Transport

The whaling bark Progress was a New Bedford ship transformed into a whaling museum for Chicago's 1893 world's fair. Traversing waterways across Nor...

In 1971 Alec Crawford is determined to make his fortune from ship salvage. Early attempts lead nowhere until he teams up with a new partner, Simon ...

Following the deregulation of bus services in the United Kingdom in 1986, it did not take long for many distinctive local liveries to disappear. On...

The electric vehicle seemed poised in 1900 to be a leader in automotive production. Clean, odorless, noiseless and mechanically simple, electric...

Petrol: Austin Healey 100/6 Mk I 2.6L (2639cc) (1956 - 1959); Austin Healey 100/6 Mk II 2.6L (2639cc) (1958 - 1959); Austin Healey 3000 Mk I 2.9L (...

Hatchback, Saloon and Coupe with SOHC engines, inc. special/limited editions. Petrol: 1.3 litre (1343cc), 1.5 litre (1493cc) and 1.6 litre (1590cc)...

3-door Hatchback and 4-door Saloon, inc. special/limited editions. Petrol: 1.3 litre (1324cc), 1.5 litre (1489cc), 1.6 litre. (1598cc) and 1.8 litr...

With a Haynes Manual, you can do it yourself, from simple maintenance to full repairs. Every Manual is based on a complete stripdown of the bike. O...

Fletcher Gillett runs a small business repairing and restoring VW Transporters and other vehicles, with bodywork and structural repairs a specialit...

During World War I, the American Merchant Marine meant dangerous duty. Sailors on cargo ships faced the daily threat of enemy submarines, along ...

Meet workboat builders and the versatile boats owners, captains, and families who bought and sold goods and played aboard them. Illustrations are c...

The first book to portray the birth of naval architecture as an integral part of the Scientific Revolution, examining its development and applicati...

In 1995, P&O introduced the 70,000grt Oriana into service. She was to be the replacement for the long-lived Canberra and she ushered in a new p...

Formed in 1864 by the amalgamation of the Oswestry & Newtown, Newtown & Machynlleth, Llanidloes & Newtown and several other railway com...

Around 200 sailing vessels take part in the Tall Ships series of races, which travel the world each year. They regularly attract up to five million...

'I saw that ship sink, I never closed my eyes. I saw it, I heard it, and nobody could possibly forget it. I can remember the colours, the sounds, e...

For many, the Chesapeake Bay has an aura of historical romance and high adventure. Like the great Atlantic Ocean of which it is an extension, the b...

In this comprehensive book, the author charts the development and production of one of the most famous fire engine manufacturers in the world. Aft...

Entering service in 1938, the Nieuw Amsterdam was the Holland America Line flagship until the construction of the Rotterdam in the late 1950s. Her ...

David Devoy was first introduced to many of the independent Lanarkshire bus fleets back in the 1960s when he saw many of them on football hires to ...

The Jet Age began in Britain in May 1941 when the Gloster E.28/39, the first British jet aircraft, made its first flight. The first British jet fig...

The 1954 film On the Waterfront brought to life the New York docks of the 1950s, when it was often said that a ship, usually a freighter, arrived o...

Imray has commissioned this English language edition of Skagerrak Forlag's Harbour Guide to Slovenia, Croatia and Montenegro, which covers the coas...

Lotus introduced the Type 75 Elite in 1974. Being a full four-seater coupe with an opening glass tailgate, it was designed to carry a family in co...

Running a railway is a complex business beset with drama. The operation of heavy equipment at speed, twenty-four hours a day, across the full lengt...

In the summer of 1974, against the backdrop of the Lebanese Civil War, ceramics expert and Morgan sports car enthusiast John Carswell set off with ...

When, in 1970, the Oldham company Seddon took over Atkinson, based in Preston, it merged two of the greatest names in British truck manufacturing. ...

The drama of the Cumbrian countryside combined with some of the most magnificent steam locomotives to be found anywhere in Britain. This follow-up...