Transport Bookshop:New Books:Area Studies:North England   
A Fighting Trade.
(Reference #N0938)
Price:£25.00
Rail transport in Tyne coal 1600 - 1800.
Bennett, Clavering & Rounding.
Very large, 2 volumes, 192 and approximately 120 pages (unnumbered), soft back. ** "This is a study of railways, of the first systems which ever existed, the wooden waggonways of Tyneside which fathered all rail networks of today ... particularly those of the three historical parishes on the south shore ... Gateshead, Whickham and Ryton." An elusive academic study; we only have a few sets.

Alnwick & Cornhill Railway.
(Reference #N2435)
Price:£12.95
Also known as the Alnwick & Coldstream.
Addyman & Mallon.
Very large, 112 pages, map, photos, station track layouts and drawings of buildings, soft back. **Detailed history of this long lost line.

Alnwick Branch.
(Reference #N2520)
Price:£12.95

Rippon.
Large, 76 pages, pictorial line history. Photos, maps, track plans, soft back. **A branch line in Northumberland.

Alston Branch.
(Reference #N0976)
Price:£8.95
OL80.
Jenkins.
Medium, 120 pages, photos, map, line drawings of buildings, track diagrams etc. Soft back. **2nd edition. Detailed line history.

Amble Branch.
(Reference #N2328)
Price:£10.95

Rippon.
Large, 68 pages, pictorial line history. Photos, maps, track plans, time table extracts. Soft back. **A five mile mineral branch line in Northumberland.

Birkenhead Railway.
(Reference #N1047)
Price:£14.95
LMS & GW Joint.
Maund.
Very large, 102 pages, photos, maps etc. Soft back.

Branch Line To The Derwent Valley.
(Reference #N1376)
Price:£14.95
Including the Foss Islands branch.
Mitchell & Smith.
Medium, 96-page album, glazed boards. *Derwent Valley light railway, Yorkshire.

Branchlines Of The L & Y R No 10: The North Lancs Loop.
(Reference #N0413)
Price:£4.95

Westall, K D.
Large, 58 pages, illustrated with photos and plenty of maps and track diagrams. Soft back. **One of a series of studies of branch lines produced by the L&YR Society.

Branchlines Of The L & Y R No 12. Hollinwood Branch.
(Reference #N0716)
Price:£4.95
A history of the L&Y's line form Thorpe's Bridge Junction to Oldham Werneth.
Wells.
Large, 24 pages, illustrated with photos and plenty of maps and track diagrams. Soft back. **One of a series of studies of branch lines produced by the L&YR Society.

Branchlines Of The L & Y R No 14. Ashton And Stalybridge Branch.
(Reference #N1856)
Price:£7.50

Hartley, R F.
Large, 56 pages, illustrated with photos, maps, signalling and track diagrams, architectural drawings. Soft back. **One of a series of studies of branch lines produced by the L&YR Society.

Branchlines Of The L & Y R No 9: The Colne Branch.
(Reference #N0412)
Price:£4.95

Coates & Harrison.
Large, 44 pages, illustrated with photos and plenty of maps and track diagrams. Soft back. **One of a series of studies of branch lines produced by the L&YR Society.

British Rail Northern Scene.
(Reference #N2224)
Price:£19.99
A 1970s railway album
Sparks, A.
Large, 154-page album with brief essays, hard back. **The seventies in grimy monochrome, very nostalgic. Suddenly they seem a very long time ago.

British Railways Layout Plans Of The 1950s. Volume 10.
(Reference #N1461)
Price:£6.95
LNW lines in North Wales, Chester and Wirral areas.
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Very large, 80 pages of signalling diagrams, soft back.

British Railways Layout Plans Of The 1950s. Volume 12.
(Reference #N1462)
Price:£6.95
Ex-MR main line Carlisle to Leeds, associated branches and joint lines.
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Very large, 52 pages of signalling diagrams, soft back.

British Railways Layout Plans Of The 1950s. Volume 8.
(Reference #N2023)
Price:£6.95
Manchester and Chesterfield to Derby and Trent (including Hope Valley & other branches.
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Very large, 58 pages of signalling diagrams, location map, closure list, index, (68 pages in all), soft back. 2005 reprint.

British Railways Layout Plans Of The 1950s. Volume 9.
(Reference #N1950)
Price:£6.95
LNW lines Crewe to Euxton Jn, Liverpool to Manchester (and associated branches).
-
Very large, 65 pages of signalling diagrams, closure list, index, soft back.

British Railways Railway Centres No 1 Leeds Central.
(Reference #N2468)
Price:£13.95
1950's BR Steam Operating.
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Very large, 72 pages, some photos, many diagrams, soft back. ** "Full details of a typical 1957 day's working. 1957 working timetable (Doncaster/Bradford - Leeds). Engine diagrams and carriage workings. Locomotive allocations 1950-60 : Leeds and Bradford." "This book is packed with the finest possible detail of operating data allowing the reader to recapture the daily movements at Leeds Central in the 1950's."

British Small Mines (North).
(Reference #N0665)
Price:£18.00

Booth.
Large, 112 pages with 142 photos and site plans. Hard back. **Studies of 28 representative drift mines working a variety of minerals in northern England and southern Scotland.

By Great Western To Crewe.
(Reference #N2125)
Price:£13.95
The story of the Wellington to Nantwich and Crewe line.
Yate, R.
Medium, 208 pages, photo illustrations, maps. Soft back.

