Throughout the early twentieth century, railroad safety steadily improved across the United States. But by the 1960s, American railroads had fallen apart, the result of a regulatory straightjacket that eroded profitability and undermined safety. Collisions, derailments, worker fatalities, and grade crossing mishaps skyrocketed, while hazmat disasters exploded into newspaper headlines.

• Publication date ‏ : ‎ 16 Mar. 2018
• Condition : Fine
• Hardback
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1421424150
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1421424156
• Item weight ‏ : ‎ 708 g
• CCT Stock : 44784

The Blue Diesel years covered in this book started in 1964 when British Railways steam still had another four years to go. The blue – in a slightly lighter shade than that which became standard – first appeared on a demonstration train of new Mk1 coaches with a repainted Brush Type 4 loco.

• Condition : V. Good
• Publication date ‏ : ‎ 24 Mar. 2015
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1857944356
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1857944358
• Weight : 152g
• CCT Stock : 44696

• Condition : V. Good
• Publication date ‏ : ‎ 24 July 2014
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1857944305
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1857944303
• Weight : 62g
• CCT Stock : 44684

• This book was privately published and so has no ISBN.
• Condition : Good – Dirty corners of leaves
• Softback
• Publication Date : April 2017
• CCT Stock : 44763

SOMETIMES you come across a lofty railway viaduct, marooned in the middle of a remote country landscape. Or a crumbling platform from some once-bustling junction buried under the buddleia. If you are lucky you might be able to follow some rusting tracks, or explore an old tunnel leading to…well, who knows where? Listen hard. Is that the wind in the undergrowth? Or the spectre of a train from a golden era of the past panting up the embankment?

The railway lines of the West Highlands of Scotland are famous the world over for their illustrious history and unparalleled scenic beauty. Linking Glasgow with Oban, Fort William and Mallaig, the lines managed to survive the axe of Dr Beeching, whose infamous report forced the closure of almost a third of Britain’s railways in the 1960s.

• Condition : Good
• Pub : 1 May 2014
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0752497065
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0752497068
• Weight : 408g
• CCT Stock : 44632