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Trains & railways: general interest
The new }Southern Way{ special edition unveils the rich history of steam locomotion around Brighton, primarily in the 1950s but also surrounding decades. ISBN: 9781909328808Publisher: Noodle BooksImprint: Noodle BooksPublished date: 31 Oct 2018Langu..
22.42£
ISBN: 9781857945911Publisher: Silver Link BooksImprint: Mortons Motorcycle Media LtdPublished date: 14 May 2021Language: EnglishNumber of pages: 144Weight: 1030gHeight: 220mmWidth: 284mmSpine width: 20mm..
36.90£
ISBN: 9781909328914Publisher: Noodle Books, an imprint of Crécy Publishing LimitedImprint: Noodle Books, an imprint of Crécy Publishing LimitedPublished date: 30 Oct 2019Language: EnglishNumber of pages: 144Weight: 592gHeight: 273mmWidth: 228mmSpine ..
22.89£
Brand: The Crowood Press
For over 150 years Britain's railways have relied on a system of semaphore signalling, but by 2020, all semaphore signals and lineside signal boxes will be gone. A Contemporary Perspective on GWR Signalling provides a unique record of the last opera..
25.46£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
In the age of steam it seemed that every little boy had an ambition to be an engine driver - even the notoriously anti-railway Charles Dickens thought there was something alluring about the role. Becoming an engine driver is still an ambition of man..
19.15£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
The story of the most iconic railway company of the great age of steam. The initials 'GWR' conjure an evocative picture of a Brunswick green locomotive hauling tea-and-cream-coloured coaches through a verdant West Country landscape. However, the GWR..
21.01£
Using many historic and contemporary photographs, as well as maps, ephemera and personal reminiscences, Barry McLoughlin recounts the story of railways on the Fylde. The arrival of the railway was instrumental to Blackpool's success as a resort ISBN..
22.69£
Brand: Birlinn Ltd
In the 1890s, the people of north-west Scotland grew tired of Government Commissions sent to consider a railway to Ullapool. Despite rock-solid arguments in favour of such a railway, neither government nor the big railway companies lifted a finger ..
27.81£
Brand: Crecy Publishing
abc Rail Guide ISBN: 9781910809518Publisher: Crecy PublishingImprint: Crecy PublishingPublished date: 23 Apr 2018Language: EnglishNumber of pages: 304Weight: 840gHeight: 219mmWidth: 158mmSpine width: 26mm..
29.50£
Brand: HarperCollins Publishers
The perfect gift for every railway enthusiast.The history of Britain's railways is a long and fascinating one, filled with stories of grand endeavours, noted figures and record-breaking feats. Julian Holland brings together a unique miscellany of in..
35.60£
Brand: The History Press
Who won in a race between a train and a pigeon?How can you warn bats to leave a railway tunnel?Before the era of the car, which railway company carried the most prisoners?Colin G. Maggs has collected all of these answers - and more! - in Amazing and..
18.52£
Brand: Lonely Planet
Experience 60 of the world's greatest and most unforgettable train journeys, from classic long-distance trips like Western Canada's Rocky Mountaineer and Darwin to Adelaide's The Ghan, to little-known gems on regular commuting lines. We've always ha..
28.07£
Brand: Quiller Publishing Ltd
An Odyssey in Steam is renowned artist David Bell's fifth book which features his beautiful and complex paintings of steam engines and locomotives with captivating technical accuracy. It is a unique look at the railways during the age of steam featu..
35.98£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
A railway arrived on Anglesey in 1848, linking London and Dublin. It was the great railway engineer Robert Stephenson who ensured that the railway link to Ireland would run along the North Wales coast to Holyhead when he presented plans that overcam..
19.22£
Brand: John Murray Press
'Crackles and sparks with life like an exploding box of Diwali fireworks' -William Dalrymple'One can only envy Monisha Rajesh as she embarks on this epic journey' -Tim ParksWhen she was a child, Monisha Rajesh's family uprooted to Madras in the hope..
14.44£
Brand: Mortons Media Group
Rocket is perhaps one of the best-known railway locomotives in history. Entered by George and Robert Stephenson and Henry Booth for the Rainhill Trials of October 1829, Rocket was the outright victor and paved the way for the dominance of the steam ..
18.96£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
When opened in 1847, the Berks & Hants Railway extended from Reading to Hungerford, a distance of 2512 miles. The route was extended to Devizes in 1862, while at the end of the nineteenth century, the Great Western Railway decided to incorporate the..
20.06£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
The world-famous Beyer, Peacock works of Gorton, Manchester, is remembered principally for its remarkable Beyer-Garratt articulated locomotives, which ran in forty-eight countries. The firm would also turn out steam lorries and steam tram engines. A..
20.03£
Brand: Crecy Publishing
ISBN: 9781800351462Publisher: Crecy PublishingImprint: Crecy PublishingPublished date: 29 Apr 2022Language: EnglishWeight: 826gHeight: 217mmWidth: 304mmSpine width: 16mm..
31.53£
Brand: Pen and Sword Books
The railway lines of the heavily industrialised Black Country were of considerable commercial importance to the fortunes of the Great Western Railway and its successor, the Western Region of British Railways. Nevertheless, they received little atten..
29.72£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
Opened in 1960, the Bluebell Railway was the very first standard gauge former British Railways line in Britain to be taken over by volunteers, having seen the success already achieved at the narrow gauge Talyllyn and Ffestiniog Railways in Wales. St..
19.60£
Brand: Unicorn Publishing Group
Bob Reid's Railway Revolution describes the life and career of the first Bob Reid, always known as Bob Reid One, and the history of the railways since nationalisation. It shows how the organisational changes he forced through when Chief Executive fr..
31.93£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
This book is a portrait of the period that became known as the era of BR Blue - the 1970s and 1980s. The railway appeared to be caught up in a world of its own. It was still recognisably the one from the steam era, and happy to be living in the past..
19.95£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
In this book John Whiteley provides a photographic survey of the last years of steam on British Railways in the North of England. The photographs cover the period from c1959/60 to the end of steam in the area in 1968. By the early 1960s British Rail..
18.18£