Transport

When talking of model railways, the name Hornby means different things to different people. To some, it is the large 0 gauge metal trains mainly of...

AEC, Bristol, Crossley, Daimler, Dennis, Leyland and others were all manufacturers of passenger vehicle chassis which could be seen throughout the ...

Anyone who owns a fibreglass boat (GRP or FRP, yacht or dinghy) knows that it can get damaged in the rough and tumble of everyday use. Sometimes th...

The Ouse reaches into the heart of Yorkshire from the Humber Estuary. Until the 1980s, loaded barges made the challenging journey from Hull to Selb...

Following the Geneva Accords in 1954, Vietnam found itself separated into North and South, with communist North Vietnam under the control of Ho Chi...

As the third and largest sister of the famous Olympic-class trio, Britannic is often and unjustly overlooked in comparison to Olympic and Titanic. ...

One of Wales'' oldest narrow gauge railways, the 2ft 3in gauge Corris Railway was built to carry slate from several quarries in the Dulas valley to...

The author started taking photographs of steam locomotives and steam hauled trains on the Southern in 1960 and continued until the end of steam in ...

Robert Butterfield had a lifelong passion for railways. He devoted his career to working for British Railways and was a dedicated enthusiast, photo...

After the end of hostilities in 1945, the fishing industry was quick to establish some semblance of recovery and a surge of new builds and restorat...

While a large number of books have dealt with the navies and war at sea during the World Wars, the immediate aftermaths have generally received onl...

The pilot cutters that operated around the coasts of northern Europe until the First World War were amongst the most seaworthy and beautiful craft ...

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...

Speed on steel wheels has fascinated engineers for nearly two centuries, and a string of stunning records in the last twenty-five years has pushed ...

This book provides an in-depth history of the Metropolitan-Vickers diesel-electric Type 2 locomotives, more frequently known collectively as the C...

The book investigates the vast number of locomotives that came to the London Midland Region in 1948 at Nationalisation. This is a class by class s...

Designed and manufactured by the men who would make Concorde, the Rolls-Royce powered Vickers VC10, and its larger variant, the Super VC10, represe...

Gerald Butler was one of Ireland's last lightkeepers. Until they were fully automated in the 1990s, Gerald spent over 21 years tending to many ligh...

This book covers Western National in the period from 1983-2003, looking at the changes in livery and operation of the company, which was transition...

The Land Rover was a post-war marvel, a vehicle that helped change the face of motoring on and off-road around the world. From its humble beginning...

In 1958 one of Britain`s greatest locomotive designers died without public fanfare or recognition, mourned only by his family. Yet William Stanier,...

In November 1949, a new epoch of automotive history began with the introduction of the first small transporter by Volkswagen. Like no other light u...