Transport Books

First published for Christmas 1963, the Buses Yearbook offers a mix of chapters and photo features on matters topical and nostalgic. These include ...

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

Alexander Deniss Buses Britain’s Buses Series, Vol. 16 Three of the best-known names in the history of British bus building, Alexander, Dennis and ...

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...

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...

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 ...

Bradford Trolleybuses: The Early Years and Jubilee Celebrations Bradford trolleybuses were the ‘first and the last’ in the UK – first introduced in...

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...

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...

Bradford Trolleybuses: The Later Years and Closure - Britain’s Buses Series, Vol 12;  After every rise, there comes a fall, and for Bradford’s trol...

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...

London Bus Routes One by One: 101 200 Transport Systems Series, Volume 4 Following on from London Bus Routes One By One: 1-100, this volume takes a...

London Bus Routes One by One: 201 300 Transport Systems Series, Vol 5 Following on from London Bus Routes One By One: 101-200 , this volume looks ...

Rossendale Transport to Rosso: The Last 10 Years of Municipal Britain's Buses Series; Vol 17 Motor bus operation in the Rossendale Valley borough...

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...