Carrying Coals To Dunston.
(Reference #N0683)
Price:£8.95

Manns.
Medium, 112 pages. Soft back.

Castleford Colliery Railways.
(Reference #N2644)
Price:£9.95
Ackton Hall, Allerton Bywater, Allerton Main, Fryston, Glasshoughton, Ledston Luck, Peckfield, Prince of Wales, Savile, Wheldale, Whitwood.
Rockett, R.
Large, 64 pages, pictorial, area map, some colliery plans. Soft back.

Celebration Of Steam: West Riding.
(Reference #N1946)
Price:£10.99

Waller.
Medium, 128 page album, map, soft back. **Out of print - LAST COPY.

Chester & North Wales Border Railways.
(Reference #N1368)
Price:£16.99
A view from the past.
Christiansen.
Medium, 96 pages, pictorial, map, glazed boards.

Chronicle Of The Stockton & Darlington Railway To 1863.
(Reference #N1026)
Price:£6.50

Proud, J H.
Very large, 43 pages, maps, drawings, photos & other illustrations. Soft back. **The author has collated all the dates and descriptions of all significant events in the company's history up to its absorbtion into the NER. Of great use to anyone studying the history of this pioneering company.

Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway.
(Reference #N0975)
Price:£12.95
OL113.
Western.
Medium, 200 pages, photos, maps etc. Soft back. **A thorough history of this line which was closed in 1972.

Collieries & Their Railways In The Manchester Coalfields.
(Reference #N1810)
Price:£19.95

Hayes, G.
Medium, 208 pages, photos, geological map, railway maps, machinery lists, locomotive details. Hard back. *A study of the geology of the coal field is followed by a general history and description of the collieries; details of shafts and winding gear are compared in tabular form. The final substantial chapter deals with the various railways and tramways serving the pits.

Colour Of A Lancashire Triangle
(Reference #N1209)
Price:£13.95

Sweeney
Medium landscape, 64 pages, colour album, glazed boards. **1960s & 70s pictures.

Coniston Railway.
(Reference #N2019)
Price:£7.95
Cumbrian branch lines No 2.
Andrews & Holme.
Very large, 64 pages, photos, signalling and track plans, maps, drawings. **Useful history, excellent value.

Coniston Railway.
(Reference #N2343)
Price:£8.95
LP232.
Western.
Medium, 96 pages, photos, maps etc. Soft back. **Foxfield to Coniston, 1859 - 1958. It became part of the Furness Railway.

Crewe Locomotive Works.
(Reference #N1582)
Price:£4.95
Description of the London & North Western Railway's locomotive works at Crewe.
LNWR
Medium, 32 pages, photo illustrations, soft back. **Reprint from an original LNWR publicity publication of 1903.

Crewe Remembered.
(Reference #N2044)
Price:£12.95

Baker, A C.
Very large, 96 pages, many photo illustrations, works site plans. Soft back. **Essays on aspects of Crewe and its locomotives: Life at Crewe North; Points & Signals; Crewe - Perth working. Author spent the first 12 years of his working life at Crewe North shed.

Crewe: Station, Traffic And Footplate Working In The 1950s.
(Reference #N0328)
Price:£19.99

Rear.
Very large, 128 pages, hard back.

Cumbrian Railways.
(Reference #N0560)
Price:£10.99

Marsh & Garbutt.
Medium, 160 pages. Soft back.

Dalton-In-Furness, Mediaeval Capital To Mining Community.
(Reference #N2250)
Price:£8.45
The story of the ancient capital of Furness and the influences which gave it importance.
Battye.
Very large, 69 pages, photos, signalling and track plans, maps, drawings. **Part of the Cumbrian Communities And Their Railways Series; despite the title this is a local railway history which pays plenty of attention to its earlier historical setting, rather than a local history with railway accompaniment. Excellent value.

Dam Builders' Railways From Durham's Dales To The Border.
(Reference #N0023)
Price:£17.95
And Linked Branch Lines Of The NER And NBR.
Bowtell, H D.
Medium, 144 pages, pictorial, hard back.

Darlington - Leamside - Newcastle (Eastern Main Lines).
(Reference #N2622)
Price:£15.95

Darsley.
Medium, 96-page album, large-scale maps, glazed boards.

Darlington To Newcastle. (Eastern Main Lines).
(Reference #N2401)
Price:£14.95
Via Durham.
Darsley.
Medium, about 96 pages, photo album, map, gradient diagrams, glazed boards.

Diesels Over The Roof Of England.
(Reference #N1545)
Price:£14.95

Welch, M S.
Large, landscape, 80 page colour album. Glazed boards.

District Controller's View 6. The Peak District.
(Reference #N1231)
Price:£12.95
Manchester - Matlock - Derby; Manchester - Chinley - Sheffield.
Bentley.
Very large, 120 pages, soft back.

District Controller's View 7. York - Newcastle.
(Reference #N1563)
Price:£13.95

Millar, M.
Very large, 124 pages, soft back. * "Train and traffic operations over the North Eastern main line during the 1950s; working timetable (passenger and goods); engine workings: engine allocation and movements 1950-60."

Doncaster And Its Railways.
(Reference #N0868)
Price:£9.99

Tuffrey, P (comp).
Medium, 128 pages, album, Archive Photographs series. Soft back.

