Trains and railways: general interest

Set against a landscape of rail yards and skate parks, Kai Carlson-Wee's debut collection captures a spiritual journey of wanderlust, depression, brotherhood, and survival.

Overnight settlements, better known as "e;Hell on Wheels,"e; sprang up as the transcontinental railroad crossed Nebraska and Wyoming.

A facsimile edition of Bradshaw's fascinating guide to Europe's rail network.

Collector's item, landmark in the history of the tour guide, snapshot of Britain in the 1860s Bradshaw's Handbook deserves a place on the bookshelf of any traveller, railway enthusiast, historian or anglophile.

Sunday Times History Book of the Year 2015Britain's railways have been a vital part of national life for nearly 200 years.

Simon Bradley traces the history of the station, introducing us to the men behind the architecture and looks at its new international status.

'Terrific' STEPHEN KINGEvil has a one track mind.

During the course of the First World War, staff of the Great Western Railway's Audit Office sent letters and photographs back to their employer in Paddington, which were in turn collated into monthly “newsletters” by those who stayed at home to keep Britain moving.

During the course of the First World War, staff of the Great Western Railway's Audit Office sent letters and photographs back to their employer in Paddington, which were in turn collated into monthly “newsletters” by those who stayed at home to keep Britain moving.

Hornby is a household name with a history that goes back over 80 years.

'Hard to put down .

A superb and wonderfully illustrated guide to Britain's villages, towns and connecting railways, dating from 1866.

Bradshaw's Railway Handbook was originally published in 1866 under the title Bradshaw's Handbook for Tourists in Great Britain and Ireland.

'Hard to put down .

On the eve of the railway age, London was the worlds largest and most populous city and one of the most congested.

The new puzzle book from the National Railway Museum in York!

The aim of the Watching series is to draw attention to some of the very interesting items around us, things that perhaps we don't notice as much as we might.

What if you can't stand where you are because there's nothing there?

In the 1980s the Oxford Publishing Company produced an amalgam of two books written by former Branksome fireman Peter Smith entitled Mendips Engineman and Footplate over the Mendips.

In the 1980s the Oxford Publishing Company produced an amalgam of two books written by former Branksome fireman Peter Smith entitled Mendips Engineman and Footplate over the Mendips.

When Harold Gasson first put pen to paper more than forty years ago, it was at a time when there was a growing resurgence of interest in the steam railway.

CHRIS STANISCIBorn May 8, 1975 at NYU Hospital in Manhattan, New York.

The story of an engineering marvel of the twenty-first century, from Britain's bestselling railway writer.

In late nineteenth and early twentieth century Britain, there was widespread fascination with the technological transformations wrought by modernity.

In late nineteenth and early twentieth century Britain, there was widespread fascination with the technological transformations wrought by modernity.

Railway expansion was the great industrial project of the late 19th century, and the Great Powers built railways at speed and reaped great commercial benefits.

Train travel always leads to great adventures; the countryside, like a moving picture show, unrolls itself before one's eyes.

The biggest cargo of high iron lore and legend ever hauled in one load, A TREASURY OF RAILROAD FOLKLORE contains over a century of the greatest stories, traditions and songs of the American railroad.

'BR rebel chairman resigns' The Guardian.

The LNER Class A3 Pacific locomotive No.

The LNER Class A3 Pacific locomotive No.

There are more than 400 miniature railways in Britain.

There are more than 400 miniature railways in Britain.

During much of his early career, from 1944 through to the early 1960s, Richard Hardy took hundreds of pictures of life on the railways and the men he knew and worked with on a daily basis, using his trusty Brownie 620 box camera.

During much of his early career, from 1944 through to the early 1960s, Richard Hardy took hundreds of pictures of life on the railways and the men he knew and worked with on a daily basis, using his trusty Brownie 620 box camera.

Have you ever watched wagon after wagon of a goods train thunder past and wondered where it is heading, what it is carrying, and how it works its way between the passenger services?

Have you ever watched wagon after wagon of a goods train thunder past and wondered where it is heading, what it is carrying, and how it works its way between the passenger services?

The drastic railway closures of the 1960s led to the slow decay and re-purposing of hundreds of miles of railway infrastructure.

The drastic railway closures of the 1960s led to the slow decay and re-purposing of hundreds of miles of railway infrastructure.

This fascinating pocket book draws on numerous primary sources from the early days of the rail network through to the Big Four, British Railways and beyond to present a unique guide to the knowledge and skills required for locomotive drivers, engineers and firemen.

Evolving from the horse-drawn stage coaches that they soon eclipsed, railway carriages steadily grew in sophistication so that by the end of the nineteenth century the railway passenger travelled in comfortable rolling stock of a design familiar to many until the 1960s.

Evolving from the horse-drawn stage coaches that they soon eclipsed, railway carriages steadily grew in sophistication so that by the end of the nineteenth century the railway passenger travelled in comfortable rolling stock of a design familiar to many until the 1960s.

The 00 gauge train set was the ultimate 'boy's toy' of the 1950s and '60s.

The 00 gauge train set was the ultimate 'boy's toy' of the 1950s and '60s.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel considered the Great Western Railway the 'finest work in England' and he contributed many groundbreaking features, none so unorthodox as the decision not to adopt the 'standard' track gauge of 4ft 8½in and instead introduce the new 'broad gauge' of 7ft ¼in.