Transport

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...

The Severn Valley Railway has long been considered by many to be Britain s premier heritage railway. That reputation was earned early thanks to the...

A. Aubrey Bodine's archive of train photographs chronicling mid-twentieth-century rail transportation. A. Aubrey Bodine, newspaper photographe...

The German Pacific Locomotive (Its Design and Development) is David Maidments fourth book in the series of Locomotive Profiles published by Pen &am...

In both World Wars there arose a pressing need for merchant tonnage both to supplement existing ships but, more importantly, to replace ships that ...

This stunning selection of colour views, dating from the period 1953-1980, includes most of the vessels operated during this period by the Isle of ...

1968 was a significant year for the railways; steam traction came to an end, and Parliament passed the 1968 Transport Act. The demise of steam mean...

In this detailed book, Dr Peter McCue reflects on the enormous range of paranormal phenomena to have been reported along Britain''s roads, and exam...

Renowned for its express locomotive Mallard setting a world speed record (126mph) for steam locomotives that endures to this day, the London & ...

Post Privatisation Diesels and Electrics is an album of photographs taken by David Cable, a well-regarded author of several books covering trains t...

When a 35 mile stretch of the former Waverley route from Edinburgh to Carlisle reopened on 6 September 2015, it became the most significant reopeni...

The origins of a permanent French sailing navy can be traced to the work of Cardinal Richelieu in the 1620s, but this naval force declined rapidly ...

The author, Fred Kerr, was introduced to the world of industrial railways in 1956 when his parents moved from Edinburgh to Corby in Northamptonshir...

Metals have been used in boats for thousands of years, as components of the vessel's construction, as load-bearing parts of the rigging and steerin...

This is the second in a new series on the South Wales Valleys by John Hodge, author of the South Wales Main Line series and North and West series, ...

Ron Buckleys striking photographs show the changing locomotive scene throughout the Great Western Railway and its successor the Western Region of B...

This fascinating book explores the development of locomotives over the course of fifty years. From Richard Trevithick''s first experimental road en...

Nothing is new under the sun and classic cars books come and go. But here, instead of a heavy, large, glossy book of classic car images and details...

Between 1835 and the 1850s, railway mania blossomed around Britain. Crime emerged as the railways developed, at first opportunistic crimes such as ...