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20 results found.

Title ISBN Author Copyright
Engines of War: How Wars Were Won & Lost on the Railways 9781586489724 Christian Wolmar 2010
Blood, Iron, and Gold: How the Railways Transformed the World 9781586488512 Christian Wolmar 2009
Blood, Iron and Gold: How the Railways Transformed the World 9781848874343 Christian Wolmar 2009
The Great Railroad Revolution: The History of Trains in America 9781610391801 Christian Wolmar 2012
Railways and The Raj: How the Age of Steam Transformed India 9781782397663 Christian Wolmar 2017
Fire and Steam: A New History of the Railways in Britain 9781848872615 Christian Wolmar 2008
The Great Railway Revolution: The Epic Story of the American Railroad 9780857897794 Christian Wolmar 2012
To the Edge of the World: The Story of the Trans-Siberian Railway 9781782392040 Christian Wolmar 2014
Engines of War: How Wars Were Won and Lost on the Railways 9780857891396 Christian Wolmar 2010
The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground was Built and How it Changed the City Forever 9781848872530 Christian Wolmar 2011
Cathedrals of Steam: How London’s Great Stations Were Built – And How They Transformed the City 9781786499219 Christian Wolmar 2020
The Story of Crossrail 9781788540247 Christian Wolmar 2018
Railways: How The Age Of Steam Transformed India (The Landmark Library #20) 9781788549837 Christian Wolmar 2017
British Rail 9780241456217 Christian Wolmar 2022
The Liberation Line: The Last Untold Story Of The Normandy Landings 9781838957537 Christian Wolmar 2024
Improving Urban Access: New Approaches to Funding Transport Investment 9781317404361 Christian Wolmar, Elliott D. Sclar, Måns Lönnroth 2016
Urban Access for the 21st Century: Finance and Governance Models for Transport Infrastructure 9781317933885 Elliott D. Sclar, Måns Lönnroth, Christian Wolmar 2014
Urban Access for the 21st Century: Finance and Governance Models for Transport Infrastructure 9781317933892 Elliott D. Sclar, Måns Lönnroth, Christian Wolmar 2014
Councils in Conflict: The Rise and Fall of the Municipal Left (Public Policy and Politics) 9781349202317 Stewart Lansley, Sue Goss, Christian Wolmar 1989
Improving Urban Access: New Approaches to Funding Transport Investment 9781317404354 Christian Wolmar, Elliott D. Sclar, Måns Lönnroth 2016