Featured Publisher: Capital Transport Publications
 This week's featured publisher is Capital Transport Publishing and we are pleased to be able to offer a selection of their titles at a special 20% discount off recommended price.
Among Capital Transport's many titles we have in our catalogue and included in our sale is Bluebell Railway by Michael Welch. Using 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 into the railway's history for younger readers.
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 ... | |
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 ... | |
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 ... | |
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 ... | |
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 | |
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. | |
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 ... | |
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 ... | |
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 ... | |
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 ... | |
Buses, Road VehiclesA Review of the Final Years | |
RailwaysHow Underground stations might develop and look in the future. | |
New titles in the last Week
Buses:
BusesHenry Conn's interest in British buses, trams and trolleybuses began in the late 1950s in his native Aberdeen, and since then, armed with a variety of cameras and notebooks, he has travelled the length and breadth of the country photographing and recording the public transport scene. The volume ... | |
Maritime
Railways
RailwaysBuilt as the London terminus of the London & Birmingham Railway in July 1837, Euston was London's first intercity railway station. Originally designed by Philip Hardwick with just two platforms under a wrought iron roof, the entrance to the station was through the world's largest Doric propylaeum, ... | |
RailwaysThis book is divided into two parts: Freight 'Hotspots'; and Freight Flows. Part One contains timetables which list booked freight and mail workings at over 50 popular locations, with headcodes, booked traction and much more. Part Two describes in detail all regular freight flows in this country by ... | |
RailwaysThose of you that have seen any of the four previous programmes will know exactly what to expect – a DVD crammed full of thrash, noise and clag as diesel locos are pushed to the limit. There are no preserved railways here – all the scenes are from the national network where locomotives can really ... | |
Book and DVD Value from Transport Diversions
To recap, the current list of DVD publishers included in our special price list are CineRail,
Kingfisher Productions,
Globe Video,
Marsden Rail,
Vintage Scene,
Just Planes and
Railway Recollections. In book titles our History Press catalogue items are also offered at special prices.
All special offers are limited to stock on hand so if you want a bargain be sure to order early! The prices shown on our website for DVDs (and other items that are not books) include 20% VAT so if you are ordering from outside the EU a further 20% will be deducted from the discounted price at the checkout. A real bargain!
To access all sale items in the subjects of interest to you, the fourth search drop down at the top of each page of our website (says 'All titles' by default) can be changed to 'Sale items'.
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