Railway Books: Recent Publications

Archive. The Quarterly Journal For British Industrial And Transport History. Issue 63.

(Reference #A2659)
Price:£6.00

Parkhouse & Pope (eds).
Large, 64 pages, illustrated, soft back. *Burnhope Colliery/4; Bicslade Tramroad; Oil Under Canvas (sailing ships); funeral suppliers; Bentley Colliery.

Archive. The Quarterly Journal For British Industrial And Transport History. Issue 64.

(Reference #A2702)
Price:£6.00

Parkhouse & Pope (eds).
Large, 64 pages, illustrated, soft back. *Slate steamers; Foden & ERF; Non-recovery coke-making/1; Bixlade stone works.

Archive. The Quarterly Journal For British Industrial And Transport History. Issue 65.

(Reference #A2701)
Price:£6.00

Parkhouse & Pope (eds).
Large, 64 pages, illustrated, soft back. *Ellesmere Port; Wiltshire agriculture; Non-recovery coke-making/2; Chain-makers.

Bagnalls Of Stafford.

(Reference #A2647)
Price:£100.00

Builders of locomotives for the world's railways.
Baker & Civil.
Very large, 800 pages. 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.

Blue Pullman Supplement.

(Reference #A2654)
Price:£14.95

Robertson.
Very large, 88 pages, pictorial, soft back. **i>The

Book Of The T9 4-4-0s.

(Reference #A2673)
Price:£27.95

Derry.
Very large, 208 pages, glazed boards. ****A pictorial history with repair lists, annual mileages etc for each locomotive.

Book Of The Warships.

(Reference #A2667)
Price:£27.95

(The Western Region D600/D800/D833, Class 41/42/43 diesel-hydraulics.)
Jennison.
Very large, 344 pages, glazed boards. **A pictorial history with chronology, works visits, etc for each locomotive.

Branch Lines East Of Norwich.

(Reference #A2724)
Price:£15.95

The wherry lines.
Adderson & Kenworthy.
Medium, 96-page album: photos, large- and small-scale maps, glazed boards.

Britain's Railways 1997-2005.

(Reference #A2663)
Price:£30.00

Labour's strategic experiment.
Gourvish.
Medium, 309 pages, some illustrations, hard back. * "A critical examination of the Blair government's involvement in the rail industry from 1997 as they attempted to deal with the fragmented privatised railways".

British Rail Standard Diesels Of The 1960s.

(Reference #A2650)
Price:£19.99

Clough, D N.
Large, 160 pages, photo illlustrations, hard back. **An examination of the BR fleet class by class, with information on key design features, entry into traffic, and operational experience, and draws heavily on recently released official information which provides a few unexpected details.

British Railway Journal No 75.

(Reference #A2691)
Price:£9.95

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Very large, 80 pages, soft back journal. **Aldeburgh Branch; Tylwch Accident; Shelton; Incident at Byfield; Quainton Road to Wotton.

British Railways Locomotives And Coaching Stock 2010.

(Reference #A2731)
Price:£16.95

The rolling stock of Britain's mainline railway operators in 2010.
Pritchard, Fox & Hall.
Small, 383 pages including colour plates. Glazed boards.

Castleford Colliery Railways.

(Reference #A2644)
Price:£9.95

Ackton Hall, Allerton Bywater, Allerton Main, Fryston, Glasshoughton, Ledston Luck, Peckfield, Prince of Wales, Savile, Wheldale, Whitwood.
Rockett, R.
Large, 64 pages, pictorial, area map, some colliery plans. Soft back.

Chester To Denbigh Railway.

(Reference #A2710)
Price:£17.95

Carvell.
Very large, 108 pages, photo illustrations, map, gradient profiles, local track diagrams, glazed boards.

Cromford Station.

(Reference #A2657)
Price:£11.95

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

District Controller's View 12. The Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway.

(Reference #A2669)
Price:£14.95

Peterborough Saxby King's Lynn Norwich Wisbech Bourne Melton Constable Cromer Sutton Bridge Spalding Great Yarmouth Lowestoft.
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Very large, 92 pages, photos, many diagrams, soft back. * "Train and traffic operations over the M&GN during the 1950s; full working timetable (passenger and goods); engine diagrams, carriage workings and locomotive allocations 1950-60."

