Trains & Railways: General Interest

When the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad finally reached San Antonio in 1877, South Texas boomed. Soon seven more came through: the ...

The day is 8 August 1963. It is the early hours of the morning, and a group of men are waiting at a railway bridge in Buckinghamshire. They are abo...

The first global history of the epic early days of the iron railway   Railways, in simple wooden or stone form, have existed since prehistory. But ...

Exhibiting the full range of the Manuscripts and Rare Books Department of the Hispanic Society of America, Treasures from the Hispanic Society Libr...

Discover the Sunset Clusterrailroads that were doomed to fail? The first two decades of the 20th century were the twilight of the railroad age. Maj...

Following on from Class 47s: Inverness to Penzance: 1982-85, this volume picks up the story and runs to the end of the summer 1986 timetable. It wa...

The go-to Japan guide for anyone planning to travel by train. Japan is steeped in legend and myth, perhaps the greatest of which is the popular mis...

Oklahoma was in the throes of the Great Depression when Preston George acquired a cheap Kodak folding camera and took his first photographs of stea...

Drivers in the nation's capital face a host of hazards: high-speed traffic circles, presidential motorcades, jaywalking tourists, and bewildering s...

The 100 years since the Irish Free State was set up in 1923 has seen enormous change, both in society and on the railways. The creation of a border...

A captivating journey blending memoir, history, and biography that takes the reader on one of the world's most famous trains and tells of carving t...

Its about the journey, not the destination.All Aboardfirst published in 1995, and here revised and updatedis much more than just a mile-by-mile sce...

2023 FOREWORD INDIES BOOK OF THE YEAR GOLD WINNER FOR TRAVELObservations on the people, culture, and history of Japan from a long-time resident ri...

A dynamically written visual history of the world's largest transit system in all its intriguing, colorful, and even seedy glory packed with compel...

This stunning book is a glorious celebration of all things train and track!Packed with stunning photography, The Train Book catalogues the developm...

The railways of Wales had a varied character, ranging from the heavy industry of the South to the rural Mid- and North. The country was badly affec...