New books: post-war railway locomotives

Allocation History Of BR Diesels & Electrics Part Five.

(Reference #MT2004)
Price:£19.99

Classes 04, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 35, 41, 42, 43, 52, 53, 70, 77 & 80.
Harris, R.
Very large, 171 pages, soft back. **Information given includes date & place of building, all known re-numberings, allocations & re-allocations, storage dates, unofficial names (if any), withdrawal dates, disposal dates, exports (if any), scrappings, preservation, etc etc. 3rd and final edition.

Allocation History Of BR Diesels & Electrics Part Four.

(Reference #MT1818)
Price:£19.99

Classes 71, 73, 74, 76, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 96, 97, 98, & 99 (plus all other departmental locos).
Harris, R.
Very large, 171 pages, soft back. **Information given includes date & place of building, all known re-numberings, allocations & re-allocations, storage dates, unofficial names (if any), withdrawal dates, disposal dates, exports (if any), scrappings, preservation, etc etc. 3rd and final edition.

Allocation History Of BR Diesels & Electrics Part Six (Section A).

(Reference #MT2220)
Price:£19.99

Channel Tunnel loco fleets; Class 01 - 46 updated information.
Harris, R.
Very large, 152 pages, soft back. **Information given includes date & place of building, all known re-numberings, allocations & re-allocations, storage dates, unofficial names (if any), withdrawal dates, disposal dates, exports (if any), scrappings, preservation, etc etc. 3rd and final edition, and this is the first volume of the final part.

Allocation History Of BR Diesels & Electrics Part Six (Section B).

(Reference #MT2239)
Price:£19.99

Class 47 - 99 update; departmental locos; niteq, road / railer & BR narrow gauge locos; builders nos, lot nos & order nos.
Harris, R.
Very large, 152 pages, soft back. **Information given includes date & place of building, all known re-numberings, allocations & re-allocations, storage dates, official and unofficial names, withdrawal dates, disposal dates, exports, scrappings, preservation, etc etc. 3rd and final edition, and this is the second (and final?) volume of the final part. An absolutely final update on all classes in parts 1 - 6 is planned for about 2009.

Bagnall Locomotives.

(Reference #MT1027)
Price:£16.95

A pictorial album of Bagnall standard gauge locomotives.
Baker, A C, & Civil, T D A.
Very large, 106 pages, album, soft back. **Introduced by a 6-page history of the firm, this is a collection of photographs of their engines accompanied by lengthy descriptive captions. A hard back edition is also available.

Bagnall Locomotives.

(Reference #MT1086)
Price:£21.95

A pictorial album of Bagnall standard gauge locomotives.
Baker, A C, & Civil, T D A.
Very large, 106 pages, album, hard back. **Introduced by a 6-page history of the firm, this is a collection of photographs of their engines accompanied by lengthy descriptive captions. A soft back edition is also available.

Book Of The 9F 2-10-0s.

(Reference #MT2223)
Price:£25.95

Derry.
Very large, 260 pages, glazed boards. **A pictorial history with repair lists, annual mileages etc for each locomotive.

Book Of The BR Standards.

(Reference #MT1596)
Price:£15.95

A British Railways Illustrated Special.
Derry, R.
Very large, 90 pages, pictorial, glazed boards.

Book Of The BR Standards: 2.

(Reference #MT0786)
Price:£15.95

A British Railways Illustrated Special.
Derry, R.
Very large, 92 pages, pictorial, glazed boards.

Book Of The Britannia Pacifics A Photographic Accompaniment.

(Reference #MT1851)
Price:£6.99

Every single Britannia!
Sixsmith, I.
Very large, 52 page album, soft back.

Book Of The Deltics.

(Reference #MT2553)
Price:£24.95

(Class 55 English Electric type 5 Co-Co).
Jennison.
Very large, 152 pages, glazed boards. **A pictorial history with chronology, works visits, etc for each locomotive.

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

(Reference #MT1973)
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 Railway Steam Locomotives 1948-1968.

