2015 Book News

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2015 Book News

2015 Book News
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As you may be aware my wife is currently seriously ill with a terminal brain tumour, which affects
and influences everything that’s happening in my life and at MDS Books at present. Last May
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Front cover image courtesy David Cole. This Harper Bros underfloor-engined Guy was seen at
the Buses Festival at Gaydon in August 2014
YORKSHIRE JOINT OPERATING COMMITTEEs
For forty years the Joint Omnibus Committees in Sheffield, Huddersfield,
Halifax and Todmorden, jointly owned by the Corporation and the
railways, were a unique feature of UK bus operations. Geoff Kerr
describes how and why the railways came to own shareholdings in
these four undertakings, how they influenced the development of bus
services in Yorkshire and how, following the transfer of the railway
shares to the National Bus Company, the Joint Omnibus Committees
were wound up during a period of major change in the bus industry.
112 pages softback 100+ photos, some in colour, maps etc.
Author Geoff Kerr
ISBN 9781905304653
VP465 £18.00 NOVEMBER 2014
WEST COAST MOTORS
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This latest book in our series of A4 colour publications traces the
development of the company from its origins in Campbeltown at the south
end of the Kintyre peninsula, to its present day operations which cover an
area north to Fort William and east to Glasgow. The book also includes
the Citylink services, Glasgow Citybus and City Sightseeing Glasgow
businesses. There is also a brief, illustrated description of previous
services in what is now West Coast Motors territory. The story is
complemented by over 200 photographs, most of which are in colour.
96 pages, A4 portrait with colour illustrations and behind the scenes
information. ISBN 9781905304547 VP454 £15.00
NORTHERN COACHBUILDERS
This long awaited history of NCB recalls the meteoric rise and
equally dramatic end of one of the best known coachbuilders of the
post-war years. The involvement of the company in wartime aircraft
production, details of the passenger and commercial vehicle
output and the origins of the Smiths Electric Vehicle Group are
explained in this profusely illustrated book.
192 pages A4 upright, hardback with 200+ photos, some in
colour, build summary etc etc .
Authors Geoff Burrows & Bob Kell
VP458 £30.00 DECEMBER 2014
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MANCHESTER METROLINK HANDBOOK
This book describes the development and expansion of Manchester’s
pioneering light rail system from the initial phase converting the Bury
and Altrincham railway lines through the various extensions that
have taken place in recent years and looks forward to the airport
line and second city crossings currently under construction.
64 pages softback including 80+ colour photos.
ISBN 9781905304592 VP459 £9.95
trolleybus museum At sandtoft
museum stock book
2014 edition
This volume describes the rolling stock at The Trolleybus Museum
at Sandtoft, utilising a one vehicle per page layout and containing
a resumé of each exhibit. A brief history of the remarkable growth
of the Museum site from 1969 to the present day is also included,
making this an essential pocket book for anyone visiting the
Museum. 80 pages, softback, with over 80 colour photos.
ISBN 9781905304639 VP463 £8.00
UK & IRELAND TRAM AND
LIGHT RAIL SYSTEMS
This new edition covers the systems of Blackpool, DLR,
Edinburgh, LUAS, Metrolink, Midland Metro, NET, Supertram,
Tramlink and Tyne & Wear Metro. Fully updated to July 2014, it
is illustrated in colour throughout. 64 handy pocket sized pages,
full colour card covers. The ideal companion for your tramway
visits or just for reference.
Author Bob Rowe
ISBN 9781905304622
VP462 £6.00
Venture Publications
Available Now
VPL48 BR Mark 2 Coaches The Design that Launched Intercity
£30.00
BR’s Mark 2 coaches were a remarkable link
between the steam age railway, the birth of
Inter City in 1966 and the successful
development of that business - especially
through the 1980s - to the emergence since
1984 of the privatised railway. Over 400 were
thoroughly modernised to serve the privatised
companies and took the operation of Mark 2s through into
the new century. The author consulted official BR records not
in the public domain, and interviewed engineers and
operators who worked with the Mark 2s throughout their
lives. Of especial interest is the full story behind the evolution
of the prototype Mark 2 built at Swindon Works in the early
1960s. Profusely illustrated with photographs and drawings
showing Mark 2s at all stages of their lives, as well as their
construction and interior details which makes the book of
particular interest to railway modellers. Originally published in
1999 and now reprinted to meet ongoing demand.
VP453 Metrolink - Oldham to Chorlton
including the Oldham Loop Railway
£15.00
The on-going extensions to Metrolink – the
so-called Big Bang – now include the lines to
Oldham Mumps and Rochdale, with the
conversion of the former Oldham loop railway
lines built by the Lancashire and Yorkshire
Railway. This book describes the origins, with
photographs of the steam trains in L&Y and
later BR days, the modernisation with DMUs, and now the
opening of the new Metrolink service serving Oldham
Mumps and Rochdale railway station, both temporary
measures until the final link to the two town centres are
completed.
VP449 Cumberland Motor Services 1912-2012 100 Years of Service
£15.00
Cumberland Motor Services was founded as
Whitehaven Motor Services Company in 1912
and this publication has been prepared to
celebrate its centenary. It does not attempt to
be a history of the company as the known
history, up to 1996, has been covered in the
author’s previous books, British Bus Systems
No 1 - Cumberland and Cumberland Motor Services
1921-1996. It is therefore a pictorial review, mainly in colour,
of its development over the past 100 years and includes
many previously unpublished photographs of the company’s
vehicles and operations. There is also brief reference to the
expansion of the company which took place in1997 with the
takeover of the North Lancashire area from Ribble.
VP425 Potteries Motor Traction - A Retrospective £25.00
Geoff Smith takes us through the formation,
growth & eventual demise of PMT from the North
Staffordshire Tramway Company, through
Potteries Electric Traction Company and
Potteries Motor Traction. Profusely illustrated
with a magnificent selection of photographs from
the original BET’s company archive,
supplemented and enhanced by contemporary archive material
dating back to the vellum indentures assigning the company to
the BET in October 1900, we see horse trams from GF Train,
steam and then electric trams. The fledgling buses and their
successors, personnel and property, through to NBC,
privatisation and up to the 21st Century are all covered.
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VP443 Massey Bros Coachbuilders
£25.00
Massey Bros of Wigan, the latest in the
acclaimed Coachbuilding history series,
covers the whole period of coach, tram, bus
and trolleybus construction from 1919-1968
when Northern Counties took the firm over.
Close on 400 illustrations, many in colour, of
vehicles from England, Scotland and Wales;
Southend to Sutherland, Chester to Colchester, Glasgow to
London and so on. Municipalities and independents of all
sizes including contemporary adverts and trade press
reviews. Full body list of all known vehicles produced, with
analyses of production and customer details, maps and
factory plans. The book forms a worthy tribute to this well
respected Lancashire bodybuilder and represents the
culmination of many years work by the author and the many
people who have assisted with the provision of the extensive
photographic coverage. c160 pages, A4 Casebound
Prestige Series
VP444 No.39 Gelligaer UDC
£9.95
The third of Michael Yelton’s fascinating
histories in the Prestige Series about the
smaller South Wales municipal operators deals
with the transport undertaking of Gelligaer
Urban District Council which was based in
Glamorgan, unlike the previous Councils which
have been dealt with and which were in
Monmouthshire. Although Council owned buses did not
commence working until 1928, the pre-war fleet contained
such interesting specimens as an AEC Renown and two AEC
Qs in a fleet of around 20 buses. The first double-deckers did
not arrive until 1949 and the post-war period saw further joint
working between Urban District Councils, which outside of
South Wales were never many in number. The book is
illustrated almost entirely from the collection of Roy Marshall.
VP450 No.40 Caerphilly
£9.95
Michael Yelton continues his studies of Welsh
municipal operators with this volume covering
Caerphilly. A somewhat larger undertaking
than that of it’s neighbours run by the Councils
of Gelligaer and of Bedwas & Machen. The
first buses entered service in 1920 and the
story concludes in 1974 when the undertaking
was absorbed into Rhymney Valley along with Gelligaer and
Bedwas & Machen UDCs
Super Prestige Series
VP426 18 West Mon
£15.95
Small Local Authority owned bus operations,
so small that the towns concerned did not
even merit Borough status, but were classed
as Urban District Councils, were to be found in
a few areas of Britain, none more so than
South Wales. The West Monmouthshire
Omnibus Board was one of these rare
organisations and as this latest book by Chris Taylor and
Michael Yelton explains, was in fact unique. The authors
trace the establishment of the undertaking in 1926 right up to
the Local Government re-organisation in 1974, when the
features that made West Mon so unusual disappeared.
