An exuberant collection of imagery, Railway depicts vintage, modern and futuristic train travel. With new and archive photography, and collectors' ephemera, a range of passenger experiences are shown, from the humble to the luxurious. It examines the design of exteriors and interiors, staff uniforms, food, corporate identity and graphics. It goes beyond the trainspotter's locomotive registration number to express the whole experience of train travel: from American chic on board the 20th Century...
Corporations, including those in the car industry, are increasingly keen to proclaim their green credentials. But what motivates firms to reduce the environmental impact of their products? Rather than accepting the conventional wisdom, John Mikler addresses this question in a novel way by taking a comparative institutionalist approach informed by the Varieties of Capitalism literature. Focusing on Germany, the US and Japan, the author shows that national variations in capitalist relations of pr...
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Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Atlantic & North Carolina R.R. Co. [serial]; 1896
by William J. Williams
Many railway historians and enthusiasts only know about the railways in the Barry area, because of Woodham Brothers scrap yard, where so many locomotives were rescued for preservation. However, there is a wider story to be told of the development and history of the railway and docks and John Hodge, the author of this detailed and informative volume, provides accounts of the various aspects of railway and dock activity over the years with details and photographs of the several industries involve...
Thoroughly updated and illustrated with completely fresh photography - including spreads devoted to The Jacobite steam train and archive views from the 1950s and 1970s - this is an indispensable companion for anyone planning to journey by rail from Glasgow to Oban, Fort William and Mallaig, the routes recently voted by "Wanderlust" magazine's readership as being the 'top rail journey in the world'. This latest edition builds on the success of its predecessors, the previous edition being 'highly...
Chemin de Fer de l'Algerie (Ed.1854) (Savoirs Et Traditions)
by Paul Delavigne
Last Days of the Brooklyn Roundhouse and her Railway Steam Engines
by Barbara Beito
Illustrated History of North American Railroads
by A Tayler and Arthur Tayler
The United States Naval Railway Batteries in France, Vol. 6
by Edwin Denby
Blood, Iron, and Gold: How the Railways Transformed the World
by Christian Wolmar
The beautifully restored St Pancras Station is both a magisterial example of Britain's finest Victorian architecture, and an exception that reminds us of the dramatic demolition our rail network has suffered. In the name of progress hundreds of buildings were pulled down and replaced, often by nothing more than a concrete bunker or bus shelter Now, in this stunning book, John Minnis reveals the extent of the loss. From the most cavernous engine sheds, like Old Oak Common, through the eccentric c...
Traces the history of the passenger train in the United States. Anecdotes describe travel on a number of well-known runs.
From Crewe to the Cape
by Mark Potts, Tony Marks, and Howard Curran