(Reference #MT2040)
Price:£35.00

Longworth.
Very large, 320 pages, photo illustrations. Hard back. ** "I wanted to have in one place a complete list of all BR's steam locomotives ... For the historian Ian Allan's abcs fall down because each one is by necessity confined to one point in history. This book is the one I always wanted. I couldn't find it so I wrote it myself." It is laid out rather like an abc, but is four times the size and many times thicker. Class notes are more detailed and include end of year totals. Useful appendices.

British Railways Steam Locomotive Allocations 1948 - 1968. Part One Western Region 1 - 9799.

(Reference #MT2322)
Price:£7.95

Shedcodes for 1948, 1952, 1955, 1959, 1963 and 1966, with class notes, BR building & withdrawal dates.
Grindlay.
Medium, 80 pages, some photo illustrations, card covers. **Layout looks similar to an abc, except not so much technical detail given for each class, instead it is laid out in a concise columned format to give the shed code for each locomotive for each of the dates listed in the subtitle, together with building (if built by BR) and withdrawal dates and occasional brief notes. Locomotive names are given, with dates of alteration. There is also a table of all shed codes at each date. Very useful information.

British Railways Steam Locomotive Allocations 1948 - 1968. Part Two Southern Region 30001 - 35005, W1 - W36..

(Reference #MT2323)
Price:£7.95

Shedcodes for 1948, 1952, 1955, 1959, 1963 and 1966, with class notes, BR building & withdrawal dates.
Grindlay.
Medium, 72 pages, some photo illustrations, card covers. **Layout looks similar to an abc, except not so much technical detail given for each class, instead it is laid out in a concise columned format to give the shed code for each locomotive for each of the dates listed in the subtitle, together with building (if built by BR) and withdrawal dates and occasional brief notes. Locomotive names are given, with dates of alteration. There is also a table of all shed codes at each date. Very useful information.

British Railways Steam Locomotive Allocations 1948 - 1968. Part Three London Midland & Scottish Regions 40001 - 58937.

(Reference #MT2375)
Price:£9.95

Shedcodes for 1948, 1952, 1955, 1959, 1963 and 1966, with class notes, BR building & withdrawal dates.
Grindlay.
Medium, 112 pages, some photo illustrations, card covers. **Layout looks similar to an abc, except not so much technical detail given for each class, instead it is laid out in a concise columned format to give the shed code for each locomotive for each of the dates listed in the subtitle, together with building (if built by BR) and withdrawal dates and occasional brief notes. Locomotive names are given, with dates of alteration. There is also a table of all shed codes at each date. Very useful information.

British Railways Steam Locomotive Allocations 1948 - 1968. Part Four Eastern, North Eastern & Scottish Regions 60001 - 69999.

(Reference #MT2376)
Price:£10.95

British Railways Steam Locomotive Allocations 1948 - 1968. Part Five BR Standard & Ex War Department 70000 - 92250.

(Reference #MT2324)
Price:£7.95

Shedcodes for 1948, 1952, 1955, 1959, 1963 and 1966, with class notes, BR building & withdrawal dates.
Grindlay.
Medium, 76 pages, some photo illustrations, card covers. **Layout looks similar to an abc, except not so much technical detail given for each class, instead it is laid out in a concise columned format to give the shed code for each locomotive for each of the dates listed in the subtitle, together with building (if built by BR) and withdrawal dates and occasional brief notes. Locomotive names are given, with dates of alteration. There is also a table of all shed codes at each date. Very useful information.

British Railways Locomotive Allocations 1948 - 1968. Part Six Diesel & Electric Locomotives.

(Reference #MT2325)
Price:£10.95

Shedcodes for 1948, 1952, 1955, 1959, 1963 and 1966, with class notes, BR building & withdrawal dates.
Grindlay.
Medium, 116 pages, some photo illustrations, card covers. **Layout looks similar to an abc, except not so much technical detail given for each class, instead it is laid out in a concise columned format to give the shed code for each locomotive for each of the dates listed in the subtitle, together with building (if built by BR) and withdrawal dates and occasional brief notes. Locomotive names are given, with dates of alteration. There is also a table of all shed codes at each date. Very useful information.

British Railways Motive Power Allocations 1948 - 1968. Part Seven Diesel Railcars & Multiple Units.

