Railway Books: Recent Publications

abc Diesel And Electric Locomotive Recognition.

(Reference #A2902)
Price:£19.99

Marsden.
Medium, 247 pages, photo illustrations, mostly colour, tabulated information, glazed boards. ** "As full as possible technical details of every class and sub-class of shunting and main line diesel and electric locomotive that has operated on the UK rail network".

abc Traction Recognition.

(Reference #A2900)
Price:£16.99

Marsden.
Medium, 295 pages, colour photos, tabulated information, glazed boards. ** "The all-encompassing enthusiast's guide to the present fleet of locomotives, diesel multiple and electric multiple units and now coaching stock operating over the main line rail network in the UK". Second edition.

Allocation History Of BR Diesel Multiple Units Part 1.

(Reference #A2916)
Price:£21.50

50000 - 51828.
Harris, R.
Very large, 158 pages, soft back. **Information given includes shed codes of dmu depots; date and place of building; types of engine; all known re-numberings; allocations and re-allocations; storage dates; names (including unofficial); withdrawal dates; storage points; exported vehicles; disposal dates; scrappings; preservation and all known liveries.

An Artist Among The Ashes.

(Reference #A2914)
Price:£19.95

A photographic record at the very end of Southern Region steam.
Shepherd.
Large landscape, 96-page colour album, glazed boards. **Atmospheric photographs taken by the artist David Shepherd to record details for his paintings. Mostly these were taken in 1967; a second volume, of 1968 photos is in preparation.

Archive. The Quarterly Journal For British Industrial And Transport History. Issue 70.

(Reference #A2918)
Price:£6.75

Parkhouse & Pope (eds).
Large, 64 pages, illustrated, soft back. *Southampton Corp Trams; Hen House Navigation; Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Railway 1934-37; Hythe Pier Tramway; Severn Bridge construction.

Archive. The Quarterly Journal For British Industrial And Transport History. Issue 71.

(Reference #A2919)
Price:£6.75

Parkhouse & Pope (eds).
Large, 64 pages, illustrated, soft back. *Rhyl Miniature Railway; Ackworth quarries; Lambton Men; Westinghouse decking plants; Ibstock colliery.

Bashers, Gadgets And Mourners.

(Reference #A2874)
Price:£19.00

The life and times of the LNWR coal tanks.
Skellon.
Very large, 256 pages, illustrated with photos and locomotive drawings, audio CD in pocket inside front cover, hard back. **A very detailed study, handsomely produced and a terrific bargain. The CD provides the reminiscences of drivers who describe the skill required to fire and drive the engines, and the utter uselessness of their brakes. The restorers of 1054/7799/58926 record their achievements in time for the Rainhill celebrations of 1980.

Book Of The Great Northern. Part Two.

(Reference #A2854)
Price:£26.95

The main line. An engineering commentary part two: Welwyn North to Doncaster.
Coster, P.
Very large, 240 pages, pictorial: photos, large scale maps, glazed boards. ** "This is certainly not a closely-researched railway history... [It] is a booki>about

Book Of The Merchant Navy Pacifics.

(Reference #A2865)
Price:£28.95

Second edition; greatly upgraded and expanded including new sixteen page colour section.
Derry & Sixsmith
Very large, 280 pages, many photo illustrations, glazed boards. **New edition of an old favourite.

Book Of The BR Standard Class 5 4-6-0s.

(Reference #A2871)
Price:£27.95

Sixsmith & Derry
Very large, 208 pages, many photo illustrations, glazed boards.

Bradshaw's Rail Times For Great Britain And Ireland December 1895.

(Reference #A2881)
Price:£24.95

A reprint of the classic timetable complete with period advertisements and shipping connections to all parts.
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Medium, xliv + 770 + 30 pages, map, soft back. **Compounding the reigning confusion over the nomenclature of Bradshaw's publications, the publishers of this reprint have improved on the original title. Many of us know this time table as Bradshaw's Guide, or, for more formal occasions, Bradshaw's General Railway And Steam Navigation Guide, For Great Britain And Ireland. It is, of course, a set of time tables covering the entire country, and thus an unrivalled reference for planning railway journeys through nineteenth century Britain. It is definitely not a tourist guide.

Bradshaw's Descriptive Railway Hand-Book Of Great Britain And Ireland.

