New books - railways in south and south-west England

(Reference #SW1858)
Price:£17.95

'The Sprat & Winkle line'.
Bray, N.
Very large, 136 pages, many photo illustrations, track and building plans, maps, soft back. **Solid branch line history. Unfortunately the author has not been able to discover any explanation for the strange nickname of this line.

Around The Great Western Railway Then & Now.

(Reference #SW1092)
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.

Barry Railway Steamers.

(Reference #SW2011)
Price:£14.95

X80.
Tedstone.
Medium, 224 pages, illustrated with photos and some drawings, dock plans and dock track layouts, very large folding page of scale boat drawings, soft back.

Bath Green Park To Bristol.

(Reference #SW0933)
Price:£14.95

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

Birmingham - Bristol. Portrait Of A Famous Midland Route. Part One.

(Reference #SW1017)
Price:£14.99

Birmingham To Cheltenham.
Mourton, S & Pixton, B.
Large, 96 pages, softback. **Album with 14 page introductory article on The Making Of The Route and notes on services and on the Saltley mpd.

Birmingham - Bristol. Portrait Of A Famous Midland Route. Part Two.

(Reference #SW1637)
Price:£14.99

Cheltenham to Bristol and Bath.
Mourton, S & Pixton, B.
Large, 96 pages, photos, gradient profile, softback. **Album with 5 page introductory article on The Making Of The Route.

Bodmin And Wadebridge Railway.

(Reference #SW0282)
Price:£6.00

Whetmath.
Large, 96 pages, 4th edition. Soft back.

Branch Line To Moretonhampstead.

(Reference #SW0419)
Price:£14.95

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

Branch Lines Around Chard And Yeovil.

(Reference #SW0418)
Price:£14.95

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

Branch Lines Around Lydney.

(Reference #SW2496)
Price:£14.95

Including Coleford and Lydbrook.
Mitchell & Smith.
Medium, 96-page album, large-scale maps of station areas, glazed boards.

Branch Lines To Launceston And Princetown.

(Reference #SW0430)
Price:£14.95

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

Branches & Byways - Sussex And Hampshire.

(Reference #SW1809)
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.

Brecknell Willis & Co. Collectors For Trains, Trams And Trolleys

(Reference #SW1973)
Price:£14.95

Hartland.
Medium, 95 pages, illustrated. Glazed boards. **History of an engineering company established as a brass foundry in Bristol in 1854 and which still flourishes, in Chard, making electrical equipment for railways and tram systems.

Bristol Railway Stations 1840 - 2005.

(Reference #SW2167)
Price:£9.99

Oakley, M.
Very large, 111 pages, photo illustrations, map, bibliography, soft back. **A survey of Temple Meads and the suburban stations, giving descriptions and history, with opening and closure dates, of all stations in Bristol.

British Railways Operating History Southern Region Part 1. Farnborough - Salisbury.

(Reference #SW0774)
Price:£12.95

Bradshaw.
104 pages, very large, glazed boards.

British Railways Operating History Southern Region Part 3. Wessex.

(Reference #SW1961)
Price:£14.95

Basingstoke - Southampton - Bournemouth - Weymouth.
Bradshaw.
124 pages, very large, photo illustrations, glazed boards. **A complete description of train services and operation between Basingstoke and Weymouth including all engine workings.

British Railways Railway Centres No 2 Exeter Central.

(Reference #SW2541)
Price:£13.95

Summer Saturday : 1961.
-
Very large, 84 pages, some photos, many diagrams, soft back. ** "Full details of a summer Saturday working during the BR steam period. Includes the full working timetable, engine diagrams, enginemen's workings, locomotive allocations, train formations and carriage workings.

British Railways Southern Region In Colour.

(Reference #SW2380)
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.

British Railways Western Region In Colour.

(Reference #SW2054)
Price:£14.99

For the modeller and historian.
Waters.
Very large, 96 pages, pictorial, soft back. **180 colour photographs illustration the Western Region during the 20 years following nationalisation and shows a great variety of WR facilities and services. Invaluable reference for modellers.

Brixham Branch.

(Reference #SW0682)
Price:£11.95

Potts.
Medium, 176 pages, new edition. Soft back.

Brunel (Great Railway Eras).

(Reference #SW2119)
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.

Brunel's Bristol Temple Meads.

(Reference #SW1169)
Price:£24.99

A study of design and construction of the original railway station at Bristol Temple Meads, 1835-1965.
Binding, J.
Large, 160 pages, illustrated with drawings, plans, photos and contemporary material, hard back.

Brunel's Didcot.

(Reference #SW0538)
Price:£14.99

Gardner.
Very large, 128 pages. Hard back.

Brunel's Timber Bridges And Viaducts.

(Reference #SW2317)
Price:£24.99

Lewis, B.
Large, 144 pages, illustrated with drawings of construction details, reproductions of original drawings, map, and many photos, hard back. **A close and detailed study of all aspects of Brunel's monumental timber structures.

