Vehicles, Bikes, Planes, Boats

A postcard box that presents 100 of the most significant, interesting and curious examples that the history of cycling has witnessed. Each postcard features essential information about the model, with key facts and technical specifications.

Profusely illustrated, detailed look at the world's most successful light aircraft.

The illustrated story of the GTO-and the birth of American muscle-those who designed it, marketed it, drove, and loved it.

Like movable type, the motor car, the aircraft and the Internet, the train revolutionised the way we negotiate the world. This visual history charts the development of the train around the globe, from the atmospheric age of steam, through the evolution of diesel and electric locomotives, right up to ...

The presidential plane wasn’t always known as Air Force One. FDR traveled in the Guess Where II, a transport version of the heavy bomber four-engine Liberator. Later presidential aircraft included the Dixie Clipper and Sacred Cow (FDR), Independence (Truman), Columbine I and II (Eisenhower), followed ...

How to Restore Your Farm Tractor includes all the details readers need to do a first-class job: hundreds of full-color photos, expert tips and techniques, and money-saving advice from restorers who know what works-and what doesn't.

Launched in 1945 and commissioned two years later, submarine HMS Alliance was built for service with the Royal Navy in the Far East. Alliance had a long and distinguished career of more than 28 years that took her all over the world. Today, Alliance is the centrepiece at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, ...

The classic Routemaster bus last plied a London bus route in 2005, but this indestructible vehicle is still everywhere, as a wedding bus or a ghost bus, a tea room or a puppet theatre, from Bermuda to Moscow. Now, in the latest Safe Haven field guide, Harry Rosehill catalogues all the multifarious uses of an ageless transport classic.

The story of this route throughout the steam era is covered in some detail. . The Birmingham & Derby Junction Railway which received Royal Assent in 1836 played an important part in north to west communications, linking with the North Midland Derby to Leeds; the Midland Counties Derby and Nottingham ...

At the outbreak of the Second World War the nine fighter squadrons then based in the county were ready and eager to meet the Luftwaffe and open another heroic chapter in the aviation history of Essex. This title is an account of the story of the county's involvement during the last war.

A fascinating collection of facts and rare photographs to shed new light on the history of the Eastern region railway

Presents the collection of author's editorials and other writings that contain useful advice, keen observations and, comments.

Concorde was the first commercially successful airliner capable of speeds greater than twice the speed of sound. A celebration of Concorde, this new edition looks in more detail at the French side of the story, and has been officially endorsed by British Airways.

Providing the reader with a clear insight into how man has progressed from the first dug-out canoe to the great ocean liners and modern warships of today, this title studies historical voyages, advancements in technology with special features on key sea battles that changed the course of history, including Trafalgar, the Spanish Armada and Jutland.

Transport of Delight is a true interdisciplinary work, and includes a thorough analytical assessment of the Los Angeles rail program, with a focus on the Long Beach Blue Line light rail-the first of the new projects to go ahead. En route, it shows that ridership forecasting for this project was not only ...

There can be few major bus companies that arose from such simple beginnings as those of United Counties. In 1913 a conductor and driver would hire a London General bus each Saturday and operate a town service in Wellingborough. From those humble origins emerged the Wellingborough Motor Omnibus Company, ...

A unique behind-the-scenes insight into the UK air ambulance services, the different models for their structure, how they are funded, organised and run, the helicopters used and the roles of crew members and support staff, with case studies of typical missions undertaken. A donation from each copy sold will be made to the Air Ambulances UK charity.

With photographs spanning c.1946 to c. 1962 and using the M25 motorway as a perimeter boundary, 250 photographs have been selected for inclusion, featuring the main-line railway stations belonging to the big four railway companies illustrating this last gasp of steam at the capital's termini and other intermediate halts.

US Naval Aviation has a rich history of special and commemorative markings and nose art that has not been documented until this book. The 100 year history of markings on US Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard aircraft is detailed in drawings, descriptive text, and over 350 photographs from archives, veterans, and the authors personal collections.