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  • The Cautious Traveller's Guide to The Wastelands

    THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

    von Sarah Brooks …
    The breathtaking historical fantasy set onboard the Great Trans-Siberian Express**'**Imagine a crossover between Murder on the Orient Express, Game of Thrones and Paradise Lost . . . Brooks has serious talent' SUNDAY TIMES'I was completely transported by this book . . . I urge everybody to pick up a copy' STUART TURTON'Breathtaking . . .... … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 5,99

  • Felix the Railway Cat

    von Kate Moore …
    **THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - AS SEEN ON THE ONE SHOW**It will make you laugh and it will make you cry: Felix The Railway Cat is the extraordinary tale of a close-knit community and its amazing bond with a very special cat.'The global sensation' Daily TelegraphWhen Felix arrived at Yorkshire's Huddersfield Train Station as an eight-week-old kitten, no one knew just how important this little ball … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 6,99

  • Die Erfindung der Eisenbahn

    Reise, Transport und Verbindung

    von Lutz Spilker …
    Als die ersten Lokomotiven dampfend über frisch verlegte Schienen rollten, begann eine neue Zeitrechnung. Die Eisenbahn veränderte nicht nur die Art, wie Menschen sich fortbewegten, sondern auch, wie sie Raum, Arbeit und Geschwindigkeit begriffen. Aus Dampf und Stahl entstand ein System, das die Welt verdichtete – Städte rückten zusammen, Landschaften wurden durchmessen, Entfernungen verloren … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 1,99

  • British Railways in the 1970s and ’80s

    von Greg Morse …
    Serien Buch 753 - Shire Library
    For British Rail, the 1970s was a time of contrasts, when bad jokes about sandwiches and pork pies often belied real achievements, like increasing computerisation and the arrival of the high-speed Inter-City 125s.But while television advertisements told of an 'Age of the Train', Monday morning misery continued for many, the commuter experience steadily worsening as rolling stock aged and grew ever … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 8,24

  • On The Slow Train

    Twelve Great British Railway Journeys

    von Michael Williams …
    This beautifully-packaged book will take the reader on the slow train to another era when travel meant more than hurrying from one place to the next, the journey meaning nothing but time lost in crowded carriages, condemned by broken timetables. On the Slow Train will reconnect with that long-missed need to lift our heads from the daily grind and reflect that there are still places in Britain … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 9,49

  • Italian Ways: On and Off the Rails from Milan to Palermo

    On and Off the Rails from Milan to Palermo

    von Tim Parks …
    The best-selling author of Italian Neighbors returns with a wry and revealing portrait of Italian life—by riding its trains.Tim Parks’s books on Italy have been hailed as "so vivid, so packed with delectable details, [they] serve as a more than decent substitute for the real thing" (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Now, in his first Italian travelogue in a decade, he delivers a charming and funny … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 11,32

  • On the Slow Train Again

    von Michael Williams …
    Michael Williams has spent the past year travelling along the fascinating rail byways of Britain for this new collection of journeys. Here is the 'train to the end of the world' running for more than four splendid hours through lake, loch and moorland from Inverness to Wick, the most northerly town in Britain. He discovers a perfect country branch line in London's commuterland, and travels on one … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 12,99

  • The Last Train to Zona Verde

    Overland from Cape Town to Angola

    von Paul Theroux …
    The Last Train to Zona Verde is an ode to the last African journey of Paul Theroux.'Happy again, back in the kingdom of light,' writes Paul Theroux as he sets out on a new journey though the continent he knows and loves best.Having travelled down the right-hand side of Africa in Dark Star Safari, he sets out this time from Cape Town, heading northwards in a new direction, up the left-hand side, … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 9,49

  • British Railways in the 1960s

    London Midland Region

    von Geoff Plumb …
    Serien series Geoff Plumb Collection
    A "profusely illustrated" and "impressively informative" look at the end of the steam locomotive era on one of UK's Big Four railway lines ( Midwest Book Review).After the Second War, Britain's railways were rundown and worn out, requiring massive investment and modernization. The Big Four railway companies were nationalized from 1948, and the newly formed British Railways embarked on a program of … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 8,24

  • Search for Steam: Industrial Railways 1964-1966

    von Charlie Verrall …
    Continuing on from his volumes focusing on the British Rail main line, Charlie Verrall delves into his archives again to showcase some of his images documenting steam workings in British industry in the 1950s and 1960s. With visits to a number of different industrial railways, including those attached to steelworks, collieries and ironstone mines, the author is able to tell the story of steam at … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 12,20

  • The Branch Lines of East Anglia: Wymondham to Wells-next-the-Sea Branch

    von Andy T. Wallis …
    Serien series The Branch Lines of ...
    By the end of the nineteenth century the railway had reached most parts of East Anglia, with two main lines reaching out from London to Norwich, Cambridge and Kings Lynn, and plenty of small secondary and branch lines filling in the gaps in between. In this informative volume, Andy T. Wallis uses his fascinating collection of photographs and maps to explore the history of the Wymondham–Wells-next … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 10,44

