Since Dave Hewitt's first road trip to the United States in 2006 he has always tried to return to North America at least once a year to photograph trains.
Dating back to the 1720s and still partly in use today as the preserved Tanfield Railway, the line has a justifiable claim to be the world's oldest railway, running on the track bed that 300 years ago was travelled over by horse-drawn coal waggons on wooden rails.
In this companion volume to Northern Electrics: EMUs in the North of England, Martyn Hilbert showcases the huge variety and types of first- and second-generation Diesel Multiple Units that have operated in the North of England, including many items of rolling stock that have passed into history.
In 2011, Devon County Council outlined plans for a rapid-transit-style rail network, the Devon Metro, to be achieved through improvements to services and facilities, including the opening of new stations.
As a conclusion to his popular series of industrial railways in the regions around the UK, as well two volumes examining steam locomotives at work in industry around the world, here Gordon Edgar looks at the vanishing steam era worldwide.
Worksop has until recent times been at the heart of the East Midlands coal-mining and power industries, creating a vital rail hub linking the numerous Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and South Yorkshire collieries with the power stations along the Trent Valley that formed the backbone of the UK's electricity generation capability.
French Rail (SNCF) has always been a magnet for British rail enthusiasts to enjoy workshop, depot and yard visits together with travel by locomotive-hauled passenger trains.
The pre-Grouping Companies were fiercely competitive and would defend any incursion by another company penetrating what they considered to be their 'territories'.
On 10 June 1986 the image of the rail network of London and the South East of England was overhauled, officially launched by Chris Green in a blaze of publicity at Waterloo station.
This book is a comprehensive history of all the 0-6-0 tender locomotives built by the Great Western Railway or by railways absorbed by the GWR from the very earliest broad gauge engines designed by Daniel Gooch to the Collett 2251 class of the 1930s some of which were still under construction at nationalisation.
British railways evolved through wars and state control, facing innovations like diesel engines and challenges from road transport amid financial struggles.
The popular image of railway travel during the Second World War is that of a sparse service of dirty and grossly overcrowded trains that were forever being delayed.
Alles Wissenswerte uber die schnellste deutsche Zuggattung: Michael Dorflinger erzahlt kompetent die Geschichte des Intercity-Express, der 1985 das Hochgeschwindigkeitszeitalter bei der Bahn einlautete.
Wie kaum eine andere Metropole bündelt die deutsche Hauptstadt eine Vielzahl von Bahnstrecken, fast alle von großer Bedeutung auch für den Fernverkehr.