Railway - Other

London historian Stephen Halliday presents an engaging discussion of Crossrail’s fascinating origins and the heroic engineering that made it all possible.

Author: Stephen Halliday

Publisher: History Press

Hardback. 174pp. 15.5x23.3x1.2cm.

ISBN: 9780750987851

Weight: 361g

Original Price: £14.99

Chapters describe what it was like to work and travel on the railway, and will study the evolution of passenger accommodation, working and safety practices

Author: Anthony Dawson.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 248pp. 17cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781473899124

Weight: 680

Original Price: £25.00

This book covers in pictures, the history and development of London's main terminal stations, looking at the stations through the lens of photographers from Victorian and Edwardian times through to the modern era.

Author: Geoff Swaine

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 208pp. 22cm by 29cm.

ISBN 9781526761880

Weight. 1.120Kg

Original Price: £30.00

Author: Nigel Welbourn

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 256pp. 21.5cm by 28.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399096171

Weight: 1.28kg

Original Price: £40.00

British luxury rail travel was not just the domain of the Pullman Company. In fact, they were far from the only providers as railway companies in Britain were extremely active from late Victorian times competing for leisure business. 

Author: Martyn Pring.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 365pp. 18x25.2x2.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526713247

Weight: 1.3kg.

Original Price: £35.00

The ancient city of York has been closely associated with railways since their conception and promotion by the ‘Railway King’, George Hudson. Its impressive station and engine sheds have played host to the elite of East Coast Main Line traction as well as a wide variety of ‘locals’.

Author: David Mather.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 144pp. 22x28.5x1.4cm.

ISBN: 9781399090360

Weight: 950g.

Original Price: £30.00

The British were at the forefront of railway development for the first fifty years of the nineteenth century.Railway Empire tells the story of how the British gave railways to the world, not only in the empire, but also in other countries outside areas of direct influence.

Author: Anthony Burton

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 264pp. 18cm by 25.5cm.

ISBN 9781473843691

Weight. 926g

Original Price: £25.00

Rail By Request is an enthusiast’s personal story and tells how the author visited, photographed, and spent time at every request stop on mainland Britain. It also explains where his love of railways is rooted, why he began this odyssey and how it became a very different and important experience to him. Journeying across the whole railway map to capture these often ignored stops – not just for posterity, but for the journey.

Author: Anthony Hart

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 208pp. 22cm by 29cm.

ISBN 9781526781123

Weight. 1125g

Original Price: £30.00

Their History and Development.

Author: Jonathan Willis

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 160pp. 22.8cm by 29.2cm.

ISBN: 9781526790583

Weight: 1.046kg

Original Price: £30.00

The West Riding of Yorkshire boasted the most complex railway network in Britain, comprised at various times of seven railway companies, with an eighth trying to secure a foothold, eleven significant joint lines and several minor systems.

Author: Bernard Warr.

Publisher: Crowood Press Ltd.

Paperback. 144pp. 19cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781785008467

Weight: 425g

Original Price: £16.99

A railway journey through the Cold War from London to Kong Kong.

Author: Christopher Knowles.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 220pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781473887442

Original Price: £25.00.

A Celebration of Railway Architecture.

Author: Robin Leleux

Publisher: Unique

Hardback. 128pp. 22cm by 28.5cm.

ISBN: 9780995749375

Weight: 840g

Original Price: £19.99