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Birmingham - Bristol. Portrait Of A Famous Midland Route. Part One.
(Reference #CE1017)
Price:£14.99
Birmingham To Cheltenham.
Mourton, S & Pixton, B.
Large, 96 pages, softback. **Album with 14 page introductory article on The Making Of The Route and notes on services and on the Saltley mpd.

Birmingham - Bristol. Portrait Of A Famous Midland Route. Part Two.
(Reference #CE1637)
Price:£14.99
Cheltenham to Bristol and Bath.
Mourton, S & Pixton, B.
Large, 96 pages, photos, gradient profile, softback. **Album with 5 page introductory article on The Making Of The Route.

Birmingham Moor Street Station.
(Reference #CE2802)
Price:£19.95
A century of enterprise.
Baxter, I & Harper, R.
Very large, 184 pages, pictorial, some colour. Soft back. **Centenary history of the station; worth it for the remarkable chronicle of its 21st century revival alone.

Birmingham New Street. The story of a great station 3. LMS Days 1923 - 1947
(Reference #CE0608)
Price:£14.95
Including Curzon Street.
Foster, R.
Very large, 128 pages, many photo and other illustrations, soft back. **Number 3 of a four part, very detailed, history; numbers 1 & 2 are out of print and number 4 is not yet published.

Birmingham Snow Hill.
(Reference #CE1560)
Price:£13.95
Commemorating 150 years of a great station
Baxter, I & Harper, R.
Very large, 128 pages, profusely illustrated with photos, some colour. Soft back. **History of the station.

Book Of The Great Northern.
(Reference #CE2782)
Price:£26.95
The main line. An engineering commentary part one: Kings Cross to Welwyn Garden City.
Coster, P.
Very large, 224 pages, pictorial: photos, large scale maps, glazed boards. ** "This is certainly not a closely-researched railway history... [It] is a booki>about

Bristol Railway Stations 1840 - 2005.
(Reference #CE2167)
Price:£9.99

Oakley, M.
Very large, 111 pages, photo illustrations, map, bibliography, soft back. **A survey of Temple Meads and the suburban stations, giving descriptions and history, with opening and closure dates, of all stations in Bristol.

British Railway Infrastructure In Colour.
(Reference #CE1993)
Price:£14.99
For the modeller and historian.
Hendry.
Very large, 96 page colour album, soft back. **A welcome addition to the British Railway ... In Colour series, this book provides recent and many period colour views of all aspects of railway environment. Intriguingly it also offers a tenuous link between the London & Birmingham Railway and the Enigma machine.

British Railway Signalling In Colour.
(Reference #CE1518)
Price:£14.99
For the modeller and historian.
Hendry, R.
Large, 80 pages period colour album, captioned at length. Soft back.

British Railway Station Architecture In Colour.
(Reference #CE2451)
Price:£14.99
For the modeller and historian.
Hendry.
Large, 96 pages, period and recent colour photo illustrations. Soft back.

British Railway Stations In Colour.
(Reference #CE1123)
Price:£14.99
For the modeller and historian.
Jardine, N.
Large, 80 pages period colour album. Soft back.

British Railways Engine Sheds No 2.
(Reference #CE1511)
Price:£4.50
A Southern style.
Hawkins & Reeve.
Very large, 48 pages, pictorial, soft back.

Brunel (Great Railway Eras).
(Reference #CE2119)
Price:£15.95
A railtour of his achievements.
Mitchell.
Medium, about 96 pages, album. Glazed boards. ** Six fascinating railtours of Brunel's crowning glory, the Great Western Railway.

Brunel In South Wales Volume 1: In Trevithick's Tracks.
(Reference #CE2060)
Price:£17.99

Jones, S K.
Medium, 224 pages + 16 pages of colour photo plates, other photos in text. Soft back. **Many of Brunel's innovative works were pioneered in South Wales, but have been eclipsed by such famous undertakings as the GWR, the steam ships etc. Brunel worked in South Wales at nearly every stage in his career and much survives and is still in use. This is the first of three volumes and begins with the historic background of the Merthyr ironworks and Trevithick.

