Can't Get There from Here: New Zealand Passenger Rail Since 1920 by Andre Brett
65.00 NZD
Category: Railways
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
A West Coast Engineman by Ian Tibbles
65.00 NZD
Category: Railways
Signing on at Greymouth's Elmer Lane depot in 1962, a young Ian Tibbles very quickly learnt the mysteries of "the dark shed". Graduating from labourer to cleaner and then fireman, his apprenticeship takes us on a journey about the West Coast in the 1960's, the golden age of steam. Starting on the wharf ...Show more
Railways by Christian Wolmar
33.00 NZD
Category: Railways | Series: The\Landmark Library
From Britain's most popular railway historian, a concise, authoritative and fast-paced telling of how the railways changed the world. The arrival of the railways in the first half of the nineteenth century and their subsequent spread across every one of the world's continents acted as a spur for economi ...Show more
London's Great Railway Stations by Benjamin Graham (By (photographer)); Oliver Green
70.00 NZD
Category: Railways
A lavish photographic history of the main railway stations of London for transport buffs and anyone interested in the rich history of London. London has more mainline railway stations than any other city in the world and many of them are amongst its grandest architectural monuments. Its earliest ter ...Show more
NZR's Rebuilt G Class by Jonathan Shingelton
53.00 NZD
Category: Railways
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
Cathedrals of Steam: How London's Great Stations Were Built - And How They Transformed the City by Christian Wolmar
25.00 NZD
Category: Railways
London hosts a dozen major railway stations, more than any comparable city. King's Cross, St Pancras, Euston, Marylebone, Paddington, Victoria, Charing Cross, Cannon Street, Waterloo, London Bridge, Liverpool Street and Fenchurch Street--these great termini are the hub of London's transport system and t ...Show more
Steam Trains Today: Journeys Along Britain's Heritage Railways by Andrew Martin
25.00 NZD
Category: Railways
A delightful exploration of a very British obsession.
The Kaikoura Job: Rebuilding KiwiRail's Main North Line by Rob Merrifield
46.00 NZD
Category: Railways
The sea-level mountain railway has a long story of dramatic moments and events. The men who completed it in the 1930s and 1940s always referred to it as 'The Kaikoura Job'. This is the story of the scenic coastal line, from its early beginnings through to the reconstruction efforts following the devasta ...Show more
The Times End of the Line by Julian Holland; Times Books
75.00 NZD
Category: Railways
Covering the period from 1948 to 1996, The Times End of the Line chronologically traces the history of more than 400 long forgotten railway lines, region by region, from their opening to closure and a few cases to reopening.For such a small country, Britain once possessed one of the most extensive rail ...Show more
It Doesn't Take a War: A Life Forever Changed by the Hyde Railway Crash by Elizabeth Coleman
30.00 NZD
Category: Railways
Elizabeth Coleman's father and eldest brother were killed in the Hyde railway disaster, another brother was injured, and the resources of their small community severely strained. From then on, life for Elizabeth and her family was forever changed.
The Train Book: The Definitive Visual History by DK
75.00 NZD
Category: Railways
This stunning book is a glorious celebration of all things train and track. Packed with stunning photography, The Train Book catalogues the development of trains from early steam to diesel engines and electric locomotives, explores in detail iconic trains such as the Palace on Wheels and the Orient Expr ...Show more
The Death Railway: The Personal Account of Lieutenant Colonel Kappe on the Thai-Burma Railroad by Charles Kappe
35.00 NZD
Category: Military
They had faced the indignity of surrender and the squalor of Changi prison, so the spirits of the British and American troops lifted when they were told that they would be transferred to another healthier location where conditions would be more benign and food far more abundant. A total of 7,000 men, ap ...Show more