Transport Bookshop:Out Of Print Showcase:UK & Irish Railways: Authors R - Z   
Official Railway Map Of England & Wales.
(Reference #S4581)
Price:£80.00
Railway Clearing House.
1940.
Third post-grouping edition. 60" x 50", reverse bears stamps of Office of Superintendent of Road Transport, Aldermaston, G.W.2., both map surface and case in very good condition.

Official Railway Map Of The Cumberland & Westmorland Districts.
(Reference #S3926)
Price:£150.00
Railway Clearing House.
1912 ( penultimate edition from new Emslie engraving)
Size 23" x 23". Map surface fine, polished leather case very good with bright gilt. Ownership stamp of the Barry Railway Audit Office. **One of the more difficult areas to obtain.

+ Great Western Railway Development Works. Special number of the Railway Gazette December 1933.
(Reference #S4756)
Price:£35.00
Railway Gazette.
Folio, 66 pages of text + 30 pages of adverts, numerous clear photos and trackplans, recent red cloth binding, fine. **Describes the improvements made under the government guarantee scheme - Paddington, Cardiff, Taunton stations, Banbury and Severn Tunnel Junction marshalling yards, Wolverhampton locomotive works, new junctions and ATC.

Railways; Their Rise And Progress. With remarks on railway accidents and proposals for their prevention.
(Reference #S4684)
Price:£95.00
Ritchie, R.
Longman, 1846.
Crown octavo, 444 pages, woodcuts in the text. Newly rebound in red cloth, contents clean and tight. Uncommon.

The Great Central From The Footplate.
(Reference #S3940)
Price:£16.00
Robotham, R & Stratford, F.
Ian Allan, 1988.
Folio, 112 pages, many photo illustrations, jacket, near fine. ** "A vivid, authoritative ... account of life at a major GC locomotive shed [Leicester] and the working of a variety of turns on the line during the final decade of its existence".

The Withered Arm. Reminiscences of the Southern lines west of Exeter.
(Reference #S4413)
Price:£8.00
Roche, T W E.
Branch Line Handbooks, 1967.
Octavo, 68 pages, photos, map, card covers, VG.

The Making Of A Railway.
(Reference #S3983)
Price:£23.00
Rolt, L T C.
Hugh Evelyn, 1971, 1st edn.
Large quarto, 154 pages, largely pictorial, a near fine copy with small tear in jacket and slight fading on the spine of latter. **Photographs of the construction of the GCR London Extension with Rolt's introduction and captions. All subsequent editions have been printed to a much smaller page size.

Railway Postcard Scenes Of Cheshire.
(Reference #S4062)
Price:£10.00
Ryan, J & Jeuda, B.
Cheshire Libraries, 1987.
Folio, about 100 unnumbered pages, album, card covers, VG+.

The Light Railway Era 1896 - 1996.
(Reference #S4284)
Price:£16.00
Scott-Morgan, J.
Atlantic, 1997.
Large octavo, 190 pages, illustrated with photos (some period colour), maps, jacket, fine. **A line by line survey of some 40 light railways, largely pictorial but with brief histories of each line. This work was originally two volumes: The Colonel Stephens Railways and British Independent Light Railways, published in 1978 and 1980 respectively by D&C.

A History Of the Great Western Railway. Being the story of the broad gauge.
(Reference #S3928)
Price:£92.00
Sekon, G A.
1895, 1st edn, Digby Long.
Octavo, 373 pages, photo illustrations and engravings in the text and on plates. Occasional pencil sidelining, publisher's dark blue cloth rubbed, binding tight, a good copy of a scarce early company history.

Change At Clapham Junction. The railways of Wandsworth and South West London.
(Reference #S4728)
Price:£12.00
Sherwood, T.
Wandsworth BC, 1994.
Folio, 100 pages, pictorial: photos, maps, card covers, fine. **Nicely produced local history.

Croydon's Railways.
(Reference #S3872)
Price:£17.00
Skinner, M W G.
Kingfisher, 1985.
Large quarto, 112 pages, photos, good clear track and signalling diagrams, maps, line drawings, hardback, jacket, fine. **Methodically compiled and presented history of the development of local lines and their operation. Author had a signalling background and is strong on signalling and accidents.

