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Transport
This collection includes books on railways, shipping, cars, trams, buses, and aeroplanes, and associated infrastructure.
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Shaw Savill and Albion: the post-war fortunes of a shipping empire
Conway Maritime Press
1986
An account of the post Second World War development and ultimate demise of a London shipping firm best known for its trade with New Zealand.
Electric traction: a treatise on the application of electric power to tramways and railways
Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd.
1922
A discussion of the principles relating to the application of electric power to tramways and railways.
The Forth and Clyde Canal: a history
Tuckwell Press
2003
A history of the Forth and Clyde Canal from its inception in 1790 to the new connection via the Falkirk Wheel.
Trams of bygone London
Dryhurst Publications
1957
An account of the former trams of London with an emphasis on the electrified period of operation.
Railway and other steamers
T. Stephenson & Sons Ltd.
1968
An updated record of steamers used by, mainly, British railway companies.
The story of Cornwall's railways
Tor Mark Press
1970
A history of the local and national railways that served Cornwall.
Non-stop to Edinburgh: the East Coast route 1928-1968
Locomotive Club of Great Britain
1968
Issued to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of non-stop run accomplished by the Flying Scotsman in 1928.
One year of life: the story of H.M.S. Prince of Wales
William Blackwood
1944
The story of the short life of HMS Prince of Wales.
The Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway
Oakwood Press
1991
A history of the south Ayrshire railway.
A directory and nomenclature of the first aeroplanes 1809 to 1909
Her Majesty's Stationery Office
1966
A systematic directory of the world's first airplanes, engines, first flights, etc.
Wheels around Stirlingshire
Stenlake Publishing Ltd.
2004
A pictorial record, with commentary, of transport in Stirlingshire.
Bizarre ships of the nineteenth century
Hutchinson Scientific and Technical
1970
A survey of some of the more unusual and idiosyncratic ship designs and engines to appear in the nineteenth century.
Three centuries of Scottish posts: an historical survey to 1836
Edinburgh University Press
1971
The first detailed study of the Scottish posts from its rudimentary beginnings at the end of the sixteenth century.
The drove roads of Scotland
House of Lochar
1995
A reprint of Haldane's classic work on the development of the droving trade and the routes used.
The Middles Ages of the internal-combustion engine 1794-1886
Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc.
1999
Discusses the development of compressionless engines, covering reciprocating internal combustion engines and the variety of combustible materials used.
The roads of mediaeval Lauderdale
Oliver and Boyd
1942
An account of the rods in use in Lauderdale in the thirteenth century.
I drive a taxi
Fact Ltd.
1939
Herbert Hodge was a London taxi driver and British Broadcasting Corporation radio personality
The Killin branch railway
Stirling District Libraries
1993
A history of the Killin Railway Company and its branch line from the Callander and Oban Railway.
The motor routes of England: western section
Adam and Charles Black
1901
A guide to the main motor routes in Wales and the west of England.
The story of the Settle-Carlisle line
Advertiser Press Limited
1965
A history of the line operated by the Midland Railway Company across the Pennines.
Edinburgh's transport. Volume 1: The early years
Mercat Press
1992
A history of public transport in Edinburgh, with an emphasis on trams and buses.
Edinburgh's transport
Advertiser Press Limited
1964
A history of public transport in Edinburgh, with an emphasis on trams and buses.
Scottish electric tramways
Turntable Publications
1981
A survey of the twenty-one electric tram systems that operated in Scotland during the first half of the twentieth century.