Brunel
(Reference #CE1094)
Price:£25.00
The life and times of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
Buchanan, A.
Medium, 294 pages + 16 pages of plates, extensive bibliography, hardback. **A biography both of the engineer and of the man, setting him in the context of his times.

Brunel's Bristol Temple Meads.
(Reference #CE1169)
Price:£24.99
A study of design and construction of the original railway station at Bristol Temple Meads, 1835-1965.
Binding, J.
Large, 160 pages, illustrated with drawings, plans, photos and contemporary material, hard back.

Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge.
(Reference #CE0575)
Price:£25.95

Binding.
Very large, 152 pages. Hard back.

Brunel's Timber Bridges And Viaducts.
(Reference #CE2317)
Price:£24.99

Lewis, B.
Large, 144 pages, illustrated with drawings of construction details, reproductions of original drawings, map, and many photos, hard back. **A close and detailed study of all aspects of Brunel's monumental timber structures.

Channel Tunnel.
(Reference #CE2122)
Price:£19.95
And its high-speed links. OL138.
Comfort.
Medium, 256 pages + large folding map, photos (mostly colour), maps, track plans, soft back. **A very detailed study of the origins, construction, operation and future of this monumental enterprise. Some fascinating illustrations.

Cornwall Railway Stations.
(Reference #CE2419)
Price:£3.50
On old picture postcards.
Lund & Laming.
Medium, 36 pages, album, soft back. *"A selection of picture postcards featuring scenes from the last century, with informative captions."

Country Branch Line. Volume Two: The Stations.
(Reference #CE1472)
Price:£25.95
An intimate portrait of the Watlington branch.
Karau, P & Turner, C.
Very large, 214 pages, photo illustrations. Hard back.

Cromford Station.
(Reference #CE2657)
Price:£11.95
A history.
Waite.
Very large, 77 pages, photo illustrations, maps, soft back. **History of the railway at Cromford, no longer what it was as the line is truncated at Matlock, but at least still part of the national network. The station is a particularly fine pair of buildings.

Davies & Metcalfe.
(Reference #CE0582)
Price:£30.00
Railway Engineers To The World.
Metcalfe.
Very large, 208 pages. Hard back.

Derbyshire Railway Stations.
(Reference #CE0008)
Price:£3.50
On old picture postcards.
Lund, B.
Medium, 36 pages, album, soft back. *"A selection of picture postcards featuring scenes from the last century, with informative captions."

Devon Railway Stations (Great Western Railway).
(Reference #CE1314)
Price:£3.50
On old picture postcards.
Swift.
Medium, 36 pages, album. Soft back. *"A selection of picture postcards featuring scenes from the last century, with informative captions."

Devon Railway Stations (Southern Railway).
(Reference #CE1315)
Price:£3.50
On old picture postcards.
Swift.
Medium, 36 pages, album. Soft back. *"A selection of picture postcards featuring scenes from the last century, with informative captions."

Devon Railway Stations.
(Reference #CE2433)
Price:£14.95

Oakley, M.
Large, 222 pages, photo illustrations, large map, bibliography, glazed boards. **An alphabetical survey giving a description and history, with opening and closure dates, of all stations in the county. Nicely produced and good value.

Directory Of British Engine Sheds And Principal Locomotive Servicing Points. Volume 1.
(Reference #CE0494)
Price:£34.99
Southern England, the Midlands, East Anglia & Wales.
Griffiths & Smith.
Very large, 206 pages. Hard back. **For update and amendments see item 2166.

Directory Of British Engine Sheds And Principal Locomotive Servicing Points. Volume 2.
(Reference #CE0747)
Price:£35.00
North Midlands, Northern England & Scotland.
Griffiths & Smith.
Very large, 196 pages. Hard back. **For update and amendments see item 2166.

Dorset Railway Stations.
(Reference #CE1976)
Price:£3.50
On old picture postcards.
Lund & Laming.
Medium, 36 pages, album, soft back. *"A selection of picture postcards featuring scenes from the last century, with informative captions."

Essex Railway Heritage. Supplement.
(Reference #CE2386)
Price:£9.95

Kay.
Very large, 71 pages, pictorial, soft back. ** "Includes full listing of all surviving railway structures in Essex and an appendix covering all station buildings now demolished. With many previously unpublished period illustrations.

