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The Glacier Express: An Iconic Railway Journey Through the Swiss Alps Travelling a distance of 180 miles across the central Swiss Alps, this iconic...

RAF FIGHTERS IN THE FAR EAST: 1945–50 Despite the Japanese surrender in August 1945, the RAF was required to engage in further combat operations in...

Boeing 727   Two years before the introduction of the Boeing 707 into service in 1958, designers at Boeing began to work on a short-/medium-range a...

Storms Over Ireland Ireland's Air Wars; In the early decades of the 20th century, Ireland experienced three armed conflicts. Britain had an aerial...

Trials and Tribulations: A History of RAF Gransden Lodge Today, the peaceful countryside to the west of Cambridge is mainly given over to agricultu...

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

Railways of Central Scotland: 40 Years of Change The last 40 years have witnessed wholesale upheaval in terms of motive power, rolling stock and in...

CSA Czech Airlines: 100 Years in the Air Having recently celebrated its 100th birthday, through its history ČSA Czech Airlines has had to repeatedl...

AC Electrics: 86, 87, 90 and DVTs Built in 1965–66, the 100 Class 86 electric locomotives worked passenger and freight trains on the newly electrif...

AC Electrics: 91, 92 and DVTs Following the electrification of the East Coast Main Line (ECML) between London King’s Cross and Edinburgh, 31 Class ...

Classes 20-27 Britain's Railways Series; By far the most reliable of the many types of early British Railways diesel locomotives, the Class 20s (or...

Southern Slammers,  Britain's Railways Series Vol 64, The third-rail-powered Southern Region slam-door trains had been operational in one form or a...

Classes 142, 143, 144, Britain's Railways Series Vol 65, In the 1980s, British Rail introduced a new train type that could operate on local network...

Air France At 90: France’s Largest Airline Founded in 1933, Air France is that country’s largest airline with 211 aircraft at its disposal, compris...

Airbus A400M Atlas The Airbus A400M is a medium-lift turboprop military transport aircraft currently in service with the air forces of France, Germ...

American RCAF Warriors: US World War II Royal Canadian Air Force Volunteers On December 17, 1939, representatives from Canada, Great Britain, Austr...

Steam Trains of the World The Modernisation Plan brought about the demise of steam-powered traction in the United Kingdom, with the last locomotive...

Viking Armies 840–1100 Setting out from their overpopulated homelands to find new places in which to live and farm, Scandinavian farmers, already e...

Late Roman Army: AD 284-565 During the third century, the vast Roman Empire began to fracture and its once tightly controlled and exemplary civic, ...

French Army of Napoleon: 1796–1815, Historic Armies Series Vol 6, Napoleon’s Grande Armée was the perfect military machine and one of the greatest ...

Air Traffic Control in the UK: Controlling the Skies Non Series; Air traffic controllers ensure the safe passage of aircraft in the skies over the ...

Heroes of War: A Collection of Lord Ashcroft’s Britain at War Articles NOTE: All royalties from the sale of this book will be paid in support of SS...

The British Rail Network, 1974–78 A decade on from the extensive changes to the rail network that were set in motion in the 1960s, Britain’s railw...