Transport

Among the iconic aircraft of World War II, the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt not only was physically the biggest single-engine fighter, it also had an ...

At the end of the First World War, British power in the colonies was at an all-time low. That was until a ragtag band of visionaries, including Win...

We are all familiar with bustling Tube stations and overcrowded carriages, but have you ever wondered what the London Underground looks like empty?...

When Titanic foundered in April 1912, the world's focus was on the tragedy of the passengers who lost their lives. Ever since, in films, dramatisat...

Narrow Boats: Ownership, Care and Maintenance is a practical manual for readers who are new to boating or wanting to buy a narrow boat. It provide...

Llanelly to Carmarthen is the latest addition to an ongoing series about railways in West Wales, by railway historian John Hodge. This volume look...

This book was originally envisaged as a purely photographic overview of those British main-line diesel and electric locomotives which managed to fi...

In the dark days of World War I, when flying machines, radio, and electronics were infant technologies, the first remotely controlled experimental ...

In 1980 Josef Müller-Brockmann laid the cornerstone for a uniform visual identity for the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) with his legendary Visual In...

The first efforts of man to fly were limited by his ability to generate sufficient power to lift a heavier-than-air machine off the ground. Propuls...

Conspiracy theories of sabotage, murder and even UFOs flourish around the greatest unsolved mysteries of aviation from the twentieth century. This ...

There is a head-turning charm about heritage transport. And where better to showcase such preserved delights than glorious Devon? This book is an a...

Built to carry minerals from mines in the Rheidol valley, the 2ft gauge Vale of Rheidol Railway found its niche carrying tourists to the tourist at...

Detailed history of British Military Railways overseas during WW1 - all theatres covered, from the Western Front to the Falkland Islands. A detail...

The aim of this innovative series is to provide modelmakers and car enthusiasts with a new standard of primarily visual reference of both full-size...

SS Terra Nova was most famous for being the vessel to carry the ill-fated 1910 polar expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott, but the story of this m...

Railway buildings have always had a fascinating character all of their own, despite many no longer being in operational railway service. This book...

Illustrated biography of this iconic narrow gauge locomotive. The first in a new series of Special Editions from the popular digital magazine Narr...

A unique chronology, Titanic: A Journey Through Time tells the captivating full story, moment by moment, from the birth of the key players to the l...

Croydon Tramlink is a new history about the network linking Wimbledon with Croydon in South London. This is the first full history of this fascina...

United Counties Buses - A Fleet History begins by taking a brief look at the expansion of the United Counties Omnibus Company since its formation i...

As traditional locomotive haulage declined in the UK and many enthusiasts' favourite classes were withdrawn or taken off passenger work, British Ra...

Despite the substantial decline of coal mining in the UK over the last three decades, until recently, coal was still a vital energy source for the ...

The five years either side of the millennium was a period of great change on the railway network with the advent of privatisation and, on the passe...