London, Home Counties & South East England Railway Books

Around The Great Western Railway Then & Now.

(Reference #L1092)
Price:£35.00

Waters, L.
Very large, 256 pages, album, hard back.**Housing estates, industrial developments, car parks, supermarkets, new roads, cycle paths, modern stations, crisp new ballast, HSTs, sprinters - photos of all these shown side by side with atmospheric pictures of the same spots under GWR or Western Region. This large and handsome volume covers almost the entire system by area and line.

Ashford From Steam To Eurostar.

(Reference #L0135)
Price:£14.95

From rural station to international junction.
Mitchell.
Medium, 96 pages, many photos. Glazed boards. **Great Railway Eras No 1.

Baker Street To Uxbridge & Stanmore. (London Suburban Railways).

(Reference #L2408)
Price:£14.95

Mitchell & Smith.
Medium, 96-page album, glazed boards.

Bakerloo Line.

(Reference #L1007)
Price:£6.95

An illustrated history.
Horne, M.
Medium, 80 pages, photo illustrations, soft back.

Barking To Southend. (Eastern Main Lines).

(Reference #L1138)
Price:£14.95

Course.
Medium, 96-page album, glazed boards.

Bishop's Waltham Branch.

(Reference #L0060)
Price:£7.95

Simmonds, R & Robertson, K.
Very large, 92 pages, pictorial, soft back.

Branch Line To Ongar.

(Reference #L2626)
Price:£15.95

Including the Hainault Loop.
Connor.
Medium, 96-page album: photos, large scale maps of station areas, glazed boards.

Branch Lines Around North Woolwich.

(Reference #L2014)
Price:£14.95

From Victoria Park to Beckton and Gallions.
Connor.
Medium, 96 pages, album with some maps, glazed boards.

Branch Lines Of East London.

(Reference #L0738)
Price:£14.95

Connor.
Medium, 96-page album, glazed boards.

Branch Lines Of West London.

(Reference #L0676)
Price:£14.95

Mitchell & Smith.
Medium, 96-page album, glazed boards.

Branch Lines To Enfield Town And Palace Gates.

(Reference #L1885)
Price:£14.95

Connor.
Medium, 96-page album, glazed boards.

Branch Lines To Horsted Keynes Then And Now.

(Reference #L0533)
Price:£15.95

Welch.
Very large, about 150 pages, album. Hard back. **History of a branch line of the LB&SCR which was closed in 1958. Part of it was reopened in 1960 as the Bluebell Line.

Branches & Byways - Kent.

(Reference #L2514)
Price:£19.99

Scott-Morgan.
Very large, 112 page album, county map, historical notes and maps for each line (there are 13), hardback.

Branches & Byways - Sussex And Hampshire.

(Reference #L1809)
Price:£35.00

Vaughan, J.
Very large, 256 pages, lavishly illustrated with photographs. Hardback. **Useful reference for those interested in the history of the Southern Railway, LBSCR, LSWR or the local history of the two counties.

British Railways Layout Plans Of The 1950s. Volume 2.

(Reference #L1952)
Price:£6.95

Ex-MR main line, Trent to St Pancras, and associated branches.
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Very large, 60 pages of signalling diagrams, closure list, index, soft back.

British Railways Layout Plans Of The 1950s. Volume 7.

(Reference #L2022)
Price:£6.95

L&NWR branch lines London and East Midlands area..
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Very large, 50 pages of signalling diagrams, location map, closure list, index, (60 pages in all), soft back. 2005 reprint.

British Railways Operating History 6. Through The Links At Old Oak Common.

(Reference #L0957)
Price:£14.95

Abear.
Very large, 96 pages, glazed boards.

British Railways Southern Region Electrics In Colour.

(Reference #L2466)
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 Southern Region In Colour.

(Reference #L2380)
Price:£14.99

For the modeller and historian.
Robertson.
Very large, 96 pages, pictorial, soft back. **175 colour photographs illustrating the Southern Region during the years following nationalisation and shows a great variety of SR facilities and services. Invaluable reference for modellers.

Brookwood Necropolis Railway.

(Reference #L2193)
Price:£12.95

LP 143.
Clarke.
Medium, 192 pages, illustrated with photos, rolling stock drawings, track plans and maps; folding plan of cemetary. Soft back. **Fourth edition, revised and enlarged. A work of considerable interest, both from the railway and the socialogical points of view. As well as his exhaustive history of the cemetary and its railway the author provides much incidental information on funereal transport in general.

Brunel (Great Railway Eras).

(Reference #L2119)
Price:£14.95

A railtour of his achievements.
Mitchell.
Medium, about 96 pages, album. Glazed boards. ** Six fascinating railtours of Brunel's crowning glory, the Great Western Railway.

By Tube Beyond Edgware.

(Reference #L1198)
Price:£19.95

Beard.
Large, 136 pages, illustrated with photos and lots of maps, diagrams etc, glazed boards. *Planned extension of the Northern Line for 3 miles beyond Edgware to a projected large depot; conceived in the 1930s, postponed during the war it was finally abandoned. This is a complete record of the plan and its failure. Really interesting.