(Reference #A2893)
Price:£10.00

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Temporarily Out Of Print*.
Small, 452 pages, plus 8 double-page maps in a final section, hard back without jacket. **The title above is that given on the title page; the cover bears the title Bradshaw's Hand Book 1. 2. 3. 4.. This is a reprint of the actual book used on Michael Portillo's BBC TV programme containing four issues of Bradshaw's Descriptive Railway Handbook, bound especially for the series. Together the four parts of the book cover Great Britain plus all of Ireland and describe the main features and historic buildings of the principal towns. Here, then, is a reprint of Mr Portillo's own Bradshaw. It contains the indexes and descriptive text and most of the illustrations. The advertisements, all but one, are omitted. Eight of the town maps are included: Birmingham, Sheffield, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Hull, Glasgow and Edinburgh. The price is very reasonable.
The book does not, of course, contain any time tables.
*We had been promised and have now received a further consignment of this book, but only sufficient to fulfill outstanding orders. Assuming that then next reprint will arrive just as quickly we'll continue to take orders for it; when we have a firm date to receive fresh stock we'll report it here.

Bradshaw's Guide. Hand Book 1. 2. 3. 4.

(Reference #A2855)
Price:£24.95

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Medium, 624 pages, illustrations gathered together in final section, soft back. **Bradshaw's Guide was the title employed on BBC TV in 2010 for a book containing a set of the four regional issues of Bradshaw's Handbook for Railway Tourists, bound especially for the series. The book covers Great Britain plus all of Ireland and describes the main features and historic buildings of the principal towns. Here, at last, is a reprint of what we understand is all four parts of the 1866 edition. It does not, of course, contain any time tables.

Branch Lines Around Witham And Kelvedon.

(Reference #A2850)
Price:£15.95

Bishops Stortford; Maldon; Tollesbury.
Mitchell.
Medium, about 96 pages, album, photos, large-scale maps of station areas, glazed boards.

Branch Lines To Southend And Southminster.

(Reference #A2849)
Price:£15.95

Mitchell.
Medium, about 96 unnumbered pages, album, photos, large-scale maps of station areas, glazed boards.

Brendon Hills Iron Mines And The West Somerset Mineral Railways.

(Reference #A2879)
Price:£24.99

A New Account.
Jones, M H.
Very large, 416 pages, well illustrated with contemporary photographs and illustrations, present day photos (some colour), structure drawings, site plans and maps, hard back. ** Few British enterprises can have involved so much expenditure for so little reward as the opening and development of the iron mines on the Brendon Hills in Somerset and the construction of the West Somerset Mineral Railway to carry the ore to Watchet harbour. A definitive, fully documented and readable account of the undertaking. Startling value for so large a volume.

Britain's Lost Railways.

(Reference #A2856)
Price:£25.00

The twentieth-century destruction of our finest railway architecture.
Minnis.
Very large, 122 pages, pictorial, hard back. "Soaring viaducts, cathedral-like stations, monumental railway hotels, never mind Euston's famous arch - in the name of progress hundreds of buildings were knocked down or wiped from the landscape, too often to be replaced by a concrete bunker (as Birmingham New St) or a bus shelter as at so many wayside stations. Here the extent of the loss is revealed. Not one building illustrated in this book still exists. The illustrations are old photographs, often previously unpublished, and carefully captioned. The introductory essay is an illuminating analysis of the destruction and the consequent revolt, the conservation and the future of railway buildings. A magnificent work, sensibly priced - everyone interested in railways or buildings should own a copy.

British Railway First Generation DMUs.

(Reference #A2841)
Price:£24.99

Longworth.
Very large, 272 pages, drawings, lists, some photo illustrations, hard back. ** Each type is covered in detail: construction, technical specifications, dates, final destinations. Includes SR diesel-electric MUs, Blue Pullman units, GWR railcars. Diagrams show all the different types of stock. Also sections on unit formations and allocations.

British Railway Journal No 76.

(Reference #A2851)
Price:£9.95

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Very large, 80 pages, soft back journal. **Towcester 1930s; Super 'D's; Elmers End; Wotton to Brill.

British Railways Steam Locomotive Allocations.

