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Aviation (newly released, available now):| Following AeBal, Air Baltic, Braathens, Spanair and Wideroe, Blue 1 becomes the 6th airline in the SAS Group to be featured in the World Air Routes series. Blue 1 operates Avro RJs and MD90s from its base at Helsinkin Airport on domestic and international routes. This 3hr program is spends just ... | |
| Atlantic Airways, established in 1987, is based at Vagar Airport on the Faroe Islands. In 2008 the airline operates 7 BAe jets and several helicopters. The program first takes you on 8 flights to Copenhagen, London, Reykjavik, the inaugural service to Stockholm and the 1st flight in the series to ... | |
| This is the first time that a detailed study has been produced in one volume on the prolific developmental output of British post-war civil aviation design. This book is the result of many years dedicated research by the author who has drawn upon hitherto largely unknown and untapped manufacturers' ... | |
| The extraordinary Junkers Ju 287, the first truly swept-winged, jet-powered aircraft, took to the sky in August 1944, at a time when Germany was suffering sustained round-the-clock bombing by the Allied air forces. Despite such adverse development conditions, this large and futuristic aircraft ... | |
| The Valkyrie is an icon of modern aviation, which is curious considering that only two were built and they flew just 164 times. Like the maiden of Norse mythology that it was named after, the Valkyrie awed those around it. Beautiful in form and unbelievable in function, the B-70 would have been the ... | |
| Radical Wings and Wind Tunnels discuss some of the more extreme aircraft concepts that have been studied at NASA's Langley Research Center and provides a record of the research efforts and conclusions that resulted from the studies. All of the aircraft concepts discussed were prototypes or concepts ... | |
Aviation (expected within the next two months, may be ordered now):| The Wimpey, as the Wellington was known, was a bomber designed by the legendary Barnes Wallace before the war. In the early years of World War Two it was the mainstay of Bomber command – taking the Blitz back to Germany. It was still in service after the war, having served all over the world. The ... | |
| America's military aircraft industry was forced to grow at an incredible pace during World War II. At the beginning of the conflict, the nation's air arms were out-matched by betterperforming Axis aircraft. It was the development, often in secret, and subsequent employment of America's fighter ... | |
| X-Plane Crashes - Exploring Experimental Rocket Plane and Spy craft Incidents, Accidents and Crash Sites” is a hard cover glossy publication printed in A4 format by Speciality Press of the USA. The book is written by Peter W. Merlin who worked is an archivist and historian at NASA Dryden Flight ... | |
| In 1940 the world was at war and America was serving as the world's arsenal. During this chaotic time, a series of radical fighter designs were taken from the drawing board to the prototype stage. These innovative aircraft were the Vultee XP-54 'Swoose Goose', Curtis Wright XP-55 'Ascender, and ... | |
| The phenomenon of aviation archaeology has long captured the public's imagination and millions have watched the TV documentaries as legendary machines have been lifted from their muddy graves. Popular history shows such as Channel 4's Time Team, BBC2's Time Watch and Meet the Ancestors have ... | Request notification when available  |
| The complete and definitive history of the famous Mikoyan Design Bureau from its establishment in 1939 to the present day. Every type developed by the Mikoyan OKB is dealt with in detail, with descriptions of all known versions and a wealth of recently declassified data. For each major type ... | |
| A new and detailed examination of how imported American aircraft, engines and aviation equipment were used in pre-revolutionary Russia, the Soviet Union, and today's Russia, influencing the development of aircraft industry, civil and military aviation over all these years. US aviation first ‘set ... | |
Buses (newly released, available now):| Transitional Years is a picture album depicting the changes encountered by 'Midland Red' from the mid 1960's to the mid 1980's. The 1968 Transport Act saw the formation of the National Bus Company and the introduction of the corporate fleet livery of poppy red. Then followed the formation of West ... From the series Buses In Colour | |
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| Small Local Authority owned bus operations, so small that the towns concerned did not even merit Borough status, but were classed as Urban District Councils, were to be found in a few areas of Britain, none more so than South Wales. The West Monmouthshire Omnibus Board was one of these rare ... From the series Super Prestige | |
| The Welsh Bus Handbook is part of The Bus Handbook series that details the fleets of selected bus and coach operators. These bus handbooks are published by British Bus Publishing. Handbooks for FirstGroup, Arriva and Stagecoach are also published annually along with boks detailing the operators who ... From the series Bus Handbooks | |
