0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Browse All Departments
Price
  • R50 - R100 (3)
  • R100 - R250 (160)
  • R250 - R500 (1,451)
  • R500+ (2,019)
  • -
Status
Format
Author / Contributor
Publisher

Books > Sport & Leisure > Transport: general interest > Trains & railways: general interest

East Coast Main Line Locomotive Haulage (Paperback): Andy Flowers East Coast Main Line Locomotive Haulage (Paperback)
Andy Flowers
R476 R429 Discovery Miles 4 290 Save R47 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This book is a companion to the work West Coast Main Line Locomotive Haulage and gives a flavour of the many varieties of locomotives and other rolling stock that have operated over the East Coast Main Line, including details of its creation and operation. Utilizing over 20 maps and drawings, useful information on line speeds and gradients is also provided. It explores the usage of both diesels and electric locos on this line, and ends with a reflection on what the future may hold for this invaluable route. With over 150 images, this volume is an all-encompassing look at locomotive haulage on the ECML.

The Early Pioneers of Steam - The Inspiration Behind George Stephenson (Paperback): Stuart Hylton The Early Pioneers of Steam - The Inspiration Behind George Stephenson (Paperback)
Stuart Hylton
R473 Discovery Miles 4 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

We think of the Stephensons and Brunel as the fathers of the railways, and their Liverpool and Manchester and Great Western Railways as the prototypes of the modern systems. But who were the railways' grandfathers and great-grandfathers? The rapid evolution of the railways after 1830 depended on the juggernauts of steam locomotion being able to draw upon centuries of experience in using and developing railways, and of harnessing the power of steam. Giants the Stephensons and others may have been, but they stood upon the foundations built by many other considerable - if lesser-known - talents. This is the story of those early pioneers of steam.

The History of the London Underground Map (Hardcover): Caroline Roope The History of the London Underground Map (Hardcover)
Caroline Roope
R612 R544 Discovery Miles 5 440 Save R68 (11%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Few transportation maps can boast the pedigree that London's iconic Tube' map can. Sported on t-shirts, keyrings, duvet covers, and most recently, downloaded an astonishing twenty million times in app form, the map remains a long-standing icon of British design and ingenuity. Hailed by the art and design community as a cultural artefact, it has also inspired other culturally important pieces of artwork, and in 2006 was voted second in BBC 2's Great British Design Test. But it almost didn't make it out of the notepad it was designed in. The story of how the Underground map evolved is almost as troubled and fraught with complexities as the transport network it represents. Mapping the Underground was not for the faint-hearted - it rapidly became a source of frustration, and in some cases obsession - often driving its custodians to the point of distraction. The solution, when eventually found, would not only revolutionise the movement of people around the city but change the way we visualise London forever. Caroline Roope's wonderfully researched book casts the Underground in a new light, placing the world's most famous transit network and its even more famous map in its wider historical and cultural context, revealing the people not just behind the iconic map, but behind the Underground's artistic and architectural heritage. From pioneers to visionaries, disruptors to dissenters - the Underground has had them all - as well as a constant stream of (often disgruntled) passengers. It is thanks to the legacy of a host of reformers that the Tube and the diagram that finally provided the key to understanding it, have endured as masterpieces of both engineering and design.

Das Eisenbahnwesen Der Schweiz (German, Hardcover): Placid Weissenbach Das Eisenbahnwesen Der Schweiz (German, Hardcover)
Placid Weissenbach
R2,162 Discovery Miles 21 620 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
50 Years of Phoenix (Hardcover): Jim Knight & Wyn Hobson 50 Years of Phoenix (Hardcover)
Jim Knight & Wyn Hobson
R997 Discovery Miles 9 970 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Yorkshire, v. 2 - The West Riding (Paperback): Paul Shannon Yorkshire, v. 2 - The West Riding (Paperback)
Paul Shannon
R611 Discovery Miles 6 110 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This title talks about: Sheffield and Rotherham; Pennine routes from Penistone; lines around Barnsley; Wakefield, Castleford and Knottingley; the railway town of Doncaster; and Goole and Selby.

