Trains & railways: general interest books

Previously unpublished images documenting the early post-steam years of Britain's railways in the Southern Region...  Read More >>

A photo-book covering railways around Worcester from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s consisting mainly of unpublished...  Read More >>

Narrow Gauge in the Tropics is the first comprehensive history of railways and tramways in the Dutch East Indies...  Read More >>

Bound by Steel and Stone analyzes the Colorado-Kansas Railway through the economic enterprise in the American West...  Read More >>

Engines from every region could be found at Stratford TMD during the 1980s and 90s – making it an ideal hunting...  Read More >>

When you’re sitting back in your seat on a long rail journey, why not pause for a puzzle or two? From quick quizzes...  Read More >>

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The Toledo, Peoria & Western (TP&W) Railway has made a big impact on Illinois and railroading for over 150 years....  Read More >>

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A new cartographic masterpiece from Joe Brown providing detailed, intricate and finely drawn maps for all the railway...  Read More >>

This, the second of two volumes covering the railways of Cornwall, follows the railway through the eye-catching...  Read More >>

This nostalgic volume gives a portrait of a much-loved, but short-lived, class of locomotive.  Read More >>

Traces the development of the unified German rail network and new national operator Deutsche Bahn (DB AG).  Read More >>

Fundamental considerations, Train resistances and their cost, Curves, Surveys, Roadbed construction, Railway law,...  Read More >>

The Summer 2022 edition contains the timetable valid from December 2021 to December 2022 with updates from June...  Read More >>

Texas has a long, romantic history when it comes to railroads. But even though steam engines and streetcars offer...  Read More >>

Shows the railway in steam and early diesel days.  Read More >>

Portugal's Rail & Tourist Systems UPDATED May 2023 PLANNING FOR THE TRIP Traveling can be a hassle, but when traveling...  Read More >>

A comprehensive introduction to the history and architecture of the great railway termini of London.  Read More >>

A History of the Eastern Railway rediscovers the lost railway lines of Prussia (the ""Ostbahn"") and the locomotives...  Read More >>

Thomas is going on holiday! Join the little blue engine as he travels around the country...  Read More >>

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Shows the range of locomotive designs adopted by BR's Western Region.  Read More >>

This book looks at the network over the last seventy years, from Nationalisation through to the present day.  Read More >>