Welcome to Specialist Transport Publications

Specialist Transport Publications publish spotting books for a variety of rail stock, road vehicles, aircraft and sea vessels.

Our books give you up to date fleet lists of Railway Locomotives, Coaching and Wagon stock, Trams, and Metros, Ships, aircraft and road vehicles as appropriate. We cover the current, historic and preserved eras, and many of our books cover Europe as well as Britain.

---- ST Pub team

Latest Releases

Cover of Major UK HGV Fleets Autumn 2024

Major UK HGV Fleets Autumn 2024

Only £15.50

This book has been further revised to include all the latest changes to the Major UK HGV fleets since our previous edition was published earlier this year. The book covers the fleet lists for around 20 companies, such as the vehicles owned by Gregory, Turners, Owens, and Muller and Culina HGVs. This book does not include trailers, if you require this book with trailers please order book ref.148
Cover of Major UK HGV Fleets Autumn 2024 (including Trailers)

Major UK HGV Fleets Autumn 2024 (including Trailers)

Only £17.00

This book has been further revised to include all the latest changes to the Major UK HGV fleets since our previous edition was published last year. The book covers the fleet lists for around 20 companies, such as the vehicles owned by Gregory, Turners, Owens, and Muller and Culina HGVs. This book also includes trailers, if you require this book without trailers please order book ref.127
Cover of Civil Airlines to Europe Autumn 2024

Civil Airlines to Europe Autumn 2024

Only £14.00

This book updates the the previous spring volume covering just the aircraft that can be seen at European airports, and as before has been compiled using data from the LAAS International Aviation and Aerodata. This book is a companion to our main publication, Civil Airlines of the World. It aims to provide an accurate listing of all the currently operational civil airliners that in theory, you might see across Europe. Aircraft which only overfly Europe have been excluded as flight routes and operations change so frequently. Each aircraft shows registration, type, and construction number. Also included is a status indicator which shows those aircraft on order (o) or those currently parked (p) by their operators. For each airline where official information is available, the full ICAO and IATA codes are shown along with their callsigns.
Cover of Public Service Vehicles 22 and 72 registrations

Public Service Vehicles 22 and 72 registrations

Only £16.00

This is the 9th book in our new Public Service Vehicles series, and lists all the 22 and 72 registered vehicles, covering coaches, buses, mini buses, large taxis and a section for London Taxis
Cover of German Wagons Volume One  Types 0000 to 3999

German Wagons Volume One Types 0000 to 3999

Only £16.00

This book has now been completely revised is a therefore a brand new edition of the book that was last published in 2019. It is the first of a four volume series covering all German wagons.
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German Wagons Volume Two 4xxx series

Only £18.00

This book has now been completely revised is a therefore a brand new edition of the book that was last published in 2019. It is the first of a four volume series covering all German wagons.
Cover of German Wagons Volume Three 5xxx, 6xxx & 9xxx series

German Wagons Volume Three 5xxx, 6xxx & 9xxx series

Only £15.50

This book has now been completely revised is a therefore a brand new edition of the book that was last published in 2019. It is the third of a four volume series covering all German wagons.
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German Wagons Volume Four types 7xxx

Only £17.00

This book has now been completely revised is a therefore a brand new edition of the book that was last published in 2019. It is the final book of our four volume series covering all German wagons.
Cover of UK Wagons Summer 2024

UK Wagons Summer 2024

Only £13.50

This book lists all wagons registered to run on Network Rail metals, and includes continental registered stock, Channel Tunnel stock and other miscellaneous wagons. This book has very recently been updated with all the various changes that have occurred since our previous edition was published.
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HGV Fleets 73 Registrations

Only £17.00

This is the latest book in our HGV series and includes details of over 19,000 2023-24 73 registered HGV's.