Mainline & Maritime
Mainline & Maritime was founded by the owners, Iain & Sarah-Jane McCall, in response to what they perceived as a distinct narrowing of the range of railway and maritime books being published. They publish a diverse selection of books with a broad appeal - from those with a casual interest in the subject matter, to the serious enthusiast looking for detailed information.
Narrow Gauge Net Summer Special No. 4 Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 64
ISBN: 9781900340342
Pub Date: 06 Apr 2017
Series: Narrow Gauge Net Summer Special
Description:
The fourth hard copy "Summer Special" from our "Narrow Gauge Net" imprint, the book features articles and photo features on: The Douglas Bay Horse Tramway Teifi Valley Phoenix Ffestiniog Railway Then and Now Myanmar Renaissance at Kempton Park Narrow Gauge 2016 Fairbourne 15 Inch Resurgence Midwinter Harz Teesdale 15 inch gauge visitors Restoring A Compressed Air Loco Time For A Halt
T&J Harrison: Ships of Many  Trades Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 64
ISBN: 9781900340380
Pub Date: 06 Feb 2017
Series: Maritime Memories
Description:
This book is the second in the series of Maritime Memories titles. Using archive colour photographs within its 64 pages, the reader is taken on an illustrated tour of T&J Harrison, famed for naming their ships after trades. The reader is invited to sit back, enjoy the images, and savour the atmosphere!
Coasters of the 1970s Volume 2 Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 96
ISBN: 9781902953793
Pub Date: 10 Sep 2016
Description:
This book is a second selection of colour photographs of coasters built during the 1970s. The photographs date from the 1970s up to the present day and we see some ships in their original guise and others after being sold and/or modernised.
Tugs in Colour - British Built Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 80
ISBN: 9781902953809
Pub Date: 10 Sep 2016
Description:
This book is a sequel to Andrew Wiltshire's first book on tugs Looking Back at British Tugs. This time he concentrates on examples that were completed in British Shipyards.
Cardiff's Municipal Buses Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 240
ISBN: 9781902953786
Pub Date: 31 Aug 2016
Description:
This hardback 240 page book, takes a chronological look at the types of vehicles operated by Cardiff's municipal fleet and its successor up to the present day, and in particular motor buses and trolley buses. With an abundance of photographs and 80+ tables of information this journey is set down in loving detail by a life long enthusiast and respected documentarian of bus transport in Wales, who also happens to be a resident of Cardiff, and is consequently well familiar with the idiosyncrasies of its bus services.
Narrow Gauge Net Summer Special No. 3 Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 64
ISBN: 9781900340366
Pub Date: 06 May 2016
Series: Narrow Gauge Net Summer Special
Description:
The third hard copy "Summer Special" from our "Narrow Gauge Net" imprint, the book features articles and photo features on: Four Englands Then & Now Donegal Today Hunslet 1215 Baie de Somme Bure Valley Railway Southend Pier Railway Bulgaria Thorpe Light Railway Hay Tor Tramway Restoring a Rockershovel
Bristol Tugs in Colour Volume 2 Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 64
ISBN: 9781902953779
Pub Date: 01 Apr 2016
Description:
This album contains a second selection of stunning colour photographs of tugs that have visited ports in the Bristol area over the last fifty years. Each photograph is accompanied by an informative caption.
World Steam in Focus Album: No. 1 Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 80
ISBN: 9781900340427
Pub Date: 28 Mar 2016
Series: World Steam in Focus Album
Description:
Full colour hardback album of steam at work around the world in 2015.
Coasters of the 1970s Volume 1 Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 80
ISBN: 9781902953748
Pub Date: 30 Nov 2015
Description:
This book has 83 colour photographs of coasters built during the 1970s. The photographs date from the 1970s up to the present day and we see some ships in their original guise and others after being sold and/or modernised.
Coast Lines Key Ancestors: M Langlands and Sons Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 124
ISBN: 9781902953717
Pub Date: 15 Jun 2015
Description:
A very comprehensive maritime history that has never been told of M Langlands & Sons and reveals the story of this Scottish family's dedication.
Bristol Tugs in Colour Volume 1 Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 64
ISBN: 9781902953700
Pub Date: 15 Apr 2015
Description:
This album contains a selection of stunning colour photographs of tugs that have visited ports in the Bristol area over the last fifty years. Each photograph is accompanied by an informative caption.
Classic Dutch-Built Coasters Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 80
ISBN: 9781902953687
Pub Date: 15 Apr 2015
Description:
All the ships featured in this impressive colour album were built in the Netherlands, although not all sailed under the Dutch flag. The heyday of the Dutch coaster was the early 1960s when over 1000 were in service.
Locomotives International Annual No. 1 Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 80
ISBN: 9781900340311
Pub Date: 10 Dec 2014
Series: Locomotives International Annual
Description:
The first Annual of Locomotives International magazine includes the following: The Indian Narrow Gauge in the 1970s Milwaukee Electrics 100 Active Fireless Steam Locomotives in Germany Cruising the Douro The Indian Summer of Steam on the Antofagasta (Chili) and Bolivia Railway Trans Siberian 2014 Cuban Steam in the 1980s Baiyin - Home of the last steam passenger service? Garratts in Zimbabwe Steam Heritage Railways of the Baltic States A German Fakultativwagen in the Soviet Forests To Switzerland by Rail The Harz and its Nordhausen Neighbour
Tugs in Camera Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 96
ISBN: 9781902953670
Pub Date: 01 Dec 2014
Description:
This book presents a set of images mainly in portrait format rather than the landscape format of most pictorial albums. The use of this format shows close-up details which are welcomed by modellers.
France 1960s & 70s Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 64
ISBN: 9781900340298
Pub Date: 19 Nov 2014
Series: International Railway Memories
Description:
This book is the first of a planned series of International Railway Memories titles from the publishers of Locomotives International magazine. Using archive colour photographs from the collection of the renowned railway photographer WJK Davies, held in the collection of the Narrow Gauge Railway Society, the reader is taken on a journey along the various types of railway to be seen in France. The ‘main line’ services of the SNCF, secondary lines of both standard and narrow gauges, and the mountain lines of the Alps all feature within the pages of this evocative photographic memoir of the transition from steam to diesel on the railways of France.
The Alan Ward Railway Sketchbook Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 96
ISBN: 9781900340236
Pub Date: 01 Jul 2014
Description:
In this, the first in a planned series of books from renowned West Country artist Alan Ward, Alan shares with the reader some of the inspirations and techniques behind a selection of his railway paintings. His enthusiasm for the subject matter is clear from the attention to detail evident within the finished artwork, which is further enhanced by the informative and entertaining narrative which accompanies many of the pictures.