The North Eastern Railway underwent extreme change after the outbreak of war in August 1914. Within months, the company raised its own battalion of me…
Geoff Swaine's superb photography captures the very best of Britain's preserved steam in action at locations throughout the country. Following on f…
The West of England Division stretched from Penzance in the west to Blackwell Summit at the top of the Lickey Incline to the north of Bromsgrove. Geog…
The fourth in a regional series of books examining the industrial locomotives and railways of England, Wales and Scotland, this volume covers the coun…
Preserved (or heritage) railways have, in the majority of cases, at least one working steam locomotive and either a diesel unit or a diesel locomotive…
The West Riding of Yorkshire boasted the most complex railway network in Britain, comprised at various times of seven railway companies, with an eight…
Stephen Poole joined British Rail in 1973, working for three of its Regions and then for three of its Business Sectors in the run-up to privatisation.…
When railwayman Jim Stringer moves to the garish and tawdry London of 1903, he finds his duties are confined to a mysterious graveyard line. Perplexin…
This is introduced by Richard Dawkins and Nick Harkaway. First a legendary radio series, then a sequence of bestselling books, and most recently a blo…
Lincolnshire is a largely rural county, which was reflected in the early history of the railway lines. The main lines mostly passed through on their w…
