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British Railway Tickets
Written by Jan Dobrzynski
Format: eBook, 72 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $7.95
In 1838 Thomas Edmondson, an employee of the fledgling Newcastle & Carlisle Railway, revolutionized the ticket issuing process in Britain and left an enduring legacy: the Edmondson ticket. Purchased as proof of the contract between passenger and railway company, the ticket was a receipt, travel pass and an ephemeral record of... Read more >
Written by Jan Dobrzynski
Format: eBook, 72 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $7.95
In 1838 Thomas Edmondson, an employee of the fledgling Newcastle & Carlisle Railway, revolutionized the ticket issuing process in Britain and left an enduring legacy: the Edmondson ticket. Purchased as proof of the contract between passenger and railway company, the ticket was a receipt, travel pass and an ephemeral record of... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Victorian and Edwardian Railway Travel
Written by David Turner
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $12.95
For the majority of the British public in the Victorian period the railways were the only way to travel. In 1880 the population of Britain and Ireland took 518 million railway journeys, and by the turn of the century this number had risen to just over 1.1 billion. Therefore, for anyone... Read more >
Written by David Turner
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $12.95
For the majority of the British public in the Victorian period the railways were the only way to travel. In 1880 the population of Britain and Ireland took 518 million railway journeys, and by the turn of the century this number had risen to just over 1.1 billion. Therefore, for anyone... Read more >
Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide (Abridged Version)
Written by George Bradshaw
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $15.99
*This electronic edition is an abridged version of the original 1548pp book. All the original text is included, along with a wealth of carefully selected examples from the several hundred pages of timetables and advertisements.*
Following its bestselling edition of Bradshaw’s Handbook 1863, Old House brings you this fascinating guide... Read more >
Written by George Bradshaw
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $15.99
*This electronic edition is an abridged version of the original 1548pp book. All the original text is included, along with a wealth of carefully selected examples from the several hundred pages of timetables and advertisements.*
Following its bestselling edition of Bradshaw’s Handbook 1863, Old House brings you this fascinating guide... Read more >
The Tube
Station to Station on the London Underground
Written by Oliver Green
Format: eBook, 120 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $7.95
From Norman Foster’s remarkable station at Canary Wharf to the Yellow-brick vaults of Baker street to the Art Deco exuberance of Arnos Grove, London’s tube stations are among its most distinctive and iconic buildings. This beautiful hardback edition is a fantastic gift-book, publishing in the run up to Christmas, and sales... Read more >
Station to Station on the London Underground
Written by Oliver Green
Format: eBook, 120 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $7.95
From Norman Foster’s remarkable station at Canary Wharf to the Yellow-brick vaults of Baker street to the Art Deco exuberance of Arnos Grove, London’s tube stations are among its most distinctive and iconic buildings. This beautiful hardback edition is a fantastic gift-book, publishing in the run up to Christmas, and sales... Read more >
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The Tube
Station to Station on the London Underground
Written by Oliver Green
Format: Hardcover, 120 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $12.95
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Station to Station on the London Underground
Written by Oliver Green
Format: Hardcover, 120 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $12.95
Read more >
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eBook.