(Reference #MT2516)
Price:£11.95

Shedcodes for 1957, 1959, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, and 1968, with class notes, set formations, plus building & withdrawal dates.
Grindlay.
Medium, 112 pages, some photo illustrations, card covers. **Layout looks similar to an abc, except not so much technical detail given for each class, instead it is laid out in a concise columned format to give the shed code for each unit for each of the dates listed in the subtitle, together with building and withdrawal dates and occasional brief notes. Very useful information.

British Railways Locomotive Allocations 1948 - 1968. Part Nine: January & July 1948

(Reference #MT2524)
Price:£12.95

Steam, diesel & electric locomotive allocations year by year.
Grindlay.
Medium, 144 pages, some photo illustrations, card covers. **Uses a columned format to give the allocation of each locomotive (listed by region) on 1 January and 1 July 1948. "The aim of this series of books is to record the changes which took place to Britains's motive power, recording the depot allocations of all locomotives, showing the introduction of new steam, diesel and electric locos, and the ever accelerating withdrawal of BR steam motive power, until by the middle of August 1968 only three narrow gauge steam locomotives survived."

British Railways Locomotives 1962.

(Reference #MT2097)
Price:£35.00

Banks, C.
Very large, 224 pages, photo illustrations, hard back. **A useful resource: listings of sheds and of allocations (steam, diesel, electric, dmu, service and narrow gauge each separately, by class) on 1st January 1962 make up the larger part of the book; they are followed by lists of withdrawals (in numerical order giving number / month / last allocation) and engines added to stock (number / month / first allocation, by class and works) during 1962.

British Railways Locomotives And Coaching Stock 2005.

(Reference #MT1992)
Price:£13.95

The rolling stock of Britain's mainline railway operators in 2005.
Pritchard, Fox & Hall.
Small, 383 pages including colour plates. Glazed boards.

British Railways Southern Region Electrics In Colour.

(Reference #MT2466)
Price:£14.99

For the modeller and historian.
Oliver.
Very large, 96 page album (including some 13 pages of introductory text), soft back. **Emphasis on the "middle years" of the late 1960s and 1970s. Invaluable reference for modellers.

British Railways Steam Locomotives 1948 - 1968.

(Reference #MT2377)
Price:£14.95

Every single one!
Grindlay.
Medium, 112 pages, some photo illustrations, card covers. ** "Numbers, names, building dates, withdrawal dates, technical details, class notes - lists every steam locomotive owned and built by British Railways until the end of steam."

Brits Abroad.

(Reference #MT2582)
Price:£14.95

Carr & Maxey.
Very large, 98 pages, pictorial, nearly all in colour: photos, maps, loco lists, soft back. **British diesels and electrics at work overseas. Opens with an account of five LMS diesel shunters shipped to France in 1940, the first of twenty-six; it is a surprise to learn that one is still in revenue-earning service, although currently in store. Finishes with the Channel Tunnel locomotives.

Class 50s In Operation.

(Reference #MT1797)
Price:£19.99

Clough, D N.
Very large, 160 pages, photo illlustrations, table of statistical information for each locomotive. Hard back.

Day Of The Diesels. Volume 1: 1970-74.

(Reference #MT2006)
Price:£30.00

Gilks.
Very large, 128 page album (including 8 page colour section), hard back. **Collection of the author's photographs of railway operations in the early seventies.

Detailed History Of BR Standard Steam Locomotives. Volume 1. Background to Standardisation; Pacific Classes.

(Reference #MT0117)
Price:£19.95

Taylor, R K (ed).
172 pages, very large, well illustrated, glazed boards.

Detailed History Of BR Standard Steam Locomotives. Volume Two: The 4-6-0 and 2-6-0 Classes.

(Reference #MT1666)
Price:£24.95

Walford, J; Taylor, R K (ed).
280 pages, very large, well illustrated, mainly photos - including 8 pages of colour, some drawings, glazed boards. **A complete history of the locomotives designed and built by Riddles in the BR Standard Classes, and their work. Details of design origins, dimensions, construction and withdrawal dates of each engine are given and detail variations, classification, engine diagrams, allocation and work are described.

Detailed History Of BR Standard Steam Locomotives. Volume 3. Tank Classes.

(Reference #MT0523)
Price:£19.95

Taylor, R K (ed).
168 pages, very large, well illustrated, glazed boards. Last few.

