From passenger trains to subways, get young readers in preK-2 on the right track to understanding the different types of trains they see in their community and in their world. Cover the basics of how
Clacky-clack! Trains are chugging down the track! Learn how and where they do their work in this Machines! song. ¡Traca, traca! ¡Trenes avanzan por las vías! Aprende cómo y dónde trabajan en esta can
India was the jewel in the crown of the British Empire, with vast riches to be exploited and vast numbers of people to be subjugated. How better to achieve these aims than by building a rail netw
Funded by a successful Kickstarter campaign, Geoff and Vicki set out in 2017 to visit every single one of the UK's 2,563 railway stations. This year - in The Railway Adventures - Geoff and Vicki encou
This is a book about the transition from steam to diesel and electric traction on British Railways, covering a period from 1960-1970. The author Jim Blake, took a huge number of pictures during this p
Steam on the Southern and Western is a personal record of railway views that were captured on black and white film in the late 1950s and 1960s, until the demise of steam on British Railways.The style
As a vehicle to convey both the history of modern China and the complex forces still driving the nation’s economic success, rail has no equal. Railroads and the Transformation of China is the first co
This work for general readers and railroad buffs chronicles the growth of railroads through the wheat farming regions of eastern Washington and northern Idaho during the late 19th and early 20th c
Published in association with The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, New Peppercorn Class A1 Tornado explains the construction, operation and maintenance of 60163 Tornado, the new steam locomotive that attrac
This is the story of how for more than a hundred years steam power played a vital role in the development of road transport. It all began with tentative attempts to build steam carriages by pioneers s
In this new album from Pen & Sword, transport historian and photographer Jim Blake presents a selection of pictures he took around the country in British steam's final years.British Railways withdrew
THE REVIVAL AND RESTORATION of the Welsh Highland Railway is one of the greatest heritage railway achievements of the 21st Century, yet its success followed more than one hundred years of failure.Supp
During World War II women took on railway roles which were completely new to females. They worked as porters and guards, on the permanent way, and in maintenance and workshop operations. In this book
Many railway historians and enthusiasts only know about the railways in the Barry area, because of Woodham Brothers scrap yard, where so many locomotives were rescued for preservation.However, there i
This is Eric Bottomley's second art book, in which he has varied both his transport themes and the mediums in which he works. The majority of paintings are in oils but also included are gouache (water
This volume is the latest in a series of tramway books covering Britain's post war tram networks. The book covers the systems that survived the Second World War, in the Midlands and the South East of
