Homepage

About Us

Contact Us

Links

News

Browse

Search

Search
Cumbrian
Books

Rare Books

A selection of out-of-print and rare Cumbrian books.

Go There Now

Books in Print

Search & order from 2.2 million books in print

Categories

History

People

Outdoors

Travel Guides

Photography

The Arts

Children's

Places

Multimedia

Maps

Rare Books

All Categories

Newsletter

Click here if you would like to be added to our mailing list.

Postage

Delivery
For customers in the UK the normal delivery time is 3 working days.

View Basket

Books Cumbria : History : Transport

Transport

Road, Rail, Air and Sea <<prev | 1 | 2 | 3 | next>>

On and Off the Rails

Len Clark
�9.95

A personal account of a life around steam engines, from working as a junior porter at Low Gill, doing National Service, and then working as part of a gang on the Permanent Way.

Published by :	Helm Press
Published date :	2003
Format :	Large paperback.

Click here to read the reviews

Quantity:

Rail Centres: Carlisle

Peter W. Robinson
�10.00

Reduced from £17.99. Peter Robinson traces the turbulent story of railway development in the Great Border City from the first local lines, through the arrival of the great trunk routes with their intrigues and rivalries, the massive reconstructions of the 1870s consequent on

Published by :	Booklaw Publications
Published date :	2004
Format :	Large hardback.

Click here to read the reviews

Quantity:

Rails Through Lakeland: Volume 1: The Line Described

Harold D. Bowtell
�8.00

A detailed, historic guide to railways through the Lake District.

Published by :	Silver Link Publishing
Published date :	1999
Format :	Large paperback.

Click here to read the reviews

Rails Through Lakeland: Volume 1: The Line Described

Quantity:

Rails Through Lakeland: Volume 2: Traffic and Operation

Harold D. Bowtell
�8.00

An illustrated history of the railways of Workington, Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith.

Published by :	Silver Link Publishing
Published date :	1999
Format :	Large paperback.

Click here to read the reviews

Rails Through Lakeland: Volume 2: Traffic and Operation

Quantity:

Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway

W.J.K. Davies
�12.99

This is a revised edition of the railways classic history, published to coincide with its 125th anniversary.

Published by :	Atlantic Publishers
Published date :	2000
Format :	Large paperback.

Click here to read the reviews

Quantity:

Ravenglass: Roman Port to Railway Junction

Peter van Zeller
�4.50

A history of the ancient port and the railways which linked at Ravenglass. For many people Ravenglass is synonymous with steam, but others come for walking, wildlife or sailing. Few places in the world are so little changed by the passage of time.

Published by :	Cumbrian Railways Association
Published date :	2001
Format :	Large paperback.

Click here to read the reviews

Ravenglass: Roman Port to Railway Junction

Quantity:

Secrets of Blea Moor and Ribblehead DVD

�9.95

This visual documentary explores the magnificent achievement of the engineers of the mid Victorian period who built the viaduct at Ribblehead and the legendary tunnel at Blea Moor. A story not to be missed.

Published by :	Kingfisher Productions
Published date :
Format :	DVD

Click here to read the reviews

Quantity:

Settle - Carlisle Railway: Map and Line Guide

�3.95

This map and guide provides an informative introduction to the Line with maps, colour photographs and historical information.

Published by :	Harvey
Published date :	2004
Format :	Folded map.

Click here to read the reviews

Settle - Carlisle Railway: Map and Line Guide

Quantity:

Shanty Life on the Settle-Carlisle Railway

W.R. Mitchell
�5.99

Hundreds of people lived in shanty towns on the moors between Ribblehead and Dent Head in the 1870s as the Midland built its Settle-Carlisle railway. Navvies, carpenters, masons and miners were among those engaged in building a viaduct across Batty Green

Published by :	Castleberg
Published date :	2004
Format :	Large paperback.

Click here to read the reviews

Shanty Life on the Settle-Carlisle Railway

Quantity:

Ships Of West Cumberland

Desmond G Sythes
�10.00

Desmond G Sythes, the author of this remarkable series of articles is still remembered in the Whitehaven area from his time as the lighthouse keeper at St Bees Head from 1963 to 1969. The Friends of Whitehaven Museum are delighted to be able to make these articles available to a new generation of local history enthusiasts.

Published by :	Francis Trevor Ward
Published date :	2006
Format :	Small paperback

Click here to read the reviews

Quantity:

Speedway in the North-West

Adrian Pavey
�14.99

Cumbria and Lancashire have been a hotbed of speedway almost since it hit these shores at the end of the 1920s. Barrow, Carlisle, Workington and many more local areas have seen the shale sport flourish at one time or another, and the region is home to

Published by :	Tempus
Published date :	2004
Format :	Large paperback.

Click here to read the reviews

Quantity:

Steam Across The Northern Fells

Michael S. Welch
�14.95

The railways across the northern fells have always had a special appeal and fascination, largely due to the fact that they traverse inhospitable mountainous terrain and encountered daunting natural obstacles during construction.

Published by :	Waterfront
Published date :	2003
Format :	Hardback.