Channel Tunnel.

(Reference #L2122)
Price:£19.95

And its high-speed links. OL138.
Comfort.
Medium, 256 pages + large folding map, photos (mostly colour), maps, track plans, soft back. **A very detailed study of the origins, construction, operation and future of this monumental enterprise. Some fascinating illustrations.

Circle Line. Including the Hammersmith and City line.

(Reference #L1003)
Price:£5.95

An illustrated history.
Croome, D F.
Medium, 80 pages, photo illustrations. Soft back.

Designed For London.

(Reference #L1767)
Price:£19.95

150 years of transport design.
Green, O & Rewse-Davies, J.
Very large, 160 pages, many photo illustrations, some colour, hard back.

Directory Of British Engine Sheds And Principal Locomotive Servicing Points. Volume 1.

(Reference #L0494)
Price:£34.99

Southern England, the Midlands, East Anglia & Wales.
Griffiths & Smith.
Very large, 206 pages. Hard back. **For update and amendments see item 2166.

District Controller's View 9. The Kent Coast.

(Reference #L2092)
Price:£13.95

Victoria - Chatham - Ramsgate/Dover.
Becket & Bradshaw.
Very large, 132 pages, soft back. * "Train and traffic operations over the ex-LC&DR during the 1950s; working timetable (passenger and goods) including the London suburban area; engine workings including allocations and shed movements 1950-60."

Don't Knock The Southern.

(Reference #L0452)
Price:£14.99

Behrend.
Medium, 223 pages, illustrated with photos & maps. Hard back. **Recollections of the SR from the 1920s to the present day. Includes observations on SR ships and the various bus companies which competed with the trains.

Down The Tube.

(Reference #L0791)
Price:£9.99

The battle for London's underground.
Wolmar, C.
Medium, 246 pages, paperback. ** "Why do ministers still believe, after the collapse of Railtrack, that the separation of operations from maintenance and renewal is anything other than a recipe for inefficiency and a threat to safety?". Christian Wolmar is transport correspondent for the Independen, contributes to many other jounals and also broadcasts.

Ealing To Slough.

(Reference #L0673)
Price:£14.95

Mitchell & Smith.
Medium, 96-page album, glazed boards.

Early Years Of London Diesels.

(Reference #L1316)
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.

East Kent Railway Volume One.

(Reference #L1588)
Price:£14.95

The history of the independent railway. OL 127A.
Finch, M L & Garrett, S R.
Medium, 232 pages, photos, maps. Soft back. ** "The East Kent Light Railways Company began as but one enterprise in a complex federation of enterprises whose ultimate goal was to transform East Kent into a thriving industrial centre to rival Glamorgan or Lancashire." A lively and thorough history.

East Kent Railway Volume Two.

(Reference #L1606)
Price:£14.95

Nationalisation, the route, rolling stock and operation.
Finch, M L & Garrett, S R.
Medium, 237 pages, photos, maps. Soft back. ** This volume contains chapters thirteen to seventeen of the work. It brings the history of the line up to its closure following the miners' strike of 1984, gives a very detailed description of the line as it was built and describes the locomotives and rolling stock.

East London Line.

(Reference #L0427)
Price:£14.95

Mitchell & Smith.
Medium, 96-page album, glazed boards.

Eastern Electric.

(Reference #L1537)
Price:£21.99

Glover, J.
Very large, 160 pages, photo illustrations, hard back. **The history of electric services throughout eastern England from the ground-breaking work on the NER through the LNER Woodhead and suburban systems to BR's various schemes; includes both main line and minor systems.

Essex Railway Heritage. Supplement.

(Reference #L2386)
Price:£9.95

Kay.
Very large, 71 pages, pictorial, soft back. ** "Includes full listing of all surviving railway structures in Essex and an appendix covering all station buildings now demolished. With many previously unpublished period illustrations.

Euston To Harrow & Wealdstone. (Midland Main Lines).

(Reference #L0802)
Price:£14.95

Scholey, K.
Medium, 96-page album, glazed boards.

Fenchurch Street To Barking.

(Reference #L0421)
Price:£14.95

Connor.
Medium, 96-page album, glazed boards.

Ferry Services Of The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway.

(Reference #L0472)
Price:£8.95

Jordan, S.
Medium, 112 pages. Soft back. LAST COPY

First Generation Southern EMUs.

(Reference #L2442)
Price:£12.99

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

Folkestone's Railways.

(Reference #L1755)
Price:£14.95

Hart, B.
Very large, 94 pages, map, photo illustrations, soft back.

From Construction To Destruction.

(Reference #L1957)
Price:£12.50

An authentic history of the Colne Valley and Halstead Railway.
Willingham.
Very large, 256 pages, photos, maps, station plans, soft back.

Glory Days: Western Region Steam Around London.

