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

The eighth in this popular series looks at independent bus operators around Britain — past and present — and the great variety of vehicles that the...

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

Class 37s, vol 2 The Class 37s have been in service for six decades and can still be seen in a variety of places. Most notable for the Class is the...

Class 56s and 58s Designed specifically for heavy freight operations in the UK, British Rail’s Class 56 was introduced in 1976–84. The first 30 of ...

Alexander Dennis Buses Three of the best-known names in the history of British bus building, Alexander, Dennis and Plaxton, have survived the uncer...

 The River Thames, dividing London into two clearly defined halves, is one of the major themes in the latest instalment of this popular series. Thi...

British Sports Cars Britain has been responsible for some of the greatest sports cars ever built – the ‘Blower’ Bentleys of the 1920s, diminutive M...

Irish Railways: 100 Years The 100 years since the Irish Free State was set up in 1923 has seen enormous change, both in society and on the railways...

Class 159s: 30 Years’ Service By the late 1980s, the Class 50 and Class 47 locomotives working Network SouthEast’s West of England line from London...

Bradford Trolleybuses: The Later Years and Closure After every rise, there comes a fall, and for Bradford’s trolleybuses their demise began soon a...

East Coast Main Line Locomotive Haulage The East Coast Main Line (ECML) runs from London King’s Cross to Edinburgh Waverley, with branches to Leeds...

Class 47s: Inverness to Newquay 1986–87 In the mid-1980s, the winds of change were blowing through British Rail and often not for the good; the pac...

The Off-Road Survival Handbook You’re in the middle of the jungle and your 4x4 has just careened into a steep gully with mud clogging your tyres… w...

Class 50s During the mid-1960s, British Rail (BR) was looking to introduce a high-powered diesel locomotive to improve services on the West Coast M...

Class 66: 3/4/7/8 In the late 1990s, English, Welsh and Scottish Railway (EWS) had led the way with its Class 66s. As other operators followed suit...

Class 66/0 In the late 1990s, most of the current locomotives in use on the national network were becoming very tired and evermore unreliable. It w...

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 66: 5/6/9 In the late 1990s, English, Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS) was having great success with its Class 66s, and Freightliner, which...

British Buses Since 1950: Trendsetting Designs Bus design has certainly evolved in the seven decades since 1950, but it has not been a steady proc...

Grand Central Grand Central is an innovative and pioneering railway open-access operator with a relatively short, but varied history. Beginning ope...

Britain’s Preserved Railways The preserved heritage museum railways of Britain are thriving. There is nostalgia for the steam locomotives of a bygo...

Class 67s In the late 1990s, English, Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS) ordered a large fleet of 250 Class 66 locomotives to replace a variety of ...