East Somerset And Cheddar Valley Railways.

(Reference #A2670)
Price:£24.99

The 'Strawberry Line'.
Harman.
Large, 272 pages, many photo illustrations, maps, structure drawings, large track diagrams, hardback. **Officially the GWR route between Yatton and Witham was known as the Wells branch, but it had originated in two entirely separate branches both terminating at Wells and ultimately joined by a short length of the Somerset & Dorset. Indeed at one time Wells had three stations, on three independent lines. A comprehensive line history and description.

Electric Railway Dictionary.

(Reference #A2708)
Price:£45.00

Definitions and illustrations of the parts and equipment of electric railway cars and trucks.
Hitt.
Very large, 63 (dictionary) + 292 (illustrations) + 54 (advertisements) pages, hard back without jacket. ** Reprint of exceedingly scarce American publication whose contents need no further description than the subtitle provides. The original was published by the Electric Railway Journal in 1911; this reprint, limited to 125 copies, is a handsome production in black cloth with silver titling on spine and front board.

GNER. The Route Of The Flying Scotsman.

(Reference #A2605)
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.

Grids.

(Reference #A2680)
Price:£16.95

The Class 56 story.
Bulmer.
Very large, 125 pages, many photo illustrations, nearly all in colour, maps, loco lists, soft back. **1976 - 2004 and beyond, the 135 class 56s are chronicled here in great detail. Among the nuggets of information offered is a 13-page list of all passenger trains ever hauled by a class 56.

GWR Goods Services. Part 2B.

(Reference #A2707)
Price:£25.95

Goods depots and their operation.
Atkins.
Very large, 180 pages, illustrated with photos, site maps etc. Soft back. **Essential reference: covers Bristol, Birmingham and Cardiff areas. London is covered in part 2A. The next volume is to deal with GWR docks.

Hertford Loop. (Country Railway Routes).

(Reference #A2721)
Price:£15.95

From the suburbs to the country.
Mitchell & Smith.
Medium, 96-page album: photos, maps, time table extracts, glazed boards.

Indian Broad Gauge Steam Remembered.

(Reference #A2736)
Price:£29.95

Marshall.
Medium, 166 pages, pictorial (some colour), maps, locomotive lists, hard back.

Industrial Narrow Gauge Album.

(Reference #A2661)
Price:£19.95

Neale, A.
Large, 108 pages, soft back. **A fine selection of photographs from the length and breadth of Great Britain showing many industrial lines with a variety of motive power and gauges. The majority of pictures have not been published before. Each is extensively and knowledgeably captioned, and each area section has a brief introductory essay.

International Railway Index.

(Reference #A2726)
Price:£20.00

Version 7.0 for PCs.
Wildish.
Not a book! This is a CD (in DVD style case). ** An index of articles in railway magazines from 1897 to date. The articles are sorted by country, company, subject, locomotive class, magazine and date; page numbers and length of articles are given. So far the information includes over 240,000 titles; there is still a long way to go: approximately 30,000 titles are added every year.

Kent & East Sussex Railway.

(Reference #A2671)
Price:£34.95

Hart.
Very large, 282 pages, photo illustrations, maps, hard back. ** "The life and times of a local railway" - a history of Col Stephens' favourite line.

King's Cross to Potters Bar. (Eastern Main Lines).

(Reference #A2686)
Price:£15.95

Connor & Connor.
Medium, probably 96 pages, album with 4-page historical introduction, photos, some maps, glazed boards.

Last Call For The Dining Car.

(Reference #A2704)
Price:£18.99

The Telegraph book of great railway journeys.
Kerr (ed).
Medium, 338 pages, hard back. ** A super anthology of railway travel articles and snippets from the Telegraph archives: you will want to read the whole piece in which Boris Johnson reviles Network Rail as "a leaderless, directionless state-owned invertebrate, run with all the panache and market sensitivity of a gumboot factory in communist Bulgaria"; also about the first television programme received on a moving train (1933) and the journey from Wick to Vladivostok and.. but alas I have other books to catalogue. A smartly produced volume.

LMS Journal. Number Twenty-five.

(Reference #A2639)
Price:£9.95

Essery (ed).
Large, 80 pages, illustrated. *Signals/21; King's Langley; Steel Rolling Stock Policy; Remote Points, double wire lever control; LMS Locomotive Profiles; 1936 Summer Passenger Services on S&D; Pullman Cars in Scotland; Proposed 4-6-4.

