New railway books - signalling and safety

British Railway Signalling Development In Colour.

(Reference #SS2571)
Price:£14.99

For the modeller and historian.
Hendry.
Very large, 96 pages, pictorial, soft back. **Company-based survey of British and Irish signalling inheritance and development, lavishly illustrated in colour.

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

(Reference #SS1952)
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 #SS2022)
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 Layout Plans Of The 1950s. Volume 8.

(Reference #SS2023)
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 #SS1950)
Price:£6.95

LNW lines Crewe to Euxton Jn, Liverpool to Manchester (and associated branches).
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Very large, 65 pages of signalling diagrams, closure list, index, soft back.

British Railways Layout Plans Of The 1950s. Volume 10.

(Reference #SS1461)
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 11.

(Reference #SS2738)
Price:£6.95

LNW lines in the west midlands (excluding the Trent Valley line).
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Very large, 64 pages of signalling diagrams, soft back.

British Railways Layout Plans Of The 1950s. Volume 12.

(Reference #SS1462)
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 14.

(Reference #SS1951)
Price:£6.95

Ex-MR lines Whitwell to Glendon Sidings via Nottingham, and branches.
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Very large, 54 pages of signalling diagrams, index, soft back.

British Railways Layout Plans Of The 1950s. Volume 15.

(Reference #SS2739)
Price:£6.95

Ex-LNWR lines Crewe (excl) to Manchester & Leeds, and branches.
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Very large, 47 pages of signalling diagrams, index, soft back.

Burghclere Signalman.

(Reference #SS2214)
Price:£7.95

Robertson
Very large, 38 pages, photo illustrations, signalling diagram, soft back.

Death Rode The Rails.

(Reference #SS2144)
Price:£40.00

American railroad accidents and safety 1828-1965.
Aldrich.
Large, 446 pages + 16 pages of photo illustrations, hardback. **Academic study of rail accidents in the USA, immensely interesting. Two statistical appendices, copious notes on sources etc.

Great Central Signalman.

(Reference #SS2094)
Price:£17.99

One man's passion for signalling in the 1940s and '50s.
MacKenzie & Wortley.
Medium, 144 pages, photos, many signalling diagrams, soft back. **Reminisces combined with much detailed information on signalling practice on the GCR line.

Great Western Railway Signal Box Nameplates.

(Reference #SS1832)
Price:£19.95

An essay in elegance. A guide to the GWR's cast-iron, signal box, crossing, and ground frame nameplates and their origins, manufacture and demise.
Dunn, M V E.
Large landscape, 184 pages, photo illustrations. Includes alphabetical list of all 4508 nameplates known to have been ordered by Reading Signal Works. Hard back.

Great Western Railway Stations (And Great Western Joint Stations) 1941 - 1947.

(Reference #SS2038)
Price:£19.95

An historical survey of stations and lines under Great Western or Great Western joint ownership.
Smith, R J.
Very large, 216 pages, illustrated with maps, local diagrams and some photographs. Includes alphabetical lists of stations and of locations of lines. Hard back. **Labour of love, and essential GW reference. Provides basic information on all GW stations during the period. What a bargain!

Hidden Dangers.

(Reference #SS0338)
Price:£19.99

Railway Safety In The Era Of Privatisation.
Hall.
Very large, 128 pages, hard back.

History And Development Of Railway Signalling In The British Isles. Volume 1.

(Reference #SS1275)
Price:£30.00

Broad Survey.
Hall
Large, 230 pages, carefully chosen illustrations. *A serious and professional history of signalling.

History And Development Of Railway Signalling In The British Isles. Volume 2.

(Reference #SS1297)
Price:£30.00

Telegraph And The Absolute Block; Single Line Operation.
Stirling
Very large, 132 + 167 pages, illustrated with photos and diagrams. Hard back: NB the blue background colour on the jacket of this volume uses a particularly fugative dye and all jackets on our remaining stock have faded. *Two parts of volume 2 (Telegraph & Absolute Block / Single Line) are presented separately in one volume, a monumental work.

Hundred Years Of Speed With Safety.