Burghclere Signalman.

(Reference #SW2214)
Price:£7.95

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

Callington Railways.

(Reference #SW0278)
Price:£4.75

Cromblehome & others.
Large, 56 pages, 3rd edition. Soft back.

Calne Branch.

(Reference #SW0062)
Price:£9.95

Maggs, C G.
Very large, 112 pages, pictorial, soft back.

Caradon & Looe.

(Reference #SW1422)
Price:£26.00

The canal, railways and mines.
Messenger, M.
Very large, 168 pages, illustrated with maps and photographs, hardback. **The definitive history of the Liskeard & Looe Union Canal, the Liskeard & Caradon Railway and the Liskeard & Looe Railway, now fully revised.

Castleman's Corkscrew. Volume One: The Nineteenth Century.

(Reference #SW2413)
Price:£15.95

Including the railways of Bournemouth & associated lines. OL 144A.
Jackson, B L.
Medium, 272 pages, photos, maps, track diagrams, soft back. ** Castleman's Corkscrew was the Southampton & Dorchester Railway, 60 miles of rural line. This history looks beyond the original line to its eventual terminus at Weymouth, and the other lines with which it became inextricably linked.

Castleman's Corkscrew. Volume Two: The Twentieth Century And Beyond.

(Reference #SW2617)
Price:£19.95

Including the railways of Bournemouth & associated lines. OL 144B.
Jackson, B L.
Medium, 320 pages, photos, maps, soft back. ** Castleman's Corkscrew was the Southampton & Dorchester Railway, 60 miles of rural line.

Celebration Of Steam: Hampshire & Dorset.

(Reference #SW1936)
Price:£10.99

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

Cornish Riviera Express.

(Reference #SW0919)
Price:£15.99

A view from the past.
Austin.
Large, 112 pages, glazed boards.

Cornwall Narrow Gauge.

(Reference #SW1990)
Price:£14.95

Including the Camborne & Redruth tramway.
Dart.
Medium, approx 96 pages, album with extra text and several maps, glazed boards.

Cornwall Railway Stations.

(Reference #SW2419)
Price:£3.50

On old picture postcards.
Lund & Laming.
Medium, 36 pages, album, soft back. *"A selection of picture postcards featuring scenes from the last century, with informative captions."

Culm Valley Light Railway.

(Reference #SW0187)
Price:£15.00

Messenger, M.
Very large, 96 pages, many photos, graphs, line drawings and maps. Hard back. **History of pioneer light railway which survived into the 1970's.Tells the story of a Devonshire Light Railway engineered by Arthur Pain, which was later sold to the GWR.

Culm Valley Light Railway.

(Reference #SW2291)
Price:£11.95

Tiverton Junction to Hemyock.
Maggs.
Medium, 144 pages, many photos, map, station layouts. Soft back. **A standard gauge light railway designed to test its promotor's scheme for building an economical railway. Promoted in 1872, completed eventually in 1876, the last passenger service ran in 1963 and the line closed in 1975 - had they managed to build it a bit faster it would have seen its centenary.-

Devon Narrow Gauge (Narrow Gauge Branch Lines).

(Reference #SW2528)
Price:£14.95

Featuring the Lee Moor Tramway.
Dart.
Medium, 96-page album: photos, maps, glazed boards.

Devon Railway Stations (Southern Railway).

(Reference #SW1315)
Price:£3.50

On old picture postcards.
Swift.
Medium, 36 pages, album. Soft back. *"A selection of picture postcards featuring scenes from the last century, with informative captions."

Devon Railway Stations.

(Reference #SW2433)
Price:£14.95

Oakley, M.
Large, 222 pages, photo illustrations, large map, bibliography, glazed boards. **An alphabetical survey giving a description and history, with opening and closure dates, of all stations in the county. Nicely produced and good value.

Devon Railways.

(Reference #SW1347)
Price:£10.99

Gosling & Clement.
Medium, 128 page album, soft back. **Sutton's Photographic History Of Railways series.

Didcot, Newbury And Southampton Railway.

(Reference #SW1480)
Price:£25.95

Karau, P, Parsons, M & Robertson, K.
Very large, 224 pages, photo illustrations, some building plans. Hard back.

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

(Reference #SW0494)
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 1. Plymouth - Penzance.

(Reference #SW0764)
Price:£10.95

Walnutt-Reid.
Very large, 72 pages, soft back.

District Controller's View 5. Somerset & Dorset Summer Saturday 1957.

(Reference #SW1230)
Price:£10.95

64 pages, soft back.

District Controller's View 11. The Midland & South Western Junction Railway.

(Reference #SW2320)
Price:£11.95

Cheltenham - Cirencester - Swindon - Marlborough - Savernake - Andover Junction.
Stephens.
Very large, 68 pages, photos, many diagrams, soft back. * "Train and traffic operations over the MSW during the 1950s; full working timetable (passenger and goods); engine diagrams and locomotive allocations 1950-60 Swindon & Gloucester MPDs."