| The Little Red Book has long been regarded as Britain's leading directory to the road passenger transport industry with a new edition being published every Autumn. As always it has been fully updated to provide detailed information on bus and coach operators throughout Britain. It also includes ... (Next Edition) |
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Maritime (newly released, available now):| I wonder if when the Matson Navigation Company was formed in 1882 by Captain William Matson, he ever dreamt how successful it would become. Today they operate a modern container service from mainland America to Hawaii but will always be best remembered for its famed “Great White ships” era, when ... From the series Great Liners | |
| If you go down to the waterside in the City of Manchester today, there is little to remind us that it was once one of the world's great sea-ports. The towering rows of luxury apartments, posh offices and high-class restaurants that line the sides of the old quaysides today were; not so very many ... From the series Great Liners | |
| Included in the second volume are the Queen Alexandra Dock, the entrance channel, the Campbell paddle-steamers and the Mount Stewart Dry Docks, their history again told through some 300 comprehensively captioned illustrations. | |
Road Vehicles (newly released, available now):| Thanks to my son Peter's perseverance in recovering the so-say 'lost' 16mm film we have real pleasure in producing this initial 60 minute DVD. Although the first few sequences are pre-war we have intentionally used different sequences without being in date order and we hope that you will be pleased ... | |
| Around 30 vehicles travelled from Fishguard to Rosslare for the strangely named Heart of Wales Irish Road Run, a seven-day tour of the South of Ireland. Irish entrants increased the number of participating vehicles to 40. This was the third such run organised by Heart of Wales Run organiser John ... | |
| In the Autumn of 2007 a two-day run was organised to honour the memory of a man known as 'Gentleman Jim'. Around 50 vehicles ran from York to Scarboro' and back via Sutton-on-the-Forest, the North Yorkshire Moors and Whitby. Jim Beresford and his team devised a terrific route which included a long ... | |
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Modelling (newly released, available now):| The author is regarded as one of the leading craftsman in painting and lining out kit built model railway locomotives and rolling stock and this publication shares his expertise with the reader presenting a valuable source of information for all modellers. Topics covered include: before starting ... | |
Railways & Tramways (newly released, available now):| Described by the LMS as ‘The Gateway to Scotland', Carlisle is the starting point of the programme with scenes filmed in 1962 at Citadel Station and Kingmoor Depot. Steam traction is predominant, with ‘Duchess' Pacifics still handling WCML expresses! North of Carlisle on the WCML, Beattock ... From the series Archive | |
| For as long as locomotives have been the stars of North American railroads, rolling stock has trundled and raced along behind, carrying raw materials, finished goods, and people. Illustrated with more than 250 photographs, Railroad Rolling Stock traces the evolution of various forms of rolling ... | |
| This second volume considers the fifty-mile joint LMR/WR route between the southern outskirts of Shrewsbury and the various facilities at Barton and Barr's court, in Hereford. The route out of Shrewsbury carried not only main line services but also trains for Swansea via the ex-LMS Central Wales ... | |
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| Another volume in Foxline's excellent “Scenes From The Past” series, this focuses on “Rowsley Motive Power Depot”. From the series Scenes from the Past | |
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| In this new book, we offer you a superb collection of colour illustrations to highlight the locomotives and workings, which makes 2007 an interesting year. | |
| This book features the work of Don Beecroft and Keith Pirt and takes the reader on a journey from Warrington to Preston, with a glance at Blackpool. It then carries on to Lancaster and down the branch to Morecombe, before continuing through Hest Bank to Carnforth. From the series Steam Memories | |
| The decline of steam in the 1960s and its final withdrawal in 1968, was a period of great sadness for enthusiasts, but a period of great riches for the scrap metal industry. I find views of once proud machines reduced to chunks of metal quite morbid, but there are many enthusiasts interested in the ... From the series Steam Memories | |
| This album showcases the work of the late Keith Pirt and includes Sheffield Victoria and the associated GC Lines: Sheffield Midland and the Midland route: the ' back line ' and the sheds at Darnall, Millhouse and Canklow. From the series Steam Memories | |
| This album features a wide selection of passenger and freight traffic at Newcastle Central Station during the period 1951-1964, together with a look round Gateshead MPD during the run down of steam in 1963-65. From the series Steam Motive Power Centres | |
| This album again features a wide range of views at the station Motive Power Depot and works. From the series Steam Motive Power Centres | |