LMS Journal. Number Twenty-six.

(Reference #A2640)
Price:£9.95

Essery (ed).
Large, 80 pages, illustrated. *Signals/21/2; Ambergate; Bells Nottingham - Lincoln; Switch Diamonds; How It Was Done/6; 50s Freight on the Butterley Branch; Patricroft; Line Closures; Evolution of Brakes.

LMS Journal. Number Twenty-seven.

(Reference #A2699)
Price:£9.95

Essery (ed).
Large, 80 pages, illustrated. *Signals/22; Charlie Harrison/1; Emergency Passenger braking; Push & pull: L&Y; Goods stations/2; Telegraphs/1.

LMS Journal. Number Twenty-eight.

(Reference #A2700)
Price:£9.95

Essery (ed).
Large, 80 pages, illustrated. *Signals/22; LNWR Goods wagons; Beal St Fireman; 36000 mile exam of Coronation; Scottish Loco indicators.

LMS Lineside. Part Two: Railway Signage, Timetables And Poster Boards, Platform Numbering, Station Seats, Barrows And Trolleys.

(Reference #A2681)
Price:£17.95

An LMS Journal handbook.
Anderson & Twells.
Very large, 102 page album, mostly photos, some drawings, soft back. **Generously captioned pictures, essential reference for modellers, plenty of interest for the rest of us.

LMS Locomotive Profiles. No.11 - The Coronation Class Pacifics.

(Reference #A2682)
Price:£24.95

Hunt, Jennison, Meanley, James & Essery.
Very large, 174 pages, soft back. **Illustrated with photos and archive technical drawings (some fold-out) from the NRM.

LMS Locomotive Profiles. Pictorial Supplement To LMS Locomotive Profile No. 11. The Coronation Pacifics.

(Reference #A2689)
Price:£18.95

Jennison, Meanley, Essery, James & Hunt.
Very large, 118 pages (some folding), pictorial: photos, some drawings, soft back. **This supplement provides the photographs which were surplus to the main profile volume.

LMS Locomotive Profiles. No.12 - The Diesel-Electric Shunters.

(Reference #A2683)
Price:£19.95

Hunt & Jennison.
Very large, 122 pages, soft back. **Illustrated with photos and archive technical drawings (some fold-out) from the NRM.

LNER Wagons Volume Three LNER Scottish Area.

(Reference #A2706)
Price:£33.95

Ex-NB and ex-GNS wagons absorbed by the LNER.
Tatlow.
Very large, 186 pages, many photo and line illustrations, hard back. **Comprehensive information. Third of a four-volume work: still to come is the one on LNER standard designs.

Locomotive Compendium Ireland.

(Reference #A2655)
Price:£19.99

Boocock.
Very large, 128 pages, photo illlustrations, some period colour, glazed boards. **The first of a series planned to cover all the main railways in the British Isles in the period from 1949 to the present. In fact this volume includes classes dating back to the 1870s. A class-by-class survey giving brief histories and class statistics. The volume covers the whole of Ireland.

Locomotives Of Severn-Lamb Ltd.

(Reference #A2729)
Price:£9.95

A special issue of The Narrow Gauge.
Holroyde & Little.
Medium, 85 pages, photo illustrations (mainly colour), list, soft back. ** "Leisure train builders to the world". A history of the firm, with a very details list of their products.

Locomotives Of The LMS. The Hughes And Stanier 2-6-0's.

(Reference #A2677)
Price:£22.95

Young & Tyreman.
Very large, 208 pages, photo illustrations including 12 pages of period colour, drawings, glazed boards. **From design to disposal, details of construction, allocation, re-building, modification, mileages, etc, etc.

Sir William McAlpine.

(Reference #A2735)
Price:£10.95

A tale of locomotives, carriages and conservation.
Chacksfield.
Medium, 120 pages, photos, soft back.

Mechanical Horses.

(Reference #A2743)
Price:£13.95

Aldridge.
Medium, 96 pages, photo illustrations, some period colour, soft back. **The introduction of articulation into the road haulage industry. The most common form of articulation up to the 1970s was the automatic coupling designed by O D North of Scammells in the early 1930s, particularly used by the railway companies for their road haulage vehicles.