Detailed History Of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives. Volume Four: The 9F 2-10-0 Class.

(Reference #MT2513)
Price:£24.95

Walford & Harrison.
Very large, 317 pages, well illustrated, mainly photos - including 8 pages of colour, some drawings, glazed boards. **Part 4 of a complete history of the locomotives designed and built by Riddles in the BR Standard Classes, and their work. Details of design origins, dimensions, construction and withdrawal dates of each engine are given and detail variations, classification, engine diagrams, allocation and work are described.

Diesel & Electric Blue.

(Reference #MT2385)
Price:£14.95

Photobook of the 1970s & 1980s.
Maxey, D.
Very large, 98 page album, some colour, soft back.

Diesel Days Devon And Cornwall.

(Reference #MT2007)
Price:£19.99

Vaughan, J.
Large, 160 pages, photo illustrations, hard back. **Handsome collection of photos by the author and others of dmus and diesel locomotives at work in the West Country between the mid fifties and the mid seventies.

Diesel Pioneers.

(Reference #MT2096)
Price:£19.99

Clough, D N.
Very large, 160 pages, photo illlustrations, hard back. **As part of the 1955 Modernisation Plan BR ordered small batches of a variety of locomotives from various manufacturers for assessment. This is an account of the history and operational record of these engines, and of their pre-nationalisation predecessors. A tribute to the Modernisation Plan for its 50th anniversary.

Diesel Retrospective Class 31.

(Reference #MT2589)
Price:£19.99

Vaughan, J.
Very large, 112 page album, some colour, hard back. **Handsome collection of photos by the author and others recording over 50 years of class 31 operations.

Diesel Retrospective Class 33.

(Reference #MT2482)
Price:£19.99

Vaughan, J.
Very large, 112 page album, some colour, hard back. **Handsome collection of photos by the author and others recording nearly 50 years of class 33 operations.

Diesel Retrospective Class 37.

(Reference #MT2319)
Price:£19.99

Vaughan, J.
Very large, 112 page album, some colour, hard back. **Handsome collection of photos by the author and others recording over 40 years of class 37 operations.

Diesels & Electrics.

(Reference #MT1822)
Price:£14.95

Locomotives International special edition no 2.
Catchpole, P and several others.
Very large, 80 pages, many photo illustrations, some colour, soft back. **A collection of articles about overseas modern traction of unusual interest.

Diesels In Depth. Class 40..

(Reference #MT2219)
Price:£16.99

Clarke, D.
Medium, 96 pages, pictorial, including much period colour, 4mm scale drawings, glazed boards. **Brief class history, construction history, detail differences (minutely, with large photos), colour and livery.

Diesels In Depth. Classes 24/25.

(Reference #MT2266)
Price:£16.99

Clarke, D.
Medium, 96 pages, pictorial, including much period colour, scale drawings, glazed boards. **Brief class history, construction history, detail differences (minutely, with large photos), use as train heaters, colour and livery.

Dropping The Fire.

(Reference #MT0378)
Price:£14.95

The decline and fall of the steam locomotive.
Atkins.
Very large, 106 pages, glazed boards. **An excellent study of the post war locomotive, in Britain and world-wide, by the librarian of the NRM.

Early Years Of London Diesels.

(Reference #MT1316)
Price:£9.95

Welch.
Medium square, 80 pages, colour album, soft back. *Some striking images, including a surprising shot of a diesel taking up water from Bushey troughs. (For its train heating boiler.) Good long captions.

Electro-Diesels.

(Reference #MT2240)
Price:£19.99

An illustrated history of classes 73 and 74.
Marsden C J.
Very large, 128 pages, pictorial, photos and some loco drawings, hard back. **Ideal reference for those interested in the history of Southern Region motive power.

European Handbook No 2A. German Railways. Part 1 DB Locomotives & Multiple Units.

(Reference #MT1669)
Price:£16.75

Garvin, B & Fox, P.
Medium, 176 pages, illustrated with colour photos, 9 - page map section, soft back. **Listings of current DB motive power in usual abc format. Fourth edition, 2004.

First Generation DMUs.

(Reference #MT1820)
Price:£12.99

British railway pictorial.
Robertson, K.
Very large, 80 pages, album with 6 pages of introductory text and lists, soft back..

