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  • Italian Ways: On and Off the Rails from Milan to Palermo

    On and Off the Rails from Milan to Palermo

    by Tim Parks ...
    The best-selling author of Italian Neighbors returns with a wry and revealing portrait of Italian life—by riding its trains.Tim Parks’s books on Italy have been hailed as "so vivid, so packed with delectable details, [they] serve as a more than decent substitute for the real thing" (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Now, in his first Italian travelogue in a decade, he delivers a charming and funny ... Read more

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  • Around the World in 80 Trains

    A 45,000-Mile Adventure

    by Monisha Rajesh ...
    OUT NOW IN PAPERBACK: Moonlight Express, Monisha Rajesh's journey around the world by sleeper train'Monisha Rajesh has chosen one of the best ways of seeing the world. Never too fast, never too slow, her journey does what trains do best. Getting to the heart of things. Prepare for a very fine ride' Michael PalinFrom the cloud-skimming heights of Tibet's Qinghai railway to silk-sheeted splendour on ... Read more

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  • Cornelius Vanderbilt: The Colossus of Roads

    by Daniel Alef ...
    Biographical profile of Cornelius Vanderbilt entrepreneur shipping and railroad magnate and one of the wealthiest and best known tycoons in American history. Uneducated and coming from a poor background Vanderbilt built an empire beginning with sailboats before graduating to steamships. His shipping interests extended from California to Europe generating substantial income for the gruff tall and ... Read more

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  • The American Railway

    Its Construction, Development, Management, and Trains

    by Thomas Curtis Clarke ...
    The early history of the American railroad by “one of the best-known civil engineers in America” in the nineteenth century, with 200+ illustrations (The New York Times).The American Railway provides an exciting look at the railroad industry in the 1880s and how it developed as business boomed. Originally published in 1889, it contains a thorough history of how railroads were built, the types of ... Read more

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  • Transport Curiosities, 1850–1950

    Weird and Wonderful Ways of Travelling by Road, Rail, Air and Sea

    by John Wade ...
    Over the years many weird and wonderful types of transport have come and gone, some of which succeeded against all odds, others that spectacularly failed, and some that never got beyond a designer’s drawing board. Railway engines driven by horses, for example. Or maybe the surprising number of cars, boats and trains driven by aeroplane propellers. In this book you will find cars that flew, cars ... Read more

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  • The Settle-Carlisle Railway

    by Paul Salveson ...
    The line from Settle to Carlisle is one of the world's great rail journeys. It carves its way through the magnificent landscape of the Yorkshire Dales - where it becomes the highest main line in England - descending to Cumbria's lush green Eden Valley with its view of the Pennines and Lakeland fells. But the story of the line is even more enthralling. From its earliest history the line fostered ... Read more

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  • How to be a Railway Signalman

    by Dave Walden ...
    The heritage railways around Britain today operate hundreds of miles of track. The role of signalling on these railways is vital in enabling them to operate their services safely. This is the first guide to be published aimed specifically at those who wish to learn how the signalling operates on the heritage railways. The reader is given a background history of the development of railway ... Read more

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  • British Rail Class 20 Locomotives

    by Pip Dunn ...
    The first of the English Electric Type 1 design, what we now know as the Class 20s, appeared in June 1957. With their distinctive 'chopper' engine sound, these single-cabbed locomotives soon gained a reputation for rugged reliability brought about by their simplicity and use of tried and tested components. British Rail Class 20 Locomotives looks back at the operations of these fine locomotives ... Read more

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  • Detailing and Modifying Ready-to-Run Locomotives in 00 Gauge

    Volume 2: British Steam Locomotives, 1948-1968

    by George Dent ...
    During the twenty years in which Britain's nationalized railway operated mainline steam locomotives, a vast array of individual designs complemented the British Railways 'Standard' machines, built up to 1960. Such was the variety of motive power to be seen on the network that this 'early' period of BR's existence has proved to be the most enduring amongst enthusiasts and modellers. The ready-to ... Read more

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  • Creating Realistic Landscapes for Model Railways

    by Tony Hill ...
    The landscape through which railways run is often the inspiration and reason why people choose to model a particular line. Therefore creating a realistic setting in which to operate your railway is an essential aspect of modelling, yet it is often overlooked or left until the last moment. Creating authentic and believable scenery without spending a fortune or buying it 'ready made' is a skill that ... Read more

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  • A Contemporary Perspective on GWR Signalling

    Semaphore Swansong

    by Allen Jackson ...
    For over 150 years Britain's railways have relied on a system of semaphore signalling, but by 2020, all semaphore signals and lineside signal boxes will be gone. A Contemporary Perspective on GWR Signalling provides a unique record of the last operational mechanical signalling and infrastructure on Britain's railway network, as it applied to the former Great Western Railway (and lines owned ... Read more

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  • Barnsley and Beyond

    by Peter Hadfield ...
    Series series Railway Memories
    A collection of memories of a bygone age of the railway system that operated around the Barnsley area and beyond. It was a time when steam was still kind (the local passenger, express and freight traffic were worked by steam), however the advent of diesel, although not initially noticeable, was gradually waking place. Towards the end of the 1950s and throughout the 1960s, rationalisation of the ... Read more

