Books

First published for Christmas 1963, the Buses Yearbook offers a mix of chapters and photo features on matters topical and nostalgic. These include ...

Classic American Sedans of the 1950s: The Four-Doors Classic Vehicles Series, Vol. 6 In the new “baby boomer” era of postwar North America, newly p...

London’s Advert Buses Britain’s Buses Series, Vol. 15 A fixture of London Transport in the 1970s, the all-over advert bus was relaunched by the mod...

Heritage DMUs The Final Years; ; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol. 49 At the beginning of the privatisation era of Britain’s railways, there was a pa...

Class 31s; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol. 50 Perhaps overshadowed by more ‘exotic’ locos, the Class 31s nonetheless played a significant part in ...

Electrostar: Capital Commuter; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 48 At the turn of the millennium, a large percentage of the passenger services around...

Class 68s Britain’s Railways Series, Vol. 51 In 2009, Direct Rail Services (DRS) ordered a small fleet of locos designed to remain in service until...

Artemis I: Back to the Moon It is more than 50 years since a spacecraft first landed on the Moon and millions of people worldwide tuned in to their...

Vickers Viscount Historic Commercial Aircraft Series, Vol. 16 First flown in 1948 and in service from 1953, the Viscount was manufactured to help t...

London Buses: Review of 2022 Transport Systems Series, Vol. 8; KB0298; 96pp; £16.99/$25.95 2022 will be remembered as the year London buses almost ...

Ukrainian Armour and Fighting Vehicles Military Vehicles and Artillery Series, Vol. 7 Prior to the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russia was...

London Underground: The Northern Line  Transport Systems Series, Vol. 9 Identified in black on the London Underground map, the Northern line cuts ...

Rail Freight: London and the South East The Railways and Industry Series, Vol. 9 The last four decades have seen many changes in rail freight patte...

British Rail Shunters: The Final Years Britain’s Railways Series, Vol. 52 By the beginning of the 1990s, the variety that had once characterised Br...

Alexander Deniss Buses Britain’s Buses Series, Vol. 16 Three of the best-known names in the history of British bus building, Alexander, Dennis and ...

Mars Rovers Authored By: David Baker Pages: 96 From telescopic observations of the Red Planet in the 19th century, which indicated that life may ex...

The Space Shuttle Authored by: David Baker Pages: 96 In the aftermath of six Moon landings, and in a giant leap of faith with a largely reusable la...

Class 73s Britain’s Railway Series, Vol 41 96 pages Authored by: Mark V. Pike Built in the 1960s, the Class 73s were primarily used on the Souther...

Low-Floor Single-Deckers; Britain’s Buses Series, Vol. 14 Authored by: Gavin Booth; 96 Pages For years, passengers with disabilities, wheelchair u...

British Rail Shunters: From Corporate Blue to Sectorisation Britain’s Railways Series, Vol. 46 The role of British Rail’s (BR) diesel shunters was...

Class 33s; ; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol. 40 Author: Mark V. Pike Pages: 96pp In 1960, the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company built a...

Japan’s Railways: Kinki to Kyushu ; World Railways Series, Vol. 6 Author: Dave Spoonley Pages: 96pp At the start of the Menji Era, Japan emerged fr...

Japan’s Railways: Hokkaido to Chubu; World Railways Series, Vol 5 At the start of the Menji Era, Japan emerged from its years of self-imposed isola...

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