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Luxury train travel - Pullman style - was a feature of the railways until the 1970s and in the south several regular services bore the name Pullman. One, the ''Bournemouth Belle'' was destined to become the last regular steam hauled train of its type to operate. As the name implies the service served the Dorset town, running a daily service each way from Waterloo. This was also an all-Pullman train with no ordinary coaches where smartly dressed stewards would welcome the passengers, show them to their seats with aplomb and no doubt also hope for the occasional gratuity. To travel on the service an additional supplementary fare applied whilst meals were similarly extra. On the basis of the additional cost alone it might be thought the service would hardly survive but far from it, and apart from an interruption due to war, the train operated daily from the 1930s until the end of steam in the south in July 1967. Packed with fascinating facts and a plethora of images we see the service at its peak and in its decline and well as recording its passage throughout the route from Waterloo to Bournemouth and return.

Great Western Goods Train Working is a truly remarkable book providing - for the first time - a comprehensive guide as to how that most important of commodities ''goods'' were handled, marshalled, and moved by rail from despatch to destination.  Railways including the Great Western were founded upon the basis of goods movement - passengers would come later - which goes to explain why the GWR Goods Manager was for many years senior to even the Chief Mechanical Engineer, because the Goods Department brought in more revenue! In this all new book rolling stock is depicted for the first time in the context of how it was used, the train formations and where and how freight services operated.  The culmination of several decades of painstaking research this complex and detailed subject is split into two volumes both rightly deserving a place on the bookshelf of the enthusiast and historian.

In 1870 the Dingwall and Skye Railway was the first line, north of Glasgow, to reach the west coast of Scotland and is still the most northerly. Initially running to Stromeferry on Loch Carron, in 1897 it was extended to the Kyle of Lochalsh, opposite the Isle of Skye and at over 63 miles it is the longest branch line in Great Britain. Threatened with closure during the Beeching era, it was reprieved by the traffic generated in connection with the construction of a concrete platform for the off-shore oil industry. Vigorous campaigning by local government and the community has secured its ongoing operation providing one of the most dramatic and picturesque rail journeys in the country.With over sixty years of personal experience of the line, Peter Tatlow describes the difficulties of construction through mountainous terrain and along rocky coasts, the challenges of rival and competitive schemes, and the operation of the line over the years; together with a look at the short branch line to the spa village of Strathpeffer. A comprehensive MUST READ for all railway historians & enthusiats

A celebration of Gresley's A4 Pacific locomotives, including Mallard, holder of the world speed record for a steam locomotive.

Supplementing the quarterly ''Southern Way'' series, the ''Southern Way Special'' books are published approximately annually to supplement the series and expand on the most popular themes. The latest addition to the ''Southern Way Special'' series is No.13 and appropriately it deals with railway accidents and incidents - a subject that continues to enthral local historians as well as railway enthusiasts, historians and modellers. Illustrations and descriptions of what went wrong lean heavily towards the South Eastern lines and David Monk-Steele, a former BR Manager, combines a comprehensive and varied collection of images with informative text to provide an real insight into this absorbing subject. Looking mainly, but not exclusively, at railway accidents and incidents which occurred during the British Railways period; ''Southern Way Special No.13'' looks set to repeat the ongoing success and popularity of both the ''Southern Way'' and ''Southern Way Special'' series.

The name of Tony Atkins will need no introduction to followers of the Great Western Railway. In Part 2 of this monumental work on Great Western Goods working, the story is taken forward starting with 20th Century goods train on the GWR working to the various types of special traffic handled. This heavily illustrated volume looks at perishable traffic: flowers, fruit and vegetables, banana workings, as well as livestock, refrigerated and fish traffic. There are also sections on dangerous goods and exceptional loads, the movement of the latter often requiring considerable planning to avoid structures and other trains from a load which was outside the standard loading gauge. The culmination of several decades of painstaking research this complex and detailed subject is split into two volumes, both rightly deserving a place on the bookshelf of the enthusiast and historian.

