New railway books - company history

Arrival Of The Midland Railway In Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire In 1866.

(Reference #CH1109)
Price:£12.50

Slack.
Medium, 95 pages, maps, photos and various other illustrations. Hard back. *A novel approach: having recorded the history of the planning and building of the line the author has drawn largely on records of goods traffic to illustrate the running of the nineteenth century services and the local trades and industries. Some unusual photos illustrate the work.

Bagnalls Of Stafford.

(Reference #CH2647)
Price:£100.00

Builders of locomotives for the world's railways.
Baker & Civil.
Very large, and nearly 2 inches thick (including the binding). Must have at least 300 pages, and maybe up to 500. Hardback. **Our stock is protected by cellophane wrappers so a proper description is impossible. A history of the company and from the size of it, the last word on the subject.

Banbury & Cheltenham Railway. Volume One.

(Reference #CH0027)
Price:£29.95

Hemmings, W.
Very large, 200 pages, illustrated with photographs, maps and other artwork, hard back. **A meticulous history documenting the growth of the line from its beginnings as the Chipping Norton branch in 1845, the addition of the Bourton-on-the-Water railway and the final push to Cheltenham and the GWR northern main line. Volume 1 takes the history up to 1939. Volume 2 (qv) describes the route from Banbury to Kingham; Volume 3, not yet published, will cover the route from Kingham to Cheltenham.

Banbury & Cheltenham Railway. Volume Two.

(Reference #CH1775)
Price:£28.95

Hemmings, W, Karau, P & Turner, C..
Very large, 170 pages, illustrated with photographs, maps and other artwork, hard back. **Volume Two of this meticulous history provides a description of the route from Banbury to Kingham and a chapter on each of the eleven stations on that section. A third volume is planned, to cover Kingham station and the route to Cheltenham.

Barry Railway Steamers.

(Reference #CH2011)
Price:£14.95

X80.
Tedstone.
Medium, 224 pages, illustrated with photos and some drawings, dock plans and dock track layouts, very large folding page of scale boat drawings, soft back.

Battle For The North.

(Reference #CH2253)
Price:£20.00

The Tay and Forth bridges and the 19th-century railway wars.
McKean.
Medium, 390 pages, maps, some photo and other illustrations, hard back. **A study of the Caledonian and North British rivalry which also offers new conclusions about the Tay Bridge disaster. Substantial, highly readable and excellent value.

Birkenhead Railway.

(Reference #CH1047)
Price:£14.95

LMS & GW Joint.
Maund.
Very large, 102 pages, photos, maps etc. Soft back.

Brecknell Willis & Co. Collectors For Trains, Trams And Trolleys

(Reference #CH1973)
Price:£14.95

Hartland.
Medium, 95 pages, illustrated. Glazed boards. **History of an engineering company established as a brass foundry in Bristol in 1854 and which still flourishes, in Chard, making electrical equipment for railways and tram systems.

British Rail 1974-97.

(Reference #CH2027)
Price:£39.00

From integration to privatisation.
Gourvish.
Large, 705 pages, some illustrations, lots of financial and other tabular statistics, soft back. *"Commissioned by the BRB and based on free access to its rich archives the book provides a detailed and analytical account of the main themes: a process of continuous organisational change; the existence of a persistent government audit; perennial investment restraints; the directive to reduce operating costs and improve productivity; a concern with financial performance, technological change, service quality and the management of industrial relations; and the Board's ambiguous position as the Conservative government pressed home its privatisation programme..."

British Railway Journal: Special NER Edition.

(Reference #CH2153)
Price:£15.95

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Very large, 104 pages, system map, photos, scale drawings and diagrams. Soft back. **Locomotive engineers; fish traffic; automatic signalling; 49ft low roof stock; Lanchester valley branch, Goole Ouse bridge.

Brush Diesel & Electric Locomotives 1940-2008.

(Reference #CH2602)
Price:£35.00

Toms.
Very large, 304 pages, photos (some colour), tables, lists, hard back. **The definitive history of Brush locomotives. The author worked at the Brush factory at Loughborough for 48 years, and chronicles with the detail of first-hand knowledge the works' output of diesel and electric locomotives, including what happened, in general terms, to the engines after delivery. This volume takes the story up to the BR class 56s, finishing the build histories to the early 1980s and covering the service history of each type thereafter. A second volume is planned to continue the build histories and bring the story up to date.

