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Transport
This collection includes books on railways, shipping, cars, trams, buses, and aeroplanes, and associated infrastructure.
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This motoring
Cassell and Company Ltd
1931
A history of the A.A. presented as a set of interlinked narratives. Number 475 of a limited presentation edition of 500. Wirh a gift inscription from Stenson Cooke on verso of frontispiece. Loosely inserted bookmark from Cooke.
Highland railway locomotives. Book 1, Early days to the 'lochs'
Railway Correspondence and Travel Society
1988
A history of the origins and development of the Highland Railway.
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.
Scottish bicycles and tricycles
NMS Publishing
1999
A study of the development of pedal-powered transport in Scotland.
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 Donaldson Line: a century of shipping 1854-1954
Jackson Son & Company
1960
A history of the Glasgow shipping line. Limited edition of 1000.
The Solway Junction Railway
Oakwood Press
1990
A history of the origins, construction and impact of this small railway that spanned the Solway Firth.
The story of Cornwall's railways
Tor Mark Press
1970
A history of the local and national railways that served Cornwall.
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.
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 roads of mediaeval Lauderdale
Oliver and Boyd
1942
An account of the rods in use in Lauderdale in the thirteenth century.
Roads and trackways of the Lake District
Moorland Publishing
1984
Traces the story of Lakeland's roads and trackways from Roman roads to turnpikes.
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.
A bed of nails: the history of P. MacCallum & Sons Ltd of Greenock 1781-1981, a study in survival
Lang & Fulton
1981
A history of the Greenock shipbuilding company.
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.
