Key Books

Lockheed C-141 StarlifterHistoric Military Aircraft Series, Vol 9Loved by most associated personnel and enthusiasts alike, the C-141 Starlifter, qu...

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...

Spanish Air Force AircraftAir Forces Series, Volume 3The Spanish Air Force was born after the Spanish Civil War, in October 1939. Starting life fro...

Water Bombers As the climate changes it is even more vital to protect the world’s forests. This book looks at both the past and the current selecti...

Turkish Airlines: The Istanbul SuperconnectorAirlines Series, Vol 4 Turkish Airlines’ origins go back to 1933, when the Turkish government establis...

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...

British Aviation: The First Half-Century (In Colour)The first half of the 20th century saw the birth of the aeroplane and its development as an ins...

US Air Forces in Europe: The 1980sThe US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) rapidly expanded its presence in the 1980s, as it became the most dangerous d...

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...

West Coast Main Line Locomotive HaulageThe West Coast Main Line, which runs from London Euston to Glasgow Central with branches to Manchester, Birm...

Class 59sIn the mid-1980s, one of British Rail’s major customers of heavy block trains, Foster Yeoman, suggested the unusual arrangement of running...

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...

British Midland AirwaysAirlines Series, Vol 3British Midland Airways existed under different identities for over 70 years, during which time it gre...

North Korean AviationAn Eyewitness Account In 2016, North Korea hosted its first ever airshow and invited a number of foreign visitors to watch. Un...

AMARG: America’s Strategic Military Aircraft ReserveThe US military stores more than 3,000 aircraft in the Arizona desert at AMARG, the 309th Aeros...

Boeing 707: Boeing’s First Jetliner; Historic Commercial Aircraft Series, Volume 2The first widely used commercial jet, the Boeing 707, brought Ame...

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

Hornby Magazine Yearbook No. 14 - 2022 Hardback Collector s EditionThe fourteenth edition of the Hornby Magazine Yearbook features 128 pages of mod...

RAF Transport Aircraft  Modern Military Aircraft Series, Vol 6From their modest origins with BE.2c and Vickers Victoria biplanes delivering food an...

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 ...

Surviving World War Two Tanks in the ArdennesMilitary Vehicles and Artillery Series, Vol 4 There are over 40 surviving World War Two tanks, self-pr...