Caledonian Railway Livery.

(Reference #CH2606)
Price:£30.00

The true line elegance and style.
MacIntosh.
Very large, 328 pages, lavishly illustrated with photograps and other material, some colour, glazed boards. ** A major study, which includes a brief company history, short biographies of the locomotive superintendents, a list of locomotive build orders, notes on the adoption of Westinghouse brakes and an index of wagon photographs.

Camp Coach Holidays On The GWR.

(Reference #CH1960)
Price:£24.95

Fenton.
Very large, 218 pages. Hard back. **A fascinating history of GWR Camp Coaches with many photographs and personal reminiscences.

Caradon & Looe.

(Reference #CH1422)
Price:£26.00

The canal, railways and mines.
Messenger, M.
Very large, 168 pages, illustrated with maps and photographs, hardback. **The definitive history of the Liskeard & Looe Union Canal, the Liskeard & Caradon Railway and the Liskeard & Looe Railway, now fully revised.

Castleman's Corkscrew. Volume One: The Nineteenth Century.

(Reference #CH2413)
Price:£15.95

Including the railways of Bournemouth & associated lines. OL 144A.
Jackson, B L.
Medium, 272 pages, photos, maps, track diagrams, soft back. ** Castleman's Corkscrew was the Southampton & Dorchester Railway, 60 miles of rural line. This history looks beyond the original line to its eventual terminus at Weymouth, and the other lines with which it became inextricably linked.

Castleman's Corkscrew. Volume Two: The Twentieth Century And Beyond.

(Reference #CH2617)
Price:£19.95

Including the railways of Bournemouth & associated lines. OL 144B.
Jackson, B L.
Medium, 320 pages, photos, maps, soft back. ** Castleman's Corkscrew was the Southampton & Dorchester Railway, 60 miles of rural line.

Chronicle Of The Stockton & Darlington Railway To 1863.

(Reference #CH1026)
Price:£6.50

Proud, J H.
Very large, 43 pages, maps, drawings, photos & other illustrations. Soft back. **The author has collated all the dates and descriptions of all significant events in the company's history up to its absorbtion into the NER. Of great use to anyone studying the history of this pioneering company.

Colonel Stephens.

(Reference #CH2024)
Price:£18.95

Insights on the man and his empire.
Shaw.
Medium, 191 pages, illustrated. Glazed boards. **A biographical work drawing on articles first published in the K&ES Railway house journal (the Tenterden Terrier) over. It does not provide a full biography but gives a substantial introduction to the man and his many railway interests.

Crewe Locomotive Works.

(Reference #CH1582)
Price:£4.95

Description of the London & North Western Railway's locomotive works at Crewe.
LNWR
Medium, 32 pages, photo illustrations, soft back. **Reprint from an original LNWR publicity publication of 1903.

Crewe Works Narrow Gauge System.

(Reference #CH2043)
Price:£8.95

Talbot & Taylor.
Very large, 64 pages, photo illustrations, many track and works plans, locomotive drawings, soft back. **Second edition of a book first published in 1986; this was produced for the Crewe open days, September 2005. The Crewe narrow gauge system was introduced by Ramsbottom in 1861 and was revolutionary at the time.

Cromford & High Peak Railway.

(Reference #CH1073)
Price:£6.95

Coleford, I C.
Large, 28 pages, photos, maps. **A serious, well-researched history.

Description Of The London & North Western Railway Company's Carriage Works At Wolverton.

(Reference #CH2233)
Price:£4.95

LNWR
Medium, 38 pages + folding works plan, photo illustrations, soft back. **Reprint from an original LNWR publicity publication of 1906.

East Kent Railway Volume One.

(Reference #CH1588)
Price:£14.95

The history of the independent railway. OL 127A.
Finch, M L & Garrett, S R.
Medium, 232 pages, photos, maps. Soft back. ** "The East Kent Light Railways Company began as but one enterprise in a complex federation of enterprises whose ultimate goal was to transform East Kent into a thriving industrial centre to rival Glamorgan or Lancashire." A lively and thorough history.

East Kent Railway Volume Two.

