Transport Bookshop:Out Of Print Showcase:Locos & Rolling Stock: Authors A - L   
The Vacuum Automatic Brake. With a note on slipping carriages.
(Reference #S5771)
Price:£18.00

Locomotive Publishing Co, 1921, 2nd edition, revis
Octavo, 108 pages + frontispiece: large coloured folding diagram, 3 other folding diagrams, other diagrams in the text: 45 all inclusive. Paper-cover boards. Binding somewhat strained between endpaper and title page, otherwise VG+. ** "These notes are intended for the guidance of the thousands of railway men whose daily duties call upon them to fit up or operate the vacuum automatic brake apparatus. No attempt has been made to investigate any scientific questions involved in the construction or operation of the device used. Simple practical truths have alone been dealt with".

The Locomotive Railway Carriage And Wagon Review Volume LIV January - December 1948.
(Reference #S5168)
Price:£28.00
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The Locomotive Publishing Co, 1948
Quarto, 194 pages, photos etc, original decorated (Antelope) green cloth boards, some cockling to front pastedown endpaper but no other signs of damp so perhaps a binding fault, otherwise a fine, bright copy.

The Locomotive Railway Carriage And Wagon Review Volume LIX January - December 1953.
(Reference #S5250)
Price:£30.00
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The Locomotive Publishing Co, 1953.
Quarto, 200 pages, photos etc, original green cloth boards, some browning to first and last few pages, otherwise a fine, bright copy.

The Locomotive Railway Carriage And Wagon Review Volume XIII January - December 1907.
(Reference #S5428)
Price:£45.00
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The Locomotive Publishing Co, 1907
Quarto, 226 pages, 3 of 3 coloured illustrations, some art paper, drawings, photos etc, no souvenirs, original decorated (a pacific) green cloth boards, VG+ a lovely bright volume.

The Locomotive Railway Carriage And Wagon Review Volume XLIX January - December 1943.
(Reference #S5353)
Price:£35.00
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The Locomotive Publishing Co, 1943
Quarto, 188 pages, photos etc, original decorated (Lady Of The Lake) green cloth boards, slight wear, some splots on rear board, but generally VG.

The Locomotive Railway Carriage And Wagon Review Volume XXXV January - December 1929. Together with The Locomotives Of The NER 1841-1922.
(Reference #S5302)
Price:£60.00
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The Locomotive Publishing Co, 1929
Quarto, 408 pages + 129 pages, 11 of 11 supplement plates (including frontispiece, one folding drawing and one double plate), drawings, photos etc, original decorated (2002 Earl Marischal) green cloth boards, some wear to edges of boards, generally VG. Includes The Locomotives Of The North Eastern Railway 1841-1922 by J Maclean, bound in at the end, a very detailed 129-page survey, generously illustrated with photographs and drawings.

Vertical Boiler Locomotives and railmotors built in Great Britain.
(Reference #S5626)
Price:£18.00
Abbott, A S.
Oakwood, 1989.
Octavo, 182 pages, photo illustrations and drawings, extensive lists, jacket, fine. ** X48. Essential reference to the construction of the vertical boilered locomotive in Britain. The contents are arranged by manufacturer.

+ The British Steam Railway Locomotive 1825-1925.
(Reference #S5902)
Price:£28.00
Ahrons, E L.
Bracken, 1987 reprint of 1927 edition.
Large quarto, 391 pages, many photo illustrations and line drawings, jacket, near fine. **The standard work of reference on the British steam locomotive, reissued as a facsimile of the first edition, without the later Nock volume.

The ABC Of British Locomotives Part 3 [London Midland Region] 1948.
(Reference #S2835)
Price:£15.00
Allan, Ian.
IA, 1948.
Small format, 68 pages, cover red, yellow, 46100 in target. Clean bright copy with a few light pencil underlinings. Correct to 31st August.

