Motor

A personal photography journey capturing the beauty and eerie tranquillity of an empty London Underground

Instant acceleration, no noise, no grease and no pollution. The Current features the most radical vehicles and pioneers of the electric revolution. Fast. Silent. Radical. And wildly fun. The future of vehicles is looking bright. Cutting edge design, vigorous acceleration and post fossil energy are a green utopia within reach. The new wave of electric motorcycles, bicycles, and hybrids drives our way into sustainability while enhancing all the fun. The Current: New Wheels for the Post-Petrol Age explores this shift towards eco-friendly riding by profiling the pioneers in the field. Engineering and custom design, classic brands, and new projects, two or three wheelers but also cars: this book is the roadmap to driving now and driving differently. The future of mobility is electric - it could be our most thrilling ride yet!

Little SS Nomadic had a long career and mighty history: immortalized as the tender that carried first and second class passengers to board RMS Titanic

The London Midland Region covered a huge part of England from London to the north and north west, from the Scottish borders into the south west. It served huge metropolitan cities and towns and supported heavy industry. This is an essential guide to creating your own model based on the London Midland Region of the British Railways era.

From Max Friz's R32 of 1923, until the K1600 Grand America 95 years later, every BMW motorcycle has been unique, and many have incorporated unconventional technical solutions. But the road hasn't always been smooth and BMW has survived many ups and downs.

The history of Ford's first American-designed and built subcompacts. Following the Mustang II and Pinto through a challenging decade, as they competed with domestic and imported rivals in the showroom, and on the racetrack. This book examines icons of the custom car and racing scene, as Ford took Total Performance into a new era.

Providing you with "The Knowledge" about every driver and car to take part in Formula 1 since 1950, this book contains all the facts and figures you could ever want to know. Along with amusing anecdotes, there's a run-down of regulations over the years, the history of qualifying formats, and race results tables, plus an extensive photo section.

Thompson Speedway was constructed in 1940, a five-eighth-mile banked oval track, dubbed "The Indianapolis of the East." These two volumes tell the story of the ground-breaking racetrack and, as far as possible, detail the drivers and cars that participated in the races

Deus Swank Rally is an international event, bizarre, eccentric and highly amusing. A selection of pictures from the international motorbike event where riders can have fun with style.

11August 1968 was a significant day in the lives of railway enthusiasts and indeed railway workers. This was the day that was to see the end of standard-gauge steam on the British Rail network. The famous `15 Guinea Special', organised by BR, was certainly intended to be the last steam-hauled passenger train on the national network.

The aim of this series is to appeal to readers of all ages, perhaps for different reasons... In this volume: We travel back to the year 1977, as ever an eventful year, that included:

The aim of this series is to appeal to readers of all ages, perhaps for different reasons... In this volume: We travel all the way back to the year 1956

InThe aim of this series is to appeal to readers of all ages, perhaps for different reasons... For the younger reader there are wonderful pictures of trains, real trains. There will, for example, be tank engines, steam engines, electric trains and multiple units and many more varieties besides!

The aim of this series is to appeal to readers of all ages, perhaps for different reasons... In this volume: We travel back to the year 1976 with its famous heatwave

Like so many youngsters in the 1950s and 1960s Alan Clarke was a keen railway enthusiast and spnt a number of years out and about with his ABC Combined Volume and his camera at various rail related locations up and down the country.

This is a fascinating mixture of historical, personal and engineering insights into the life and work of Thomas Telford and a modern guide to the Llangollen Canal and Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.

Utilising a wealth of previously unpublished images, local bus enthusiast David Moth looks at how East Anglia's buses have changed since 1990.

Captain Marendaz, pilot with the RFC, was a controversial manufacturer of record-breaking sports cars and aircraft between the wars, his cars being driven by Kaye Don, Gwenda Stewart and the parents of Stirling Moss. He was detained by the Government under 18B Regulations in 1940, later emigrating to South Africa for a number of years.

As head of Pierce-Arrow in its formative years, Colonel Charles Clifton played a significant role in the development of a venerated automobile manufacturer. This biography covers Charles Clifton's role in the earliest conflicts and achievements of the American automobile industry and the growth of the Pierce-Arrow company.

The Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co., today P&O Cruises, has been taking passengers all over the world since 1837. Join the author on a world cruise. Find out how world travel has changed, and, in some cases, has not. Using extracts from old diaries, guide books and accounts, the writer compares cruising today with yesteryear.

In its heyday a journey over the Ruabon to Barmouth line was officially described by the Great Western Railway as being `a country rich in mountain streams, wild woods and wide far views, unbeaten in any part of Wales.' This book explores the communities the railway served, the characters involved and the reasons behind its construction.

The British Lighthouse Trail is the only book of its kind to provide a comprehensive listing of all lighthouses in Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and Channel Islands accompanied by practical advice on how to reach them.