NZR's Rebuilt G Class by Jonathan Shingelton
$53.00 NZD
Category: Railway & Trains
From author Jonathan Shingleton, who brought us Alpine Thunder, the renowned book on the KB class, Jonathan brings us a well-researched and interesting account of NZR’s rebuilt three-cylinder G class. In attempt to make something useful of the ill-fated Garratts, NZR used the chassis of the three Garra ...Show more
Steam Trains Today: Journeys Along Britain's Heritage Railways by Andrew Martin
$39.99 NZD
Category: Railway & Trains
A delightfully warm exploration of a very British obsession.
Greatest British Railway Journeys by Freemantle (Mi Portillo)
$49.99 NZD
Category: Railway & Trains
It is now over a decade since the much-loved Great British Railway Journeys series set off on its incredible run discovering the cultural, social and engineering landscape of the United Kingdom through the prism of George Bradshaw's Handbook to rail travel. Veteran politician and ex cabinet minister Mic ...Show more
Steam Trails Life Viewed from the Guards Van by Norman Junge
$47.00 NZD
Category: Railway & Trains
Here’s a fresh account of life on New Zealand Railways. Most crew stories have been written from the front of the train, but the guard at the back of the train had a completely different view of the world and the things that occurred on the railway. Norman Junge was a guard on the Midland Line from 1947 ...Show more
Hill Railways of the Indian Subcontinent by Richard Wallace
$79.99 NZD
Category: Railway & Trains
Hill Railways of the Indian Subcontinent describes seven branch lines which climbed into the mountain ranges that span the length and breadth of the countries of India and Pakistan. Some - like the Darjeeling Himalayan - are well known, but others - like the Zhob Valley, Khyber Pass and Kangra Valle ...Show more
Can't Get There from Here: New Zealand Passenger Rail Since 1920 by Andre Brett
$65.00 NZD
Category: Railway & Trains
Urban passenger rail patronage in Auckland and Wellington is now booming after many years of decline. Outside these two centres, however, the situation is quite different: intercity and regional passenger rail services are scarce, and no other city possesses suburban rail. Can't Get There from Here tra ...Show more
British Rail by Christian Wolmar
$65.00 NZD
Category: Railway & Trains
Pre-order the authoritative and enthralling history of of the rise and fall of the state-owned British Rail.You think you know British Rail.From the sandwiches to the inefficiency to the violent yellow livery, we haven't looked kindly on this, the last of our great state-owned organizations to be privat ...Show more
On Tour for Steam - A Pictorial Railway Journey Across Britain in The 1960s by Howard Routledge
$79.99 NZD
Category: Railway & Trains
By the turn of the 1960s, steam traction on Britain's railways was within its last decade and for a group of young enthusiasts living in Carlisle, there was always the urge to travel to other parts of the country to photograph steam locomotives, which in most cases would never have appeared in there own ...Show more
Britain's Steam Locomotives: 100 of the Best, from Penydarren to Tornado by Julian Holland
$75.00 NZD
Category: Railway & Trains
It is more than 200 years since the world's first steam railway locomotive hauled its initial load of iron ore and passengers on a short, slow journey. From that time onwards, the evolution of the steam locomotive continued unabated through the 19th century and on into the 20th. Steam haulage on Britai ...Show more
Great Railway Journeys in Australia and New Zealand 3/e by David Bowden
$49.99 NZD
Category: Railway & Trains
Great Railway Journeys in New Zealand and Australia features an absorbing collection of 35 trips that highlight some of the most interesting, scenic and rewarding railway journeys in New Zealand and Australia. They include the renowned long-distance journeys, such as The Indian Pacific in Australia that ...Show more
Steam Traction on the Road - From Trevithick to Sentinel: 150 Years of Design and Development by Anthony Burton
$69.99 NZD
Category: Railway & Trains
This is the story of how for more than a hundred years steam power played a vital role in the development of road transport. It all began with tentative attempts to build steam carriages by pioneers such as Cugnot in France and Trevithick in Britain, and in the early part of the nineteenth century there ...Show more
Trains Unlimited in the 21st Century by Tim Fischer
$49.99 NZD
Category: Railway & Trains
ABC Local Radio's hugely successful podcast series The Great Train Show unearthed thousands of train enthusiasts across the country. Hosted by former deputy PM and renowned train obsessive Tim Fischer, the series covered such topics as the restoration of locomotives, childhood train memories, the import ...Show more