The Book Company: New Products - Railroads

Railway Stations in Warwickshire

Sat, 08 Aug 2026 14:22:33 +0000

There are twenty-four railway stations in Warwickshire and these comprise the full range from busy town-centre main-line stations to quiet rural branch-line halts. The oldest stations date back to the early years of Victorian railway building, through stations closed and reopened to new station..

Price: $25.99

40 Years of Class 90 Locomotives

Sat, 08 Aug 2026 14:21:09 +0000

The latest Amberley rail title
Well-respected rail author
Celebrating forty years of this class in service

Price: $25.99

Loco Motion (The World's Oldest Steam Locomotives)

Sat, 08 Aug 2026 13:57:51 +0000

The steam locomotive is a machine that has inspired imagination, innovation and invention from the time of its origination and continues to evoke passion in enthusiasts today. Here Michael R. Bailey, expertly and in fascinating detail, describes the development of the steam loc..

Price: $39.95

The Frustrated Commuter's Companion (A Survival Guide for the Bored and Desperate)

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 04:08:25 +0000

The perfect stocking filler for frustrated commuters everywhere!

Commuting is hell -- this is your survival guide

Delays, price rises, leaves on the line, rail replacement bus services, snowflakes, sunshine, rain, the list of excuses is endless. Fo..

Price: $19.95

Felix the Railway Cat

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 06:02:21 +0000

It will make you laugh and it will make you cry: Felix The Railway Cat is the extraordinary tale of a close-knit community and its amazing bond with a very special cat.

When Felix arrived at Yorkshire's Huddersfield Train Station as an eight-week-old kitten, n..

Price: $21.99

The Trains Now Departed (Sixteen Excursions into the Lost Delights of Britain's Railways)

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:06:51 +0000

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—we..

Price: $19.95

L'âge de fer (La ferroviarisation de la société québécoise au XIXe siècle (1832-1886))

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:12:48 +0000

En juillet 1836 le premier chemin de fer canadien est inauguré avec faste entre La Prairie et Saint-Jean, dans la région montréalaise. Au cours des décennies suivantes, cette technologie nouvelle s’enracine dans la vie des populations québécoises, qu’elle modifie peu à peu.

C’est ce proc..

Price: $49.95

An Inspector Recalls (Memoirs of a Railway Detective)

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:39:43 +0000

Born in inner-city Birmingham, from an ‘impeccable working class pedigree’, Graham Satchwell was diagnosed with a serious illness at age 7 – a condition which should have barred his entry to the police force. Forty-two years later, he was Britain’s senior-most railway detective. In a career that e..

Price: $37.95

Last Train from Damascus (A Journey Along the Hejaz Railway)

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:23:48 +0000

An unforgettable journey through the Middle East that follows the history of the miraculous and promise-filled Hejaz Railway.

Just over a century ago, it was possible to leave Damascus by train and head south, into the desert, towards the holy city of Medina. The laying of 800 miles ..

Price: $29.95

Dreams in Blue (Railways and Social Change on the Clyde)

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:54:20 +0000

Step aboard a journey through time, where steel tracks carry not just trains, but the hopes of a nation rebuilding itself. Dreams in Blue is a beautifully illustrated social history of post-war Glasgow, tracing the transformation of the city and its people from the hardships of wartime aust..

Price: $30.00