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Fire & Steam: How the Railways Transformed Britain (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 380 ratings — published 2008
Blood, Iron and Gold (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as railways)
avg rating 3.78 — 428 ratings — published 2009
The Railways: Nation, Network and People (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as railways)
avg rating 4.15 — 330 ratings — published 2015
Belles and Whistles: Five Journeys Through Time on Britain's Trains (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as railways)
avg rating 3.92 — 138 ratings — published 2014
The Subterranean Railway (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as railways)
avg rating 3.93 — 657 ratings — published 2004
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as railways)
avg rating 4.06 — 7,605 ratings — published 2008
To The Edge Of The World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as railways)
avg rating 3.86 — 464 ratings — published 2013
The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as railways)
avg rating 3.89 — 21,994 ratings — published 1975
Exploring Britain's Lost Railways (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as railways)
avg rating 4.07 — 28 ratings — published 2013
Britain's Scenic Railways: Exploring the Country by Rail from Cornwall to the Highlands (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as railways)
avg rating 4.14 — 7 ratings — published 2012
Mapping the Railways: The journey of Britain’s railways through Maps from 1819 to the present day (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as railways)
avg rating 4.03 — 33 ratings — published 2011
Railways and The Raj: How the Age of Steam Transformed India (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as railways)
avg rating 4.04 — 169 ratings — published 2017
Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as railways)
avg rating 4.24 — 116 ratings — published
Steaming to Victory: How Britain's Railways Won the War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as railways)
avg rating 4.09 — 53 ratings — published 2013
On the Wrong Line : How Ideology and Incompetence Wrecked Britain's Railways (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as railways)
avg rating 4.12 — 59 ratings — published 2005
Eleven Minutes Late: A Train Journey to the Soul of Britain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as railways)
avg rating 3.71 — 342 ratings — published 2009
On the Slow Train: Twelve Great British Railway Journeys (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as railways)
avg rating 3.83 — 199 ratings — published 2010
All Change!: Visiting the Byways of Britain's Railway Network (Aa Illustrated Reference)
by (shelved 5 times as railways)
avg rating 4.09 — 23 ratings — published 2005
Branch Line Britain: A Nostalgic Journey Celebrating a Golden Age (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as railways)
avg rating 4.09 — 11 ratings — published 2004
The Necropolis Railway (Jim Stringer, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as railways)
avg rating 3.11 — 995 ratings — published 2002
Moonlight Express: Around the World By Night Train (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as railways)
avg rating 3.90 — 690 ratings — published 2025
Ticket to Ride: Around the World on 49 Unusual Train Journeys (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as railways)
avg rating 3.77 — 525 ratings — published 2016
Great British Railway Journeys (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as railways)
avg rating 4.07 — 81 ratings — published 2011
Tickets Please! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as railways)
avg rating 4.38 — 13 ratings — published 2006
Flying Scotsman: The Extraordinary Story of the World's Most Famous Train (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as railways)
avg rating 4.22 — 72 ratings — published 2007
Along Lost Lines (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as railways)
avg rating 4.00 — 19 ratings — published 2007
Night Trains: The Rise and Fall of the Sleeper (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as railways)
avg rating 3.68 — 400 ratings — published
The Southern Handbook: The Southern Railway 1923-1947 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as railways)
avg rating 4.33 — 9 ratings — published 2003
The Trains Now Departed: Sixteen Excursions into the Lost Delights of Britain's Railways (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as railways)
avg rating 3.98 — 148 ratings — published 2015
Engines of War: How Wars Were Won & Lost on the Railways (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as railways)
avg rating 3.68 — 138 ratings — published 2010
The Great Railroad Revolution: The History of Trains in America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as railways)
avg rating 4.00 — 689 ratings — published 2012
Underground Overground: A Passenger's History of the Tube (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as railways)
avg rating 3.83 — 602 ratings — published 2012
Mr Beck's Underground Map (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as railways)
avg rating 4.00 — 69 ratings — published 1994
The Railway Viaduct (The Railway Detective, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as railways)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,598 ratings — published 2006
The Excursion Train (The Railway Detective #2)
by (shelved 4 times as railways)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,903 ratings — published 2005
The Railway Detective (The Railway Detective, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as railways)
avg rating 3.75 — 3,675 ratings — published 2004
To the Sea by Train (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as railways)
avg rating 3.89 — 99 ratings — published
Steam Trains Today: Journeys Along Britain’s Heritage Railways (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as railways)
avg rating 3.95 — 56 ratings — published
Great Continental Railway Journeys (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as railways)
avg rating 3.57 — 77 ratings — published 2015
An Illustrated History of British Railways'' Workshops: Locomotive, Carriage, and Wagon Building and Maintenance, from 1825 to the Present Day (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as railways)
avg rating 4.20 — 5 ratings — published 1995
Maunsell locomotives: A pictorial history (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as railways)
avg rating 4.33 — 3 ratings — published
The World Encyclopedia of Locomotives: A Complete Guide to the World's Most Fabulous Locomotives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as railways)
avg rating 3.71 — 17 ratings — published 2000
A Brief History of the Age of Steam (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as railways)
avg rating 3.34 — 98 ratings — published 2007
Discovering Britain's Lost Railways (Aa Illustrated Reference Books S.)
by (shelved 3 times as railways)
avg rating 3.86 — 14 ratings — published 1999
Britain from the Rails: A Window Gazer's Guide (Bradt Rail Guides)
by (shelved 3 times as railways)
avg rating 3.84 — 31 ratings — published 2009
Classic British Steam Locomotives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as railways)
avg rating 4.12 — 8 ratings — published 2000
Around the World in 80 Trains: A 45,000-Mile Adventure (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as railways)
avg rating 3.78 — 6,386 ratings — published 2019
The LNER Handbook: The London and North Eastern Railway 1923-47 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as railways)
avg rating 4.71 — 14 ratings — published 2011
BRITISH STEAM RAILWAYS (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as railways)
avg rating 3.67 — 9 ratings — published 2002
“Don't you think it's rather nice to think that we're in a book that God's writing? If I were writing a book, I might make mistakes. But God knows how to make the story end just right--in the way that's best for us.”
― The Railway Children
― The Railway Children
“It is perhaps not superfluous to point out here that throughout the 1830s and 1840s travel was still for the most part an activity for the rich or the adventurous. Most transportation on the European continent was by ship or mail coach, and it was time-consuming, expensive, and uncomfortable. Not until the emergence of the train did travel become an activity for the middle and lower middle class. Yet the railroads were still in their infancy under the July Monarchy. The first passenger railway was not built until 1837, and by 1840 only 433 kilometers of rail had been laid down. Then railroad building picked up speed; by 1848, 1,592 kilometers of rail lines were in use while 2,144 more were under construction. The railroads were to encourage yet a new kind of travel publication, the railroad guide or itinerary, which described and illustrated (in wood engravings or lithographs) the major sights along a particular line. However, this new type of publication, though it originated during the July Monarchy, did not become widespread until the Second Empire.”
― The Art of the July Monarchy: France, 1830 to 1848
― The Art of the July Monarchy: France, 1830 to 1848
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