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London's Disused Railway Stations: Inner South East London by Jim Connor 9781854144522
RRP: $41.90$39.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854144522Author Jim ConnorFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Capital Transport PublishingPublisher Capital Transport Publishing -
Victoria's Railway King: Sir Edward Watkin, One of the Victorian Era's Greatest Entrepreneurs and Visionaries by Geoff Scargill
RRP: $41.98$29.99The accomplishments, and initiatives, both social and economic, of Edward Watkin are almost too many to relate. Though generally known for his large-scale railway projects, becoming chairman of nine different British railway companies as well as... -
The Railway that Helped win the Crimean War: The Story of the Grand Crimean Central Railway by Dawson, Anthony 9781526775559
RRP: $52.50$37.00Week after week, the guns of the British expeditionary force battered away at the defences of Sevastopol, eight miles away from Balaklava, the port through which all besiegers' supplies arrived. As autumn turned to winter, rain and frost turned the track... -
Railway Crimes Committed in Victorian Britain by Malcolm Clegg
RRP: $42.00$30.01The vast majority of Britain's railways were built between 1830 and 1900 which happened to coincide with the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901). By the turn of the Nineteenth/Twentieth Century, over one hundred different railway companies were operating... -
Train Songs: Poetry of the Railway by Don Paterson 9780571315789
RRP: $23.08$15.37'This is the night mail crossing the border, Bringing the cheque and the postal order...' -- W.H. Auden Wordsworth was the first laureate of locomotives: in fact he railed against them, and against the consequent opening up of the Lakes to holiday... -
Thompson, His Life and Locomotives by Tim Hillier-Graves 9781526731166
$53.11Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Golden Age of Yorkshire Steam and Beyond: Memories of the 50s, 60s & 70s by Peter Hadfield 9781526765888
RRP: $31.48$23.00_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... -
Victorian Steam Locomotive by G. D. Dempsey 9781473823235
RRP: $41.98$30.83First published in 1879, this book has been identified as a lost publication by Peter Waterman, who is writing the introduction to the reprint.The book, which was published in the year of the Tay Bridge Disaster and the Zulu War in South Africa, looks in... -
The LNER Handbook: The London and North Eastern Railway 1923-47 by David Wragg
RRP: $42.00$30.89Renowned for its express locomotive Mallard setting a world speed record (126mph) for steam locomotives that endures to this day, the London & North Eastern Railway was the second largest of the 'Big Four' railway companies to emerge from the 1923... -
London Underground: Architecture, Design and History by David Long 9780750984171
RRP: $31.48$24.53The seminal and pioneering London Underground is more than a mass transportation network - it is a style icon, its history involving some of the most important architects and artists of their time. Exploring Frank Pick's vision through the development of... -
Britain's Railways in the Second World War by Michael Foley 9781526772282
RRP: $52.50$37.00The outbreak of the Second World War had an enormous effect on the railway system in Britain. Keeping the trains running through times of conflict was not such a distant memory for the railway companies and their workers but in this second major war of... -
Railway Breakdown Cranes: The Story of Steam Breakdown Cranes on the Railways of Britain: Volume 1 by Peter Tatlow
RRP: $73.50$54.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906419691Author Peter TatlowFormat HardbackPage Count 300Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing -
The Historical Guide to North American Railroads by Trains Magazine
RRP: $52.48$42.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780890249703Author Trains MagazineFormat PaperbackPage Count 319Imprint Kalmbach Publishing CompanyPublisher Kalmbach Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 862g -
The Steam Locomotive: An Engineering History by Ken Gibbs
RRP: $46.18$32.78Books on railway history invariably start with the Stephenson's or with Richard Trevithick's locomotive of 1804., but the story begins much earlier with the development of steam engines for pumping out deep mines. Ken Gibbs, a retired engineer who served... -
The Great Strikes of 1877 by David O. Stowell
$60.65A spectacular example of collective protest, the Great Strike of 1877--actually a sequence of related actions--was America's first national strike and the first major strike against the railroad industry. In some places, non-railroad workers also... -
Lost Lines: Brecon to Newport by Tom Ferris
RRP: $18.88$13.55Apologies 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 -
Lost Lines: Vale of Neath by Tom Ferris
RRP: $18.88$13.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912050666Author Tom FerrisFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg Limited -
Railways of Oxford: A Transport Hub that Links Britain by Laurence Waters 9781526740380
RRP: $52.50$37.00This is a history of the railways of Oxford ,looking at the operations and development of services , from the opening of the Oxford Railway by the Great Western on 12 June 1844 through to the present day. This volume covers the development of the railway... -
Lost Lines of Wales: Conwy Valley Line by Paul Lawton 9781912654147
RRP: $18.88$13.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912654147Author Paul LawtonFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg Limited -
Railway Walks: GWR & SR: From the Camel Valley to the Cuckoo Trail by Jeff Vinter 9780752451039
RRP: $31.48$23.69Jeff Vinter, consultant to the BBC's popular Railway Walks series, here guides the walker along ten of the best railway paths in the south of England, ranging from the Camel Trail in scenic north Cornwall to the densely wooded tracks of the Forest of... -
The Journey Matters: Twentieth-Century Travel in True Style by Jonathan Glancey