First Generation Southern EMUs.

(Reference #MT2442)
Price:£12.99

British railway pictorial.
Robertson, K.
Very large, 80 pages, album with 6 pages of introductory text and lists, soft back.

Heyday Of The Deltics.

(Reference #MT1652)
Price:£14.99

Morrison, G.
Medium landscape, 80 page colour album, glazed boards.

Hunslet Engine Works.

(Reference #MT0505)
Price:£25.00

Over A Century And A Half Of Locomotive Building.
Townsley.
Very large, 305 pages, Illustrated with photos, tables, diagrams, and line drawings. Hard back. **The fullest history yet produced of Hunslet Engine company, taking the story pretty much up to the present.

Illustrated History Of British Railways' Workshops.

(Reference #MT0487)
Price:£25.00

Locomotive, carriage and wagon building and maintenance from 1825 to the present day.
Larkin.
Very large, 184 pages, photos, tables and track diagrams. Hard back. **A broad pictorial record of the railway workshops that were inherited by the British Railways at nationalisation; includes previously unpublished plans of all the main locomotive works. LAST COPY.

Indian Locomotives Part 4 - All Gauges 1941 - 1990.

(Reference #MT0268)
Price:£10.50

Hughes.
Large, 112 pages, soft back.

Industrial Locomotives Of Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire & Northamptonshire.

(Reference #MT1288)
Price:£27.50

Waywell
Medium, 464 pages. Glazed boards. (Also available as a paperback, qv.) **The information about Bedfordshire was previously published in Pocket Book C (SE England) and the other two counties in Pocket Book D (Eastern England); it has all been greatly amplified in this volume. Locomotives and their locations are described as well as non-locomotive, contractors' and preservation sites within in the three counties.

Industrial Locomotives Of Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire & Northamptonshire.

(Reference #MT1289)
Price:£22.50

Waywell
Medium, 432 pages, soft back. (Also available as a hard back, qv.) **The information about Bedfordshire was previously published in Pocket Book C (SE England) and the other two counties in Pocket Book D (Eastern England); it has all been greatly amplified in this volume. Locomotives and their locations are described as well as non-locomotive, contractors' and preservation sites within in the three counties.

Industrial Locomotives Of Dyfed And Powys.

(Reference #MT0158)
Price:£19.95

de Havilland, J.
Medium, 342 pages, 29 maps, many photos. Glazed boards. **Describes not only locomotives and their locations, but also non-locomotive and contractors' sites.

Industrial Locomotives Of East Anglia.

(Reference #MT1926)
Price:£14.95

Fisher.
Medium, 286 pages, + 32 pages photos, maps. Soft back. **Listings, with brief notes on the lines.

Industrial Locomotives Of Gwent.

(Reference #MT0354)
Price:£27.50

Hill & Green.
Medium, 400 pages. Glazed boards. (Also available as a paperback, qv.) **Includes information previously published in Pocket Book Six, Industrial Locomotives In South Wales with many additions. Known locomotives are listed on a site-by-site basis, and the industrial history of each site is described as far as it is known.

Industrial Locomotives Of Lancashire Part A. The National Coal Board.

(Reference #MT1162)
Price:£7.50

Including opencast disposal points & British Coal. Interim Pocket Book 7A.
Bradley & Hindley.
Medium, 100 pages, maps, soft back.

Industrial Locomotives Of North Staffordshire.

(Reference #MT0350)
Price:£24.00

Baker.
Medium, 392 pages, illustrated: maps and photos, glazed boards. **Includes histories of locomotives, locomotive worked systems, and non locomotive systems. Also background company histories and descriptions of track layouts.

Industrial Locomotives Of Nottinghamshire.

(Reference #MT0358)
Price:£27.50

Bendall.
Medium, 432 pages. Glazed boards. (Also available as a paperback, qv.) **Information previously published in Pocket Book E has been greatly amplified. Locomotives and their locations are described as well as non-locomotive, contractor's and preservation sites within in the county.

Industrial Locomotives Of Nottinghamshire.