(Reference #CH1606)
Price:£14.95

Nationalisation, the route, rolling stock and operation.
Finch, M L & Garrett, S R.
Medium, 237 pages, photos, maps. Soft back. ** This volume contains chapters thirteen to seventeen of the work. It brings the history of the line up to its closure following the miners' strike of 1984, gives a very detailed description of the line as it was built and describes the locomotives and rolling stock.

Edwardian Enterprise.

(Reference #CH0175)
Price:£17.95

The GWR faces the challenge of the 20th century.
Norris, J, Beale, G & Lewis, J.
Very large, 208 pages, many period photos. Hard back. **The GW's 'great awakening' during the first decade of the century.

Festiniog Railway Volume One.

(Reference #CH1340)
Price:£22.95

History and route 1800 - 1953.
Boyd.
Medium, 297 pages + 32 pages photo plates, maps & diagrams in text, 2nd impression of 1975 edition. Hard back. ** "A history of the narrow gauge railway linking the slate quarries of Blaenau Ffestiniog with Portmadoc, North Wales: together with outline histories of quarry undertakings connected to the Railway". The British Narrow Gauge Railway series no 1. B1A

Festiniog Railway Volume Two.

(Reference #CH0792)
Price:£25.00

Locomotives and rolling stock; quarries and branches: rebirth 1954-1974.
Boyd.
Medium, 329 pages + 54 pages photo plates, maps & diagrams in text, 2nd impression of 1975 edition. Hard back. ** "A history of the narrow gauge railway linking the slate quarries of Blaenau Ffestiniog with Portmadoc, North Wales: together with outline histories of quarry undertakings connected to the Railway". The British Narrow Gauge Railway series no 1. B1B

First In The World. Stockton & Darlington Railway.

(Reference #CH1193)
Price:£19.99

Wall, J.
Medium, 212 pages, hard back.

Freshwater, Yarmouth & Newport Railway.

(Reference #CH1395)
Price:£14.95

OL125
Maycock, R J & Silsbury, R.
Medium, 176 pages, illustrated with photos, maps, track plans, hard back. **A very solid line history.

Furness Railway In And Around Barrow.

(Reference #CH1647)
Price:£9.95

Andrews, M.
Very large, 104 pages, photos, track plans, maps, drawings. **Useful history, excellent value.

GNER. The Route Of The Flying Scotsman.

(Reference #CH2605)
Price:£19.99

Balmforth.
Very large, 96 pages, pictorial, colour throughout, appendices, including fleet list and chronology, glazed boards. **The complete history of GNER, a sad loss to eastern travellers.

Goods Traffic Of The LNER.

(Reference #CH0851)
Price:£15.95

Goslin.
Very large, 112 pages, photo illustrations, soft back.

Great Central Railway.

(Reference #CH2349)
Price:£3.95

On old picture postcards.
Taylor, B.
Medium, 36 pages, album, soft back. *"A selection of picture postcards featuring scenes during the past century, with informative captions."

Great Northern Railway (Ireland).

(Reference #CH1591)
Price:£14.95

OL 67.
Patterson, E M.
Medium, 240 pages, photos, map, track diagrams. Soft back. **New edition of classic history first published in 1962.

Great Northern Railway In Focus.

(Reference #CH1168)
Price:£25.00

Crawley.
Very large, 176 pages, hard back.

Great Western Railway Halts. Volume Two.

(Reference #CH1298)
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 Road Vehicles.

(Reference #CH1490)
Price:£35.00

Kelley, P J.
Very large, 256 page album of photographs and drawings, includes motor and horse-drawn vehicles, goods, passenger and miscellaneous, hard back.

GWR Engineering Work 1928 - 1938.

(Reference #CH1644)
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.

GWR Goods Services. An Introduction.

(Reference #CH1029)
Price:£17.95

Atkins, T & Hyde, D.
Very large, 142 pages, illustrated with photos, maps, tables etc. Soft back. **The introductory volume of a new series which will study all sides of the GW goods operation.

GWR Goods Services. Part 2A.

(Reference #CH2439)
Price:£24.95

Goods depots and their operation.
Atkins.
Very large, 180 pages, illustrated with photos, site maps etc. Soft back. **Essential reference.

Highland Railway

(Reference #CH1228)
Price:£9.95

Vallance
Medium, 222 pages, line and photo illustrations (some colour), soft back.

