Key Books

Low-Floor Double-DeckersSeries: Britain’s Buses Series, Vol 9In just under 25 years, double-deck buses in the UK have undergone a transformation. E...

North Korean AviationAn Eyewitness Account In 2016, North Korea hosted its first ever airshow and invited a number of foreign visitors to watch. Un...

Edited by Modern Railways’ Editor Philip Sherratt, with contributions from Roger Ford, Tony Miles, Alan Williams and other members of the team, The...

RAF Transport Aircraft  Modern Military Aircraft Series, Vol 6From their modest origins with BE.2c and Vickers Victoria biplanes delivering food an...

London Bus Routes One by One: A10–X140 Transport Systems Series, Vol 7This fifth and final London bus routes volume looks at the route numbers with...

Class 442s: The Wessex Electrics Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 27First introduced in the late 1980s, the Class 442s were like nothing that had bee...

Surviving World War Two Tanks in the ArdennesMilitary Vehicles and Artillery Series, Vol 4 There are over 40 surviving World War Two tanks, self-pr...

Soviet-Era Airliners Historic Commercial Aircraft Series: Volume 1 When the Soviet Union fell in December 1991, there were close to 3,500 assorted ...

Class 47s: From Inverness to Penzance, 1982 -85 Book Britain's Railways Series: Volume 5 The Class 47 diesel locomotives were a mainstay of British...

Cornish Railways: St Austell to Penzance Britain's Railways Series: Volume 6 This, the second of two volumes covering the railways of Cornwall, fol...

The Railways and Britain's Nuclear Industry Book Britain's Railways and Industry Series: Volume 1 This book is about the important role played by t...

Bristol Lodekka Book Britain's Buses Series: Volume 3 PLEASE NOTE: This book is a re-issue of the much-loved title, Bristol Lodekka: In colour. Lod...

Last of the Welsh Coal Trains Book The Railways and Industry Series: Volume 2 Despite the substantial decline of coal mining in the UK over the las...

London Transport 1949 74 Transport Systems Series: Volume 2 PLEASE NOTE: This is a paperback reissue of the much-loved Twenty-Five Years of London ...

Su-57 Felon Book Modern Military Aircraft Series: Volume 2 In December 2020, the first Sukhoi Su-57, codenamed Felon by NATO, entered service with ...

Britain's Military Helicopters Modern Military Aircraft Series, Volume 4 A key component in any armed force, helicopters operate in a range of role...

Rail Freight: Wales and the Borders The Railways and Industry Series, Volume 4 The changes to rail freight in Wales and the Borders since the 1980s...

Surviving D-Day Tanks in Normandy Military Vehicles and Artillery Series: Volume 2 This guide book examines the surviving WWII tanks, tank turrets ...

Avro 748: Historic Commercial Aircraft Series, Vol 3 The 748 was a highly successful commercial airliner, that since the 1960s had been responsible...

The Go-Ahead Group: The First 25 Years Britain's Buses Series: Volume 5 PLEASE NOTE: This is a paperback reissue of the much-loved The Go-Ahead Gro...

Railways of Central Scotland 2016 20 Britain s Railways Series: Volume 14 The last two decades have seen many changes to the railways of Central Sc...

Western Class Locomotives: A tribute Britain's Railways Series: Volume 7 Unusually for a large class of locomotives, all Western Class locomotives ...

B-17G Flying Fortress The B-17 Flying Fortress was conceived by the well-known US aviation designer and manufacturer Boeing during the 1930s, princ...

Land Rover Series One 1948-58 Book Classic Vehicle Series: Volume 1 Paperback Book (Catalogue images are for illustration Purposes only)  The Land ...

Hungarian Arms and Armour of World War Two Modern Wars Series; Volume 3 Between the world wars, Hungary was a relatively small country aiming to re...

Aircraft of Red Flag: The Ultimate Air-to-Air Combat Exercises Red Flag is the world s premier air-to-air combat exercise. Run by the US Air Force ...