Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Vinters Railway Gazetteer A Guide To Britains Old Railways That You Can Walk And Cycle Vinters Railway Gazetteer A Guide To Britains Old Railways That You Can Walk And Cycle jeff vinter 1 v. : 23 cm OL17407545W
An introduction to great western locomotive development An introduction to great western locomotive development Jim Champ "The volume begins with a series of short essays covering general trends in design development, whilst the main body of the volume covers individual classes. For each class there is a small table con… OL19739973W
Flying Scotsman Flying Scotsman Andrew Roden If ever there was a steam locomotive with nine lives, it is the Flying Scotsman. Preserved in the sixties when most steam locomotives were sent to the scrapyard, she has gone through a succession of … OL20011361W
Along lost lines Along lost lines Paul Atterbury This book takes the reader on an odyssey around Britain in pursuit of the lost railways. This title focuses on the 10,000 miles of lines closed in Britain since the 1950s. It documents the forgotten … OL20823640W
100 years of railways 100 years of railways Ammonite Press The railway system in Britain is the oldest in the world, beginning in 1825 with the first steam locomotive hauled public railway and culminating in a network of more than 10,000 miles of track by 20… OL20868560W
Railway Disasters Railway Disasters Simon Fowler British railways are one of the safest ways of travelling. That they are so is the result of painful lessons learnt over many decades, for there have been many hundreds of railway disasters.This book… OL21586370W
Britain's lost railways Britain's lost railways John Minniss "In this ... book, John Minnis reveals the loss. From the most cavernous engine shed like Old Oak Common to the most eccentric gimcrack country halt like those in Tollesbury's light railway with a tu… OL24176572W
Little Book of Steam Classics Little Book of Steam Classics Ian MacKenzie 127 pages : 16 cm OL29380583W
A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Donald S. Barrie 296 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : 23 cm OL4103170W
Farewell to Steam Farewell to Steam Roger Siviter 144 p. : 27 cm OL4883432W
The Newcastle & Carlisle Railway The Newcastle & Carlisle Railway G. Whittle 208 p., [8] leaves of plates : 23 cm OL6425840W