Trains & Railways: General Interest

Taking railway photographs and capturing an age of impressive locomotives and atmospheric stations is a pastime that the age of steam passed down t...

This volume continues on with the story of these locomotives known to enthusiasts as 'Black Fives'. The author picks up the story of the class aft...

HOP ON BOARD, SIT BACK AND ENJOY THE RIDE! Whether you pine for the romantic age of the steam engine, thrill at the speeds of today''s superf...

Peter J Green first photographed Class 50 diesels in action in 1975, while they were still being transferred from the London Midland to the Western...

This book, uniquely, gives an insight to the business strategy and its delivery that underpinned the performance of one of Rail Privatisation's gre...

The outbreak of the Second World War had an enormous effect on the railway system in Britain. Keeping the trains running through times of conflict ...

Following on from his popular series examining industrial steam in regions of the UK, Gordon Edgar looks at a series of fascinating workings around...

The Western Region has been going through a period of great transition, and this book aims to document these changes, such as the rebranding of Fir...

This book contains previously unpublished photographs from the collection of David Reed, who set out to record the end of steam trains on British R...

British Rail operated thousands of different shunt engines during its time, many being built by private companies and others by BR themselves. Sadl...

John Carlson takes a new look at the north-western rail scene. Focusing mainly on the years 1975 to 1985, this collection of around 180 colour and ...

Across the country at numerous locations the government operated another railway, hidden from the public, behind high wire fences. These were the r...

Margam Servicing Depot was built on a landfill site and opened during March 1964. Its function was to service locomotives operating to and from Mar...

The Erewash Valley line, linking the busy railway junctions at Trent through the once bustling yards of the iconic railway location of Toton and to...

This lavish photographic history of the most beautiful and historic railway stations in London tells a story of power, progress and innovation, fro...

Andrew Grant Forsyths impressive catalogue of previously unpublished photographs portrays the work of locomotives from all parts of the former LNER...

The B1 Class 4-6-0 locomotive was Edward Thompson's most enduring design. Built from 1942-1952, the class totalled 410 examples and was a familiar ...

English Electric produced a wide variety of products ranging from the Lightning interceptor jet to everyday consumer electronics, but in the railwa...

Construction on the Callander & Oban Railway began in 1866, but because of the mountain terrain through which the line passed, especially at Gl...

With tracks and trackage rights that cover more than half of the states in the union, the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe is one of the true gia...

In no other country in the world is there anything to match Britains love affair with the steam train; nowhere else are there so many preserved rai...

By the early years of the twentieth century, the development of rail transport in South Wales had produced an intricate network that owed its origi...

The unique, but sadly short-lived, Brighton & Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway must have presented quite an amazing spectacle, even during...