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At the beginning of the privatisation era of Britain's railways, there was a pause in new rolling stock deliveries. As a result, a handful ...
UPDATE 31/3/2023 - This title is currently out of print. A reprint is under consideration, but no due date is available on when or ...
For as long as we could remember steam traction had been king on our railways. The resounding beat of exhaust from classic designs by Gresley ...
In 2009, Direct Rail Services (DRS) ordered a small fleet of locos designed to remain in service until at least 2036 and futureproof its core ...
The rise and fall of the state-owned British Rail, from "the greatest expert on British trains" Christian Wolmar
You think you know British Rail.
Stale ...
It is more than 200 years since the world's first steam railway locomotive hauled its initial load of iron ore and passengers on a ...
This book follows on from the author's book on the Princess Coronation pacific locomotives from their construction in 1937 to their operation in 1956 ...
The first half of the 1990s was a period of significant change for the BR shunter fleet, which by now almost entirely consisted of Class ...
The majestic mountain ranges east of Melbourne contained some of the finest stands of hardwood trees in Australia. To access the timber, a fascinating network ...
In the early 1990s, the Waterloo to Exeter route was suffering many delays and problems due to the increasingly unreliable diesel locos being used at ...
The Class 57 diesel locomotive was an outgrowth of the tremendously successful and iconic Class 47. Rebuilt from redundant Class 47s by Brush Traction at ...
At the turn of the millennium, a large percentage of the passenger services around London and the South East were operated by 'slam-door' Mark 1 ...
It is impossible to imagine London without the Tube: the beating heart of the city, the Underground shuttles over a billion passengers each year below ...
Extensive collection of images of the Class 47s. Images from around the UK. Part of the Britain's Railways Series. Class 47s have now been ...