(Reference #SS2461)
Price:£12.95

The inception and progress of the Westinghouse Brake & Signal Company Ltd 1881-1981.
Nock.
Medium, 258 pages, photo illustrations, soft back. ** In 1981 Westinghouse commissioned O S Nock, whose whole career as a signalling engineer had been with that company, to write their centenary history. How fortunate to have such a historian on the payroll! but unfortunately the company was taken over before the work could be published. The manuscript has been recovered and dusted down by an editorial team; it is a most welcome addition to the limited annals of signalling, and of course covers all other aspects of Westinghouse activity.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling.

(Reference #SS1529)
Price:£7.95

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

Level Crossings.

(Reference #SS2556)
Price:£19.99

The history, development and safety record of railway level crossings in Britain and overseas from 1830 to 2008.
Hall & van der Mark.
Very large, 128 pages, photo illustrations (some colour), hard back. ** As one who slept through much of the Hixon inquiry, I can warmly recommend this incisive book.

Locomotive Boiler Explosions.

(Reference #SS1929)
Price:£12.99

Hewison.
Medium, 144 pages, some line and photo illustrations, glazed boards. **Author was a member of the Railway Inspectorate.

London & North Eastern Railway In Focus.

(Reference #SS1021)
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 Brighton & South Coast Railway: Signal Boxes In 1920-1922. Part 2.

(Reference #SS2737)
Price:£7.95

East of the London and Brighton line.
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Very large, 124 pages of signalling diagrams, soft back.

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

(Reference #SS1457)
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 #SS1458)
Price:£7.95

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

Mechanical Signalling In Plymouth.

(Reference #SS1242)
Price:£15.95

Crosier.
196 pages, soft back.

Merseyside Electrics.

(Reference #SS2705)
Price:£14.99

Cadwallader & Jenkins.
Medium landscape, 80 page colour album, system maps, glazed boards.

Pictorial Survey Of London Midland Signalling.

(Reference #SS0485)
Price:£19.99

Allen & Woolstenholmes.
Very large, 144 pages, album. Hard back. **Fairly long captions give historical detail and descriptions of signalling equipment and operation.

Red For Danger.

(Reference #SS2629)
Price:£14.99

The classic history of British railway disasters.
Rolt, L T C.
Medium, 297 pages + 12 pages plates of railway accidents, soft back. **Survey of major accidents in Britain, classified by cause. This is a reprint of the 1966 edition, presenting the book exactly as Rolt left it.

Signal Box, The.

(Reference #SS0490)
Price:£29.99

Pictorial History & Guide To Designs.
Signalling Study Group.
Very large, 248 pages, 2nd impression. Hard back.

Signal Boxes Of The LSWR.

(Reference #SS0742)
Price:£11.95

Pryer.
Medium, 176 pages. Soft back.

Signal Boxes On Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Lines. North East Lancashire.

(Reference #SS2010)
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.

Signalling Atlas And Signal Box Directory Great Britain And Ireland.

(Reference #SS1857)

Network Rail: London Underground and other systems: Northern Irland Railways: Iarnrod Eireann: heritage railways: other preserved and disused boxes.
Kay, P & Coe, D.
Very large, 96 pages, review, lists, good clear maps, a few photos, soft back. **Signalling maps, methods of working, historical details and present equipment of all boxes. Second edition.
This edition is now out of print; we are awaiting stocks of the latest edition; if you would like to reserve a copy please e-mail us.

Snow, Flood & Tempest. Railways And Natural Disasters.

(Reference #SS1153)
Price:£16.99

Ransom.
Medium, 176 pages, hard back.

St John's Lewisham 50 Years On.

(Reference #SS2415)
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.

Surviving Signalboxes From The Golden Age Of British Railways.

(Reference #SS0862)
Price:£19.99

Hucknall.
Large, 141 pages. Hard back. **Mainly photographs including some good interiors.

Tracks To Disaster.

(Reference #SS0929)
Price:£12.99

Vaughan.
Medium, 160 pages, soft back. **New paperback edition.

Western Region Signalling In Colour.

(Reference #SS2474)
Price:£14.99

Robertson.
Medium landscape, 80 page colour album, glazed boards.

Wreck Of The Cromer Express.

(Reference #SS1552)
Price:£8.50

The Colchester railway accident of 1913.
Connor, J E.
Medium, 56 pages, photo illustrations, soft back.