Gloucestershire Railway Stations.
(Reference #CE1661)
Price:£12.95

Oakley, M.
Large, 159 pages, photo illustrations, large map, bibliography, glazed boards. **An alphabetical survey giving a description and history, with opening and closure dates, of all stations in the county. Nicely produced - a real bargain.

Great Northern Railway Engine Sheds Volume 2.
(Reference #CE0249)
Price:£22.50
The Lincolnshire Loop, Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire.
Griffiths & Hooper.
Very large, hard back, 122 pages.

Great Northern Railway Engine Sheds Volume 3.
(Reference #CE0646)
Price:£23.99

Griffiths & Hooper.
Very large, hard back, 114 pages. **This volume completes the series.

Great Western Branch Line Termini.
(Reference #CE0489)
Price:£29.99

Karau.
Very large, about 250 pages, album, many photos, maps, tables, line drawings and diagrams. Reprint. Hard back. **Introductory text to each chapter and fairly long captions, often giving historical background.

Great Western Railway Halts. Volume Two.
(Reference #CE1298)
Price:£18.95

Robertson
Very large, 121 pages, photo illustrations and drawings, hardback. **Covers halts and platforms from M to Y, with location, opening date, facilities and interesting operational or local features.

Great Western Railway Stations (And Great Western Joint Stations) 1941 - 1947.
(Reference #CE2038)
Price:£19.95
An historical survey of stations and lines under Great Western or Great Western joint ownership.
Smith, R J.
Very large, 216 pages, illustrated with maps, local diagrams and some photographs. Includes alphabetical lists of stations and of locations of lines. Hard back. **Labour of love, and essential GW reference. Provides basic information on all GW stations during the period. What a bargain!

Great Western Railway Stations 1947. Part One: The South West, South & Midlands.
(Reference #CE2807)
Price:£26.00
A photographic and track diagram survey of stations under Great Western or Great Western joint ownership.
Smith, R J.
Very large, 265 pages, illustrated with maps, track plans and photographs. Hard back. **More essential GW reference from Robin Smith's tireless researches.

GWR Engineering Work 1928 - 1938.
(Reference #CE1644)
Price:£28.95

Tourret, R.
Very large, 225 pages. photo illustrations and some track plans etc, Hard back. **This book reviews civil and mechanical engineering works in a period when it almost seems that the GW were rebuilding their whole system. Their programme covered all sections of their railway and dock operations, including major improvements at main stations, quadrupling of track, new avoiding lines, extension of automatic train control, colour-light signalling, upgrading at the South Wales docks, and many smaller improvements.

High Level Bridge And Newcastle Central Station.
(Reference #CE1573)
Price:£9.95
150 years across the Tyne.
Addyman, J & Fawcett, W.
Very large, 152 pages, illustrated with photos and contemporary prints (some colour), good structural drawings, maps, diagrams. Soft back. **Nicely done and thorough local history.

History Of North Eastern Railway Architecture Volume 2.
(Reference #CE0844)
Price:£19.95
A Mature Art.
Fawcett.
Very large, 200 pages, illustrated with photos (including 36 excellent colour pictures) and drawings, glazed boards. **"The aim of this [work] is to look at the development of railway architecture on the North Eastern Railway and those companies which became part of it together with the story of the Architect's Office [originally established in 1854 under Thomas Prosser] down to 1995." This volume covers the history between the late 1850s and 1877, examining the work of Thomas Bouch and William Peachey. A serious work, nicely produced and excellent value. See also Volume 1, The Pioneers. Volume 3 is planned to continue the study to 1995.

History Of North Eastern Railway Architecture Volume 3.
(Reference #CE1995)
Price:£23.95
Bell and beyond.
Fawcett.
Very large, 256 pages, illustrated with photos (including 80 excellent colour pictures) and drawings, glazed boards. **"The aim ... is to look at the development of railway architecture on the North Eastern Railway and those companies which became part of it together with the story of the Architect's Office [originally established in 1854 under Thomas Prosser] down to 1995." This volume covers the history from 1877 to the present, examining the work of William Bell, Henry Field and the less well-funded LNER and BR architects, in particular the York Architect's Office. A serious work, nicely produced and excellent value. See also Volume 1, The Pioneers and Volume 2, A Mature Art.