Highland Railway.

(Reference #CH2055)
Price:£17.99

Ross, D.
Medium, 256 pages + 32 pages of plates, soft back. **The Highland railway extended from Perth to Wick and from Keith to the Kyle Of Lochalsh and was one of the most individual of the British railway companies. This is the most comprehensive book ever written about the Highland. It is rich in detail and based on records from public and private archives.

History Of British Railways' North Eastern Region.

(Reference #CH2591)
Price:£19.95

Teasdale (ed).
Very large, 192 pages, photos (some colour), drawings, glazed boards. ** This is the work of a number of authors. Background is supplied by a general history of BR and description of the organisation of the NE Region. This is followed by detailed studies of freight and passenger operations, locomotives, civil engineering, architecture, signalling and shipping.

History Of Horseley, Tipton.

(Reference #CH0677)
Price:£17.95

Two Centuries Of Engineering Progress.
Allen.
Large, 176 pages. Hard back.

History Of North Eastern Railway Architecture Volume 1.

(Reference #CH0983)
Price:£18.95

The Pioneers.
Fawcett.
Very large, 184 pages, illustrated with photos (including 32 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.The present volume explores those railways which merged to form the NER together with the Newcastle & Carlisle and the Stockton & Darlington, the latter being taken down to the late 1850s." Volume 2 continues the history to 1877 and Volume 3 is planned to bring it up to 1995. So, a serious work, and nicely produced. Also excellent value.

History Of North Eastern Railway Architecture Volume 2.

(Reference #CH0844)
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 #CH1995)
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 London & Birmingham Railway Volume One.

(Reference #CH1896)
Price:£18.95

Euston to Bletchley.
Richards & Simpson.
Very large, 158 pages, pictorial: photos (some colour), track plans, maps etc, soft back. **The first main line to the north from London. With the tremendous engineering genius of Robert Stephenson it was successfully completed and opened throughout in 1838, taking only four years. This is primarily a history of the development of the line itself, taking it place by place, northwards.

History Of The Metropolitan Railway Volume One.

(Reference #CH1569)
Price:£17.95

The Circle and the extended lines to Rickmansworth.
Simpson, W.
Very large, 158 pages, pictorial: photos (some colour), maps etc, soft back. **By the middle of the nineteenth century London's unique problems of overcrowding and density of traffic called for some revolutionary form of transport, the answer proved to be an underground railway. The Metropolitan Railway as the first underground railway in the world acquired a pioneering ethos from the beginning. The story of that railway and its subsequent extension into Hertfordshire, Middlesex and Buckinghamshire is to be detailed in three books of which this is the first.

History Of The Metropolitan Railway Volume Two.

(Reference #CH1817)
Price:£18.95

The railway from Rickmansworth to Aylesbury including Halton Camp Railway.
Simpson, W.
Very large, 158 pages, pictorial: photos (some period colour), maps etc, soft back. **This second volume of the history of the Met continues the story beyond the confines of London as the line reaches north through the Chess and Misbourne valleys and climbs the Chilterns to reach Aylesbury. It includes a comprehensive account of the RAF Halton Camp Railway.

History Of The Newcastle & Carlisle Railway 1824 To 1870.

(Reference #CH2509)
Price:£24.95

The first line across Britain.
Fawcett.
Very large, 248 pages, illustrated with photos, contemporary illustrations and drawings, some colour, glazed boards. **The railway was opened in 1838 and is therefore very much an early railway in character, engineering and operation. Much of its interest derives from the fact that we can see how the directors, their engineers and officers were still learning the ropes and making up the rules as they went along. This is an excellent throrough history, and a nicely-produced book.

History Of The Stratford-upon-Avon & Midland Junction Railway.

(Reference #CH1093)
Price:£24.95

Riley, R C & Simpson, B.
Very large, 160 pages, many illustrations - photos, maps, diagrams etc. Hard back. **History of cross country line running through Northamptonshire and Warwickshire.

Hundred Years Of Speed With Safety.