Amongst enthusiasts another characteristics that made West
Mon so interesting was the Bargoed Hill route, which
required a succession of specially built buses to operate it
over the years. All of this and much more is brought out in
this latest fascinating volume in the Super Prestige Series.
All these books available now. To order phone 01457 861508
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VP432 19 Independent Buses in Staffordshire £16.95
Staffordshire is well known for many things,
but for the transport enthusiast it was
undoubtedly the number of Independent bus
operators that enhanced its interest. Neville
Mercer’s second Super Prestige title deals
with over 30 operators covering their early
history and in most cases their ultimate
demise. The way many of them co-existed alongside the
large territorial companies, in particular the Potteries Electric
Traction Company (later PMT) is concisely covered,
contrasted with the story of how many continued to exist in
terrain that was far from being particularly productive in
terms of passenger numbers. Over 160 black and white
photographs are supplemented with a 16-page colour
section that pays tribute to, in many cases, these resolute
owners who are no longer in existence.
VP428 20 Lytham St Annes Corporation& Successors£16.95
Lytham St. Annes Corporation Transport was
somewhat overshadowed by its larger
neighbour Blackpool but maintained a
character of its own. The book commences
with the infamous gas trams and moves into
the electric tramway era. The trams were
joined by the distinctive blue and white buses,
an unusual feature being the retention of torque convertor
transmission in pre-war Leylands until withdrawal in the early
sixties. Tramway operation ceased in 1937. Local
government reorganisation brought about a change of name
to ‘Fylde’ and deregulation saw considerable expansion of
the fleet. Coaching activities including hiring to National
Express took vehicles to many parts of the country. The
story concludes with the takeover by Blackpool Transport
Services. Fully illustrated with excellent photographs and
maps. 128 pages with around 150 photos.
VP435 21 Rochdale Corporation Transport
£15.95
Next in the series covering former municipal
operation in Lancashire, this work by Colin
Reeve covers the tramway period, horse,
steam and electric, and then the buses from
1926 to the formation of SELNEC, including
the legendary Gardner-engined AECs
introduced by Joe Franklin.
VP441 23 Independent Buses in Shropshire £16.95
Neville Mercer, who recently prepared the
comprehensive study of Independent Bus
Operation in Staffordshire, has now produced
this companion volume covering the
independent operators of Shropshire.
Produced in the same operator by operator
style it covers over 30 operators large and
small from pioneering days up to de-regulation in 1986
VP452 29 Transport in Barrow in Furness
£16.95
This book covers transport in the somewhat
isolated, but substantial town, of Barrow in
Furness, well known for its shipbuilding
industry. It commences with a company
operated steam tramway then an electric
tramway system initially operated by BET Ltd.
It covers the tramway and bus operations of
the Barrow in Furness Corporation, which reached its
heyday in the immediate post-war years when Barrow had
probably the most modern and standardised municipal bus
fleet in the country. It concludes with operations up to the
present time by Stagecoach subsidiary, Cumberland Motor
Services.
VP451 28 Bury Corporation Transport
£16.95
This volume continues Colin Reeve’s study of
operations across the north west and includes
the story of the trams and buses from their
earliest days through to the takeover of the
operation by the PTE. Includes a fascinating
mix of Crossley AEC and Leyland vehicles.
VP442 24 Morecambe & Lancaster
£15.95
The history of public transport in Lancaster and
Morecambe is an interesting one. Initially there
were company operated horse drawn tramway
systems and following takeover by the
Corporation, horse drawn trams remained in
Morecambe until 1925, making it the last town
on mainland Britain to operate such services.
The first petrol operated trams entered service in Heysham.
Lancaster’s first buses were battery operated and although it
was claimed that they were ‘not very good on hills’, they
remained in service for around 12 years. Both had their own
municipal transport systems and but unusually there was no
joint working between them, the service between the two towns
being operated by Ribble Motor Services. With local
government reorganisation in 1974, Lancaster and Morecambe,
together with a number of rural areas, were combined to form
an enlarged City of Lancaster. Later the area was taken over by
Stagecoach, initially becoming part of its Ribble subsidiary later
to become part of Cumberland Motor Services.
VP446 25 Oldham Corporation Transport
£16.95
The second of Colin Reeve’s books on
Greater Manchester municipalities charts the
history of public transport on the roads of
Oldham from the days of the horse and steam
trams through to the demise of the
Corporation’s operation and its inclusion in the
SELNEC PTE. Horse trams started running in
1880 and the first steam trams some five years later, the
latter operated by the notorious Manchester, Bury, Rochdale
and Oldham Steam Tramways Company, which was once
quoted as an example of the result of building a tramway on
the cheap. The leases of both operators ran out in 1901 and
the Corporation opted to run its own electric trams. The first
motor buses took to the streets in 1913 but did not last long
and it was not until 1924 that a second successful attempt
was made. Oldham dabbled in trolley buses but this was
also short-lived and the fleet consisted solely of motor buses
until the end of its independent existence in 1969.
VP447 26 Portsmouth Corporation Transport £16.95
The City of Portsmouth has a long and proud
history, and for nearly 90 years the Transport
Department owned by the City enjoyed a
similar distinguished history and the City of
Portsmouth Passenger Transport Department
is the subject of Bob Rowe’s latest narrative.
Like many municipal organisations elsewhere
in the country, it progressed through operation of horse
trams, electric trams, trolleybuses and motorbuses, during
this time, the latter fleet having a marked preference for
Leyland vehicles, although wartime deliveries brought more
variety with Daimlers and Bedfords. Perhaps even more
interesting were post-war deliveries of Crossleys with locally
built bodies. The trolleybus fleet was at one time the second
largest in the south of England (outside of London). A
co-ordination agreement with Southdown Motor Services
added more diversity to the local scene and was only
brought to an end with deregulation in 1986. 144 pages,
including 16 in colour,several maps, tram, trolleybus and
motorbus fleet lists.
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VP456 31 Independent Buses in
North West England
£18.95
Neville Mercer continues his acclaimed
exploration of independent bus operations
with this detailed look at North West England,
home to major independents such as
Fishwick and Yelloway alongside a myriad of
smaller fry taken over by larger fish, also now
but a memory. 176 pages with 200+ photos,
some in colour.
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VP457 32 Berresfords of Cheddleton
£17.95
Eric Wain’s definitive history of Berresfords
Motors of Cheddleton and associated
companies covers the period from inception in
1923 to closure in 1987. The author’s own
recollections are supplemented by a wealth of
historical material from the archives. Starting
with a service between Leek and Hanley the
company grew, gradually at first, until its operating area
extended across North Staffordshire and beyond.
Interesting new and pre-owned vehicles were operated
which, together with many withdrawn vehicles at the garage,
attracted enthusiasts over the years.
richards bros of CARDIGAN
Les Dickinson has produced a splendid in-depth, well illustrated study
of this significant West Wales operator whose activities continue to
create much interest as routes change hands in the area. His research
has benefitted from assistance from the company’s owners.
176 pages softback including full fleet details and 250+ photos many in
colour.
ISBN 9781905304615 VP461 £20.00
Weymann Story Part 2 1942-1966
This second Volume takes the story from 1942, and another change of owner,
to closure in 1966. Profusely illustrated in mono and colour, the wide variety
of customers is well covered and many of the wonderful liveries are reprised.
From the wartime utilities, the classic post-war double-deckers, half cab and
underfloor single-deckers, RTs, Fanfares and Orions, boats and trolleybuses,
strikes and fire, there is a wealth of variety for all enthusiasts. Changes in
ownership from gold mines, failed banks, insurance and shipping giants are
all covered and a recap of the first two decades is included. Sales brochures
and G/A drawings enhance the wide photographic coverage and behindthe-scenes interviews with former staff and present-day survivors add to
the interest, The relationship with MCW and Metro-Cammell is spelled out.
ISBN 9781898432609 VPL60 £27.50
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Super PrEstige 30 PRESTON BUSES
Mike Rhodes looks at the fascinating operations in the relatively new city of
Preston, where much has happened in the last twenty years. Privatisation
was followed by intense rivalry from competing operator Stagecoach
resulting in a buyout followed by investigation, a resale and consolidation.
