Transport

2014 marks the ninetieth anniversary of Safeguard, which has been in business from the mid-1920s. Laurie James uses archives, memoirs and photograp...

From the mid-1890s a race was on between the merchant navies of the recently unified Germany, Britain and France. That race was to make the most lu...

In the 1950s there were still train services to most parts of the country, and steam was everywhere. Many of the locomotive types used in Scotland ...

The first volume in the ''Lost Tramways of Ireland'' series features the history of the Belfast system, including its origins as a horse tramway in...

2008 was a magical year for Cunard. For the first time, the line had three Queens in service: Queen Elizabeth 2, Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria. Q...

When Arthur Anderson invited William Makepeace Thackeray to take a cruise in 1844, and to write about it, British shipping lines offered passage on...

Signalman's Nightmare is the third volume of Adrian Vaughan's memories of his career on the Western Region of British Railways. The book begins in ...

Named after the Greek goddess of youth, the double-sculling skiff Hebe was a most beloved and well-travelled little boat. Adored by the young Desmo...

During The First World War, the railways of Great Britain were effectively nationalised and put under Government control. Run for the benefit of th...

The Cornwall Railway was authorised on 3 August 1846 with the aim of constructing a broad gauge rail link between Plymouth, Truro and Falmouth. Aft...

The Cessna 172 is unquestionably the world's most successful light aircraft. More than 43,000 have been built since 1956, and the type is in servic...

Less than 50 years ago, trains were routinely hauled by majestic steam-powered locomotives. These magnificent machines still exercise a powerful ho...

Even before the Apollo astronauts had stepped on to the surface of the Moon, NASA's engineers were drawing up plans for a reusable space vehicle to...

Sunday Times Bestseller As quintessentially British as a plate of fish and chips or a British Bulldog, the boxy, ...

The story of the Titanic is now well known. But in the months following the disaster wild speculation was rife. On Thursday 22 May 1912, a mere 37 ...

With the introduction of the driving test and the Highway Code in the 1930s, both seen as essential in combating road deaths at the time, this book...

As authorised in 1835, the Great Western Railway extended from London to Bristol, but from the very earliest days, ambitious promoters were plannin...