(Reference #CH2461)
Price:£12.95

The inception and progress of the Westinghouse Brake & Signal Company Ltd 1881-1981.
Nock.
Medium, 258 pages, photo illustrations, soft back. ** In 1981 Westinghouse commissioned O S Nock, whose whole career as a signalling engineer had been with that company, to write their centenary history. How fortunate to have such a historian on the payroll! but unfortunately the company was taken over before the work could be published. The manuscript has been recovered and dusted down by an editorial team; it is a most welcome addition to the limited annals of signalling, and of course covers all other aspects of Westinghouse activity.

Illustrated History Of The Festiniog Railway.

(Reference #CH2316)
Price:£19.99

Johnson, P.
Very large, 160 pages, photos, maps, pictures of paperwork, ephemera etc. Hardback. ** This is indeed well illustrated, with some fascinating old pictures, but there is at least as much history here as illustration. An excellent read, essential reference and first-rate value.

Illustrated History Of The Shropshire And Montgomeryshire Light Railway.

(Reference #CH2479)
Price:£19.99

Johnson, P.
Very large, 128 pages, photos, maps, station/signalling diagrams, pictures of paperwork, ephemera etc. Hardback. ** Another nicely-illustrated and readable history from Mr Johnson. The station/signalling diagrams by Gordon Rushton are particularly lucid.

Illustrated History Of The Welsh Highland Railway.

(Reference #CH1294)
Price:£19.99

Johnson, P.
Very large, 128 pages, photos, maps, pictures of paperwork, ephemera etc. Hardback. Excellent value.

It's Quicker By Rail!

(Reference #CH1408)
Price:£17.99

The history of LNER advertising.
Middleton, A.
Medium, 160 pages, photo illustrations including 16 pages of colour, soft back.

Kerr, Stuart & Co Ltd Locomotive Catalogue Reprint.

(Reference #CH2598)
Price:£6.95

Hunslet Engine Co / IRS.
Very large, 40 pages of locomotive photos with brief details; appendix with brief supplementary details of each engine, card covers. **The introduction notes that the source of these illustrations is a loose leaf catalogue begun in 1911, added to until about 1920 and remaining in use until 1924. Kerr Stuart closed in 1930 and the goodwill was purchased by the Hunslet Engine Co who are now cataloguing the company archive.

L&NWR Non-Corridor Carriages.

(Reference #CH2227)
Price:£29.95

1886-1923, excluding the 30ft 1in 6-wheelers.
Millard & Tattersall.
Very large, 136 pages, photo illustrations, many clear scale carriage drawings, all elevations including floor layouts, hard back. **Invaluable reference for LNW, LMS and BR(LM) modellers and historians. Constructional information, examples of carriage numbering, set formations, train working. These are the non-corridor designs built at Wolverton 1886-1932 (excluding the 30ft 1in 6-wheelers dealt with elsewhere).

Last Years Of The Big Four.

(Reference #CH1449)
Price:£24.95

Earnshaw, A & Jenkinson, D.
Very large, 208 pages, photo illustrations, some colour. Hard back. **History of the pre-war and war-time years of the post-grouping companies with sections on the locomotives and rolling stock of each company.

LCC Electric Tramways.

(Reference #CH0785)
Price:£25.00

Harley, R J.
Very large, 176 pages, colour and b/w photo illustrations, maps. Hard back. **An excellent history of the undertaking, which was the largest municipal system in Great Britain.

LMS In Ireland.

(Reference #CH1025)
Price:£12.99

An Irish railway pictorial.
Kennedy, M.
Very large, 96 pages, album. Soft back. **The LMS inherited from the MR the Belfast & Northern Counties Railway and the Donegal Railways; from the LNWR the Dundalk, Newry & Greenore Railway and various shipping interests. The book also covers road services, air services, the effects of the war and much else.

Locomotives Of The LMS. L&NWR Locomotive Names.

(Reference #CH0855)
Price:£19.95

The named locomotives of the London & North Western Railway and its constituent companies.
Goodman.
Very large, 284 pages, some photo illustrations, glazed boards. Includes A Sequel To LMS Locomotive Names: The named locomotives of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and its constituent companies (on pages 235 - 284)

London & Birmingham Railway Between Birmingham And Coventry.

(Reference #CH1771)
Price:£14.95

Including the Coventry-Leamington line.
Boynton, J.
Very large, 112 pages, pictorial including some colour photos, maps. Soft back.

London & North Eastern Railway In Focus.