The ABC Of British Railways Locomotives Part 4 60000-79999 1948.
(Reference #S2886)
Price:£22.00
Allan, Ian.
IA, 1948.
Small format, 72 pages. Cover mid blue, yellow, 60114 in target. Staples a little rusted otherwise fine. **Steam locomotives Eastern & NE regions Scottish (ex LNER) & MOS, correct to 6th September.

The ABC Of LMS Locomotives April 1946.
(Reference #S2887)
Price:£16.00
Allan, Ian.
IA, 1946, 6th edition.
Small format, 64 pages, cover blue, red, white, 6110. Few pencil markings, typed list of new engines pasted to one of the blank leaves at back, ink additions on same page, bright copy.

Locomotive Practice And Performance In The Twentieth Century.
(Reference #S5668)
Price:£20.00
Allen, C J.
Heffer, 1949.
Octavo, 302 pages, 148 photo illustrations, 79 tables of loco performance, gradient profiles, jacket, VG. ** A collation of outstanding performances of British steam locomotives is followed by chapters on French and German and North American locomotives, and studies of electric and diesel advances. There is also a chapter on the art of train timing using an array of watches and complex arithmetic; these days it's done by satnav of course, as I know from having travelled from Nuremburg to Istanbul in the company of an expert.

+ Locomotives For Export. Catalogue No 10045, 1918.
(Reference #S5884)
Price:£195.00
American Locomotive Sales Corporation (export sales agents for Alco and Montreal Locomotive Works).
Oblong octavo, 181 pages with illustrations and drawings. Red cloth binding, gilt titling, slight wear to extremities, foxing to endpapers, but generally a very good copy. **Photo illustrations of seventy-seven locomotive types of articulated and non-articulated steam locomotives built for railroads world wide, together with the usual specifications and dimensions tabulated opposite. Includes locomotives built for Central and South America, China, Russia, India and several European countries.

The Scottish 4-6-0 Classes.
(Reference #S1977)
Price:£14.00
Atkins, C P.
Ian Allan, 1976.
Octavo, 123 pages + 48 pages of photo illustrations, many line drawings, bibliography. Jacket, VG.

The British Railways Standard 9F 2-10-0.
(Reference #S5745)
Price:£20.00
Atkins, P.
Irwell, 1993.
Large quarto, 92 pages, photos, large clear drawings, tables, allocations, slight wear to top of jacket, otherwise fine. **Class history of the last of our steam locomotives, developed to work freight trains composed of modern continuously braked stock.

A Century Of Locomotives. New South Wales Railways 1855 - 1955.
(Reference #S1765)
Price:£20.00
Australian Railway Historical Society.
NSW Dept Of Railways, 1955.
Quarto, 128 page album, jacket worn at edges, otherwise VG. *A brief introduction is followed by notes on each class with a photograph, or other illustration, of each. Finally there are some pages of lineside views and a chronological table of locomotive data.

Locomotive Catalogue 1881.
(Reference #S2545)
Price:£20.00
Baldwin Locomotive Works.
Bishopsgate Press reprint 1983.
Large octavo, 126 pages with brief history of the company, and line (cutaway) and photo illustrations of locomotive types available, jacket, fine.

Narrow Gauge Locomotive Catalogue 1876.
(Reference #S2236)
Price:£15.00
Baldwin Locomotive Works.
Specialty Press reprint 1973.
Octavo, 64 pages, printed cloth boards, VG/F.

LMSR Locomotives To Scale.
(Reference #S5618)
Price:£16.00
Beattie, I.
1981, Bradford Barton.
Oblong large quarto, 61 pages, photos and line drawings. Each locomotive type is shown from the side, front and top. Comprises Jintys, Horwich Crab, Beyer-Garratt, Dock Tank, Patriot, Coronation, rebuilt Royal Scot classes and Bowen-Cooke 7F, Fowler 2P, Stanier classes 2 0-4-4T, 5, 8 2-8-0, 4 2-6-4T, Ivatt classes 2 2-6-2T and 4 2-6-0. Paper covered boards, VG.