Memories Of Isle Of Wight Railways.

(Reference #A2744)
Price:£14.95

Jacobs.
Very large landscape, 96 pages, pictorial, some period colour, soft back. **A happy combination of personal recollection and some fine photos, generously sized.

Merseyside Electrics.

(Reference #A2705)
Price:£14.99

Cadwallader & Jenkins.
Medium landscape, 80 page colour album, system maps, glazed boards.

Metropolitan Line.

(Reference #A2741)
Price:£16.99

London's first underground railway.
Foxell.
Medium, 160 pages, photo and other illustrations, some colour, soft back. **A nice history of the Met.

Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway And Its Locomotives.

(Reference #A2653)
Price:£24.99

Essery.
Very large, 192 pages, many photo illustrations, drawings, map. Glazed boards.

Midland Record 29.

(Reference #A2660)
Price:£11.95

Essery (ed).
Very large, 96 pages. Soft back. **London coal traffic; Moseley; Darley Dale; MR in S Wales; Huddersfield/2.

Midland Record 30.

(Reference #A2698)
Price:£11.95

Essery (ed).
Very large, 96 pages. Soft back. **Bristol; Stourton shed; Leicester passenger stn west box; Bootle branch; Harringworth viaduct.

Narrow Gauge Railways Of Cuba.

(Reference #A2651)
Price:£30.95

From the 1860s to the present day.
Walker, C.
Very large, 200 pages, photo illustrations, some colour, maps, stock lists, soft back. Also available in hardback, qv. **General history of these fascinating railways.

Narrow Gauge Railways Of Cuba.

(Reference #A2652)
Price:£36.95

From the 1860s to the present day.
Walker, C.
Very large, 200 pages, photo illustrations, some colour, maps, stock lists, hardback. Also available in soft back, qv. **General history of these fascinating railways.

Narrow Gauge Super Power.

(Reference #A2740)
Price:£6.95

Limestone to Port Elizabeth.
Paxton & Payling.
Medium, 48 pages, small map, photo illustrations, huge folding page d/s large clear locomotive drawings, other drawings, diagrams, tables, soft back. **Heavy mineral trains in South Africa, steam and diesel.

Newcastle-under-Lyme.

(Reference #A2678)
Price:£18.95

Its railway and canal history.
Baker & Fell.
Very large, 136 pages, many photo illustrations, maps, glazed boards.

Nottinghamshire Steam Railways In The 1960s Volume Two.

(Reference #A2732)
Price:£3.50

Wright, G.
Medium, 36 pages, album, soft back. *"A collection of photographs showing steam locomotives at work in Nottinghamshire in the 1960s."

Over The Alps On The Watercress Line.

(Reference #A2684)
Price:£11.95

Realising a boyhood dream in the 21st century.
Richardson.
Medium, 143 pages, photo illustrations, soft back. ** Reminiscences of a driver on the Mid-Hants.

Past And Present No 62. The Black Country And South And East Staffordshire.

(Reference #A2748)
Price:£17.99

Whitehouse & Dowling.
Medium, 144 page album, soft back. **Matching pairs of "old" (mainly 50s and 60s) scenes contrasted with the present day view. Wolverhampton, Walsall, Lichfield, Tamworth, Burton-upon-Trent, West Bromwich.

Petroleum Rail Tank Wagons Of Britain.

(Reference #A2711)
Price:£33.00

(new revised and enlarged edition)
Tourret.
Very large, 304 pages, photos, scale drawings, glazed boards. ** The history and design of rail tank wagons used for carrying petroleum and allied products such as bitumen and shale oil, in England, Scotland and Wales, from its beginnings in the late 1870s to the present day.

Poster To Poster. Volume 1 Scotland

(Reference #A2645)
Price:£35.00

Railway journeys in art.
Furness.
Very large landscape, 236 pages, colour images, discursive text, poster database in county order, bibliography, hardback. **First 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.

Power Of The Kings.

(Reference #A2672)
Price:£19.99

Waters.
Very large, 112 page album, hard back. **Photos of all locomotives at different stages of their careers, with information of building, allocation, withdrawal etc of each engine..

Private Owner Wagons An Eighth Collection.

