Trains & Railways: General Interest

Join Thomas and his friends for a festive adventure! In this beautifully-illustrated picture book, Thomas and Per...

"Tom Chesshyre is the consummate traveller, who makes you want to experience all his adventures and mishaps for yourself." - Christian Wolmar, auth...

Named one of the "75 People You Should Know" by Trains Magazine, Jim McClellan was a railroading legend and one of the railroad industry's titans. ...

Almost every family tree will have in one of its branches a railway employee. Railway Ancestors is a comprehensive and illustrated guide which open...

Why is the Victoria Line so hot? What is an Electrical Multiple Unit? Is it really possible to ride from King's Cross to King's Cross on the Circle...

The Pennsylvania and the New York Central railroads helped to develop central Pennsylvania as the largest source of bituminous coal for the nation....

In an era dominated by huge railroad corporations, Indianapolis Union and Belt Railroads reveals the important role two small railroad companies ha...

In the summer of 2000 David Haward Bain and his family left their home in Vermont and headed west in search of America’s past. Spiritually, their j...

In many ways the 1980s was the 'Golden Age' of diesel locomotive-hauled trains on British Railways. This book illustrates this decade with a series...

In his new book David Packer takes us on a journey along the route of one of the world's most famous trains - the Royal Scot, which through most of...

The year 1923 was a year of great change on the railways. Formation of the 'Big Four' resulted in the LNER taking over the Great Northern, Great Ea...

"No one has done before what Athearn has done in this volume. He has utilized company records and a variety of other sources to write a very attrac...

The Great Eastern Railway rose phoenix-like from the ashes of bankruptcy to become one of the greatest of all passenger-carrying lines. Its empire ...

It is curious that the nineteenth-century railway builders should even have thought of a line linking Huddersfield with Sheffield, now known as the...

In this book long-time model maker Stan Bray describes the construction of a range of uncomplicated miniature steam engines, for construction by th...

In the 1970s Andy Sparks was an avid trainspotter and photographer. As he travelled around, primarily in the north-west, he realised that vestiges ...

The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway evokes many different images, for it was essentially a railway of contrasts - for some it represente...

First published in 1985, this Atlas uses over 50 specially drawn maps to trace the rise and fall of the railways’ fortunes, and is supported by an ...

Narrow gauge railways, so well suited to difficult, mountainous terrain, were built in many of the UK’s most scenic locations. Their genesis was in...

Manchester is steeped in railway history, going back almost 200 year to the opening of Liverpool Road station in September 1830. It was later home ...

This volume explores the relationship between cities and railways over three centuries. Despite their nearly 200-year existence, The City and the R...

Celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the little blue engine! It’s Thomas’ birthday but all the other engines seem to...

What happened when the US government stopped investing in railroads and started investing in highways and air travel? By the late 1970s, six major ...

The railway lines of London and the South East include tracks from all four of the constituent companies that made up British Railways and subseque...

Narrow Gauge in the Tropics is the first comprehensive history of railways and tramways in the Dutch East Indies (modern Indonesia) from breaking g...

  The spectacular sequel to Ajay and the Mumbai Sun, shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize!  Ajay's wish has c...

Since the first subway opened in 1904, the New York Subway system and its trains have provided millions of New Yorkers with cheap, fast, and remark...

A selection of Eric Sawford's fine photographs illustrating a wide variety of steam in the 1950s. Over 200 images along with the author's informati...

Colin G. Maggs has a particular love for the Swindon to Bath line. In this detailed book he records the varied history of this stretch of railway, ...

Signal Failure is a history of the relationship between railways and government in the United Kingdom. It is intended for both railway enthusiasts ...

Kevin Robertson's follow-up to "Odd Corners of the GWR" brings together a collection of facts and unpublished photographs to throw new light on the...