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LNER Locomotives To Scale.
(Reference #S5549)
Price:£16.00
Beattie, I.
1981, Bradford Barton.
Oblong large quarto, 64 pages, photos and line drawings. Each locomotive type is shown from the side, front and top. Comprises twelve Gresley classes 1924-37, two Thompson classes, and Peppercorn A2 Class 4-6-2. Paper covered boards, mark on front board, otherwise near fine.

Southern Locomotives To Scale.
(Reference #S5740)
Price:£16.00
Beattie, I.
1981, Bradford Barton.
Oblong large quarto, 63 pages, photos and clear line drawings. Each locomotive type is shown from the side, front and top. Comprises King Arthur, Lord Nelson, Schools, West Country and rebuilt Merchant Navy classes, Maunsell classes N, L1, U U1, Z , W N15x and Q, Bulleid Q1 and USA 0-6-0 tanks. Paper covered boards as issued, VG+.

Beyer-Peacock Quarterly Review January 1931 (Vol 5/1).
(Reference #S2297)
Price:£14.00
Beyer-Peacock Ltd.
Small quarto, xlvi + 66 pages, well illustrated, light card covers. Some rusting of staples, stain on front cover, generally VG. **High quality trade periodical. Articles include Leopoldina Rly (British-owned metre-gauge railway in Brazil: 23-page article), BP self-trimming bunker, Ottoman Railway, also shorter pieces and staff and social news from the Gorton Foundry.

Beyer-Peacock Quarterly Review July 1929 (Vol 3/3).
(Reference #S2296)
Price:£14.00
Beyer-Peacock Ltd.
Small quarto, xliv + 84 pages, light card covers. VG. **High quality trade periodical: articles on New Zealand railways, locomotive boiler practice, machine tools, also shorter pieces and staff and social news from the Gorton Foundry.

Locomotives Of The LB&SCR.
(Reference #S5407)
Price:£48.00
Bradley, D L.
RCTS, 1969 - 1974.
Three volumes, A5, 179 + 122 + 156 pages + many photo plates in all books. Dense text, locomotive listings, minor wear to the laminated card covers but generally a very good set. **The excellent RCTS locomotive series needs no introduction. Here is a commendation (of the SR set) from one of our customers: "I suspect there is more substance in these 2 little books than in several of the more lavishly produced items in my library put together!"

Locomotives Of The Southern Railway.
(Reference #S3557)
Price:£42.00
Bradley, D L.
RCTS, 1975/6.
2 volumes, square octavo, 85 & 109 pages + photo plates, hard back, some wear to jacket of part 1, as usual, otherwise VG+.

+ Industrial Locomotives Of North Wales.
(Reference #S5880)
Price:£25.00
Bradley, V J.
Industrial Railway Society, 1992.
Octavo, 500 pages + 20 pages photo plates. Laminated stiff boards, fine copy. ** One of the Industrial Locomotive Handbooks - the standard reference series, in progress in this format since 1976. Covers all known locomotives and sites in Gwynedd and Clwyd from the dawn of history down to the time of publication.

Industrial Locomotives Of Scotland. Handbook N.
(Reference #S5123)
Price:£18.00
Bridges, A (ed).
Industrial Railway Society, 1976.
Octavo, 296 pages + 64 pages of photo plates, stock lists. Paperback edition, VG. ** The standard reference series; Scotland is one of the first volumes in this format and is long out of print and scarce. Covers all known locomotives from the 1840s to the time of publication.

+ Handbook For Railway Steam Locomotive Enginemen.
(Reference #S5892)
Price:£20.00
British Transport Commission.
BTC, 1957, original edition.
Octavo, 196 pages, many clear line diagrams, some in colour. Black cloth with very faint and patchy fading, serial number and COLWICK stamped on front paste-down together with owner's signature, otherwise a fine copy. **Indispensible bible for steam footplate crew.

