Key Books

Bus design has certainly evolved in the seven decades since 1950, but it has not been a steady process. Advances in bus design have caused manufact...

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 ...

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

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

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

Class 67sBritain’s Railways Series, Vol 30; In the late 1990s, English, Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS) ordered a large fleet of 250 Class 66 lo...

Railways of South and West ScotlandBritain’s Railways Series, Volume 28The West Coast Main Line and the line from Kilmarnock south to Gretna were b...

London Bus Routes One by One: 301–969 Transport Systems Series, Vol 6In times of old, the numbers 300–499 were restricted to the green buses of the...

Rail Freight: ScotlandThe Railways and Industry Series, Vol 6In the early 1980s, Ravenscraig steel works was the biggest source of rail freight nor...

Railways of South West Scotland: Two Generations of Photography Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 26Illustrated with over 180 photographs, this book p...

Military JeepsIn 2021, as the Jeep celebrates its 80th anniversary, there is no doubt that itis one of the world’s most famous automobiles. The uti...

Low-Floor Double-DeckersSeries: Britain’s Buses Series, Vol 9In just under 25 years, double-deck buses in the UK have undergone a transformation. E...

DAILY DEAL - JUST £12.50 - DISCOUNT APPLIED AT CHECKOUT Edited by Modern Railways’ Editor Philip Sherratt, with contributions from Roger Ford, Tony...

London Bus Routes One by One: A10–X140 Transport Systems Series, Vol 7This fifth and final London bus routes volume looks at the route numbers with...

Class 442s: The Wessex Electrics Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 27First introduced in the late 1980s, the Class 442s were like nothing that had bee...

Irish Railways: The Last 60 Years World Railways Series, Vol 4By the end of the 1950s, steam had already mostly disappeared from passenger work in ...

Class 47s: From Inverness to Penzance, 1982 -85 Book Britain's Railways Series: Volume 5 The Class 47 diesel locomotives were a mainstay of British...

Cornish Railways: St Austell to Penzance Britain's Railways Series: Volume 6 This, the second of two volumes covering the railways of Cornwall, fol...

The Railways and Britain's Nuclear Industry Book Britain's Railways and Industry Series: Volume 1 This book is about the important role played by t...

Bristol Lodekka Book Britain's Buses Series: Volume 3 PLEASE NOTE: This book is a re-issue of the much-loved title, Bristol Lodekka: In colour. Lod...

Last of the Welsh Coal Trains Book The Railways and Industry Series: Volume 2 Despite the substantial decline of coal mining in the UK over the las...

London Transport 1949 74 Transport Systems Series: Volume 2 PLEASE NOTE: This is a paperback reissue of the much-loved Twenty-Five Years of London ...

Rail Freight: Wales and the Borders The Railways and Industry Series, Volume 4 The changes to rail freight in Wales and the Borders since the 1980s...

Surviving D-Day Tanks in Normandy Military Vehicles and Artillery Series: Volume 2 This guide book examines the surviving WWII tanks, tank turrets ...