Transport

The steam locomotive, the most potent symbol of nineteenth-century civilisation, is perhaps the image that best sums up the Victorian and Edwardian...

Wallace Arnold was founded in 1912 and was named after its founders Wallace Cunningham and Arnold Crowe. In 1926 the business was bought by Robert ...

The Caledonian Steam Packet Co. was founded in 1889 by the Caledonian Railway and in 2014 is 125 years old. It originally sailed from Gourock but c...

Great disasters always attract conspiracy theories and this is just as true of disasters at sea as it is of those on land or in the air. The sinkin...

From nationalisation in 1948, British Railways built huge numbers of EMUs for suburban and short/medium-distance main line express duties, initiall...

Steam engines and steam railways have a long, fascinating history, with many exciting areas to explore. Whether you are visiting a steam railway, o...

The stretch of railway line between Hull and Bridlington forms part of northern Englands historic Yorkshire Coast Line (or the Hull to Scarborough ...

The canal received its Act of Parliament in 1791, and was opened from Bolton and Bury to Salford in 1797. The canal never reached Manchester. It wa...

The London & Birmingham Railway was the first major line in Britain and it was the greatest achievement of its engineer, Robert Stephenson, the...

It was the most famous express train in the world. Hauled by the GWR's powerful Castle Class the Cheltenham Flyer established new records for a sch...

The first trams to be operated in West Bromwich belonged to the South Staffordshire Tramways Company, which began operating double-deck steam trams...

For many years a major importer of new British buses, the former colony of Hong Kong, with its high-rise living, is dependent on public transport. ...

The Great Northern Railway out of Kings Cross was always in the limelight with the Scotch Expresses and it carried the baton to just north of Donca...

The bus scene around Southampton and its surrounding towns in the 1970s and early 1980s was one of change. The National Bus Company brought togethe...

Many audacious and improbable schemes for new railways were dreamed up in the nineteenth century, but surely none matched the plan to link the Crom...

The Peak District has always been a formidable barrier to transport links across it, particularly railways. The first crude horse-drawn tramways fe...

North East Canals Through Time follows on from previous titles by specialist author and canal historian Ray Shill, notably North West Canals Throug...

Britain's hard-working freight trains are captured in a variety of locations, from the dramatic backdrop of the Cumbrian Hills to the more industri...

Sixties Spotting Days Around the London Midland Region is a photographic album depicting the 1960s with coverage of steam, diesel and electric trac...

Coachbuilding is a subject of great fascination for many automotive enthusiasts, even though the golden age of individually coachbuilt bodies is no...