The Steam Locomotive In America. Its development in the twentieth century.
(Reference #S5409)
Price:£45.00
Bruce, A W.
New York, 1952: Bonanza.
Large octavo, 443 pages + 60 pages photographic plates (168 photos), some clear diagramatic drawings in text, no jacket, wear to base of spine but generally VG. **Scarce. The first engineering history of the American steam locomotive throughout the period of its greatest evolution. The author was director of steam locomotive engineering at ALCO.

The Steam Engine, Its History And Mechanism. Being descriptions and illustrations of the stationary, locomotive, and marine engine.
(Reference #S3396)
Price:£50.00
Burn, R S.
Ward Lock, undated, c1865, 7th edn.
Octavo, 142 pages, 133 text diagrams, engraved frontispiece. Publisher's cloth, blindstamped decoration and gilt locomotive device. Faded on spine, contents clean and tight, a much better copy than most others seen. Ottley 2955 lists only the 1st, 2nd, 5th and 8th editions.

The LNER 2-6-0 Classes.
(Reference #S2756)
Price:£12.00
Clay, J F & Cliffe, J.
Ian Allan, 1978.
Octavo, 80 pages + 24 pages of photo illustrations, line drawings, tables of dimension, stock lists, bibliography. Jacket. Near fine copy.

The LNER 2-8-2 And 2-6-2 Classes.
(Reference #S3747)
Price:£15.00
Clay, J F & Cliffe, J.
Ian Allan, 1973.
Octavo, 110 pages + 32 pages photo plates, bibliography, jacket, VG.

Clayton Patent Steam Rail Coaches.
(Reference #S3995)
Price:£100.00
Clayton Wagon Co Ltd.
Undated manufacturer's catalogue, 'Jan 1929' written on cover.
Quarto, 74 pages with many illustrations and diagrams including other products (geared locomotives, Pullman cars, etc). Grained card cover with embossed titling on front. A little wear at head of spine, otherwise a very good copy of a rare catalogue. ** No copy seen before. The LNER bought a few Claytons before they standardised on the Sentinel railcars, but most were sold abroad.

Industrial Locomotives Of Western France.
(Reference #S5747)
Price:£12.00
Clingan, K.
IRS, 1997.
Octavo, 192 pages + 16 pages of photos, small map of region, card covers, fine. ** Handbook WF: usual IRS style of listings.

History Of Southern Railway Locomotives to 1938.
(Reference #S3087)
Price:£24.00
Cocks, C S.
1949, excerpt Jnl Inst Loco Engineers.
Octavo, 89 pages, illustrated with photos and drawings, tables, recent black cloth, fine. **A fuller version than the RCTS reprint.

Les 141 R ... Ces braves américaines.
(Reference #S5128)
Price:£25.00
Collardey, B & Rasserie, A.
Paris, 1995: La Vie Du Rail.
Folio, 184 pages with numerous illustrations, lists, diagrams, French text, laminated boards, fine.

Names & Nameplates Of British Steam Locomotives. 1: GWR & absorbed.
(Reference #S3576)
Price:£8.00
Coltas, G.
Heyday, 1985.
Octavo, 80 pages, photo illustrations, lists, alphabetical list of names. (NB: LNER and SR were not published).

BR Standard Steam In Action.
(Reference #S1726)
Price:£12.00
Cross, D.
Bradford Barton, 1974.
Small square quarto, 96 page album, jacket, VG.

The Metcalfe Vacuum Brake Ejector.
(Reference #S5249)
Price:£15.00
Davies & Metcalfe Ltd.
c1935.
Large quarto, 36 pages with photo illustrations and diagrams, decorated leather grained card covers, owner's name partly removed from cover, with some loss of surface texture, otherwise a near fine copy of a handsome manufacturer's booklet.

Le Materiel Moteur SNCF.
(Reference #S5287)
Price:£22.00
Defrance, J.
Paris, 1960: Sefma.
Octavo, 320 pages, mainly illustration (line and photo) and listings, card covers, VG. **A useful locomotive guide and checklist for that date. Still plenty of steam.