Dorset & Somerset Narrow Gauge. (Narrow Gauge Branch Lines)

(Reference #SW2340)
Price:£14.95

Mitchell & Smith.
Medium, 96-page album: photos, maps, site plans, glazed boards.

Dorset Railway Stations.

(Reference #SW1976)
Price:£3.50

On old picture postcards.
Lund & Laming.
Medium, 36 pages, album, soft back. *"A selection of picture postcards featuring scenes from the last century, with informative captions."

East Cornwall Mineral Railways.

(Reference #SW2411)
Price:£14.95

Dart.
Medium, approx 96 pages, album with some extra text and several maps, glazed boards.

East Somerset And Cheddar Valley Railways.

(Reference #SW2670)
Price:£24.99

The 'Strawberry Line'.
Harman.
Large, 272 pages, many photo illustrations, maps, structure drawings, large track diagrams, hardback. **Officially the GWR route between Yatton and Witham was known as the Wells branch, but it had originated in two entirely separate branches both terminating at Wells and ultimately joined by a short length of the Somerset & Dorset. Indeed at one time Wells had three stations, on three independent lines. A comprehensive line history and description.

Eastleigh. Steam Centre Of The South Western.

(Reference #SW0834)
Price:£14.95

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

Exe Valley Railway.

(Reference #SW0671)
Price:£25.00

Owen.
Very large, 192 pages, 2nd edition. Hard back.

Exeter - Newton Abbot.

(Reference #SW0675)
Price:£14.95

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

Fawley Branch.

(Reference #SW1177)
Price:£9.95

LP221.
Fairman.
Medium, 128 pages, soft back.

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

(Reference #SW0472)
Price:£8.95

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

Forest Of Dean Branch Volume 1.

(Reference #SW0071)
Price:£25.00

Newnham to Cinderford.
Pope, I & Karau, P.
Very large, 240 pages, pictorial. Hard back. **First volume of a two volume set which is intended to complement the Severn & Wye Railway series. It describes not only the history of the railway, but also places it in the historical context of the area.

Freshwater, Yarmouth & Newport Railway.

(Reference #SW1395)
Price:£14.95

OL125
Maycock, R J & Silsbury, R.
Medium, 176 pages, illustrated with photos, maps, track plans, hard back. **A very solid line history.

From Devon To Dorset. The Story Of The Lyme Regis Branch.

(Reference #SW1577)
Price:£9.95

Smith, M & Reeve, G.
Very large, 60 pages, illustrated with photos, reproductions of the OS 25" maps showing track layouts, soft back. **A nice history with some interesting early photos including some of the construction of the viaduct.

From Forest To Ferry.

(Reference #SW1923)
Price:£8.50

The story of the Brockenhurst - Lymington branch line.
Hill.
Medium, 80 pages, a few photo illustrations, some colour, soft back. **Nice local history, well-presented.

From Salisbury To Exeter: The Branch Lines.

(Reference #SW0746)
Price:£35.00

Phillips.
Very large, 240 pages. Hard back.

Gloucester To Bristol. (Midland Main Lines).

(Reference #SW2015)
Price:£14.95

Including the branches to Nailsworth, Dursley and Thornbury.
Mitchell & Smith.
Medium, 96 pages, photo album with some maps, glazed boards

Gloucestershire Railway Stations.

(Reference #SW1661)
Price:£12.95

Oakley, M.
Large, 159 pages, photo illustrations, large map, bibliography, glazed boards. **An alphabetical survey giving a description and history, with opening and closure dates, of all stations in the county. Nicely produced - a real bargain.

Great Western Swindon..

(Reference #SW1438)
Price:£9.99

Bryan, T (comp).
Medium, 128 pages, album, Archive Photographs series. Soft back.

GWR To Devizes.

(Reference #SW1427)
Price:£25.00

Priddle, R & Hyde, D.
Very large, 272 pages, photo illustrations, hard back.

Hampshire Narrow Gauge (Narrow Gauge Branch Lines).

(Reference #SW1880)
Price:£14.95

Including the Isle of Wight.
Mitchell & Smith.
Medium, 96-page album, glazed boards.

Hampshire Railway Stations.

(Reference #SW1548)
Price:£3.50

On old picture postcards.
Swift.
Medium, 36 pages, album. Soft back. *"A selection of picture postcards featuring scenes during the past century, with informative captions."

Heathfield to Exeter (Teign Valley) Railway.

(Reference #SW0134)
Price:£9.95

Pomroy, L W.
Medium, 160 photos, maps, drawings. Soft back.

Ilfracombe Line.

(Reference #SW0363)
Price:£19.95

Nicholas.
Very large, 128 pages, hard back.

Illustrated History Of Eastleigh Locomotive Works.