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  • London & North Eastern Railway 4-4-0 Tender Locomotives - North Eastern, North British, Great North of Scotland, L N E R

    by David Maidment ...
    Covers the design, history, and performance of LNER 4-4-0 locomotives from their creation to the 1960s.This second volume on the LNER 4-4-0 locomotives describes the design, construction, history, operation and performance of the North Eastern, North British, Great North of Scotland and Gresley LNER built examples, classified by the LNER at the Grouping as classes, D17 - D24, D25 - D36, D38 - D48 ... Read more

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  • Developing a Model Railway in TT:120 Scale

    by David Ashwood ...
    In this our fifth book in this modelling series we undertake an excursion into a new scale, modelling in TT120. Falling between the popular stalwarts of OO and N, the Market Deeping club were challenged to create a display layout in this scale, based upon the Devon Riviera coastal railway. In doing so they explored the arguments for and against the scale. Working with the challenges of ‘if I have ... Read more

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  • The English Electric Class 37

    Co Co Diesel Electric Locomotives From Design to Demise

    by David Mather ...
    The versatile and reliable Class 37s quickly established themselves as a firm favourite with engine men and enthusiasts alike. Equally at home in charge of Class 1 passenger or heavy freight trains they would prove their worth over lines the length and breadth of the network, operating from their initial delivery in 1960 through the demise of steam traction and even into the modern era.This book ... Read more

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  • The London Enviro 400 MMC and City

    by David Beddall ...
    The first ADL Enviro 400 MMC (Major Model Change) was built in 2014 with the first entering service in London during 2015. Since then the type has been available as an integral, the E40D diesel and hybrid E40H model. A number of Volvo B5LH models also entered service with London operators. The MMC became one of the standard London double-deck types, becoming popular with Go-Ahead London, ... Read more

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  • London Railway Stations

    by Chris Heather ...
    Built as part of the massive expansion of Great Britain's railway network during the nineteenth century, London's thirteen mainline railway stations are proud symbols of the nation's industrial and architectural heritage. Produced in association with The National Archives, and profusely illustrated with period photographs and diagrams, London Railway Stations tells the story of these iconic ... Read more

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  • A Pageant of British Steam

    Steam Preservation in the 21st Century

    by Geoff Swaine ...
    A Pageant of British Steam is a book honouring the position to which Britains Heritage Steam Railways has now arrived.Preservation has become the word for the achievements of the thousands of volunteers who have given up a mass of time to advance the saving of this section of Britains history. Most of these people are the likely descendants of our Industrial Revolution where the skills have never ... Read more

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  • Edinburgh, Granton and Leith Railways

    by Kenneth G. Williamson ...
    In 1861, the Caledonian Railway, in its efforts to gain a foothold in Granton and Leith, opened a line from Slateford to Granton with a connection to Granton Harbour, where the Edinburgh, Dundee & Perth Railway (NBR) was already established. The CR further built, at great expense, an elevated line to Leith Docks in an effort to establish itself in one of Scotland’s busiest ports. Significant dock ... Read more

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  • Rails Across Europe

    Northern and Western Europe

    by David Cable ...
    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 a few taken by friends.The books show pictures of modern traction mainly from the 1980s up to the current ... Read more

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  • London Transport

    by Peter Waller ...
    Series series Regional Tramways
    A history of London's horse, steam, cable, and electric tramways, and the operation that ended an era. Includes photos.The final volume in the Regional Tramways series focuses on the history of tram operation in the London area. Starting the story with the pioneering horse tramways operated by George Francis Train in the 1860s, the book narrates how the various horse, steam, cable, and electric ... Read more

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  • Cape Breton Railways

    An Illustrated History

    by Herb MacDonald ...
    CAPE BRETON’S RAIL LINES are perhaps best known for their substantial roles in the coal and steel industries. Shaped by factors such as physical geography, the availability of both capital and customers, and the distribution of population and industries, railways have played many important roles in the life of the island. For more than a century-and-a-half after 1829 – when the railway age first ... Read more

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  • Britain's Changing Train Liveries

    Four Decades of Change

    by David Goodyear ...
    Railway liveries play an important role in establishing much-valued recognition of the many operating companies through the variety of colors worn by their trains which ply our British railways. These reinforce the pride that their "uniform" bestows. This is demonstrated by the immaculate designs which adorned the Pre-grouping steam locomotives through to the stamp of Network South East which ... Read more

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  • Royal Railways with Uniform Rates

    A proposal for amalgamation of Railways with the General Post Office and adoption of uniform fares and rates for any distance

    by Arnold ...
    Royal Railways with Uniform Rates: A Proposal for Amalgamation of Railways with the General Post Office and Adoption of Uniform Fares and Rates for Any Distance is a visionary treatise advocating for a radical transformation of the British transportation and postal systems in the 19th century. The author, inspired by the success of the Uniform Penny Post, proposes the integration of the nation’s ... Read more

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