(Reference #L1148)
Price:£14.99

McCormack.
Medium landscape, 96 pages, colour/b&w album, glazed boards.

Going Green.

(Reference #L1005)
Price:£5.95

The story of the District Line.
Connor, P.
Medium, 80 pages, photo illustrations, soft back.

Hadleigh Branch.

(Reference #L2195)
Price:£13.95

LP230.
Paye.
Medium, 208 pages, photos, map, scale drawings. Soft back. **A very short railway on the Essex - Suffolk border.

Harpenden To Hemel Hempstead Railway.

(Reference #L1132)
Price:£14.95

The Nickey Line. LP197
Woodward.
Medium, 160 pages, soft back. Reissue.

Harrow To Watford. (Midland Main Lines).

(Reference #L1593)
Price:£14.95

And the branches to St Albans Abbey, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth and Stanmore Village.
Mitchell & Smith.
Medium, 96-page album, glazed boards.

Hawkshurst Branch.

(Reference #L0952)
Price:£26.95

Hart.
Very large, 224 pages, hard back.

History Of The London & Birmingham Railway Volume One.

(Reference #L1896)
Price:£18.95

Euston to Bletchley.
Richards & Simpson.
Very large, 158 pages, pictorial: photos (some colour), track plans, maps etc, soft back. **The first main line to the north from London. With the tremendous engineering genius of Robert Stephenson it was successfully completed and opened throughout in 1838, taking only four years. This is primarily a history of the development of the line itself, taking it place by place, northwards.

History Of The Metropolitan Railway Volume One.

(Reference #L1569)
Price:£17.95

The Circle and the extended lines to Rickmansworth.
Simpson, W.
Very large, 158 pages, pictorial: photos (some colour), maps etc, soft back. **By the middle of the nineteenth century London's unique problems of overcrowding and density of traffic called for some revolutionary form of transport, the answer proved to be an underground railway. The Metropolitan Railway as the first underground railway in the world acquired a pioneering ethos from the beginning. The story of that railway and its subsequent extension into Hertfordshire, Middlesex and Buckinghamshire is to be detailed in three books of which this is the first.

History Of The Metropolitan Railway Volume Two.

(Reference #L1817)
Price:£18.95

The railway from Rickmansworth to Aylesbury including Halton Camp Railway.
Simpson, W.
Very large, 158 pages, pictorial: photos (some period colour), maps etc, soft back. **This second volume of the history of the Met continues the story beyond the confines of London as the line reaches north through the Chess and Misbourne valleys and climbs the Chilterns to reach Aylesbury. It includes a comprehensive account of the RAF Halton Camp Railway.

Hitchin To Peterborough. (Eastern Main Lines).

(Reference #L1083)
Price:£14.95

Including the Ramsey North branch.
Mitchell, V & Mott, A.
Medium, 96-page album, glazed boards.

Hundred Of Hoo Railway.

(Reference #L0056)
Price:£7.95

Hart, B.
Very large, 48 pages, pictorial, soft back.

Hythe And Sandgate Railway.

(Reference #L0066)
Price:£18.95

Hart, B.
Very large, 176 pages, pictorial photos, maps, station elevations etc. Hard back. **Thorough history of this railway together with a shorter history of the Hythe and Sandgate Horse tramway.

Ilford To Shenfield. (Eastern Main Lines).

(Reference #L0803)
Price:£14.95

Brennand.
Medium, 96-page album, glazed boards.

London, Tilbury and Southend Railway And Its Locomotives.

(Reference #L1173)
Price:£24.99

Essery.
Very large, 176 pages, hard back.

LSWR At Nine Elms. The Curl Collection Volume 1.

(Reference #L1779)
Price:£35.00

The works and its products 1830 - 1909.
Curl, B.
Very large, 360 pages, many photos and drawings, plan of works, hard back. ** "A unique insight into the locomotive history of a major railway company, largely using material from a hitherto unseen collection." This is no less than the LSWR's own negatives, drawings etc, preserved from destruction by the author's father, and supplemented by material from other previously untapped sources.

Illustrated History Of Slade Green Depot.

(Reference #L1968)
Price:£10.95

From steam to Networker.
Deller.
Very large, 96 pages, photo illustrations, drawings, diagrams, site plan, glazed boards.

Illustrated History Of The Lewes & E Grinstead Railway.

(Reference #L1260)
Price:£35.00

Marx.
256 pages, hard back.

Industrial Locomotives Of Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire & Northamptonshire.

(Reference #L1288)
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 #L1289)
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 Railways & Locomotives Of Hertfordshire & Middlesex.

(Reference #L2306)
Price:£19.95

Waywell.
Medium, 408 pages, maps and site plans (some colour), photo section, softback.

Jubilee Line.

(Reference #L1006)
Price:£6.95

An illustrated history.
Horne, M.
Medium, 80 pages, photo illustrations, soft back.

Kent & East Sussex Railway.

(Reference #L2671)
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.

