Out of print railway books - locomotives and rolling stock

Steam On The RENFE. The steam locomotive stock of the Spanish national railways.

(Reference #S5343)
Price:£22.00

Marshall, L G.
Macmillan, 1965.
Octavo, 195 pages, folding map, photo illustrations throughout, jacket worn, book generally VG. **Systematic survey of Spanish steam locomotives then in service, with notes on each class, dimensions and building details, plus a brief history of the RENFE itself. Still the best available work in English.

Steam Locomotive Nicknames. An illustrated dictionary from Aberdare to Zeppelin.

(Reference #S5414)
Price:£14.00

Middlemass, T.
SLP, 1991.
Small quarto, 144 pages, photo illustrations, jacket, near fine. **More than 450 nicknames explained, over 100 photographs.

Private Owner Wagons From The Gloucester Railway Carriage And Wagon Company Ltd.

(Reference #S5411)
Price:£25.00

Montague, K.
OPC, 1981.
Quarto, 192 pages, photo and line illustrations, jacket, near fine. **A useful record. Fourteen pages of company history are followed by listings of the wagon-owning companies arranged by name and by location; there follow 136 pages with 665 wagon photographs (about five to a page) and a few drawings.

Nasmyth Wilson & Co Works List.

(Reference #S4317)
Price:£8.00

Moore, G S.
Arley Hall, 1981.
Oblong octavo, 63 pages + 24 photo plates, 2 early locomotive drawings, card covers, VG+. **Brief introduction, the remainder of the text being listings; nice plates - one picture per page.

The 34 And 35 Classes.

(Reference #S5518)
Price:£30.00

Morahan, M.
Burwood, NSW, 1998: NSW Rail Transport Museum.
Folio, 224 pages, many illustrations, some colour, tables, drawings, technical history and other details, jacket, as new. **Two classes of NSWGR 4-6-0s.

Profile Of The Westerns.

(Reference #S4097)
Price:£15.00

Nicholas, D & Montgomery, S..
OPC, 1980.
Large quarto album, 163 photos on about 80 pages, stock list. Glazed boards, near fine.

Great Western 'Saint' Class 4-6-0.

(Reference #S5338)
Price:£16.00

Nock, O S.
PSL, 1983.
Large octavo, 119 pages, photo illustrations, jacket, VG. **Classic Locomotives series. Describes in detail the inception, design, development and service record of this locomotive which the author suggests must be very nearly without rivals for longevity and capacity for maximum output in relation to nominal tractive powers.

Irish Steam. A twenty-year survey, 1920-1939.

(Reference #S5489)
Price:£18.00

Nock, O S.
D&C, 1982.
Octavo, 207 pages, maps, diagrams, stock lists, timings & other tabular statistics, a little fading and wear to jacket, otherwise a near fine copy.

LMS Steam.

(Reference #S5519)
Price:£16.00

Nock, O S.
D&C, 1971.
Octavo, 269 pages including photo plates, coloured frontispiece, timings & other tabular statistics, jacket, near fine. **Companion to Nock's other big four steam studies; a history of steam locomotive design and operation on the LMS.

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Locomotives Of The North Eastern Railway.

(Reference #S5413)
Price:£20.00

Nock, O S.
Ian Allan, 1954.
Octavo, 200 pages, coloured frontispiece, several other coloured plates, black/white photo plates, map, timings, newspaper cutting re the closure of the Barnard Castle - Penrith line (1962) tucked into jacket, slight wear to jacket, some spotting and ofsetting on endpapers, otherwise a lovely copy VG+.

Standard Gauge Great Western 4-4-0s.

(Reference #S4776)
Price:£36.00

Nock, O S.
D&C Locomotive Monographs series, 1977/78.
Two volumes, quarto, each 96 pages, photos, drawings, tables, jackets; jacket to vol 1 faded on spine (as seems usual), otherwise a near fine set. Volume 1 covers inside-cylinder classes 1894 - 1910; volume 2 is Counties to the close, 1904 -1961.

The Last Years Of British Railways Steam.

(Reference #S2599)
Price:£10.00

Nock, O S.
D&C, 1978, 3rd impression, 1983.
Octavo, 143 pages, photos, jacket, near fine copy. **How the standard steam designs were brought into service, how they compared with the existing types, how all of them came to be replaced by the new diesels and how this transition came to be carried out in so short a time.

The Locomotives Of R E L Maunsell 1911 - 1937.

(Reference #S5069)
Price:£24.00

Nock, O S.
1954, Bristol: Everard.
Large octavo, 192 pages, 37 pages of plates,portrait frontispiece, colour plate (456, Sir Galahad), folding drawing (Ld Nelson), no jacket, otherwise a very good copy of a scarce book.