(Reference #SW2241)
Price:£19.99

Boocock & Stanton.
Very large, 128 pages, pictorial: photos (with a fair sprinkling of colour), map, site plan. Hardback.

Illustrated History Of Exmoor's Railways.

(Reference #SW0377)
Price:£9.95

Smith, M.
Very large, 76 pages, soft back.

Illustrated History Of The Cornish Main Line.

(Reference #SW2604)
Price:£24.99

Vaughan, J.
Very large, 192 pages, many photo illustrations, hardback.

Illustrated History Of The Isle Of Wight Railway

(Reference #SW0036)
Price:£7.95

Cowes To Newport.
Smith, O.
Very large, 56 pages, pictorial, soft back.

Illustrated History Of The North Cornwall Railway.

(Reference #SW2558)
Price:£29.95

The Southern Railway route between Okehampton, Launceston, Wadebridge and Padstow.
Wroe and others.
Very large, 406 pages, photo illustrations, drawings, junction, station, gradient and signalling diagrams, glazed boards. **A very comprehensive history and survey.

Industrial Railways Of The South West.

(Reference #SW2009)
Price:£9.50

Messenger.
Medium square, 96 pages, album with 3-page introduction, soft back. ** Very interesting selection of sites in Cornwall, Devonshire and Somerset.

Isle Of Portland Railway Volume 1.

(Reference #SW0460)
Price:£10.95

Jackson.
Medium, 176 pages. Soft back.

Isle Of Portland Railway Volume 2.

(Reference #SW0628)
Price:£12.95

Jackson.
Medium, 224 pages. Soft back.

Isle Of Portland Railway Volume 3.

(Reference #SW0939)
Price:£13.95

Railway associated and other bus services.
Jackson.
Medium, 224 pages, soft back.

Isle Of Wight Central Railway.

(Reference #SW1212)
Price:£22.95

OL115.
Maycock & Silsbury.
Medium, 288 pages, hard back.

Isle Of Wight Railway.

(Reference #SW1211)
Price:£19.95

OL109.
Maycock & Silsbury.
Medium, 240 pages, hard back.

Isle Of Wight Railways.

(Reference #SW2301)
Price:£25.00

From 1923 onwards. OL140
Maycock.
Medium, 288 pages, photo illustrations, maps, station layouts, drawings of structures and locomotives; hard back.

Jersey Eastern Railway.

(Reference #SW2346)
Price:£14.95

OL143.
Paye.
Medium, 208 pages, photos, map, station layouts. Soft back.

Lambourn Branch Revisited.

(Reference #SW2538)
Price:£14.95

Robertson.
Very large, 128 pages, photos, maps, plans, drawings of structures, some colour, soft back. **Further information on this GWR branch, nicely illustrated.

Lambourn Branch.

(Reference #SW0182)
Price:£18.95

Robertson, K & Simmonds, R.
Very large, 172 pages. Hard back. **A well illustrated history of this former GWR branch line.

Lightning Force.

(Reference #SW2113)
Price:£19.95

RAF units 1960-1988. A photographic appreciation of the English Electric Lightning.
Martin.
Square quarto, 112 page colour album, soft back. **We do not normally stock new books on aviation, this one has snuck in under the radar.

Line By Line. The Great Western Main Line: London Paddington To Penzance.

(Reference #SW2631)
Price:£14.95

Buck & Rawlinson.
Medium, 140 pages, illustrated with photos (some colour), track and gradient diagrams, maps (including colour reproductions of sections of OS maps). Soft back. **Very comprehensive route description: gradient profiles, topography, running lines, junctions, miles and chains, station layouts, sites of closed stations, signalboxes and their areas of control, tunnels, viaducts, OS map extracts, photo opportunities. A guide for the railway enthusiast rather than an 'on either side' companion for the lay traveller.

Liskeard & Looe Branch.

(Reference #SW0953)
Price:£25.95

Beale.
Very large, 224 pages, hardback.

London & South Western Railway Miscellany.

(Reference #SW1965)
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.

Lost Lines: Southern.

(Reference #SW0924)
Price:£12.99

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

Lost Lines: Western.

(Reference #SW1360)
Price:£12.99

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

Lynton & Barnstaple Railway 1895 - 1935.

(Reference #SW0940)
Price:£9.95

Catchpole.
Medium, 93 pages, soft back. **Catchpole's classic standard history; rarely out of print since 1936 and now, much updated, in its 8th edition and 15th impression.

Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Yesterday And Today.

(Reference #SW0459)
Price:£8.95

Gower.
Medium, 112 pages. Soft back.

Lynton & Barnstaple Railway.

(Reference #SW0163)
Price:£5.95

An Anthology.
Hudson, D & Leslie, E.
Medium, 80 pages, drawings. Soft back. X55

Main Line To The West. The Southern Railway Route Between Basingstoke & Exeter - Part One.