History Of The Great Northern Railway's Colwick Motive Power Depot And Marshalling Yard.
(Reference #CE1865)
Price:£19.99
Incorporating the Nottingham Colwick Estates Light Railway, and the London & North Western Railway's Netherfield & Colwick engine shed.
Waite, P B.
Large landscape, 96 pages, many photo illustrations, maps, allocation lists, hard back.

Leicestershire And Rutland Railway Stations.
(Reference #CE1313)
Price:£3.50
On old picture postcards.
Lund, B.
Medium, 36 pages, album, soft back. *"A selection of picture postcards featuring scenes from the last century, with informative captions."

Light Railway Construction.
(Reference #CE0503)
Price:£4.95

Calthrop.
Large, 34 pages. Soft back.

Lincolnshire Railway Stations.
(Reference #CE0007)
Price:£3.50
On old picture postcards.
Croft, E.
Medium, 36 pages, album, soft back. *"A selection of picture postcards featuring scenes from the last century, with informative captions."

LMS Lineside. Part One: Stations, Crossing The Line, Station Lamps And Station Nameboards.
(Reference #CE2437)
Price:£16.95
An LMS Journal handbook.
Anderson & Twells.
Very large, 112 page album, mostly photos, some drawings, soft back. **Generously captioned pictures, essential reference for modellers, plenty of interest for the rest of us.

LMS Lineside. Part Two: Railway Signage, Timetables And Poster Boards, Platform Numbering, Station Seats, Barrows And Trolleys.
(Reference #CE2681)
Price:£17.95
An LMS Journal handbook.
Anderson & Twells.
Very large, 102 page album, mostly photos, some drawings, soft back. **Generously captioned pictures, essential reference for modellers, plenty of interest for the rest of us.

London's Disused Stations, Volume Three.
(Reference #CE1145)
Price:£8.50
London, Chatham and Dover Railway.
Connor.
Medium, 72 pages, soft back.

London's Disused Stations, Volume Four.
(Reference #CE1770)
Price:£8.50
The South Eastern Railway.
Connor, J E.
Medium, 72 pages, photo illustrations, map, soft back.

London's Disused Stations, Volume Five.
(Reference #CE1915)
Price:£8.75
The London & South Western Railway. Including the Tooting Merton & Wimbledon and West London Extension Railways.
Connor, J E.
Medium, 80 pages, photo illustrations, map, soft back.

London's Disused Stations, Volume Six.
(Reference #CE2420)
Price:£8.75
The London Brighton & South Coast Railway.
Connor, J E.
Medium, 68 pages, photo illustrations, map, soft back.

London's Disused Stations, Volume Seven.
(Reference #CE2614)
Price:£9.00
The Midland Railway and associated lines.
Connor, J E.
Medium, 84 pages, photo illustrations, maps, soft back.

London's Disused Underground Stations.
(Reference #CE0913)
Price:£8.25

Connor.
Medium, 68 pages, soft back.

London's Disused Underground Stations.
(Reference #CE1170)
Price:£19.95

Connor.
Very large, 128 pages, glazed boards.

Manchester Victoria Station.
(Reference #CE1981)
Price:£16.95

Wray, T.
Very large, 132 pages, illustrated with photos, maps, track plans, drawings and diagrams. Soft back. **A history of the station.

Midland Railway.
(Reference #CE1550)
Price:£3.50
On old picture postcards.
Waite, G.
Medium, 36 pages, album, soft back. *"A selection of picture postcards featuring scenes during the past century, with informative captions." Many station views of course, but lots of other subjects, starting naturally with the Sun Inn at Eastwood. But who could possibly have wanted to send anyone a postcard featuring Toton sidings?

Nottinghamshire Railway Stations.
(Reference #CE0009)
Price:£3.50
On old picture postcards.
Lund, B.
Medium, 36 pages, album, soft back. *"A selection of picture postcards featuring scenes from the last century, with informative captions."

Paddington, Great Western Gateway.
(Reference #CE0776)
Price:£19.95

Bryan.
Very large, 112 pages. Hard back.

