Railway - Diesel & Electric

Illustrated throughout with over 100 colour photographs, together with some classic black and white images for good measure, this volume is a celebration of the Life and Times of Western Champion in action.

Author: John Whitehouse.

Publisher: Silver Link Books.

Paperback. 80pp. 23cm by 17cm.

ISBN 9781857945881

Weight. 248

Original Price: £10.00

A comprehensive and authoritative survey of the locomotives of the post-privatisation era.

Author: Pip Dunn.

Publisher: OPC.

Hardback. 256pp. 22cm by 28cm.

ISBN 9780860936961

Original Price: £25.00

Its design and development. From the popular ' locomotive portfolio' series.

Author: Graeme Gleaves.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 168pp. 25cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781526740342

Weight: 969

Original Price: £25.00

Volume 2 of the 'Heritage Traction in Colour' series

Author: Kevin Derrick.

Publisher: Nostalgia Road Publications.

Paperback. 60pp. 21cm by 20cm.

ISBN 9781903016411

Original Price: £9.95.

This book looks at the types of locomotives and multiple units that have been introduced into the UK since 1994, when the government privatised British Rail into a series of privately operated franchises.

Author:David Cable

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 263pp. 25.5cm by 19.5cm.

ISBN 9781473864375

Weight.1.030Kg

Original Price: £30.00

An in-depth look at the past, present & future of rail transport across Britain's capital city.

Author: John Glover.

Publisher: Crecy Publishing Ltd.

Hardback. 192pp. 22cm by 28cm.

ISBN 9780860936909

Original Price: £25.00

Rob Shorland-Ball's researches for this book, and several visits, convinced him that he was putting together a jigsaw of facts. No previously published account of the area have brought together these stories of iron & steel making, limestone quarrying, coal mining, terra cotta, lead mining, and the railway systems they all needed to move their products to market.

Author:Rob Shorland-Ball

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback.144 pp. 22cm by 29cm.

ISBN 9781526753779

Weight. 0.870Kg

Original Price: £25.00

The coastal and mountain scenery around the railway lines of North and Mid Wales is among the best in Great Britain. Here we look at the British Railways lines and the trains that ran on them in the years between 1980 and 2000, as recorded by my cameras during my many visits to the area.

Author: Peter J Green.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 140pp. 22x28.6x1.3cm.

ISBN: 9781399091220

Weight: 950g.

Original Price: £25.00

Author: Peter J Green

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 184pp. 21.5cm by 28cm.

ISBN: 9781399086547

Weight: 1.2kg

Original Price: £30.00

Scottish Highland Railways describes eight great journeys by rail through northern Scotland, detailing the history of the lines while travelling along their modern-day routes.

Author: David Tucker.

Publisher: Crowood Press.

Paperback. 160pp. 19cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781785007927

Weight. 456

Original Price: £19.99

The locomotives of class 73 were used extensively throughout the region, in particular on Gatwick Express services, as well as on departmental and track recording trains. Their versatility in being able to work off 3rd rail electricity as well as diesel engined power gave them unrivalled areas of work.

Author: David Cable

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 228pp. 25cm by 20cm.

ISBN 9781526720610

Weight. 0.926Kg

Original Price: £30.00

This book takes a photographic look at these changes including a look at the routes, the stations and the trains including Classes 172, 315, 317, 378 and the brand new 710s with a brief history of each. And with so much freight sharing the Overground routes this is briefly looked at as well.

Author: Justin Bailey.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 176pp. 22cm by 28cm.

ISBN: 9781526772626

Weight: 1012

Original Price: £30.00