(Reference #CH1021)
Price:£25.00

Crawley, J.
Large, 192 pages, pictorial, hard back. **Compilation of official and unofficial photographs, promotional booklets, accident reports, LNER committee minutes and other unusual items from the author's extensive archives of LNER memorabilia.

London & South Western Railway Miscellany.

(Reference #CH1965)
Price:£19.99

Scott-Morgan.
Very large, 128 page album, hard back. **About 250 photos of LSWR operations, including locos, workshops and sheds, rolling stock, docks and shipping, bridges, viaducts, and signalling. The aim is to give a picture of the LSWR in the period leading up to the grouping.

London, Brighton & South Coast Railway Miscellany.

(Reference #CH1966)
Price:£19.99

Robertson
Very large, 128 page album, hard back. **About 250 photos of LSWR operations, not just locos and rolling stock but, in detail, the stations, and other buildings, the pioneering use of electric traction, the infrastructure and much else.

London, Tilbury and Southend Railway And Its Locomotives.

(Reference #CH1173)
Price:£24.99

Essery.
Very large, 176 pages, hard back.

London, Tilbury And Southend Railway. Volume 1.

(Reference #CH0398)
Price:£9.95

Kay.
Very large, 72 pages. Soft back.

London, Tilbury And Southend Railway. Volume 2.

(Reference #CH0399)
Price:£9.95

Kay.
Very large, 72 pages. Soft back.

London's Metroland.

(Reference #CH2160)
Price:£16.95

A unique British railway enterprise.
Jackson.
Large, squarish, 144 pages, illustrated largely from contemporary advertising (in colour), some contemporary photos, matt boards. **The Metropolitan Railway sought passengers for its services by setting up an estates company to develop housing along the its line north of London and named the area served "Metro-land". This is a history of the development and of the ways in which people were encouraged to move out to Metro-land.

LSWR At Nine Elms. The Curl Collection Volume 1.

(Reference #CH1779)
Price:£35.00

The works and its products 1830 - 1909.
Curl, B.
Very large, 360 pages, many photos and drawings, plan of works, hard back. ** "A unique insight into the locomotive history of a major railway company, largely using material from a hitherto unseen collection." This is no less than the LSWR's own negatives, drawings etc, preserved from destruction by the author's father, and supplemented by material from other previously untapped sources.

Making Of A Railway.

(Reference #CH1484)
Price:£12.99

Rolt, L T C.
Medium, 154 page album, paper back. **The building of the Great Central London extension from contemporary photographs by S W A Newton with notes and captions by Rolt. A classic.

Monkland & Kirkintilloch.

(Reference #CH1282)
Price:£12.00

And associated railways.
Martin, D.
Very large, 164 pages, folding map, some photo illustrations, soft back.

Nasmyth, Wilson & Co.

(Reference #CH2091)
Price:£12.99

Patricroft locomotive builders.
Cantrell.
Medium, 134 pages + a 24 page locomotive list, soft back. **A short history of one of the most famous steam locomotive builders in Britain.

Neyland.

(Reference #CH0857)
Price:£19.95

A Great Western outpost.
Parker.
Very large, 144 pages, photo illustrations, hard back. **Formerly known as New Milford, and the port of embarkation to Ireland from the Welsh coast.

Norfolk Railway.

(Reference #CH2365)
Price:£14.99

Railway mania in East Anglia 1834-1862.
Barney, J.
Large, 244 pages, illustrations from period engravings, map, sb. **Dr Barney's researches into early East Anglian railway history have produced a very readable study of a particularly complex situation.

North Eastern Record Volume 2.

(Reference #CH0304)
Price:£24.95

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Very large, 165 pages, some colour, hard back.

North Eastern Record Volume 3.

(Reference #CH0656)
Price:£24.95

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Very large, 160 pages, some colour. Hard back.

Portrait Of The North Eastern Railway.

(Reference #CH2636)
Price:£16.95

Williamson, Williamson & Grocock.
Very large, 140-page album, photos (some colour), drawings, soft back.

Pullman Trains In Britain.

(Reference #CH2025)
Price:£8.95

LP210.
Kidner, R W.
Medium, 112 pages, photos, carriage plans, soft back. **This is the second edition of Kidner's 1998 expansion of his 1987 book, Pullman Cars Of The Southern 1875-1972. The work is now a concise history of Pullman trains and vehicles in this country.

