Transport: general interest

George Stephenson was born in 1781, the son of a Northumberland colliery engineman.

Ask anyone who was a teenage railway enthusiast in the 1980s and they will regale you with tales of 'bunking' engine sheds or locomotive works.

Ordered in 1985, the Class 91 was a joint venture between GEC, Brush and ASEA to deliver a fleet of 140 mph tilting electric locomotives for the East Coast Main Line.

With construction beginning in 1997, the Turbostar family of diesel multiple units are by far the most numerous design of such units introduced to the privatised railway.

Electric Locomotives on Scottish Railways covers virtually the whole of the electrified network across Scotland.

Kirkcaldy Harbour: An Illustrated History traces the story of Kirkcaldy harbour from its sixteenth-century royal connections, through the boom years of commercial shipping, to its recent rescue from dereliction by the international grain ships servicing the huge flour mill.

Diesel Locomotives on Scottish Railways covers most of Scotland from Thurso in the far north to the border with England, from 1974 until the present day.

China was the last bastion of the steam railway, with construction of new steam locomotives for industrial use continuing up to the end of 1999.

With an aging fleet of Diesel Multiple Units, British Rail sought a low-cost solution to the problem of replacing a large part of their fleet.

It seems impossible to think that a company who imported their first passenger vehicle into Britain in 1972 would, less than twenty years later, take over what was once Britain's largest passenger and commercial vehicle manufacturer.

It is now some forty years since the term 'Second Generation EMU' entered rail industry parlance.

The Midland Main Line (MML) links London's St Pancras station to the East Midlands cities of Leicester, Derby and Nottingham.

The city of Peterborough stands about 75 miles north of London on the East Coast Main Line (ECML).

It is now more than thirty years since two words synonymous with Diesel Multiple Units became part of railway parlance - 'Pacers' and 'Sprinters'.

How many times have we heard the phrase 'they don't make them like they used to'?

Most people, rail enthusiasts or not, have heard of steam locomotive names such as Flying Scotsmanand Mallard.

In the nineteenth century, it became obvious that the UK's road system needed to be improved.

Until production ceased in 1986, Bedford buses and coaches were a familiar sight on roads across the world.

Caronia was built in 1927 on the beach at Tolcarne, Newlyn, Cornwall by Henry, Theodore & Sidney Peake.

Narrow gauge railways have long been a source of fascination for many.

When thinking of railways in Merseyside, some people will think of the extensive third-rail Merseyrail commuter system.

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

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

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Since the late 1920s Yorkshire has played a major role in the sale of second-hand buses and coaches, as well as their ultimate end-of-life destruction.

Honda's Valkyrie/F6C burst onto the motorcycle scene in the mid-1990s, completely changing the way Cruisers looked and performed.

Set in the Aire Valley of West Yorkshire and surrounded by several towns, Bradford maintains a proud transport history and was the first - and last - city in the UK to operate trolleybuses.

From a collaboration with MCW to produce buses in the 1970s through to the powerful luxury coaches of today, Scania vehicles are a familiar sight on the roads of Britain.

In 1985 the Scottish Bus Group decided to split the Border and East Lothian operations of Eastern Scottish from the rest of the company.

Arriva came to have a presence in Scotland as a result of several purchases and mergers, with a management buyout of Clydeside Scottish eventually leading to that company becoming a part of the giant Arriva group.

The Leyland National was conceived as a joint venture between British Leyland and the National Bus Company to replace all the rear-engined single-deckers in the British Leyland Group - the AEC Swift, Leyland Panther, Daimler Roadliner, single-deck Daimler Fleetline, and Bristol RE.

This engaging book begins with the history of Triumph, its rescue by the Standard Motor Company and the quest to replace the bestselling Herald with a more modern design, including the strong influence of the Italian designer Giovanni Michelotti.

As with everything, the coach industry has changed beyond all recognition over the last few decades.

McGill's Bus Services is a bus operator based in west central Scotland, with its headquarters situated in Greenock, Inverclyde.

Railway stations were a prominent feature of most towns and villages in Britain until post-war modernisation and closures swept many away.

At its launch in 1948 the Morris Minor was an exciting and fresh concept, with radical engineering and daring 'American' styling.

At one time, it seemed as though every canyon and pass leading into Colorado's high country was a path laid with 3-foot gauge narrow gauge railroad.

The first traction engines were built around the middle of the nineteenth century.

The most glamorous trains run by railway companies were the high-speed expresses, linking the major towns, cities and holiday destinations.

This unique book about Eccles caravans is a tribute to a great and successful British caravan and motorhome manufacturing brand.

Founded in 1963 with the merger of three leading brands - Sprite, Eccles and Bluebird - Caravans International was a formidable combination of British caravan heritage.

The ten-hour journey from the North East coast to almost the westernmost tip of England features ever-changing scenery with endless interest to railway enthusiast and casual traveller alike.

Founded by Charles Tayleur in 1830 as a factory to produce locomotives for the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, the Vulcan Foundry at Newton-le-Willows grew rapidly both in reputation and capacity.

In common with many teenage railway enthusiasts on Tyneside in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Colin Alexander clocked up hundreds of miles per day travelling on a variety of classic diesel trains, especially their beloved Deltics.

Approved in May 1833 at the same time as the London & Birmingham Railway, the Grand Junction Railway was intended to act as a link between the London & Birmingham and the Liverpool & Manchester Railway.

Authorised on 8 May 1833, the London & Birmingham Railway was one of Britain's first great trunk lines.

Great Railway Journeys: The Chiltern Line to Birmingham is a record of forty fascinating sites that can be seen from the window of a train travelling from Marylebone Station in London to Moor Street Station in Birmingham.

The story of the Queensway and Kingsway road tunnels, together known as the Mersey Road Tunnels, is a story of progress and growth as the area around them developed and changed.

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution was established in 1824 and has a long and proud tradition of saving life at sea.

Hampshire is the largest county in south-east England, despite losing the Isle of Wight and other areas during the 1974 boundary changes.