Great Western Way.
(Reference #S4651)
Price:£20.00
Slinn, J S.
HMRS, 1978.
Large octavo, 274 pages + colour chart, photo and line illustrations, glazed card covers, near fine. ** " A description of distinctive features of the Great Western Railway with particular reference to the liveries of locomotives, rolling stock, road vehicles, buildings and uniforms, an account of permanent way and signal practice and notes on the original liveries of the companies it absorbed. "

Swansea & Mumbles Railway: The Chain Of Progress.
(Reference #S4688)
Price:£10.00
South Wales Transport Co Ltd.
1960.
Folio, 24 pages, photo illustrations, drawings, card covers, near fine. **Closure souvenir; the railway was to be abandoned in favour of a bus service: " it is planned to give the public even better facilities than they have had in the past". Progress forsooth!

Sligo, Leitrim And Northern Counties Railway.
(Reference #S4185)
Price:£14.00
Sprinks, N W.
Irish Railway Record Society, 1981 (2nd edition, with Addendum).
Octavo, 160 pages, illustrated with photos, maps etc. Soft covers, VG.

A Regional History Of The Railways Of Great Britain.
(Reference #S3131)
Price:£350.00
St John Thomas, D & Patmore, A (eds).
1960-93, David & Charles.
16 volumes octavo, all with photo plates, text illustrations, large folding map at back of each volume and area maps in the text. The majority are the more recent volumes with additional material (volume 1 ran to no fewer than six editions while a few were never revised at all). Includes the scarce final volume on Ireland. A uniform set in the later style of black dustwrappers, all in fine collection. A tour de force of railway publishing and the cornerstone of all railway book collections. It is the first work to which we turn when checking the facts on any line or railway district with which we are unfamiliar. All volumes are out of print and it seems unlikely that any reissues, let alone revised editions, will be forthcoming.

Steam Supreme. Recollections of Scottish railways in the 1920s.
(Reference #S4415)
Price:£9.00
Stephen, R D.
Bradford Barton, nd.
Small octavo, 151 pages including photo plates, litho'd typescript, card covers, VG. **Nicely written, full of interest.

The London & North Western Railway. A 150th anniversary tribute to the 'Premier Line'.
(Reference #S4375)
Price:£14.00
Talbot, E.
Silver Link, 1996.
Large quarto, 128 pages album, card covers, near fine. **Interesting pics, illuminating captions.

A Regional History Of The Railways Of Great Britain. Volume 1 The West Country.
(Reference #S4300)
Price:£20.00
Thomas, D St J.
David & Charles, 1988, 6th edition.
Octavo, 313 pages including photo plates, maps, folding map attached inside rear board, signed by author on title page, jacket, near fine. **Volume in the highly regarded D&C series.

A Regional History Of The Railways Of Great Britain. Volume 15 North Of Scotland.
(Reference #S4376)
Price:£22.00
Thomas, J & Turnock, D.
David & Charles, 1989.
Octavo, 336 pages, maps, photos, folding map attached inside rear board, jacket, fine. **Volume in the highly regarded D&C series.

Rails To Portpatrick.
(Reference #S3937)
Price:£25.00
Thorne, H D.
Stephenson & Sons, 1976.
Octavo, 261 pages, 27 photo illustrations, 15 appendices, jacket, VG+. **Detailed history of the Portpatrick & Wigtownshire Railway. Fairly scarce these days.

Trains In Trouble. Railway accidents in pictures.
(Reference #S4252)
Price:£32.00
Trevena, A, Hoole, K & Earnshaw, A.
Atlantic, 1980 - 1993.
8 volumes, small square quarto, each about 48 pages, card covers, a fine set. **Albums with pictures and brief descriptions of accidents, horrific, amazing or amusing. A great favourite.

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The Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway.
(Reference #S4194)
Price:£14.00
Turner, K & S.
D&C, 1982.
Large octavo, 48 pages, many photos, maps, glazed boards, fine.