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British Railways in the 1950s and 60s
Written by Greg Morse
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $12.95
The 1950s saw a realisation that British Railways needed to modernise its equipment and rationalise its network if it was to hold its own in the face of growing competition from road and air transport. The next decade brought line closures, new liveries and the last breath of steam, as Doctor... Read more >
Written by Greg Morse
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $12.95
The 1950s saw a realisation that British Railways needed to modernise its equipment and rationalise its network if it was to hold its own in the face of growing competition from road and air transport. The next decade brought line closures, new liveries and the last breath of steam, as Doctor... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
British Railways in the 1950s and 60s
Written by Greg Morse
Format: eBook, 56 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $7.95
The 1950s saw a realisation that British Railways needed to modernise its equipment and rationalise its network if it was to hold its own in the face of growing competition from road and air transport. The next decade brought line closures, new liveries and the last breath of steam, as Doctor... Read more >
Written by Greg Morse
Format: eBook, 56 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $7.95
The 1950s saw a realisation that British Railways needed to modernise its equipment and rationalise its network if it was to hold its own in the face of growing competition from road and air transport. The next decade brought line closures, new liveries and the last breath of steam, as Doctor... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Railway Workshops
Written by Tim Bryan
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2012
Price: $12.95
This is the story of an industry that began in the North of England, with small engineering concerns building engines that powered early railways like the Stockton and Darlington and Liverpool & Manchester. Once railway companies had become firmly established, the industry expanded dramatically as they set up their own engineering... Read more >
Written by Tim Bryan
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2012
Price: $12.95
This is the story of an industry that began in the North of England, with small engineering concerns building engines that powered early railways like the Stockton and Darlington and Liverpool & Manchester. Once railway companies had become firmly established, the industry expanded dramatically as they set up their own engineering... Read more >
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Bradshaw's Handbook
Written by George Bradshaw
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $15.95
Collector’s item, landmark in the history of the tour guide, snapshot of Britain in the 1860s – Bradshaw’s Handbook deserves a place on the bookshelf of any traveller, railway enthusiast, historian or anglophile. Produced as the British railway network was reaching its zenith, and as tourism by rail became a serious... Read more >
Written by George Bradshaw
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $15.95
Collector’s item, landmark in the history of the tour guide, snapshot of Britain in the 1860s – Bradshaw’s Handbook deserves a place on the bookshelf of any traveller, railway enthusiast, historian or anglophile. Produced as the British railway network was reaching its zenith, and as tourism by rail became a serious... Read more >
Mail Trains
Written by Julian Stray
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $9.95
Central to the prompt delivery of the nation's mail is its efficient transit throughout the country. From 1830, the Post Office relied increasingly on the overland rail network to achieve this. Railway Post Offices, Sunday Sorting Tenders and District Sorting Carriages were amongst the services introduced.
More important lines carried the famous... Read more >
Written by Julian Stray
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $9.95
Central to the prompt delivery of the nation's mail is its efficient transit throughout the country. From 1830, the Post Office relied increasingly on the overland rail network to achieve this. Railway Post Offices, Sunday Sorting Tenders and District Sorting Carriages were amongst the services introduced.
More important lines carried the famous... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Railway Posters
Written by Lorna Frost
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $9.95
Railway posters have a huge appeal to the modern audience, but just what is it that appeals to us? Enduring images of iconic locomotives, bathing beauties and characters such as Sunny South Sam are testament to the persuasive power of the railway company marketing departments established in the late nineteenth century... Read more >
Written by Lorna Frost
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $9.95
Railway posters have a huge appeal to the modern audience, but just what is it that appeals to us? Enduring images of iconic locomotives, bathing beauties and characters such as Sunny South Sam are testament to the persuasive power of the railway company marketing departments established in the late nineteenth century... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Mail Trains
Written by Julian Stray
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 20, 2012
Price: $12.95
Central to the prompt delivery of the nation's mail is its efficient transit throughout the country. From 1830, the Post Office relied increasingly on the overland rail network to achieve this. Railway Post Offices, Sunday Sorting Tenders and District Sorting Carriages were amongst the services introduced.
More important lines carried the famous... Read more >
Written by Julian Stray
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 20, 2012
Price: $12.95
Central to the prompt delivery of the nation's mail is its efficient transit throughout the country. From 1830, the Post Office relied increasingly on the overland rail network to achieve this. Railway Post Offices, Sunday Sorting Tenders and District Sorting Carriages were amongst the services introduced.