Kent And East Sussex Railway.

(Reference #L0465)
Price:£8.95

Garrett.
Medium, 112 pages, new edition. Soft back.

Kent Narrow Gauge (Narrow Gauge Branch Lines).

(Reference #L2405)
Price:£14.95

Mitchell & Smith.
Medium, 96-page album, glazed boards.

LCC Electric Tramways.

(Reference #L0785)
Price:£25.00

Harley, R J.
Very large, 176 pages, colour and b/w photo illustrations, maps. Hard back. **An excellent history of the undertaking, which was the largest municipal system in Great Britain.

Lifetime In Traction

(Reference #L1664)
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.

Liverpool Street To Chingford. (London Suburban Railways.)

(Reference #L0840)
Price:£14.95

Connor.
Medium, 96-page album, glazed boards.

Liverpool Street To Ilford.

(Reference #L0442)
Price:£14.95

Connor.
Medium, 96-page album, glazed boards.

Logo For London.

(Reference #L0724)
Price:£19.95

The London Transport Symbol.
Lawrence.
Large square, 112 pages, drawings, posters, photos, much in colour. Glazed boards. ** Serious history with much nostagia; ends with some interesting examples of other undertakings' copies of the symbol.

London & North Eastern Railway In Focus.

(Reference #L1021)
Price:£25.00

Crawley, J.
Large, 192 pages, pictorial, hard back. **Compilation of official and unofficial photographs, promotional booklets, accident reports, LNER committee minutes and other unusual items from the author's extensive archives of LNER memorabilia.

London & South Western Railway Miscellany.

(Reference #L1965)
Price:£19.99

Scott-Morgan.
Very large, 128 page album, hard back. **About 250 photos of LSWR operations, including locos, workshops and sheds, rolling stock, docks and shipping, bridges, viaducts, and signalling. The aim is to give a picture of the LSWR in the period leading up to the grouping.

London Brighton & South Coast Railway: Signal Boxes In 1920-1922. Part 3.

(Reference #L1457)
Price:£7.95

Mid Sussex & west coast lines and branches.
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Very large, 120 pages of signalling diagrams, soft back.

London Brighton & South Coast Railway: Signal Boxes In 1920-1922. Part 4.

(Reference #L1458)
Price:£7.95

Dorking and suburban lines.
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Very large, 112 pages of signalling diagrams, soft back.

London Railway Atlas.

(Reference #L2609)
Price:£12.99

Brown.
Very large, 62 map pages + 33 page station and site index, glazed boards.**Second enlarged edition of this very useful atlas: all maps give track detail and index gives opening and closure dates and other details

London Railway Map.

(Reference #L1270)
Price:£7.00

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Folding coloured map in soft cover, approximately the size of an OS sheet. 2nd edition. *A useful detailed map showing all the present lines and stations, including the Croydon Tram Link. Includes a list of stations.

London Railway Record.

(Reference #L0731)
Price:£2.50

(Quarterly magazine).
ed Connor.
Medium, 40 pages per issue. Recent issues only. Low stocks of some of the earlier numbers.

London, Brighton & South Coast Railway Miscellany.

(Reference #L1966)
Price:£19.99

Robertson
Very large, 128 page album, hard back. **About 250 photos of LSWR operations, not just locos and rolling stock but, in detail, the stations, and other buildings, the pioneering use of electric traction, the infrastructure and much else.

London, Tilbury And Southend Railway. Volume 1.

(Reference #L0398)
Price:£9.95

Kay.
Very large, 72 pages. Soft back.

London, Tilbury And Southend Railway. Volume 2.

(Reference #L0399)
Price:£9.95

Kay.
Very large, 72 pages. Soft back.

London's Branch Railways.

(Reference #L0325)
Price:£19.99

Glover.
Very large, 128 pages, album, hard back.

London's Disused Stations, Volume Three.

(Reference #L1145)
Price:£8.50

London, Chatham and Dover Railway.
Connor.
Medium, 72 pages, soft back.

London's Disused Stations, Volume Four.

(Reference #L1770)
Price:£8.50

The South Eastern Railway.
Connor, J E.
Medium, 72 pages, photo illustrations, map, soft back.

London's Disused Stations, Volume Five.

(Reference #L1915)
Price:£8.75

The London & South Western Railway. Including the Tooting Merton & Wimbledon and West London Extension Railways.
Connor, J E.
Medium, 80 pages, photo illustrations, map, soft back.

London's Disused Stations, Volume Six.

(Reference #L2420)
Price:£8.75

The London Brighton & South Coast Railway.
Connor, J E.
Medium, 68 pages, photo illustrations, map, soft back.

London's Disused Stations, Volume Seven.

(Reference #L2614)
Price:£9.00

The Midland Railway and associated lines.
Connor, J E.
Medium, 84 pages, photo illustrations, maps, soft back.

London's Disused Underground Stations.

(Reference #L0913)
Price:£8.25

Connor.
Medium, 68 pages, soft back.

