Transport Bookshop:New Books:Rolling Stock   
4mm Coach Part 1: First Principles And Basic Projects.
(Reference #RS0122)
Price:£10.95

Williams, S.
Very large, 100 pages, pictorial. Soft back.

4mm Coach Part Two: Working With Metal Kits.
(Reference #RS1525)
Price:£12.95

Williams, S.
Very large, 108 pages, many photo illustrations, drawings. Soft back.

4mm Coal Wagon.
(Reference #RS0611)
Price:£14.95
A Step-By-Step Guide.
Hayes.
Very large, 134 pages. Soft back.

4mm Wagon Part Two: General Merchandise Vans, Special Purpose Vans and Tank Wagons.
(Reference #RS0171)
Price:£14.95

Kent, G.
Very large, 160 pages, pictorial. Soft back.

A Look At The Night Mail.
(Reference #RS2254)
Price:£24.95
Travelling post offices - a history.
White.
Large, 356 pages, map, diagrams, photos, appendices, soft back. **Together with the thorough history is a very detailed account of the work involved in dealing with mail abord the train. The book is published in connection with the operation of a preserved TPO vehicle on the Nene Valley Railway.

Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company. A Century Of Achievement 1855-1963.
(Reference #RS0106)
Price:£14.95

Hypher, J, & Wheeler, C & S.
Very large, 112 pages, pictorial. Hard back.

BR Brake Vans And Ballast Ploughs.
(Reference #RS0302)
Price:£12.95

Gent.
Very large, 92 pages, soft back.

BR Coaching Fleet.
(Reference #RS0362)
Price:£4.95
Mk2, Mk3 & Mk4.
Butlin.
Very large, 36 pages, soft back.

British Carriage & Wagon Builders & Repairers 1830 - 2006.
(Reference #RS2441)
Price:£24.99
A directory and history of a British industry.
Sambrook.
Very large, 200 pages, many photo illustrations, glazed boards. ** An alphabetical listing, with dates, sites and brief histories and links between the firms highlighted for ease of cross-reference. Along with the well-known large firms there are many dozens of smaller businesses, some almost one-man-bands.

British Railway Carriages 1900 - 1953.
(Reference #RS0199)
Price:£30.00

Jenkinson.
Large, 552 pages, 2 volumes in 1. Hard back.

British Railway Goods Wagons In Colour 1960 - 2003.
(Reference #RS0934)
Price:£14.99
For the modeller and historian.
Hendry.
Very large, 96 pages, pictorial, colour photos, line drawings, soft back. ** For earlier wagons see the companion British Railway Goods Wagons In Colour, reference 2003, which covers vehicles in use during the period from 1948 to the early eighties.

British Railway Goods Wagons In Colour.
(Reference #RS2003)
Price:£14.99
For the modeller and historian.
Hendry.
Very large, 96 pages, pictorial: over 200 colour photographs plus b/w line drawings, soft back. **The first all-colour book devoted to the British goods wagon, covering a broadly representative selection of the wagons which made up the bulk of goods trains from the formation of BR in 1948 to the early 1980s. For more recent models see the companion British Railway Goods Wagons In Colour 1960 - 2003 reference 0934.

British Railways Coaching Stock In Colour.
(Reference #RS1766)
Price:£14.99
For the modeller and historian.
Hendry.
Very large, 96 pages, soft back.

British Railways Mark 1 Coaches plus Supplement.
(Reference #RS2313)
Price:£29.95

Parkin.
Main volume: Very large, 206 pages, illustrated with photos (some colour) and vehicle drawings, glazed boards.

Supplement: Very large, 88 pages, illustrated with photos (some colour) and vehicle drawings, soft back.

**Immensely informative - the fruit of much original research on the vehicles. This is now the fourth impression, revised; the main volume goes to chapter 16. Chapters 17 - 22 and 12 appendices are in the Supplement.

Buy the two together and save £5. To buy these volumes separately see the next two entries.