RRP: $42.00$28.35What was it really like to take the LNER's Art Deco Coronation streamliner from King's Cross to Edinburgh, to cross the Atlantic by the SS Normandie, to fly with Imperial Airways from Southampton to Singapore, to steam from Manhattan to Chicago on board... -
The Earl of Dudley's Railway by Ned Williams 9780752493084
RRP: $31.48$23.69The Earl of Dudley's Railway, also known as The Pensnett Railway, was nearly 40 miles of track stretching in all directions from The Earl's Iron Works (later a steel works) at Round Oak, just outside Brierley Hill. It began life in a spectacular way back... -
Mallard: How the `Blue Streak' Broke the World Speed Record by Don Hale
RRP: $35.68$26.54Just over eighty years ago on the East Coast main line, the streamlined A4 Pacific locomotive Mallard reached a top speed of 126mph - a world record for steam locomotives that still stands. Since then, millions have seen this famous locomotive,... -
Hill Railways of the Indian Subcontinent by Richard Wallace 9781785008085
RRP: $52.50$41.71This book describes seven branch lines which climbed into the mountain ranges that span the length and breadth of the countries of India and Pakistan. Some - like the Darjeeling Himalayan - are well known, but others - like the Zhob Valley, Khyber Pass... -
Engines of War: How Wars Were Won and Lost on the Railways by Christian Wolmar
RRP: $42.00$30.01Engines of War tells the dramatic story of how the railways revolutionized the nature of warfare, ushering in an age of industrialized conflict in which wars were fought on a previously unimaginable scale. From the moment of its first appearance, the... -
Lost Lines: Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth by Tom Ferris 9781912050680
RRP: $18.88$13.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912050680Author Tom FerrisFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg Limited -
Britain's Railways in Wartime by Anthony Lambert 9781848024823
$117.41In the long and absorbing history of Britain's railways and the men and women who have worked on them, the most challenging years were those of the two world wars. Neither of these wars could have been won without the railways. Transportation of... -
Giants of Steam: The Great Men and Machines of Rail's Golden Age by Jonathan Glancey 9781843547730
RRP: $52.50$37.00The thrilling story of the last, and greatest, generation of steam railway locomotives in regular main line service: a story of invention, skill and passion, Giants of Steam reveals how the true advocates of steam's glory days pushed its design and... -
Railway Journeys in Art Volume 9: Rails Across America: 9 by Richard Furness 9780857161697
RRP: $84.00$75.75The Poster to Poster series is a nine-volume definitive collection of British railway posters which showcases many of the railway posters from the National Railway Museum at York and other museums and galleries. Each volume is a mixture of travel... -
Logomotive: Railroad Graphics and the American Dream by Ian Logan
RRP: $73.50$51.01In Logomotive Ian Logan's photographs are assembled into chapters and picture essays recalling the great days of lines such as the Santa Fe, the Union Pacific, and the Kansas City Southern. Some of his journeys are presented as travelogues in which he... -
Lost Tramways of Wales: Swansea and Mumbles by Peter Waller 9781912213153
RRP: $18.88$13.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912213153Author Peter WallerFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg Limited -
Lincolnshire Railways by Alan Stennett
RRP: $35.68$28.98Lincolnshire is a largely rural county, which was reflected in the early history of the railway lines. The main lines mostly passed through on their way to somewhere else and the local traffic was handled by a large number of branch lines. Author Alan... -
Shadows Across the Moon: Outlaws, Freaks, Shamans and the Making of Ibiza Clubland by Helen Donlon 9781911036180
RRP: $27.20$18.02Once a fabled pirate garrison, the Balearic island of Ibiza has been colonised and continually fought over since the era of the Phoenicians. During the twentieth century it gained its reputation as a countercultural hotbed after it became a melting pot... -
The London Underground Electric Train by Piers Connor
RRP: $52.50$43.81The London Underground Electric Train tells the story of the development of electric traction on the London Underground railways. It combines technical knowledge, historical context and practical experiences. It covers the history of underground lines... -
Joint Line Operation Around Manchester and in South Yorkshire by Bob Pixton
RRP: $63.00$44.00Joint Operations Around Manchester and in South Yorkshire, is the latest volume in a series of books by Robert Pixton, covering the lines across the Pennines, especially those of the former Great Central. This volume looks at the joint lines that once... -
Dominion: The Railway and the Rise of Canada by Stephen Brown 9780385698726
RRP: $52.50$35.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385698726Author Stephen BrownFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Doubleday CanadaPublisher Random House Canada -
The Kinver Light Railway: Echoes of a Lost Tramway by Paul Collins 9780752466323
RRP: $27.28$19.68The Kinver Light Railway once linked the Black Country to Kinver, an inland resort to which local people flocked on high days and holidays. On some occasions over 20,000 people were carried by tramcar in one day! Part conventional street tramway, part... -
London Local Trains in the 1950s and 1960s by Kevin McCormack 9781473827219
RRP: $52.50$31.69The picture below of a Castle class locomotive, since preserved, illustrates Kevin McCormack's first love: the Great Western Railway and the Western Region of British Railways. Living almost all his childhood on the Western in Ealing, it was perhaps... -
A History of the East Coast Main Line by Robin Jones
RRP: $52.50$42.55Since the mid-nineteenth century the East Coast Main Line has been one of the major routes from London to northern England and to Scotland. It has seen some of the greatest achievements in the railways, most notably the 'Flying Scotsman' becoming, in... -
Real Railway Tales by Geoff Body
RRP: $27.28$19.68Running 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,...