Douglas To Peel (Narrow Gauge Branch Lines).
(Reference #N2192)
Price:£14.95

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

Douglas To Port Erin (Narrow Gauge Branch Lines).
(Reference #N2406)
Price:£14.95

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

Douglas To Ramsey (Narrow Gauge Branch Lines).
(Reference #N2407)
Price:£14.95
Including the Foxdale branch.
Heavyside.
Medium, 96-page album, glazed boards.

Eastern Electric.
(Reference #N1537)
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.

First In The World. Stockton & Darlington Railway.
(Reference #N1193)
Price:£19.99

Wall, J.
Medium, 212 pages, hard back.

Firth Brown. A Sheffield Steel Company.
(Reference #N1547)
Price:£11.99

Hamilton, C.
Medium, 128 page album with many interesting period photographs. Soft back.

From Chester To Holyhead.
(Reference #N0860)
Price:£35.00
The branch lines.
Rear, B.
Very large, 256 pages, many photo illustrations, map.

Furness Railway In And Around Barrow.
(Reference #N1647)
Price:£9.95

Andrews, M.
Very large, 104 pages, photos, track plans, maps, drawings. **Useful history, excellent value.

Furness Railway.
(Reference #N1261)
Price:£15.99
A view from the past.
Quayle.
96 pages, hard back.

Groudle Glen Railway.
(Reference #N1934)
Price:£5.75

Smith, D M.
Medium, 56 pages, photo and line illustrations. Soft back. **Narrow gauge in the Isle of Man. The line originally lasted from 1896 to 1962 and was re-opened in the 1980s.

Harrogate Gas Works.
(Reference #N2632)
Price:£7.95
Its railways and other transport systems.
Hallows, M P F & Smith, D H.
Medium, 56 pages, illustrated with photographs, maps, drawings of locomotives, soft back. **The Narrow Gauge no 146.

Hellifield & Its Railways.
(Reference #N1542)
Price:£10.99

Wilson, A.
Medium, 128 page album of local photographs. Soft back.

Hexham To Carlisle. (Eastern Main Lines).
(Reference #N2142)
Price:£14.95
Including Alston and Brampton branches.
Darsley.
Medium, about 96 pages, album, glazed boards.

High Level Bridge And Newcastle Central Station.
(Reference #N1573)
Price:£9.95
150 years across the Tyne.
Addyman, J & Fawcett, W.
Very large, 152 pages, illustrated with photos and contemporary prints (some colour), good structural drawings, maps, diagrams. Soft back. **Nicely done and thorough local history.

History Of British Railways' North Eastern Region.
(Reference #N2591)
Price:£19.95

Teasdale (ed).
Very large, 192 pages, photos (some colour), drawings, glazed boards. ** This is the work of a number of authors. Background is supplied by a general history of BR and description of the organisation of the NE Region. This is followed by detailed studies of freight and passenger operations, locomotives, civil engineering, architecture, signalling and shipping.

History Of North Eastern Railway Architecture Volume 1.
(Reference #N0983)
Price:£18.95
The Pioneers.
Fawcett.
Very large, 184 pages, illustrated with photos (including 32 excellent colour pictures) and drawings, glazed boards. **"The aim of this [work] is to look at the development of railway architecture on the North Eastern Railway and those companies which became part of it together with the story of the Architect's Office [originally established in 1854 under Thomas Prosser] down to 1995.The present volume explores those railways which merged to form the NER together with the Newcastle & Carlisle and the Stockton & Darlington, the latter being taken down to the late 1850s." Volume 2 continues the history to 1877 and Volume 3 is planned to bring it up to 1995. So, a serious work, and nicely produced. Also excellent value.

History Of North Eastern Railway Architecture Volume 2.
(Reference #N0844)
Price:£19.95
A Mature Art.
Fawcett.
Very large, 200 pages, illustrated with photos (including 36 excellent colour pictures) and drawings, glazed boards. **"The aim of this [work] is to look at the development of railway architecture on the North Eastern Railway and those companies which became part of it together with the story of the Architect's Office [originally established in 1854 under Thomas Prosser] down to 1995." This volume covers the history between the late 1850s and 1877, examining the work of Thomas Bouch and William Peachey. A serious work, nicely produced and excellent value. See also Volume 1, The Pioneers. Volume 3 is planned to continue the study to 1995.

History Of North Eastern Railway Architecture Volume 3.
(Reference #N1995)
Price:£23.95
Bell and beyond.
Fawcett.
Very large, 256 pages, illustrated with photos (including 80 excellent colour pictures) and drawings, glazed boards. **"The aim ... is to look at the development of railway architecture on the North Eastern Railway and those companies which became part of it together with the story of the Architect's Office [originally established in 1854 under Thomas Prosser] down to 1995." This volume covers the history from 1877 to the present, examining the work of William Bell, Henry Field and the less well-funded LNER and BR architects, in particular the York Architect's Office. A serious work, nicely produced and excellent value. See also Volume 1, The Pioneers and Volume 2, A Mature Art.

History Of The Newcastle & Carlisle Railway 1824 To 1870.
(Reference #N2509)
Price:£24.95
The first line across Britain.
Fawcett.
Very large, 248 pages, illustrated with photos, contemporary illustrations and drawings, some colour, glazed boards. **The railway was opened in 1838 and is therefore very much an early railway in character, engineering and operation. Much of its interest derives from the fact that we can see how the directors, their engineers and officers were still learning the ropes and making up the rules as they went along. This is an excellent throrough history, and a nicely-produced book.

