Vehicles, Bikes, Planes, Boats

Up until the 20th century warfare was fought on the battlefield; it rarely impacted on the civilian population, unless as with Paris in 1870/71 a major city was under siege. All this changed with the development of aircraft; suddenly there was an additional dimension to warfare. World War 1 saw the first ...

Journey your way through Britain with over 100 brainteasers, conundrums and train-related tests

Railway dictionary

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Examining the development of public transport in London during the 1930s, Michael H.C. Baker recalls the founding of the London Passenger Transport Board, the introduction of trolleybuses, the expansion of the underground and the launch of the enduring RT-type bus.

This is an entertaining narrative revealing the life and times of those who worked and travelled on London's trams.

This book comprehensively tells the story behind London's famous red buses.

In the early 1800s, Ayrshire was already established as a prosperous, mainly rural agricultural county. The realization that there was abundant coal and (to a lesser extent) iron ore deposits to be exploited, together with the coming of the Industrial Revolution, rendered the area wide open to the 'railway ...

The name 'Metropolitan Line' was one of several adopted in early July 1933 by the newly formed London Passenger Transport Board. At that time line names tended to reflect historical ownership, so it is no surprise to find the name 'Metropolitan Line' representing the bulk of the services hitherto operated ...

A history of the Metropolitan Line

The forgotten story of Britain's own Hindenburg disaster.

A wide coverage of the subject of the devlopment and evolution of technology and engineering.

A comprehensive study of the world's transporter bridges.

Throughout history, the visibility of airborne objects from the ground has made for a spectacle of flight, with sizeable crowds gathering for eighteenth-century balloon launches and early twentieth-century air shows. Taking to the Air tells the history of flight through the eye of the spectator, and later, the passenger.