(Reference #A2880)
Price:£35.00

Longworth.
Very large, 528 pages, some photo illustrations, monumental listiings, hard back. ** Companion to the author's BR Steam Locomotives 1948-1966, providing a class-by-class allocation record of all steam locomotives in service on 1 Jan 1948, or built between then and 1966. A bonus of considerable interest is the information from 1948, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1960, 1963 and 1966 shown in map form, and illustrating the distribution of each class nationwide in each of these years.

Carriages And Wagons Of The Talyllyn Railway.

(Reference #A2838)
Price:£6.95

A special issue of 'The Narrow Gauge'.
Little.
Large, 62 pages, photo illustrations (colour throughout), lists, soft back. **Talyllyn stock list.

Cathcart Circle.

(Reference #A2843)
Price:£22.50

Kernahan.
Very large, 160 pages, many photo illustrations (some colour), maps, track diagrams, glazed boards. **Full line history of this eight-mile railway from Glasgow Central to Glasgow Central. First published in 1980, this expanded second edition is a considerably larger book.

Conside Trilogy.

(Reference #A2917)
Price:£12.95

A story of iron and coal in north west Durham and the railways that linked them to the outside world.
O'Hagan.
Very large, 191 pages, illustrated with photos (some colour); diagrams, map, soft back. **A book packed with information on these industries in and around Consett. There are also chapters on docks and shipping and on local interests in the Spanish steel industry.

Crystal Palace High Level Railway.

(Reference #A2878)
Price:£13.50

Gale.
Very large, 116 pages, photo illustrations, maps, track diagrams, soft back. **The three mile long Crystal Place High Level Railway, between Nunhead Junction to the magnificent terminus at the Crystal Palace, never made a profit, was closed temporarily during both world wars, failed to rally even when electrified in 1925 and eventually closed in 1954. The loss of the Palace itself (1936) can't have helped. A carefully researched local history.

Cumbrian Railway Album.

(Reference #A2876)
Price:£14.50

From the cameras of Ian and Alan Pearsall.
Gilpin.
Very large, 112 pages, excellent coloured maps, photos, glazed boards. ** First-rate black & white photos taken during the 1950s.

De Winton Of Caernarfon.

(Reference #A2884)
Price:£58.00

Engineers of excellence.
Fisher, Fisher & Jones.
Large, 342 pages, contemporary and present-day photographs (some recent colour), maps, original technical drawings and fine, clear, recent ones by one of the authors, locomotive list, hard back. **A handsomely produced book and a superb deeply researched history of this engineering firm who produced vertical boiler locomotives and much else besides.

District Controller's View 15. Tunbridge Wells West And East Sussex.

(Reference #A2888)
Price:£14.95

Victoria/London Bridge - Brighton via Eridge; Victoria/London Bridge - Brighton via Horsted Keynes; Tunbridge Wells West - Three Bridges; Eridge - Eastbourne; Horsted Keynes - Haywards Heath.
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Very large, 80 pages, photos, many diagrams, soft back. * "Train and traffic operations : Summer 1952; full working timetable (passenger, goods and trip workings) with engine workings; engine and crews diagrams, carriage workings and locomotive allocations 1950-60."

Ex-BR Diesels In Industry.

(Reference #A2909)
Price:£9.95

Handbook 7BRD. 7th edition.
Booth
Medium, 88 pages + 16 page colour photo section, soft back. ** "Full details of those British Rail diesel locomotives below 1000hp sold for industrial service and preservation - past and present - at home and abroad."

Ferry Boat De Nuit 1936 - 1980 / Night Ferry 1936 - 1980.

(Reference #A2913)
Price:£17.99

A brief history of the train which carried you asleep from London to Paris and Brussels.
Elliott & Duvoskeldt.
Very large, 118 pages, photo illustrations, maps, other illustrations, dual French / English text and captions, soft back. **Une guide historique du train que vous avez emprunté endormi(e) de Paris et Bruxelles à Londres. Not sure about endormi(e). When we went there was a metal bucket rolling around on the train deck all night. Jolly good thorough history though, and thank you Mr Elliott for including our e-mail address with the bibliography.

Haymarket Motive Power Depot, Edinburgh.