Horwich Locomotive Works.
(Reference #N0617)
Price:£20.00

Smith.
Very large, 208 pages. Glazed boards.

Images Of Cumbrian Railways
(Reference #N1295)
Price:£14.99

Marsh & Garbutt
Large, 152 pages, album, glazed boards.

Industrial Locomotives Of Lancashire Part A. The National Coal Board.
(Reference #N1162)
Price:£7.50
Including opencast disposal points & British Coal. Interim Pocket Book 7A.
Bradley & Hindley.
Medium, 100 pages, maps, soft back.

Industrial Railways & Locomotives Of South Yorkshire The Coal Industry - 1947-1964.
(Reference #N2621)
Price:£15.00

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Medium, 124 pages + 16 pages of photos, softback. ** Usual IRS format: Sites and lines are briefly described and locomotives listed.

Industrial Railways & Locomotives Of County Durham Part 1.
(Reference #N2255)
Price:£29.95
With a history of their owners & sites.
Mountford & Holroyde.
Medium, 492 pages, illustrated: photos, 22 pages of coloured maps and plans. Glazed boards. **Comprehensive account of Durham's industrial railways and locomotives, together with the history of the sites - and their owners - which they served.

Industrial Railways & Locomotives Of West Yorkshire.
(Reference #N2417)
Price:£15.00
Preliminary draft.
Smith & Etherington.
Medium, 200 pages including 12 pages of maps, softback. ** Usual IRS format: Sites and lines are briefly described and locomotives listed. The introductory notes mention that the NCB element is covered by IPB 8A and that non-locomotive worked systems are not included.

Industrial Railways In Colour: Yorkshire.
(Reference #N1811)
Price:£9.99
A Railway Bylines Special.
Booth, A.
Medium landscape, 64 pages colour album, glazed boards.

Industrial Railways In Northumberland And County Durham In The Latter Days Of Steam.
(Reference #N1924)
Price:£19.99

Castledine, M.
Large landscape, 94 page album, hard back.

Industrial Railways Of Manvers Main And Barnbrough Main.
(Reference #N0357)
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.

Industrial Railways Of St Helens, Widnes And Warrington.
(Reference #N0353)
Price:£24.00
Part 1: St Helens.
Townley & Peden.
Medium, 272 pages. Hard back. **Discusses the railways which served the glass and chemical works at St Helens. Photos and 40 large scale maps whch illustrate the industrial develpoment of the area from the 1820s to the present.

Industrial Railways Of St Helens, Widnes And Warrington.
(Reference #N1417)
Price:£25.00
Part 1: St Helens coalfield and the Sandfields.
Townley & Peden.
Medium, 309 pages, illustrated with maps and photos, tables of locomotives. Hard back. **Discusses the industrial railways and locomotives that worked on the St Helens coalfield and includes the first detailed published account of Pilkington's 2' gauge sand railways.

Kendal & Windermere Railway.
(Reference #N0811)
Price:£6.95
The first railway to be built into the heart of the Lake District.
Smith, D.
Very large, 52 pages, photos, track plans, map. **Line history, good value.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Miscellany 2.
(Reference #N2202)
Price:£18.95

Coates.
Very large, 188 page album. Soft back.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling.
(Reference #N1529)
Price:£7.95

Wray, T.
Very large, 64 pages, illustrated with photos and many line drawings and diagrams. Soft back. LYR Focus No 3.

Lancashire Railways.
(Reference #N0727)
Price:£9.99

Hitches, M & Roberts, J.
Medium, 126 pages, pictorial. Soft back.

Lancashire Triangle. LNWR In The South Lancs Coalfield Volume 2.
(Reference #N1760)
Price:£25.00

Sweeney.
Very large, 194 pages. Hard back.

Leeds Termini.
(Reference #N1497)
Price:£6.99
Great Provincial Stations.
Pixton & Hooper
Very large, 64 pages, pictorial, soft back.

Leeds, Castleford & Pontefract Junction Railway.
(Reference #N1795)
Price:£7.95
The Ledston Branch.
Rockett, R.
Large, 48 pages, photo illustrations, map, station layouts. Soft back.

Limestone Industries Of The Yorkshire Dales.
(Reference #N1407)
Price:£16.99

Johnson, D.
Medium, 192 pages, photo illustrations (some colour), diagrams of kilns etc. Soft back. **A wide-ranging history of the industry in the area.

Little North Western Railway - Skipton North Junction - Lancaster Volume I.
(Reference #N1495)
Price:£10.95
Also The Ingleton - Low Gill Branch (L & NWR).
Binns, D.
Medium, 94 pages, pictorial, soft back. **A Locomotives International Special.

Little North Western Railway.
(Reference #N0719)
Price:£10.95

Bairstow.
Large, 96 pages, illustrated. Soft back. **The Skipton to Lancaster line and the branch from Clapham to Low Gill.

Liverpool & Manchester 2: Cheshire Lines.
(Reference #N2329)
Price:£14.95

Pixton.
Very large, 126 page album, maps, softback. **More good pictures with interesting captions, this time of the lines of what was England's largest joint railway company. The introduction helpfully summarises the structure of this, and notes that none of the route described is actually in Cheshire.