He traces the history of local transport from the early days of the electric
trams to today’s vibrant local transport scene.
112 pages with150+ photos, over half in colour, plus full fleet details of
every vehicle ever operated.
ISBN 9781905304554 VP455 £16.95
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Forthcoming titles - October 14 -January 2014
Buses & Trolleybuses
ADAM GORDON
AG297Pontypridd Trolleybuses
CHINE PUBLISHING
c£40.00 Dec
AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
A3918Lavington & Devizes Motor Services£12.99Nov
After an initial attempt in 1906, the first motor
bus service between the Wiltshire market
town of Devizes and the village of Market
Lavington began in 1912, although a horse
bus would continue in operation until 1916. By
the early 1920s, the Lavington & Devizes
network had grown to cover a wide range of
routes across much of west Wiltshire, including Salisbury,
Trowbridge, Chippenham, Pewsey and Bath. In 1932,
Lavington & Devizes was sold by its private owners to Bath
Tramways. Although Lavington & Devizes retained its
identity, it was wound up and merged with the parent
company in 1937. In this book, Laurie James uses material
from interviews, archives and newspapers to tell the story of
Lavington & Devizes Motor Services.
BRITISH BUS PUBLISHING
BB5282014-15 Go-Ahead Bus Handbook£17.25 Nov
The 11th edition of this volume dedicated the
bus operations of the group. The contents are
correct to November 2014 and include Go
North East; Oxford Bus Company; Konectbus;
Go-Ahead London; Metrobus; Brighton &
Hove; Plymouth Citybus; Go South Coast.
BB575English Majors Coaches 4th Ed - 2014£18.75 Dec
The 2014 edition covers all the major English based coach
operators and provides full fleet details, depot allocations
where appropriate illustrated with a wide selection of colour
shots. 208 pages A5 Softback
CAPITAL TRANSPORT PUBLISHING
CA383Boris’s Bus - 2nd enlarged edition£25.00 Nov
The first edition of Boris’s Bus was out of
print within six months. This second edition is
the complete story of the bus from the pledge
made by Boris Johnson as part of his 2008
London mayoral campaign to the completion
of the design’s first year in volume service.
Updated with 50% more pages and new
information and photographs, this book covers the subject in
the in-depth way you expect of vehicle histories from Capital
Transport.
CA385Colours of Yesterday’s Trolleybuses£40.00 Dec
The colours of series is extended this time
by this comprehensive look at the last
years of trolleybus operation in the UK.
Prepared by Michael Russell, this 256 page
book is packed with the usual fabulously
nostalgic images.
CA379Served by London Trolleybuses £30.00 Feb
Mike Webber, author of several London
trolleybus titles continues his study of
trolleybus operation across the capital in the
this all new, well-illustrated publication.
CH921DL:Isle of Wight Motor Vehicles 1896-1939£19.95 Oct
During the twentieth century the
county number plate prefix ‘DL’ was
an important element in the identity of
the Isle of Wight. With over 160 rare
and captivating images of pre-war
cars, motorcycles, buses, charabancs
and commercial vehicles the author
takes readers on an exciting and informative journey through
this aspect of the Island’s heritage.
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A History of the Leyland Bus
This is an illustrated history of the
Leyland bus, one of the most
important British buses of the
twentieth century. With full
production histories and technical
specifications for all the major
models, It also includes the
evolution of the Leyland Bus
company, and tells the full story
behind the iconic Leyland badge.
Including some previously unseen illustrations, the book
covers a full company history - from beginnings as the
Lancashire Steam Motor Company in 1996, to the
acquisition by Volvo Buses in 1988. Technical details of all
the main models are given including the Lion, Titan and
Olympic ranges. Gearless buses and rear-engined
double-deckers are covered as well as charabancs,
trolleybuses, First World War military vehicles and
overseas models.192 pages hardback with over 250
illustrations in colour and black & white.
CROWOOD PRESS LTD
CW877 £29.95 Jan 15
IRWELL PRESS
IR972 Cambus Bus Memories in Colour £12.99 Nov
Eastern Counties was one of several
large companies that the government
decreed should be split up prior to
privatisation and on 9 September 1984,
its western area operations went to a new
company. Cambus Ltd inherited 172
vehicles, of which, not surprisingly, given the Tilling Group
background, 128 were Bristols. There were depots at
Cambridge, Peterborough, Ely, March, and Newmarket
(actually in Suffolk), and stage carriage services were
operated throughout Cambridgeshire and into neighbouring
counties; Spalding and The Deepings in Lincolnshire, King’s
Lynn in Norfolk, Haverhill and Mildenhall in Suffolk, Saffron
Walden in Essex, Royston in Hertfordshire and Oundle in
Northamptonshire. More National Express and tour work
came at the end of November 1985 from Ambassador Travel,
the other offshoot of Eastern Counties, along with 24 vehicles.
This 64 page volume contains 65 colour photos and captions.
Forthcoming titles - October 14 - January 2015
KEY PUBLISHING
KE966The Little Red Book 2015
£35.00 Oct
As it is every year, the 2015 edition of The
Little Red Book has been fully updated and
revised with all the latest information
available. Compiler, Ian Barlex makes it his
personal annual quest to unearth the latest
data from every UK and Ireland based bus
and coach operator, manufacturer, service
provider, society and licensing body. Having been published
now for over 60 years, Little Red Book is widely respected in
the industry as the definitive guide to the industry and is an
invaluable source of reference for those employed in road
passenger transport, at all levels.
STEVE KNIGHT MEDIA
SKM18Stagecoach NE Fleetbook 2014
£5.95 Jan
STUART ROBBS
SR007RT Family Garage Allocations
Vol 4 Central RT (1940-1979)
£25.00 Oct
Stuart Robbs completes his comprehensive
look at the allocations of London’s buses, this
time concentrating on the RTs serving central
area depots letters N-Z from 1940-1979.
Numerous black & white illustrations
accompany the tables of depot allocations,
which contain fleet numbers allocation dates
(in and out) and registration numbers. 144 page A4 softback.
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Scottish Tram Services
This book is essentially a follow up
to the highly acclaimed ‘Glasgow
Tram Services’. This covers the
tramways of Aberdeen, Dundee and
Edinburgh including the Capital’s
new trams. This book traces the
histories in timeline fashion.
Copiously illustrated with much in
colour; it is enhanced by Ian
Stewart’s drawings showing bygone
liveries. A4 hardback with 256
pages and over 300 colour and
monochrome images, drawings an other material.
STT26
STTS
£48.00
Nov
Lord Ashfield’s Trams
Robert Harley is a strong
supporter of trams, as is
apparent in this account of the
run-down that preceded eventual
abandonment of the large
London tramway system. Writing
in an easy to read style, Dr
Harley’s extensive research
covers not only the story of the
trams but also the story of the
personalities and circumstances that were to determine
their fate. Covering principally the period of the London
Passenger Transport Board, under Lord Ashfield, this
book is a companion volume to the author’s London
Tramway Twilight.
Trams & Light Rail
AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
A4362Edinburgh Trams Through Time £14.99 Nov
On 31 May 2014, trams arrived in Edinburgh
again. Keith Anderson tells the story of the
old and new networks, using many rare
images.
BRIAN PATTON
BP885MAUERFALL 25 - Trams in eastern Germany
1989-2014
£20.00Nov
Focussing mainly on the trams, the Berlin U- and S-Bahn
are also covered in some depth and there are also some
views of buses and river steamers. It also includes some
general views of the GDR - slogans, statues and other
suchlike - to give an idea of the atmosphere, plus some
‘Then and now’ views. 268 pages softback with 456
illustrations, almost all in colour.
ROBERT SCHWANDL PUBLISHING
MET38Subways & Light Rail in the USA Midwest & South
£17.00 Dec
This book tells the story of all urban rail
systems in the Midwest and South of the
United States, from the famous elevated
system in Chicago and the classic streetcars
in New Orleans to the numerous modern light
rail and new streetcar systems in the region,
to the modern metro systems in Atlanta and
Miami. The book is illustrated with many colour photos and
detailed network maps. The following cities are covered in
this volume: Minneapolis/St. Paul, Chicago, Detroit,
Cleveland, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Kansas City, Oklahoma City,
Little Rock, Memphis, Atlanta, Charlotte, Norfolk, Dallas,
Houston, New Orleans, Jacksonville, Miami.