Railways of Britain, The - A Journey Through History (Hardcover, 3rd New edition): Jack Simmons Railways of Britain, The - A Journey Through History (Hardcover, 3rd New edition)
Jack Simmons
R651 Discovery Miles 6 510 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The railway era began in Britain when steam was king. In the age of petrol and diesel, these once confident, rumbustious railways fell into decline, yet as their fortunes waned, the fascination for trains and all their works grew - and has if anything become more intense as congested roads and high-speed trains have sparked a revival in railway travel. In The Railways of Britain, Jack Simmons sympathetically tells the history of the railways and describes every major aspect of their equipment and operations: permanent way, buildings, locomotives, rolling stock, signalling and labour relations. He also makes journeys through the Pennines, Scotland, Essex and Southern England on which he acts as observer and guide. This third edition of one of the outstanding works of British railway literature has been substantially rewritten, revised and brought up to date. For the first time it has been fully illustrated in colour and black and white with more than 200 photographs, maps and engravings, many of them previously unpublished. Jack Simmons, late doyen of British railways historians, was Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Leicester. The Railways of Britain was first published in 1961 and is his best-known work. His other books include St Pancras Station, The Railway in England and Wales, 1830-1914, Transport Museums in Britain and Western Europe and The Railway in Town and Country as well as two volumes in the 11-volume Visual History of Modern Britain, of which he was General Editor.

722 Miles - The Building of the Subways and How They Transformed New York (Paperback, Centennial Edition): Clifton Hood 722 Miles - The Building of the Subways and How They Transformed New York (Paperback, Centennial Edition)
Clifton Hood
R879 Discovery Miles 8 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

When it first opened on October 27, 1904, the New York City subway ran twenty-two miles from City Hall to 145th Street and Lenox Avenue--the longest stretch ever built at one time. From that initial route through the completion of the IND or Independent Subway line in the 1940s, the subway grew to cover 722 miles--long enough to reach from New York to Chicago.

In this definitive history, Clifton Hood traces the complex and fascinating story of the New York City subway system, one of the urban engineering marvels of the twentieth century. For the subway's centennial the author supplies a new foreward explaining that now, after a century, "we can see more clearly than ever that this rapid transit system is among the twentieth century's greatest urban achievements."

British Railways Locomotives & Coaching Stock 2022 - The Rolling Stock of Britain's Mainline Railway Operators (Hardcover,... British Railways Locomotives & Coaching Stock 2022 - The Rolling Stock of Britain's Mainline Railway Operators (Hardcover, New edition)
Robert Pritchard
R954 Discovery Miles 9 540 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
British Rail Locomotives and Other Motive Power - Combined Volume 1967 (Hardcover): British Rail Locomotives and Other Motive Power - Combined Volume 1967 (Hardcover)
R410 R372 Discovery Miles 3 720 Save R38 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days
London Underground - Architecture, Design and History (Paperback, New Ed): David Long London Underground - Architecture, Design and History (Paperback, New Ed)
David Long; Photographs by Jane Magarigal
R476 R438 Discovery Miles 4 380 Save R38 (8%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The seminal and pioneering London Underground is more than a mass transportation network - it is a style icon, its history involving some of the most important architects and artists of their time. Exploring Frank Pick's vision through the development of Metroland to Holden's innovative designs, David Long expertly weaves the story of the Underground - its abundance of characters (some good, some not so good), design firsts and brand identity - with Jane Magarigal's atmospheric photography. From suburban expansion to Blitz bombings and Soviet adulation, this book celebrates what remains a magnificent engineering and aesthetic achievement while providing an affectionate if slightly elegiac portrait of a London which is now gone for good.