(Reference #A2666)
Price:£19.95

Turton, K.
Very large, 168 pages, many photo illustrations. Glazed boards. **Another wide range of wagons and their operators. Short histories of over seventy more businesses, together with all known details of their wagon fleets; as usual there is also further information and pictures on companies featured in earlier volumes.

Pullman Profile No 2. The Standard 'K-Type' Cars.

(Reference #A2752)
Price:£29.95

Ford.
Very large landscape, 200 pages, pictorial, glazed boards. **Photographs, lists, drawings, bibliography.

Rail Guide 2010.

(Reference #A2734)
Price:£16.99

Marsden.
Medium, 301 pages, colour photos, diagrammatic route maps, glazed boards. **Numeric listings of all UK locomotive, MU and coaching stock fleets; passenger toc maps; engineering and infrastructure operators; private train operator fleets; off lease, exported, light rail and industrial trains.

Railway Archive. No 22.

(Reference #A2638)
Price:£7.50

Parkhouse & Pope, eds.
Large, 80 pages, illustrated, soft back journal. * Photographs of E Pouteau/22: Finale - update and index; Cornish Minerals Railway; Adlestrop; Dean Locos/3; SR in the 1930s; Hopwood: SE&CR; Adams G6 0-6-0T.

Railway Archive. No 24.

(Reference #A2658)
Price:£7.50

Parkhouse & Pope, eds.
Large, 80 pages, illustrated, soft back journal. * Oxfordshire post cards; Hopwood: NER; Richborough Military Port; Wemyss Bay Station; LNER W1 10000.

Railway Archive. No 25.

(Reference #A2696)
Price:£7.50

Parkhouse & Pope, eds.
Large, 80 pages, illustrated, soft back journal. * N Wales NG post cards; Hopwood: LNWR 1902; Hartlepool Dock & Rly Co; Loco Allocaton on N Staffs under LMS; Photos at Cardiff Cathays, TVR.

Railway Archive. No 26.

(Reference #A2697)
Price:£7.50

Parkhouse & Pope, eds.
Large, 80 pages, illustrated, soft back journal. * SE Scotland post cards; Hopwood: LB&SCR; Wantage Tramway; Carrier photos/2; Oil firing on GER; LNWR nameplates.

Railway Memories No 21 Rotherham Mexborough & Wath.

(Reference #A2649)
Price:£13.95

Booth & Chapman.
Large, 112 page album, soft back.

Railway Memories No 22 Northallerton Ripon & Wensleydale.

(Reference #A2747)
Price:£13.95

Chapman.
Large, 112 page album, soft back.

Railway Operating Division On The Western Front.

(Reference #A2709)
Price:£24.95

The Royal Engineers in France and Belgium 1915-1919.
Aves.
Very large, 208 pages, illustrated with photos and some drawings, maps, gazetteer, glazed boards. ** "This is a railway war. The Battle of the Marne was won by the railways of France. If we win this war it will be largely due to the railways" - Marshal Joffre. This very detailed history includes a large section on locomotive history. It is also excellent value.

Railway Passenger Stations In England, Scotland And Wales. A Chronology.

(Reference #A2664)
Price:£49.50

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

Railways Of Britain: London North Of The Thames.

(Reference #A2703)
Price:£19.99

McCarthy, C & D.
Medium, 140 pages, illustrated with photographs and maps, glazed boards. **A series based on the Cobb railway atlas. There are outline histories of the lines featured, thirty-seven pages of coloured maps and a gazetteer of all stations with opening and closing dates and renamings. The cartography shows the railway infrastructure of the area, major roads, sites of locomotive sheds and as many industrial lines as possible.

Red For Danger.

(Reference #A2629)
Price:£14.99

The classic history of British railway disasters.
Rolt, L T C.
Medium, 297 pages + 12 pages plates of railway accidents, soft back. **Survey of major accidents in Britain, classified by cause. This is a reprint of the 1966 edition, presenting the book exactly as Rolt left it.

Red Sea Railway.

(Reference #A2749)
Price:£36.95

The history of the railways in Eritrea.
Street & Ghebreselassie.
Very large, 359 pages, maps, photos and other illustrations, some colour, soft back. **Eritrea has been independent since 1993, and is halfway through restoring its railway from Biscia to the coast. The full history of the country's railways is given here, including the c19 British military railway and some industrial systems.

Return From Dunkirk.

