Railway Technology, Engineering & Trades

Swindon-born William A. Stanier joined Great Western Railway as a fifteen-year-old trainee and began rising swiftly through the ranks. In 1904, he ...

In this volume Paul Chancellor covers the construction at all six main workshops. With local livery variations and national use there is something ...

Portugals first-generation electric tramways reached their peak in the 1950s, with five systems providing a significant proportion of public transp...

For many years, both authors have shared a fascination with the tramways of Milan. As one of the worlds largest systems, it has enjoyed a rich mix ...

As one of the world's largest tramway systems Vienna has always had a rich variety of cars, routes, depots, work equipment, streetscapes and backdr...

For the British tramway enthusiast, Hong Kong has a special interest due to the extremely British nature of its tramcars, four-wheel double-deckers...

Trolleybus Days in Wolverhampton traces the history of trolleybus operation in Wolverhampton from its early beginnings in 1923, through the develop...

The Tramways of Wolverhampton traces the history of the Wolverhampton tramway system from its earliest horse-drawn beginnings in 1878, through the ...

Tramways have had a long but intermittent history in Britain. There have been two main eras, the first generation tramways from the 1880s to the 19...

Few books have been written laying out in detail the run-down of a great British tram system. This is an attempt to do just that by bringing togeth...

In 1950 the LRTAs predecessor, The Light Railway Transport League, decided to publish historical material relating to first- generation tramways in...