Books

Norfolk Rail: 25 Years of the Wherry Lines Norfolk enjoyed loco-hauled passenger trains for many years, with Great Yarmouth being a popular destina...

Liveries of the WR Diesel Hydraulics The WR diesel hydraulic locomotives always exercised a special fascination for the modern traction enthusiast...

The Modern Railway 2021 Produced annually by the team from Modern Railways the leading monthly rail magazine, The Modern Railway 2021 offers a comp...

Rail Freight: South West England From the intricate china clay operations in Cornwall to the major limestone quarries of the Mendips, rail freight...

Scotland’s Railways: The Last 15 Years The last 15 years have seen many changes in Scotland’s rail network, including the replacement of old rolli...

Railways of the South East: Sussex and its Surrounds This title, the first of two volumes covering the railways of the South East concentrates on ...

British Multiple Units Multiple units are the unsung heroes of the modern railway system. Their many advantages include higher capacity, less trac...

Railways of the South East: Kent The second of two volumes covering the railways of the South East, this book focuses on Kent. It details a wide r...

Railways of Central Scotland: 2006–15 The years between 2006 and 2015 saw many changes in Central Scotland’s railways with projects such as the re...

Class 60s The Class 60 was the last British-built diesel locomotive design and 100, in total, went to Railfreight. Privatisation saw the class bei...

Devon’s Railways: North and East of the County Following the routes of the two main lines that enter Devon from the east, as well as exploring the ...

International Passenger Locomotives Since 1980 As traditional locomotive haulage declined in the UK and many enthusiasts’ favourite classes were wi...

Class 47s Inverness to Dover Western Docks, 1985–86 The mid-1980s brought about a period of change on the rail network, as the first Class 47s to ...

The World's Last Steam Trains China was the last country in the world to manufacture and operate steam locomotives. By the early 1980s, there were ...

Class 37s The English Electric Type 3 (later Class 37) was introduced from the late 1950s to the early 1960s at a time when the writing was on the ...

Cornish Railways: Saltash to St Austell This, the first of two volumes covering the railways of Cornwall, follows the railway through the changing ...

Loco-Hauled Passenger Trains Since the 1980s This highly illustrated look at locomotive-hauled trains across four decades features a wide variety o...

Germany’s Railways Germany was re-unified in 1990. For the country’s rail system, the complex task of unifying two networks with very different rol...

Diesels in East Yorkshire This photographic journey illustrates East Yorkshire’s fascinating passenger and freight trains, railway infrastructure,...

The Modern Railway 2020 hardback provides an in-depth examination of: * Policy and finance * Infrastructure maintenance and renewal * Train oper...