General, Encyclopedias, Handbooks

First published for the centenary of the Great Western Railway in 1935, ”Railway Ribaldry” is an affectionate and humorous look at life on board the company”s famous trains, incorporating some of …

A superb guide to Britain”s villages, towns and connecting railways, dating from 1866. ”Hard to put down … truthful and opinionated, often funny but never predictable … the finest travelling co …

On a warm April morning in 1906 a crowd of expectant correspondents from London’s leading newspapers gathered at the Hotel Cecil in the Strand to view the new wonder of the age – the electrobus.This …

Great Continental Railway Journeysis now a firmly established series on BBC2, following in the illustrious tracks of its predecessor – Great British Railway Journeys. Both series are fronted by ex-po …

Most diesel engines will develop a problem at some point in their lives, but armed with the right knowledge a skipper needn”t worry. The Reeds Diesel Engine Troubleshooting Handbook is a compact, po …

A long-awaited guide for deciding which, if any, E-type to purchase. This pocket-sized book steers buyers past the dazzling exterior to examine systematically, section by section, cars they are consi …