(Reference #MT0359)
Price:£22.50

Bendall.
Medium, 432 pages, soft back. (Also available as a hard back, qv.) **Information previously published in Pocket Book E has been greatly amplified. Locomotives and their locations are described as well as non-locomotive, contractor's and preservation sites within in the county.

Industrial Locomotives Of South Staffordshire.

(Reference #MT0154)
Price:£17.95

Shill, R.
Medium, 172 pages, + 24 pages photos, maps. Glazed boards. Also available in soft back, qv.

Industrial Locomotives Of South Staffordshire.

(Reference #MT1302)
Price:£14.95

Shill, R.
Medium, 172 pages, + 24 pages photos, maps. Soft back. Also available hard back, qv.

Industrial Locomotives Of The People's Republic Of China.

(Reference #MT2472)
Price:£16.95

Including preserved and local railway locomotives.
Pritchard.
Medium, 252 pages + 14 page photo section and double page map, soft back. IRS Handbook 2PRC. ** Second edition, double the size of the first. Also available in glazed boards @ £19.95 (item 2576)

Industrial Locomotives Of The People's Republic Of China.

(Reference #MT2576)
Price:£19.95

Including preserved and local railway locomotives.
Pritchard.
Medium, 252 pages + 14 page photo section and double page map, glazed boards. IRS Handbook 2PRC. ** Second edition, double the size of the first. Also available in softback @ £16.95 (item 2472)

Industrial Locomotives Of West Glamorgan.

(Reference #MT0349)
Price:£20.00

Potts & Green.
Medium, 260 pages, illustrated: photos and maps, glazed boards. **Includes information previously published in Pocket Book 6, but in a greatly amplified state. Locomotives and their locations are described as well as non-locomotive, contractors' and preservation sites within the county.

Industrial Locomotives Of Western France.

(Reference #MT0347)
Price:£12.00

Clingan.
Medium, 192 pages, soft back.

Industrial Railways And Locomotives Of The County Of London.

(Reference #MT2577)
Price:£16.95

Waywell & Jux.
Medium, 232 pages + 40 pages of photographs, good map section including some site plans, soft back. (Also available as a hard back, qv.) **Information previously published in Pocket Book C has been greatly amplified. Locomotives and their locations are described as well as non-locomotive-worked systems, contractor's and preservation sites within the county.

Industrial Railways And Locomotives Of The County Of London.

(Reference #MT2578)
Price:£19.95

Waywell & Jux.
Medium, 232 pages + 40 pages of photographs, good map section including some site plans, glazed boards. (Also available as a soft back, qv.) **Information previously published in Pocket Book C has been greatly amplified. Locomotives and their locations are described as well as non-locomotive-worked systems, contractor's and preservation sites within the county.

Industrial Railways Of Manvers Main And Barnbrough Main.

(Reference #MT0357)
Price:£17.50

Booth.
Large, 128 pages, album, track diagrams, plans, many photos. Hard back. **Descriptive captions provide historical detail. Appendices give loco and wagon lists.

Leader Project. Fiasco Or Triumph?

(Reference #MT2311)
Price:£19.99

Robertson, K.
Large, 160 pages, photo illustrations, hard back. **A very detailed study of Bulleid's revolutionary Leader class. It had two six-wheel power steam bogies, sleeve valves, chain drive and cabs at either end and resembled a modern diesel locomotive. Unsurprisingly there were teething troubles and the decision was taken not to proceed with the class. The author has brought to light new material indicating this may have had more to do with BR's Modernisation than with the apparent unworkability of Bulleid's remarkable design.

Lifetime In Traction

(Reference #MT1664)
Price:£14.95

An engineer on the Southern diesels and electrics.
Tayler, A.
Very large, 96-page album with 4-page introduction and brief biography, large photo illustrations, soft back. ** The author's own photographs, with interesting descriptions, of various types of locomotives and multiple units with which he was involved over forty-one years: 5½ years with the Southern Railway, 16½ years with BR(SR), and 19 years with Sulzer, which included 7 years in the IME serving as Chairman of the Divisional Board Visits Committee.

Locomotives And Railcars Of The Spanish Narrow Gauge Public Railways.

(Reference #MT0146)
Price:£9.99

Morley, J & Spencer, P G.
Medium, 232 pages, photos. Soft back.

