Books

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...

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...

Irish Railways: 100 Years; World Railways Series, Vol. 7 Authored By: Michael H. C. Baker Pages: 96 The 100 years since the Irish Free State was se...

Railways in South Yorkshire: Four Decades of Change; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 43 Authored By: Mike Wedgewood Pages: 96 Today, South Yorkshire...

Class 47s: The Jack of All Trades; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol. 45 Authored By: Mark V. Pike; Pages: 96  In 1962, construction of the first Cla...

Brush Type 4 to Class 47s: The First 20 Years; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 44 Authored By: Simon Lilley Pages: 96 It is now 60 years since the f...

Rail Freight: The Midlands; The Railways and Industry Series, Vol 8 Authored By: Paul Shannon 96 Pages From the busy West Coast and Midland main li...

Lines of the West Highlands; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 34 The lines to the West Highlands start their journey in the heart of Central Scotland...

East Coast Main Line Locomotive Haulage; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 37 The East Coast Main Line (ECML) runs from London King’s Cross to Edinbur...

Mike Wedgewood; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 29; Set against the contrasting rural and industrial scenery of northern Lincolnshire, this book il...

Class 47s: Inverness to Newquay; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 38; In the mid-1980s, the winds of change were blowing through British Rail and oft...

Class 50s; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 36 During the mid-1960s, BR was looking to introduce a high-powered diesel loco to improve services on th...

Class 66: 3/4/7/8 - Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 35 In the late 1990s, English, Welsh and Scottish Railway (EWS) had led the way with their Class...

Britain’s Railways Series, Vol. 32 In the late 1990s, most of the current locomotives in use on the national network were becoming very tired and ...

HSTs: Around Britain, From 1990 to the Present Day For almost 50 years, High Speed Trains (HSTs) have been the mainstay for express services for ma...

Class 66: 5/6/9; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 39 In the late 1990s, English, Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS) was having great success with its...

Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 31 Grand Central is an innovative and pioneering railway open-access operator with a relatively short, but varied hi...

The preserved heritage museum railways of Britain are thriving. Not only is there continuing nostalgia for the steam locomotives of a bygone era, b...

Railways of Southern California Passing through some of the most picturesque scenery in the world, several main routes traverse Southern California...

Rail Freight: Yorkshire and North East England; The Railways and Industry Series, Vol 7 In the early 1980s, coal was still the lifeblood of many li...