  • Tanfield Waggonway

    von Rob Langham …
    Dating back to the 1720s and still partly in use today as the preserved Tanfield Railway, the line has a justifiable claim to be the world’s oldest railway, running on the track bed that 300 years ago was travelled over by horse-drawn coal waggons on wooden rails. In these pages the history of the Tanfield Waggonway is told, from its origins as part of a network of wooden waggonways that ran from … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 13,19

  • Overhaul

    A Social History of the Albuquerque Locomotive Repair Shops

    von Richard Flint, Shirley Cushing Flint …
    In Overhaul, historians Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint present the largely forgotten story of Albuquerque’s locomotive repair shops, which were the driving force behind the city’s economy for more than seventy years. In the course of their study they also document the thousands of skilled workers who kept the locomotives in operation, many of whom were part of the growing Hispano and … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 10,16

  • The London to Brighton Line Through Time

    von Simon Jeffs …
    Serien series Through Time
    The London to Brighton Line was opened in 1841 by the London & Brighton Railway, providing a service between London Bridge Station and the fashionable South Coast. Although the railway started carrying day trippers, the rapid expansion of the suburbs south of London during the nineteenth century meant that the line (absorbed into the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway) was soon running … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 12,20

  • Railroad Depots of Central Ohio

    von Mark J. Camp …
    Serien series Images of Rail
    By the mid-1850s, the railroad craze had hit central Ohio. Pioneer railroads that were to evolve into portions of the Baltimore and Ohio, New York Central, and Pennsylvania Railroads connected the state capital, Columbus, with the canals, Lake Erie, and the Ohio River. The region was crisscrossed by numerous other lines by 1880; Columbus became the main hub while other railroad centers included … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 11,07

  • Transition on the Western Railways

    HST to IET

    von Tim Squires …
    The Western Region has been going through a period of great transition, and this book aims to document these changes, such as the rebranding of First Great Western as Great Western Railway and the replacement of the High Speed Train (HST) fleet with the new Hitachi Intercity Express Train (IET) fleet. There has also been an extensive electrification and modernisation project on the Great Western … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 13,19

  • Narrow Gauge Railways of Saxony

    von John Woodhams …
    A number of narrow gauge railways can be found today in Saxony, eastern Germany, with commercial daily steam-hauled trains. These were once part of a much more extensive network of lines in the region, built to a gauge of 750 mm, which once totalled over 500 kilometres (311 miles) all operated originally by the Royal Saxon State Railway company, and later the federal government railway. After the … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 13,19

  • Birmingham's Railways

    A Decade of Change

    von Kris Davies …
    The last decade has seen a large number of changes on the railways in and around Birmingham. A new operator, accountable to the regional authorities, has taken over most local services from London Midland. There have been new liveries, improved stations and updated infrastructure. New trains, new stations and services are on the horizon. This book will document these changes over the mid to late … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 13,19

  • Elegance in Engineering

    The Classic British Steam Locomotive

    von Colin Alexander, Alon Siton …
    Elegance in Engineering showcases an interesting and diverse collection of British-built steam locomotives from all builders, for railways at home and abroad. These examples of British engineering at its best tell the story of the development of the archetypal British steam locomotive from the 1830s to the end of steam locomotive manufacture. Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder and any … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 12,20

  • The Lackawanna Railroad in Northeastern Pennsylvania

    von David Crosby …
    Serien series Images of Rail
    The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, better known as the Lackawanna Railroad, was organized in 1851 and thrived on the anthracite coal traffic originating from the area surrounding Scranton, Pennsylvania. The company came to operate a network of track between Hoboken, New Jersey, and Buffalo, New York, before becoming part of the Erie Lackawanna Railway in 1960. During the first decade of … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 11,07

  • Bradshaw's Guide Scotlands Railways West Coast - Carlisle to Inverness

    Volume 5

    von John Christopher, Campbell McCutcheon …
    Serien Buch 5 - Bradshaw's Guide
    Bradshaw's Guide of 1863 was the staple book to what's what and where's where for the mid-Victorians and it gives the reader a unique insight into the world of the nineteenth century travellers. The railways themselves opened up Scotland properly to tourism for the first time, and many journeys that once took days to complete could now be undertaken in hours, bringing its many attractions within … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 12,20

  • Robber Baron

    The Life of Charles Tyson Yerkes

    von John Franch …
    Robber Baron is the first biography of the streetcar magnate Charles Tyson Yerkes (1837-1905), who stands alongside J.P. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie as one of the most colorful and controversial public figures in Gilded Age America. John Franch draws upon every available source to tell the story of the man who was the mastermind behind Chicago’s Loop Elevated and the London Underground, the … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 13,30

  • First Generation DMUs

    von Andrew Cole …
    In the 1950s, British Railways set upon the Modernisation Plan, which would set out the way British Rail would operate in the future. It was decided to replace steam with diesel, and so the idea of the diesel multiple unit was born. From the mid-1950s onwards, thousands of power and trailer cars were built at various different places, from BR workshops to private manufacturers. All were given … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 12,20

  • Changing Trains

    von Paul Haywood …
    "Changing Trains - a Global Review" by Paul Haywood. Railways are always changing and "Changing Trains" gives a truly "Global Review". The author has always tried to use rail as his preferred mode of travel for work and leisure whenever possible and these are scenes taken by him before, during or after a scheduled train journey over a forty-year period from 1973. This all-colour pictorial features … Lesen Sie mehr

    € 7,69