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Why don’t trains run on time? Why are fares so expensive? Why are there so many strikes? Few would disagree that Britain’s railways are broken, and have been for a long time. This insightful new book …

Modern societies rely upon prodigious amounts of oil for transport activity. The impacts over the near term of increasing oil scarcity and higher prices on transport will be among the major challenge …

For nearly half of the nation’s history, the steam locomotive was the outstanding symbol for progress and power. It was the literal engine of the Industrial Revolution, and it played an instrumenta …

Possibly read more than any other railway book, The Country Railway has sold over 170, 000 copies. This is a redesigned edition of the original text and photographs. Everyone loved the country rail …

In John W. Barriger III: Railroad Legend, historian H. Roger Grant details the fascinating life and impact of a transportation tycoon and ‘doctor of sick railroads.’ After graduating from the M …

‘A delightful book … the perfect companion as you wait for the 8.10 from Hove’ Observer After the Beeching cuts of the 1960s, many railways were gradually shut down. Rural communities were isolated …

This book covers the history of the Western Maryland …

Celebrate the days when trains were trains, individual expresses had their own character, serving their passengers in style in restaurant car, and connecting services ran over picturesque branch li …

Rollins Pass….The Ski Train….Moffat Tunnel….names from Colorado’s railroad heyday. This book tells a gripping story. It is about the building of Colorado’s most famous railroad, and how the …

This textbook attempts to details in depth the various concepts needed for the planning of rail transport. This textbook represents perhaps the first attempt anywhere to dfescribe in detail the …