Barrow Hill

Ben Jones

A first in-depth look at Britain's only operational roundhouse engine shed - a unique survivor that is not just preserving the past, but playing a significant role in the operation of the modern day railway.

Battle for Bluebell

Colin Tyson

Thirty-one plots of land to acquire; angry farmers, refusal of planning permission by just one vote; a Public Inquiry; the longest tunnel in preservation; safeguarding its interests on its promised site at East Grinstead; renovating a Grade II Listed 10-arch viaduct – and shifting 80,000 tonnes of East Grinstead town’s rubbish out of a deep cutting…

Beating Beeching

Robin Jones

The 50th anniversary of the famous report by British Railways chairman Dr Richard Beeching which announced the closure of thousands of miles of loss making branch lines and cross-country routes has seen many books appear highlighting the public opposition and the mistakes that were made.

Beeching 55 Years of the Axeman

Robin Jones

Described as the most hated civil servant in Britain, it was half a century ago that Dr Richard Beeching was appointed as chairman of British Railways with one key directive - to cut the soaring losses.

Beeching The Inside Track

Robin Jones

Described as the most hated civil servant in Britain, it was half a century ago that Dr Richard Beeching was appointed as chairman of British Railways with one key directive - to cut the soaring losses.

The Best of Railway Magazine, Volume 2

Chris Milner

Editor of Britain's top-selling rail title The Railway Magazine , is a further selection of reprints of previously published features that cover a wide range of subjects, both British and foreign, but are presented in a revised style and in many cases with a previously unpublished photograph.

Features include:

Britain's New Trains

Ben Jones

With almost 7000 new vehicles now being delivered or on order, worth billions of pounds, Britain’s train fleet will change beyond recognition over the next three years. It can be difficult to keep track of everything that’s happening and who has ordered what, but this guide will introduce Britain’s new train fleets.

Britain's Railway Disasters

Robin Jones

This is the story of how Britain’s railway disasters, horrific though they may be, change the network for the better through the crucial lessons that are learned. It starts with fatalities on early mining tramways before the dawn of the steam age and takes the story up to the present day.

Britain's Weirdest Railways

An amazing journey along the most unusual railways ever built in Britain. Heritage Railway editor Robin Jones has combed the British Isles to find the country’s weirdest railways, and presented the strangest of them in one volume.

British Railways After Steam - 1968 - 2008

Gavin Morrison

After all the events and publicity in the media over the last 12 months, connected to the 40 years since the end of steam on British Railways, I was delighted to be given the opportunity to put this book together, showing how the railways have changed in the 40 years since 1968, with particular emphasis on the 1980s and 1990s.

British Railways Modernisation to Privatisation

Brian Sharpe

While enthusiasm for the great days of steam shows no sign of waning , those days ended more than 40 years ago, and the era that followed it on Britain 's railways is now all but over as well - the era of the diesel (or electric) hauled train.

Great British Railway Firsts

Robin Jones

The invention of the world’s first self-propelled railway locomotive in the form of Cornishman Richard Trevithick’s steam engine proved to be a seminal moment in world history, as the concept not only revolutionised public transport but shrank the globe. Britain led the world in railway technology.

Mallard - The Magnificent Six

Robin Jones

This bookazine following on from the bestselling Mallard 75, and chronicles a year of spectacular celebrations marking the 75th anniversary of LNER Gresley A4 streamlined Pacific No. 4468 Mallard’s 126mph world steam speed record, and featuring Dwight D.

The Best of Railway Magazine, Volume 1

Chris Milner

The Railway Magazine editor, Chris Milner has compiled and launched this volume which contains reprints of more than 25 past features covering the first 100 years of the Railway Magazine, covering a diverse range of railway subjects with a good geographical spread of the UK.

Tornado

Robin Jones

Officially endorsed by the A1 Steam locomotive trust, the Tornado bookazine is the official account of the building of Britain's first main line steam locomotive for 50 years, how it took a team of volunteers 18 years to raise more than £2-million to build it and its international headline-grabbing debut on the main line, with a royal visit thrown in for good measure.

World's Fastest Steam Railway

Robin Jones

London King's Cross To Edinburgh Waverley - The route of the 'Flying Scotsman'. The bookazine tells the story of the East Coast Main Line, the great British trunk route which links London king’s Cross to Leeds and Edinburgh, and which produced the fastest steam locomotives in the world.