More important lines carried the famous... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Railway Posters
Written by Lorna Frost
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 20, 2012
Price: $12.95
Railway posters have a huge appeal to the modern audience, but just what is it that appeals to us? Enduring images of iconic locomotives, bathing beauties and characters such as Sunny South Sam are testament to the persuasive power of the railway company marketing departments established in the late nineteenth century... Read more >
Written by Lorna Frost
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 20, 2012
Price: $12.95
Railway posters have a huge appeal to the modern audience, but just what is it that appeals to us? Enduring images of iconic locomotives, bathing beauties and characters such as Sunny South Sam are testament to the persuasive power of the railway company marketing departments established in the late nineteenth century... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
WALL TO WALL
Written by Mary Morris
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: March 14, 2012
Price: $11.99
Following her celebrated Nothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone, Mary Morris, still alone, still graced with her extraordinary gifts of narrative and observation, presents an unforgettable account of her 1986 trip through China, Russia, and Eastern Europe. As in Nothing to Declare, she combines vivid portrayals of people... Read more >
Written by Mary Morris
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: March 14, 2012
Price: $11.99
Following her celebrated Nothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone, Mary Morris, still alone, still graced with her extraordinary gifts of narrative and observation, presents an unforgettable account of her 1986 trip through China, Russia, and Eastern Europe. As in Nothing to Declare, she combines vivid portrayals of people... Read more >
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British Railway Tickets
Written by Jan Dobrzynski
Format: Trade Paperback, 72 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $12.95
In 1838 Thomas Edmondson, an employee of the fledgling Newcastle & Carlisle Railway, revolutionized the ticket issuing process in Britain and left an enduring legacy: the Edmondson ticket. Purchased as proof of the contract between passenger and railway company, the ticket was a receipt, travel pass and an ephemeral record of... Read more >
Written by Jan Dobrzynski
Format: Trade Paperback, 72 pages
On Sale: October 18, 2011
Price: $12.95
In 1838 Thomas Edmondson, an employee of the fledgling Newcastle & Carlisle Railway, revolutionized the ticket issuing process in Britain and left an enduring legacy: the Edmondson ticket. Purchased as proof of the contract between passenger and railway company, the ticket was a receipt, travel pass and an ephemeral record of... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
The Flying Scotsman
The Train, The Locomotive, The Legend
Written by Bob Gwynne
Format: eBook, 56 pages
On Sale: August 23, 2011
Price: $9.95
Flying Scotsman is probably the most famous railway locomotive in the world. When it was new in 1923 it caused a sensation for its beauty and its speed, and the engine found itself at the center of media attention that continued throughout the decade and made it a household name -... Read more >
The Train, The Locomotive, The Legend
Written by Bob Gwynne
Format: eBook, 56 pages
On Sale: August 23, 2011
Price: $9.95
Flying Scotsman is probably the most famous railway locomotive in the world. When it was new in 1923 it caused a sensation for its beauty and its speed, and the engine found itself at the center of media attention that continued throughout the decade and made it a household name -... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Railway Preservation in Britain
Written by Bob Gwynne
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: July 19, 2011
Price: $12.95
Sixty years after a disparate group of railway enthusiasts came together in a remote corner of rural Wales to run a train service - a true story that inspired the Ealing comedy The Titfield Thunderbolt - 'heritage railways' are a serious matter, bringing visitors, employment and a sense of local identity... Read more >
Written by Bob Gwynne
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: July 19, 2011
Price: $12.95
Sixty years after a disparate group of railway enthusiasts came together in a remote corner of rural Wales to run a train service - a true story that inspired the Ealing comedy The Titfield Thunderbolt - 'heritage railways' are a serious matter, bringing visitors, employment and a sense of local identity... Read more >
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Railways in Wartime
Written by Tim Bryan
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: July 19, 2011
Price: $12.95
The strategic importance of railways was recognized almost from the beginning of their development, but it was not until the end of the nineteenth century that their real value was appreciated by the military. In both the First and Second World Wars, railways were crucial in the transportation of men, munitions... Read more >
Written by Tim Bryan
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: July 19, 2011
Price: $12.95
The strategic importance of railways was recognized almost from the beginning of their development, but it was not until the end of the nineteenth century that their real value was appreciated by the military. In both the First and Second World Wars, railways were crucial in the transportation of men, munitions... Read more >
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Early Railways
1569-1830
Written by Andy Guy and Jim Rees
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: May 24, 2011
Price: $12.95
To many people, the history of the railway begins with the opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway in 1830. By that time, however, the concept of the railway in Britain was already over 250 years old, a fascinating but little-known period of experimentation, improvement and invention which included such remarkable... Read more >