Rails To Metro-land.

(Reference #CH2056)
Price:£12.95

Foxell, C.
Medium, 164 pages, map, photos, some colour. Soft back. **A well-illustrated history of the development of the 'Met'. 2nd edition, revised.

Railway Heritage: The Heart Of The Great Western.

(Reference #CH1450)
Price:£17.99

Great Western Railway collection.
Vaughan, A.
Very large, 224 pages, photos, track layouts, signalling diagrams. Soft back. ** "A tribute to the railway workers of the steam age" in the Oxford and Didcot areas.

Railway Products Of Baguley-Drewry Ltd And Its Predecessors.

(Reference #CH2478)
Price:£29.99

Civil & Etherington.
Very large, 372 pages, site plans, photos, lists, substantial text, hard back. **Manufacturers of road and rail vehicles at Burton-upon-Trent from the early 1900s to 1984.

Railways And Rural Life.

(Reference #CH2395)
Price:£17.99

S W A Newton and the Great Central Railway.
Boyd-Hope & Sargent.
Large landscape, 215 pages, album with 8 page introduction, hard back. **This book re-treads the ground classically covered by L T C Rolt in The Making Of A Railway, where Newton's pictures of the construction of the Great Central London Extension were first published. Many of the photographs appear in both books and Rolt's work appears in the list of sources consulted, it is regrettable that the authors were unable to recall the correct spelling of his name. However, during his GC travels, Newton also photographed scenes of day to day life in the surrounding towns and countryside and it is for these many extra pictures, full of interesting detail, that one might prefer this book to Rolt's.

Railways In Retrospect 1: LNER In Transition.

(Reference #CH1800)
Price:£15.00

Blakemore, M.
Very large, 89 pages, pictorial, soft back. ** "The transformation of the LNER into BR over the years between 1947 and 1953 during which there was the last chance to see familiar old liveries, the first sightings of new locomotives commissioned in the final days of the old company and the dawning realisation that a new nationalised era was indeed beginning."

Railways In Retrospect 2: Highland In LMS Days.

(Reference #CH1801)
Price:£15.00

Jenkinson, D.
Very large, 88 pages, many photo illustrations, soft back. ** "that very fascinating 25 year phase ... when [the HR] moved from being a rather modest part of the broader Scottish railway scene, with all its implied limitations, to its rather more significant role ... as the most northerly outpost of the largest joint stock corporation running railways in any part of the world at that time."

Railways In Retrospect 4: Railways For The People..

(Reference #CH2162)
Price:£15.00

The nationalisation of Britain's railways in 1948.
Mullay.
Very large, 88 pages, pictorial, soft back. ** "In 1948 25000 route miles of track, 20000 locomotives, 1.23 million goods wagons, 70 hotels, 50000 tons of shipping, harbours such as Hull and Southampton, 1640 miles of canals and 52000 houses passed into government control. This is the fascinating and revealing story of how the nationalisation of Britain's railways was achieved."

Ransomes And Rapier Locomotives.

(Reference #CH1305)
Price:£8.95

Fisher & Halton
Medium, 70 pages, illustrated with photographs and some technical drawings, site plans, works list. **History of Ipswich agricultural machinery company which also built engines and other equipment for narrow gauge railways. Distinguished for building the first railway in China.

Register Of British Railway And Tramroad Companies Incorporated Before 1948 (Also Joint Committees).

(Reference #CH2050)
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.

Saltney Carriage And Wagon Works.

(Reference #CH2446)
Price:£12.75

Wood.
Large, 108 pages, map, site plans, lists, soft back. **GWR history: Saltney, like Worcester, was a rolling stock manufacturing location prior to the establishment of the facilities at Swindon.

Selsey Tramway Volume One.

(Reference #CH2273)
Price:£31.95

Cooksey
Very large, 188 pages, many photo illustrations, large scale maps showing track layouts, hard back. **This volume covers the full history of Colonel Stephens' impecunious tramway from opening in 1897 to closure in 1935. Volume two (qv) describes the route - Chichester to Selsey Beach -, steam locomotives, railmotors and rolling stock.

Servicing The North Eastern Railway's Locomotives.