The Book Of The BR Standards.
(Reference #S5824)
Price:£20.00
Derry, R.
Irwell, 1997.
Folio, 90 pages, many photo illustrations, glazed boards. **A British Railways Illustrated Special. The life and times of 999 locomotives.

A Century Of Southern Pacific Steam Locomotives 1862 - 1962.
(Reference #S5568)
Price:£95.00
Dunscomb, G L.
Modesto, Ca, 1972; 2nd edition, privately published by the author.
Quarto, 496 pages, 800 photo illustrations, 2 colour plates, lists, maps in text, 18 divisional maps loosely inserted, extensive rosters, jacket internally reinforced with tape, green cloth binding, VG+. **Standard reference.

PNKA Power Parade. Indonesian steam locomotives.
(Reference #S5620)
Price:£16.00
Durrant, A E.
CRC, 1974.
Quarto, 100 pages, album interspersed with much tabular statistical information. Card covers, VG. *Locomotives of the Perusahaan Negara Kereta Api.

The Mallet Locomotive.
(Reference #S3476)
Price:£55.00
Durrant, A E.
D&C, 1974 (Locomotive Monographs).
Quarto, 144 pages with many illustrations, drawings, tables, jacket, near fine. Very scarce. **The best available world survey.

+ An Illustrated Review Of Midland Locomotives.
(Reference #S5888)
Price:£75.00
Essery, R J & Jenkinson, D.
Wild Swan, 1984 - 89.
Four volumes, large quarto, 206/260/135/198 pages, many photos, line drawings, lists, jackets, a fine set. ** Volume 1: General Survey; 2: Passenger Tender Classes; 3: Tank Engines; 4: Goods Tender Classes. An immensely detailed survey.

The Berkshire And Texas Types.
(Reference #S3675)
Price:£27.00
Ferrell, J & Pearsall, M.
PFM, 1988.
Oblong quarto, 190 pages, photo plates, some colour, lacks jacket and slip case, otherwise a fine copy. ** North American Steam Locomotives series. Detailed photographic record of the 611 2-8-4s and 451 2-10-4s built by Lima from 1924.

Diesel Operation And Fault Diagnosis.
(Reference #S4395)
Price:£14.00
Fox, G.
Odhams 1957.
Octavo, 191 pages, illustrations and diagrams, hardback, VG. **Relates to diesel engines generally: road, rail, marine and stationary. The author was an engineer at the Admiralty Engineering Laboratory.

Bulleid Power. The Merchant Navy Class.
(Reference #S5573)
Price:£18.00
Fry, A J.
Sutton, 1990.
Quarto, 188 pages, well illustrated with photos and some drawings, lists, bibliography, jacket, fine.

The Effect Of Brakes Upon Railway Trains.
(Reference #S1325)
Price:£40.00
Galton, Capt. D.
1894, reprinted by Westinghouse from the Proceedings of the IME.
Tall octavo, about 200 pages (not continuously numbered), plates of drawings, original cloth, front free endpaper partly loose, else a sound copy. Ex-reference library but not much used. **Papers presented to the IME 1878-9, reprinted to boost sales of the Westinghouse air brake.

Great Western Locomotive Design. A critical appreciation.
(Reference #S5457)
Price:£14.00
Gibson, J C.
D&C, 1984.
Octavo, 157 pages, photo illustrations, glazed boards, spine slighlty faded, near fine. *Author was employed in Swindon works 1923-34.

Great Northern Locomotive History.
(Reference #S5789)
Price:£45.00
Groves, N.
RCTS, 1986-92.
Four volumes quarto: Volume 1: 1847-1866, 122 pages, 124 illustrations; Volume 2: 1867-1895 The Stirling Era, 315 pages, 237 illustrations; Volume 3a: 1896-1911 The Ivatt Era, 235 pages, 198 illustrations; Volume 3b: 1911-1922 The Gresley Era, 132 pages, 67 illustrations, green laminated boards, near fine set. **A thorough survey. All volumes contain photographs, some line drawings and locomotive lists. There is a system map in volume 1.