(Reference #SW1830)
Price:£26.95

Basingstoke to Salisbury.
Nicholas, J & Reeve, G.
Very large, 244 pages, many illustrations: photos, signalling diagrams, station track plans, architectural drawings, glazed boards. **A straightforward line history.

Main Line To The West. The Southern Railway Route Between Basingstoke & Exeter - Part Two.

(Reference #SW2308)
Price:£24.95

Salisbury to Yeovil.
Nicholas, J & Reeve, G.
Very large, 332 pages, many illustrations: photos, signalling diagrams, station track plans, architectural drawings, glazed boards. **A straightforward line history.

Main Line To The West. The Southern Railway Route Between Basingstoke & Exeter - Part Three.

(Reference #SW2594)
Price:£29.95

Yeovil to Exeter.
Nicholas, J & Reeve, G.
Very large, 422 pages, many illustrations: photos, signalling diagrams, station track plans, architectural drawings, glazed boards. **A straightforward line history.

Mangotsfield To Bath Line.

(Reference #SW1980)
Price:£11.95

Including the story of Bath Green Park station. LP183.
Maggs.
Medium, 176 pages, many photos, maps. Soft back. **A short railway to enable trains from the midlands to reach Bath without having to go into Bristol.

Mechanical Signalling In Plymouth.

(Reference #SW1242)
Price:£15.95

Crosier.
196 pages, soft back.

Meon Valley Railway

(Reference #SW1192)
Price:£10.99

Stone
Medium, 128 pages, pictorial. Soft back.

Meon Valley Railway Revisited.

(Reference #SW0996)
Price:£10.95

Tillman, D.
Large, 67 page album. Soft back.

Moretonhampstead Branch.

(Reference #SW0672)
Price:£18.95

Owen.
Very large, 176 pages. Hard back.

Nailsworth And Stroud Branch.

(Reference #SW0681)
Price:£11.95

Maggs.
Medium, 176 pages. Soft back.

North Devon Line.

(Reference #SW0015)
Price:£25.00

The Exeter to Barnstaple Railway from its inception to the present day.
Nicholas, J.
Very large, 192 pages, pictorial, hard back.

On Great Western Lines.

(Reference #SW0925)
Price:£14.99

Hobbs
Medium oblong, 80 pages, colour album. Hard back.

Operation Cornwall.

(Reference #SW2110)
Price:£14.95

Summer weekday & summer Saturday passenger services: 1957 Plymouth to Penzance and all Cornish branches.
Becket, W S.
Very large, 128 pages, a few photos, traffic graphs, soft back. **Carriage workings, working time tables, train formations, marshalling arrangements etc.

Operation Midland.

(Reference #SW2280)
Price:£12.95

Passenger services: 1955. St Pancras - Leeds - Carlisle; Manchester - Derby; Bristol - Birmingham - Derby.
Becket, W S.
Very large, 80 pages, some photos, traffic graphs, soft back. **Carriage workings, time tables, train formations, marshalling arrangements, carriage diagrams etc.

Operation Norfolk.

(Reference #SW2389)
Price:£13.95

Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway passenger services: 1954. Peterborough - Kings Lynn - Yarmouth; Spalding, Cromer, Norwich and Lowestoft Branches.
Wilkinson.
Very large, 84 pages, some photos, soft back. **Carriage workings, time tables, train formations, marshalling arrangements, carriage diagrams etc.

Operation Torbay.

(Reference #SW1859)
Price:£13.95

Summer weekday & Saturday passenger services: 1957 Newton Abbot - Torquay - Paignton - Goodrington - Kingswear.
Becket, W S.
Very large, 80 pages, a few photos, traffic graphs, soft back. **Carriage workings, working time tables, train formations, carriage siding arrangements etc.

Past And Present No 16. Avon, Cotswolds And The Malverns

(Reference #SW0890)
Price:£15.99

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

Past And Present No 17. Cornwall.

(Reference #SW0891)
Price:£16.99

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

Past And Present No 22. Wiltshire.

(Reference #SW0970)
Price:£16.99

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

Past And Present No 29. Dorset Part 1.

(Reference #SW0901)
Price:£17.99

Gough & Mitchell
Medium, 160 pages, soft back. **Matching pairs of "old" (mainly 50s and 60s) scenes contrasted with the present day view.

Past And Present No 30. Somerset.

(Reference #SW0902)
Price:£19.99

Mitchell.
Medium, 160 pages, soft back. **Matching pairs of "old" (mainly 50s and 60s) scenes contrasted with the present day view. New printing.

Past And Present No 44. Dorset.

(Reference #SW1903)
Price:£15.99

A second selection.
Gough & Mitchell.
Medium, 128 pages, soft back. **Matching pairs of "old" (mainly 50s and 60s) scenes contrasted with the present day view. Includes Weymouth, Bournemouth, Yeovil Junction, Dorchester, Wimborne, Wareham, Lyme Regis.

Past And Present No 52. East Devon.

