The Railroad Question - A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and - remedies for their abuses
by William Larrabee
Travelling around the Eastern Region in the 1970s and 1980s meant Deltics and then HSTs on the East Coast Main Line; long and slow freight trains crawling across an industrial landscape; rattling DMUs running between large grey cities or picturesque villages. It meant locomotives and stations alike covered in a layer of brake dust and grime. For author Andy Gibbs, travel on the Eastern Region at first involved trips to London's Liverpool Street and King's Cross stations; a Student Railcard allow...
British Railways Locomotives and Coaching Stock
by Peter Fox, Robert E. Pritchard, and Peter Hall
Barmouth to Pwllheli (Western Main Line)
by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith
After a lifetime of working on the railways - as a fireman, on steam locomotives, and a driver, on diesel electrics - 78-year-old Bill Read has laid open his treasure trove of photographs in a volume that captures the dying days of steam on and off the line from York to Aberdeen. Bill spent many holidays travelling along the route with camera in hand and often riding as a pillion passenger on a mate's motorbike to reach the desired destination. No camera angle was too difficult or red tape t...
British Railways Pocket Book No.:4: Electric Multiple Units
by Robert E. Pritchard and Peter Fox
The Tramways of South Yorkshire and Humberside
by W.H. Bett, J. C. Gillham, and John Horace Price
From the early 1800s and for nearly 170 years, steam locomotives were built in Great Britain and Ireland, by a variety of firms, large and small. James Lowe spent many years accumulating a considerable archive of material on the History of the locomotive building industry, from its early beginnings at the dawn of railways, until the end of steam locomotive construction in the 1960s. British Steam Locomotive Builders was first published in 1975 and has not been in print for some years. This usefu...
Bertram Mills - The Circus That Travelled by Train
by David Jamieson
Yesterday's Aeroplanes (Superwheels & thrill sports)
by Don Berliner
Traces the development of trains from steam engines to diesel locomotives and recreates an overnight trip on a Pullman sleeper during the 1930's.
William Bee's Wonderful World of Trains, Boats and Planes
by William Bee
New in paperback! William Bee is back and this time he's showing us his amazing collection of trains, boats, planes and more. There's his harrier jump jet, which can take off vertically, his World War I fighter plane that can perform amazing stunts, the steam locomotive (peep peep!), the mini submarine, his speedboat (occasionally stolen by Sparky the Dog), and even his space rocket! Blast off! The cone family are helping, or is that hindering?, with the transport, as is Sparky. Perfect for...