STENLAKE PUBLISHING
ST363Pioneers of the Street Railway in the USA, Street
Tramways in the UK & elsewhere £20.00 Oct
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between two transport historians this book
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A4361Bradshaws Guide V12 York-EdinburghECML£14.99Nov
The twelfth volume in the Bradshaw’s Guide
series covers the north-eastern section of the
East Coast Main Line from York to Edinburgh.
This is the most northerly section of this important
railway route from London’s King’s Cross up to
Scotland. It is illustrated with period images,
giving us a flavour of the railways in Bradshaw’s
times. It includes coverage of the line north from the railway
town of York to Newcastle and the industrial North East, and on
to Falkirk, Bathgate, Kirkcaldy, Kinross, Dunfermline, St
Andrews, Dundee, Arbroath, Montrose, Stonehaven, Aberdeen,
Berwick, Kelso, Jedburgh, Dunbar, Leith, Melrose, Galashiels,
Peebles, Dalkeith and Edinburgh itself, as well as a jaunt down
the Edinburgh-Glasgow main line.
A3468British Railways Steam 1948-1970£16.99 Dec
British Railways Steam is the follow on to Swindon Steam.
This time railway historian Les Summers focusses his
attention on the BR locomotives during steam’s all too brief
twilight era between 1948 and 1970. He investigates the
facts behind the myths, using the latest research into the
often overlooked post-war scene, examining the effects of
nationalisation, including the political agenda and policies
that shaped the railways.224 pages,120 illustrations.
A1916By Steam Train to Preston’s Palaces of Delight£16.99Nov
The Music Hall is intertwined with Preston’s rise as an
industrial and railway centre. The Railway Mania of the
1840s coincided with the growth of Preston’s music halls and
other places of entertainment and it is easily forgotten that
the town was also once a holiday resort as well with all sorts
of entertainment from a zoo to pleasure gardens as well as
its many music halls. During Wakes Weeks the town would
be full of holiday makers escaping from Manchester and the
cotton towns that surrounded it. Being not far from Blackpool,
Preston also saw its fair share of excursion trains too,
passing through for the ultimate Lancashire seaside resort.
David Hindle intermixes the industrial and social history of
Preston with the trains that made the town grow and prosper.
A3987Great Western Revival- GWR Locomotives
in the Preservation Era
£15.99 Oct
Thanks to a quirk of fate, and the survival of so many
locomotives in the Barry scrapyard, the GWR is well
represented in the steam preservation scene today. John
Mayberry takes us through the surviving Great Western
locomotives, from the Kings and Castle passenger locos
through Halls, Granges and Saints and onto the ubiquitous
Prairie and Pannier tanks. He also covers the narrow
gauge locomotives of the Vale of Rheidol Railway, which
was Britain’s last nationalised steam passenger railway
until privatisation in 1989. This book also covers the diesel
railcars and the replica broad gauge locomotives.
A4258GWR Portrait of an Industry
£16.99 Nov
Incorporated by Act of Parliament in
1835 and completed just six years later,
the Great Western Railway became
one of the great icons of the Age of
Steam, and perhaps the world’s most
famous railway company. Spanning
Southern England from the Thames to the Bristol Channel, the
history of Brunel’s greatest achievement is represented here
for the first time in full colour from the Amberley Archive. 128
pages softback with around 150 illustrations.
A3968GWR Vol 3 Plymouth to Penzance£16.99 Nov
The Cornwall Railway was authorised
on 3 August 1846 with the aim of
constructing a broad gauge rail link
between Plymouth, Truro and
Falmouth. After many vicissitudes, the
railway was ceremonially opened
between Plymouth and Truro on 2 May 1859. Meanwhile,
further to the west, an entirely separate undertaking known
as the West Cornwall Railway had been sanctioned with
powers for the construction of a standard gauge railway
between Truro and Penzance that would incorporate parts of
the earlier Hayle Railway. The WCR was completed in 1852,
although there was no connection with the Cornwall Railway
until 1859. Despite the ‘break-of-gauge’ at Truro, these two
railways formed part of a through route between Paddington
and Penzance and, as such, they were subsequently
absorbed into the GWR system as part of the present-day
West of England main line.
A1524Steam Around Middlesbrough
£16.99 Nov
Author Mike Hitches explores the
railways of Yorkshire from Darlington
east towards Middlesbrough, including
the world-famous Stockton &
Darlington Railway, the first in the
world to carry passengers. This
locality is the cradle of the railways. The famous locomotive
engineer George Stephenson even built an engine works in
Darlington to supplement that in his hometown of Newcastleupon-Tyne. Middlesbrough has its own docklands and was
served by the railways of NER and LNER because such
traffic was profitable, coal from Durham coalfields being
exported from the port here. There was also much
passenger traffic in the area and along the coast to Whitby
and south to Scarborough, new lines being opened to meet
demand for tourist traffic to take the waters at such places.
A4418West Midlands Rlys Through Time£14.99 Nov
The West Midlands had some of Britain’s
premier railway lines passing through but it also
had many branch lines and industrial routes
serving the many towns and settlements
around Birmingham, as well as feeding the
factories, iron and steel works and coal mines
of the area with raw materials, as well as
transporting away to market the finished products of this
industrious region. From the West Coast Main Line to the
industrial heartland of England, Ray Shill uses just a part of
his fantastic collection to portray the railways of the West
Midlands, giving us a feel of just how busy they once were.
Many places have lost their railway line, and the reason it
once existed. What is important are not just the images
themselves but the backgrounds which show a changed
West Midlands, where the industry has gone and been
replaced by modern factory units or housing, or even remain
as brown field sites.
Britain’s Lost Railways
St Pancras Station is both an
example of Britain’s finest Victorian
architecture, and an exception that
reminds us of the dramatic
demolition our rail network has
suffered. In the name of progress
hundreds of buildings were pulled
down and replaced. Now, in this
stunning book, John Minnis reveals
the extent of the loss. From the
most cavernous engine sheds, like Old Oak Common,
through the eccentric country halts on the Tollesbury line
and the Meccano-like gantries of the Liverpool Overhead
Railway, to the soaring viaducts of Belah and Cumlin,
Britain’s Lost Railways offers a sweeping pictorial lament
for our lost railway heritage. Not one building displayed in
this book - often in a hitherto unpublished photograph still exists. All that remains of them are pictures and
memories; fragments of the past that serve as a testimony
to an age of ingenuity and ambition when the pride we
invested in our railways was reflected in the grandeur of
the architecture we built for them.
AURUM PRESS
AU332 £18.99 Oct
CA378A Very Political Railway - The Rescue of
the North London Line
£19.95 Oct
The North London Line from Richmond to
Broad Street, and later, to Stratford was the
capital’s Cinderella railway for many years. An
official report in 2006 called it ‘shabby, unsafe,
unreliable and overcrowded.’ It was threatened
with closure under the Beeching Axe in the
1960s and again in the 1970s, escaping on
both occasions due to organised and effective protest
groups. Today it thrives as a key part of Transport for
London’s Overground network, and the story of how it
survived closure threats and lack of investment is essential
to an understanding of the politics of public transport in
London over the past half century.
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CROWOOD PRESS LTD
CW869Designing & Building Model Railway Baseboards £18.99Jan 15
Model railway baseboards are like the
foundations of a house, and failure to build a
rigid baseboard that has no movement will
inevitably lead to problems. Accordingly, this
book is essential reading for all those who
wish to be guided through the potential pitfalls
of making a baseboard and who require
practical information about the different kinds of boards and
how to construct them properly. It describes in detail how to
build several different types of baseboards from the simple
box frame, through the monocoque flat board, the drop board
and insulation board, to multi-level boards and the helix. With
the less adept modeller in mind, the author also explains how
to make a baseboard with only a drill, a screwdriver and glue.
CW863Operating Signals, Points & Level Crossings£18.99 Oct
This, well-illustrated book presents a
straightforward guide to points, signals and
level crossings and provides all the
information that railway modellers need in
order to get the trains on their layouts moving
effectively. The history of semaphore and
colour light signals is outlined and the
implications for modellers is clearly explained. A variety of
different types of points, signals and level crossings is then
illustrated with detailed instructions describing how to make
them work. Simple, tried and tested mechanical and
electrical methods used by modellers are explained together
with modern electronic approaches, which are described in a
way that enables them to be easily understood. The reader
is taken step-by-step through various projects, and diagrams
and photographs are provided throughout, including wiring
diagrams for frogs, signals and level crossings.