(Reference #A2863)
Price:£24.99

A history of the depot, its work and locomotives, 1842-2010.
Knox.
Very large, 208 pages, photo illustrations, site plan, glazed boards. ** Built in 1842 as an engine shed for the Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway, Haymarket has served the railways that radiate from Edinburgh ever since. It is now the main DMU depot for Scotland. This is a full history of the depot, the motive power and the staff based there, including an analysis of the accidents in which they have been involved.

Hexham To Hawick (Country Railway Routes).

(Reference #A2907)
Price:£15.95

The border counties railway.
Darsley & Lovett.
Medium, 96-page album, large-scale maps, glazed boards.

Hidden Railways Of Portsmouth & Gosport.

(Reference #A2912)
Price:£17.95

Marden.
Very large, 154 pages, photos, maps, site plans, soft back. **Some fascinating systems, including many naval and military lines, contractors' and other industrial railways. Gives locomotive stock details.

Hydraulic Vs Electric.

(Reference #A2875)
Price:£19.99

The battle for the BR diesel fleet.
Clough.
Large, 160 pages, photo illustrations, hard back. **The author sets out the early history of diesel traction and goes on to consider from a new perspective the decisions taken with regard to motive power in Britain in the latter half of the 1950s, set against a background of developments in Germany. He questions established beliefs concerning diesel hydraulics and draws some surprising conclusions.

Illustrated History Of The Great Western Narrow Gauge.

(Reference #A2869)
Price:£19.99

Johnson, P.
Very large, 160 pages, photos (some colour), map endpapers, pictures of paperwork, ephemera etc. Hardback. ** The GWR owned three of the great narrow gauge railways of Wales: the Vale of Rheidol, and the Welshpool & Llanfair, inherited from the Cambrian Railways in 1922, and the Corris, acquired in 1931 as part of an all-in deal for the Bristol Tramways Company. All three lines have fascinating histories. All three remain, in whole or in part preserved.

Industrial Railways And Locomotives Of Essex.

(Reference #A2847)
Price:£27.95

Waywell & Jux.
Medium, 372 pages + about 90 pages of photographs, good map section including some detailed local area and site plans, lists, glazed boards. (Also available as a soft back, qv.). **Information is set out thus: Industrial locations where privately owned locomotives were used; Civil engineering contracts using locomotives (including railway works): Locomotive builders, repairers and dealers; Preservation and pleasure lines over 15" gauge; Non-locomotive worked railways of significant length.

Industrial Railways And Locomotives Of Essex.

(Reference #A2848)
Price:£23.95

Waywell & Jux.
Medium, 372 pages + about 90 pages of photographs, good map section including some detailed local area and site plans, lists, glazed boards. (Also available in glazed boards, qv.). **Information is set out thus: Industrial locations where privately owned locomotives were used; Civil engineering contracts using locomotives (including railway works): Locomotive builders, repairers and dealers; Preservation and pleasure lines over 15" gauge; Non-locomotive worked railways of significant length.

Industrial Railways In Colour South.

(Reference #A2910)
Price:£11.95

Poulter
Large, 64 page colour album, glazed boards. **Early post war pictures with a lot of steam interest.

Lampeter, Aberayron And New Quay Light Railway.

(Reference #A2833)
Price:£8.95

LP191, 2nd edition.
Price.
Medium, 104 pages, photos, maps, soft back.

Under 10 CMEs. Volume One.

(Reference #A2894)
Price:£16.95

Dugald Drummond to W A Stanier 1912-1944. RS22A
Langridge.
Medium, 232 pages, photo illustrations, soft back. **Eric Langridge was an important contributor to locomotive history particularly through his monumental series "Under 10 CMEs" which appeared in the Journal of the Stephenson Locomotive Society in 28 instalments between 1973 - 1988. His apprenticeship was at Eastleigh, but the LSWR had no post for him, and he started work at the MR drawing office at Derby. He developed a specialisation in locomotive boilers. He ended his career as diesel assistant to the CME of the BR LM Region and retired in 1959. The SLS articles form the basis of this book which has been compiled and edited by John and Simon Marshall and Bruce Nathan.

Under 10 CMEs. Volume Two.

