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The Go-Ahead Group: The First 25 years
Key Publishing LtdThe Go-Ahead Group: The First 25 Years NOTE: This is a paperback reissue of the much-loved The Go-Ahead Group. Go-Ahead began life as the Gateshea...
View full detailsCanadian Pacific in the Rockies
Key Publishing LtdCanadian Pacific in the Rockies The Canadian Pacific Railway was built to unite all the Canadian Provinces with a transcontinental line running fro...
View full detailsRailways of Central Scotland 2016-20
Key Publishing LtdRailways of Central Scotland 2016–20 The last two decades have seen many changes to the railways of Central Scotland with different ownership of p...
View full detailsWestern Class Locomotives: A tribute
Key Publishing LtdWestern Class Locomotives Unusually for a large class of locomotives, all Western Class locomotives had the same prefix. They were designed by and...
View full detailsClass 70s
Key Publishing LtdClass 70s In the late 2000s, Freightliner was looking to expand its locomotive fleet towards more powerful and fuel-efficient locomotives. The new...
View full detailsLand Rover Series One 1948-58
Key Publishing LtdLand Rover Series One 1948–58 The Land Rover was a post-war marvel, a vehicle that helped change the face of motoring on and off-road around the w...
View full detailsCzech and Slovak Railways
Key Publishing LtdCzech and Slovak Railways: Three Decades of Change, 1990–2020s The Czech Republic and Slovakia emerged as independent countries in 1993, as joint ...
View full detailsHungarian Arms and Armour of WW2
Key Publishing LtdHungarian Arms and Armour of WW2 Between the world wars, Hungary was a relatively small country aiming to recover territory lost because of World W...
View full detailsAircraft of Red Flag: Air-to-Air Exercises
Key Publishing LtdAircraft 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 ...
View full detailsEthiopian Airlines
Key Publishing LtdEthiopian Airlines Ethiopian Airlines was founded in 1945 by the Ethiopian government with the assistance of western airlines. With a fleet of war-...
View full detailsUS Naval Air Power Pacific Air Forces West Coast
Key Publishing LtdUS Naval Air Power: West Coast 2010–20 The US Naval Aviation service celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2011 and since then it has continued to be...
View full detailsMustang: The Untold Story
Key Publishing LtdMustang: The Untold Story The North American Mustang is one of the most well-studied aircraft. However, much of what is commonly understood about i...
View full detailsFall of the Luftwaffe in Colour
Key Publishing LtdFall of the Luftwaffe in Colour Meticulously researched over the course of 20 years, this colour rendition of the Luftwaffe’s Eagles in defeat accu...
View full detailsRailways of Central Scotland
Key Publishing LtdRailways of Central Scotland The five years to each side of the millennium were a period of great change on the railway network with the advent of ...
View full detailsHSTs: The Western Region
Key Publishing LtdHSTs: The Western Region From the late 1970s, for more than 40 years, the High-Speed Train (HST) was the mainstay of express services for many tra...
View full detailsAvro Vulcan The Early Years 1947-64
Key Publishing LtdAvro Vulcan: The Early Years, 1947–64 Advances in aerodynamics and jet engine technology after World War Two led to the RAF requesting a bomber tha...
View full detailsBR: From Green to Blue
Key Publishing LtdBR: From Green to Blue A fascinating but much overlooked era for the modern traction enthusiast is the changeover from the old British Railways gr...
View full detailsRail Freight North West England
Key Publishing LtdRail Freight: North West England This book illustrates the changing face of rail freight in North West England over 40 years. During that time the...
View full detailsVictory 1940 - SOFTBACK
Key Publishing LtdVictory 1940 NOTE: This is a reprint of the previously released hardback favourite. In 1940, the skies over Britain were full of dogfighting aircr...
View full detailsLeyland Atlantean
Key Publishing LtdThe Leyland Atlantean NOTE: This is a paperback reissue of the much-loved The Leyland Atlantean. The Leyland Atlantean revolutionised bus layouts ...
View full detailsLondon Bus Routes One by One: 1-100
Key Publishing LtdLondon Bus Routes One by One: 1 100 Though they seem as immutable and traditional as the city they serve, London’s bus routes are always changing....
View full detailsRange Rover: 1971-72 GB Trans-Americas Expedition
Key Publishing LtdMaking the Range Rover Legend: The 1971–72 British Trans-Americas Expedition In 1971, a British Army team undertook the challenge of driving the Pa...
View full detailsGerman Tanks of World War Two
Key Publishing LtdGerman Tanks of World War Two In World War Two, the German army deployed a wide variety of tanks in many different variants and with many forms of...
View full detailsBuses Yearbook 2022
Key Publishing LtdBUSES Yearbook 2022 Published annually for almost 60 years, this superb hardback book is a must for all bus enthusiasts. Now edited by Alan Millar ...
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