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All In A Day's Work. (Reference #CH1947) Price:£19.99 Life on the GWR. Bryan. Large, 160 pages. Hard back. **Drawing on the extensive GWR archives now at Swindon the author examines the roles of the disparate trades involved in the running of the GW. Social history and evocative portrait of another age.

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.

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:£32.50 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 - 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.

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.

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:£22.95 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.

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 North Of Scotland Railway (Reference #CH1227) Price:£7.99 The history of the railways of the Scottish highlands - vol 3. Vallance Medium, 219 pages, photo illustrations (some colour), soft back.

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 Northern Railway In The West Riding. (Reference #CH1068) Price:£9.95 Bairstow, M. Large, 96 pages, pictorial (colour centre pages), maps. Soft 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 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 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.

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 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.

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.

LMS Journal. LMS 85th Anniversary Issue. (Reference #CH2432) Price:£11.95 Essery (ed). Large, 96 pages, illustrated. *Wolverhampton High Level; Wartime wagon pooling; 4-6-0s on LMS Northern divn; Equipment of passenger trains; Royal Scots; Lineside Estates; Walker/Pagefield mobile cranes..

LMS Journal. Number Eight. (Reference #CH1918) Price:£9.95 Essery (ed). Large, 80 pages, illustrated. *David Jenkinson obituary, Loco repairs, Rugby, Carriage liveries/1, Line to Bath/2, Signals/8, Engine preparation.

LMS Journal. Number Eighteen. (Reference #CH2428) Price:£9.95 Essery (ed). Large, 80 pages, illustrated. *Royal Scot; 36/50 ton steam breakdown cranes; Claughtons; LMS Signals/16; Birmingham coal traffic/1; LT&SR railwayman; S&D.

LMS Journal. Number Eleven. (Reference #CH2174) Price:£9.95 Essery (ed). Large, 80 pages, illustrated. *Turbomotive 6202 /2; signals/11; LMS clerk's reminiscences/3; Coach painting at Derby C&W 1955-63; Uttoxeter; Carlisle Petteril Bridge; HR River class; Horwich Class 8s; St Albans Abbey & Watford Branch.

LMS Journal. Number Fifteen. (Reference #CH2353) Price:£9.95 Essery (ed). Large, 80 pages, illustrated. *Train acceleration policy; LMS signals/14; Sheffield City Road goods station; Relaying prefabricated track, Mansfield to Rolleston Junction; Mid-Notts Joint Railway; LMS std class 2P valve gear; Crianlarich W Jn SB; Water Orton Station jn.

LMS Journal. Number Five. (Reference #CH1554) Price:£9.95 Essery (ed). Large, 80 pages, illustrated. *Princess Royals, Northampton St Johns St, signals/5, C&W renewals, 1661 cattle wagon, L&Y loco details, LNW 0-6-0s, 2P 4-4-0 no 697.

LMS Journal. Number Four. (Reference #CH1401) Price:£9.95 Essery (ed). Large, 80 pages, illustrated. *Northern divn passenger train formation & operations, Garretts, Liverpool Central, signals, Gayton Loop, injectors, L&Y 1400 4-4-2s, Wick & Lybster Light Rly.

LMS Journal. Number Fourteen. (Reference #CH2155) Price:£9.95 Essery (ed). Large, 80 pages, illustrated. *Training on bank pilots; LMS gallantry medal; Cumbrian engines; LMS dining cars, Scotland/2: Bemrose & Sons; CR locomotive valve gear; Buxton motor train; Ted Harrison reminiscences/5; WTT Appendix.

LMS Journal. Number Nine. (Reference #CH1892) Price:£9.95 Essery (ed). Large, 80 pages, illustrated. *Bridge renewal Mangotsfield-Bath, Royal Scot 6140, signals/9, station opening/closures, allocations of new tank locos 2325-2352, 1-plank unfitted wagon.

LMS Journal. Number Nineteen. (Reference #CH2429) Price:£9.95 Essery (ed). Large, 80 pages, illustrated. *Lickey; How it was done/5; Head, side & tail lamps; LMS Signals/17; Portpatrick & Wigtownshire; Passengers travelling by freight train.

LMS Journal. Number One. (Reference #CH1178) Price:£9.95 Essery (ed). Large, 96 pages, illustrated. *Train reporting numbers, signals, turntables, Meltham, loco allocations, LNWR 0-8-4T, station master, Scottish locos.

LMS Journal. Number Seven. (Reference #CH1805) Price:£9.95 Essery (ed). Large, 80 pages, illustrated. *Loco operating costs/1, MR line to Bath/1, signals/7, 8-wheeled coupled freight locomotives, HR River class, Trent/2.

LMS Journal. Number Seventeen. (Reference #CH2427) Price:£9.95 Essery (ed). Large, 80 pages, illustrated. *Improver Assistant, Loco power classification; Buxton - Millers Dale; 41 Years with BR LMR; How it was done/4; Scientific Research Dept; Fiskerton Curve.

LMS Journal. Number Six. (Reference #CH1891) Price:£9.95 Essery (ed). Large, 80 pages, illustrated. *Midland Div loco testing, Shrewsbury shed, signals/6, Trent, S&D economies 1929-31, carriage liveries, L&Y rly trust, Gayton Loops SB.

LMS Journal. Number Sixteen. (Reference #CH2426) Price:£9.95 Essery (ed). Large, 80 pages, illustrated. *Toton; LMS signals/15; Canklow; L&YR Wagons; Joint line engineman; Fitted freight stock working; Achnasheen.

LMS Journal. Number Ten. (Reference #CH1998) Price:£9.95 Essery (ed). Large, 80 pages, illustrated. *Turbomotive 6202, Carlisle, signals/10, station gardens, disposal of locomotives (routine maintenance after the day's service), shared wagon construction, LMS clerk's reminiscences/2.