Trains and railways: general interest

Rail Freight in the North West depicts the changing scene of rail freight traffic in this region of England in recent years.

Winter 1984/5 - the future for the Cambridge-King's Lynn 'Fen Line' looked bleak.

The 1980s was a decade of change for British Rail as the BR regions began to be replaced by sectorisation.

Former railway manager John Hodge continues his fascinating history of Wales' transport lines.

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A study of the specialty train, including its history, development, and operation beginning at the end of the nineteenth century.

"e;A book full of nostalgia for those who thought railways after the end of steam would be an endless stream of lookalike boxes .

A fascinating account of the British Railways system's vital role in the defense of the country and support of the Allied forces during WWII.

The North Western Railway of India (NWR) was one of British India's largest railway systems.

The last years of the twentieth century saw considerable changes to the railway scene in County Durham, including ECML electrification, the demise of the coal industry and the introduction of modern rolling stock.

Opened in 1834, the Stanhope & Tyne Railroad Company's line ran from the limestone district of Weardale, via the collieries of north-west Durham to the mouth of the River Tyne at South Shields.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before.

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.

Vom Schienengiganten Wien bis zum Einlinienbetrieb Gmunden stellt dieser Band die Geschichte und Gegenwart des Straßenbahnlands Österreich in seiner ganzen Vielfalt vor.

Was unterscheidet einen Bahnhof von einem Haltepunkt?

In 1895, George Whitehouse arrived at the east African post of Mombasa to perform an engineering miracle: the building of the Mombasa-Nairobi-Lake Victoria Railway a 600-mile route that was largely unmapped and barely explored.

From Britain's most popular railway historian, a concise, authoritative and fast-paced telling of how the railways changed the world.

A lavishly illustrated celebration of the golden age of aircraft, cars, ships and locomotives from 1900 to 1941 by the author of the bestselling Empire of the Clouds.

The Railway Game is a constructive study that demonstrates deficiencies of railway transportation in Canada and the U.

Regional histories of the great railroads.

In this book, the author defines the express stem locomotive on the basis of the mandatory criterion of large drive wheels, and studies its evolution from around 1850 to the last refinements made around 1960, with many wrong turns and great successes along the way.

In this book, the author defines the express stem locomotive on the basis of the mandatory criterion of large drive wheels, and studies its evolution from around 1850 to the last refinements made around 1960, with many wrong turns and great successes along the way.

The Southern Electric system was a self contained, roughly triangular area of lines with its apex in London and its base running along the south coast from Kent to Weymouth.

As electricity became more widely used to power and light Britain's towns and cities a number of municipal boroughs built their own power stations.

Seven friends recall the days when steam power was king in Yorkshire, England.

A comprehensive pictorial history of Princess coronation pacific locomotives.

The vast majority of Britain's railways were built between 1830 and 1900 which happened to coincide with the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901).

The vast majority of Britain's railways were built between 1830 and 1900 which happened to coincide with the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901).

Lost Railway Journeys from Around the World revisits our forgotten railway heritage in a beautiful visual and textual exploration of historic lines that can no longer be travelled.

With images and vivid recollections, we journey away from the main line to valleys, quarries and factories.

Following the end of the steam locomotive in normal service, the diesel has become the favourite of many railway enthusiasts.

Long before Brexit, the Common Market and even the Commonwealth, Britannia truly did rule the waves.

In 2012, Direct Rail Services (DRS) placed an order with Vossloh (now Stadler Rail) for its first Class 68 diesel locomotives.

The 1980s were years of momentous change on Britain's railways.

A history of the man who served as Chief Mechanical Engineer for the Southern Railway and the many locomotives he developed.

Seven friends recall the days when steam power was king in Yorkshire, England.

A fascinating account of the British Railways system's vital role in the defense of the country and support of the Allied forces during WWII.

Over the last few years the UK rail network has been going through a transformative period, changing rail travel for many different people.

The four seasons pass by like a gliding ship, each signalled by a transformation of changing colors and hues of light, thus providing a form of marker to these passages of time.

The four seasons pass by like a gliding ship, each signalled by a transformation of changing colors and hues of light, thus providing a form of marker to these passages of time.

A pictorial guide to historic travel routes along the coastlines, mountains and countryside of Wales for the transport enthusiast or avid traveler.

This book takes readers on a spectacular journey across North and Mid-Wales in the thirty-year period from the mid-1950s onwards.

What day-to-day life was like for those who traveled and worked on the world's first intercity railway in early nineteenth-century England.

The author and railway photographer presents a stunning collection of original images showing steam locomotives in action in the mid-20th century.

The author and railway photographer presents a stunning collection of original images showing steam locomotives in action in the mid-20th century.

A history of London's horse, steam, cable, and electric tramways, and the operation that ended an era.

A history of London's horse, steam, cable, and electric tramways, and the operation that ended an era.

What day-to-day life was like for those who traveled and worked on the world's first intercity railway in early nineteenth-century England.