London's Disused Underground Stations.

(Reference #L1170)
Price:£19.95

Connor.
Very large, 128 pages, glazed boards.

London's Elevated Electric Railway.

(Reference #L1287)
Price:£8.50

The LBSCR Suburban Overhead Electrification 1909-1929.
Goslin.
Medium, 72 pages, illustrated with photos, drawings, track layouts, map etc. Soft back.

London's Local Railways.

(Reference #L0228)
Price:£25.00

Jackson.
Large, 464 pages, enlarged 2nd edition. Hard back.

London's Lost Tube Schemes.

(Reference #L2135)
Price:£19.95

Badsey-Ellis.
Large, 320 pages, illustrated in colour, chiefly with maps, hard back. **In-depth study of over 40 unfulfilled tube schemes that were presented to Parliament between 1880 and the 1914, as well as many proposed variations to the tubes which were constructed.

London's Metroland.

(Reference #L2160)
Price:£16.95

A unique British railway enterprise.
Jackson.
Large, squarish, 144 pages, illustrated largely from contemporary advertising (in colour), some contemporary photos, matt boards. **The Metropolitan Railway sought passengers for its services by setting up an estates company to develop housing along the its line north of London and named the area served "Metro-land". This is a history of the development and of the ways in which people were encouraged to move out to Metro-land.

London's Railways From The Air.

(Reference #L2225)
Price:£35.00

Aerofilms
Very large, 255 pages, album, hard back. **Not your average album, this is a masterly compilation of aerial photos taken between 1920 (Camden roundhouse, a magnificent shot) and 1970, with all dates between, except, naturally, wartime. First-rate present for any Londoner.

London's Secret Tubes

(Reference #L2036)
Price:£25.00

London's wartime citadels, subways and shelters uncovered
Emmerson & Beard.
Very large, 190 pages, hardback. **Built for strategic purposes between the 1930s and the 1960s, a substantial number of tunnels exist under London streets and buildings that very few people know about. Totally absorbing book.

London's Trams.

(Reference #L1366)
Price:£15.99

A view from the past.
Collins.
Medium, 112 pages, pictorial, map endpapers, glazed boards.

London's Underground Suburbs.

(Reference #L1650)
Price:£16.95

Edwards, D.
Large square, 112 pages, photos and other illustrations, some colour. Glazed boards. ** Study of inter-war expansion.

London's Underground.

(Reference #L0331)
Price:£19.99

An illustrated history.
Glover.
Very large, 160 pages. 9th edition. Hard back. **The World's Premier Underground System. A history of the Underground with particular emphasis on modernisation and management.

Lost Lines: Southern.

(Reference #L0924)
Price:£12.99

Welbourn.
Large, 128 pages, photo album, soft back.

Main Line Lament.

(Reference #L1419)
Price:£22.95

The final years of the Great Central route to London.
Walker, C.
Large oblong, 167 photos on about the same number of pages, album, hard back. Centenary edition. LAST COPY.

Making Of A Railway.

(Reference #L1484)
Price:£12.99

Rolt, L T C.
Medium, 154 page album, paper back. **The building of the Great Central London extension from contemporary photographs by S W A Newton with notes and captions by Rolt. A classic.

Marylebone To Rickmansworth (Midland Main Lines).

(Reference #L1974)
Price:£14.95

Including the Watford Branch.
Mitchell & Smith.
Medium, 96 page album, maps, glazed boards

Memories And Writings Of A London Railwayman

(Reference #L1258)
Price:£12.95

A tribute to Harold Vernon Borley (1895-1989)
Jackson, A A (ed)
Medium, 159 pages, photo illustrations, soft back.

Memories Of The Met And G C Joint Line.

(Reference #L1374)
Price:£12.95

Foxell, C.
Medium, 140 pages, map, photos. Soft back.

Metropolitan Line.

(Reference #L2197)
Price:£6.95

An illustrated history.
Horne, M.
Medium, 96 pages, photo illustrations, soft back.

Red Panniers.

(Reference #L2551)
Price:£27.00

Last steam on the Underground.
Scott-Morgan & Martin.
Very large, 176 pages, pictorial, some colour, glazed boards. ** The story of thirteen ex GWR 57xx pannier tanks that LT acquired and based at Neasden and Lillie Bridge between 1957 & 1971. The last working main line steam locomotives in Britain.

Metropolitan To Jubilee. Wembley Park To Stanmore.

(Reference #L0279)
Price:£2.95

Goudie.
Large, 32 pages, soft back.

Midland Around London

(Reference #L2539)
Price:£14.99

A colour portfolio.
McCormack.
Small quarto landscape, 80 pages, period colour. Glazed boards.

Moving Metropolis.

(Reference #L0853)
Price:£19.95

A history of London's transport since 1800.
Taylor.
Large, 400 pages, colour illustrations, soft back.

Mr Beck's Underground Map.

