Capital Transport Publications Sale
Well, spring is in the air in the northern hemisphere and to celebrate we've done a bit of thinking and decided to make some space on our shelves so we are pleased to offer selected Capital Transport Publications titles at 20% off rrp. In case you think we only pay lip service to our customers in the southern hemisphere you might like to know that we at Transport Diversions are a truly multi-hemisphere organisation - John and the stock are located in the UK whilst I (Peter that is who sends out the newsletter and looks after the website) lives in New Zealand.
Anyway, back to our sale ... titles include:
BusesCapital Transport's very well received Colours series visits The South Downs in this new book, which covers Southdown, Portsmouth, Brighton Corporation, BH&D and Eastbourne in a beautiful selection of over 120 colour pictures taken in the late 1950s and 1960s. Detailed captions complete the ... | |
OtherThis book offers a unique insight into Games's working methods and shows rarely seen progressive sketches from his archive and a dialogue of letters. Join him on his fascinating journey as he creates his London Transport posters from conception and follow the paring down of his initial ideas to ... | |
RailwaysThese brief histories of each Underground line are written by the leading authorities on the history of the system. Each uses photographs, many in colour, from the London Transport Museum archive collection. From the series Illustrated History | |
RailwaysThis book celebrates the many styles of station building on the London Underground. None of the original station buildings from 1863 remains, but there are nevertheless some survivors from the time of the opening of the District Railway in 1868, such as Gloucester Road and Bayswater. The tremendous ... | |
RailwaysUsing top quality colour images, this book chronicles the Bluebell Railway's development and progress from humble beginnings to the world-renowned tourist attraction it is today. It will rekindle cherished memories of the Bluebell's early years for older people and provide a fascinating insight ... | |
OtherThis small paperback looks at the origins of the most intriguing names of central London's historic streets, squares and alleyways - names such as Birdcage Walk, Crutched Friars, Gunpowder Alley, Houndsditch, Little Britain, Newington Butts, Riding House Street, Snow Hill, Turnagain Lane and many ... | |
Railways'It's Quicker By Rail' is probably the most memorable catchphrase coined by the LNER advertising department. This lavishly illustrated books has examples of LNER poster and publicity from 1923 until 1947. | |
RailwaysIn comparison with the posters of London Transport and its predecessors, those of the London County Council Tramways, which date from the twelve years 1922-1933, have had little exposure since they were first displayed at the time of their publication. This book puts matters right, as the LCC ... | |
TramsThe London United Electric Tramways had style. The system reflected the panache and flamboyance of Sir James Clifton Robinson (1848-1910), its General Manager and guiding light. In the first decade of the twentieth century ‘Robinson's Empire', as it was known colloquially, brought the benefits of ... | |
BusesFrom the author of international best-seller “Metro maps of the world” comes a work so thorough, it is both a gripping read and a thing of beauty. With lush photos and hundreds of beautiful, rare and unusual maps, some seen for the first time since their original publication, this book is a ... | |
Buses, Road VehiclesFrom the first horse-drawn London Bus in 1829, the first double-decker in 1847, the first motor buses at the beginning of the 20th century, the first covered top buses in 1925, the birth of the classic RT and Routemaster buses, and the introduction of low-floor buses in recent times, this small ... | |
RailwaysLondon's underground railways began life as independent companies, built on the money of private investors and banks. The Metropolitan Railway, opened in 1863, was followed by the Hammersmith & City in 1864 and the Metropolitan District Railway in 1868. The first deep-level tube electric railway ... | |
BusesThe best bus books are like a good novel, a good play or a good film. They should draw you in and take you away to another time and another place and make you feel you are there, experiencing it for real. This book does that. It deals with a period now long gone but, as you turn the pages, the ... | |
Buses, Road VehiclesRod Lucas is by profession an electronics engineer and has been in bus preservation for many years. Some years earlier and before his entry into preservation, he spent two periods as a full time bus driver and during these times, at the suggestion of his wife, he recorded many of the daily events ... | |
BusesThis is a book about a period seen by many as a golden age of London buses. Those who have worked on it have been fortunate to find a good number of colour photographs from the 1950s, which we present here along with some recollections of the time from people who worked for London Transport as ... | |
TramsA new history of the MET tram system in north London. Acknowledged tram authority Dr Robert Harley has produced a very readable and paced account which covers details of vehicle design and the tramwayman's life that have not been dealt with elsewhere. Almost all of the accompanying photos are ... | |
RailwaysHow Underground stations might develop and look in the future. | |
Buses, Road VehiclesA Review of the Final Years | |
BusesCharlie Wyatt began as a conductor on London's trolleybuses in 1951 and became a driver in 1955. He worked throughout his trolleybus career at Finchley depot in north London, here he was on trolleybuses until their last day there. With an exceptional memory, backed up by official documents from the ... | |
Trams, Road VehiclesA History Of Trams In The Croydon Area From 1879 To 1951 | |
RailwaysThe Great Western Railway promoted its holiday lines with enterprise and imagination, none more so than the routes to the south-west which somehow seemed to be everybody's favourite destination for a break at the seaside. The famous 'Cornish Riviera Express' restaurant car train between London and ... | |
RailwaysA history of the District Line, this book contains the following chapters: The Beginnings Of The District; The District Looks West; The District In The East; Trains And Services In Steam Days; Moves To Electric Power; Resignalling; Exhibitions; Electrification; Expansion; The Great War; A Balancing ... From the series Illustrated History | |
BusesMick Webber has spent many years gathering London trolleybus photographs from press agencies, photo libraries and manufacturers, photographs taken on professional equipment and often with full plate glass negatives for best definition. Many of these photos, covering the period from 1931 to 1950, ... | |
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OtherThe main purpose of this book, as well as briefly telling the story of Oakwood Press, is to detail and illustrate fully all of the books and associated items that Oakwood have published over the past 80 years. Oakwood is the oldest specialist British transport publisher of its type still extant. ... | |
Railways:
RailwaysSoftback (also available as Hardback ). This is the 16th in a line of EL (Existing Locomotive information as opposed to historical) Handbooks. The lists include all known existing locomotives of 1ft 3in gauge and above, but excluding the capital stock of London Transport and the Train Operating ... | |
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