Classic Diesel Years - Perth to Inverness (Paperback): Tom Heavyside Classic Diesel Years - Perth to Inverness (Paperback)
Tom Heavyside
R449 R387 Discovery Miles 3 870 Save R62 (14%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Railways - Nation, Network and People (Paperback, Main): Simon Bradley The Railways - Nation, Network and People (Paperback, Main)
Simon Bradley 1
R392 R370 Discovery Miles 3 700 Save R22 (6%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Sunday Times History Book of the Year 2015 Currently filming for BBC programme Full Steam Ahead Britain's railways have been a vital part of national life for nearly 200 years. Transforming lives and landscapes, they have left their mark on everything from timekeeping to tourism. As a self-contained world governed by distinctive rules and traditions, the network also exerts a fascination all its own. From the classical grandeur of Newcastle station to the ceaseless traffic of Clapham Junction, from the mysteries of Brunel's atmospheric railway to the lost routines of the great marshalling yards, Simon Bradley explores the world of Britain's railways, the evolution of the trains, and the changing experiences of passengers and workers. The Victorians' private compartments, railway rugs and footwarmers have made way for air-conditioned carriages with airline-type seating, but the railways remain a giant and diverse anthology of structures from every period, and parts of the system are the oldest in the world. Using fresh research, keen observation and a wealth of cultural references, Bradley weaves from this network a remarkable story of technological achievement, of architecture and engineering, of shifting social classes and gender relations, of safety and crime, of tourism and the changing world of work. The Railways shows us that to travel through Britain by train is to journey through time as well as space.

Unforgettable Journeys - Slow Down and See the World (Hardcover): DK Eyewitness Unforgettable Journeys - Slow Down and See the World (Hardcover)
DK Eyewitness
R908 R824 Discovery Miles 8 240 Save R84 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
German Armored Trains on the Russian Front: 1941-1944 (Staple bound, illustrated edition): Wolfgang Sawodny German Armored Trains on the Russian Front: 1941-1944 (Staple bound, illustrated edition)
Wolfgang Sawodny
R311 Discovery Miles 3 110 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This new book is the third by Wolfgang Sawodny on German armored trains in World War II, and presents all new information not previously discussed in his first two highly successful volumes. The main emphasis here is on the operational history of German armored train units on the Russian front, and includes many previously unpublished photographs.

Britain's Lost Lines - Railway Treasures (Hardcover): Nigel Welbourn Britain's Lost Lines - Railway Treasures (Hardcover)
Nigel Welbourn
R803 R698 Discovery Miles 6 980 Save R105 (13%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days
John W. Garrett and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (Hardcover): Kathleen Waters Sander John W. Garrett and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (Hardcover)
Kathleen Waters Sander
R1,243 Discovery Miles 12 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Chartered in 1827 as the country's first railroad, the legendary Baltimore and Ohio played a unique role in the nation's great railroad drama and became the model for American railroading. John W. Garrett, who served as president of the B&O from 1858 to 1884, ranked among the great power brokers of the time. In this gripping and well-researched account, historian Kathleen Waters Sander tells the story of the B&O's beginning and its unprecedented plan to build a rail line from Baltimore over the Allegheny Mountains to the Ohio River, considered to be the most ambitious engineering feat of its time. The B&O's success ignited "railroad fever" and helped to catapult railroading to America's most influential industry in the nineteenth century. Taking the B&O helm during the railroads' expansive growth in the 1850s, Garrett soon turned his attention to the demands of the Civil War. Sander explains how, despite suspected Southern sympathies, Garrett became one of President Abraham Lincoln's most trusted confidantes and strategists, making the B&O available for transporting Northern troops and equipment to critical battles. The Confederates attacked the B&O 143 times, but could not put "Mr. Lincoln's Road" out of business. After the war, Garrett became one of the first of the famed Gilded Age tycoons, rising to unimagined power and wealth. Sander explores how-when he was not fighting fierce railroad wars with competitors-Garrett steered the B&O into highly successful entrepreneurial endeavors, quadrupling track mileage to reach important commercial markets, jumpstarting Baltimore's moribund postwar economy, and constructing lavish hotels in Western Maryland to open tourism in the region. Sander brings to life the brazen risk-taking, clashing of oversized egos, and opulent lifestyles of the Gilded Age tycoons in this richly illustrated portrait of one man's undaunted efforts to improve the B&O and advance its technology. Chronicling the epic technological transformations of the nineteenth century, from rudimentary commercial trade and primitive transportation westward to the railroads' indelible impact on the country and the economy, John W. Garrett and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is a vivid account of Garrett's twenty-six-year reign.