CW871Railways Through the Vale of the
White Horse
£16.99Jan 15
A commemorative history of the railways of the
beautiful Oxfordshire district ‘Vale of the White
Horse’, running twenty-seven miles from
Steventon to Wootton Bassett. The book spans
the history of the route from the opening in
1840 until 1965, when British Rail withdrew all
the local passenger services between Didcot
and Swindon and all the intermediate stations
were closed. With personal insight and images from railway
historian Adrian Vaughan, the book covers the Great Western
Railway’s development of the route, as part of Brunel’s ‘Bristol
Railway’ and shows the original correspondence between
Brunel and his staff. Fully illustrated with hundreds of
historical photographs and detailed track diagrams, it
contains160 pages, softback, with 200+ black & white photos.
HOLNE PUBLISHING
HP179Post-War Southern Steam in E Sussex & Kent£13.95 Nov
This book is based around the photographs
taken by Geoffrey Bloxam largely during the
years 1946 to 1955, reflecting many of the
changes happening on the railways in that area
during a key time in their history. There are also
brief histories of the lines featured and
informative captions. It also includes a very
nice section on the Kent and East Sussex Railway.
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IAN ALLAN LTD
I3792 abc Traction Recognition 3rd Ed £20.00 Nov
The publication of the 1st edition of Traction
Recognition in 2008 was welcomed by modern
scene enthusiasts as it provided a handy guide
to all the locomotives and multiple units
operating on Britain’s main-line railways. The
3rd edition is a fully revised volume, covering
significant changes to the railways of Britain
since 2011. Many changes have occurred since the 2nd
edition was published including deliveries of new stock
which have allowed significant cascading of older stock. The
author has also added for the first time a section on depots
and depot undertakings. Colin J Marsden has recorded the
changes over the past 3 years making this the most up to
date traction recognition title on the market, and is a must
have for any rail enthusiast.
I3460 BR Air-Braked Wagons in Colour £20.00 Nov
This book starts with an introduction covering
the reasons behind the introduction of air-braked
types, a listing of the TOPS codes allocated,
and a look at some of the experimental designs
initially built. It then covers all the various types
of air-braked wagons owned by BR grouped into
broad categories including Opens, Vans, Steel
Carriers, Coal and Mineral Wagons, Covered Hoppers,
Specials and Departmentals. Extended captions supporting the
colour photographs discuss each type both in terms of technical
details and the commodities that each carried and the workings
on which they might be found. As many types lasted into
privatisation with EWS the author includes some photographs
showing wagons in that guise to complete the story and
wagons built in more recent years by EWS and some of its
competitors such as Freightliner, GBRf and Fastline.
I3766 Britain’s Narrow Guage Railways £25.00Jan 15
Although standard gauge railways - albeit of
different gauges - came to dominate the
railways of Britain and Ireland, there were also
a considerable number of narrow gauge lines
constructed throughout the British Isles. Whilst
many of these were built almost exclusively for
industrial purposes and never saw regular
passenger service, a significant number from the
Cambeltown & Machrihanish on the Mull of Kintyre, to the
Southwold on the Suffolk Coast and the Lynton & Barnstaple
in North Devon, carried regular passenger servicesThis new
book will look in detail at the narrow gauge lines across the
British Isles, illustrated with a comprehensive selection of
both colour and mono photographs, the latter because a
number of the lines featured had closed before the arrival of
colour photography. Informative and extended captions
illuminate the illustrations and provide a brilliant history of
these interesting lines.
KE970Hornby Magazine Yearbook No 7 £17.99 Nov
Although the Hornby Magazine Yearbook is
effectively a thirteenth issue of the magazine, it
is presented in casebound format as a
standalone book, rather than as a magazine or
bookazine as produced by competitors. Its
content is broadly in line with the magazine,
and there is some continuity with certain key
projects, but what makes the publication stand out from all of
the others is that it is a self-contained guide to building a
model railway from scratch. The theme for this year’s edition
is developing a branch line model railway for a spare room
using the Operation Build It layout as its basis. This will
include ‘how to’ features on open frame baseboards, digital
wiring, rolling stock detailing and more together with
historical features on branch line operations in the 1950s
and 1960s. In addition there will be the annual review of the
year’s new models, gallery feature and more.
I3798 In the Footsteps of IK Brunel
£17.50 Oct
Isambard Kingdom Brunel is arguably the
greatest engineer in Britain’s history. As one of
the great Victorian engineers who laid the
foundations for modern Britain. Born two
centuries ago, his legacy lives on in the
extraordinary range of structures still standing,
from the most familiar triumphs such as the
Great Western Railway, which has been put forward as a
World Heritage Site to honour its superbly engineered
stations to other structures such as the Clifton Suspension
Bridge and the SS Great Britain now restored at Bristol.
However, numerous other smaller but fascinating structures
still survive today, many of which are still in use. ‘In the
Footsteps of Brunel’ presents the life and career of Brunel,
with chapters on the whole range of his construction
projects, together with contemporary and present day
illustrations of his lasting legacies. An extensive gazetteer of
places lists where his work can still be seen today.
I3810 Pre-Grouping Atlas & RCH Junction
Diagrams
£30.00 Oct
This is an enlarged edition of the Pre-Grouping
Atlas combined with the Railway Clearing
House Junction Diagrams. The pages will show
a map of the British railway network for a
particular region immediately prior to the 1923
Grouping, showing the owners of the line and
each map will be accompanied by detailed
drawings published by the Railway Clearing House in 1914
of the junctions within that region. Immediately prior to the
Grouping there were roughly 150 independent railway
companies operating in the UK and each company’s lines
are colour coded in the atlas. The atlas and junction
diagrams are supplemented by a detailed list of all stations,
junctions and companies in operation at that time, as well as
additional information on features such as tunnels,
watertroughs, viaducts and summits. This book will be an
invaluable work of reference to the complex railway system
in Britain 100 years ago and will appeal to railway
enthusiasts and historians alike.
I3808 Railway Atlas of Europe
£27.50 Nov
Designed specifically for the UK market, this
is a translated edition of a European railway
atlas originally published in Germany by
Schweers & Wall in 2013. It covers all the
countries in Europe up to the Russian,
Belorussian and Ukranian borders. The
mapping is at 1:2 000 000 scale to enable
clear representation of each line in each country together
with all significant stations. There is additional detailed
mapping of the rail systems in the major urban centres of
Europe. A useful and detailed introduction outlines how the
pan-European rail network works, and there are detailed
maps on special features such as high-speed stretches,
scenic rail routes, railways in books and films and
summaries of national rail system operations. There is also
an extensive index. All those planning to travel by rail in
Europe or just interested in the railway networks of the
various countries in Europe will find this book a practical and
informative guide.
I3791 The LBSCR Altantics
£22.50 Nov
The 4-4-2 Atlantic locomotive type was
developed in Britain in the late 19th century
and among the finest examples in the eyes of
many were the London, Brighton & South
Coast Railway’s Class ‘H1’ express
passenger locomotive designed by Chief
Mechanical Engineer R. E. Marsh. Marsh’s
original design of the ‘H1s’ owed much to Ivatt’s ‘C1’
‘Klondyke’ Atlantics built for the Great Northern Railway as
both engineers recognised that the previous generation of
locomotives were struggling to deal with the increasingly
higher loadings on the railway and the Atlantic design
enabled a higher power output. Although only five ‘H1’
Atlantics were built in 1905-6, they continued in service with
the Southern Railway following the Grouping in 1923 and
into BR days, being withdrawn in the 1940s and 50s. In this
book author Jeremy English gives a detailed history of the
design, development and operations of the Brighton ‘H1s’
and ‘H2s’. The text is supplemented with photographs and
line drawings.
I3790 The Modernisation Plan: British Railways’
Blueprint for the Future
£22.50 Nov
Published in December 1954 the Modernisation
and Re-equipment of British Railways report is
better known simply as the Modernisation Plan.
By this period in BR’s history, the economics of
the industry had started to deteriorate
dramatically, due to the gradual erosion of
traffic caused by the postwar boom and the
industry’s reliance upon older and less efficient technology.
The Modernisation Plan, however, envisaged the
electrification of the major main lines, the wholesale
dieselisation of other routes, the gradual elimination of
steam, the closure of certain lines, the construction of
massive marshalling yards and new rolling stock. With the
50th anniversary of the Modernisation Plan approaching,
now is the ideal opportunity to look in detail at the causes
and effects of the Plan, drawing upon material from the
various archives much of which was unavailable to earlier
historians of the period.