Liverpool & Manchester 3: Lancashire & Yorkshire Lines.
(Reference #N2459)
Price:£15.95

Pixton.
Very large, 142 page album, maps, softback. **More good pictures with meaty captions.

London & North Eastern Railway In Focus.
(Reference #N1021)
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.

Lost Lines: LMR.
(Reference #N1361)
Price:£12.99

Welbourn.
Large, 128 pages, pictorial, maps, soft back.

Main Line Railways Around Wigan.
(Reference #N0530)
Price:£17.99

Pixson.
Very large, 110 pages, album. Hard back.

Malton & Driffield Junction Railway.
(Reference #N1914)
Price:£9.95

Burton, W.
Large, 88 pages, illustrated, soft back.

Manchester & Leeds Railway.
(Reference #N1436)
Price:£10.95
The Calder Valley line.
Bairstow.
Large, 104 pages, photos, maps. Soft back.

Manchester South Junction & Altrincham Railway.
(Reference #N1942)
Price:£9.95
OL34.
Dixon
Medium, 178 pages, illustrated with photos and maps. Soft back. 2nd edition.

Manchester Victoria Station.
(Reference #N1981)
Price:£16.95

Wray, T.
Very large, 132 pages, illustrated with photos, maps, track plans, drawings and diagrams. Soft back. **A history of the station.

Midland Railway.
(Reference #N1550)
Price:£3.50
On old picture postcards.
Waite, G.
Medium, 36 pages, album, soft back. *"A selection of picture postcards featuring scenes during the past century, with informative captions." Many station views of course, but lots of other subjects, starting naturally with the Sun Inn at Eastwood. But who could possibly have wanted to send anyone a postcard featuring Toton sidings?

Newcastle To Hexham. (Eastern Main Lines).
(Reference #N2488)
Price:£14.95
Including the Allandale branch.
Darsley.
Medium, 96-page album: photos, large scale station maps, glazed boards.

North Midland Portrait Of A Famous Route. Part Three: Rotherham To Leeds.
(Reference #N0999)
Price:£11.99

Pixton.
Very large, 80 pages, pictorial - photos, drawings, maps, soft back.

North Midland Portrait Of A Famous Route. Part Two: Chesterfield-Sheffield-Rotherham.
(Reference #N1390)
Price:£12.99

Pixton.
Very large, 96 pages, pictorial - photos, drawings, maps, soft back.

Past And Present No 11. North Yorkshire.
(Reference #N0887)
Price:£15.99

Thompson & Groundwater.
Medium, 128 pages, soft back. **Matching pairs of "old" (mainly 50s and 60s) scenes contrasted with the present day view.

Past And Present No 25. East Yorkshire.
(Reference #N0897)
Price:£17.99

Hill & Vessey.
Medium, 168 pages, soft back. **Matching pairs of "old" (mainly 50s and 60s) scenes contrasted with the present day view.

Past And Present No 39. Liverpool And Wirral.
(Reference #N0827)
Price:£15.99

Shannon & Hillmer.
Medium, 128 pages, soft back. **Matching pairs of "old" (mainly 50s and 60s) scenes contrasted with the present day view.

Past And Present No 40. Cheshire.
(Reference #N0843)
Price:£15.99

Shannon & Hillmer.
Medium, 128 pages, soft back. **Matching pairs of "old" (mainly 50s and 60s) scenes contrasted with the present day view.

Past And Present No 43. West, East And North Lancashire.
(Reference #N1902)
Price:£15.99

Shannon & Hillmer.
Medium, 128 pages, soft back. **Matching pairs of "old" (mainly 50s and 60s) scenes contrasted with the present day view. Includes Southport, Preston, Blackburn, Burnley, Blackpool, Lancaster, Barrow.

Past And Present No 50. North Staffordshire.
(Reference #N2028)
Price:£16.99

Ballantyne.
Medium, 128 pages, soft back. **Matching pairs of "old" (mainly 50s and 60s) scenes contrasted with the present day view. Includes Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford, Rugeley, Colwich, Uttoxeter, Alton Towers, Cheadle.

Peak Forest Tramway.
(Reference #N1943)
Price:£4.95
Including the Peak Forest Canal. LP38.
Ripley.
Medium, 72 pages, illustrated with photos and maps. Soft back. 3rd edition.

Peat Railways Of Thorne And Hatfield Moor.
(Reference #N0356)
Price:£18.00

Booth.
Large, 112 pages, illustrated: photos, maps, and plans. Hard back. **The history of the narrow gauge railways which have been used for over a century to transport peat from the moors east of Doncaster to the mills where it is turned into horticultural compost.

Pilmoor, Boroughbridge And Knaresborough Railway.
(Reference #N1913)
Price:£12.95

Howat, P.
Large, 72 pages, photo illustrations (some colour), station diagrams, map, soft back.

Plodder Lane For Farnworth.
(Reference #N1969)
Price:£18.95

Holland.
Large, 160 pages, photo illustrations, track layouts, hard back. **Railway operations in south Lancashire, a history of the shed and station at Plodder Lane.

Portrait Of The Cheshire Lines Committee.
(Reference #N0336)
Price:£15.99

Dyckhoff.
Large, 128 pages, glazed boards.

Portrait Of The North Eastern Railway.
(Reference #N2636)
Price:£16.95

Williamson, Williamson & Grocock.
Very large, 140-page album, photos (some colour), drawings, soft back.