Das Verkehrswesen (German, Hardcover): Richard Van Der Borght Das Verkehrswesen (German, Hardcover)
Richard Van Der Borght
R2,351 Discovery Miles 23 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Beeching Legacy, v. 2 - Wessex (Paperback): Philip Horton The Beeching Legacy, v. 2 - Wessex (Paperback)
Philip Horton
R673 Discovery Miles 6 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The year 1963 will always be remembered as the one when the Sixties really started to swing. The Beatles and Rolling Stones were topping the charts while the mini-skirt and the Mini car had become the latest fashion accessories. For those with an interest in railways however, 1963 was memorable for the publication by Her Majesty's Stationery Office of Part 1 of the report 'The Reshaping of British Railways' by Dr Richard Beeching, then chairman of the British Railways Board. The term 'reshaping' was somewhat of a euphemism as the Report envisaged a radical reduction in the national rail network. Hundreds of stations were to be closed to both freight and passenger traffic, along with thousands of miles of track, while several thousand staff would be made redundant. This book is intended as a record of how the proposals affecting passenger services in the Wessex Area were ruthlessly implemented over a ten year period. Since then, despite the introduction of modern high-speed rolling stock and much track rationalisation, the extent of our rail network has remained basically the same. Train services in Wessex today are therefore still very much Dr Beeching's Legacy. In addition he bequeathed to the nation a linear network of derelict land which could be put to other purposes, including that of heritage railway. The area covered by this book include sections of the counties of Avon, Somerset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Dorset and Gloucestershire.

Die Hundertjahrige Eisenbahn (German, Hardcover): Artur Furst Die Hundertjahrige Eisenbahn (German, Hardcover)
Artur Furst
R1,217 Discovery Miles 12 170 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Vol 101 Railways & Recollections 101 The East German Narrow Gauge (Paperback): Horton P Vol 101 Railways & Recollections 101 The East German Narrow Gauge (Paperback)
Horton P
R245 R223 Discovery Miles 2 230 Save R22 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Electrics for the Railway Modeller (Paperback): Ian Morton Electrics for the Railway Modeller (Paperback)
Ian Morton
R457 R415 Discovery Miles 4 150 Save R42 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days
The Railway Navvies - A History of the Men who Made the Railways (Paperback): Terry Coleman The Railway Navvies - A History of the Men who Made the Railways (Paperback)
Terry Coleman 1
R401 R365 Discovery Miles 3 650 Save R36 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This is the definitive story of the men who built the railways the unknown Victorian labourers who blasted, tunnelled, drank and brawled their way across nineteenth-century England.

Preached at and plundered, sworn at and swindled, this anarchic elite endured perils and disasters, and carved out of the English countryside an industrial-age architecture unparalleled in grandeur and audacity since the building of the cathedrals.

Die Welt auf Schienen (German, Hardcover): Artur Furst Die Welt auf Schienen (German, Hardcover)
Artur Furst
R2,167 Discovery Miles 21 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Unusual Railway Pubs, Refreshment Rooms and Ale Trains (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition): Bob Barton Unusual Railway Pubs, Refreshment Rooms and Ale Trains (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
Bob Barton
R552 Discovery Miles 5 520 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Free Delivery
Pinterest Twitter Facebook Google+
You may like...
An Introduction to Dirac Operators on…
Jan Cnops Hardcover R2,585 Discovery Miles 25 850
Financial Planning Using Excel…
Sue Nugus Paperback R895 Discovery Miles 8 950
How to Play Chess for Beginners - An…
Kevin Windrow Hardcover R680 R607 Discovery Miles 6 070
Excel Data Analysis - Modeling and…
Hector Guerrero Hardcover R2,881 Discovery Miles 28 810
The Art of the Checkmate
Gerorges Renauld Paperback R684 R645 Discovery Miles 6 450
Salomon Maimon's Theory of Invention…
Idit Chikurel Hardcover R3,181 Discovery Miles 31 810
Production and Purification of…
Yun Hang Hu, Xiaoliang Ma, … Hardcover R5,811 Discovery Miles 58 110
Perspectives on the Self - Reflexivity…
Vojtech Kolman, Tereza Matejckova Hardcover R4,016 Discovery Miles 40 160
Ash from Coal and Biomass Combustion
Ashok K. Singh, Reginald Ebhin Masto, … Hardcover R3,611 Discovery Miles 36 110
Agent-Based Modeling in Humanitarian…
John McCaskill Hardcover R3,149 Discovery Miles 31 490

 

Partners