(Reference #CH2388)
Price:£8.95

Teasdale (ed).
Very large, 64 pages, some photos, drawings of structures, tables, soft back. ** This is the first book I have seen containing a detailed study of water supply - there is a 15-page table of water tanks with much interesting information about this surprisingly neglected aspect of steam locomotive management. There is, of course, also information about turntables, water cranes, pumping houses, coaling.

Skye Railway

(Reference #CH1224)
Price:£7.99

The history of the railways of the Scottish highlands - vol 5.
Thomas, J
Medium, 181 pages, photo illustrations (some colour), soft back.

South Eastern And Chatham Railways.

(Reference #CH0441)
Price:£14.95

A Marriage Of Convenience.
Gray.
Medium, 224 pages, illustrated. Glazed boards. **A substantial company history.

Steam In England.

(Reference #CH2676)
Price:£30.00

The classic colour photography of R C Riley.
Lissenden.
Large landscape, 96 pages, album, colour throughout, hard back. **Fine period colour, arranged by region and nicely captioned.

Subterranean Railway.

(Reference #CH1825)
Price:£17.99

How the London underground was built and how it changed the city forever.
Wolmar, C.
Medium, 351 pages + 20 pages of illustrations, some colour. Hard back. *A fine new serious history of the underground, bringing the story right up to date. Now also in paperback, see next entry.

Subterranean Railway.

(Reference #CH2218)
Price:£9.99

Swindon Engineman.

(Reference #CH2269)
Price:£35.95

Shurmer & Fenton.
Very large, 272 pages. Hard back. **A record of Mr Shurmer's footplate experiences, the turns he worked in each link and the running of Swindon shed during a long career beginning in 1936. Includes a brief history of Swindon engine sheds and a jolly howler on p26.

The Midland Railway: A Chronology.

(Reference #CH1515)
Price:£19.95

Gough, J.
Very large, 392 pages, main text reproduced from typescript, illustrated with track and junction diagrams. Hard back.

Track Diagrams Of The London & North Western Railway And Its Successors. Section 5: Northamptonshire.

(Reference #CH1445)
Price:£3.95

Foster, R D & Instone, M R L.
Very large, 42 pages, soft back.

Train Formations & Carriage Workings Of The Great Western Railway.

(Reference #CH0810)
Price:£14.95

Becket
Very large, 128 page, illustrated with photographs, soft back. **Starts with 38 pages of extracts from Bradshaw winter 1931/2 to set out the service. The services are then individually described, giving number of vehicles normally conveyed, the previous and subsequent duty for each vehicle and comments on the operation. The final, 10 page, section gives the daily carriage diagrams.

Volk's Railway Brighton.

(Reference #CH0876)
Price:£4.95

An illustrated history.
Jackson, A A.
Large, 48 pages, soft back. **Last few.

Waterford, Limerick & Western Railway.

(Reference #CH2161)
Price:£19.99

Shepherd.
Very large, 160 pages, photo illlustrations, map, track diagram, stock lists and other tabulated statistical information, glazed boards. **Complex history of the fourth largest Irish railway company of its day, railway politics, line descriptions, locomotive history, economic and social influence.

Waterloo & City Railway.

(Reference #CH1188)
Price:£35.00

OL117.
Gillham.
460 pages, hard back.

West Highland Railway

(Reference #CH1226)
Price:£12.99

History of the railways of the Scottish highlands vol 1.
Thomas, J
Medium, 192 pages, photo illustrations (some colour), soft back.

Weymouth To The Channel Islands.

(Reference #CH0800)
Price:£13.95

A Great Western Railway shipping history. X76.
Jackson, B L.
Medium, 208 pages, photos, maps, line drawings, soft back.

Yorkshire Engine Company.

(Reference #CH2616)
Price:£12.99

Sheffield's locomotive manufacturer.
Vernon.
Medium, 160 pages, many photo illustrations, some drawings, works lists, soft back. **The company was founded in 1865, had the technical expertise of Sir Archibald Sturrock and Charles Sacré, was a leading manufacturer of Fairlie locomotives but had no success with marine or tramway engines, or with motor cars; it began making diesel locomotives after the war and ceased business in 1965: an unfortunate centenary. Some of its diesel locomotives are still at work.

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Time Tables: BR
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