| The line through this location is covered along with Heaton Mersey, Cheadle, Cheadle Heath, Tiviot Dale and Woodley. Packed with photographs from the British Railways steam era and with a selection prior to 1948, this is a nostalgic look at a once busy railway route. From the series Scenes from the Past | |
| The opening of the pioneering Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830 marked the beginning of the railways' vital role in changing the face of Britain. Fire and Steam celebrates the vision and determination of the ambitious Victorian pioneers who developed this revolutionary transport system and ... | |
| It is now over 170 years since the first passenger railway in Ireland, the Dublin & Kingstown, opened for business in 1834. From modest beginnings, the railway network expanded over the next 70 years into almost every part of the country. At its greatest extent, the national network consisted of ... | Request notification when available |
| These diagrams cover the lines of British Rail's former Southern Region together with a number of private railways and industrial layouts. From the series Railway Track Diagrams | |
| This innovative special Modern Railways annual publication details all parties involved in the operation, maintenance, manufacture, supply and management of the UK rail industry and gives an overview of developments in Europe. Edited by Modern Railways' Ken Cordner with contributions from Roger ... | |
| Two Programmes looking at Diesel & Electric power in the last days of British Railways in the late 1980s & early 1990s Video Profile The Southern Region Diesel Power - Class 33s in Kent on freight and passenger. Electro Diesels - Class 73 on a wide range of traffic. Diesel Multiple Units - ... | |
| Almost every family tree will have in one of its branches a railway employee. Railway Ancestors is a comprehensive and illustrated guide which opens up to genealogists and railway enthusiasts the vast range of unique information stored in the documentary archives of the railway companies of England ... | |
| Includes many scenes on five South Cheshire routes through Crewe, plus Crewe Station, the loco works and the Diesel Depot and the Crewe Heritage Centre. The Diesel Depot photographs are believed to be unique as photography was not normally allowed there, however the author was given special ... | |
| From the author of The Royal Yacht Britannia, here is the official story of Royal travel by train. There is in fact no single Royal Train, but rather a set of rail vehicles that can be assembled into whatever configuration is required, depending on which member of the Royal Family is travelling. ... | |
| This is a long overdue and detailed study of the locomotives of the Great Southern Railways of Ireland, which was the largest of the major Irish railways. It has been thoroughly researched by Jeremy Clements and Michael McMahon, using the archives of the Irish Railway Record Society in Dublin. The ... | |
| For the first time more than 40 of Barry Freeman's beautifully executed, meticulously researched and vividly atmospheric paintings of the steam age are collected together in a book, each introduced and described by the artist himself. | |
| Welcome to Between the Lines video magazine issue 7- In this issue we will: 1. Follow the international rail freight corridor between Austria and Germany. We will visit Kledering Vbf and see how trains are dispatched to the Westbahn. Visit Austrias industrial heartland at Linz. Pause at Wels the ... From the series Between The Lines | |
| We continue our journey southwest towards Italy with our OBB EC 531. We are now at Knittelfeld, a small town alongside the Mur. The Tauern mountain range is to our right the Gleinalpe to our left. The weather is just right as we leave the town. Our next stop in this sub alpine idle is Zeltweg, ... From the series Ticket To Ride | |
| When it was first created under Chris Garnett, GNER was widely regarded as being the finest of the Train Operating Companies established post-Privatisation. Having inherited the newly-electrified East Coast Main Line, with its stock of Class 91 locomotives, GNER's early years were triumphant with ... | |
| Drivers leaving the M1 at the Tinsley viaduct can still pass the buildings where the Yorkshire Engine Company constructed and repaired locomotives for a hundred years. Founded in 1865, the company outlived many of its competitors and despatched its last locomotives in 1965. Established by a group ... | |
| A photographic survey of tram cars from around Britain that were used for maintenance and other duties over the years when many towns and cities had their own tramway systems. As well as the archive photographs, an informative text gives the background to these fascinating vehicles and a complete ... | |
| Perhaps the most well-known railroad in transportation history, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway grew from humble beginnings in 1868 to a high-flying icon of the American West known more simply as 'the Santa Fe.' In 1995, it merged with Burlington Northern and today its legacy survives as ... | |
| The names of Motor Rail and Simplex are familiar to all narrow gauge enthusiasts as the names of one of Britain's most successful small petrol and diesel locomotives. Keith Davies first became interested in these locomotives in the 1950s and on visits to the Works was given access to much archive ... | |