British Railways Mark 1 Coaches Supplement.
(Reference #RS2130)
Price:£9.99

Parkin.
Very large, 88 pages, illustrated with photos (some colour) and vehicle drawings, soft back. **Contains chapters 17 - 22 and 12 appendices. To buy this Supplement together with the main volume at a saving of £5 see item RS2313

British Railways Mark 1 Coaches.
(Reference #RS2146)
Price:£24.99

Parkin.
Very large, 206 pages, illustrated with photos (some colour) and vehicle drawings, glazed boards. **Immensely informative - the fruit of much original research on the vehicles. This is now the fourth impression, revised, and goes to chapter 16. Chapters 17 - 22 and 12 appendices are in the Supplement, qv.

To buy this volume together with the Supplement at a saving of £5 see item RS2313.


Carriage Modelling Made Easy.
(Reference #RS0169)
Price:£12.95

Jenkinson, D.
Very large, 136 pages. Soft back. **Scratchbuilt coaches using Plasticard.

Description Of The London & North Western Railway Company's Carriage Works At Wolverton.
(Reference #RS2233)
Price:£4.95

LNWR
Medium, 38 pages + folding works plan, photo illustrations, soft back. **Reprint from an original LNWR publicity publication of 1906.

Great Western Coaches Appendix Volume 1.
(Reference #RS0749)
Price:£29.99

Russell.
Very large, 208 pages, 2nd impression. Hard back.

Great Western Coaches.
(Reference #RS0594)
Price:£10.95
Official Drawings: 3.
Lewis.
Very large, 80 pages. Soft back.

Historic Carriage Drawings Volume 1.
(Reference #RS0864)
Price:£19.95
LNER and constituents.
Campling.
Very large, 128 pages, glazed boards.

Historic Carriage Drawings Volume 2. LMS.
(Reference #RS0210)
Price:£19.95

Jenkinson.
Very large, 136 pages, glazed boards.

Historic Carriage Drawings Volume 3.
(Reference #RS0645)
Price:£19.95
Non passenger coaching stock.
Tatlow.
Very large, 128 pages. Hard back.

Illustrated History Of British Railways' Workshops.
(Reference #RS0487)
Price:£25.00
Locomotive, carriage and wagon building and maintenance from 1825 to the present day.
Larkin.
Very large, 184 pages, photos, tables and track diagrams. Hard back. **A broad pictorial record of the railway workshops that were inherited by the British Railways at nationalisation; includes previously unpublished plans of all the main locomotive works. LAST COPY.

Illustrated History Of Southern Pull-Push Stock.
(Reference #RS2267)
Price:£29.99

King, M.
Very large, 160 pages, illustrated with photos and many scale drawings drawings, hard back.

Illustrated History Of Southern Wagons Volume 1.
(Reference #RS0748)
Price:£19.99
LSWR & S&DJR.
Bixley.
Very large, 106 pages, 2nd impression. Hard back.

Illustrated History Of Southern Wagons Volume 3.
(Reference #RS0943)
Price:£29.99
South Eastern & Chatham Railway.
Bixley.
Very large, 160 pages, with many illustrations and drawings. Hard back.

Illustrated History Of Southern Wagons Volume Two.
(Reference #RS1611)
Price:£19.99
LBSCR and minor companies.
Bixley, Blackburn, Chorley & King.
Very large, 106 pages, with many illustrations and drawings. Hard back.

Irish Broad Gauge Carriages.
(Reference #RS1821)
Price:£14.99
A pictorial introduction.
Coakham, D.
Very large, 96 pages, pictorial (quite a lot of text, though). Soft back. **A thorough survey of the Irish coaches from earliest times to the present.

Isle Of Wight Steam Passenger Rolling Stock.
(Reference #RS0161)
Price:£11.95

Maycock, R.
Medium, 192 pages, soft back.

L&NWR Non-Corridor Carriages.
(Reference #RS2227)
Price:£29.95
1886-1923, excluding the 30ft 1in 6-wheelers.
Millard & Tattersall.
Very large, 136 pages, photo illustrations, many clear scale carriage drawings, all elevations including floor layouts, hard back. **Invaluable reference for LNW, LMS and BR(LM) modellers and historians. Constructional information, examples of carriage numbering, set formations, train working. These are the non-corridor designs built at Wolverton 1886-1932 (excluding the 30ft 1in 6-wheelers dealt with elsewhere).

