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.
We've got a dedicated Facebook and Twitter page where you get the latest news and updates from Pen & Sword Transport.
"This volume gives a good overview of the modern railway scene in the West Highlands."
The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society, The Railway Observer - December 2023, Volume 93
"This volume gives a good overview of the modern railway scene in the West Highlands."
The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society, The Railway Observer - December 2023, Volume 93
As featured
Welsh Railways research Circle Newsletter no 177 for Spring 2024
As featured
Welsh Railways research Circle Newsletter no 177 for Spring 2024
As featured
Buses Magazine - May 2024
As featured
Buses Magazine - May 2024
As featured
ASLEF Journal – The Magazine of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers & Firemen – April 2024
As featured
ASLEF Journal – The Magazine of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers & Firemen – April 2024
"This nicely presented book by Peter Johnson looks at this fascinated light railway which was part of Col. Holman Fred Stephens empire of light railways which he managed from his office at Tonbridge In Kent. The original days of the Potteries, Shrewbury & North Wales Railway are covered right through to the when the Shropshire & Montgomeryshire was opened on part of the old "Potts" line in 1911. Highly recommended."
Peter A. Harding - Branch Line & Light railway Publications.
"This nicely presented book by Peter Johnson looks at this fascinated light railway which was part of Col. Holman Fred Stephens empire of light railways which he managed from his office at Tonbridge In Kent. The original days of the Potteries, Shrewbury & North Wales Railway are covered right through to the when the Shropshire & Montgomeryshire was opened on part of the old "Potts" line in 1911. Highly recommended."
Peter A. Harding - Branch Line & Light railway Publications.
Not able to see the embed? You need Adobe Flash Player enabled.
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...
Not able to see the embed? You need Adobe Flash Player enabled.
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...
Not able to see the embed? You need Adobe Flash Player enabled.
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...