Pen And Sword Transport imprint: 108 books
The Locomotive Pioneers
Early Steam Locomotive Development 1801 - 1851
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
This fascinating book explores the development of locomotives over the course of fifty years. From Richard Trevithick's first experimental road engine of 1801 up to the Great Exhibition some fifty years later, locomotives have come far in reimagining and reinventing themselves to serve the people...
Britain’s Declining Secondary Railways through the 1960s
The Blake Paterson Collection
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
This is an evocative selection of high quality colour views, each of which recaptures the lost age of Britain's branch lines and secondary railways, of which so many were axed following implementation of the 'Beeching Report' during the 1960s.
Most importantly, the previously unpublished views...
Railway Renaissance
Britain's Railways After Beeching
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017
When a 35 mile stretch of the former Waverley route from Edinburgh to Carlisle reopened on 6 September 2015, it became the most significant reopening of any UK railway since the infamous Beeching Report ,'The reshaping of British Railways', was published in March 1963.
In his report, Dr Riochard...
The Railway Preservation Revolution
A History of Britain's Heritage Railways
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
A ride on a steam train is a popular family outing. More than 100 heritage railways cater for that demand, capturing the spirit of nostalgia while preserving the engines and equipment of past days of rail travel. Their interests even extend to the modern era of 1960's - 70's diesels.
Those...
by Michael A Vanns
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
This compelling book centers on the Great Central Railways early history, focusing particularly on its drive to reach London. It follows the subsequent fortunes of the London Extension right up until its closure, and into the preservation era, examining the remarkable achievements of hundreds of enthusiasts...
Festiniog Railway
The Spooner Era and After 1830 - 1920
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
Festiniog Railway 1836-2014 describes the history of the worlds first steam-operated narrow gauge railway to carry passengers. It covers the history of the railway from its beginnings as a horse-worked tramroad in 1836, through its technical developments with the introduction of steam locomotives,...
British Railways A C Electric Locomotives
A Pictorial Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
The genesis of 25kv overhead electrification began in the late 1960s on the West Coast Main Line, the 1980s for the East Anglian Main Line, and the East Coast Main Line in the late 1980s. Development took place in stages culminating in fully electrified lines from London to Scotland on both East and...
The Privatisation Classes
A Pictorial Survey of Diesel and Electric Locomotives and Units since 1994
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Post Privatisation Diesels and Electrics is an album of photographs taken by David Cable, a well-regarded author of several books covering trains throughout much of the world.
This book looks at the types of locomotives and multiple units that have been introduced into the UK since 1994, when...
England’s Historic Churches by Train
A Companion Volume to England’s Cathedrals by Train
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2016
The second millennium saw the spread and consolidation of Christianity in Britain. One means by which the Normans tightened their grip on Britain after 1066 was by the construction of magnificent cathedrals, thereby demonstrating their intention to remain here. In his earlier book – England’s...
Midland Main Lines to St Pancras and Cross Country
Sheffield to Bristol 1957 - 1963
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
The history of British Railways in the late 1950s/early 1960s is characterized by change; massive change, as its management attempted to meet statutory obligations against a background of social, economic and political influences. The Modernisation Plan of 1955 paved the way for the electrification...
British Steam - Military Connections
Great Western Railway, Southern Railway, British Railways & War Department Steam Locomotives
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2016
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,...
Military Connections
GWR, SR, BR & WD Steam Locomotives
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2019
In Great Britain there existed a practice of naming steam railway 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....
by David Cable
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
This photographic album portrays the four classes of locomotives introduced to operate on the British Railways system, prior to Privatization in 1994.
Increasing loads and deteriorating reliability of older classes necessitated the design of new, higher horsepower classes of diesel locomotives...
by Fred Kerr
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
In an earlier album titled BR Diesel Locomotives in Preservation Fred Kerr detailed the many classes of BR diesel locomotives that had been preserved and noted that some purchases had been made with the hope of operating them on the national network.
The Railways Bill 1993 provided an opportunity...