I3801 Waterloo to Weymouth:
By Steam into Wessex
£30.00 Oct
Mike Esau’s well known and fondly
remembered ‘Steam into Wessex’, 1st
published in 1971, I regarded as a
classic book of railway photography
on the final years of steam on the
main line from Waterloo to Weymouth
in the 1960s. The photographs captured perfectly the
atmosphere of the era, showing the now vanished
infrastructure of the steam railway: stations, signalling, and
passengers and staff at work. The appeal of Mike Esau’s
photographs goes beyond just recording events as he is
able to evoke a mood and atmosphere to recapture that time
in the mind of the reader. This new book by Esau is an
outstanding collection of photographs from the steam era up
to July 1967 and provides the perfect epitaph to a long
vanished era. The pictures are a mixture of black & white
and colour images which are arranged in order
geographically from Waterloo to Weymouth and include
some coverage of lines joining the main line.
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IR973 Book of the Black Fives Part 4
44800-44996, 45471-45499
£28.95 Nov
Part 1 covered the background to the design,
the first fifty locomotives from Vulcan Foundry
and the 1935 engines built at Crewe, and this
part deals with the similar 1935 Vulcan
Foundry and Armstrong Whitworth
locomotives. Part 3 will describe the ‘Mark 2’
1936 Armstrong Whitworth locomotives and
will sweep up the remaining pre-war engines. This volume Part 4 deals with the war-time and immediate post-war LMS
batches leaving Part 5 for the Caprottis and the final LMS
and BR-built locomotives. As we will discover, the Black 5s
were not all the same – far from it . The story unfolds in an
approximate chronological sequence, which makes sense
– at least more sense than other approaches. So the books
are arranged in the order in which the locomotives were
introduced, with an added twist that particularly in matters
such as boilers and tenders there is a certain amount of
back and forward cross-referencing. Some details are
covered in more depth in the earlier books and only
summarised in the later parts.
IR969 Lines to Torrington
£29.95 Nov
It is now more than 30 years since publication
of the 1st Edition of this book in 1984, shortly
after the line was closed. Originally research
was concerned with construction of a model of
the line in the Edwardian period; the model
has been completed but the amount of
information gathered resulted in the book. In
recent years the authors have collected much more
information, original documents and photographs so they
decided to write a second edition. The order and contents of
the chapters have been changed since 1984 to bring Lines
To Torrington into a similar format to our recent books on the
LSWR in the West of England. Some of the broad gauge
content concerning the North Devon Railway between
Crediton and Barnstaple has been published in the book The
North Devon Line (Irwell Press 2010) so is not included here.
IR974 Steaming Sixties 9 Euston to Carnforth
Via Nottingham
£12.99 Nov
Meandering Journeys Between
London and Carnforth via Nottingham
is the latest in the series of photo
albums looking at steam in the 1960s.
64 pages hardback with 65 colour
photos and captions.
IR970 W Mids Industrial Steam in Colour£12.99 Nov
In the 1960s heavy freight trains were,
at least at the beginning of the decade,
still hauled by steam engines on the
railway main lines. These were the
lines, and in most cases the locos,
which before nationalisation in 1948
had belonged to the competing London Midland & Scottish
Railway (formerly the London & North Western Railway and
the Midland Railway) and the GWR. Alongside these transport
giants, and usually connecting with them, were many industrial
rail systems which, because they were seen as less glamorous
than their big cousins, were often overlooked despite being an
essential part of the distribution network. If railways have trunk
lines and branches, these were the important ‘twigs’ where
much of the freight started and finished. In the 1960s many of
them were still worked by interesting industrial steam
locomotives which serviced the factories of this renowned
manufacturing area bringing in the raw materials, starting the
finished products on their way or shunting around the site.
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KESTREL RAILWAY BOOKS
KRB35LB & SCR Carriages Volume 1
£29.95 Dec
It is now almost forty years since the
publication of Carriage Stock of the LB&SCR
by PJ Newbury, and twenty since David Gould
produced Bogie Carriages of the London,
Brighton & South Coast Railway. This new
book is the first of two volumes intended to
complete the coverage of LB&SCR carriages
and passenger-rated vans. A second volume
will describe the four- and six-wheeled saloon and
passenger-rated vans, and will also give an account of the
restoration of LB&SCR carriages at the Bluebell Railway.
This is the first comprehensive coverage of all LB&SCR
designs, with many previously unseen photographs, and will
appeal to followers of the SR, LB&SCR and Bluebell
Railway, and railway carriage enthusiasts in general. In
particular, the newly-produced scale drawings and prototype
details will be of great interest to railway modellers.
KEY PUBLISHING
KE971The Modern Railway 2015
£25.00 Dec
This is a special annual edition of the monthly
magazine Modern Railways which offers a
comprehensive review of what is happening in
the operation of Britain’s railways along with
an overview of events in Europe. Edited by
Modern Railway’s Ken Cordner, with
contributions from Roger Ford, Tony Miles,
John Gough and other members of the team, The Modern
Railway 2015 examines all aspects of: policy and finance,
infrastructure, train operation, civil engineering, rolling stock
manufacture and maintenance, signal and
telecommunication, European developments and light rail
and metro systems. As well as editorials on all key players
and projects, TMR includes a comprehensive directory
listing over 2000 suppliers and associated businesses
involved in Britain’s railway, including all contact details. This
is an essential reference for today’s railway professional.
NOODLE BOOKS
NB988A History of the Berks & Hants Line Reading
to Westbury
£30.00 Nov
Compiled by former railwayman Peter
Simmonds, this comprehensive new volume
provides a thorough and detailed history of
the Berks and Hants line from Reading to
Westbury, supplemented by a wealth of
illustrations, both historical and current, the
majority of which have never been seen
before. 200 pages, A4 hardback illustrated in
colour and black & white.
NB828Impermanent Ways:9 Eastern Counties£12.95Jan 15
The latest book in the growing
‘Impermanent Ways’ series features the
closed lines of the Eastern Counties of
Britain. The author, Jeffery Grayer, who
has contributed all the previous titles in
the series, has amassed a collection of
colour views from a variety of former
lines such as the iconic Wisbech &
Upwell Tramway, through to the industrial lines of
Lincolnshire to the former holiday and cross-country routes
of Suffolk and Essex. Railway enthusiasts have a continuing
fascination for the history and current status of the closed
lines of Britain, and this new title provides an exercise in
pure nostalgia for those interested in the lost lines in the
Eastern counties.
NB829Industrial Rlys of S England in Colour £16.95Jan 15
This is the first all-colour album to look
at a selection of industrial lines, of all
gauges, from Kent westwards and
featuring coal, chalk, oil and well as
factory lines, some traversing through
barren landscape and others, like at
Farnborough, where the lines runs
literally along the town streets!
NB824Southern Infrastructure 1922-1934: A
Second Selection
£16.50 Nov
Last year Noodle Books produced the first
volume of photographs from the E Wallis
collection, which received widespread praise.
Due to this success a new collection of
photographs is being selected which is sure
to be widely welcomed by Southern
enthusiasts. E Wallis was a signal engineer
on the LBSCR and SR from 1922 to 1934
and was in a privileged position to record the contemporary
infrastructure scene on the railway. As a result very few
trains feature in the pictures, but instead there are images
from vantage points not normally accessible to the average
enthusiast. All the photographs are of excellent quality and it
is rare these days to find such a rare collection that has
never been seen and have the opportunity of bring them to a
wider audience.
NB826The Southern Way Issue No. 28 £14.50 Oct
As always, the latest issue of the Southern
Way series has an eclectic range of material to
satisfy the interests of all Southern Railway
enthusiasts. Included are Chapel Tramway,
Mike King’s Southern Utility Vans Part 3 and
some examples of the reports produced by the
General Manager’s (Sir Herbert Walker) tours
of inspection in the 1930s. Historic, traction, station and rolling
stock articles abound, and as always the authors of the
Southern Way series try, wherever possible, to use material
that has never, or rarely, been seen or reported in detail.