(Reference #A2895)
Price:£16.95

C E Fairburn to J F Harrison 1944-1959. RS22B
Langridge.
Medium, 232 pages, photo illustrations, soft back. **Eric Langridge was an important contributor to locomotive history particularly through his monumental series "Under 10 CMEs" which appeared in the Journal of the Stephenson Locomotive Society in 28 instalments between 1973 - 1988. His apprenticeship was at Eastleigh, but the LSWR had no post for him, and he started work at the MR drawing office at Derby. He developed a specialisation in locomotive boilers. He ended his career as diesel assistant to the CME of the BR LM Region and retired in 1959. The SLS articles form the basis of this book which has been compiled and edited by John and Simon Marshall and Bruce Nathan.

Sir Ernest Lemon. A biography.

(Reference #A2857)
Price:£24.95

The production engineer who modernised the LMS railway and equipped the RAF for war.
Jenkins.
Medium, 272 pages, photo illustrations, hard back.

LMS Journal. Number Thirty-four.

(Reference #A2922)
Price:£9.95

Essery (ed).
Large, 80 pages, illustrated. *Cromford & High Peak; works plates; bridge works at Chapel-en-le-Frith; milk traffic; distant signal.

LMS Journal. Number Thirty-five.

(Reference #A2923)
Price:£9.95

Essery (ed).
Large, 80 pages, illustrated. *Sir Ernest Lemon; pre 1923 practice continues; containerisation; Sentinel railcars; 2F dock tanks; signals 1923-32.

LMS Locomotive Profiles. Pictorial Supplement To No.4 - The 'Princess Royal' Pacifics.

(Reference #A2890)
Price:£19.95

Jennison, Hunt & Essery.
Very large, 96 pages, soft back. **This supplement provides the photographs which were surplus to the main profile volume.

LMS Locomotive Profiles. No.14 - The Standard Class 3 Freight Tank Engines.

(Reference #A2891)
Price:£18.95

Hunt, Jennison & Essery.
Very large, 90 pages, soft back. **Illustrated with photos and archive technical drawings (some fold-out) from the NRM.

LNWR Wagons Volume Two.

(Reference #A2822)
Price:£29.95

Northedge (ed).
Very large, 220 pages, pictorial: large, clear drawings and photographs, soft back. **Produced by the LNWR Society. A third part, which will complete this painstaking and detailed survey, is in preparation.

Locomotives Beyond The Polar Circle.

(Reference #A2827)
Price:£12.95

Ilyin.
Very large, 48 page album, some colour, map, dual Russian/English text, soft back. **Album prefaced by brief line history. Shows mostly elecric locomotives working the northern part of the line between Petrozavodsk and Murmansk, and its branches.

London's East End Railways. Part 1.

(Reference #A2873)
Price:£29.99

Liverpool Street, Stratford, Ilford & Temple Mills Yard.
Brennand.
Very large, 174 page album, hard back. **The former GER lines bounded between Liverpool Street and Ilford. The author, a driver, grew up in the area and has prefaced his interesting selection of photos with a 39-page introduction. The photos are mostly from BR days, and include steam and diesel traction, and quite a bit of period colour. A solid study of a surprisingly neglected area of intense railway activitiy.

Lynn & Hunstanton Railway.

(Reference #A2897)
Price:£15.95

And the West Norfolk branch. OL70.
Jenkins.
Medium, 192 pages, photos, track plans, maps, some drawings, soft back. *Line history. Second edition. The colour reproduction OS 1" map folded and loose in a pocket is a nice addition.

MacLeod's Other Island.

(Reference #A2883)
Price:£22.95

The story of the Southern Railway's first assistant for the Isle of Wight.
Hastings & Silsbury.
Very large, 112 pages, many photo and other illustrations, glazed boards. ** Biography of A B MacLeod, a man of many parts. Career railwayman, sometime railway overlord of the Isle of Wight, collaborator with Ian Allan on his early abcs, enthusiast for model and miniature railways and a very charming man. We bought some books from him; as we left he glanced at the registration of our beloved Renault 16, R756PAK, "Ah, A S Harris", he remarked.

Midland Record 32.

(Reference #A2820)
Price:£11.95

Essery (ed).
Very large, 96 pages. Soft back. **Kirtley era 2-4-0s; Pye Bridge & Beeston; Swinderby accident 1928; Maintenance of permanent way etc.

Midland Record 33.