Rails Through Lakeland. Volume 2: Traffic And Operation.
(Reference #N2217)
Price:£16.99
An illustrated history of the Workington - Cockermouth - Keswick - Penrith Railway 1847-1972
Bowtell
Medium, 160 pages, photos, map. Soft back. Volume 2 of the two volume edition.

Railway Memories No 4 Bradford
(Reference #N1077)
Price:£9.99

Whitaker & Myland.
Large, 96 pages, pictorial, soft back. OUT OF PRINT: LAST TWO COPIES

Railway Memories No 7 Airedale And Wharfedale.
(Reference #N0095)
Price:£9.75

Chapman.
Large, 96 pages, pictorial, soft back.

Railway Memories No 9 Warrington.
(Reference #N0223)
Price:£9.50

Chapman.
Large, 72 pages, pictorial, soft back.

Railway Memories No 12 Hull And Barnsley Railway.
(Reference #N0226)
Price:£8.95

Chapman.
Large, 80 pages, pictorial, soft back.

Railway Memories No 13 Huddersfield - Dewsbury - Batley.
(Reference #N0720)
Price:£12.95

Anderson.
Large, 128 pages, pictorial, soft back.

Railway Memories No 14 Selby & Goole.
(Reference #N1118)
Price:£12.95

Chapman.
Large, 112 pages, pictorial, map, soft back.

Railway Memories No 15 Pontefract, Castleford & Knottingley.
(Reference #N1429)
Price:£12.95

Cookson, P & Chapman, S.
Large, 112 pages, pictorial, map, soft back.

Railway Memories No 16 West Riding Steam 1955 - 1969.
(Reference #N1849)
Price:£12.95
A pictorial diary.
Anderson, R.
Large, 112 pages, album with 16-page introductory text, soft back.

Railway Memories No 17 Darlington & South West Durham.
(Reference #N2201)
Price:£13.95
With Richmond and the Stainmore line.
Chapman.
Large, 112 pages, pictorial, soft back.

Railway Memories No 20 West Riding Steam Pictorial.
(Reference #N2515)
Price:£13.95
A photographic journey
Anderson.
Large, 112 page album, soft back.

Railway Memories No 21 Rotherham Mexborough & Wath.
(Reference #N2649)
Price:£13.95

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

Railway Track Diagrams 2. Eastern England.
(Reference #N2234)
Price:£14.95

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Very large, 54 map pages, coloured + 16 pages prelims, index etc, soft back. **Third edition.

Railway Track Diagrams 4. Midlands & North West.
(Reference #N1983)
Price:£12.95

-
Very large, 61 pages, soft back. **System map, 51 pages track diagrams, index to stations and lines. 2nd edition.

Railways Around Harrogate. Volume 3.
(Reference #N0214)
Price:£9.95

Bairstow.
Large, 80 pages, illustrated. Soft back. ** Volumes 1 and 2 are out of print.

Railways Around Saltney.
(Reference #N2231)
Price:£13.96
A pictorial record.
Dixon & Pickard.
Very large, 156 pages, pictorial, photos, maps, diagrams, incl many signalling diagrams. **Privately produced local history of the of railways in the neighbourhood of Saltney, a settlement close to Chester on the Cheshire - Flintshire border

Railways In East Yorkshire. Volume One.
(Reference #N0018)
Price:£10.95

Bairstow, M.
Large, 96 pages, photo illustrations. Soft back. *2nd edition.

Railways In East Yorkshire. Volume Two.
(Reference #N0865)
Price:£8.95

Bairstow
Large, 88 pages. Soft back.

Railways In Northumberland.
(Reference #N1584)
Price:£12.95

Young, A.
Large, 112 pages, illustrated, soft back.

Railways In The Isle Of Man.
(Reference #N1117)
Price:£10.95
Steam - horse - electric - diesel - The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company.
Bairstow, M.
Large, 96 pages, photos (some colour), maps, soft back.

Railways In The Lake District.
(Reference #N0087)
Price:£8.95

Bairstow, M.
Large, 88 pages, illustrated, some colour, soft back.

Railways Of Blackpool & The Fylde.
(Reference #N1250)
Price:£11.95

Bairstow.
Large, 104 pages, soft back.

Railways Of Harrogate And District.
(Reference #N0679)
Price:£10.95

Rogers.
Very large, 112 pages. Soft back.

Railways Of Ryedale.
(Reference #N1848)
Price:£12.95
Malton - Gilling - Coxwold - Pilmoor; Gilling - Helmsley - Kirbymoorside - Pickering.
Howat, P.
Large, 112 pages, photo illustrations (some colour), station diagrams, map, soft back.

Railways Through Airedale & Wharfedale.
(Reference #N1794)
Price:£12.95
Leeds - Bradford Forster Square - Keighley - Skipton - Otley - Ilkley - Grassington - Worth Valley.
Bairstow, M.
Large, 112 pages, photo illustrations, maps, soft back.

Ratty - A History Of The Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway.
(Reference #N0512)
Price:£7.95

Gradon.
Medium, 49 pages, 2nd edition, revised. Soft back.

Recollections Of Oxenholme.
(Reference #N1955)
Price:£7.95
Premier Portfolio No 12.
Harris & Talbot.
Very large, 48 pages, map, photo illustrations, soft back.

Rose Grove Volume One.
(Reference #N2519)
Price:£9.95
East Lancashire's great railway complex.
Coates.
Very large, 96 pages, pictorial, photos (some period colour), plans, drawings, soft back.