NB827The Southern Way Issue No. 29 £14.50Jan 15
A new year and the start of another full issue
of Southern Way volumes to continue the
series. Noodle Books continue to be very
grateful to all those who have contributed
towards what is fast becoming an amazing,
alternative history of the Southern Railway
and its constituents. The formal history of
dates, facts and figures has been extremely well documented
in the past, but the Southern Way volumes have delved
behind the scenes of officialdom to reveal all the ‘hows’,
‘whats’, ‘whys’ and ‘wherefores’ which are of such interest to
dedicated Southern fans. Put altogether, the Southern Way
provides an astonishing historical resource of the Southern
Railway. As usual, this issue contains a great range Southern
related articles, photo features and illustrations.
NB821Western Memories
£16.50Jan 15
This new book by successful author Mike
Jacobs, is an unashamed exercise in
nostalgia. Having left the Southern area in
the early 1960s, Mike’s life and his travels
took him former GWR territory, where he
freely admits he was surprised that some of
the products coming out of Swindon and
Paddington were really rather good. This was a time when
change was gathering pace and so armed with his camera
he travelled the Western region visiting as many places as
possible and recording everything he could. The results
make for what can only be described as ‘joyous’ reading.
OAKWOOD PRESS
OA736The Ridditch & Evesham Line
£16.95 Nov
The line was built by three separate
companies, and opened in four stages
between 1859 and 1868. However, the
Midland Railway had seen the potential, and
backed the nominally independent companies
and furthermore, each section of the line was
operated by the Midland Railway. Although
the line was never originally conceived as a
strategic route, it was developed gradually from a desire to
keep competitors at bay into a useful diversionary route. The
line proved prosperous as it served the developing
manufacturing towns of Redditch and Alcester. Passenger
traffic was normally fairly light, but the area served also
brought a good deal of day trippers from the Birmingham
area at weekends and holidays. The growth of Redditch as a
New Town created a level of passenger traffic never
previously imagined, and the surviving line has a frequency
of trains that are the envy of much larger towns. It now forms
the southern end of the electrified ‘Cross City’ rail link from
Lichfield through Birmingham.
OA737Warwickshire’s Lime & Cement Works Rly£19.95Nov
Illustrated with photographs and maps,
discover the delights of the many industrial
railway systems operating in the lime and
cement works of Warwickshire in this major
new work. These railways have held life-long
fascination for author Sydney Leleux, indeed
his earliest research into these lines started in
the 1950s. The railway systems are described
in a generally north-easterly direction, from Stratford-uponAvon to Rugby, a distance of about 25 miles. The
Appendices also cover Ardley Quarries, Totternhoe Lime
Works & Quarries and Kensworth Quarries, all in
neighbouring counties, in detail as well as Napton
Brickworks. The railways were built to a variety of gauges
– including 1’9”, 1’111⁄2”, 2’6”, 3’0” and 4’81⁄2”. Avonside;
Aveling & Porter; Bagulay; Hudswell, Clarke; Hunslet; John
Fowler; Kerr, Stuart; Motor Rail; Manning, Wardle; Orenstein
& Koppel; Ruston & Hornsby; Robert Stephenson &
Hawthorns; Sentinel; Thomas Hill and Bagnall provided a
rich variety of engines to work on these railways.
OPC
OPC66The GWR Exposed Swindon in the Days of Collett
and Hawksworth
£30.00Jan 15
At the Grouping of Britain’s railways in 1923
the Great Western Railway had an
advantage over the other Big Four railway
companies in that it retained essentially the
same management structure that it had had
pre-Grouping. Yet the next 25 years were
arguably characterised by a series of
mistakes in its engine building policy as the advances made
by the other companies were largely ignored. This
controversial new history of the GWR examines the role and
policy of the two Chief Mechanical Engineers at the GWR in
this period - Charles Collett (1922-41) and Frederick
Hawksworth (1941-7) - following the legacy of the often
pioneering work of the previous CME, George Churchward
(1902-22). This enlightening history brings a whole new
focus to GWR history and will be fascinating reading for all
enthusiasts of the railway and for more general readers.
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PEN & SWORD
PS257The Railway: British Track Since 1804£40.00Oct
Never before has a comprehensive history
been written of the track used by railways of
all gauges, tramways, and cliff railways, in
Great Britain. And yet it was the development
of track, every bit as much as the
development of the locomotive, that has
allowed our railways to provide an
extraordinarily wide range of services. Without the track of
today, with its laser-guided maintenance machines, the TGV
and the Eurostar could not cruise smoothly at 272 feet per
second, nor could 2,000-ton freight trains carry a wide range
of materials, or suburban railways, over and under the
ground, serve our great cities in a way that roads never
could. Andrew Dow’s account of the development of track,
involving deep research in the papers of professional
institutions as well as rare books, company records and
personal accounts, paints a vivid picture of development
from primitive beginnings to modernity.
PLATFORM 5 PUBLISHING
PF111 Narrow Gauge Steam Locomotives of Great
Britain and Ireland
£14.95 Nov
This completely new book from Platform 5
Publishing is the complete guide to all
narrow gauge steam locomotives known to
exist in Great Britain and Ireland of track
gauges 1ft 6in to 4ft 6in. It fills a gap between
`Preserved Locomotives of British Railways’
which contains details of preserved standard
gauge steam locomotives still in existence, and `Miniature
Railways of Great Britain and Ireland’ which deals
predominantly with locomotives of gauges from 7¼in to 18in.
Locomotives are listed by builder so that it can be easily
seen how many of each type or builder are in existence. For
every locomotive details of builder’s number, year of
manufacture, type, class, gauge, current location and
running number/name are provided. Detailed footnotes
provide further information about each locomotive’s origin
and history. The information contained has been collated
over many years of personal observation and
correspondence since the mid-1960s.
SHIRE PUBLICATIONS LTD
S1371 Railway Accidents
£7.95 Oct
Though trains are one of the safest forms of
transport, train accidents always make
headline news. Their history is, in many
ways, the history of technological
development and learning. Early incidents
like the felling of William Huskisson MP by
Stephenson’s Rocket in 1830 led to the
reporting systems we know today, while within 50 years
safer signalling and braking methods had been made
mandatory. Greg Morse charts these changes, taking the
story on through the twentieth century, which saw advances
in track design and train protection systems, but which
ended with a stark reminder that accidents always have
more than one cause.
SILVER LINK
SL396Railways & Recollections 38 Llangollen£6.00Dec
The latest instalment of the popular
recollection series, this time focusing
on the tank engines, steam engines,
electric trains and multiple units of the
Llangollen railway.
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S4435Railways & Recollections 45 1977 £6.00 Nov
In this volume we travel back to the
year 1977, as ever an eventful year,
that included: The Centenary Test
Match, Red Rum winning the Grand
National for third time, the Silver
Jubilee of HM The Queen, the
release of the Smaller £1 note, the introduction of the
Concorde New York service route and even the London
Underground Heathrow extension opened. This book
includes pictures of tank engines, steam engines, electric
trains and multiple units.
S4437Railways & Recollections 46 Great Central
Railway Collection
£5.00 Oct
S4432Steam in My Lungs, Rlys in my Blood£10.00Oct
This series started as a tribute to the Ian
Allan Combined Volumes so much revered
by the trainspotters of the 1950s, 1960s,
1970s and beyond. Running Out of Steam
the first in the series sold out within a few
months of publication and the follow up
volumes The Glory and The Steam and
Schooldays and Steam Days are selling fast. So bearing in
mind every ‘Gricers’ story is as different as the areas,
locosheds and stations visited back in the days of steam
there is no shortage of potential material! These pocket
sized volumes are already proving a big hit and the
publishers are developing further projects for the future. In
this unashamed reminiscence, John Walker reflects on the
highlights of a decade of train spotting during the late 1950s
and early 1960s and beyond and recalls some of his more
memorable moments. Born with ‘steam in his lungs’, most of
his spare time in his formative years were spent with pencil
and notebook in hand around the West Midlands and
sometimes further afield.
S4441The Furness Railway Tours- An Illustrated
Comparative Guide 1900s-
£25.00 Nov
This hardback book takes a look at 100
years of the Furness Railway Tours. The
book is split into two sections: those tours
you can still follow by public rail, boat or
coach services and those you can follow by
driving and walking. Making this the perfect
guide for anyone planning on recapturing the
Furness Railways Tours.
S4365The Illustrated Railway Children £10.00 Nov
‘Oh Daddy my Daddy’ Those four words have
since Edith Nesbit wrote them bought a tear to
the eye of the majority of readers and cinema
goers the world over who have been drawn to
this now truly classic story. Here though is a
new paperback edition of the work to delight
and enthrall. What makes this edition special is
that it is copiously illustrated with carefully selected images from
real life reflecting the period in which the story itself is set. Jenny
Agutter has written a foreword to this fine book which we know
will become much sought after volume amongst collectors.
