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By the latter half of the nineteenth century industrial expansion had made Belfast the fastest growing town in the UK. Suburb after suburb sprang up to house the workers for new...
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Illustrated throughout with stunning photographs, this guide takes the reader on a tour of Britain's 100 best railway stations as seen by the author. Blending insight and authority...
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Ideal for any train-lover, this book tracks the development of trains and railways across the globe, as well as providing fascinating facts which are sure to keep you engrossed...
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Accompanying the six-part BBC 2 series, the six walks featured in this book follow the old tracks, overgrown cuttings and ancient viaducts which are the legacy of 'The Beeching...
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All civilisations have faced the challenges and dangers of trading by sea: storms, bad weather, and the hazards of cliffs, headlands, reefs and sandbanks, threatening their safe...
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This fascinating little book chronicling the last months of steam on the British Railways main line is a tribute to those final men and machines. Years of painstaking research...
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Little Book of Steam tells the evocative story of steam railways from the end of the 18th century, when an early pioneer built a small, three-wheeled steam-powered machine. Soon...
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Presented in chronological order the last locomotive class featured in this volume of 60 classic engines is the British Railways standard 2-10-0 9F freight class which included...
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Beautiful Co. Antrim is lucky enough to still have remnants of its railway network. Unfortunately, it is now only a shadow of its former self as is strikingly demonstrated in this...
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Although they now have only two railway lines left between them, Co. Down and Co. Armagh once had more than ten individual lines which are all featured in this invaluable history...
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Although Tyrone and Fermanagh both once had an extensive railway network, today nothing is left. The lines, stations and engines, all now gone, are recalled in this book which...
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The remote and beautiful county of Donegal provides the back-drop for this history of railway building and decline in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the retrospective...
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In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this area was characterised by rivalries between railway companies, often resulting in more than one railway station, each under different...
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Included here are letter, postcards, diary entries and memoirs which were written before, during and immediately after the maiden voyage itself. A fasinating look at the tragic...
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Covering the old counties of Pembrokeshire, Cardiganshire and Montgomeryshire (now Dyfed and Powys) this book supplies fact, figures and vital statistics for the railways that...
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The Range Rover was introduced in 1970 and immediately turned the world of luxury cars on its head. Big, powerful and stylish, it was the first four-wheel drive car that was as...
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Harland and Wolff, the shipbuilder to the world, enjoyed a mighty heyday before crashing into obscurity. This illustrated book chronicles the history of Harland and Wolff from...
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Steam Railways have always captured the public's imagination, from the early 1800's through to their heyday in the 1920s and 1930s. This is the story of their development, the...
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An authoritative and highly illustrated guide to all aspects of the Titanic.
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It boasted libraries, palm trees, swimming pools, a 50-phone switchboard and was nearly as tall as the Eiffel Tower. No, she's not a skyscraper, she's the Titanic! To commemorate...
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This stunning interactive journal of a young boy explains the events of the time from a personal perspective, while at the same time showing facts, figures and detailed information...
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