Royal Visit To Crewe Works.
(Reference #N2072)
Price:£9.90
An album of photographs edited by Edward Talbot.
Talbot.
Large, 48 pages, splendid photos, soft back. **A lucky survival of a souvenir album from a royal visit in 1913. The author notes: The photographs give a glimpse of life in England before the Great War; of the respect accorded to the royal family and of the enormous effort expended to make the visit a great success; of the working conditions of industry; of the interior of steel works, foundries, forges and machine shops; of the organisation of the works of a great railway and of engineering in the age of coal.

Scenes From The Past 13 A. Stockport Tiviot Dale.
(Reference #N2581)
Price:£12.95
A Cheshire line remembered and revisited.
Fox.
Very large, 72 page album, photos, lengthy captions, maps, soft back. ** A reprint of the 1991 original edition, with some extra material. Good value!

Scenes From The Past 26/5. Kirkham To Poulton, Blackpool (North) And Fleetwood For The Isle Of Man.
(Reference #N1984)
Price:£17.95
Journeys by excursion train.
Taylor.
160 pages, very large, pictorial, soft back.

Scenes From The Past 29/1. Woodhead Part 1.
(Reference #N2334)
Price:£15.95
Manchester London Road, Guide Bridge, Glossop etc.
Johnson.
128 pages, very large, pictorial, soft back. 3rd printing.

Scenes From The Past 35. Stockport Edgeley Motive Power Depot.
(Reference #N0292)
Price:£9.95

Stokes.
80 pages, very large, pictorial, soft back.

Scenes From The Past 36/1. Altrincham To Manchester.
(Reference #N0637)
Price:£11.95
Before Metrolink.
Knight.
96 pages, very large, pictorial, soft back.

Scenes From The Past 40/1. Railway Memories Of Manchester And Stockport.
(Reference #N0728)
Price:£7.95

Keeley.
48 pages, very large, pictorial, soft back.

Scenes From The Past 41/1. Railways Across Mid-Cheshire.
(Reference #N1220)
Price:£14.95
Knutsford - Northwich - Chester - Helsby - Winsford and Middlewich.
Wilkinson.
Very large, 112 pages, soft back.

Scenes From The Past 42/1. Oldham Loop Part One. Manchester Victoria To Shaw & Crompton.
(Reference #N2335)
Price:£14.95
Via Hollinwood, Oldham and Royton Junction.
Wells.
Very large, 120 pages, pictorial: photos, track plans, soft back.

Scenes From The Past 42/2. Oldham Loop Part Two. New Hey, Milnrow And Rochdale To Manchester Victoria.
(Reference #N1911)
Price:£16.95
Via Castleton, Middleton Junction and Newton Heath and including the Middleton branch and Werneth incline.
Wells.
Very large, 128 pages, soft back. Pictorial.

Scenes From The Past 45. Manchester London Road To Hayfield.
(Reference #N1530)
Price:£15.95
Via Reddish, Bredbury, Romiley, Marple & New Mills, and including the "Hyde Loop".
Smith, I R & Fox, G K.
Very large, 136 pages, pictorial - photos, track plans, gradient diagrams, map. Soft back.

Scenes From The Past 46/1. Blackburn's Railways In The 1950s And 1960s.
(Reference #N1622)
Price:£17.95
Featuring the men of Lower Darwen MPD, and the main line via Darwen, Bolton, Salford and Manchester Victoria.
Taylor, S.
160 pages, very large, pictorial, soft back.

Scenes From The Past 47. Bolton Engineman ...A Last Look Back.
(Reference #N1910)
Price:£12.95

Markland.
96 pages, very large, pictorial, soft back.

Scenes From The Past 48. Manchester's Central Station.
(Reference #N2046)
Price:£12.95
And the Great Northern Railway goods warehouse.
Johnson, E M.
78 pages, very large, many photo illustrations, track plans, soft back.

Scenes From The Past 49. Delph, Saddleworth And Greenfield To Oldham.
(Reference #N2098)
Price:£18.95
Including Lees motive power depot motor trains and the OA&GB to Ashton.
Goddard & Wells.
160 pages, very large, many photo illustrations, large clear station track plans, some carriage drawings, soft back.

Scenes From The Past 50/1. The Buxton Line - Part One.
(Reference #N2111)
Price:£16.95
Davenport and Hazel Grove to Disley, New Mills (Newtown) and Whaley Bridge.
Fox.
144 pages, very large, many photo illustrations, large clear station track plans, soft back.

Scenes From The Past 52. Wigan To Preston.
(Reference #N2374)
Price:£17.95
The 'North Union' line remembered.
Farrell.
128 pages, very large, many photo illustrations, large clear station and junction track plans, soft back.

Scenes From The Past 54. Bolton Trinity Street To Liverpool Exchange Via Wigan Wallgate.
(Reference #N2646)
Price:£17.95
Footplate memories.
Markland.
Very large, 96 page album, map, track plans, narrative captions, soft back.

Signal Boxes On Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Lines. North East Lancashire.
(Reference #N2010)
Price:£17.95

Littleworth.
Very large, 170 pages, system map, signalling diagrams, gradient diagrams, a few photos, soft back. **Signalling diagrams, brief history, location, equipment etc for each box.

