Trains and railways: general interest

Over the course of several volumes, Allen Jackson uses an array of photographs to lavishly illustrate the story of signalling in the principal constituents of the LNER - continuing here with the second volume, which tells the story of the North Eastern Railway in Durham, Northumberland and Cumbria.

Over the course of several volumes, Allen Jackson uses an array of photographs to lavishly illustrate the story of signalling in the principal constituents of the LNER - continuing here with the first volume of the story of the North Eastern Railway in Yorkshire.

Over the course of several volumes, Allen Jackson offers an array of never Allen Jackson before published photographs to lavishly illustrate the story of signalling in the principal constituents of the LNER - continuing here with the Great Central Railway.

Over the course of several volumes, Allen Jackson uses an array of photographs to lavishly illustrate the story of signalling in the principal constituents of the LNER - continuing here with the Great Eastern Railway.

The Great Northern Railway out of King's Cross was always in the limelight with the 'Scotch Expresses' and it carried the baton to just north of Doncaster, whereupon the North Eastern Railway took over.

Take a look at East Anglia's rail map and it's obvious that one line dominates.

In late 2007 Freightliner placed its order for twenty Class 70 locomotives.

Anyone who has tried to watch freight moving on UK rails in the last few years will realise these are challenging times for the rail freight industry.

Almost the entire network of the former Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway system closed at the end of February 1959.

For over a hundred years there have been sleeper trains running to a variety of destinations around the British Isles.

When British Rail was formed in 1948, it inherited a large number of workshops that were used by the Big Four railway companies.

The main route to Devon and Cornwall passes through Somerset, with routes from Bristol and Westbury converging at Cogload Junction - 5 miles east of Taunton.

Bounded by the counties of Hampshire, Somerset, Berkshire, Dorset, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire, the county of Wiltshire has several significant main line railway routes passing through it: to the north is the Great Western Main Line from London Paddington to South Wales; the Berks & Hants route from Reading to Westbury runs through the heart of the county, and westwards to Taunton; and to the south of the county the former London & South Western Railway route runs from London Waterloo to Exeter, while the cross-country route from Southampton to Bath cuts across the county from the south-east to the north-west.

Featuring an array of previously unpublished images, Royston Morris documents the fascinating world of the vehicles and equipment that keep the nation's railways on track and on time.

Dorset - where the South Coast meets the West Country.

The Class 156 (Super Sprinter) is a Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) ordered by British Rail and built between 1987 and 1989 by Metro-Cammell to replace the aging first-generation 'Heritage' DMUs.

During the 1970s steam locomotives still played a big part in the operation of train services on the Deutsche Reichsbahn in the German Democratic Republic.

The years 1966 and 1967 saw many steam enthusiasts heading north to photograph and record the last steam-worked trains on the Midland Region of British Rail.

The Pennine ridge - 'England's backbone' - has provided a dramatic backdrop to the steam locomotive for nearly 180 years.

John Dedman first started to take photos of coaches in the late 1970s, mainly as references for modelling purposes.

Which was the first railway in Great Britain?

Perhaps more has been written about the Great Western Railway than any other, and the company is regarded with the most affection.

Published on the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the Dominion of Canada and the 70th anniversary of Canadian citizenship.

The 1980s and 1990s were exciting times for British Rail.

Continuing the Steam Days Remembered series with Eastern Steam Days Remembered, Kevin Derrick takes us on a leisurely ramble back around both the Eastern and North Eastern regions during the 1950s and 1960s in this volume.

Western Steam Days Remembered takes a pictorial tour of the Western Region through the 1950s and into the early 1960s to enjoy the splendour of steam across both mainlines and branches alike.

London Midland Steam Days Remembered offers the very best quality colour photographs of steam from the 1950s and 1960s across the region, with not only Stanier's fabulous Duchesses but a full supporting cast of steam from the lower ranks to be enjoyed.

A fine collection of colour photographs from the 1950s and 1960s around the British Railways Southern Region.

During seven days in October 1829 world history was made and travel would never be the same again.

The Bluebell Railway was the premier preserved line in the thirty -year period covered in this book.

The LSWR was quite different to the other southern railways in that it covered not only Home Counties suburban traffic, but also the long reach out to Cornwall in competition with the Great Western Railway.

The SE&CR was born as an unholy alliance between two bitter rivals and, after it had buried the hatchets they had been throwing at one another, found success.

The Prince Regent first popularised Brighton as a pleasure destination in the eighteenth century, and the town acquired a reputation for pleasure for the masses after the coming of the railway.

Between 1980 and 2011 author Michael Patterson made some forty week-long journeys by train through Europe.

In the age of steam it seemed that every little boy had an ambition to be an engine driver - even the notoriously anti-railway Charles Dickens thought there was something alluring about the role.

Since the opening of the Channel Tunnel and its associated high-speed lines, it is now possible to travel by train from London to Paris in about two hours.

The first transcontinental railroad in the USA was completed in 1869.

Loadhaul, Mainline and Transrail were formed in 1994, when British Rail decided to concentrate its freight operations in the three companies.

A rare and enjoyable sight, double-headed trains are always guaranteed to delight any lineside enthusiast.

Dating back to 1965, Freightliner is still going strong today; a great success for rail freight.

Following on from Ayrshire Traction and Strathclyde Traction and covering virtually the whole of Scotland and encompassing locations from Wick in the north to the southern border, Colin Howat looks at the Scottish rail scene from 1974 until the present day, covering diesel locos from humble Class 08s to the latest Class 70s, examining DMU classes 101-221 and EMU classes 303-390, as well as electric locos from classes 81-92.

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 with Central Pacific in Utah in 1869.

The North British Locomotive Company came into existence in 1903 as an amalgamation of three established Glasgow locomotive manufacturers: Dubs & Co.

The railway in 1980 had not changed much since the 1960s.

In 1987 British Rail decided it needed a new class of AC electric locomotive for use on the West Coast Main Line.

Germany, by its very location and size, is host to a vast number of different traction types.

When British Rail decided to electrify the West Coast Main Line north of Crewe towards Scotland, a new class of electric locomotive was needed to work these services.

Switzerland is set in the heart of Europe, and as such is host to a vast number of both passenger and freight workings, with locomotives from various different countries visiting.

Class 50s are probably among the best-loved diesel locomotives that have run on British Rail.

In 1978, when the country began a major modernisation programme, there were still 5,000 steam locomotives active on the Indian railway, including some dating from as far back as the early twentieth century and the nineteenth century.