Locomotives In Detail 5. Riddles Class 6/7 Standard Pacifics.

(Reference #MT2185)
Price:£16.99

Clarke.
Medium, 96 pages, pictorial, including much period colour and close-ups of details, clear drawings, glazed boards. **Design, construction, liveries, names, operation, preservation. The Clans get a separate chapter.

Locomotives In Detail 7. Riddles Class 9F 2-10-0.

(Reference #MT2314)
Price:£16.99

Clarke.
Medium, 96 pages, pictorial, including much period colour and close-ups of details, clear drawings, glazed boards. **Design, construction, liveries, names, operation, preservation.

Locomotives Of The LMS NCC.

(Reference #MT2590)
Price:£25.00

And its predecessors.
Scott.
Very large, 190 pages, map, photos, locomotive drawings, tables, hard back. **History of NCC locomotives from the first engines built for the Belfast and Ballymena Railway in 1847 - every NCC locomotive built between then and the end of steam in 1970 is described, together with information on diesel locomtives and railcars.

Locomotives of the Ministry of Defence.

(Reference #MT0003)
Price:£9.95

Hateley, R K.
Medium, 150 pages, photos. Soft back. **History of locomotives operated by the War Department and MoD from 1952 to 1992.

Miniature Locomotives Of David Curwen.

(Reference #MT2532)
Price:£9.95

Little & Holroyde.
Medium, 118 pages, drawings, photographs (some colour), soft back. **A catalogue of all locomotives built by Curwen, and all designed by him and built by others. Gives dates of building, rebuilds, transfers, current status and other interesting details.

Parovozy - see items 0757, 1151 & 1541.

(Reference #MT1150)

Chester
Russian & Soviet Steam Locomotives. Volumes 1, 2 & 3.

Pictorial Record Of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives Volume Two.

(Reference #MT1835)
Price:£20.00

Including War Department heavy goods engines.
Talbot, E.
Very large, 118 page album: photos, some technical drawings, glazed boards. *Pictures of all BR standard classes; a companion volume to the author's original Pictorial Record Of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives which was published in 1982.

Power Of The 60s.

(Reference #MT2400)
Price:£19.99

Morrison, G.
Very large, 110 page colour album, hard back. **Photos of each engine, with short explanatory notes, and brief historical and livery details.

Power Of The 9Fs.

(Reference #MT1239)
Price:£19.99

Morrison.
Very large, 112 pages, album, hard back.

Power Of The BR Standard 2-6-0s.

(Reference #MT2178)
Price:£19.99

Morrison, G.
Very large, 112 page album, hard back. **Photos with short explanatory notes, some with brief historical or allocation details.

Power Of The BR Standard 4-6-0s.

(Reference #MT1583)
Price:£19.99

Morrison, G.
Very large, 112 page album, hard back. **Photos with short explanatory notes, some with brief historical or allocation details.

Power Of The HSTs.

(Reference #MT2131)
Price:£19.99

Marsden.
Very large, 128 page album. Hard back. **Photos with short explanatory notes, some with brief historical or allocation details.

Power Of The Hymeks.

(Reference #MT2107)
Price:£19.99

Vaughan.
Very large, 112 pages, album. Hard back. **Photos with short explanatory notes, some with brief historical or allocation details.

Power Of The Warships.

(Reference #MT2035)
Price:£19.99

Vaughan.
Very large, 112 pages, album. Hard back. **Photos with short explanatory notes, some with brief historical or allocation details.

Preserved Heritage Traction.

(Reference #MT2342)
Price:£14.95

Marshall.
Medium, 136 pages, colour photo illustrations, card covers. **Preserved diesel and electric locomotives, preserved diesel and electric multiple units of former BR & constituent companies. Stocklists and distance tables of preserved railways. Set out in classes, like an abc.

Russian & Soviet Steam Locomotives. Vol 1.

(Reference #MT0757)
Price:£12.95

E class 0-10-0, S class 2-6-2, P36 class 4-8-4.
Chester.
Large, 72 pages. Soft back.

Russian & Soviet Steam Locomotives. Vol 2.

(Reference #MT1151)
Price:£13.95

Elements Of Locomotive Development In Russia And The USSR.
Chester.
Large, 76 pages, soft back.

