Transport

The shipping industry is one of constant, dramatic change. Driven by a multitude of factors, including globalisation, technological advances, the d...

The Vickers Wellington was a British twin-engine, long range medium bomber, universally known as the 'Wimpy'. The only bomber in construction throu...

A must-have AZ guide with fascinating facts, figures, quotes and statistics from the high-flying world of aviation, From Airbus to Zeppelin has it ...

The London Underground Electric Train tells the story of the development of electric traction on the London Underground railways. It combines tech...

The disappearance of steam from Britains main-line railways marked the end of an era of British rail travel. Here Andrew Britton remembers the last...

Dudley was connected by tram to various parts of the Black Country, first by steam trams and then by electric ones. This book takes a route-by-rout...

Over the past thirty years or so, many changes have taken place on Britains railway system none more so than in the 1980s and 90s with the withdr...

On 29 October 1914 the hospital ship Rohilla left Queensferry with 234 people on board bound for Dunkirk. Just after 4 a.m. on 30 October there was...

Designed as a fast bomber that could out-run the fighters of the era, the twin-engine Junkers Ju 88 became one of the most versatile aircraft of th...

The Brighton Atlantic locomotives were some of the most handsome machines ever constructed at Brighton Works. They were signed by the D. Earl Marsh...

The Typhoon is at the forefront of NATOs order of battle. It is the Royal Air Forces most important and numerous combat aircraft and looks set to r...

'Like so many other boys of my generation, I wanted to be an engine driver; my dreams, however, were dashed in 1956 when I went for a medical at De...

Arguably the most famous fighter of all time, The Spitfire Story continues the history of this iconic aircraft. From the end of the war to its fina...

In the nineteenth century the War Office showed little interest in developing large heavy artillery for its land forces, preferring instead to equi...

Amassing over 52,000 miles from Kent to Cornwall, here is the story of Keith Widdowsons journey as he raced against time to chronicle the steam loc...

Originally built as an airliner that could carry passengers across the Atlantic for Deutsche Lufthansa, the Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor developed into...

The Richard Perkins warship identification albums form one of the most detailed studies ever undertaken of the changes to the appearance of Royal N...

UAVsunmanned aerial vehicles, remotely piloted aircraft; the labels varyare a disruptive technology on par with computers and smartphones. Present ...

The second millennium saw the spread and consolidation of Christianity in Britain. One means by which the Normans tightened their grip on Britain a...

Never before has a comprehensive history been written of the track used by railways of all gauges, tramways, and cliff railways, in Great Britain. ...

In Great Britain there existed a practice of naming steam locomotives. The names chosen covered many and varied subjects, however a large number of...

Before the Industrial Revolution, everyone lived within short walking distance of their workplace. However, all of this has now changed and many pe...

The early years of aviation were marked by flimsy, unreliable machines and daring adventurous young men. One of the pioneer aviators leading the wa...