If you haven't seen this Youtube clip featuring the Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, here is something to marvel at. It's the largest model railway in the world, and one of the most successful tourist attractions in Germany. On the 1.300m2 layout, there are more than a thousand trains, aircrafts, cars and ships all of which move.
Henry 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 ...
The railway at Ipswish dates from 1846 and that at Felixstowe from May 1877. Due to the busy port of Felixstowe the line is still doing extensive business in both passenger and freight traffic today. Like all branch lines the local stations all lost their goods facilities, but recent investment in ...
The miniature railway now occupies an important role in the overall scene for the railway enthusiast, with many superb and high quality layouts to delight the discerning enthusiast and members of the general public. Indeed, miniature railways are now more popular than ever before. Miniature ...
Built 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, ...
When the authors started assembling suitable illustrations for this new publication they knew a great deal about many existing images but both were absolutely delighted when offers of new material came in from various sources. Virtually all the systems which survived after 1945 - and even some ...
This 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 ...
Those 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 ...
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