(Reference #A2924)
Price:£11.95

Essery (ed).
Very large, 96 pages. Soft back. **Kirtley era 2-4-0s /2; Grimesthorpe; Mantle Lane Coalville bridge 44A; S&D 2-8-0s from the footplate; Swinderby.

Midland Record 34.

(Reference #A2925)
Price:£12.95

Essery (ed).
Very large, 96 pages. Soft back. **Locomotives of the Keighley & Worth Valley 1866-1961; St Pancras sidings; Leicester London Road; Midland sales practice.

Minehead Branch 1848-1971.

(Reference #A2882)
Price:£24.99

The history of the West Somerset and Minehead railway companies.
Coleby.
Very large, 392 pages, well illustrated with photographs and contemporary illustrations, structure drawings, site plans and maps, hard back. ** Second edition of this exhaustive line history which includes operation, detailed line descriptions, and an original and interesting extra - an alphabetical list of employees.

Monorails Of The 19th Century.

(Reference #A2859)
Price:£24.99

Garner.
Very large, 288 pages, well illustrated with photographs, contemporary illustrations, vehicle drawings, and maps, glazed boards. ** The monorail was conceived in the 1820s when conventional two-rail lines were still a recent idea. Here is its history up to the construction of the successful Wuppertal Schwebebahn at end of the 19th century. There is a history and a full technical description of each system. Many of the designs were eccentric and few were commercially succesful but this energetic period of industrial growth encouraged novelty.

Western Region Steam 1950-1965.

(Reference #A2870)
Price:£22.50

The Norman Lockett Archive.
Arlett & Lockett.
Very large, 192 page album, glazed boards. ** Fine large photographs, one or two to a page, carefully researched and captioned and with brief chapter notes.

North & West Route Volume 3B Abergavenny Brecon Road To Maindee Junction.

(Reference #A2915)
Price:£30.95

Hodge.
Very large, 140 pages, pictorial: photos, map, some large scale maps, hard back. **Third in the series on the North and West Route between Shrewsbury, Hereford and Newport (Maindee). This section of the route has been divided into two volumes to accommodate the large amount of photos available.

Northern Northumberland's Minor Railways: Volume Two.

(Reference #A2835)
Price:£10.95

Colliery and associated lines.
Jermy.
Medium, 128 pages, maps, photos, soft back. **LP234B.

Past And Present No 64. Bristol And South Gloucestershire.

(Reference #A2826)
Price:£17.99

Stretton.
Medium, 144 page photo album, map, soft back. **Matching pairs of "old" (mainly 50s and 60s) scenes contrasted with the present day view. Bristol, Avonmouth, Filton, Pilning, Mangotsfield, Bitton.

Point And Shoot Volume Two Locomotives At Work.

(Reference #A2885)
Price:£14.95

A railway photographic memoir.
Reading.
Medium, unpaginated, album, soft back. **A few pages of personal notes are followed by 364 photos of locomotives (mostly steam) at work. Mostly two pictures per page, so about 160 pages. The pictures are mainly on the Southern and Western regions with a foray into the LM and taken over a four year period from 1961. Good pictures, anyway.

Poster To Poster. Volume 4 The Eastern Counties.

(Reference #A2867)
Price:£35.00

Railway journeys in art.
Furness.
Very large landscape, 256 pages, colour images, discursive text, poster database in county order, bibliography, hardback. **Third of a planned series of seven volumes intended to catalogue British railway posters throughout the twentieth century, and based largely on the magnificent collection of the NRM.

Pullman Profile No 3. The All-Steel 'K-Type' Cars.

(Reference #A2862)
Price:£29.95

Ford.
Very large landscape, 152 pages, pictorial (some period colour), glazed boards. **Photographs, lists, drawings, bibliography.

Rail Guide 2011.

(Reference #A2845)
Price:£16.99

Marsden.
Medium, 309 pages, colour photos, diagrammatic route maps, glazed boards. **Numeric listings of all UK locomotive, MU and coaching stock fleets, plus track machines and on-track plant; passenger TOC maps; engineering and infrastructure operators; private train operator fleets. Second edition.

Railmotor.

(Reference #A2901)

The steam engine that rewrote railway history.
Jones.
Large, square, 144 pages, photo illustrations, much in colour, hard back. ** A history of the steam railmotor based around that of the newly restored GWR 1908 railmotor at Didcot.

