Transport: general interest

With their sleek and powerful looks, the big Austin-Healeys have always made an impression.

Considered among the most desirable sports cars ever built, Triumph's TR series were renowned for their strong performance, rugged construction and iconic styling.

In the post-war era, there was still a demand for ocean-going travel, not just on the glamorous large liners and mail ships, but also on much smaller ships.

Robert Appleton's superb images stretch back to 1970, featuring the buses of the Eastern Counties Omnibus Company Ltd and the Eastern National Omnibus Company Ltd.

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.

Bournemouth Airport was first opened as RAF Hurn on 1 August 1941, one of the bases established by the RAF to counter the Luftwaffe presence across the Channel in northern France.

The 1970s were a decade of consolidation for British Rail, at a time when the company was fighting against the rise in the use of motor transport, both for passengers and freight.

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.

Designed by the European Helicopter Industries (EHI) partnership during the 1980s, initially as a naval helicopter to help combat the threat of an attack from Soviet missile submarines, the Merlin has evolved into a multi-role helicopter today.

Classic trucks are an important part of our heritage and are supported by many enthusiasts in the preservation world and the general public.

Local bus and tram services in Glasgow were traditionally operated by the Corporation Transport Department, which had a monopoly in the city limits from 1930 onwards.

Massey Ferguson Tractors takes up the story of Massey Ferguson tractors from 1957, after the merger of Massey-Harris and Ferguson, when the red-and-grey colour scheme was used for the first time.

The Vincent Black Shadow is a name that resounds whenever classic bikes are discussed.

The Great Western is the least known of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's three ships, being overshadowed by the later careers of the Great Britain and the Great Eastern.

This book tells the exciting story of the development of the legendary performance Ford Escort, which became one of the most successful rally cars of all time.

Leyland Tractors explores the story of the Leyland tractor, beginning with the orange Nuffield tractor of 1948, which was to influence the development of Leyland tractors in many key ways.

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.

Featuring 180 wonderful images, Classic Boats offers an accessible, beautifully illustrated guide to some of the stunning craft that can be seen around the shores of Europe today.

Looking Back at Class 40 Locomotives is a full-colour photographic album depicting an iconic locomotive class in a variety of settings.

Italy is dominated by its national operator Trenitalia.

In the 1950s, British Railways set upon the Modernisation Plan, which would set out the way British Rail would operate in the future.

Mit der Erfindung der Freizeitparks erkundet der Leser eine spannende und gleichsam lehrreiche Reise durch die Geschichte von Freizeitparks.

With photographs dating back nearly forty years, John Dedman offers a fascinating selection of photographs of traction in the north-east of England.

The Class 08/09 was to become the main diesel shunter of the British Railways era.

With its size, France is home to a huge number of locomotives.

Once man had mastered the ability to fly, there came the desire to fly faster, higher and further with increased payloads.

On 1 April 1918, the Royal Air Force came into being.

When the expansion of the RAF began in 1934, Air Commodore Tedder observed that the established order of school training not only failed to produce operational competence, but left so much to be done by the operational squadrons that they could only attain passable military efficiency after an uphill struggle.

When RAF Transport Command was created in March 1943, it was formed by the renaming of Ferry Command.

Fife, a council area and historic county of Scotland, is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire.

The 1960s were the last decade of what might be called the traditional London docks scene.

This is a portrait of a railway network that became beloved of the last generations lucky enough to experience mainline steam.

Kingswear Castle is one of a number of smaller paddle steamers built in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to provide transport and excursions along some of Britain's most beautiful rivers.

British Railways' Modernisation Plan of the 1950s started, sensibly, with small orders for a variety of diesel locomotives, intended for different purposes, from a range of manufacturers including its own workshops at Swindon and Derby.

Covering the whole history of David Brown tractors from 1939 to the closure of the company in 1988, Jonathan Whitlam describes the models developed at the factory in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, and how they evolved over time.

Panhard & Levassor was a ground-breaking company whose innovations set the standard for modern motoring.

In this readable and engaging book, Peugeot 205 GTI enthusiast and author Matthew Corrigan tells the inside story of one of the most successful cars of the 1980s and 1990s, the Peugeot 205, focusing particularly on the GTI 'hot hatch' versions.

The quarter-century after the Rainhill Trials was an exciting period of growth and experimentation on the railways.

Manchester was Britain's first railway city.

The Bristol Lodekka derived from a prototype of 1949.

The Pool of London has long been a busy place.

Being situated in the centre of the UK, the West Midlands have always been the hub of the railway network.

The Chevrolet Corvette was first revealed to an amazed American public in 1953.

Duncan Menzies flew with the RAF, the Aeroplane and Armament Evaluation Establishment, and Fairey Aviation in a twenty-five-year flying career, seeing the world of flying change from open cockpits and few rules to the jet age, with its complexities and crowded skies.