Pen And Sword Transport imprint: 108 books
Southern Steam: January – July 1967
Countdown to Extinction
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
At the beginning of 1967 the writing was clearly on the wall for Southern Steam, with the intention of eliminating it altogether on the 18th June of that year. From the 2nd January, with the Brush type 4s working many main line trains including the “Bournemouth Belle”, steam was reduced to thirteen...
by James S Baldwin
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2016
The Great Northern Atlantics, were the first locomotives constructed in Britain to the 4-4-2 wheel arrangement. The Atlantics were designed by H.G. Ivatt, locomotive Superintendent of The Great Northern Railway.
Introduced from 1898, with the construction at Doncaster Works of small boilered...
The Hixon Railway Disaster
The Inside Story
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
This is the shocking true story behind the botched introduction of Automatic Half-Barrier level-crossings into Britain.
January 1968 saw the convening of the first Parliamentary Court of Inquiry into a railway accident in Britain since the Tay Bridge Disaster nearly a century before. Why was...
by Peter Waller
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
This is the second of a new series of books that will cover the history of tramway operation in the British Isles. rnrnFocusing on Yorkshire and the North-East of England, this book provides an overview of the history of tramways in the region from the 18
The Leicester Gap
The Last Semaphore Signalling on the Midland Main Line
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
Until 1987, there was still a busy stretch of British main line railway where traditional Victorian operating practices were used to control the movements of both express passenger and a variety of freight trains.
At the heart of the former Midland Railway main line from St Pancras to Sheffield,...
by David Cable
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
The railways of Canada, like the network in the U.S.A, have a fascination to many people, both in North America and those who live elsewhere.
Rails Across North America
A Pictorial Journey Across the USA
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
The Railways of the USA have a great following, both in the United States where there are large numbers of rail fans and increasingly in Britain/Europe, where there are enthusiasts who visit and model North American railroads.
Joseph Locke
Civil Engineer and Railway Builder 1805 - 1860
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Most historians recognize the work of three engineers as being the men who developed the railways from slow, lumbering colliery lines into fast, inter-city routes. Two are very well known: Robert Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The third was Joseph Locke, who should be recognized for having...
Train Doctor
Trouble Shooting with Diesel and Electric Traction
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Train Doctor is the story of Roger Senior's career in the railway industry, from 1968 when the author joined British Railways, until his retirement from Great North Eastern Railway.
The book takes you from the 1970’s period, with its first generation Diesels, through to privatisation in 1994...
River Ouse Bargeman
A Lifetime on the Yorkshire Ouse
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
The Ouse reaches into the heart of Yorkshire from the Humber Estuary. Until the 1980s, loaded barges made the challenging journey from Hull to Selby, bearing bulk cargoes for the mills of the town. The bargees had to be tough and resourceful; physically strong enough to handle their craft, wise enough...
Gilbert Szlumper and Leo Amery of the Southern Railway
The Diaries of a General Manager and a Director
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
Very few diaries of directors and senior managers of the Big Four railways have survived to enter the public domain. There are, however, two notable Southern Railway diarists whose records have been available in archives for some years, but have been largely ignored by historians; Southern Railway...
by Laurence Waters
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
The 30 Manor class 4-6-0s were designed by CB Collett in 1938, and built by the Great Western, and the Western Region at Swindon in two batches, 20 in 1938/9, and 10 in 1950. In order to save money the first 20 members of the class were built using parts from withdrawn 4300 class 2-6-0s, and were...
Rails Across Europe
Eastern and Southern Europe
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
The two volumes covering Rails Across Europe are divided into one covering the North and West of the continent, the other dealing with the South and East.
The photos were taken by David Cable, well-regarded author of several photographic albums of trains throughout the world, supplemented by...
Rails Across Europe
Northern and Western Europe
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
The two volumes covering Rails Across Europe are divided into one, covering the North and West of the continent, the other dealing with the South and East.
The photos were taken by David Cable, a well-regarded author of several photographic albums of trains throughout the world, supplemented...