| An all new 96 page colour photograph album depicting the 1970s with coverage of both steam and diesels from that great period of change on our railways. The captions include items of news, culture, music and personalities of the era to bring back the memories of youth. | Request notification when available |
| An all new 96 page colour photograph album depicting the 1970s with coverage of both steam and diesels from that great period of change on our railways. The captions include items of news, culture, music and personalities of the era to bring back the memories of youth. | |
| The series Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives lists, in chronological order, details such as building and shopping dates, major and minor events, modifications, alterations, boiler and tender numbers, allocations and dates, renumberings, namings and finally the disposal of each locomotive. ... From the series Yeadon`s Register of LNER Locomotives | |
| The complete guide to all Locomotives and Multiple Units of the Railways of France. From the series European Handbooks | |
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| Rescued and restored by volunteers, one of the fastest steam engines the world has ever seen returns to the place she was built for - the mainline. We're on the footplate as the streamlined 1930s classic locomotive SIR NIGEL GRESLEY faces a demanding test run to gain approval to run on the railway ... | |
| This DVD Covers the first two series – 13 Episodes plus extras including the drivers' viewpoint travelling key sections of Northern and Bakerloo lines; plus an LU timeline, picture gallery and episode chapters. | |
| This DVD contains all six episodes from the third and final series of the Tube plus extras including a picture gallery, footage of trains & old stations and the two episodes filmed on the 7th July 2005, ‘the Tube under Attack'. This two part special highlights the quiet heroism and battling ... | |
| The hourly Southern service to Ashford (Kent) nowadays starts at Brighton, running fast to Eastbourne stopping only at Lewes and Polegate. At Eastbourne the 2 –car class 171 diesel multiple unit reverses to continue along the coast to Hastings calling at Bexhill and St Leonards Warrior Square. Our ... | |
| Climb aboard one of Railfreight Distribution's key automotive trains for a spectacular 200-mile circular journey from Longbndge to Swindon and back. Motive power is provided by two Tinsley-based Class 47s working in multiple, both of them Wired for Sound for full Sulzer authenticty! RfD's ... From the series Wired for Sound | |
Railways & Tramways (expected within the next two months, may be ordered now):| The first in a series of Southern Region scenes which will eventually cover the whole of the Region with archive film from 1959 to 1967. Most classes of Southern steam will be seen from T9s to Bulleid Pacifics. This first volume covers Alton, Tonbridge and Allhallows followed by Waterloo to Clapham ... | |
| From the author of the acclaimed AC Electrics, DC Electrics, and Traction Recognition comes this informative new work exploring every modern DMU design. Covering a huge range of classes, Colin Marsden delves deep into the changing world of DMUs, their origins, history and their impact on the ... | |
| Designed by Bulleid for the Southern Railway, the 'Leader' class was revolutionary. With two power steam bogies, sleeve valves, chain drive and a streamlined body, looking more like a diesel than a steam engine, five were to be constructed but only one, No 36001, was completed. This was ... | |
| 'The Southern Way' is a regular volume for the Southern devotee. Intended for inclusion in this issue are Sam Fay on the LSWR, Basingstoke Part 2, The Selsey Tramway, ARP Time on the Southern, Romsey, Southern Water Troughs, Victoria and lots more. Plus of course our regular features on Permanent ... | |
| In this colourful new book accomplished author Robert Hendry takes a company-based approach to the vast and complex subject of railway signalling. Although all companies were faced by the same essential need to ensure the safe passage of trains and the same basic regulatory framework, they each ... | |
| This is the final volume in Kevin McCormack's brilliant series of books featuring steam operation in and around London from the early 1950s through to the final demise of steam in 1968. In this book, he takes readers on a vivid, pictographic journey through the golden age of steam on the Eastern ... | |
| First published in 1998 and quickly reprinted, this new and fully revised second edition will be warmly welcomed by all enthusiasts. This detailed history of the development of railway signalling from the earliest days through to the introduction of the disc and crossbar signal, to semaphores and ... | |
| The route once had a multitude of junctions with lines from the valleys and the numerous industrial complexes. Many remain and are extensively illustrated. All are explained with the aid of maps from the past. An enormous variety of trains and structures can be enjoyed, along with a country branch ... | |
| This historic route had a remarkable number of junctions, depots and engine sheds, all of which are fully illustrated, as are the many closed stations. Few travelled on the branch through Tettenhall and Wombourne, thus there are many revelations about a long lost line. | |
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