Russian & Soviet Steam Locomotives. Vol 3.

(Reference #MT1541)
Price:£15.95

Narrow Gauge Steam Locomotives In Russia And The Soviet Union.
Chester.
Large, 112 pages, soft back.

Ruston Proctor And Hornsby Akroyd Oil-Engined Locomotives.

(Reference #MT1589)
Price:£4.95

Parkinson, R J.
Medium, 50 pages, photo and line illustrations, site plans (of gunpowder mills where locos were in use). Soft back. **Industrial Narrow Gauge Heritage series number 5. In 1896 Hornsby Akroyd produced the first commercially successful oil-engine locomotive for the Royal Arsenal Railway at Greenwich. This booklet records the early development of the oil-engined loco.

Scottish Colliery Pugs In The Seventies.

(Reference #MT1572)
Price:£4.95

Roberton, W.
Very large, 48 page album, soft back.

Slam Doors On The Southern.

(Reference #MT2081)
Price:£16.95

Welch, M.
Large, square format, 112 page colour album, glazed boards.

Southern DEMUs.

(Reference #MT1962)
Price:£16.95

Welch, M.
Large, square format, 96 page colour album, glazed boards. **With 25 pages of introductory text describing the different classes of unit, and discursive captions to the big colour pictures of thumpers out and about between Kent and Dorset.

Steam Locomotive Casualty Reports.

(Reference #MT2051)
Price:£12.99

Mourton, S.
Very large, 80 pages, photo illustrations, soft back. ** Over 400 Locomotive Casualty Reports dated between 1958 and 1963, salvaged from Gloucester Barnwood mpd, came to light recently. They are analysed and amplified in this book, providing a valuable insight into BR operations during the last years of steam..

Testing Times At Derby.

(Reference #MT1869)
Price:£9.95

A 'privileged' view of steam. RS14.
Rimmer.
Medium, 120 pages, some photo illustrations, soft back. **A locomotive engineer in the 1950s.

Tube Trains On The Isle Of Wight.

(Reference #MT1646)
Price:£9.95

Hardy, B.
Medium, 96 pages, photo illustrations (mainly colour), map, stock lists, soft back.

Underground Train File: Surface Stock 1933 - 1959.

(Reference #MT1540)
Price:£10.95

Hardy, B.
Medium, 120 pages, photo illustrations, stock lists, soft back.

Underground Train File: Tube Stock 1933 - 1959.

(Reference #MT1039)
Price:£9.95

Hardy, B.
Medium, 96 pages, photo illustrations, stock lists, soft back.

W G Bagnall Narrow Gauge Locomotives And Rolling Stock 1910.

(Reference #MT0944)
Price:£6.95

A facsimile reprint.
Neale (ed).
Large, 60 pages, soft back. **Catalogue reprint with new introduction.

Western Steam Farewell.

(Reference #MT1653)
Price:£14.99

Page, D
Medium landscape, 80 page colour album, glazed boards.

Western's Hydraulics.

(Reference #MT2222)
Price:£25.00

Lewis, J K.
Very large, 174 pages, photo illustrations, some drawings, glazed boards. **Westerns, Warships, Hymeks etc - the definitive work, includes full livery details.

Willing Servant. A History Of The Steam Locomotive.

(Reference #MT0026)
Price:£25.00

Ross, D.
Medium, 352 pages + 32 pages of photo plates, hard back. **The first history of the world-wide development (and ultimate preservation) of the steam locomotive; traces the history of design, construction and use and also of the intriguing story of human involvement with the steam locomotive and of its powerful symbolic value.

Xpress Loco Register 1. SR 1949 - 61.

(Reference #MT0768)
Price:£15.95

Becket.
Very large, 208 pages, glazed boards.

Xpress Loco Register 2. LMR 1950 - 60

(Reference #MT0769)
Price:£15.95

Becket.
Very large, 248 pages, glazed boards.

Xpress Loco Register 3. ER 1950 - 60.

(Reference #MT0770)
Price:£15.95

Becket.
Very large, 232 pages, glazed boards.

Xpress Loco Register 4. WR 1950 - 60.

(Reference #MT0771)
Price:£15.95

Becket.
Very large, 178 pages, glazed boards.