Trains & Railways: General Interest

The British Railways Pilot Scheme orders of 1955 included ten English Electric Type 2 diesel-electric locomotives deploying Napier Deltic engines. ...

Over thirty years ago Nick Pallant told the story of the struggle to save one of Britain's best loved heritage railways in Holding the Line Preser...

The objective of this book is to share the pleasures provided by miniature railways of all sizes and encourage anyone wanting to build an engine or...

One of the most diverse, complex and thus most interesting railway routes in the land. It set out as part of Brunels Great Western Railway plan to ...

During the 1930s, with the end of steam locomotion being actively considered, many looked to develop engines powered by diesel and electricity. But...

The light Railways Act 1896 marked the final phase in the development of the traditional railway in Britain, being designed to open up rural areas ...

This second volume on the LNER 4-4-0 locomotives describes the design, construction, history, operation and performance of the North Eastern, North...

This book is a portrait of the period that became known as the era of BR Blue the 1970s and 1980s. The railway appeared to be caught up in a world...

There are 12 favourite Thomas & Friends characters to meet in this large tabbed board book PLUS early learning concepts too! ...

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

The story of the most iconic railway company of the great age of steam. The initials GWR conjure an evocative picture of a Brunswick green locomot...

Growing up in north-west London in the 1950s and living alongside a busy freight line, the seed for a fascination with steam was firmly planted in ...

Signalling on British Railways underwent massive changes from Nationalisation in 1948 to privatisation in the 1990s, but throughout this period muc...

With nearly 250 colour photos by Stephen Chapman this book illustrates the old Lancashire & Yorkshire main line through its many phases and cha...

Railway engineer and transport policy specialist Gareth Dennis shows why the railways are key to the fight for a better world for us all.The world'...

Swindon played an important role in the railway industry from its Victorian roots up to the sound of the final works hooter in 1986. This was witho...

August 2020 marked the fortieth anniversary of the opening of the first section of the Tyne & Wear Metro between Haymarket and Tynemouth. It is...

Towards the end of the twentieth century, take a photographic journey along the railway lines to the southwest and south of Birmingham. Starting at...

This Great Railway Journeys of Europe guidebook, perfect for travellers planning longer trips, is written by Insight Guides' destination experts. I...

As electricity became more widely used to power and light Britains towns and cities a number of municipal boroughs built their own power stations. ...

The 1970s was a unique period for Britains railways. Steam had not long been replaced by diesel traction, the West Coast Main Line electrification ...

Tracing multiple mobilities, entangled borderlands, microhistory and space, and human and nonhuman actors, Jan Musekamp demonstrates how an inner-P...

Coal and iron making first brought railways to what is now called South Yorkshire. The industrial towns of Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley and Donca...

These twelve classic black and white photographs from 1905 through 1938 picture the sunset of the locomotive steam age and the dawn of streamlined ...