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Key Publishing offer a wide range of books dedicated to the incredible history of trains and railways around the world. Our specialist rail publications are the perfect gift for the trainspotter or railway history fan. From the London Underground Northern Line to the Railways of Asia, find titles you won’t find anywhere else, with regular special offers and discounts.
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British Multiple Units
Key Publishing LtdBritish Multiple Units Britain s Railways Series: Volume 13 Multiple units are the unsung heroes of the modern railway system. Their many advantage...
View full detailsHighland Railways
Key Publishing LtdHighland Railways Britain's Railway Series, Volume 19 Set against a backdrop of Scotland s Highlands, this book illustrates the area s fascinating ...
View full detailsGerman Railways: 30 years after Re-unification
Key Publishing LtdGermany s Railways: 30 years after Re-unification The World s Railways Series, Volume 3 Germany was re-unified in 1990. For the country s rail syst...
View full detailsClass 68s
Key Publishing LtdClass 68s Britain’s Railways Series, Vol. 51 In 2009, Direct Rail Services (DRS) ordered a small fleet of locos designed to remain in service until...
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Key Publishing LtdClass 60s Britain's Railways Series, Volume 17 The Class 60 was the last truly British-built diesel locomotive design and 100 in total went to Rail...
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Key Publishing LtdClass 59sIn the mid-1980s, one of British Rail’s major customers of heavy block trains, Foster Yeoman, suggested the unusual arrangement of running...
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Key Publishing LtdClass 67sBritain’s Railways Series, Vol 30; In the late 1990s, English, Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS) ordered a large fleet of 250 Class 66 lo...
View full detailsHeritage DMUs: The Final Years
Key Publishing LtdHeritage DMUs The Final Years; ; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol. 49 At the beginning of the privatisation era of Britain’s railways, there was a pa...
View full detailsClass 159s: 30 Years' Service
Key Publishing LtdClass 159s: 30 Years’ Service; Mark V. Pike; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 47 By the late 1980s, the Class 50 and Class 47 locomotives working Net...
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 detailsClass 47s: 1985-86 Inverness to Dover
Key Publishing LtdClass 47s Inverness to Dover Western Docks, 1985 86 Britain s Railways Series, Volume 22 This was a period of change, as the first Class 47s to be ...
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Key Publishing LtdCzech and Slovak Railways: Three Decades of Change, 1990 2020s World Railways Series, Volume 2 The Czech Republic and Slovakia emerged as independe...
View full detailsCornish Railways: St Austell to Penzance
Key Publishing LtdCornish Railways: St Austell to Penzance Britain's Railways Series: Volume 6 This, the second of two volumes covering the railways of Cornwall, fol...
View full detailsCLASS 47s: From Inverness to Penzance 1982-85
Key Publishing LtdClass 47s: From Inverness to Penzance, 1982 -85 Book Britain's Railways Series: Volume 5 The Class 47 diesel locomotives were a mainstay of British...
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Key Publishing LtdCornish Railways Book Britain's Railways Series: Volume 3 This, the first of two volumes covering the railways of Cornwall, follows the railway thr...
View full detailsDiesels in East Yorkshire
Key Publishing LtdDiesels in East Yorkshire Britain's Railway Series: Volume 11 This photographic journey illustrates East Yorkshire s fascinating passenger and frei...
View full detailsClass 70s
Key Publishing LtdClass 70s Britain s Railways Series, Volume 16 In the late 2000s, Freightliner was looking to expand its locomotive fleet towards more powerful and...
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