(Reference #SW2042)
Price:£16.99

Mitchell.
Medium, 128 pages, soft back. **Matching pairs of "old" (mainly 50s and 60s) scenes contrasted with the present day view. Includes Exeter, Honiton, Axminster, Seaton, Sidmouth, Exmouth, Tiverton.

Past And Present No 53. North And West Devon.

(Reference #SW2175)
Price:£16.99

Mitchell.
Medium, 128 pages, soft back. **Matching pairs of "old" (mainly 50s and 60s) scenes contrasted with the present day view. Includes Exeter, Crediton, Barnstaple, Ilfracombe, Okehampton, Tavistock, Lynton..

Past And Present No 54. East Cornwall.

(Reference #SW2300)
Price:£16.99

Mitchell.
Medium, 128 pages, soft back. **Matching pairs of "old" (mainly 50s and 60s) scenes contrasted with the present day view. Includes Bude, Launceston, Padstow, Bodmin, Liskeard, Looe, Fowey.

Past And Present No 58. North Gloucestershire.

(Reference #SW2462)
Price:£17.99

Stretton.
Medium, 128 page album, soft back. **Matching pairs of "old" (mainly 50s and 60s) scenes contrasted with the present day view. Gloucester, Cheltenham, Ashchurch, Tewkesbury, Winchcombe, Moreton-in-Marsh.

Past And Present No 59. Central Gloucestershire.

(Reference #SW2463)
Price:£17.99

Stretton.
Medium, 128 page album, soft back. **Matching pairs of "old" (mainly 50s and 60s) scenes contrasted with the present day view. Gloucester, Lydney, Stroud, Kemble, Tetbury, Cirencester, Fairford.

Plymouth Tavistock And Launceston Railway.

(Reference #SW0193)
Price:£11.95

Kingdom.
Medium, 244 pages, soft back.

Plymouth To Turnchapel Railway.

(Reference #SW0192)
Price:£9.95

Kingdom.
Medium, 160 pages, soft back.

Plymouth To Yealmpton Railway.

(Reference #SW1944)
Price:£11.95

(The South Hams Light Railway).
Kingdom.
Medium, 224 pages, illustrated with photos, maps and diagrams, soft back.

Plymouth's Railways In The 1930's.

(Reference #SW0813)
Price:£12.95

Including "The GWR's poor relation".
Leitch.
Very large, 120 pages, photos, maps, soft back. **A very thorough study of the GWR and its operations in and around Plymouth including air and sea services. The poor relation of the subtitle is of course the Southern, which gets its own chapter.

Portrait Of The Pines Express.

(Reference #SW1372)
Price:£15.99

Austin.
Large, 112 pages, pictorial, glazed boards. **Out of print - LAST COPY.

Portrait Of The West Somerset Railway.

(Reference #SW0332)
Price:£9.99

Stanistreet.
Large, 96 pages, glazed boards.

Portuguese Narrow Gauge Album.

(Reference #SW2232)
Price:£9.95

Railway Holiday In Portugal.
Winkworth.
Very large, 56 page album, soft back. **This might be described as a pictorial supplement to the author's original Railway Holiday In Portugal, (one of the much-loved D&C Railway Holiday series) published in 1968 and long out of print. B/w period steam photos.

Private Owner Wagons Of Bristol & District.

(Reference #SW2607)
Price:£18.00

Pope, I.
Very large, 128 pages, many photo illustrations, maps. Glazed boards.

Rail & Road Transport On The Isle Of Portland.

(Reference #SW1133)
Price:£11.95

A pictorial survey.
Jackson.
Medium, 160 pages,soft back.

Rails To Newquay.

(Reference #SW2501)
Price:£16.95

Railways - Tramways - Town - Transport. OL148.
Vaughan.
Medium, 288 pages, photos, maps etc. Soft back. **An excellent local history. The first 60 pages give a brief history of the town, dwelling particularly on its industries and transport (including the charming Newquay Airport from which I once made an epic, but delightful, day trip to Essex). Subsequent chapters deal more fully with the Treffrey Tramway, the Newquay Tramway and harbour, the Cornwall Minerals Railway, the GWR and the numerous branch lines with which the area was blessed.

Railway Track Diagrams 3. Western.

(Reference #SW2177)
Price:£12.95

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

Railways Of Britain: Devon And Cornwall.

(Reference #SW2543)
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 are outline histories of the lines featured, forty-three 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 Keynsham.

(Reference #SW0524)
Price:£9.95

Leitch.
Medium, 160 pages. Soft back.

Railways Of The Isle Of Portland.

(Reference #SW0376)
Price:£7.95

Smith.
Very large, 44 pages, soft back.

Red Panniers.

(Reference #SW2551)
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.

Redlake Tramway & China Clay Works.

(Reference #SW1299)
Price:£9.50

The story of a Dartmoor railway.
Wade.
Medium square, 84 pages, photo illustrations, maps, some loco drawings, soft back. **New edition.