Lancashire And Yorkshire Wagons Volume 1.
(Reference #RS0078)
Price:£19.95

Coates, N.
Very large, 194 pages, pictorial, hard back.

Lancashire And Yorkshire Wagons Volume Two.
(Reference #RS2259)
Price:£35.95

Coates, N.
Very large, 194 pages, many photos and scale drawings, hard back.

Last Years Of The Big Four.
(Reference #RS1449)
Price:£24.95

Earnshaw, A & Jenkinson, D.
Very large, 208 pages, photo illustrations, some colour. Hard back. **History of the pre-war and war-time years of the post-grouping companies with sections on the locomotives and rolling stock of each company.

LNER Wagons Volume One LNER Southern Area.
(Reference #RS2075)
Price:£34.95
Ex-GN, ex GC and ex-GE wagons absorbed by the LNER.
Tatlow.
Very large, 248 pages, many photo and line illustrations, hard back. **Comprehensive information. Three further volumes are planned to deal with the NE area, the Scottish area and LNER standard designs.

LNER Wagons.
(Reference #RS0200)
Price:£25.00
An Illustrated Overview.
Tatlow.
Very large, 178 pages, glazed boards.

LNWR Wagons. Vol 1.
(Reference #RS1233)
Price:£26.95

Northedge (ed).
Very large, 208 pages, hard back.

LSWR Carriages Volume Four:
(Reference #RS2310)
Price:£25.00
Goods, departmental stock and miscellany.
Weddell, G R.
Very large, 160 pages, description and history, illustrated with photos and drawings, hard back.

LSWR Carriages Volume One: 1838-1900.
(Reference #RS1481)
Price:£23.95

Weddell, G E.
Very large, 245 pages, illustrated with photos and drawings, hard back.

LSWR Carriages Volume Three: Non-passenger carriage stock.
(Reference #RS2078)
Price:£25.00

Weddell, G E.
Very large, 164 pages, illustrated with photos and drawings, hard back.

Maunsell's SR Steam Carriage Stock.
(Reference #RS0626)
Price:£9.95

Gould.
Medium, 150 pages, 3rd edition. Soft back.

Metro-Cammell 150 Years Of Craftmanship.
(Reference #RS0540)
Price:£17.99

Beddoes & Wheeler.
Very large, 112 pages. Hard back. **History of West Midlands rolling stock manufacturer. Concentrates on railway products including those of companies taken over, but also includes chapters on military vehicles and buses.

Metropolitan Railway Rolling Stock.
(Reference #RS1171)
Price:£19.95

Snowdon.
172 pages, soft back.

Midland Railway Carriages Volume 2.
(Reference #RS0179)
Price:£21.95

Lacy, R E & Dow, G.
Very large, 336 pages, hard back.

Modern Railways In Profile 2. British Railway Air Braked Stock Volume 2.
(Reference #RS1667)
Price:£9.95
Steel carriers, engineers' stock, timber carriers & powder tanks.
Smith, T.
Medium, 64 pages, colour album, soft back. **New series of recent rolling stock, plenty of detail, all captions include date and place.

Modern Railways In Profile 3. British Railway Air Braked Stock Volume 3.
(Reference #RS2090)
Price:£9.95
China clay & calcium carbonate, chemical, carbon dioxide, petroleum & water tank wagons.
Smith, T.
Medium, 64 pages, colour album, soft back. **New series of recent rolling stock, plenty of detail, all captions include date and place.

More Railways In Profile 1. Illustrated History Of The ICI Hopper Wagon.
(Reference #RS1246)
Price:£13.95

Harrison.
Large, 112 pages, soft back.

North Eastern Railway Brake Vans.
(Reference #RS0848)
Price:£8.95

Sadler.
Very large, 60 pages, photos and drawings, stock lists, soft back.

North Staffordshire Wagons.
(Reference #RS0063)
Price:£11.95

Chadwick, G F.
Very large, 94 pages, drwgs, photos, soft back.

Official Drawings Of LMS Wagons No. 2.
(Reference #RS0956)
Price:£8.95

Essery, R J.
Very large, 72 pages, soft back.

