Transport

For much of the twentieth century travel by air was a luxury available only to the wealthy, and accordingly the airlines – Pan Am, BOAC, TWA, BEA a...

David Pearson spent more than four decades working for Ford's tractor business, starting on the production line at the maker's Dagenham factory bef...

VW Transporter ‘T4’ variants with front-mounted diesel engines andfront-wheel-driveDiesel: 1.9 litre (1896cc) 4-cyl and 2.4 litre (2370cc) & 2....

Ex-railwayman Bill Reed, now 78, has spent most of his life driving, photographing or observing locomotives in the UK and abroad - even at times ...

A pocket guide to 60 of the most iconic British locomotives of the last two centuries, which will have wide appeal as a handy yet detailed referenc...

Britain is a country in love with its railway past. Nowhere else do the workhorses of the age of steam exert such a pull; in no other country is th...

It has often been said that the world was horse-drawn before the introduction of electric tramways. So, the establishment of a new and relatively c...

Bill Reed's excellent pin-sharp pictures have been showcased in four previous Fonthill publications: Working and Preserved Industrial Locomotives; ...

Spain is the most popular holiday destination for British tourists, and the most popular destination for emigrating Brits. The book highlights the ...

Many books have been produced which detail the lives and thoughts of famous individuals. A View from the Wings is unique, recalling a wartime boyho...

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...

Designed to improve on the F-4 Phantom’s air combat performance, the Tomcat entered service in 1974 with the US Navy, replacing the F-4 Phantom II....

You want to be a steam engine driver? It's not that simple - it's not just a matter of blowing the whistle, releasing the brakes and opening the ...