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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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Railways of South West Scotland
Key Publishing LtdRailways of South West Scotland: Two Generations of Photography Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 26Illustrated with over 180 photographs, this book p...
View full detailsRail Freight: South West England
Key Publishing LtdRail Freight: South West England Railways and Industry Series, Volume 5 From the intricate china clay operations in Cornwall to the major limestone...
View full detailsRail Freight: East Anglia and Lincolnshire
Key Publishing LtdRail Freight: Eastern England; The Railways and Industry Series; Vol 10 Between the Humber estuary, the gateway to the North Sea at the region’s no...
View full detailsClass 59s
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...
View full detailsClass 67s
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 detailsThe Railways and Britain's Nuclear Industry
Key Publishing LtdThe 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...
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 detailsRailways of South and West Scotland
Key Publishing LtdRailways of South and West ScotlandBritain’s Railways Series, Volume 28The West Coast Main Line and the line from Kilmarnock south to Gretna were b...
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 detailsWestern Class Locomotives: A tribute
Key Publishing LtdWestern Class Locomotives: A tribute Britain's Railways Series: Volume 7 Unusually for a large class of locomotives, all Western Class locomotives ...
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 ...
View full detailsRailways of Central Scotland: 40 Years of Change
Key Publishing LtdRailways of Central Scotland: 40 Years of Change Railways Series Changes to the railway scene happen all the time. Some are major and are instantl...
View full detailsNorfolk Rail: 25 Years of the Wherry Lines
Key Publishing LtdNorfolk Rail: 25 Years of the Wherry Lines; Britain s Railway Series, Vol 20 Norfolk enjoyed loco-hauled passenger trains for many years, with Grea...
View full detailsRailways of Asia: South Korea and Taiwan
Key Publishing LtdRailways of Asia: South Korea and Taiwan; World Railways Series, Vol 8 Since World War Two, South Korea and Taiwan have expanded their respective r...
View full detailsCzech and Slovak Railways
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 detailsRail Freight North West England
Key Publishing LtdRail Freight: North West England Book The Railways and Industry Series: Volume 3 This book illustrates the changing face of rail freight in North W...
View full detailsWest Coast Main Line Locomotive Haulage
Key Publishing LtdWest Coast Main Line Locomotive HaulageThe West Coast Main Line, which runs from London Euston to Glasgow Central with branches to Manchester, Birm...
View full detailsLoco-hauled Passenger Trains
Key Publishing LtdLoco-Hauled Passenger Trains Book Britain's Railways Series: Volume 1 This highly illustrated look at locomotive-hauled trains over four decades fe...
View full detailsRailways of the South East: Kent
Key Publishing LtdRailways of the South East: Kent Britain s Railways Series, Volume 15 The second of two volumes covering the railways of the South East, this book ...
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...
View full detailsAC Electrics: 86 87 90 and DVTs
Key Publishing LtdAC Electrics: Classes 86, 87, 90 and DVTs; Mark V Pike; Britain's Railways Vol. 59. Built in 1965–66, the 100 Class 86 electric locomotives worked...
View full detailsLast of the Welsh Coal Trains
Key Publishing LtdLast 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...
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