The heyday of the tram is a difficult period to identify, in numerical terms the number of trams reached their peak . some 14,000 in the mid 20's but even by that stagea number of smaller systems had fallen by the wayside. Alternatively the, 1930's witnessed a considerable investment in new lines and vehicles by a number of important operators - notably Sheffield, Liverpool, Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh and even London - whilst simultaneously the axe was wielded elsewhere. Even in 1945 there were almost 7,000 trams in operation in Britain and a large number of towns and cities had no defined plans to abandon them.

The Heyday of the Tram

Waller, Peter

Ian Allan

The classic trams: 30 years of tramcar design 1920-1950

History

Europe

Ian Allen

<p>With full colour illustrations, this is a nostalgic look at the heyday of British tramcars. Each photograph is accompanied by descriptive and informative captions.</p>

The Heyday of the Tram: v. 2

Engineering & Transportation

Automotive

Ian Allan Publishing

From the Footplate: Eurostar: A Driver's Eye View of the Channel Tunnel

Transportation

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, responsible for the conservation and interpretation of the British national collection of historically significant railway vehicles and other artefacts. The Museum contains an unrivalled collection of locomotives, rolling stock, railway equipment, documents and records. While many of the exhibits are displayed at York, the NRM selected Shildon as a site to house the reserve collection of railway vehicles and establish a National Rail Collections Centre, and called the new site Locomotion. This ensures that historically important railway vehicles are held in secure and weather proof premises and moreover, are accessible to the public for the first time. Other exhibits which are deemed of national importance and are part of the Collection are also on display or working at other sites around the country. In this impressive new album over 85 stunning colour illustrations depict the great variety of locomotive which form the National Collection and are owned by the National Railway Museum. Whilst some of the views, particularly of the oldest exhibits, portray the locomotives in static condition, the vast majority record the locomotives in operation either before they were secured for preservation or under the aegis of the NRM. Detailed captions throughout provide the reader with a comprehensive history of each of the locomotives featured. Britain has always been proud to possess one of the world's greatest national collections of railway locomotives, covering the full history of traction from the earliest days of steam through to the most modern. This colourful exploration of the National Railway Museum's comprehensive collection will appeal to all those who have visited the museum and other sites which are home to exhibits, as well as all those wishing for a vivid pictorial tribute to Britain's spectacular railway and engineering heritage.

Locomotives From The National Collection

Military

Ian Allan Pub

Atlas of Railway Station Closures

Crecy Publishing Ltd.

German Trams In Colour 1955-1975

Engineering

Unique Publishing Services Ltd

<p>Hong Kong is one of the world s most exciting cities and its story is one of almost constant change. From a sleepy fishing community, Hong Kong now a Special Administrative Region of China following its return from Britain to China in July 1997 has grown into one of the most significant financial and trading centres of the world. Hong Kong Island itself has witnessed massive rebuilding over the years. The Kowloon peninsula and the New Territories have also experienced development, whilst the construction of the new airport saw the destruction of an entire island. Over the years photographers have recorded the changing face of Hong Kong its street scenes, buildings and people. This new book, drawing upon images from a wide range of sources (most of which are previously unpublished) provides a pictorial tribute to this lost Hong Kong. Once familiar, but now long-gone, scenes are recorded offering a tantalising glimpse into an era that in chronological terms may be relatively recent, but which today seems to be a distant age, given the astonishing rapidity of change over more than 100 years.</p>

Lost Hong Kong: A History in Pictures

Asia

Unique Books

Great Central: From Nationalisation to Rationalisation

Reference

European Steam In The 1960S

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