Rails To Glyn Ceiriog Part 1.

(Reference #A2877)
Price:£58.00

The history of the Glyn Valley tramway. Part 1 Its background, history, conception and battle for survival 1857-1903.
Milner & Williams.
Very large, 306 pages, well illustrated with photos (some colour), excellent maps and site plans, bibliography, hard back. **Volume 2 Part 1 of The Industrial History Of The Ceiriog Valley. An exhaustive study, and a very handsomely produced book.

Railway Archive. No 30.

(Reference #A2818)
Price:£8.25

Parkhouse & Pope, eds.
Large, 80 pages, illustrated, soft back journal. ** Railway canals/1; Rural L&Y post cards; Hopwood: Scotland; Cornwall Minerals Rly 0-6-0Ts; Wagon ownership 1923-47; Caledonian derailment.

Railway Archive. No 32.

(Reference #A2927)
Price:£8.25

Parkhouse & Pope, eds.
Large, 80 pages, illustrated, soft back journal. ** Sekon's history of the LC&DRly /1; L&Y town & suburban post cards; Broad gauge standard goods 0-6-0s of the GWR; Invicta at Canterbury; Railway canals /3.

Railway Archive. No 33.

(Reference #A2928)
Price:£8.25

Parkhouse & Pope, eds.
Large, 80 pages, illustrated, soft back journal. ** Conversion of the broad gauge in Devon & Cornwall 1892; Sekon's history of the LC&DRly /2; Hertfordshire GN & GE post cards; Hawes Jct disaster; Invicta at Canterbury; Railway canals /3.

Railway Memories No 23 Steam Age Diesels Across Yorkshire.

(Reference #A2908)
Price:£13.95

Firth & Cookson.
Large, 96 page album, soft back.

Railways In Ireland. Part Four.

(Reference #A2911)
Price:£15.95

Great Southern & Western.
Bairstow.
Large, 112 pages, photos (some colour), maps, soft back.

Railways Restored 2011.

(Reference #A2837)
Price:£15.99

The best-selling guide to heritage railways.
Butcher.
Medium, 239 pages, map, some photos, adverts, soft back. **32nd edition of the bestselling guide to the major heritage railways, railway museums, and preservation centres in the British Isles. Tabulated visitor information plus locomotive lists for most centres.

Rugby To Loughborough. (Midland Main Lines).

(Reference #A2905)
Price:£16.95

Pearce.
Medium, 96-page album: photos, large-scale maps of station areas, glazed boards.

Rugby To Stafford. (Midland Main Lines).

(Reference #A2904)
Price:£15.95

The Trent valley line.
Mitchell & Smith
Medium, 96-page album: photos, large-scale maps of station areas, glazed boards.

Scenes From The Past 11A. Railways In And Around Nottingham.

(Reference #A2844)
Price:£17.95

Updated and enlarged edition.
Taylor.
Very large, about 120 unnumbered pages, album some period colour, map, track plans, narrative captions, soft back.

Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway Under Military Control 1940-1960.

(Reference #A2858)
Price:£22.50

Christensen.
Very large, 192 pages, many photo illustrations, signalling diagrams, station layouts, glazed boards. ** On the brink of a second closure (the first had been between 1880 and 1911) the line was taken over by the WD in 1940 to form the basis of an extensive depot for the storage of ammunition. Additional track was laid, more than 200 rail-served explosive store houses constructed,and new marshalling yards were built. The depot survived the war until 1960, when it and - effectively - the railway, were closed.

Signal Box Register Volume 1.

(Reference #A2861)
Price:£22.00

Great Western. Revised edition.
Hall, ed.
Very large, 332 pages, good coloured maps, some photos (some coloured), tabulated data, soft back. **The register gives the following information: location, name and alternative names, date of opening and closure, construction type and details of locking frame.

South Staffordshire Railway. Volume One.

(Reference #A2836)
Price:£19.95

Dudley - Walsall - Lichfield - Burton (including the Black Country branches).
Yate.
Medium, 312 pages, photo illustrations, maps, soft back. **OL154A.

Southern Counties Main Line Steam.

(Reference #A2872)
Price:£18.95

Welch.
Large square, 112 page colour album, glazed boards. **Super period colour images, well annotated.

