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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As featured
Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine - October 2024
As featured
Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine - October 2024
As seen in
Classic Car Weekly
As seen in
Classic Car Weekly
"This splendid collection shows the rich diversity of Britain's railways and how the different companies and their engineers produced engines of great individuality."
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Glamorgan Star - Thursday 22nd August 2024
"This splendid collection shows the rich diversity of Britain's railways and how the different companies and their engineers produced engines of great individuality."
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Glamorgan Star - Thursday 22nd August 2024
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Buses Magazine - September 2024
As reviewed by
Buses Magazine - September 2024
"...overall this is an interesting work, filling a gap in railway literature. With an excellent cover picture of Sevenoaks Tunnel it is also an attractive volume."
Friends of the National Railway Museum Review - Summer 2024
"...overall this is an interesting work, filling a gap in railway literature. With an excellent cover picture of Sevenoaks Tunnel it is also an attractive volume."
Friends of the National Railway Museum Review - Summer 2024
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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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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...