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R.J. (Ron) Buckley's photographs illustrate the locomotive scene in Scotland, witnessed across his long career on the railways. This evocative collection of images commemorates the age of steam and reveals the changes wrought across that era, from the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789083338705Author Marc HernandezFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint DMD DigitalPublisher DMD DigitalWeight(grams) 549gDimensions(mm) 260mm * 185mm * 15mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935700289Author C S Card Iron Works CoFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Periscope Film, LLCPublisher Periscope Film, LLCWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (South-East Nonfiction) 2012.Book InformationISBN 9781400049479Author Les StandifordFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint...

In Folk Tales on the Settle-Carlisle Railway, join the driver and fireman on the footplate of a locomotive. Stand behind a range of levers in a signal box or be one of a gang working on the permanent way, sweating in the summer heat or shivering after a...

We think of the Stephensons and Brunel as the fathers of the railways, and their Liverpool and Manchester and Great Western Railways as the prototypes of the modern systems. But who were the railways' grandfathers and great-grandfathers? The rapid...

In 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...

Week 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...

There is a widely held belief that Thomas Cook invented the railway excursion. In fact the railway excursion is almost as old as the railway itself, dating back to the 1830s, when hordes of people from one town would descend on another for a 'cheap trip'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849149440Author Rob PooleFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint MR PoolePublisher MR PooleWeight(grams) 481gDimensions(mm) 246mm * 189mm * 14mm

A comprehensive look at the LMS/BR Class 7 4-6-0 rebuilt locomotives, including the rebuilt Jubilees, the rebuilt Patriots and the rebuilt Royal Scots. The book includes hundreds of photographs and feedback from the original crews that operated the...

Over 200 underground railways are in service or under construction around the world. Many although of great importance to their cities and passengers are otherwise unremarkable, however others have fascinating stories to tell. With unique histories,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906419981Author Jeffery GrayerFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing

An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library.Fellow Travellers examines the shifting practices and strategies adopted by Communist militants as they sought to build and maintain support...

At the nationalisation of Britian's railways in 1948, the Scottish Region inherited 1,400 locomotives which had been constructed by the pre-grouping companies. The real veterans among these were a handful of ex-NBR and CR 0-6-0 tender locos dating from...

Journey through the engineering marvels, stations, and heritage sites of Canada's western mountains. Ride the rails through Canada's western mountains to explore the many vestiges of the region's spectacular and surprising railway heritage. Here is...

Over 140 photos accompanied by extended captions written by Robin Atthill illustrate the beauty and variety of scenery that attracted visitors and photographers from far and wide toi this legendary, much-loved line. Atthill researched the history of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789888843268Author Thomas BirdFormat PaperbackPage Count 342Imprint Earnshaw Books LtdPublisher Earnshaw Books LtdWeight(grams) 435gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

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London's Underground is one of the best-known and most distinctive aspects of the city. Since Victorian times, this remarkable feat of engineering has made an extraordinary contribution to the economy of the capital and played a vital role in the daily...

The name Flying Scotsman is renowned across the world, but the detailed story of the globally famous locomotive is often less well known. In this illustrated history, James S. Baldwin takes the reader on a railway journey through time, documenting the...

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This book gives a detailed account of the types and employment of German armored trains during WWII.Book InformationISBN 9780887401985Author Wolfgang SawodnyFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913166021Author Michael ClutterbuckFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Heddon PublishingPublisher Heddon PublishingWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912213146Author Peter WallerFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg Limited

From the Edwardian golden age of steam to the present, the railway has captured the hearts and imaginations of the British people like no other mode of travel. In wartime and peace, along major routes and minor, steam, diesel and electric trains have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992595609Author Robin BrombyFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Highgate PublishingPublisher Highgate PublishingWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780226837888Author Jeremy BlackFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint University of Chicago PressPublisher The University of Chicago PressWeight(grams)...

David Myrick's monumental railroad histories have become essential reference works for railroaders, historians, and hobbyists. His previous two volumes on the railroads of Nevada and Eastern California provide a rich record of rail transport in the...

Valuable as these volumes are in relation to railroad operations in Nevada and California, their usefulness as authoritative reference sources embraces a much broader scope. Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California is as much a history of the region as...

The Hoosac railroad tunnel in the mountains of northwestern Massachusetts was a nineteenth-century engineering and construction marvel, on par with the Brooklyn Bridge, Transcontinental Railroad, and Erie Canal. The longest tunnel in the Western...

Why did American railroads decline from the glory days of the early twentieth century? Why did so many railroad mergers in the 1950s and 1960s, intended as a panacea for the ills of an outdated system, go sour and, in fact, make a bad situation worse?...

Born in inner-city Birmingham, from an 'impeccable working class pedigree', Graham Satchwell was diagnosed with a serious illness at age 7 - a condition which should have barred his entry to the police force. Forty-two years later, he was Britain's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643435671Author Cindy WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 472Imprint Beaver's Pond PressPublisher Beaver's Pond PressWeight(grams) 975gDimensions(mm) 246mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798888306550Author Burton J HendrickFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Bibliotech PressPublisher Bibliotech PressWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Railway commuting is today a mundane and routine necessity, yet for the Victorians it was a novel experience. It opened up new possibilities of living at a remove from the crowded urban centre while staying connected to its places of work. Commuting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467120135Author David D. MorrisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 309gDimensions(mm)...

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