Oil On The Rails.
(Reference #RS0306)
Price:£19.95

Coppin.
Very large, 162 pages, glazed boards. **The oil industry and its rail tank wagons. Out of print - LAST TWO.

Pictorial Guide To Southern Wagons And Vans.
(Reference #RS2398)
Price:£25.00

Gough.
Very large, 151 pages, photos, large 4mm scale drawings, hard back. **Comprehensive survey of wagons used on BR Southern Region that had survived from the pre- and post-grouping eras. Full details of liveries, dimensions, variations, conversions, diagram numbers, locations of preserved vehicles.

Private Owner Wagons A Fifth Collection.
(Reference #RS2244)
Price:£19.95
Readers contributions.
Turton, K.
Very large, 184 pages, many photo illustrations. Glazed boards. **This volume reverts to the original formula: some 60 owners are described and their wagons illustrated with 170 photographs. The difference is that almost every owner depicted is included because of reader response in the form of photographs or other information.

Private Owner Wagons A Fourth Collection.
(Reference #RS2068)
Price:£19.95
Welsh Anthracite.
Turton, K.
Very large, 184 pages, many photo illustrations. Glazed boards. **Information about the wagons of the various collieries, agents and shippers supplying the best coal from South Wales. Includes a comprehensive list of sources and models available of the wagons featured.

Private Owner Wagons A Second Collection.
(Reference #RS1833)
Price:£14.99

Turton, K.
Very large, 128 pages, many photo illustrations. Glazed boards. **Information about the wagons of a further 65 companies. Includes a comprehensive list of sources and models available of the wagons featured.

Private Owner Wagons A Seventh Collection.
(Reference #RS2511)
Price:£19.95

Turton, K.
Very large, 160 pages, many photo illustrations. Glazed boards. **Another wide range of wagons and their operators. Short histories of over seventy more businesses, together with all known details of their wagon fleets; a further section reviews all the previous volumes adding information and pictures which have come to light since their original publication.

Private Owner Wagons A Sixth Collection.
(Reference #RS2481)
Price:£21.00

Turton, K.
Very large, 184 pages, many photo illustrations. Glazed boards. **Another wide range of wagons and their operators. Short histories of over eighty businesses, together with all known details of their wagon fleets; illustrated with some 250 photographs of wagons and sites.

Private Owner Wagons A Third Collection.
(Reference #RS1834)
Price:£14.99

Turton, K.
Very large, 128 pages, many photo illustrations. Glazed boards. **Information about the wagons of over 60 further companies. Includes a comprehensive list of sources and models available of the wagons featured.

Private Owner Wagons In The Forest Of Dean.
(Reference #RS1387)
Price:£19.95

Pope, I.
Very large, 184 pages, many photo illustrations, some maps. Glazed boards.

Private Owner Wagons Of Gloucestershire.
(Reference #RS2264)
Price:£21.99

Pope, I.
Very large, 240 pages, many photo illustrations, map. Glazed boards.

Pullman Pride.
(Reference #RS2287)
Price:£17.95
Photographs from the archive of EJ Morris - Company Secretary of the Pullman Car Company.
Morris & Ford, (comp).
Very large, 92 page album, soft back. **Some very interesting interior and outside views of Pullman cars.

Pullman Profile No 1. The 12-Wheel Cars.
(Reference #RS2477)
Price:£27.00

Ford.
Very large landscape, 192 page, pictorial, glazed boards. **Photographs, lists, drawings, bibliography.

Pullman Trains In Britain.
(Reference #RS2025)
Price:£8.95
LP210.
Kidner, R W.
Medium, 112 pages, photos, carriage plans, soft back. **This is the second edition of Kidner's 1998 expansion of his 1987 book, Pullman Cars Of The Southern 1875-1972. The work is now a concise history of Pullman trains and vehicles in this country.

Railways In Profile 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7
(Reference #RS0869)

Gamble.
are out of print.

Railways In Profile 10. Private Owner Wagons. Volume 2.
(Reference #RS0648)
Price:£8.95

Gamble.
Medium, 60 pages, soft back.

Railways In Profile 13. LNER Wagons Before 1948 Vol 1.
(Reference #RS1668)
Price:£9.95
Opens, vans & special stock.
Williamson, D & C.
Medium, 64 pages, album (some colour), soft back.

