Trains & Railways: General Interest

In the 1950s Merseyside was a Mecca for steam enthusiasts; over 400 locomotives were allocated to the seven depots that serviced Liverpool and Birk...

At the nationalisation of Britians railways in 1948, the Scottish Region inherited 1,400 locomotives which had been constructed by the pre-grouping...

In the 1950s and 1960s south Lancashire and Cheshire was criss-crossed by a web of railway lines, servicing the various needs of local industries. ...

Isambard Kingdom Brunel gave Reading an inconvenient station with but a single platform; after four major rebuilds it now has 15. This book documen...

Whether you're on the Orient Express or the Inverness to Wick and Thurso route traversing some of the wildest country in Britain, train travel affo...

Scale : 1: 6,786,250 Flat Size : 914 x 610 mm.

British Rail is a contentious company, as controversial as Dr Beeching and his axe. However, this examination of BRs passenger services shows just ...

'BR rebel chairman resigns' The Guardian. 'Rebel rail chief in row' Daily Mail. 'I don't take it back says sacked rail chief' Daily Express. ...

Born in inner-city Birmingham, from an impeccable working class pedigree, Graham Satchwell was diagnosed with a serious illness at age 7 a conditi...

British Rail was a success. British Rail is a contentious company, as controversial as Dr Beeching and his axe. However, this examination of BRs pa...

All too often, when observing our railways, focus falls entirely on the locomotives or multiple units that haul the many services that travel on th...

In January 1, 1885, Wells, Fargo & Company's chief detective James B. Hume and special agent John N. Thacker published a report summarizing the...

One of the most intriguing yet neglected pieces of American transportation history, electric interurban railroads were designed to assist shoppers,...

Southern Region Steam 1948-1967 contains over 250 stunning colour and black and white photographs of steam locomotives working across much of the S...

Sir Nigel Gresley's V2 Class 2-6-2 locomotive was developed during a period of great success for the London & North Eastern Railway company. Th...

First you hear the mournful wail of the ghost train s horn. Then you hear the throaty diesel engines roar and the heavy wheels clatter and groan on...

Despite playing canvas to a long list of talented writers, the IND (Independent) and BMT (Brooklyn Manhattan Transit) lines have been underrepresen...

Over the past thirty years or so, many changes have taken place on Britains railway system none more so than in the 1980s and 90s with the withdr...

Using well over 200 pin sharp photographs and informative text, the book will feature many aspects of railway development in Yorkshire prior to the...

Arthur Henry Peppercorn, OBE (29 January 1889 - 3 March 1951) was the last Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London and North Eastern Railway....

The Last Years of North West Steam contains over 250 stunning colour and black and white pictures that document the steam era drawing to a close in...

Under-maintained and over-worked during the Second World War, Britains railways emerged from the conflict carrying a poor bag of physical assets. Y...

The excellent photographs of railway historian and former Senior British Medical Council Researcher B.W.L. `Ben' Brooksbank capture the twilight ye...

Ordered in 1985, the Class 91 was a joint venture between GEC, Brush and ASEA to deliver a fleet of 140 mph tilting electric locomotives for the Ea...

British Rail Standard Pacifics features steam locomotives in the Britannia,Duke of Gloucester, and Clan classes. - There are photographs of every B...

The book features steam locomotives trundling along branch lines all around the county and travelling at speed on main lines in Yorkshire from the ...

One of the most evocative reminders of Victorian ingenuity at the British seaside is the much-loved cliff lift. This simple method of transporting ...

A. Aubrey Bodine's archive of train photographs chronicling mid-twentieth-century rail transportation. A. Aubrey Bodine, newspaper photographe...

The book concentrates on the London Midland Region in the final years of steam traction covering the period 1948 to 1966. All major London Midland ...

The book contains 270 superb colour and black and white photographs of steam locomotives working in and around the North East. Covers the late 1950...

If you have ever wondered what happened to Britains lost railways and where you can explore this bygone network, then this book is for you a new a...