The Royal Scots And Patriots Of The LMS.

(Reference #S5462)
Price:£14.00

Nock, O S.
D&C, 1978.
Small quarto, 96 pages, photos, detailed drawings, graphs, locomotive lists, performance tables, jacket, spine faded otherwise fine. **Locomotive monograph series, packed with information not easily obtainable elsewhere.

+ Locomotives Of Australia.

(Reference #S5579)
Price:£22.00

Oberg, L.
Sydney: 1975: Reed.
Large quarto, 272 pages, photo illustrations throughout, jacket, VG. Quite scarce. **Standard reference: in chronological order, the details of construction, numbers, service, modifications and fate of a large number of all types of locomotives. Includes technical data and appendix of preserved locomotives.

Argentine Steam and railway rolling stock guide.

(Reference #S5482)
Price:£14.00

Pignataro, M A.
Buenos Aires, 1991: Ferroclub Argentino.
Landscape folio, 77 pages, printed one side, drawings, photos, technical information, most of the text appears to be in English, some diagrams are annotated in Spanish, comb binding, light card covers with clear plastic front cover. **Appears to be a collection of material from several sources and to relate to preserved locomotives and vehicles.

Locomotive Names, An Illustrated Dictionary.

(Reference #S2938)
Price:£19.00

Pike, J.
Sutton, 2000.
Folio, 199 pages, some photo illustrations, jacket, near fine.**A comprehensive listing of all British named locomotives from the earliest times. Extant locomotives are highlighted.

Porter Steam Locomotives. Light and heavy.

(Reference #S2208)
Price:£200.00

Porter, H K & Co.
13th edition locomotive catalogue, undated but about 1925 - 1928*.
Large quarto, 152 pages in the usual style with photos and specifications, and much other information besides. Card covers, two tape repairs at foot and head of spine, otherwise a clean and respectable copy. Very scarce. **H K Porter of Pittsburgh built mainly the smaller types of locomotives for short line, narrow gauge and industrial use in the USA and for export. They claimed to have capacity for locomotives up to 190 tons but there is little practical evidence of that in this catalogue. European catalogues tended to be bald statements of recent deliveries but this catalogue has a vast amount of additional information to help the customer choose the right locomotive. *11th edition was 1915 and they seem to have appeared at about 6-7 year intervals.

Derby Works And Midland Locomotives. The story of the works, its men, and the locomotives they built.

(Reference #S5381)
Price:£18.00

Radford, J B.
Ian Allan, 1971.
Octavo, 239 pages + photo plates, double page site plan, loco drawings, jacket, near fine.

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Russische Und Sowjetische Dampflokomotiven.

(Reference #S5514)
Price:£24.00

Rakow, W A.
Berlin, Transpress, 1986.
Square quarto, 328 pages, many line and photo illustrations, German text, glazed boards, worn at the extremities of the spine otherwise VG. **The German translation of the steam locomotive section of Rakov's monumental history of Russian and USSR locomotives.

Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotives Of The Western Region.

(Reference #S3147)
Price:£18.00

Reed, B.
D&C, 1974.
Quarto, 112 pages, photos, tables, drawings, jacket, VG+. **One of the Locomotive Monograph series.

Heavy Goods Engines Of The War Department

(Reference #S5068)
Price:£40.00

Rowledge, J W P.
Springmead 1977-78.
Quarto, 3 volumes bound together, 72 + 64 + 64 pages, some drawings, many photo illustrations, locomotive lists with dates, disposals etc, litho'd typescript, no jacket, near fine. **Volume 1:The ROD 2-8-0; Volume 2: The Stanier 8F 2-8-0; Volume 3: The Austerity 2-8-0 And 2-10-0.

Irish Steam Locomotive Register.

(Reference #S3239)
Price:£16.00

Rowledge, J W P.
Irish Traction Group, 1993.
Large quarto, 144 pages, lists and photos, laminated card covers, near fine. **The most comprehensive listing of Irish locomotives.

British Steam Railcars.

(Reference #S5344)
Price:£14.00

Rush, R W.
Oakwood, 1971.
Octavo, 142 pages + 8 pages photo plates, many line drawings, card covers, VG. **Fairly scarce. Locomotion papers series no 53.

A Pictorial Record Of Great Western Absorbed Engines.

(Reference #S5502)
Price:£30.00

Russell, J.
OPC, 1978 first edition.
Folio, 280 pages, many photographs and drawings, jacket, fine copy. ** A comprehensive record of locomotives acquired at the Grouping and other times. Standard work of reference, companion to the author's Pictorial Record Of Great Western Engines

B&O Power. Steam, diesel and electric locomotives of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad 1829-1964.

