Railway Transport Industries

The adventure filled memoir from the world's most beloved trainspotter, TikTok sensation Francis Bourgeois.'Francis is one of the kindest, most gen...

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 ...

Passenger rail systems are vital components of the nation''s transportation infrastructure, encompassing rail transit and intercity rail. In the U....

Reissued in a new paperback package to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the London Underground.'I can think of few better ways to while away ...

From best-selling railway expert, Julian Holland, explore Britains historical railways in All Aboard. The history of Britains railways is...

The North British Locomotive Company came into existence in 1903 as an amalgamation of three established Glasgow locomotive manufacturers: Dübs &am...

Between 1900 and 1950, Americans built the most powerful steam locomotives of all timeenormous engines that powered a colossal industry. They were ...

Covering the period from 1948 to 1996, The Times End of the Line chronologically traces the history of more than 400 long forgotten railway lines, ...

Stephen Poole joined British Rail in 1973, working for three of its Regions and then for three of its Business Sectors in the run-up to privatisati...

In 1977, the iconic Swindon Works was building locomotives. By 1986, it was shut down. In The End of the Line, Ron Bateman recounts the fight to sa...

This book provides an in-depth history of the Metropolitan-Vickers diesel-electric Type 2 locomotives, more frequently known collectively as the C...

The book investigates the vast number of locomotives that came to the London Midland Region in 1948 at Nationalisation. This is a class by class s...