The years of World War II saw the greatest single leap in US military aircraft technology and design, from the relatively fragile pre-war designs to the very edge of the supersonic era. Many remarkable aircraft came and went in quick succession with some missions and types disappearing altogether. Indeed, there were scores of little known or minimally documented aircraft projects that significantly advanced technology of aeronautics, propulsion, aircraft systems, avionics and weapons, while never achieving full-rate production and deployment. Focusing almost exclusively on official programs, experimental, prototype, limited production models and aircraft that actually entered development, American Aircraft Development of WWII, Special Types 1939-1945 opens with the "state of the art" designs at the beginning of the war, continuing on to the advances during the conflict itself. These so-called "special types" are far less widely known than fighter and bomber designs, but no less important, and include armed photo reconnaissance aircraft, catapult-launched seaplanes, autogyros, tactical haulers and armed drones. Other designs covered include "one-off" experimental aircraft, rocket boost, floats and skis added to landplanes, fighters with second seats assed for training, engine testbeds, "oddballs" experiments and more. Illustrated throughout with 3-view drawings and rare photographs, many little-known and unusual aircraft and missiles, American Aircraft Development of WWII, Specialty Types 1939-1945 tells the stories of engineering teams and test pilots struggling against short schedules and tight resources to develop new aircraft that pushed the bounds of technology. This book is a fitting testament to the epic and sometimes life-threatening accomplishments which were every bit as vital to the war effort as actual combat operations themselves.

Following the success of the author's first book on weathering locomotives, this is a new volume of modelling case studies based on a completely different set of steam, diesel and electric locomotives, including multiple-units

Robert Kershaw follows-up his best-selling account of the Battle of Arnhem from German eyes - It Never Snows in September - to focus on the experiences of the Dutch civilians and British and German soldiers in one street, fighting to survive at the heart of one of the most intense battles of World War 2. A Street in Arnhem tells the story of the battle of Arnhem in September 1944 from the perspective of what could be seen or heard from the Utrechtseweg, a road that runs seven kilometres from Arnhem railway station west to Oosterbeek, and which saw virtually every major event during Operation Market-Garden played out in front of its inhabitants.The book charts the heartbreaking destruction of a well established, exclusive and popular rural community through the eyes of the British, Polish and German soldiers fighting amid the confused and horrified Dutch locals. It portrays a collage of human fears and emotions as ordinary people seek to cope when their street was so suddenly, and so savagely, overwhelmed in a mighty battle not of their making. Robert Kershaw's new research reveals the extent to which most people in this battle, whether soldiers or civilians, saw only what was immediately happening to them and had virtually no idea of what was going on around them. Many original Dutch Dutch, German and English accounts have been unearthed through interviews, diary accounts and letters. Post combat reports have also been discovered charting the same incidents from both sides, as well as giving the Dutch civilian perspective.This gripping story is incredibly compelling and graphically portrays for readers the dramatic reality of having the street you have lived in peacefully for years engulfed in a major conflict.

During World War II, many pilots of both Allied and Axis aircraft met their fate in the peaks of the high mountains across Wales. This book covers the various such aircraft crash sites found in the area south of the latitude of Brecon, which from east to west includes the Black Mountains, Brecon Beacons, to south of Llandoverty and the Presceli Hills in the west. Appendices include a full list of high-ground military losses and memorials to those who perished, as well as a bibliography.

When the first Tiger Moth lifted off from de Havilland's Stag Lane Aerodrome in 1931, few could have thought that this fabric-covered biplane would become an iconic airplane in its own right, recognized all over the world and still in widespread flying service more than 80 years later. Designed to meet a British Air Ministry specification for a completely new basic training aircraft, the 'Tiger', as the Tiger Moth soon became known, was a popular and versatile aircraft. Although Tiger Months were fitted with machine guns and even bombs, and also flew on skis and floats, it was as a wartime trainer that the aircraft found fame. Over 8,700 Tiger Moths were built and tens of thousands of WWII British and Commonwealth air force pilots learned their trade on the type. Remarkably the Tiger Moth remained in military service as late as the 1960s. During the austerity years following WWII the ready supply of surplus ex-military Tiger Moths which could be put into operation for a few hundred pounds, meant that Tiger Moths quickly became the stalwart of flying schools and clubs through the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. The aircraft was also used as a crop sprayer, glider tug, wing walker platform, joy rider and air ambulance. Even today, there are at least 600 airworthy Tiger Moths around the world and they remain an everyday sight in the summer skies above many an airfield. Written by the acknowledged world expert on the type, Tiger! is the most comprehensive and readable account of this remarkable and versatile aircraft, a fitting tribute to a true aviation icon.

With the full co-operation of the Finucane family, the myth of Paddy Finucane, a wild fighting Irishman can at last be eliminated to reveal a thoughtful, highly disciplined and respected individual, a man born to lead.