(Reference #S5270)
Price:£42.00

Sagle, L.
Medina, Oh, 1984; Staufer.
Large quarto, 351 pages, many photo illustrations (about three-quarters of the contents), some wear to jacket, generally VG. **One of the Staufer Power series; the author was, we believe, the B&O's historian-in-residence.

La Construcción De Locomotoras De Vapor En España.

(Reference #S5190)
Price:£28.00

Sanz, F F.
Madrid, 1982: Estudios Ferroviarios.
Folio, 119 pages, 109 illustrations, tables, builders' lists, Castillian text, laminated card covers, VG. Fairly scarce. **The Spanish only began constructing their own locomotives in the 1880s and continued until 1958.

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The Evolution Of The Steam Locomotive (1803-1898).

(Reference #S5464)
Price:£65.00

Sekon, G A.
Railway Publishing Co 1899 (1st edition).
Octavo, 327 pages, 146 photos and drawings in the text, now newly rebound in royal blue cloth, a fine copy. **Trevithick to Ivatt, Drummond etc. Standard reference, diligently researched and well illustrated. The first edition had sold out within 10 days.

Compound Locomotives.

(Reference #S5288)
Price:£32.00

Selby, E W.
1929, excerpt Proc Inst Locomotive Engineers.
Octavo, 72 pages, 6 photo illustrations, 12 folding diagrams and abstract of discussion, hardback in modern cloth, fine. **History of the development of compounding during the previous thirty years, with references to British and foreign practice.

How Steam Locomotives Really Work.

(Reference #S4779)
Price:£20.00

Semmens, P W B & Goldfinch, A J.
OUP, 2000.
Octavo, 348 pages, photo and line illustrations, diagrams, graphs etc, jacket, fine. **Locomotive design, processes in the conversion of fuel to tractive effort, dynamic characteristics of the locomotive as a vehicle, braking equipment and the other systems, major and minor, that make up a working locomotive. Explanations of running and maintenance practices. Divergent techniques in other countries.

The Broad Gauge Of The Great Western Railway, the Bristol and Exeter Railway and the North and South Devon Railway Companies. A selection of 7mm locomotive drawings.

(Reference #S5209)
Price:£12.00

Sharman, M.
Oakwood, 1985.
Octavo, title and contents pages plus about 50 folding pages containing 84 locomotive drawings from The Locomotive magazine, card covers slightly soiled at top edges otherwise VG+. **Volume 1 of the Portfolio series.

C&O Power. Steam and diesel locomotives of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway 1900-1965.

(Reference #S5311)
Price:£35.00

Shuster, P, Huddleston, E & Staufer, A.
Carrollton, OH, 1965: Staufer.
Quarto, 351 pages, numerous illustrations, tables, lists, grained cloth, no jacket, VG+.

BR Standard Pacifics In Colour.

(Reference #S5515)
Price:£10.00

Swinger, P.
Ian Allan, 1994.
Large landscape octavo, 80-page colour album, glazed boards, fine. **As well as the pictures (there seems to be one of each engine), there is a 10-page introduction; there is also a three page essay, "Working with the Britannias" contributed by RHN Hardy.

The Power Of The B17s & B2s.

(Reference #S5093)
Price:£18.00

Swinger, P.
OPC, 1988.
Large quarto album, 196 photos on about 120 pages, hard back, jacket, near fine.

The Power Of The B1s.

(Reference #S5169)
Price:£18.00

Swinger, P.
OPC, 1994.
Large quarto, 112 pages album with loco list and information, jacket, fine.

+ Coronation Scot. The streamline era on the LMS.

(Reference #S5561)
Price:£20.00

Talbot, E.
Published by the author, 2002
Large quarto, 100 pages, pictorial, including some colour, route diagrams, large folding cutaway drawing of locomotive, jacket, near fine. **The LMS's answer to the Silver Jubilee: the story of the train, of the engines, and of the carriages they hauled, and of the whole LMS venture into streamlining.

The Diesel Electric Shunting Locomotive Simply Explained.

(Reference #S1437)
Price:£7.00

Terry, T H.
Wilding, 1961 2nd edn.
Octavo, 88 pages, many diagrams, soft back, fine. ** "I have primarily in mind those older men who have to give up their main line career and spend the rest of their working life, no less usefully, in shunting duties .... the older man does not take too readily to the newer form of traction after spending the whole of his working life in steam - and it is to him largely that I write"

Locomotive Publishing Co.

(Reference #S4796)
Price:£18.00

The Locomotive Of Today.
LPC, 1915, 6th edition.
Octavo, 208 pages, plates, diagrams, decorated cloth, VG. ** An introduction to locomotive technology.