Southern Rails Around Southampton.

(Reference #A2860)
Price:£19.95

Including the Fawley branch.
Drummond.
Very large, 188 pages, pictorial: photo illustrations, some period colour, nice maps and station layouts, bibliography, glazed boards. **Detailed area survey.

Southern Region Flashback.

(Reference #A2889)
Price:£10.00

The South Western main line through Hampshire in the 1950s.
Kimber.
Large landscape, 64-page album, soft back. **Photographs taken by the compiler's father, and other photographers, arranged one or two to a page, and captioned.

Southern Way No 15.

(Reference #A2920)
Price:£12.95

The regular volume for the Southern devotee.
Robertson (ed).
Very large, 108 page soft back journal. ** Includes: London's last steam; 1953 Spithead review; Stewart's Lane; Pioneer diesel and electric locomotives; Westerham 1961; Railways of the Isle of Wight.

Southern Way No 17.

(Reference #A2921)
Price:£12.95

The regular volume for the Southern devotee.
Robertson (ed).
Very large, 108 page soft back journal. ** Includes: Rebuilding North Camp station level crossing; Lord Nelson class boiler failure; Luggage labels; South coast steam; Southern Railway from inception to nationalisation / 4.

Swanage.

(Reference #A2846)
Price:£16.95

125 years of railways.
Jackson.
Medium, 288 pages, photo illustrations, maps, track plans, architectural drawings, soft back. ** Very thorough local history. OL153.

Tales From The Clay Country: Working With Steam In Cornwall.

(Reference #A2864)
Price:£19.95

Rundle.
Very large, 152 pages, many photo illustrations, large clear track plans of the main stations and engine sheds, glazed boards. ** A portrayal of the work of the Great Western in Cornwall and in particular the steam sheds at St Blazey, Truro and Penzance; together with the Southern men and their engines at Wadebridge, and (because it was intimately connected with these lines, despite remaining stubbornly in Devon) the great Plymouth shed at Laira. A sequel to the author's Laira Fireman

Tales From The Fast Trains.

(Reference #A2898)
Price:£8.99

Europe at 186 mph.
Chesshyre.
Octavo, 315 pages, map, soft back. ** "Tired of airport security queues, delays ... Tom Chesshyre embarks on a series of high-speed adventures across the continent on its fast trains instead. He discovers the hidden delights of mysterious Luxembourg, super-trendy Rotterdam, much-maligned Frankfurt and lovely lakeside Lausanne, via a pop concert in Lille".

Warships In Colour.

(Reference #A2903)
Price:£11.95

Jennison.
Large, 64 page colour album, glazed boards.

Wells-Next-The-Sea Branch.

(Reference #A2899)
Price:£15.95

via Wymondham and Dereham. OL73.
Jenkins.
Medium, 200 pages, photos, track plans, maps, some drawings, soft back. *Line history. Second (enlarged) edition. The colour reproduction OS 1" map folded and loose in a pocket is a nice addition.

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 49 Part B: Classes N8, N9, N10, N11, N12, N13, N14 & N15.

(Reference #A2842)
Price:£29.99

Yeadon.
Very large, many photos, 158 pages, hard back. ** The North British and North Eastern 0-6-2T classes, all but the N18s, which are held over to the final volume./nThis is the penultimate volume of Yeadon's Register. Volume 50 of this mighty work will cover, as well as the N18s, the balance of the 0-6-0Ts, the 4-4-0Ts and the various petrol, diesel and electric motive power.

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 50: Classes D50, D51, GC7, J58, J59, J60, J61, J62, J63, J81, J82, J83, J84, J85, J86, J88, J90, J91, N18, Diesel, Petrol & Electric Motive Power & Trams.

(Reference #A2868)
Price:£29.99

Yeadon.
Very large, many photos, 166 pages, hard back. ** Truly a landmark publication! The final volume of Yeadon's Register - which has attained fifty volumes in fifty-seven parts and has been published over twenty years under three different imprints. The ultimate volume of this mighty work covers the N18s, the balance of the 0-6-0Ts, the 4-4-0Ts and the various petrol, diesel and electric motive power.

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Time Tables: BR
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UK & Ireland 2
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International 1
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Miscellany
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