the swanage railway (heritage guide)
Coming Sept 2025: Explore 200 years of British locomotive innovation - steam to electric, triumphs and trials - uncovered through fresh insights into railway history and iconic engineering.
200 Years of British Railway Stations
Coming in 2026: Explore Britain's railway station history and their impact on communities - from Victorian rivalry and iconic architecture to post-war evolution and redevelopment.
200 YEARS OF British Locomotive Development
200 YEARS OF British Locomotive Development
Coming in 2026: Explore 200 years of British locomotive innovation - steam to electric, triumphs and trials - uncovered through fresh insights into railway history and iconic engineering.
kent & East sussex railway (heritage guide)
Coming in 2025: Explore the Kent and East Sussex Railway with this heritage guide—uncover railway history, Colonel Stephens’ legacy, and top local attractions including museums, castles, and wildlife-rich destinations.
The Wantage Tramway Available now
The Wantage Tramway (Pen and Sword Books).
A new history of the unique Wantage Tramway delves into company archives and uncovers the story of the company, its people and its close relationship with the Great Western Railway.
A History of BREL available now
A History of British Rail Engineering Limited (Pen and Sword Books). A new book on one of Britain's biggest and shortest-lived engineering companies. Provides new insights from recently released official documents and company records.
Blog: Football in World War One
Blog: Football in World War One
Mud! The common perception of the First World War is of mud, foetid shell holes, broken remains of trees and villages, soldiers wading up to their knees in water in trenches, or climbing out to go ‘over the top’ and walk into hails of machine gun fire. If this was true, how did ‘Tommy’ get time to play football?
Avro Lancaster
Blog: Football in World War One
Avro Lancaster
Avro Lancaster (2015) Osprey Publishing. This book tells the story of the iconic Lancaster in full, providing a comprehensive account of the design, development and operational history of the aircraft and its evolution into successor aircraft.