(Reference #A2742)
Price:£12.35

Railways to the rescue. Operation Dynamo (1940).
Tatlow.
Medium, 184 pages + large folding plan of Dover Harbour tipped inside rear cover, other maps and track plans, many photos, soft back. **The author's father was one of the soldiers rescued in this famous wartime epic, possibly the greatest logistical operation ever carried out at such short notice. This is the railway side of the story. X96.

Scenes From The Past 54. Bolton Trinity Street To Liverpool Exchange Via Wigan Wallgate.

(Reference #A2646)
Price:£17.95

Footplate memories.
Markland.
Very large, 96 page album, map, track plans, narrative captions, soft back.

Illustrated History Of The Severn & Wye Railway Volume 4.

(Reference #A2712)
Price:£29.95

Pope & Karau.
Very large, 271 pages, illustrated with photos, large scale maps, site plans, junction and other diagrams, hard back. **Fourth volume of a projected six-volume work covers the Mineral Loop. Future volumes are planned for Lydney Docks (5) and the Severn Bridge Railway and Sharpness Docks (6).

Single To The Seashore.

(Reference #A2730)
Price:£5.95

The Jaywick miniature railway.
Little, L.
Medium, 50 pages, map, photo illustrations, soft back.

Snailbeach District Railways.

(Reference #A2733)
Price:£6.95

Tonks.
Medium, 52 pages, photo illustrations, map, plans, loco and wagon drawings, soft back. *Second reprinting of the IRS 1974 edition (the first was published by the author in 1950).

Somerset & Dorset Files No 6.

(Reference #A2656)
Price:£10.95

A Railway Bylines Special.
Smith, M.
Large, 64 pages, pictorial: photos, map, soft back.

Southern Rails On The Isle Of Wight Volume One.

(Reference #A2662)
Price:£19.95

The central and Freshwater lines.
Drummond.
Large, 156 pages, pictorial: photo illustrations, some period colour, numerous maps and station layouts, bibliography, glazed boards. **Detailed line survey.

Southern Way Special Issue No 3.

(Reference #A2641)
Price:£14.95

Wartime Southern; evacuation, ARP and enemy action.
Robertson (ed).
Very large, 112 pages, many photo illustrations, soft back.

Southern Way No 5.

(Reference #A2693)
Price:£11.95

The regular volume for the Southern devotee.
Robertson (ed).
Very large, 100 page soft back journal. ** Includes: Sam Fay at L&SW; Basingstoke/2; Traffic & Loco Dept Experiences/2; Romsey; Southern Shipping; Proposed line to E Wittering; Permanent way: 3rd Rail/2; Colour interlude.

Southern Way No 6.

(Reference #A2642)
Price:£11.95

The regular volume for the Southern devotee.
Robertson (ed).
Very large, 100 page soft back journal. ** Includes: Lancing Carriage Works/1; Accident at London Bridge; Southampton TSO/1; The Southern Railway history/1; Water Troughs; Bulleid Steam Reverser Gear; Urie 4-8-0Ts & 4-6-2Ts; Permanent way; Colour interlude.

Southern Way No 7.

(Reference #A2643)
Price:£12.95

The regular volume for the Southern devotee.
Robertson (ed).
Very large, 100 page soft back journal. ** Includes: Callington Branch; Movies; Clapham Jn Signal Box Collapse; Sir E Missenden; Stock Storage on the Ardingley Branch; Three generations of railwaymen; Permanent way; Colour interlude.

Southern Way No 8.

(Reference #A2694)
Price:£12.95

The regular volume for the Southern devotee.
Robertson (ed).
Very large, 100 page soft back journal. ** Includes: Brighton; Woking Homes; St John Lewisham; Southampton TSO/2; Chalk fall at Shakespeare Cliff; SR from inception to nationalisation/2; Permanent way: Paddock Wood; Colour interlude.

Southern Way No 9.

(Reference #A2695)
Price:£12.95

The regular volume for the Southern devotee.
Robertson (ed).
Very large, 100 page soft back journal. ** Includes: LBSCR C2/C2X classes; Waterloo & City; Basingstoke/3; Uniforms; Lancing/2; Dorchester; Deltics; Permanent way: track design; Colour interlude.

Southern Way No 10.