The Engine Driver's Manual. How to prepare, fire and drive a steam locomotive.

(Reference #S3668)
Price:£16.00

Topping, B.
OPC, 1998.
Quarto, 192 pages, many photos and large clear drawings of parts, glazed boards, fine. **Many of the drawings are from the BR engineman's manual.

The Diesel Impact On British Rail.

(Reference #S5274)
Price:£25.00

Tufnell, R M.
MEP, 1979.
Quarto, 184 pages, photo illustrations, drawings, lists, glazed boards, fine. **Scarce. The author, a railwayman, gives a wealth of information concerning the technical decisions that were taken in respect of every type of diesel engine, of British or foreign make, that had seen service on BR, discussing their strengths and weaknesses and describing overcoming of performance troubles.

Class 40s At Work.

(Reference #S1348)
Price:£18.00

Vaughan, J.
1981, Ian Allan.
Quarto, 128 pages, photos, tables. Jacket. Near fine copy.

Les Locomotives Articulées Du Systeme Mallet Dans Le Monde.

(Reference #S5516)
Price:£28.00

Vilain, L M.
Paris, 1969: Vincent.
Octavo, 264 pages, 229 photo illustrations and diagrams in the (French) text. Laminated card covers, near fine. **Standard reference.

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The British Internal Combustion Locomotive 1894 - 1940.

(Reference #S617)
Price:£20.00

Webb, B.
David & Charles, 1973.
Quarto, 120 pages, photo illustrations. Dust jacket. Fine. **One of the Locomotive Monograph series

Profile Of The Deltics.

(Reference #S4837)
Price:£15.00

Whiteley, J S & Morrison, G W.
OPC, 1980.
Large quarto album, 163 photos on about 80 pages, glazed boards, VG+. **Collectors of dubious grammar may like to note that "55 001 ... was one of eight named after famous racehorses, all of which are still allocated to Finsbury Park at the time of writing".

The Power Of The BR Standard Pacifics.

(Reference #S5072)
Price:£16.00

Whiteley, J S & Morrison, G W.
OPC, 1984.
Large quarto album, 220 photos on approx 110 pages, jacket, fine.

Engines Of War.

(Reference #S5361)
Price:£8.00

Wildish, G N.
Ian Allan, 1946.
Small octavo, 24 pages, photo illustrations, light card covers, VG. ** "An illustrated booklet of the locomotives and freight cars of the British Ministry of Supply and of the US Army Transportation Corps."

BR Steam Locomotives from nationalisation to modernisation.

(Reference #S5470)
Price:£65.00

Williams, A & Percival, D.
Ian Allan,
Four volumes, octavo, 79 + 64 + 72 + 80 pages + photo plates, jackets, VG set.
Part 1: Ex-GWR locomotives 1-9799, also ex-War Department and BR Standard locomotives 70000-92250;
Part 2: Ex-SR locomotives 1-2699, C1-40, 21C1-170, W1-34, BR 30001-36001, W1-36;
Part 3: Ex-LMS locomotives 1-28622, BR 40001-58937;
Part 4: Ex-LNER locomotives 1-10000 (BR 60001-69999.
**A complete list of all steam locomotives owned and operated by British Railways since nationalisation, set out in abc style, with class details, numbers, etc.

Bulleid's Pacifics.

(Reference #S4863)
Price:£16.00

Winkworth, D W.
Allen & Unwin, 1982, 4th impression.
Octavo, 264 pages + 16 pages plates, loco drawings, 97 performance tables, class records, jacket, near fine.

Timothy Hackworth And The Locomotive.

(Reference #S3017)
Price:£50.00

Young, R.
Locomotive Publishing Co, 1923.
Octavo, 406+xxxii pages, line and photo illustrations, coloured portrait frontispiece. Publisher's dark blue cloth, a better copy than is usually seen: VG+. **Still the standard biography of this early engineer, and a key work on early locomotives. Hackworth was the first superintendent of permanent and locomotive engines of the Stockton & Darlington railway and one of the fathers of steam traction. He entered his locomotive, the Sanspareil, in the Rainhill trials where it suffered various misfortunes and lost to the Rocket. He went on to develop a large locomotive works at Shildon and died in 1850. The book covers the Rainhill trials and other aspects of early locomotive development in some detail.

Le Locomotive FS Caprotti.

(Reference #S5480)
Price:£24.00

Zenati, M & Ferro, G F.
Finale Ligure, 1981: Ferro.
Square quarto, 143 pages with many photo illustrations, lists, scale drawings, jacket, VG. **Standard reference. The Italian State Railways were the largest user of the Caprotti valve gear; Britain was next with 69 examples.

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