(Reference #L0229)
Price:£12.95

Garland.
Very large, 80 pages, mainly colour, glazed boards. **The history of the London Underground map as it is known today, describing Mr Beck's revolutionary diagrammatic approach, and modern alterations. See also the companion volume No Need To Ask!

New Century On The South Eastern & Chatham Railway.

(Reference #L1442)
Price:£3.50

Minnis, J.
Very large, 40 page album of Edwardian photographs, soft back.

North London Line.

(Reference #L0429)
Price:£14.95

Mitchell & Smith.
Medium, 96-page album, glazed boards.

North London Railway. 1846-1921.

(Reference #L1241)
Price:£15.95

Lovett.
Very large, 106 pages, glazed boards.

North Woolwich To Palace Gates.

(Reference #L0270)
Price:£7.50

Connor.
Medium, 64 pages, soft back.

Northern Line.

(Reference #L1009)
Price:£5.95

An illustrated history.
Horne, M & Bayman, B.
Medium, 80 pages, photo and line illustrations, map, soft back.

On The Footplate At Bushbury 1947-1962.

(Reference #L2136)
Price:£13.95

An engineman's tale. RS15.
Terry.
Medium, 224 pages, some photo illustrations, diagrams and map of Wolverhampton area railways, soft back. **Reminiscences of a West Midlands fireman; includes a detailed chapter on the functioning of a steam locomotive.

Paddington To Ealing.

(Reference #L0443)
Price:£14.95

Mitchell & Smith.
Medium, 96-page album, glazed boards.

Past And Present No 7. North East, East And South East London.

(Reference #L1075)
Price:£15.99

Morrison & Brunt.
Medium, 128 pages, soft back. **Matching pairs of "old" (mainly 50s and 60s) scenes contrasted with the present day view; some colour. Routes radiating from King's Cross, Broad Street, Liverpool Street, Fenchurch Street, Cannon Street and Charing Cross.

Past And Present No 24. Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire & West Hertfordshire.

(Reference #L0896)
Price:£13.99

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Medium, 144 pages, soft back. **Matching pairs of "old" (mainly 50s and 60s) scenes contrasted with the present day view.

Past And Present No 42. Essex And East Hertfordshire.

(Reference #L2114)
Price:£15.99

Shannon.
Medium, 128 pages, soft back. **Matching pairs of "old" (mainly 50s and 60s) scenes contrasted with the present day view. Includes Tilbury, Maldon, Colchester, Harwich, Ongar, Saffron Walden and Hitchin.

Past And Present No 45. Sussex.

(Reference #L1904)
Price:£15.99

Gough.
Medium, 128 pages, soft back. **Matching pairs of "old" (mainly 50s and 60s) scenes contrasted with the present day view. Includes Brighton, Worthing, Horsham, East Grinstead, Newhaven, Uckfield, Groombridge.

Past And Present No 46. Kent.

(Reference #L1905)
Price:£15.99

Gough.
Medium, 128 pages, soft back. **Matching pairs of "old" (mainly 50s and 60s) scenes contrasted with the present day view. Includes Ashford, Tonbridge, Canterbury, Folkestone, Dover, Ramsgate, Gravesend.

Piccadilly Line.

(Reference #L1010)
Price:£5.95

An illustrated history.
Croome, D.
Medium, 80 pages, photo illustrations, soft back.

Piccadilly Tube.

(Reference #L2309)
Price:£19.95

A history of the first 100 years.
Horne, M.
Large, squarish, 144 pages, photo illustrations (some colour), hard back. **Good, solid history,with many interesting photos, in particular of station sites and construction.

Pleasure Trips By Underground.

(Reference #L0231)
Price:£14.95

Riddell.
Very large, 96 pages, album. Hard back. **A selection of mainly 1920s and '30s Underground posters with explanatory captions and a short introduction. All posters in colour.

Potters Bar To Cambridge. (Eastern Main Lines).

(Reference #L2120)
Price:£14.95

Mitchell & Mott.
Medium, 96-page album, glazed boards.

Rails To Metro-land.

(Reference #L2056)
Price:£12.95

Foxell, C.
Medium, 164 pages, map, photos, some colour. Soft back. **A well-illustrated history of the development of the 'Met'. 2nd edition, revised.

Railway In Surrey, The.

(Reference #L0196)
Price:£25.00

Jackson.
Large, 240 pages, hard back.

Railway Stations Of Battersea And Wandsworth.

(Reference #L0275)
Price:£5.95

Connor.
Medium, 40 pages, soft back.

Railway Track Diagrams 3. Western.

(Reference #L2177)
Price:£12.95

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Very large, 48 pages, soft back. **System map, 35 track diagrams, index to stations and lines. 4th edition.

Railways And Transport Of Hammersmith And West London.

(Reference #L0650)
Price:£7.50

Goudie & Stuckey.
Large, 88 pages. Soft back.

Railways Of Britain: Kent And Sussex.

