Rail Books

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

HSTs: Around Britain, From 1990 to the Present Day For almost 50 years, High Speed Trains (HSTs) have been the mainstay for express services for ma...

Lines of the West Highlands; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 34 The lines to the West Highlands start their journey in the heart of Central Scotland...

Class 50s; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 36 During the mid-1960s, BR was looking to introduce a high-powered diesel loco to improve services on th...

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

British Rail Shunters: From Corporate Blue to Sectorisation Britain’s Railways Series, Vol. 46 The role of British Rail’s (BR) diesel shunters was...

Class 33s; ; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol. 40 Author: Mark V. Pike Pages: 96pp In 1960, the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company built a...

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 ...

Rail Freight: The Midlands; The Railways and Industry Series, Vol 8 Authored By: Paul Shannon 96 Pages From the busy West Coast and Midland main li...

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 ...

Class 47s: Inverness to Newquay; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 38; In the mid-1980s, the winds of change were blowing through British Rail and oft...

Class 37s Britain s Railways Series, Vol 23 The English Electric Type 3 (later Class 37) was introduced from the late 1950s to the early 1960s at a...

Class 47s: The Jack of All Trades; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol. 45 Authored By: Mark V. Pike; Pages: 96  In 1962, construction of the first Cla...

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

Brush Type 4 to Class 47s: The First 20 Years; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 44 Authored By: Simon Lilley Pages: 96 It is now 60 years since the f...

London Underground: The Northern Line  Transport Systems Series, Vol. 9 Identified in black on the London Underground map, the Northern line cuts ...

Class 66: 3/4/7/8 - Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 35 In the late 1990s, English, Welsh and Scottish Railway (EWS) had led the way with their Class...

British Rail Shunters: The Final Years Britain’s Railways Series, Vol. 52 By the beginning of the 1990s, the variety that had once characterised Br...

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

Rail Freight: London and the South East The Railways and Industry Series, Vol. 9 The last four decades have seen many changes in rail freight patte...

Main Line Passenger Trains: In and Around London; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 42 Authored By: Jamie Squibbs 96 pages A complex web of train trac...

Railways in South Yorkshire: Four Decades of Change; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 43 Authored By: Mike Wedgewood Pages: 96 Today, South Yorkshire...

Class 56s and 58s Britain's Railways Series, Vol. 54 Designed specifically for heavy freight operations in the UK, British Rail’s Class 56 was int...

Electrostar: Capital Commuter; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol 48 At the turn of the millennium, a large percentage of the passenger services around...

Class 31s; Britain’s Railways Series, Vol. 50 Perhaps overshadowed by more ‘exotic’ locos, the Class 31s nonetheless played a significant part in ...

Class 57s Britain’s Railways Series, Vol. 53 The Class 57 diesel locomotive was an outgrowth of the tremendously successful and iconic Class 47. Re...

Liveries of the WR Diesel Hydraulics Britain s Railways Series, Volume 21 The WR diesel hydraulic locomotives have always exercised a special fasci...

Railways of Southern California Passing through some of the most picturesque scenery in the world, several main routes traverse Southern California...

Irish Railways: 100 Years; World Railways Series, Vol. 7 Authored By: Michael H. C. Baker Pages: 96 The 100 years since the Irish Free State was se...

Highland Railways Britain's Railway Series, Volume 19 Set against a backdrop of Scotland s Highlands, this book illustrates the area s fascinating ...

Class 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...

Railways Around York Britain's Railways Series The York area is a fascinating one for railways. It has everything from the high[1]speed East Coast ...

Class 37s: Volume 2, Britain’s Railway Series Vol. 55. The Class 37s have become very popular with a whole generation of enthusiasts over their si...