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SHIPS OF THE WHITE STAR LINE מאת Richard de Kerbrech The White Star Line was one of the most illustrious and controversial names in the history of passenger shipping. Its origins lay in Liverpool in the early 19th century, chartering sailing ships to Australia, but financial difficulties led to its takeover by Thomas Ismay in the 1860s. He was the fou...

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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE WELSH HIGHLAND RAILWAY מאת Peter Johnson The Welsh Highland Railway was the longest of the Welsh narrow gauge railways, running all the way from Dinas Junction to Porthmadog. The line's origins dated back to the 1870s when the first section of the line was opened as the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railway. The route's completion throughout ho...

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THE DC ELECTRICS מאת Colin J. Marsden Designed as a companion volume to the author's similar work on the AC Electrics, this new and informative book is an illustrated history of the great variety of dc electric locomotives and EMUs that have graced the tracks of the National Network. It includes the two famous Woodhead classes 76 and 77...

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MALLARD AND THE A4 CLASS מאת David McIntosh There were few more distinctive locomotives ever built in Britain than the 'A4' Pacifics and interest in the class is seemingly inexhaustible. Designed by Sir Nigel Gresley, the 35 members of the 'A4' class of Pacific locomotive built for the London North Eastern Railway are amongst the most iconic ...

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BRITAIN'S RAILWAYS IN WARTIME מאת Kevin Robertson During World War 2 Britain's railways were in the frontline and were targeted by the Luftwaffe's violent offensive against the homeland. Many railway workers lost their lives, and locomotives, rolling stock and infrastructure were destroyed. However, the railways were also an essential part of Brita...

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LONDON TRANSPORT IN THE 1980S מאת Michael H. C. Baker The 1980s were a decade of change for London Transport. The last of the RTs and RFs were withdrawn during 1979 and during the 1980s the first large-scale withdrawal of Routemasters commenced, although many of these were to find a second career outside London as they became preferred vehicles by oper...

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SOUTHERN WAGONS PICTORIAL (Illustrated History of Southern Wagons) (v. 5) מאת Mike King One of the most successful series of volumes that was published by OPC was the quartet of books covering the wagons operated by the three constituent parts of the Southern Railway and by the Southern Railway itself. The first two volumes, covering the LSWR and LBSCR were published in the early 1980s...

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GLORY DAYS: Swan Hunter מאת David L. Williams Swan Hunter, formerly known as 'Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson', was one of the best known shipbuilding companies in the United Kingdom. Based in Wallsend, Tyne andamp; Wear, the company was responsible for some of the greatest ships of the early 20th century - most famously, the RMS Mauretania w...

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SOUTHDOWN MEMORIES מאת Glyn Kraemer-Johnson Southdown, based in Brighton, was one of the most important bus operators in southern England. Formed in 1915 from an amalgamation of three earlier operators, the company became a subsidiary of BET and survived as a separate operator until all of BET's subsidiaries were nationalised as part of the N...

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RAILWAYS OF BRITAIN: DEVON AND CORNWALL מאת Colin McCarthy The third volume in this well-received series covers the counties of Devon and Cornwall. The history of railroad development in the region stretches back to the earliest years of the railway industry with the Bodmin Wadebridge opening in 1834 and with numerous mineral lines constructed to con...

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ASPECTS OF MODELLING: Track Layouts מאת Anthony New A valuable new addition to the highly successful 'Aspects of Modelling' series, this new book will give modellers of all abilities the necessary skills to perfect the most important aspect of their railway scenes; the track layout. Beginning with a detailed examination of a number of simple l...

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THE GREATEST RAILWAY BLUNDER מאת Adrian Vaughan Well known railway writer Adrian Vaughan, and author of the very successful title Railway Blunders, now turns his attention to what he considers to be the greatest blunder the railway industry has ever perpetrated, the privatisation of the 1990s. A personal polemic, he first gives a history f...

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LONDON HALF-CAB FAREWELL מאת Kevin Lane As a result of changes in the provision of funding for new bus acquisitions in the late 1960s, the production of traditional half-cab double-deckers ceased in 1970. By the late 1970s these buses were becoming increasingly rare, with the exception of the long-lived Routemaster in the Greater London a...

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ROUTEMASTER OMNIBUS מאת Matthew Wharmby The Routemaster was more than just a bus. It was a symbol of all that was great about Britain and in particular about London, which it served faithfully for an unmatchable fifty years. Routemaster Omnibus combines three best-selling titles by Matthew Wharmby and Geoff Rixon, the latter the pro...

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LEVEL CROSSINGS מאת Stanley Hall One of the beauties of the railway network is that, for the most part, it is completely segregated from other transport infrastructure; as such it is largely immune from the traffic congestion that plagues our roads. There is, however, one point of direct interface between the railway and road netwo...