(Reference #L2392)
Price:£19.99

McCarthy, C & D.
Medium, 128 pages, illustrated with photographs and maps, glazed boards. **A series based on the Cobb railway atlas. There is an outline history of the lines featured, forty 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 two counties, major roads, sites of locomotive sheds and as many industrial lines as possible.

Railways Of Richmond Upon Thames.

(Reference #L0281)
Price:£5.75

Sherwood.
Large, 72 pages, soft back.

Railways Of Wembley.

(Reference #L0280)
Price:£6.00

Goudie.
Large, 72 pages, soft back.

Reconstruction Of Euston Station.

(Reference #L2518)
Price:£7.99

Wilde.
Very large, 57 pages, photos, plans, drawings, soft back. **An exceptionally detailed study of the works undertaken in the 1960s.

Rickmansworth To Aylesbury (Midland Main Lines).

(Reference #L2059)
Price:£14.95

Including the Chesham branch.
Mitchell & Smith.
Medium, 96-page album, glazed boards.

Romney Rail.

(Reference #L0432)
Price:£14.95

A Journey Through Time.
Mitchell & Smith.
Medium, 96-page album, glazed boards.

Rye And Camber Tramway.

(Reference #L1565)
Price:£14.95

Judge, C.
Medium, 64 pages, many photos, plans, maps. Soft back. **History of a long lost 3ft gauge railway built to serve the fishing industry and, conveniently, the local golf course. It carried its last passengers in 1939, was pretty well worked to death in the second world war, and has the dubious distinction of being possibly the first public railway in Britain to convert from steam to petrol traction.

Selsey Tramway Volume One.

(Reference #L2273)
Price:£31.95

Cooksey
Very large, 188 pages, many photo illustrations, large scale maps showing track layouts, hard back. **This volume covers the full history of Colonel Stephens' impecunious tramway from opening in 1897 to closure in 1935. Volume two (qv) describes the route - Chichester to Selsey Beach -, steam locomotives, railmotors and rolling stock.

Selsey Tramway Volume Two.

(Reference #L2274)
Price:£29.95

Cooksey
Very large, 145 pages, many photo illustrations, large scale maps showing track layouts, drawings of structures and rolling stock, hard back. **This volume describes the route of Colonel Stephens' impecunious tramway - Chichester to Selsey Beach -, steam locomotives, railmotors and rolling stock. Volume One (qv) covers the full history from opening in 1897 to closure in 1935.

Shelter Of The Tubes.

(Reference #L1063)
Price:£16.95

Tube sheltering in wartime London.
Gregg, J.
Large square, 96 pages, many photo illustrations; list of sources, annotation. Glazed boards. **A carefully researched study covering all aspects of the use of underground stations as bomb shelters.

Sheppey Light Railway.

(Reference #L0057)
Price:£10.95

Hart, B.
Very large, 104 pages, pictorial, soft back.

Slam Doors On The Southern.

(Reference #L2081)
Price:£16.95

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

Slough To Newbury (Western Main Lines).

(Reference #L0736)
Price:£14.95

Mitchell.
Medium, 96-page album, glazed boards.

South Eastern And Chatham Railways.

(Reference #L0441)
Price:£14.95

A Marriage Of Convenience.
Gray.
Medium, 224 pages, illustrated. Glazed boards. **A substantial company history.

South For Sunshine.

(Reference #L0232)
Price:£7.95

Southern Railway Publicity And Posters 1923 - 1947.
Hillman & Cole.
Large square, 64 pages, colour album, soft back. **From a golden age of graphic design.

South London Line. (London Suburban Railways).

(Reference #L2410)
Price:£14.95

London Bridge to Victoria.
Mitchell & Smith.
Medium, 96-page album, glazed boards.

Southern Electric Album.

(Reference #L1535)
Price:£16.95

Welch, M.
Large, square format, 96 page colour album, glazed boards.

Southern Railways.

(Reference #L2355)
Price:£19.99

In the latter days of steam. Waterloo to Weymouth including the Isle-of-Wight.
Castledine.
Large landscape, 96 page album, hard back.

Southern Way Special Issue No 3.

(Reference #L2641)
Price:£14.95

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

St Albans To Bedford. (Midland Main Lines).

(Reference #L1543)
Price:£14.95

Including the Hemel Hempstead Branch.
Goslin.
Medium, 96-page album, glazed boards.

St John's Lewisham 50 Years On.

(Reference #L2415)
Price:£12.95

Restoring the traffic. X87.
Tatlow.
Medium, 160 pages + large folding track plan tipped inside rear cover, many other track plans, photos and drawings. Soft back. **A detailed examination of the third worst railway accident in this country. An engine driver missed two signals in a fog, crashed into the rear of another train; the derailed tender brought down an overbridge onto the wreckage of the two trains.

St Pancras Station.

