[274] | | MID-SEPTEMBER 2008 NEW TITLES/RELEASES | |
Maritime (newly released, available now):| Detailed, highly-illustrated histories and fleet lists of significant British shipping companies compiled by Bill Harvey, Malcolm Cooper, Tony Atkinson and Bill Laxon. | |
| Moss Hutchison (Pt 2), Former British tugs Scottish Shire Line Pt 2, Laid-up American ships Overseas fruit ships in Hobart Pt 2, photographer Moffat Scott index 37 to 40 | |
Miscellaneous (newly released, available now):| Halfway up Commercial Street, one block away from Spitalfields Market, lies an anonymous service road. The average pedestrian wouldn't even notice it existed. But unlikely though it may seem, this characterless, 400ft strip of tarmac was once Dorset Street – the most notorious thoroughfare in the ... | |
Railways & Tramways (newly released, available now):| This book emphasises the benefits of DCC technology as a model railway control system and offers practical advice on the choice of systems, applying the technology to a layout, how to use it to enhance layout operations, and how it can be used to overcome practical difficulties with operations such ... | |
| A C3000 CAF DMU takes us on a journey over Northern Ireland's longest railway (96¼ miles). We start at Belfast's Great Victoria Street Station reopened in 1995 and subsequently allowing all lines to converge for the first time. After Belfast Central our train climbs up and over the new ... | |
| First opened in 1898, and having an operational life of just over sixty years, the 12 mile branch line between Newbury and Lambourn was an early casualty of a nationalised network keen to rid itself of the less profitable aspects of its operation. In 2007, nearly half a century after these events ... | |
| Programme number 26 in the Traction series features an action-packed first six months of 2008 as locomotive fleet developments and a selection of eye-catching workings continue to provide plenty of variety on the current motive power scene. Aside from the main line action there were plenty of ... From the series The Tape Of The Year | |
| This is the first colour book to explore the development of British railway coaching stock. From a personal archive containing many thousands of colour photographs taken by his late father and himself, Robert Hendry has selected an outstanding collection of images which trace the evolution of the ... From the series British Railway in Colour | |
| In this lavishly illustrated book, No. 1 in a series, here for the first time is the full record of the luxury British 12 Wheel Pullman cars (built between 1908-1923) which graced such celebrated pre-war trains as the 'Southern Belle' 'Harrogate Pullman' and 'Eastern Belle', and post-war the ... | |
| Originally published by the Oxford Publishing Co. in 1986, 'The History of Great Western A.E.C. Diesel Railcars' by C.W. Judge has long been regarded as the definitive work on the subject. This book has been unobtainable for many years but is now re-released as a limited edition reprint and in ... | |
| Completely revised, updated and enlarged edition of the title which first appeared in 1989. | |
| Aimed at Railway Enthusiasts, Historians and Modellers, the purpose of this series of books is to list every locomotive acquired and built by British Railways, and to show where they were allocted during their working lives. From the series British Railway Locomotive Allocations | |
| After spending more than four decades in the entertainment business, Pete Waterman's depth of knowledge and his breadth of experience is unsurpassed. His passion, drive and talent have helped ensure that he, along with his world-famous company, PWL, remains a musical force to be reckoned with. But ... | |
| The last ten years on the railway network has seen many changes and developments in every part of the country to both freight and passenger services. This large format landscape book presents a superlative colour portrait of the railways of Great Britain, from the South West of England to the North ... | |
| Revised and Updated Fifth Edition of The Complete Guide to all Locomotives and Coaching Stock of the Railways of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg From the series European Handbooks | |
| 'The Southern Way' is a regular volume for the Southern devotee. 'The Southern Way: Issue No.4' is the third of the regular issues planned for 2008 and will feature the conclusion of the Brighton Signalling article as well as more on Basingstoke and the first of what will be an occasional series on ... | |
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