Railroads category: 1183 books
Firing the Flying Scotsman and Other Great Locomotives
Life on the Footplate in the Last Years of Steam
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
An ex-railwayman’s recollections of working the footplate on fast express steam trains in the late 1940s and through the ’50sFast train fireman Ken Issitt worked on the footplate from the late 1940s to 1960, experiencing firing some of the greatest locomotives from the Flying Scotsman to Coltimore...
by Pip Dunn
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2013
British Rail Main Line Locomotives Specification Guide identifies the major detail differences and livery variations that have appeared on all British Rail, ex-British Rail and privatized railway diesel and electric main line classes from 14 to 92. The book provides a record of the main specifications...
Dundurn Railroad 6-Book Bundle
Rails Over the Mountains / Rails to the Atlantic / Rails Across Ontario / and 3 more
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2016
A must for any Canadian railroad aficionado, this special bundle gathers six books in one for a can’t-miss retrospective of the nation’s railway history.
Rails Over the Mountains
Explore western Canada’s rich railway history, travelling from the grand railway hotels and rustic stations...
Tracks in the Amazon
The Day-to-Day Life of the Workers on the Madeira-Mamoré Railroad
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2013
When construction of the Madeira-Mamoré Railroad began in 1867, Bolivia had lost its war with Chile, causing it to become landlocked and unable to ship its minerals and other products from the Pacific Coast. Since Bolivia needed to find a way to move products from the Atlantic Coast, the government...
Dundurn Railroad 5-Book Bundle
In Search of the Grand Trunk / Rails Across the Prairies / Rails Across Ontario / The Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore / Rails to the Atlantic
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2015
Ron Brown is Canada’s leading literary authority on the history of Canada’s railways, particularly those now-lost branches from the golden age of steam that once ran like veins and arteries throughout the country. This special five-book bundle collects several of his titles, including: In Search...
The Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
An Illustrated History of Railway Stations in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2008
Despite the "green" benefits of rail travel, Canada has lost much of its railway heritage. Across the country stations have been bulldozed and rails ripped up. Once the heart of communities large and small, stations and tracks have left little more than a gaping hole in Canada's landscapes....
by Mike Hitches
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
From humble beginnings, Wolverhampton grew to become a significant railway town. Its success hinged upon its industrial might, which attracted several train companies to the town all hoping to profit from the area's trade and prosperity. The railways were the scene of bitter enmity, devious schemes...
Deltics
The Final Roar
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2010
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...
by UpClose Guides
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
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...
by Kevin Derrick
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2016
Seventies Spotting Days Around the London Midland Region is a full-colour photographic album depicting the 1970s with coverage of both diesel and electric traction from that great period of change on our railways. The captions include items of news, culture, music and personalities from the era to...
by Puffing Louie
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
This truly unique and exciting book tells the story of transport in rhyme , centred around a little G.W.R Dock Tank No.1361. The beautifully illustrated pictures, in pen and ink, aims to promote and recall memories of how we used to travel in days gone by. Paying tribute to all of the dedicated people...
by Katherine Krauss Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2007
Woodmont on the Sound inhabits a small corner of the world: one square mile with a mile and a half of shoreline on Long Island Sound. It is a borough within the city of Milford, and at the beginning of the 20th century it became a popular summer resort, as trolleys ran through the area from New Haven...
by Frank Cheney, Anthony Mitchell Sammarco
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2000
The Boston Elevated Railway broke ground in 1899 for a new transit service that opened in 1901, providing a seven-mile elevated railway that connected Dudley Street Station in Roxbury and Sullivan Square Station in Charlestown, two huge multilevel terminals. When the EL, as it was popularly known, opened...
Adrian Shooter
A Life in Engineering and Railways
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
This book is the tale of a small boy from Surrey who had a fascination with anything on wheels and, also, loved to learn about people and what motivated them. He read a lot about railways and was excited by the innovations of our nineteenth-century predecessors. When the Beeching report came out in...