There are twenty-four railway stations in Warwickshire and these comprise the full range from busy town-centre main-line stations to quiet rural branch-line halts. The oldest stations date back to the early years of Victorian railway building, throug...Loe edasi...
Passengers travelling on the Hastings Line, between Battle and Robertsbridge in Sussex, may well be surprised to observe a clearing in the forest where railway sidings have been laid. From here, into the woodland, a boundary gate gives access to a si...Loe edasi...
At the end of the 1980s a fleet of fifty Class 90 electric locomotives was to commence service for British Rail. The rail privatisation in the following decade saw the fleet divided between a number of private operators, including Virgin Trains and R...Loe edasi...
The 10th anniversary of Tom Chesshyres bestselling, whistle-stop tour around the globe in 49 unique train journeysWhy do people love trains so much Tom Chesshyre is on a mission to find the answer by experiencing the world through train travel - on...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 26-Mar-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040722084)
This book, the second in a two- volume work resulting from a 2018 conference organized by the International Railway History Association (IRHA), examines the relationship between the railways and the First World War from a global theoretical, methodol...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 26-Mar-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040503393)
This book, the second in a two- volume work resulting from a 2018 conference organized by the International Railway History Association (IRHA), examines the relationship between the railways and the First World War from a global theoretical, methodol...Loe edasi...
Of all the environments most conducive to a little murder and intrigue, the overnight sleeper train is the best. The combination of a private sleeping compartment, a journey through the hours of darkness to a far-flung destination and a closed enviro...Loe edasi...
Nick Sandersons interest in the railway, first sparked during his teenage years as a train enthusiast, was revived during the Covid-19 pandemic. Armed with a new digital camera, he began by photographing local freight around the Leeds area before tr...Loe edasi...
In this volume Andy Gibbs returns to the Highlands, Lowlands and Borders of Scotland with many more images of trains in the region. The journey starts in southern and south-west Scotland, travels through the Central Belt before continuing into the Hi...Loe edasi...
From the award-winning author of the Kate Shugak Mysteries, a thrilling new detective series set during Americas wild boom time of the nineteenth century.WELCOME TO THE GILDED AGE. WHERE NOT EVERYTHING GLITTERS.1890. The New Mexico Territory is a la...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 26-Feb-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: McFarland & Co Inc, ISBN-13: 9798368600116)
A front-line participant in the Civil War, the small locomotive Mississippi carried the first railgun used in war, and was later captured and put into service for the Union. After years of postwar work, the refurbished Mississippi traveled to Chic...Loe edasi...
The Peak District spa town of Buxton was hugely popular in the nineteenth century and the prospect of a railway line from Manchester to the town was desirable for railway companies during the railway boom in the Victorian age. The Manchester & Birmin...Loe edasi...
British Railways modernisation plan permitted individual regions to specify locomotives to fit their own requirements rather than opt for a one size fits all policy. As a result, the Southern Region with its third rail network ended up with some v...Loe edasi...
Magnificent KAMILA SHAMSIEMajestic yet profoundly tender MEGHA MAJUMDAR A breathtaking novel about a woman forging a life for herself on the railways, Railsong is the story of an individual coming of age amid the social and political upheavals of...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Feb-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Nova Science Publishers Inc, ISBN-13: 9798901341759)
This volume presents a comprehensive examination of contemporary U.S. highway infrastructure policy, grounded in federal agency reports and legislative analysis. From the strategic deployment of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law resources to the transfor...Loe edasi...
Tracks: A Journey Through Metroland tells the story of Metroland and the development of suburbia that grew alongside the Metropolitan Railway. Originally the brainchild of eminent Victorians, the Metropolitan grew to become the queen of underground l...Loe edasi...
After the end of steam operation on the railways in Britain in the late 1960s, railway photographer John Whiteley travelled the world in search of the last years of steam on railways overseas. In this book he presents his photographs of the final yea...Loe edasi...
Great Railway Journeys: London Victoria to Brighton and the South Coast is the sixth in Roger Masons Great Railway Journeys series. Like the other five, it is a fascinating record of things that can be seen from trains making the journey. After Brig...Loe edasi...
The Southern Railway, and later British Railways Southern Region, extended its reach into Devon and Cornwall, competing with the Great Western Railway. The main line served Exeter and Plymouth and named trains such as the Atlantic Coast Express an...Loe edasi...
In the 1970s diesel locomotive preservation was very much in its infancy. With most of these locomotives having been built in the 1960s it seemed inconceivable that anyone would consider preserving one as they were so relatively young. However, despi...Loe edasi...