1569-1830
Written by Andy Guy and Jim Rees
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: May 24, 2011
Price: $12.95
To many people, the history of the railway begins with the opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway in 1830. By that time, however, the concept of the railway in Britain was already over 250 years old, a fascinating but little-known period of experimentation, improvement and invention which included such remarkable... Read more >
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Discovering London Railway Stations
Written by Oliver Green
Format: Trade Paperback, 104 pages
On Sale: October 19, 2010
Price: $13.95
London is the supreme railway city. In 1900 it had fourteen railway termini, more than any other city in the world. A century later only one of them has disappeared completely, and just three have undergone comprehensive reconstruction. All the others are recognisable products of the Victorian railway age that continue... Read more >
Written by Oliver Green
Format: Trade Paperback, 104 pages
On Sale: October 19, 2010
Price: $13.95
London is the supreme railway city. In 1900 it had fourteen railway termini, more than any other city in the world. A century later only one of them has disappeared completely, and just three have undergone comprehensive reconstruction. All the others are recognisable products of the Victorian railway age that continue... Read more >
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Stephenson's Rocket and the Rainhill Trials
Written by Richard Gibbon
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: September 21, 2010
Price: $12.95
The iconic shape of George and Robert Stephenson's Rocket, as unveiled to the world in 1829, is arguably the most enduring silhouette in railway history. But why was Rocket that special, curious, shape? And why does the surviving locomotive, a star exhibit at London's Science Museum, look so unlike the striking... Read more >
Written by Richard Gibbon
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: September 21, 2010
Price: $12.95
The iconic shape of George and Robert Stephenson's Rocket, as unveiled to the world in 1829, is arguably the most enduring silhouette in railway history. But why was Rocket that special, curious, shape? And why does the surviving locomotive, a star exhibit at London's Science Museum, look so unlike the striking... Read more >
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The Great Western Railway
Written by Tim Bryan
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: July 20, 2010
Price: $12.95
With a network covering much of the West Country, Wales and the West Midlands, and a history and tradition stretching back more than a century, the Great Western has been seen by many railway historians and enthusiasts as the most famous railway in the world.
The history of the GWR was... Read more >
Written by Tim Bryan
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: July 20, 2010
Price: $12.95
With a network covering much of the West Country, Wales and the West Midlands, and a history and tradition stretching back more than a century, the Great Western has been seen by many railway historians and enthusiasts as the most famous railway in the world.
The history of the GWR was... Read more >
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The London Underground
Written by Andrew Emmerson
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: July 20, 2010
Price: $12.95
The London Underground is the heart of London life, used by millions of commuters and shoppers every year, its tentacles extending into the suburbs it has helped to create. Its turbulent life has been determined by the trials and tribulations endured by the people it carries: it provided an network of... Read more >
Written by Andrew Emmerson
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: July 20, 2010
Price: $12.95
The London Underground is the heart of London life, used by millions of commuters and shoppers every year, its tentacles extending into the suburbs it has helped to create. Its turbulent life has been determined by the trials and tribulations endured by the people it carries: it provided an network of... Read more >
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The Flying Scotsman
Written by Bob Gwynne
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: April 20, 2010
Price: $12.95
Flying Scotsman is probably the most famous railway locomotive in the world. When it was new in 1923 it caused a sensation for its beauty and its speed, and the engine found itself at the center of media attention that continued throughout the decade and made it a household name -... Read more >
Written by Bob Gwynne
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: April 20, 2010
Price: $12.95
Flying Scotsman is probably the most famous railway locomotive in the world. When it was new in 1923 it caused a sensation for its beauty and its speed, and the engine found itself at the center of media attention that continued throughout the decade and made it a household name -... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Last Train to Paradise
Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean
Written by Les Standiford
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: August 5, 2003
Price: $14.95
Last Train to Paradise is acclaimed novelist Les Standiford’s fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad—one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the Labor Day hurricane of 1935. Brilliant and driven entrepreneur Henry Flagler’s... Read more >
Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean
Written by Les Standiford
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: August 5, 2003
Price: $14.95
Last Train to Paradise is acclaimed novelist Les Standiford’s fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad—one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the Labor Day hurricane of 1935. Brilliant and driven entrepreneur Henry Flagler’s... Read more >
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