Anthony Dawson explores the history of the world's first wartime railway - The Grand Crimean Central Railway.
A history of the iconic Woodhead Route.
Drawing on years of research, and practical experience of working with the replica of Stephenson's Planet, this book shows how the Liverpool & Manchester Railway worked in its day-to-day operations
The fascinating history of LMR 57 Lion, the real locomotive featured in the cult film 'The Titfield Thunderbolt'.
Anthony Dawson looks at some of the iconic, trailblazing locomotives that helped shape British railway history.
In-depth archival research
This analysis of the performance history of "Hamlet" recreates many productions from three centuries. The final chapters extend the analysis to a number of film versions, and to important... Læs mere
Telling the story of the pioneering engineers behind the locomotives that took part in the iconic Rainhill trials.
This was the first occasion in history that a railway was constructed to support an army in war.
Marking the 100th anniversary of the end of the railway's independence, this new history celebrates one of the most popular pre-Grouping railways.
This book outlines the technical design of the Planet and Samson locomotive, and charts the careers of the class members at home and abroad.
In this book Ed Bethune and Anthony Dawson from the 1722 Waggonway Project take the reader on a century long tour of the earliest of Scottish railways, beginning in 1722 with... Læs mere