Click here to read the reviews

Quantity:

Steam and Speed: Railways of Tyne and Wear from the Earliest Days

Andy Guy
�12.95

Track the epic story of rail in the North, from the earliest wooden waggonways to modern times - the pioneers, the workers, the locomotives and the revolutionary engineers who changed the face of the world.

Published by :	Tyne Bridge Publishing
Published date :	2003
Format :	Large paperback.

Click here to read the reviews

Steam and Speed: Railways of Tyne and Wear from the Earliest Days

Quantity:

Steam City - Carlisle

Howard Routledge
�18.95

The history of Carlisle as a major railway centre has been well documented over the years, the seven different railway companies that served the city prior to the 1923 Grouping leaving a legacy that lasted well into the 1960's.

Published by :	Irwell Press
Published date :	November 2007
Format :	215mm x 305mm hardback

Click here to read the reviews

Quantity:

Steam on the Lakeland Passes - DVD

�14.99

A 50 minute film which is a spectacular evocation of the glory days of steam hauling through some of hte most impressive scenery in Britain. We follow the journey of the Western Star across the mountain passes.

Published by :	Arena Broadcast
Published date :	2003
Format :	DVD

Click here to read the reviews

Quantity:

Steam on the Settle & Carlisle + Railway City: The Story of the Railways in Carlisle

�12.99

Two features in one: Steam on the Settle & Carlise, which recaptures the golden age of steam and provides a lasting record of the famous railway: and Railway City, which traces the story of the railways in Carlisle, from the construction of Citadel Station in 1847, through the golden age to the decline of the post war period.

Published by :	Striding Edge
Published date :	1997
Format :	DVD.

Click here to read the reviews

Quantity:

Support in the Sky

�5.00

A history of No 14 Maintenance Unit, or 14MU, Royal Air Force Carlisle.

Published by :
Published date :	2006
Format :	Large paperback.

Click here to read the reviews

Quantity:

Taken by Trains: The Life and Photographs of William Nash, 1909-1952

Kate Robinson & Robert Forsythe
�13.95

In 1922, when William Nash was only 13 years old, he began taking railway pictures. This new volume looks at the wider spread of Nash's pictorial material around Britain and examines his professional life as a career railwayman during which he was involved in some pioneering studies. His youngest daughter Kate Robinson and transport historian Robert Forsythe have shared the task of presenting his material.

Published by :	The Oakwood Press
Published date :	2004
Format :	Paperback.

Click here to read the reviews

Quantity:

The Alston Branch

Stanley C. Jenkins
�8.95

The second edition of this study of the 13 mile single track branch from Haltwhistle to Alston, the highest market town in England. It was neglected by enthusiasts for many years, but having survived the Beeching closures it belatedly emerged as one of

Published by :	Oakwood Press
Published date :	2001
Format :	Paperback.

Click here to read the reviews

Quantity:

The Bluebird Years: Donald Campbell and the Pursuit of Speed

Arthur Knowles; Graham Beech
�9.95

Here is the complete story of Donald Campbell's heroic attempts to take the world water-speed record past 300 mph - and how the wreck of his jet-boat Bluebird was recovered from Coniston Water more than 34 years later.

Published by :	Sigma Leisure
Published date :	2001
Format :	Paperback.

Click here to read the reviews

Quantity:

The Borders' Last Days of Steam

W.A.C. Smith
�7.99

A collection of evocotive photographs, some dating back to 1954.

Published by :	Stenlake Publishing
Published date :	2002
Format :	Paperback.

Click here to read the reviews

Quantity:

The Carlisle Navigation Canal 1821 - 1853

David Ramshaw
�9.75

A history of the short life of the Carlisle Canal, which brought seagoing ships to the centre of the city.

Published by :	P3 Publications
Published date :	1997
Format :	Paperback.

Click here to read the reviews

The Carlisle Navigation Canal 1821 - 1853

Quantity:

The Cockermouth Keswick & Penrith Railway

Robert Western
�12.95

Number 113 in the Oakwood Library Railway History Series, this edition tells the reader all they need to know about the history and development of one of Cumbria's small railway companies.

Published by :	Oakwood Press
Published date :	July 2007
Format :	148mm x 210mm

Click here to read the reviews

Quantity:

The Coniston Railway

Michael Andrews and Geoff Holme
�7.95

This book is a revised and enlarged edition of the Cumbrian Railways Association's first book, originally published in 1985. It tells the story of the planning and building of the Consiton Railway, its late Victorian and Edwardian heyday as a branch of the Furness Railway, and its eventual demise under British Rail ownership as a result of competition from the motor car, the bus and the lorry.

Published by :	Cumbrian Railways Association
Published date :	2005
Format :	Large paperback.

Click here to read the reviews

Quantity:

The Coniston Railway

Robert Western
�8.95

Perhaps surprisingly the Coniston Railway's existence was more to do with the transportation of copper overland from local mines, rather than the development of tourism to the area.

Published by : Oakwood Press

Published date : July 2007

Format : 148mm x 210mm paperback

Click here to read the reviews

Quantity:

<<prev | 1 | 2 | 3 | next>>
Back to Top

	Books Cumbria - Terms and Conditions How to Order T : +44 (0) 1228 529067 E : info@bookscumbria.com L : 56 Castle Street, Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 8JA UK Web Design by BF Internet