(Reference #L1598)
Price:£15.95

Simmons, J; rev by Thorne, R.
Large, 184 pages, photo and other illustrations, some colour, hard back. **This is a new edition of Professor Simmons book, which was first published in 1968 when the future of St Pancras was in doubt, and described by John Betjeman as "readable, learned and inspiring". Robert Thorne has added to Simmons' text and provided a new chapter to bring the story of the station up to date.

St Pancras Station.

(Reference #L2348)
Price:£8.99

Bradley, S.
Medium, 193 pages, photo and other illustrations, soft back. **A new history to commemorate the transformation of this iconic landmark into London's main gateway to the continent. Much critical acclaim.

St Pancras To Barking. (London Suburban Railways).

(Reference #L2058)
Price:£14.95

Connor.
Medium, 96-page album, glazed boards.

St Pancras To St Albans. (Midland Main Lines).

(Reference #L1137)
Price:£14.95

Goslin.
Medium, 96-page album, glazed boards.

Stanmore Village Branch.

(Reference #L0272)
Price:£7.95

A photographic journey.
Baker & Connor.
Medium, 60 pages, soft back.

Steam On The Widened Lines. Volume 2.

(Reference #L0274)
Price:£7.95

Great Western & Southern Companies.
Goslin.
Medium, 56 pages, soft back.

Subterranean Railway.

(Reference #L1825)
Price:£17.99

How the London underground was built and how it changed the city forever.
Wolmar, C.
Medium, 351 pages + 20 pages of illustrations, some colour. Hard back. *A fine new serious history of the underground, bringing the story right up to date. Now also in paperback, see next entry.

Subterranean Railway.

(Reference #L2218)
Price:£9.99

Surrey Narrow Gauge (Narrow Gauge Branch Lines).

(Reference #L2404)
Price:£14.95

Including South London.
Mitchell & Smith.
Medium, 96-page album, glazed boards.

Sussex Narrow Gauge.

(Reference #L0988)
Price:£14.95

Mitchell & Smith.
Medium, 96 pages, album: photos, numerous maps. Glazed boards. **Includes industrial sites, Rye & Camber tramway, Volks Electric Railway, amazing historic collection at Amberley, Rye harbour line.

Thames Haven Railway.

(Reference #L0400)
Price:£10.95

Kay.
Very large, 76 pages, soft back.

Tilbury Loop. (Eastern Main Lines).

(Reference #L1658)
Price:£14.95

Including the Romford branch.
Course, E.
Medium, 96-page album, glazed boards.

Tottenham Joint Lines.

(Reference #L0091)
Price:£5.95

Connor.
Medium, 48 pages, pictorial (some col). Soft back. **A photographic journey between Barking and Gospel Oak.

Tunnel Vision.

(Reference #L2564)
Price:£14.99

Cordner.
Very large, 96 pages, colour photo illustrations, track diagrams, soft back. **History of the construction of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, route, chronology, etc. Ground-breaking engineering project, it says, and who can argue with that?

Twopenny Tube.

(Reference #L1004)
Price:£5.95

The story of the Central Line.
Bruce, J G & Croome, D F.
Medium, 80 pages, photo illustrations, soft back.

Underground Bullseyes 1972 - 2000.

(Reference #L2387)
Price:£8.75

Clarke.
Very large, 64 pages, photo illustrations, soft back. **Identification and location of the many different sorts of Underground station sign.

Underground Maps After Beck.

(Reference #L2069)
Price:£18.95

Roberts, M J.
Very large, squarish landscape, 112 pages, illustrated in colour, glazed boards. **Picks up where Garland's "Mr Beck's Underground Map" left off, to take the story of the London underground map from when Henry Beck's services were dispensed with to the present day. It is based on research in LT archives and museum - a detailed survey of major changes and the reasoning and political background which led to them.

Underground Pioneers.

(Reference #L0721)
Price:£16.95

Victorian London and its first underground railways.
Emmerson.
Very large, oblong, 72 pages. Glazed boards. **Fine engravings taken from Illustrated London News and similar contemporary publications.

Underground Stations Of Leslie Green.

(Reference #L0784)
Price:£16.95

Leboff, D.
Large, 96 pages, illustrated with b/w and coloured photos, glazed boards. Green designed the distinctive deep red terra-cotta, round-arched underground stations, built 1905-7, which are instantly recognisable even when no longer used as stations. Excellent photographs, showing many internal and exterior details, and a knowledgeable text.The main purpose of the book is to create a photographic record of Green's surviving work. It therefore focuses on the stations where most of the original fabric survives but for completeness also includes the twelve which have lost most, if not all, their original features.

Underground Train File: Surface Stock 1933 - 1959.

(Reference #L1540)
Price:£10.95

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

Underground Train File: Tube Stock 1933 - 1959.

(Reference #L1039)
Price:£9.95

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

Volk's Railway Brighton.

(Reference #L0876)
Price:£4.95

An illustrated history.
Jackson, A A.
Large, 48 pages, soft back. **Last few.

Waterloo & City Railway.

(Reference #L1188)
Price:£35.00

OL117.
Gillham.
460 pages, hard back.