16 books
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5 voters
Railway Books
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A Text Book Of Railway Engineering (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as railway)
avg rating 3.91 — 158 ratings — published
The Necropolis Railway (Jim Stringer, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as railway)
avg rating 3.11 — 979 ratings — published 2002
Red for Danger: The Classic History of British Railway Disasters (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as railway)
avg rating 4.32 — 121 ratings — published 1986
Eleven Minutes Late: A Train Journey to the Soul of Britain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as railway)
avg rating 3.73 — 332 ratings — published 2009
The Silver Locomotive Mystery (The Railway Detective #6)
by (shelved 4 times as railway)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,255 ratings — published 2009
British Rail: The Nations Railway (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as railway)
avg rating 3.78 — 41 ratings — published 2013
The Country Railway (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as railway)
avg rating 3.76 — 21 ratings — published 1976
Fire & Steam: How the Railways Transformed Britain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as railway)
avg rating 4.05 — 376 ratings — published 2008
The Locomotive Exchanges 1870-1948 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as railway)
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published
The Railway Children (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as railway)
avg rating 4.03 — 64,367 ratings — published 1906
The Little Engine That Could (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as railway)
avg rating 4.20 — 117,061 ratings — published 1930
British Railways in the 1970s and 80s (Shire Library)
by (shelved 3 times as railway)
avg rating 3.82 — 11 ratings — published 2013
Around India in 80 Trains (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as railway)
avg rating 3.51 — 2,812 ratings — published 2011
The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as railway)
avg rating 3.89 — 21,636 ratings — published 1975
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
by (shelved 3 times as railway)
avg rating 4.20 — 743,589 ratings — published 1934
Railway Adventure (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as railway)
avg rating 4.55 — 53 ratings — published 1971
The Paris Express (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as railway)
avg rating 3.28 — 12,532 ratings — published 2025
How the Railways Will Fix the Future: Rediscovering the Essential Brilliance of the Iron Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as railway)
avg rating 4.25 — 236 ratings — published
Strangers on a Train (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as railway)
avg rating 3.72 — 39,015 ratings — published 1950
Underground Overground: A Passenger's History of the Tube (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.83 — 588 ratings — published 2012
Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as railway)
avg rating 4.25 — 114 ratings — published
Trains: The Complete Book of Trains and Railways (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as railway)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
The Subterranean Railway (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as railway)
avg rating 3.93 — 641 ratings — published 2004
The Quintinshill Conspiracy: The Shocking True Story Behind Britain's Worst Rail Disaster (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as railway)
avg rating 3.70 — 47 ratings — published 2013
Canadian Railway Scenes (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as railway)
avg rating 3.67 — 3 ratings — published 1991
Wreck! Canada's Worst Railway Accidents (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as railway)
avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published 1997
The Stationmaster's Farewell (The Railway Detective #9)
by (shelved 2 times as railway)
avg rating 4.13 — 951 ratings — published 2012
The great days of Canadian steam: A Wentworth Folkins portfolio (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as railway)
avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 1988
The Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore: An Illustrated History of Railway Stations in Canada (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as railway)
avg rating 3.86 — 22 ratings — published 1991
Narrow Gauge Railways, Wales and the Western Front (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as railway)
avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published 1990
The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway, 1895-1935 (Oakwood library of history)
by (shelved 2 times as railway)
avg rating 3.50 — 2 ratings — published 1988
London Midland Fireman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as railway)
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 1972
The Duchesses: The Story of Britain's Ultimate Steam Locomotives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as railway)
avg rating 4.40 — 30 ratings — published 2009
Hydraulic Vs Electric: The Battle for the BR Diesel Fleet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as railway)
avg rating 4.50 — 4 ratings — published 2011
Memorabilia Collection British Steam (Focus on Series)
by (shelved 2 times as railway)
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published
Railway Signalling and Track Plans (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as railway)
avg rating 2.75 — 4 ratings — published 2007
The Railways: Nation, Network and People (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as railway)
avg rating 4.16 — 325 ratings — published 2015
Lambert's Railway Miscellany (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as railway)
avg rating 3.76 — 21 ratings — published 2010
Ticket to Ride: Around the World on 49 Unusual Train Journeys (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as railway)
avg rating 3.76 — 492 ratings — published 2016
Blood on the Line (The Railway Detective, #8)
by (shelved 2 times as railway)
avg rating 4.15 — 969 ratings — published 2011
Inter-City 125 Owners' Workshop Manual: High Speed Train (1972 onwards - all models) - An insight into the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the classic passenger train
by (shelved 2 times as railway)
avg rating 3.80 — 5 ratings — published
Railway to the Grave (The Railway Detective #7)
by (shelved 2 times as railway)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,087 ratings — published 2010
Murder on the Brighton Express (The Railway Detective #5)
by (shelved 2 times as railway)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,435 ratings — published 2007
The Iron Horse (The Railway Detective #4)
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avg rating 4.01 — 1,288 ratings — published 2007
Bradshaw’s Handbook (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 182 ratings — published 1861
LONDON UNDERGROUND STATIONS IN COLOUR FOR THE MODELLER AND HISTORIAN (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as railway)
avg rating 3.62 — 13 ratings — published 1951
Inspector Colbeck's Casebook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as railway)
avg rating 3.91 — 479 ratings — published 2014
Steel Across the Shield : Canada Moves West (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as railway)
avg rating 3.58 — 12 ratings — published 1992
The Little Red Caboose (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 18,829 ratings — published 1953
“Conversations were struck up between strangers, regular diners as well as infrequent customers, as if united by a sense of gratitude at the sheer unlikeliness of it all - a high achievement of industrial civilisation that deserved to remain for everyone, but which has now gone the way of the airship and the ocean liner. Much of the nostalgia concerning railways is partial, even false; not this.
[On British railway dining cars]”
― The Railways: Nation, Network and People
[On British railway dining cars]”
― The Railways: Nation, Network and People
“Sometimes, the Best Adventures are the Ones We can only Dream about.”
― Your Favorite Thomas the Tank Engine
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