Reminiscences Of The Somerset & Dorset.

(Reference #SW1324)
Price:£10.99

Hammond.
Medium, 96 pages, illustrated with photos, map endpapers. Glazed boards.

Return To Ryde By Steam.

(Reference #SW2047)
Price:£18.99

Volume 2.
Britton.
Very large, landscape 100 page colour album, glazed boards. **Full page period colour pictures of IOW lines in BR steam days. Volume 1 is titled Ryde By Steam; one further volume is planned.

Ryde By Steam Volume 1.

(Reference #SW2002)
Price:£15.99

Britton.
Very large, landscape 80 page colour album, glazed boards. **Full page period colour pictures of IOW lines in BR steam days. Volume 2 is titled Return To Ryde By Steam; a third volume is planned.

Scenes From The Past 34. Railways In And Around Taunton.

(Reference #SW0291)
Price:£11.95

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

Sidmouth & Budleigh Salterton Branches.

(Reference #SW1939)
Price:£7.95

LP193.
Maggs.
Medium, 104 pages, illustrated with photos and maps. Soft back.

Somerset & Dorset Files No 1.

(Reference #SW2449)
Price:£10.95

A Railway Bylines Special.
Smith, M.
Large, 56 pages, pictorial: photos, maps, soft back.

Somerset & Dorset Files No 2.

(Reference #SW2448)
Price:£10.95

A Railway Bylines Special.
Smith, M.
Large, 56 pages, pictorial: photos, maps, soft back.

Somerset & Dorset Files No 3.

(Reference #SW2470)
Price:£10.95

A Railway Bylines Special.
Smith, M.
Large, 56 pages, pictorial: photos, maps, soft back.

Somerset & Dorset Files No 6.

(Reference #SW2656)
Price:£10.95

A Railway Bylines Special.
Smith, M.
Large, 64 pages, pictorial: photos, map, soft back.

Somerset & Dorset Railway 1935-1966.

(Reference #SW2508)
Price:£22.50

The Norman Lockett archive.
Arlett & Lockett.
Very large, 192 page album, glazed boards. ** Fine large photographs, one or two to a page, well captioned and with brief chapter notes.

Somerset & Dorset Remembered Part 1 - Bath To Evercreech Junction.

(Reference #SW2356)
Price:£19.99

Ballantyne.
Large landscape, 88 page album, hard back. **Colour pictures taken in the late 50s - early 60s.

Somerset And Dorset In Colour.

(Reference #SW0013)
Price:£19.99

The Norman Lockett Collection.
Arlett, M & Lockett, D.
Very large, 136 pages, album, hard back.

Somerset Railway Stations.

(Reference #SW0793)
Price:£12.95

Oakley, M.
Large, 160 pages, photo illustrations, large map, bibliography, glazed boards. **An alphabetical survey giving a description and history, with opening and closure dates, of all stations in the county. Nicely produced - a real bargain.

Somerset Railway Stations.

(Reference #SW1977)
Price:£3.50

On old picture postcards.
Lund & Laming.
Medium, 36 pages, album, soft back. *"A selection of picture postcards featuring scenes from the last century, with informative captions."

Somerset Railways.

(Reference #SW1256)
Price:£12.99

Gosling & Clement.
Large, 128 pages, photo album, glazed boards.

Southampton's Quayside Steam.

(Reference #SW2360)
Price:£16.95

Mardon.
Very large, 154 pages, many photo illustrations, maps, soft back. **Diligent survey set out by owner and locomotive class (scores of them!). Plenty of locomotive photos plus some location pictures, track diagrams etc.

Southampton's Railways.

(Reference #SW0539)
Price:£19.95

Moody.
Very large, 144 pages, 2nd impression. Hard back.

Southern Rails On The Isle Of Wight Volume One.

(Reference #SW2662)
Price:£19.95

The central and Freshwater lines.
Drummond.
Large, 156 pages, pictorial: photo illustrations, some period colour, numerous maps and station layouts, bibliography, glazed boards. **Detailed line survey.

Steam Between Swindon And The Severn.

(Reference #SW0664)
Price:£14.99

Arlett & Lockett.
Medium oblong, 80 pages, colour album, glazed boards.

Steaming Through The Cheddar Valley.

(Reference #SW1243)
Price:£29.99

Recollections of the East Somerset and Cheddar Valley branch lines including the Wrington Vale line.
Phillips.
Very large, 216 pages, hard back.

Stories Of The Somerset & Dorset.

(Reference #SW1325)
Price:£10.99

Hammond.
Medium, 86 pages, illustrated with photos, map endpapers. Glazed boards.

Sutton Scotney.

(Reference #SW2164)
Price:£7.95

Life at a country station.
Robertson
Very large, 56 pages, photo illustrations, soft back. **Great Western Aspects No 3.

Teign Valley Line.