(Reference #A2745)
Price:£12.95

The regular volume for the Southern devotee.
Robertson (ed).
Very large, 100 page soft back journal. ** Includes: Middlebere tramway/1; LBSCR C2/C2X classes/2; Porton; Ford; Kent Coast electrification/2 Permanent way: switch & crossing evolution; Colour interlude.

Southern Way Special Issue No 5.

(Reference #A2746)
Price:£14.95

Wartime Southern Part 2; From Dunkirk to 'D' Day.
Robertson (ed).
Very large, 120 pages, many photo illustrations, soft back.

Steam In England.

(Reference #A2676)
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.

Steam In The Scottish Landscape.

(Reference #A2679)
Price:£19.95

Welch.
Large square, 112 page colour album, glazed boards. **A fine collection of period colour from north of the border.

Story Of The Nottingham Suburban Railway.

(Reference #A2750)
Price:£19.99

Volume 1: Conception, construction, commencement.
Birch.
Very large, 92 pages, many photo illustrations, large scale maps, hard back. **A very short railway.

Trackatlas Of Mainland Britain.

(Reference #A2674)
Price:£24.95

A comprehensive geographic atlas showing the rail network of Britain.
Bridge (ed).
Very large, 133 map pages + introduction and index (gazetteer), coloured maps, glazed boards. **A tour de force. This is a map of the present system in great detail and shows each track, stations, signal boxes, all crossings including footpaths, sidings, bridges and tunnels.

Trainspots Midlands Edition.

(Reference #A2685)
Price:£12.95

The guide to UK railway photographic locations.
Dawson.
Medium, 161 pages, illustrated in colour with photographs and OS map extracts, soft back. **Suggests sites around the midlands giving precise instructions for access by private and public transport, direction of sunlight, the sorts of trains passing, and local amenities. Note that in the geography of this book the midlands stretch from Bicester in the south to Derby in the north; Birmingham and Peterborough are the western and eastern limits, but Nottingham is not included.

Trainspots East Anglia.

(Reference #A2727)
Price:£12.95

The guide to UK railway photographic locations.
Dawson.
Medium, 161 pages, illustrated in colour with photographs and OS map extracts, soft back. **Suggests sites around East Anglia giving precise instructions for access by private and public transport, direction of sunlight, the sorts of trains passing, and local amenities. Note that in the geography of this book the midlands stretch from Bicester in the south to Derby in the north; Birmingham and Peterborough are the western and eastern limits, but Nottingham is not included.

Wirral Railway.

(Reference #A2690)
Price:£24.99

And its predecessors.
Maund.
Large, 240 pages, many photo illustrations, some drawings and maps, hard back. **This is the first comprehensive history of the little railway which serves the far end of the Wirral, running between West Kirby and Wallasey and Birkenhead.

Wisbech & Upwell Tramway.

(Reference #A2687)
Price:£15.95

OL152.
Paye.
Medium, 240 pages, photos, map, locomotive and rolling stock drawings, station layouts. Soft back.

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Volume Forty-Seven Part A: Classes J21, J22, J23 & J24.

(Reference #A2751)
Price:£23.99

The North Eastern 0-6-0s.
Yeadon.
Very large, many photos, 110 pages, hard back. **This monumental study records the history of each engine from building to disposal, including renumberings, repairs, allocations etc. As well as the GE tank engines there are the J92 crane engines and the Wisbech & Upwell tram engines (J70).
Note that although Volume 48 has been issued, Volume 47B has not yet been published. The delay in producing both parts of Volume 47 is because some of the illustrations were lost, requiring much effort to re-assemble suitable pictures.

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 48: Classes J64, J65, J66, J67, J68, J69, J70 & J92.

(Reference #A2688)
Price:£34.99

The Great Eastern 0-6-0Ts.
Yeadon.
Very large, many photos, 110 pages, hard back. **This monumental study records the history of each engine from building to disposal, including renumberings, repairs, allocations etc. As well as the GE tank engines there are the J92 crane engines and the Wisbech & Upwell tram engines (J70).
Note that Volume 47B has not yet been published, see note to 47A.

Second Hand Showcase Books from Robert Humm

Time Tables: BR
Time Tables 2
UK & Ireland 1
UK & Ireland 2
UK & Ireland 3
Locomotives 1
Locomotives 2
International 1
International 2
Miscellany
Tramways