The Wharncliffe Transport imprint has been designed to encourage readers to remember the classic days of British transport. Covering all periods of railways, buses, trams, cars, canals and bikes, these books provide a nostalgic look back at classic engines and vehicles. Some titles will be illustration led, whilst others will concentrate on the memories such classic machines evoke. All will inspire anyone with an interest in British transport history.
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This book, made extremely well, makes railroad buff and military history enthusiasts happy and pays tribute to those splendid machines that once rode the railways proudly bringing their name up and down the UK.
Read the full Italian review [link=https://oldbarbedwire.blogspot.com/2019/07/british-steam-military-connections.html]here[/link]
Old Barbed Wire Blog
This book, made extremely well, makes railroad buff and military history enthusiasts happy and pays tribute to those splendid machines that once rode the railways proudly bringing their name up and down the UK.
Read the full Italian review [link=https://oldbarbedwire.blogspot.com/2019/07/british-steam-military-connections.html]here[/link]
Old Barbed Wire Blog
It is a very interesting book about what is probably one of the most historical British railways. With its large amount of information and good photographs allows you to get to know this railway better. In addition, like all books of the publishing house Pen and Sword Books has an excellent layout.
Read the full Spanish review [link=http://unoscuantostrenes.blogspot.com/2019/06/rincon-literario-railway-history-of-new.html?m=1]here[/link]
Unes Cuantos Trenes Blog, Jorge del Valle
It is a very interesting book about what is probably one of the most historical British railways. With its large amount of information and good photographs allows you to get to know this railway better. In addition, like all books of the publishing house Pen and Sword Books has an excellent layout.
Read the full Spanish review [link=http://unoscuantostrenes.blogspot.com/2019/06/rincon-literario-railway-history-of-new.html?m=1]here[/link]
Unes Cuantos Trenes Blog, Jorge del Valle
This interesting book is presented as an exposure of criminality on the canal system, and it does achieve that objective rather well.
In this case, as Anthony indicates, John Turner’s family remained unconvinced by the verdict but this had occurred in a world where our modern opportunities for evidential examination just did not exist. This is a valuable snapshot into that former world.
The Historian
This interesting book is presented as an exposure of criminality on the canal system, and it does achieve that objective rather well.
In this case, as Anthony indicates, John Turner’s family remained unconvinced by the verdict but this had occurred in a world where our modern opportunities for evidential examination just did not exist. This is a valuable snapshot into that former world.
The Historian
This book is essentially a collection of photographs of the various locomotives and units that were/are to be found exclusively on the Southern Region area of Britain's railways mainly towards the end of the 20th century. The book tends to concentrate on the Class 73 locomotives in particular, with every possible livery in existence included. There are also some Class 74's included, as well as photos of the Class 201 to 207 units. Each photograph has a short caption underneath giving details of the loco/unit in the photo and the date it was taken. It will be of interest to those railway enthusiasts who are fans of this area of Britain.
Read the full review [link=http://www.branchlinebritain.co.uk/index.php?page=dreviews]here[/link]
Branch Line Britain
This book is essentially a collection of photographs of the various locomotives and units that were/are to be found exclusively on the Southern Region area of Britain's railways mainly towards the end of the 20th century. The book tends to concentrate on the Class 73 locomotives in particular, with every possible livery in existence included. There are also some Class 74's included, as well as photos of the Class 201 to 207 units. Each photograph has a short caption underneath giving details of the loco/unit in the photo and the date it was taken. It will be of interest to those railway enthusiasts who are fans of this area of Britain.
Read the full review [link=http://www.branchlinebritain.co.uk/index.php?page=dreviews]here[/link]
Branch Line Britain
A book worth having, primarily for the visual reference, and secondarily for the model-related sections.
A Question Of Scale, Seb Palmer
A book worth having, primarily for the visual reference, and secondarily for the model-related sections.
A Question Of Scale, Seb Palmer
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Locomotive Portraits
Whilst ever there have been railways there have been artists keen to paint them. Many famous names have included aspects of the railways in their paintings, including most notably Claude Monet and J M W Turner. This enthusiasm has been kept alive by the formation in the UK of the Guild of Railway Artists, of which there are over two hundred members… Read more...
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Thomas Telford
Thomas Telford's life was extraordinary: born in the Lowlands of Scotland, where his father worked as a shepherd, he ended his days as the most revered engineer in the world, known punningly as “The Colossus of Roads”. He was responsible for some of the great works of the age, such as the suspension bridge across the Menai Straits and the mighty… Read more...
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Flying Scotsman
From hauling the first non-stop express from London to Edinburgh in 1928 and breaking the 100mph barrier in 1934, to being sold in 1963, and to its final home at the York National Railway Centre, The Flying Scotsman has a rich and, at times, controversial history. It has travelled across the USA and steamed across Australia, changed owners and colour… Read more...
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Fred Dibnah
Mid-Cheshire based heritage transportation specialist photographer and feature writer Keith Langston travelled extensively with Fred Dibnah during the filming of his last TV series, 'Made in Britain.' Following Fred's untimely death, Keith embarked upon the creation of a book, drawing not only on his experiences with the Bolton born steeplejack and… Read more...