Samuel Morton Peto (1809 - 1889).
(Reference #CE2534)
Price:£24.95
The achievements and failings of a great railway developer.
Cox.
Medium, 128 pages, illustrated, some colour, hard back. ** Peto was a prominent figure in business and transport in the mid-victorian age and left an impressive range of practical achievements, the best known surely being Nelson's column, but also the magnificent railway viaducts at Folkestone and Hanwell. He was a railway contractor in Britain, Denmark, Canada and the Crimea, but his work on what is now Thameslink led to his bankruptcy and destroyed his position as a leading British entrepreneur.

Railway Passenger Stations In England, Scotland And Wales. A Chronology.
(Reference #CE2664)
Price:£49.50
Fourth edition.
Quick.
Medium, 544 pages including 40-page map section with 134 diagrammatic maps, hard back. *List of all stations with dates of opening, closure etc. The author's object "is to show the outline history of all stations in England, Scotland and Wales, and to do so as accurately as the limitations of evidence allows" and to see this from the standpoint of the contemporary traveller, rather than from that of the railway companies. This new revised fourth edition is enlarged and re-set, and embellished with nineteenth century Punch cartoons.

Railway Stations From The Air.
(Reference #CE1539)
Price:£35.00

Aerofilms.
Very large, 256 pages, album. Hard back. **Hefty book of immense interest. Each aerial photo is given on a double spread with three or four insets showing a large scale OS map of the site, ground level photo(s) and a brief descriptive note. Photographs are of various dates from the 1920s onwards.

Reconstruction Of Euston Station.
(Reference #CE2518)
Price:£7.99

Wilde.
Very large, 57 pages, photos, plans, drawings, soft back. **An exceptionally detailed study of the works undertaken in the 1960s.

Register Of British Railway And Tramroad Companies Incorporated Before 1948 (Also Joint Committees).
(Reference #CE2050)
Price:£10.50

Warren, A R.
Very large, xl + 109 pages. Comb binding with outer clear sheets. * "Our ... railway system was built up by a very large number of joint stock companies, mostly authorised by individual acts of Parliament. ... This book is a schedule of all such companies, with the dates of their origin, changes of name, working arrangements, and ultiimate disappearance, generally into larger bodies. It differs from similar attempts in the care with which facts have been checked against original sources." (From H W Paar's foreword.) Essential new reference, and an absolute steal at £10.50.

Rose Grove Volume One.
(Reference #CE2519)
Price:£9.95
East Lancashire's great railway complex.
Coates.
Very large, 96 pages, pictorial, photos (some period colour), plans, drawings, soft back.

Scenes From The Past 44. Rowsley Motive Power Depot.
(Reference #CE0781)
Price:£16.95

Miles, K.
Very large, 128 pages, pictorial - photos, track plans, gradient diagrams, drawings of shed, map. Soft back.

Scenes From The Past 48. Manchester's Central Station.
(Reference #CE2046)
Price:£12.95
And the Great Northern Railway goods warehouse.
Johnson, E M.
78 pages, very large, many photo illustrations, track plans, soft back.

Scenes From The Past 49. Delph, Saddleworth And Greenfield To Oldham.
(Reference #CE2098)
Price:£18.95
Including Lees motive power depot motor trains and the OA&GB to Ashton.
Goddard & Wells.
160 pages, very large, many photo illustrations, large clear station track plans, some carriage drawings, soft back.

Somerset Railway Stations.
(Reference #CE0793)
Price:£12.95

Oakley, M.
Large, 160 pages, photo illustrations, large map, bibliography, glazed boards. **An alphabetical survey giving a description and history, with opening and closure dates, of all stations in the county. Nicely produced - a real bargain.

Somerset Railway Stations.
(Reference #CE1977)
Price:£3.50
On old picture postcards.
Lund & Laming.
Medium, 36 pages, album, soft back. *"A selection of picture postcards featuring scenes from the last century, with informative captions."

South Yorkshire Railway Stations.
(Reference #CE0006)
Price:£3.50
On old picture postcards.
Ellis, N.
Medium, 36 pages, album, soft back. *"A selection of picture postcards featuring scenes from the last century, with informative captions."

