(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Indiana University Press, ISBN-13: 9780253074720)
Though Jack Delanos work as a photographer for the FSA/OWI is well regarded, the extensive and diverse documentation of American railroads by the other photographers of the Farm Security Administration (FSA), along with their successors from the...Loe edasi...
An illustrated celebration of thirty-six of the world’s greatest train journeys – rich in romance, history, and adventure – for anyone dreaming of their next rail escape. Spanning five continents, the journeys range from epic, multi-day ody...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Apr-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Rutgers University Press, ISBN-13: 9781978844094)
The New York City subway system stretches over 800 miles and carries millions of riders every day. While many have written about this legendary public transit system, a century of published books says little about the subway as a workplace. Older bo...Loe edasi...
The vast majority of Britains railways were built between 1825 and 1900. By the turn of the nineteenth/twentieth century, over one-hundred different railway companies were operating in Britain on more than 22,000 miles of railway track. A...Loe edasi...
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, method...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 an...Loe edasi...
A photographic survey of today’s railway stations in Warwickshire. Will appeal to all those with an interest in the history of the railways in this region. Photographic survey of today’s railway stations in WarwickshireLatest...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Apr-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: National Trust Books, ISBN-13: 9780008772871)
A bucket list of unforgettable trips in Britain. The trips of a lifetime. Whether you’re taking an open top bus along the coast, riding a steam train up a mountain, floating along an idyllic river, driving through spectacular hills or strolling throu...Loe edasi...
Tom Chesshyre has made it his mission to experience the world through train travel - on both epic and everyday rail routes, aboard every type of train, from colonial steam locomotives to high-tech bullet trains. Join him on a whistle-stop tour of so...Loe edasi...
A beautifully observed and sympathetic tour of modern Britain that runs on the tracks of our years.David Quantick CharmingThe accounts will make any fan of railways want to experience these delights for themselves. The Ind...Loe edasi...
The railways of the Lake District and North Lancashire are characterised by massive contrasts. From north to south, the area is intersected by the West Coast Main Line. Its series of tough grades, including the legendary Shap, presented a challenge f...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Apr-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Nebraska Press, ISBN-13: 9781496235145)
Fish Cars and Fish Culture explores the intersection between the development of railroads and fish culture during the last half of the 1800s. R. W. Hafer traces how the growth in the railroad industry, both in terms of its technology and its geograp...Loe edasi...
The Stroudley Brighton Terriers were one of the most successful designs of tank locomotive to run on the railways of Britain.They were introduced in 1872 and operated in main line service until November 1963, when ten members of the class were preser...Loe edasi...
Previously unpublished imagesCovers the variety of Scottish Region locomotives in this period across the countryLatest Amberley railway book Andy Gibbs provides a second selection of images documenting the...Loe edasi...
A spectacular collection of Britains most noteworthy disused railway structures, from historic bridges to moody tunnels and sky-scraping viaducts. Whilst many have been reborn into sustainable transport roles since redundancy claimed them, others awa...Loe edasi...
David Meara explores the enduring popularity of sleeper trains in film and fiction. Illustrated with many film stills, book covers and contemporary material....Loe edasi...
Having enjoyed trainspotting as teenager, Nick Sanderson’s interest was reignited during the Covid-19 pandemic and armed with a new digital camera has flourished since then. Beginning with local freight in the Leeds area and then branching out fur...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 13-Mar-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Chicago Press, ISBN-13: 9780226849133)
All aboard for the first comprehensive history of the hard-working and wildly influential Northeast Corridor. Traversed by thousands of trains and millions of riders, the Northeast Corridor might be America’s most famous railway, but...Loe edasi...
The Kent and East Sussex Railway (Heritage Guide) is the second book in a new series of guidebooks with a unique twist. Created by railway and industrial historian Dr Richard Marks, this guide introduces a fresh approach and style to travel literatur...Loe edasi...
A moving memoir including highly personal accounts of his time at the top of two of Britains greatest, but very different, institutions - the Railways and the Marylebone Cricket Club...Loe edasi...
Guide to rail travel in the USA. Travel information and holiday advice for 38 US and Canadian rail routes plus 38 cities and 500 destinations. Also covers accommodation suggestions, railway history, practical advice, steam trains, tips for family and...Loe edasi...
A captivating journey blending memoir, history, and biography that takes the reader on one of the worlds most famous trains and tells of carving the dramatic route it follows, while pondering other international railways through the eyes of travell...Loe edasi...
Explore 50 of the most iconic segments along the Great American Rail-Trail—spanning over 3,700 miles between Washington, DC, and Washington state.The Great American Rail-Trail is the nation’s first cross-country, multiuse trail. Desi...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Indiana University Press, ISBN-13: 9780253074720)
Though Jack Delanos work as a photographer for the FSA/OWI is well regarded, the extensive and diverse documentation of American railroads by the other photographers of the Farm Security Administration (FSA), along with their successors from the...Loe edasi...
Urban rail systems carry hundreds of millions of people for work and leisure every year. A tiny fraction of these passengers are competitors, who seek the fastest time for riding to every station. Most popular on the London Underground, this is often...Loe edasi...
The London Underground, the very essence of a great metropolis, is a story which has fascinated and captivated generations since its first opening in January 1863. For many it is a very familiar narrative, a seemingly well-trodden story, with little...Loe edasi...
The Southern Railway was the smallest of the Big Four railway companies created under the Railways Act 1921 having a route mileage of 2,129 miles stretching London in the north to Plymouth in the south and from Ramsgate in the east to Padstow in the...Loe edasi...
This book is a gallery of some 230 colour photographs featuring various types of London Transport Underground stock in use between 1954 and 2000. The emphasis is pictorial rather than factual and the material consists of pictures mainly in the care...Loe edasi...
AS SEEN ON TV Professor Alice Roberts travels 1,300 miles by train across Italy, France and Spain in search of a greater understanding of the Roman Empire for Channel 4s popular TV series Roman Empire by Train with Alice Roberts. ...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 25-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: America Through Time, ISBN-13: 9781625451699)
Northwest Ohio played a vital role in the rise of America’s railroad age. This book explores the region stretching from Tiffin to the Indiana state line and from Toledo to Lima, examining how railroads shaped the communities, industries, and growth o...Loe edasi...
This looks back to the authors four years working for the LNER. Railway employment had been his goal and in 1925 he achieved it when he entered the training scheme generally accepted as the best of any British railway company. All over the region he...Loe edasi...
When it was originally published,. Hugh Longworths definitive record of every steam locomotive operated by British Railways from nationalisation until the end of steam traction on the network in 1968, was very much welcomed, as it provided, for the...Loe edasi...
John Armstrong takes us on a railway journey from Kingsbridge Station in Dublin to Waterford and beyond, using Edwardian postcards to illustrate the many towns, villages and topographical features that the traveler would have viewed through the train...Loe edasi...
Join travel writer Tom Chesshyre as he celebrates 200 years of passenger railways in a zigzagging tour around the UK. On a series of rides, Tom enjoys the scenery, seeks out the history and heritage, dodges delays (best he can), and lets the rhythm...Loe edasi...
An illustrated celebration of thirty-six of the world’s greatest train journeys – rich in romance, history, and adventure – for anyone dreaming of their next rail escape. Spanning five continents, the journeys range from epic, multi-day ody...Loe edasi...
The only guide to the remarkable patterns on the moquette fabric that covers Tube and bus seats in London, produced in conjunction with the London Transport Museum and now reissued in a revised and expanded edition to include all of TfLs new design...Loe edasi...
