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  • Taking the Eurostar

    by UpClose Guides ...
    Whether you fancy a day trip to Paris as part of your London vacation, will visit London from mainland Europe, or are planning a multi-destination trip around Western Europe, your travels won't be complete without experiencing a journey on the Eurostar - the high-speed passenger train through the tunnel under the English Channel, the passage of water that separates England and France. In this ... Read more

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  • Whistle Posts West

    Railway Tales from British Columbia, Alberta, and Yukon

    by Mary Trainer, Brian Antonson, Rick Antonson ...
    Everybody has a train story. Whether it comes from a distant relative who worked on the railways or from a family train trip that formed a lasting impression of the Canadian landscape, trains inspire a sense of wonder and nostalgia. They are embedded in the history of Canada as a whole and western Canada in particular, and for generations they were how most people travelled and saw the country. ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Scarborough and Whitby Railway Through Time

    by Robin Lidster ...
    Series series Through Time
    The Scarborough & Whitby Railway was opened in July 1885. The 21 miles of line traversed the picturesque coast between the two towns for eighty years. There were eight stations on the line all with their own distinctive character and serving the different needs of visitors and local people. All of the stations along the route are fully illustrated in this book. The line closed in March 1965 and ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

  • Locomotives of the London Brighton & South Coast Railway 1839-1903

    by John Christopher ...
    Series series Locomotives of the ...
    The London Brighton & South Coast Railway - also known as the 'Brighton Line' - was an important pre-grouping railway covering a triangular territory with London at its apex and the Sussex and Surrey coast at its base. Many of the early locomotives were acquired through amalgamations with other companies. Under a trio of chief mechanical engineers, including John Craven, William Stroudley, Robert ... Read more

    $10.59 USD

  • Railways of Ireland

    180th Anniversary 1834-2014

    by C. Winchester ...
    At its peak in the 1920s Ireland had some 3,500 route miles of track, today it has less than half that amount. By the beginning of the twentieth century the list of companies included the Belfast & County Down Railway, the Cork, Bandon & South Coast Railway, the County Donegal Railway Joint Committee, the Dublin & South Eastern Railway, the Great Northern Railway of Ireland, the Great Southern & ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Deltics

    The Final Roar

    by Alastair McLean ...
    In 1980, the first of the Deltics was withdrawn from service. By late 1981, they had all gone, after two decades as Britain's fastest and most powerful locos. This unique class of twenty-two diesel locomotives was powered by twin Napier Deltic engines, originally designed for minesweepers, but utilised in these high power, high speed locomotives. Designed for the East Coast Main Line, the Deltics ... Read more

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  • British Steam Military Connections: GWR, SR, BR & WD Steam Locomotives

    by Keith Langston ...
    In Great Britain there existed a practice of naming steam locomotives. The names chosen covered many and varied subjects, however a large number of those represented direct links with military personnel, regiments, squadrons, naval vessels, aircraft, battles and associated historic events. For example, all but one member of the famous Royal Scot class were named in honor of British regiments. Also ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Locomotives at BR Workshops

    by Andrew Cole ...
    When British Rail was formed in 1948, it inherited a large number of workshops that were used by the Big Four railway companies. They were located all over the country, and British Rail would set about closing some of the smaller locations. The workshops were used to build, repair, overhaul and scrap various British Rail locomotives, multiple units and carriages. While many of the smaller ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Class 20 Locomotives

    by Andrew Cole ...
    Series series Class Locomotives
    This is a pictorial tribute to the Class 20 locomotive. 228 of these single-cab locos were built from 1957 onwards by English Electric and Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns. They were part of the BR modernisation plan to replace steam. There are two different front-end designs, the first carry headcode discs on the cab-front and nose end, while the rest carry headcode boxes on both ends. They were ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

  • Joseph Brown and His Civil War Ironclads

    The USS Chillicothe, Indianola and Tuscumbia

    by Myron J. Smith, , Jr. ...
    A Scottish immigrant to Illinois, Joseph Brown made his pre-Civil War fortune as a miller and steamboat captain who dabbled in riverboat design and the politics of small towns. When war erupted, he used his connections (including a friendship with Abraham Lincoln) to obtain contracts to build three ironclad gunboats for the U.S. War Department--the Chillicothe, Indianola and Tuscumbia. Often ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • British Austerity Saddle Tanks

    The Amberley Railway Archive Volume 2

    by Gordon Edgar ...
    Series Book 2 - The Amberley Railway Archive
    The Austerity saddle tank, a 1942 design born out of necessity during wartime Britain and intended for just two years of rigorous service as a general purpose shunting locomotive, far exceeded the original expectations of the Hunslet Engine Company design. In fact construction was to continue until 1964, with a total of 485 locomotives ultimately being turned out by seven different manufacturers. ... Read more

    $14.19 USD

  • Signalling and Signal Boxes along the GCR Routes

    by Allen Jackson ...
    Series series Signalling and Signal Boxes
    Over the course of several volumes, Allen Jackson offers an array of never Allen Jackson before published photographs to lavishly illustrate the story of signalling in the principal constituents of the LNER – continuing here with the Great Central Railway. The Great Central Railway (GCR) started its life as the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR), but changed its name with the ... Read more

    $11.69 USD