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Trains & railways: general interest
Brand: Key Publishing Ltd
The Canadian Pacific Railway was built to unite all the Canadian Provinces with a transcontinental line running from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Many obstacles were encountered during construction including the Rocky Mountains, a formidable range o..
20.36£
Brand: Pen and Sword Books
This volume covers the important main line section of line between Carmarthen and Fishguard Harbour, the terminus station opening in 1906 and replacing New Milford (later Neyland) as the previous main line terminus. In 1909 Cunard passenger liners b..
37.59£
Brand: North Atlantic Books
'Fascinating' 'Books of the Year', Financial Times 'London's twelve great rail termini are the epic survivors of the Victorian age... Wolmar brings them to life with the knowledge of an expert and the panache of a connoisseur.' Simon Jenkins 'A wond..
15.80£
Brand: Crecy Publishing
ISBN: 9781910809730Publisher: Crecy PublishingImprint: Goodall Publications LtdPublished date: 30 Jul 2020Language: EnglishWeight: 256gHeight: 129mmWidth: 198mmSpine width: 23mm..
13.29£
Brand: Pen and Sword Books
This book, uniquely, gives an insight to the business strategy and its delivery that underpinned the performance of one of Rail Privatisation's greatest successes. It also shows the reader some of the many 'behind the scenes' jobs which are essentia..
39.80£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
In the early 1990s, British Rail introduced the 182-strong Class 158 fleet, followed by the 22-strong Class 159s. These units heralded a new era in long-distance travel at the time, replacing 1950s-designed locomotive-hauled coaches on long secondar..
20.02£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
These locomotives were introduced to British Rail in 1956 and were initially allocated to Eastfield Depot in Glasgow and Haymarket Depot Edinburgh. They became known as Type 2s and were used for both passenger and freight services. In later years th..
18.18£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
Well-proportioned, versatile, aesthetic, durable - the English Electric Class 37, the great survivor of the modernisation-plan diesel fleet, deserves all of these accolades and more. Never as celebrated as the Deltics, never as idolised as the Weste..
19.93£
Brand: Key Publishing Ltd
The English Electric Type 3 (later Class 37) was introduced from the late 1950s to the early 1960s at a time when the writing was on the wall for steam traction in the UK. It was designed to be a general-purpose loco that was equally at home on frei..
18.18£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
Mainly covering the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s, this collection of images offers a fascinating survey of one of the iconic locomotives of twentieth-century Britain: the Class 40. A common sight in Scotland and the north of England in the latter part..
19.58£
Brand: Key Publishing Ltd
The Class 47 diesel locomotive was a mainstay of British Rail, with 512 built in the 1960s. As such, they were a daily sight throughout the UK, working express passenger and heavy freight trains as well as more mundane local passenger and wagon-load..
19.54£
Brand: Key Publishing Ltd
Following on from Class 47s: Inverness to Penzance: 1982-85, this volume picks up the story and runs to the end of the summer 1986 timetable. It was a period of change, as the first 47s to be withdrawn started to fall by the wayside in the spring of..
31.86£
Brand: Key Publishing Ltd
In the mid-1980s, one of British Rail's major customers of heavy block trains, Foster Yeoman, suggested the unusual arrangement of running its services with locomotives owned by them, rather than BR. Disappointment in the Class 56s on its routes led..
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Brand: Key Publishing Ltd
The Class 60 was the last truly British-built diesel locomotive design. From 1990, the locomotive was gradually delivered, with 100 in total going to the Railfreight sectors of Metal, Coal, Construction and Petroleum. Their introduction did not go s..
20.36£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
In 2012, Direct Rail Services (DRS) placed an order with Vossloh (now Stadler Rail) for its first Class 68 diesel locomotives. The fleet size has now grown to thirty-four. Their later order was for ten Class 88 locomotives, an electro-diesel variant..
18.18£
Brand: Key Publishing Ltd
In the late 2000s, Freightliner was looking to expand its locomotive fleet towards more powerful and fuel-efficient locomotives that were compliant with the various European Union emission standards and rules. In a departure from the newest and most..
20.36£
Art Peterson is back with more color images from his Krambles-Peterson Archive. This book focuses on freight railroading and features scenes of switching and trains in industrial areas in the Transition and Classic eras. Large photos and in depth ca..
36.29£
ISBN: 9781910356203Publisher: Middleton PressImprint: Middleton PressPublished date: 31 May 2018Language: EnglishWeight: 1928gHeight: 256mmWidth: 245mmSpine width: 73mm..
53.21£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
The importance of our railways in the movement of sea containers cannot be overstressed. Industry figures suggest that one in four of all containers arriving at UK ports move onwards via the UK rail network. This is particularly significant to the r..
19.93£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
Although separated from the United Kingdom by the twenty-one miles of English Channel, the continental railway network has always been a draw for British rail enthusiasts. With a combined network covering some 202,000 km there is a huge network for ..
20.05£
Brand: Key Publishing Ltd
This, the first of two volumes covering the railways of Cornwall, follows the railway through the changing landscapes of the county. It takes the reader from the rich farmland west of St Germans, through the unique Glynn Valley down to Bodmin Road a..
26.78£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
As the modernisation of the former British Railways moved forward into Railtrack and then Network Rail, various schemes to bring the West Country railway network up to date came… and went! Consequently, the far west of the network from Plymouth to P..
19.54£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
The first cranes mounted on railway wheels were hand-operated, but by the mid-nineteenth century several builders had fitted steam engines and boilers to enhance lifting capabilities, though initially these machines were not self-propelled, but mere..
19.98£
Brand: Indiana University Press
Crossroads of a Continent: Missouri Railroads, 1851-1921 tells the story of the state's railroads and their vital role in American history. Missouri and St. Louis, its largest city, are strategically located within the American Heartland. On July 4,..
61.90£