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Trains & railways: general interest
Brand: Key Publishing Ltd
This book illustrates the changing face of rail freight in North West England over 40 years. During that time the traction and wagon fleets have been almost completely replaced, freight trains have become heavier and less frequent, the amount of shu..
19.52£
Brand: Silver Link Publishing Ltd.
ISBN: 9781857944730Publisher: Silver Link Publishing LtdImprint: Silver Link Publishing LtdPublished date: 24 Aug 2016Language: EnglishWeight: 1356gHeight: 281mmWidth: 221mmSpine width: 22mm..
48.01£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
John Dedman and Pete Nurse have been photographing trains around Hampshire since the late 1970s, focusing on the freight workings that are showcased here. Locations from all over the county are featured, with plenty of coverage for the Eastleigh and..
19.94£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
Freight operations on Britain's rail network have changed enormously in the last two decades. In this book author and photographer Paul D. Shannon surveys the changes in the rail freight scene since the year 2000. With superb colour photographs he i..
18.18£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
Rail Freight in the North West depicts in colour photographs the changing scene of rail freight traffic in this region of England in recent years. The huge variety of workings in this area are represented including the Preston-Todmorden line over Co..
18.18£
Brand: Key Publishing Ltd
In the early 1980s, Ravenscraig steel works was the biggest source of rail freight north of the border, handling iron ore, coal, lime and scrap, as well as semi-finished and finished products. Opencast coal was thriving and would even lead to some l..
18.18£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
In this book, the author takes full advantage of the diversity on offer as a regular user of this rail ticket. It offers the choice of three of the country's main lines stretching north to south across the ticket's boundaries (West Coast, Midland an..
20.05£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
As the Rover's name suggests, the north of the area ranges from Cardiff and Bristol (close to the Severn) to Swindon and Cheltenham, then extends down to the Southampton area (on the Solent) with a coastal stretch from Portsmouth as far as Weymouth...
19.93£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
Wisconsin, known affectionately as America's Dairyland, is in the upper Midwest, bordered by Lake Michigan on the east and the Mississippi River to the west. By nature of its geography, Wisconsin has a variety of secondary and branch lines serving a..
18.18£
Brand: Amberley Publishing
Long before Wyoming was officially part of the union, the Wyoming Territory played a crucial role in westward expansion of the United States as the first transcontinental railroad was built into the area by Union Pacific in 1862, bound for a meeting..
19.18£
Brand: Princeton University Press
This book describes the southern Republicans' post- Civil War railroad aid program--the central element of the Gospel of Prosperity" designed to reestablish a vigorous economy in the devastated South. Conceding that race and Unionism were basic issu..
51.17£
A pictorial history of the four railway routes that served Whitby during the postwar period when they were part of British Rail. ISBN: 9781913555078Publisher: Unique BooksImprint: Unique BooksPublished date: 28 Nov 2021DEWEY: 385.09428460222DEWEY ed..
13.76£
This pictorial album, illustrated in colour from the 1960s to the present, is a portrait of the Limerick to Sligo railway line in its Indian Summer. The colour photography of Barry Carse allows the line to come to life on these pages reviving memori..
30.44£
Brand: Pen and Sword Books
The ancient city of York has been closely associated with railways since their conception and promotion by the 'Railway King', George Hudson. Its impressive station and engine sheds have played host to the elite of East Coast Main Line traction as w..
36.60£
Brand: Mortons Media Group
The last great age of steam in Britain is revisited in this new collection of superb photographs from the extensive archive of the Railway Magazine. Author Pete Kelly, editor of The Railway Magazine Guide to Modelling, looks back to a time when stre..
12.17£
A new and completely revised 2022 edition of the Trackmaps reference work for Scotland and the Isle of Man. Contains very detailed diagrammatic maps of the railway network of Scotland, plus the various railways on the Isle of Man. Also includes the ..
23.62£
Brand: Mortons Media Group
Railwaymen of the Welsh Valleys 1914-67 ISBN: 9781857944884Publisher: Mortons Media GroupImprint: Mortons Media GroupPublished date: 24 Feb 2020Language: EnglishNumber of pages: 272Weight: 954gHeight: 179mmWidth: 244mmSpine width: 22mm..
41.38£
Brand: Mortons Media Group
Railwaymen of the Welsh Valleys Vol 2 ISBN: 9781857945904Publisher: Mortons Media GroupImprint: Mortons Media GroupPublished date: 04 Feb 2022Number of pages: 272Weight: 878gHeight: 179mmWidth: 243mmSpine width: 22mm..
40.94£
Brand: Silver Link Publishing Ltd.
In this volume: We travel back to the year 1977, as ever an eventful year, that included: * The Centenary Test Match * Red Rum wins Grand National for third time * Silver Jubilee of HM The Queen * Smaller GBP1 note released * Concorde New York servi..
15.64£
Brand: Mortons Media Group
ISBN: 9781857945751Publisher: Mortons Media GroupImprint: Silver Link BooksPublished date: 24 Jun 2020Language: EnglishWeight: 246gHeight: 237mmWidth: 167mmSpine width: 7mm..
14.01£
In this volume we travel back to 1962 to see tank engines, steam engines, electric trains and multiple units and more. For those old enough to remember the years depicted, this book will provide reminders of school days, time perhaps spent train-spo..
10.22£
Brand: North Atlantic Books
India was the jewel in the crown of the British Empire, an Empire that needed a rail network to facilitate its exploitation and reflect its ambition. But, by building India's railways, Britain radically changed the nation and unwittingly planted the..
15.23£
Brand: Head of Zeus
From Britain's most popular railway historian, a concise, authoritative and fast-paced telling of how the railways changed the world. The arrival of the railways in the first half of the nineteenth century and their subsequent spread across every on..
21.60£
Brand: Pen and Sword Books
Rob Shorland-Ball's researches for this book, and several visits, convinced him that he was putting together a jigsaw of facts. No previously published account of the area have brought together these stories of iron & steel making, limestone quarryi..
31.73£