Railways In Profile 14. BR Private Owner Tank Wagons.
(Reference #RS1146)
Price:£9.95

Tourret.
Medium, 64 pages, soft back.

Railways In Profile 15. GWR Wagons Before 1948 Vol 1.
(Reference #RS2147)
Price:£9.95
Diagrams A Pollens to P Ballast Wagons
Tourret.
Medium, 64 pages, album with five pages of introductory notes, some colour, soft back.

Railways In Profile 8. BR Engineers' Stock - 2.
(Reference #RS0258)
Price:£8.95

Gamble.
Medium, 60 pages, soft back.

Railways In Profile 9. Private Owner Wagons, Opens And Hoppers.
(Reference #RS0260)
Price:£8.95

Gamble.
Medium, 60 pages, soft back. **Volume 1. For volume 2 see Profile no 10.

Saltney Carriage And Wagon Works.
(Reference #RS2446)
Price:£12.75

Wood.
Large, 108 pages, map, site plans, lists, soft back. **GWR history: Saltney, like Worcester, was a rolling stock manufacturing location prior to the establishment of the facilities at Swindon.

Scenes From The Past 30/1. Camping Coach Holidays Part 1.
(Reference #RS0288)
Price:£12.95
The 1930s & British Railways (LM Region).
McRae.
96 pages, very large, pictorial, soft back.

SE & CR Carriages.
(Reference #RS2434)
Price:£19.95

Coutanche.
Very large, 128 pages, many photo illustrations and drawings, glazed boards. ** A cross section of fifty types of bogie carriages with photos and 4mm scale plans of each plus brief details and histories; appendices give livery details and SR coach renumbering.

Sleepers, Diners & Pullmans
(Reference #RS2443)
Price:£12.50
Trains and vehicles of the International Sleeping Car Company.
Spark
Large horizontal, 64 pages, pictorial - photos and drawings. Soft back. **Now back in stock after a considerable absence.

Southern Wagons Pictorial.
(Reference #RS2557)
Price:£30.00

King, M.
Very large, 192 pages, illustrated with photos and scale drawings drawings, hard back.

Tube Trains On The Isle Of Wight.
(Reference #RS1646)
Price:£9.95

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

Underground Train File: Surface Stock 1933 - 1959.
(Reference #RS1540)
Price:£10.95

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

Underground Train File: Tube Stock 1933 - 1959.
(Reference #RS1039)
Price:£9.95

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

W G Bagnall Narrow Gauge Locomotives And Rolling Stock 1910.
(Reference #RS0944)
Price:£6.95
A facsimile reprint.
Neale (ed).
Large, 60 pages, soft back. **Catalogue reprint with new introduction.

Wagons Of The Early British Railways Era.
(Reference #RS2354)
Price:£14.00
A pictorial study of the 1948-1954 period.
Larkin.
Very large, 88 pages, photos, stocklists, softback. **Takes each wagon type individually, in the order dictated by the BR diagram books.

Working Wagons. Volume 2.
(Reference #RS0542)
Price:£11.95

Larkin.
Very large, 96 pages, album. Soft back.

Working Wagons. Volume 3.
(Reference #RS1033)
Price:£12.95
A pictorial review of freight stock on the BR system. Volume 3. 1980 - 1984.
Larkin, D.
Very large, 96 pages, pictorial, soft back. **Third and penultimate book in the author's pictorial review of freight stock on the BR system between 1968 and 1991. The photos are from the author's own collection.

Working Wagons. Volume 4.
(Reference #RS1391)
Price:£12.95
A pictorial review of freight stock on the BR system. Volume 4. 1985 - 1992.
Larkin, D.
Very large, 96 pages, pictorial, soft back. **Fourth and last book in the author's pictorial review of freight stock on the BR system between 1968 and 1991. The photos are from the author's own collection.

Copyright 2008 Robert Humm & Co. Web Development by Clientel Systems
Order Online
Second Hand Showcase Books from Robert HummSecond Hand Showcase Books from Robert HummSecond Hand Showcase Books from Robert HummNew Books from Robert HummNew Books from Robert HummNew Books from Robert Humm