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 UK Combine 2026

UK Combine 2026

Only £15.00

This book lists all the Locos, Units, Track Machines and Coaching Stock registered to operate in the UK and Ireland, and has recently been updated with all the latest changes to the respective fleets that have taken place since our previous Summer 2025 edition. Tram, Light Rail and Underground stock of the UK are also listed.
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UK Preserved Coaches 2026

Only £15.00

This book lists all the coaches known to be preserved in the UK, together with their location and previous running numbers where known. Coaches are listed by location, and also in numerical order. The book has recently been updated with all the changes to the respective fleets that we have been made aware of since our previous edition was published in 2023.
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Czech republic Wagons

Only £17.00

This is a newly updated book covering all the wagons of the Czech Republic. This update covers the great many re-numberings and changes that have taken place since our books covering these wagons were last published in 2020.
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Major Railway Operators of North America

Only £18.00

This is a newly revised book which lists all the locomotives in service with all the Major Railway Operators of North America. Details include former numbers where known, builder and build dates and loco power rating. Depots and Stabling points are also listed for each operator.
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Major UK HGV Fleets Autumn 2025

Only £16.50

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
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Major UK HGV Fleets Autumn 2025 (including Trailers)

Only £17.50

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 also includes trailers, if you require this book without trailers please order book ref.127
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Civil Airlines to Europe Autumn 2025

Only £14.00

This book updates 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.
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HGV Fleets 74 Registrations

Only £17.50

This is the latest book in our HGV series and includes details of over 19,000 2024-25 74 registered HGV's.
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Railways of Czech & Slovakia

Only £18.00

This book has been fully updated with all the changes we are aware of since our last edition was published back in 2023. Due to the size of this book, only locos and units are listed. However this book also includes private operators and a comprehensive listing of all previously disposed locos and units. Coaching stock is included in a separate edition (book reference STP00143)
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23 & 73 Registration Public Service Vehicles

Only £17.50

This is the 10th book in our new Public Service Vehicles series, and lists all the 23 and 73 registered vehicles, covering coaches, buses, mini buses, large taxis and a section for London Taxis