St Pancras Station.
(Reference #CE1598)
Price:£15.95

Simmons, J; rev by Thorne, R.
Large, 184 pages, photo and other illustrations, some colour, hard back. **This is a new edition of Professor Simmons book, which was first published in 1968 when the future of St Pancras was in doubt, and described by John Betjeman as "readable, learned and inspiring". Robert Thorne has added to Simmons' text and provided a new chapter to bring the story of the station up to date.

St Pancras Station.
(Reference #CE2348)
Price:£8.99

Bradley, S.
Medium, 193 pages, photo and other illustrations, soft back. **A new history to commemorate the transformation of this iconic landmark into London's main gateway to the continent. Much critical acclaim.

Staffordshire Railway Stations.
(Reference #CE0526)
Price:£3.50
On old picture postcards.
Lewis.
Medium, 36 pages, album. Soft back. *"A selection of picture postcards featuring scenes from the last century, with informative captions."

Staith To Conveyor.
(Reference #CE0911)
Price:£15.00
An illustrated history of coal shipping machinery.
Powell.
Very large, 132 pages with many illustrations and drawings. **Detailed study of an hitherto untouched subject.

Stations From The Air.
(Reference #CE2801)
Price:£14.99

Smith.
Large, square, 158 pages colour album, glazed boards. **Photos taken from aircraft win hands-down over satellite images - because they are angled rather than straight down you see frontages rather than just roofs. These are all recent shots, mostly of stations (a selection of about 130, mostly large), but including some depots and notable bridges. Each location gets a short history and description plus opening date, number of platforms and annual passenger numbers with ranking, 2004-2009.

Robert Stephenson - The Eminent Engineer.
(Reference #CE1628)
Price:£55.00
Essays in honour of Jack Simmons.
Bailey, M (ed).
Large, 401 pages + 16 pages of coloured plates, other black and white illustrations, maps and diagrams in text. Hard back. **Twelve essays on Stephenson's influence, achievement, innovation and technique, including particular studies of the building of the London & Birmingham, railway building more generally, iron railway bridges, masonry structures and water engineering.

Surviving Signalboxes From The Golden Age Of British Railways.
(Reference #CE0862)
Price:£19.99

Hucknall.
Large, 141 pages. Hard back. **Mainly photographs including some good interiors.

Tunnel Vision.
(Reference #CE2564)
Price:£14.99

Cordner.
Very large, 96 pages, colour photo illustrations, track diagrams, soft back. **History of the construction of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, route, chronology, etc. Ground-breaking engineering project, it says, and who can argue with that?

Underground Bullseyes 1972 - 2000.
(Reference #CE2387)
Price:£8.75

Clarke.
Very large, 64 pages, photo illustrations, soft back. **Identification and location of the many different sorts of Underground station sign.

Underground Stations Of Leslie Green.
(Reference #CE0784)
Price:£16.95

Leboff, D.
Large, 96 pages, illustrated with b/w and coloured photos, glazed boards. Green designed the distinctive deep red terra-cotta, round-arched underground stations, built 1905-7, which are instantly recognisable even when no longer used as stations. Excellent photographs, showing many internal and exterior details, and a knowledgeable text.The main purpose of the book is to create a photographic record of Green's surviving work. It therefore focuses on the stations where most of the original fabric survives but for completeness also includes the twelve which have lost most, if not all, their original features.

West Yorkshire Railway Stations.
(Reference #CE1400)
Price:£3.50
On old picture postcards.
Ellis, N.
Medium, 36 pages, album, soft back. *"A selection of picture postcards featuring scenes from the past century, with informative captions."

What's Left Of Brunel.
(Reference #CE2205)
Price:£9.99

Falconer.
Medium, 160 pages, illustrated with photos and contemporary engravings, maps, diagrams. soft back. **A comprehensive list of all Brunel's buildings and other works surviving; together with details of Brunellian exhibits in museums.

Wiltshire Railway Stations.
(Reference #CE1836)
Price:£12.95

Oakley, M.
Large, 158 pages, photo illustrations, large map, bibliography, glazed boards. **An alphabetical survey giving a description and history, with opening and closure dates, of all stations in the county. Nicely produced - a real bargain.

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