The Locomotives Of Jugoslavia. Die Lokomotiven Jugoslawiens.
(Reference #S5412)
Price:£22.00
Halliwell, C J and others.
Malmö, 1973: Frank Stenvalls.
Octavo, 208 pages, photos, English and German text, slight wear and fading to jacket, generally VG. **A number list, with introductory text and technical details. First 192 pages are listing, remainder is photo section. This is volume 1, covering the SG state railways; Volume 2 was not published.

Railway Liveries. BR Steam 1948-1968; BR Traction 1948-1995
(Reference #S5673)
Price:£36.00
Haresnape, B & Boocock, C.
Ian Allan, 1989, 2000.
2 volumes, folio, 96 + 120 pages, many photo illustrations including much period colour, glazed boards (Steam), jacket (Traction), near fine set. **Designs and liveries - essential reference.

Gresley Locomotives. A pictorial history.
(Reference #S5458)
Price:£15.00
Haresnape, B.
Ian Allan, 1981.
Small quarto, 176 pages, many photos, drawings, technical details, lists, jacket, VG+.

The Hasler Speed Recorder And Indicator For Locomotives. General description and details of construction, its application, and instructions for reading diagrams.
(Reference #S4475)
Price:£20.00
Hasler & Co.
c 1909.
Large octavo, 24 pages, diagrams, loose folding plates and other insertions, near fine.

The Willamette Locomotive.
(Reference #S3887)
Price:£40.00
Hauff, S & Gertz, J.
Binford & Mort, 1977.
Large quarto, 182 pages, many photos and drawings, printed boards, VG. **Shay-type locomotives built by the Willamette Iron & Steel Works of Portland, Oregon, in the 1920s. Thirty-three were built before production was killed off by the advent of the Pacific Coast Shay.

Industrial Locomotives Of Dyfed & Powys.
(Reference #S5583)
Price:£16.00
Havilland, J de.
IRS, 1994.
Octavo, 342 pages + 40 pages of photo plates, maps, some site plans, lists, glazed boards, VG+. Includes amendment sheets for 1995, 1998 and 1999. ** Usual IRS style of listings.

LMS Engine Sheds. Their history and development. (Complete set)
(Reference #S5715)
Price:£155.00
Hawkins, C; Reeve, G & Stevenson, J.
1981-1990, Wild Swan and Irwell Press.
7 volumes quarto:
Volume 1 - The L&NWR, 250 pages;
Volume 2 - The Midland Railway, 258 pages;
Volume 3 - The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, 136 pages;
Volume 4 - The Smaller English Constituents, 184 pages;
Volume 5 - The Caledonian Railway, 170 pages;
Volume 6 - The Highland Railway, 129 pages;
Volume 7 - The Glasgow & South Western Railway, 129 pages.
All with countless photo illustrations, plans, track diagrams and locomotive lists. Near fine set in jackets.

Des Lokomotiv-Ingenieurs Taschenbuch.
(Reference #S3077)
Price:£25.00
Henchel & Sohn.
1923 edition.
Duodecimo, 174 pages, 191 diagrams, tables, etc. German text. Contemporary leather case, fine copy. **Equivalent to our Locomotive Engineers' Pocket Book. Several editions published over the years.

+ Industrial Locomotives Of Gwent.
(Reference #S5885)
Price:£22.00
Hill, G & Green, G.
Industrial Railway Society, 1999.
Octavo, 400 pages including 23 pages of location maps and site plans and 40 pages of photo plates, stock lists, glazed boards, Amendment List #1 loosely inserted, fine. ** The standard reference series, in progress in this format since 1976. Covers all known locomotives and sites from the dawn of history down to the time of publication.