(Reference #SW0168)
Price:£27.95

Kay, P.
Very large, 296 pages, many photos. Hard back. **History of scenic Devon line from Heathfield (Moretonhamptead branch) to Exeter, opened in 1882, closed in 1968.

Through The Ranks On The Southern.

(Reference #SW1380)
Price:£13.95

A career in the nationalised railway industry. RS8.
Aynsley, B W.
Medium, 208 pages, photo illustrations, soft back. **Story of the author's 39 year career in the railways, working his way up from engine cleaner to an important post in middle management.

Torrington & Marland Light Railway.

(Reference #SW2163)
Price:£14.00

Garner.
Very large, 98 pages, photo illustrations, drawings of structures, maps, bibliography, soft back. **This little railway from Great Torrington to the brick works at Peters Marland did not play a major part in the development of the railway network, nor did it have a lasting effect on local trade and industry nevertheless it is a classic case study of the effects of railway development on communities.

Totnes To Ashburton Railway.

(Reference #SW2212)
Price:£9.95

And the Totnes Quay Line.
Kingdom.
Medium, 160 pages, illustrated with photos, maps and diagrams, soft back.

Track Layout Diagrams Of The Great Western Railway And BR (WR) Section 37 Forest Of Dean.

(Reference #SW2247)
Price:£7.10

Cooke.
Very large, 56 pages, large-scale diagrams, brief photo section, soft back. **First published 1976, this is a revised and expanded version of the much enlarged 1992 edition.

Travelling Around The Isle Of Wight.

(Reference #SW1309)
Price:£3.50

On old picture postcards.
Swift.
Medium, 36 pages, album. Soft back. *"A selection of picture postcards featuring rail and road transport during the last century, with informative captions."

Tube Trains On The Isle Of Wight.

(Reference #SW1646)
Price:£9.95

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

West Cornwall Mineral Railways.

(Reference #SW1975)
Price:£14.95

Dart.
Medium, approx 96 pages, album with extra text and several maps, glazed boards.

West Cornwall Railway.

(Reference #SW1116)
Price:£14.95

Truro to Penzance.
Jenkins, S C & Langley, R C.
Medium, 240 pages, photos, track plans, maps. Soft back. **Detailed history and description. Includes the Hayle Railway.

West Somerset Railway.

(Reference #SW1370)
Price:£15.99

A view from the past.
Jones.
Medium, 96 pages, pictorial, glazed boards.

Westbury To Taunton.

(Reference #SW1214)
Price:£13.95

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

Western Change.

(Reference #SW0120)
Price:£15.95

Summer Saturdays In The West 1957-1995.
Chancellor, P.
Medium, 169 pages, illustrated. Soft back. **Based on RCTS traffic surveys around Taunton, Severn Tunnel Jct, Gloucester, Bristol and Exeter.

Western Region Signalling In Colour.

(Reference #SW2474)
Price:£14.99

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

Weston, Clevedon & Portishead Light Railway.

(Reference #SW1330)
Price:£12.90

LP25
Maggs
Medium, 160 pages, photos, maps, some drawings. Hard back. *Line history.

Weymouth Harbour Tramway.

(Reference #SW0322)
Price:£14.95

In the steam era.
Beale, G.
Very large, 94 pages, many photo illustrations, soft back.

Weymouth To The Channel Islands.

(Reference #SW0800)
Price:£13.95

A Great Western Railway shipping history. X76.
Jackson, B L.
Medium, 208 pages, photos, maps, line drawings, soft back.

Wiltshire Railway Stations.

(Reference #SW1836)
Price:£12.95

Oakley, M.
Large, 158 pages, photo illustrations, large map, bibliography, glazed boards. **An alphabetical survey giving a description and history, with opening and closure dates, of all stations in the county. Nicely produced - a real bargain.

Wrington Vale Light Railway.

(Reference #SW1940)
Price:£11.95

LP224.
Maggs.
Medium, 120 pages, many photos, maps. Soft back. **Congresbury to Blagdon, south west of Bristol.

Yate To Thornbury Branch.

(Reference #SW1202)
Price:£10.95

LP219.
Maggs.
Medium, 144 pages, illustrated, soft back.

Yelverton To Princetown Railway.

(Reference #SW0043)
Price:£9.95

Kingdom, A R.
Medium, 160 pages, pictorial, hard back.

Yeovil 150 Years Of Railways.

(Reference #SW1590)
Price:£14.95

OL 128.
Jackson, B L.
Medium, 232 pages, photos, maps, many track diagrams, soft back. **Changing trains between Yeovil Town, Yeovil Junction and Yeovil Pen Mill baffled me as a teenager. This book usefully provides the history behind this small town's need for three railway stations.

Second Hand Showcase Books from Robert Humm

Time Tables: BR
Time Tables 2
UK & Ireland 1
UK & Ireland 2
UK & Ireland 3
Locomotives 1
Locomotives 2
International 1
International 2
Miscellany
Tramways