South Shields, Marsden & Whitburn Colliery Railway.
(Reference #N1131)
Price:£9.95
OL120
Hatcher.
Medium, 128 pages, soft back.

South Yorkshire Collieries.
(Reference #N1544)
Price:£10.99

Goodchild, J.
Medium, 128 page album with many interesting period photographs. Soft back.

South Yorkshire Joint Railway And The Coalfield.
(Reference #N0798)
Price:£13.95
OL33
Elliott, B J.
Medium, 183 pages, photo illustration and maps. Soft back. **First published as South Yorkshire Joint Railway in 1971; this is the second edition.

South Yorkshire Railway Stations.
(Reference #N0006)
Price:£3.50
On old picture postcards.
Ellis, N.
Medium, 36 pages, album, soft back. *"A selection of picture postcards featuring scenes from the last century, with informative captions."

Steam Across The Northern Fells.
(Reference #N1538)
Price:£14.95

Welch, M S.
Large, landscape, 80 page colour album. Glazed boards.

Steam City Carlisle.
(Reference #N2367)
Price:£18.95
Scenes from Old Citadel.
Routledge.
Very large, 108 page album, map, glazed boards. **Nice, sharp pictures and a treat for anyone who knew Carlisle in steam days.

Steel Wheels And Rubber Tyres. Volume One.
(Reference #N1626)
Price:£12.95
Transport around Oldham in the 1930s; locomotives at Gorton in the 1940s; Leeds trams in the 1950s.
Hilditch, G.
Medium, 168 pages, photo illustrations, maps. Soft back. *How one uninformed schoolboy tried to attain his early and overriding ambition to see his name in gold leaf on the side of a municipal tramcar, against those almost magic words "General Manager". RS10.

Steel Wheels And Rubber Tyres. Volume Two.
(Reference #N1778)
Price:£12.95
A General Manager's journey: Manchester, Plymouth, Great Yarmouth, Halifax.
Hilditch, G.
Medium, 184 pages, photo illustrations, maps. Soft back. *How one uninformed schoolboy tried to attain his early and overriding ambition to see his name in gold leaf on the side of a municipal tramcar, against those almost magic words "General Manager". RS11.

Suburban Railways Of Tyneside.
(Reference #N0217)
Price:£9.95

Young.
Large, 96 pages, illustrated, soft back.

Teesside Railways.
(Reference #N1369)
Price:£15.99
A view from the past.
Hill.
Medium, 96 pages, pictorial, map, pictorial endpapers, glazed boards.

Track Of The Ironmasters.
(Reference #N1860)
Price:£8.95
A history of the Cleator & Workington Junction Railway.
Gradon, W McG.
Very large, 72 pages, photos, track plans, gradient diagrams, map. **Line history, good value. Second edition with extra material by P Robinson.

Train Control And Passenger Workings On The L&YR.
(Reference #N2321)
Price:£9.95
LYR Focus 64.
Mills.
Very large, 114 pages, some photo illustrations, soft back. ** "The late Bob Mills actually worked for the L&Y Railway in the train control office at Manchester Victoria during the final years of its independent existence. During that period he made copious notes from primary documents of locomotive allocations and each individual locomotive duty roster. His records proved a unique insight into the daily workings of a major pre-grouping railway and are a major step forward in our understanding of how the L&Y operated."

Ulverstone And Lancaster Railway.
(Reference #N2597)
Price:£13.50
The challenge of Morecambe Bay.
Gilpin.
Very large, 95 pages, maps, photos (some colour), viaduct drawings, numerous track plans, soft back.** First-rate local history.

Wartime Woodhead.
(Reference #N1782)
Price:£11.95
Steam over the Woodhead line in the second world war.
Oldham, K.
Very large, 76 pages, pictorial, map, soft back. **A unique collection of photographs, taken by the author between 1938 and 1943, depicting Manchester London Road station, Longsight LMS shed and the former Great Central line to Woodhead. The text offers an insight into the general background of the railway in wartime.

Wensleydale Branch.
(Reference #N1142)
Price:£12.95
A new history.
Jenkins.
Medium, 192 pages, soft back. Reissue.

West Yorkshire Coalfield.
(Reference #N1893)
Price:£11.99

Goodchild, J.
Medium, 128 page album with many interesting period photographs. Soft back.

West Yorkshire Railway Stations.
(Reference #N1400)
Price:£3.50
On old picture postcards.
Ellis, N.
Medium, 36 pages, album, soft back. *"A selection of picture postcards featuring scenes from the past century, with informative captions."

Whitehaven.
(Reference #N2440)
Price:£13.50
The railways and waggonways of a unique Cumberland port.
Quayle.
Very large, 101 pages, large map, photos, station drawing, numerous track plans, soft back.** "Whitehaven is unquestionably the capital of industrial Cumberland. Few mining towns have a more exciting history; none have greater character". Excellent local history.

Widnes And St Helens Railways.
(Reference #N0241)
Price:£9.99

Pixton.
Medium, 128 pages, album, soft back.

Winsford And Over Branch.
(Reference #N0629)
Price:£8.95

Miller.
Medium, 104 pages. Soft back.

Wirral Railway.
(Reference #N2690)
Price:£24.99
And its predecessors.
Maund.
Large, 240 pages, many photo illustrations, some drawings and maps, hard back. **This is the first comprehensive history of the little railway which serves the far end of the Wirral, running between West Kirby and Wallasey and Birkenhead.

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