Glover Steam Locomotives. The South's last steam builders.
(Reference #S3996)
Price:£26.00
Hillman, R L.
Forest Park, Ill.,1996: Heimburger.
Large sqare quarto, 128 pages, mainly photo illustrations of the works and its products, jacket, as new.

The Illustrated History Of East Coast Joint Stock.
(Reference #S5552)
Price:£28.00
Hoole, K.
OPC, 1993.
Folio, 144 pages, excellent photographs and many line drawings, coach lists, jacket, fine.

Die Dampflokomotiven Der Rhätischen Bahn. Von der Landquart - Davos-Bahn zur Rhätischen Bahn; Locomotiven, Kleinfahrzeuge und Streken. _ The Steam- locomotives Of The Rhaetian Railway. Steamlocomotives and small vehicles of the Rhaetian railways.
(Reference #S5517)
Price:£26.00
Jeanmaire, C.
Villigen, 1973: Eisenbahn Verlag.
Large quarto, 32 pages of text and lists followed by approx 200pp of photo illus. German text (although the tables of technical details have French and English headings, making a useful glossary), jacket a little rubbed but generally VG+.

Die Elektrischen Und Diesel-Triebfahrzeuge Schweizerischer Eisenbahnen. Vol 1: Die Schweizerischen Bundesbahnen.
(Reference #S5809)
Price:£28.00
Jeanmaire, C.
Basel, 1970: Verlag Eisenbahn.
Quarto, about 350 unnumbered pages, 607 photos and scale drawings of locomotives and railcars etc, German text, jacket slightly rubbed, otherwise VG+. **Exhaustive survey of SBB motive power.

Midland Carriages. An illustrated review 1877 onwards.
(Reference #S5628)
Price:£24.00
Jenkinson, D & Essery, R.
OPC, 1984.
Folio, 184 pages, 252 photos, 40 sets of line drawings, tabulated data, jacket marked, book faded at base, otherwise near fine.

An Illustrated History Of LNWR Coaches (including West Coast joint stock).
(Reference #S5504)
Price:£28.00
Jenkinson, D.
OPC, 1978: 1st edition.
Folio, 190 pages, 236 photos, 49 line drawings, extensive listings, jacket, fine copy.

La Locomotive A Vapeur Type 25 De La SNCB.
(Reference #S3717)
Price:£14.00
Journal du Chemin de Fer / Spoorweg Journaal.
Editions HK, nd c1994.
Quarto (A4), 48 pages, illustrated with photos (some period colour) and good locomotive drawings, tables of technical statistics and builders/building dates, card covers, VG +.

Die Baureihe 03.10.
(Reference #S2256)
Price:£22.00
Kampen, M v & Wenzel, H.
Eisenbahn-Kurier, 1978, 1st edn.
Octavo, about 250 pages, 199 photo illustrations, glazed boards, fine. ** From the Eisenbahn-Kurier series of German locomotive class histories; this class is of pacifics, originally streamlined.

Midland Railway Carriages.
(Reference #S5843)
Price:£48.00
Lacy, R E & Dow, G.
Wild Swan, 1984.
2 volumes large quarto, together 500 pages with countless photo illustrations and scale drawings, jackets, a fine set of the definitive work on the subject.

+ The Story Of The McAlpine Steam Locomotives 1869-1965. With lists of contracts.
(Reference #S5906)
Price:£140.00
Latham, J B.
Woking, 1993: privately published.
Folio, 310 pages, many photo illustrations, stock lists, jacket, fine copy of a scarce book. **History of the industrial steam locomotives owned or operated by the firm of contractors Robert McAlpine & Sons. The firm used steam locomotives between about 1880 and 1960. The career of each locomotive is summarised.

Windhoff Lokomotiven. Eine Lokbaugeschichte der Rheiner Maschinenfabrik Windhoff AG.
(Reference #S5666)
Price:£20.00
Lauscher, S.
Rheine, 1986, 3rd edition.
Octavo, 152 pages, well illustrated, scale drawings, production list and other details, laminated card covers, near fine. **Builders of industrial and military diesels.

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