories and anecdotes to create an enjoyable book of escapades and mishaps,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913555054Author Adrian KennedyFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Unique BooksPublisher Unique Publishing Services Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800351394Author Pip DunnFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781802581102Author Geoffrey LloydFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg LimitedDimensions(mm) 150mm * 200mm * 12mm

The Great Western Railway was always a little different to the rest of the railways, and that was still the position when in 1955 British Railways announced their Modernisation Plan that would see steam replaced by diesels and electrics. The rest of the...

The A4 Pacific locomotive No. 60009 Union of South Africa has recently been retired and is destined to go into a museum. Here, this famous loco's support crew share their memories and anecdotes of working to keep it running for the enjoyment of thousands...

Yorkshire Steam mainly takes a look at the 1948-1967 period when steam traction came to an end on the mainline railways. Over 250 superb colour and black and white images evoke a bygone era across the county. A number of the major cities and towns are...

The Age of Railways was an era of extraordinary change which utterly transformed every aspect of British life - from trade and transportation to health and recreation. Full Steam Ahead reveals how the world we live in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840330571Author Gordon StansfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 180mm * 241mm * 3mm

By the beginning of the 1980s, British Rail's fleet of diesel shunters was in decline, this being caused by a rapid loss of freight traffic across the country as well as the modernisation of passenger train operations, both resulting in a reduced need...

Across Scotland there are remnants of many disused railway lines, reminders of the wider network that once served a variety of locations. Some fascinating examples are to be found in eastern Scotland and, although many are now fields, footpaths, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909823181Author Tom FerrisFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg Limited

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915984173Author Stephen DanceFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Platform 5 Publishing LtdPublisher Platform 5 Publishing Ltd

The self-contained, fully electrified Merseyrail system is an iconic part of the UK's railway network. With 75 route miles of track, sixty-nine stations, and over 800 services, it is the third largest rail system outside London and the South East,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800352773Author David LarkinFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing