33,165円 This book provides an overview and assessment of the security risks, both manmade and natural, facing the railways and rail networks. Railroads face significant threats from disasters, but with situational awareness and coordinated effort these can often be substantially minimized. Transportation...

1,760円 Vollmann is a relentlessly curious, endlessly sensitive, and unequivocally adventurous examiner of human existence. He has investigated the causes and symptoms of humanity's obsession with violence ( Rising Up and Rising Down), taken a personal look into the hearts and minds of the world's poores...

1,723円 An epic journey from New Zealand to Spain, celebrating the enduring romance of travel by train. The journey ofThe Antipodean Express takes in 89 days of travel, on 33 trains, through 19 countries. It begins in New Zealand's North Island, weaves past the volcanoes of Java, through East Asia and on...

5,400円 Dieses fachbiographische Fotobuch zeichnet den Weg von Wilfried Kohlmeier ins Eisenbahnhobby nach. In reich bebilderten Kapiteln werden seine schönsten Aufnahmen vom Dampfbetrieb in Deutschland, Westeuropa und Amerika gezeigt. Die Bilder sind ab 1961 über sechs Jahrzehnte auf ausgedehnten Fototou...

3,600円 Auf 14 Zahnradbahnen in Europa können auch heute noch Dampfloks im Einsatz erlebt werden: in Großbritannien, Österreich, der Schweiz, der Slowakei und in Griechenland. Der Autor porträtiert alle Strecken und die zur Verfügung stehenden Dampflokomotiven. Historische Aufnahmen ergänzen die aktuelle...

1,564円 Written by former Deputy Prime Minister, The Honourable Tim Fischer, Steam Australia paints a fascinating picture of Australian steam transportation over ten vital decades of transformation; from two world wars, to changes in leadership and even a visit from the Queen, the century of steam locomo...

2,312円 A visual history of high-speed trains Hop aboard this fascinating journey through the early days of railway trains to the modern day superfast Maglevs which can reach speeds of 600km/h. Exquisitely illustrated with hundreds of photos, both archival and modern, the book is a visual feast for anyon...

10円 This is the second book by Martin Jenkins and Charles Roberts, about transport in the Isle of Man.The first volume covered the railway network, where as this new volume covers all other forms, road, rail, sea and air operations.The book is illustrated, using previously unpublished rare early colo...

2,642円 A guide for modeling Victorian architecture, inspired by a community restoration project. Euston Station was the first intercity railway gateway for London and with the famed Doric Arch became a major landmark of that city. Initially built for the London and Birmingham Railway, it became the term...

4,451円 'A lifetime of railway love distilled into a most beautiful volume' Lucy Worsley A deliciously serendipitous, lavishly illustrated ride through two centuries of locomotion - The Sunday Times, Book of the Week 'The most attractive, comprehensive and easily digestible history of the oldest railway ...

2,642円 The Great Eastern Railway's history from its formation in 1862 to 1924, detailing its expansion, infrastructure developments, and strategic alliances and challenges. This is the second volume of the history of the Great Eastern Railway from 1811 to 1924. This volume covers from 1862 when the Grea...

993円 My British Rail Life focuses on the nationalised rail industry. From leaving school in1975, to the date of privatisation, 1 April 1994, Colin Varney fashions a recollection, which is anhonest and humorous record of his experiences growing up as a British Rail employee.Starting at Southampton Cent...