Railways In The British Isles. Landscape, land use and society.
(Reference #S4149)
Price:£15.00
Turnock, D.
A & C Black, 1982.
Octavo, 259 pages, maps, photos, jacket, VG. **A general history of railways in Britain and Ireland, concentrating on relationship between railway development and trends in economic and social geography.

Garden Railways.
(Reference #S4589)
Price:£25.00
Tustin, R E.
Percival Marshall, 1949.
Octavo, 110 pages, photo illustrations and diagrams, jacket slightly worn on extremities of spine, otherwise near fine. **A lovely copy of a modelling classic.

The Great North Of Scotland Railway.
(Reference #S3771)
Price:£16.00
Vallance, H A.
David St John Thomas/ D&C, 1989.
Octavo, 192 pages + 20 pages illus, maps, jacket, near fine. **Volume three in the History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands series. This is the second edition, revised by the Great North of Scotland Railway Association.

Grime & Glory. Tales of the Great Western 1892-1947.
(Reference #S4186)
Price:£14.00
Vaughan, A.
1985, Murray.
Octavo, 191 pages, 24 photo illustrations, jacket, near fine.

Rail Centres: Peterborough.
(Reference #S2852)
Price:£14.00
Waszak, P.
Ian Allan, 1984.
Small quarto, 128 pages, photo illustrations, track diagrams. Hard back, jacket, fine copy. **One of Ian Allan's popular Rail Centres series.

Britain's First Trunk Line. The Grand Junction Railway.
(Reference #S3591)
Price:£16.00
Webster, N W.
Adams & Dart, 1972.
Octavo, 196 pages, 48 illustrations: maps, photos and contemporary illustrations, jacket, near fine.

A Regional History Of The Railways Of Great Britain. Volume 2 Southern England.
(Reference #S4648)
Price:£20.00
White, H P.
David St John Thomas, 1992, 5th edition, with additional plates.
Octavo, 242 pages + photo plates, text maps, folding map attached inside rear board. Hard back, jacket, near fine. **Volume in the highly regarded D&C series.

A Regional History Of The Railways Of Great Britain. Volume 3 Greater London.
(Reference #S4575)
Price:£22.00
White, H P.
David & Charles, 1987; 3rd, revised, edition.
Octavo, 227 pages, maps, photos, folding map attached inside rear board. Hard back, jacket, near fine`. **Volume in the highly regarded D&C series.

Sixpenny Switchback. A journey in photographs along the Burton & Ashby Light Railways.
(Reference #S3984)
Price:£12.00
White, P M, & Storer, J W.
Pearson, 1983.
Large quarto, 64 pages, mainly illustrations, card covers, fine.

Narrow Gauge Album.
(Reference #S4117)
Price:£18.00
Whitehouse, P B.
1957, Ian Allan.
Quarto, 142 pages, with photo illustrations and coloured frontispiece, jacket slightly worn, a good copy. **The first in a long line of Ian Allan albums. More text (and possibly worse proof-reading) than any of the subsequent volumes.

The Story Of The Tralee & Dingle Light Railway.
(Reference #S4301)
Price:£16.00
Whitehouse, P B.
LPC, undated (c1957).
Slim crown octavo, 76 pages, photo plates, map, drawings, no jacket, endpapers browned, library style label on front endpaper, but does not appear to have a library book, a presentable copy of an elusive little book.

+ The Railways Of Dudley.
(Reference #S4738)
Price:£15.00
Williams, N.
Uralia, 1994.
Folio, 79 pages, pictorial history, some colour, map, card covers, near fine.

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Railways Of The Black Country. Volume One: The Byways.
(Reference #S4061)
Price:£15.00
Williams, N.
Uralia, 1984.
Folio, 72 pages, photo album, with introduction and map, card covers, fine.

Traité Pratique Des Chemins de Fer. Traduit de l'ouvrage Anglais.
(Reference #S4534)
Price:£30.00
Wood, N.
Paris, 1834.
Quarto, 306 pages, tables, leather spine with paper-covered boards in the library binding of the royal artillary academy at Metz. Wear to spine and boards, but generally VG. **This is a French translation of Nicholas Wood's classic English treatise; it is a very thorough job, and even translates locomotive names (Rocket becomes La Fusée). However it lacks the plates and priced accordingly.

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