S4440York An Illustrated Railway History£30.00 Oct
The second Silver Link Silk Edition takes the
reader to the major northern railway city of
York. The Author, David Mather, takes you
on a journey through time from the early
steam age to the high speed trains of today.
He looks at: the railway’s infrastructure and
asks, heritage or burden?; traction; the
‘golden age’ of diesels; locomotives; the electrics to
Scotland; the museum and much more. This hardback book
will illustrate the changes and progression of York’s railway.
STENLAKE PUBLISHING
ST648Glasgow & South Western Rly A History£30.00Oct
The fourth volume of David Ross’s series of
histories of the five major pre-Grouping
railway companies in Scotland is the first
published history of the Glasgow & South
Western Railway which from its founding
until the 1923 Grouping ran most of the
railways in south west Scotland. The
G&SWR was completely dominant in Dumfries & Galloway,
as well as having most of the lines in Ayrshire and
Renfrewshire too. The company served Glasgow using St.
Enoch Station, now the site of a modern shopping complex.
This book has been researched using original sources and is
fully referenced, making it an ideal resource for anybody
wishing to study the development of railways in south west
Scotland. Twelve maps showing various parts of the system
in detail are also included.
TIMES BOOKS
TB935Great Railway Journeys of the World£30.00Oct
Discover the fascinating histories and routes
of 50 of the world’s most scenic railways.
Railway expert, Julian Holland, takes you on
a journey around the world. Take a journey
around the world by rail, from the American
Rockies to the Australian outback, covering
50 routes from 35 countries. Detailed
commentary on the geography and history of each line, from
leading railway expert Julian Holland, is complemented by
prestigious Times mapping and beautiful photography.
WELSH RAILWAY RESEARCH CIRCLE
WRR77Six Railways to Merthyr - The Angus Lewis
Photographs
£18.00Oct
This work features the photographs of local
photographer Angus Lewis and depicts the
railway scene around Merthyr at the time of
the 1922 grouping, thus representing the last
days of the individual companies before
being taken over by the Great Western and
LMS. It describes the six individual
companies that were working into Merthyr at that time; the
Taff Vale, Brecon & Merthyr, GWR (previously Vale of
Neath), L&NWR, Rhymney and Cambrian. Also included is a
detailed historical account of Merthyr, which in the early 19th
century was the most important town in Wales, before being
overtaken by Cardiff. The account is interestingly titled Rise
and Fall of Merthyr and traces the history of the town (with
Dowlais) through from the early ironworks times to the 1960s
when most of the six railways closed, resulting in the present
position of ‘A Single Line to Merthyr’.
Other Transport
EARLSWOOD PRESS
EWP45London Taxis in Camera - A History in Pictures,
Old and New
£19.99 Nov
The shape of the London taxi has changed
as the years have gone by, but the
fundamental elements of the design remain
the same. In this new book, we trace how the
shape has changed, decade-by-decade, in a
mix of archive images and specially shot
pictures of preserved taxis. 96 pages,
illustrated in full colour throughout.
CROWOOD PRESS LTD
CW865Building a Portable Steam Engine£19.99 Nov
This practical, instructional book describes
the construction of a model of the Lampitt
portable steam engine, which dates back to
1862, and which provided power to drive
threshing machines, circular saws, feed mills
and other farm machinery. The construction
of every component is described in precise
detail and the text is supported by many helpful step-by-step
photographs. In addition, useful advice is provided about
obtaining materials and about the tools that are required to
equip a model-engineering workshop. Accordingly, the
information provided here will enable the reader to construct
not only the Lampitt engine but also many other engineering
models in the future. When the reader has finished building
‘the Lampitt’ he will, in effect, have completed an engineering
apprenticeship, and will have a model engine of which he
can be proud and which fully reveals the skills that he has
learned.
Ships and Maritime
AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
A3920Caledonian Steam Packet Co An
Illustrated History
£19.99 Nov
The follow-up to Alistair
Deayton’s David MacBrayne
history tells the story of the other
constituent company of Cal-Mac.
Founded by the Caledonian
Railway, the CSP vessels once
flourished on the Clyde, sailing to points in Ayrshire,
Renfrewshire and Argyll.
A4557Blue Star Line
£19.99 Nov
The Blue Star Line was founded by brothers William and
Edmund Vestey in 1911 to ship meat in refrigerated vessels
from Australia, New Zealand and South America to the UK.
Expanding into passenger services as well as cargo, the
line launched services to South America via Portugal and
the Canary Islands in the 1920s. Possibly the most famous
of the Blue Star line vessels was the ill-fated Arandora Star,
torpedoed by a U-boat off the coast of County Donegal in June
1940 while carrying German prisoners to internment camps
in Canada. Still going today, as part of a German ship-owning
consortium, Blue Star consists of 137 vessels. In this book,
noted maritime author Ian Collard provides a comprehensive
illustrated history of the ships of the Blue Star Line.
A3813P&O Orient Liners of the 1950s & 60s£19.99Oct
The 1950s and 1960s were the
golden age of shipping, with
many superbly designed and
modern liners built for service
before the airliner had eroded the
margins and passenger numbers
of so many routes. The route to Australia and New Zealand
lasted much longer due to the times taken by aircraft to fly
there and the emigrants, who wanted the slow voyage, with
their worldly possessions in the hold that a passenger ship
offered. Let Bill Miller take you on a voyage aboard the ships
of P&O and Orient Line in the immediate post-war period.
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A4417West Highland Steamers
£14.99 Nov
From the 1810s, steamers have plied the
west coast of Scotland. Many of the
settlements along the coast had no road
access and the only means of connecting
them was by sea. With the advent of steam
ships, it became possible to introduce
timetabled voyages calling at many remote
settlements and the larger towns of the highlands and
islands. One company made the West Highlands and
Islands its own and that was MacBrayne’s. Other companies
that served the area included McCallum and Orme, who
merged to form McCallum, Orme and who pioneered the
voyages to St Kilda that ultimately led to the island
archipelago being evacuated. Using images from the West
Highland Steamer Club collection, this book brings to life the
last fifty or so years of travel by MacBraynes to the West
Highlands and Islands. Superbly illustrated with the cream of
the collection, every picture is a visual feast of the ferries
and steamers of this most beautiful part of Scotland.
FERRY PUBLICATIONS
FP876Folkestone for the Continent 1843-2001£21.50Dec
This new book covers the entire history of
the Kentish port of Folkestone from its
inception in the early years of the nineteenth
century, its purchase by the South Eastern
Railway and the commencement of a tidal
steamer service to Boulogne in 1843.
Although the history of the port will for ever
be linked with Boulogne, other services were operated to
Flushing, Ostend, Dunkirk and Calais and are also covered.
The coming of the vehicle ferry service in 1972 greatly
improved the port’s fortunes but after a disastrous first year’s
trading, the Swedish Stena Line axed the traditional link at
the close of 1991. Thereafter Hoverspeed and a number of
purely freight operators lingered for another ten years before
final closure. The book is enhanced by a wealth of historical
and more recent photographs showing the port and its
ferries, a complete fleet list, traffic statistics and maps of the
port at different stages of its development.
FP875Sealink and Beyond
£24.50 Dec
Sealink was synonymous with ferry travel
around the British Isles. Sealink & Beyond
reviews this famous business from 1969,
through privatisation and hostile takeover,
until 1995 when the name was quietly
dropped. Providing a full operational history,
the book places Sealink in the context of an
era of rapid change: from the after-effects of Beeching to the
Irish troubles, the Falklands War and Thatcherite
privatisation, the Sealink story was heavily shaped by a
country at a political, economic and social cross- roads.
Aspects also explored include marketing, the traveller
experience, port operations and cruises. With the former
Sealink fleet now dispersed around the globe, the authors
have tracked the surviving ships and collated an up to date
illustrated fleet list.
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FP885The Triumph of Great Tradition- The Story of
Cunard’s 175 Years
£24.50 Dec
In 2015 Cunard celebrate their 175th
anniversary. Its heritage dates back to 1839
where Sir Samuel Cunard won the first
British Government contract to supply a
regular mail service across the North
Atlantic. Since that date Cunard has had
hundreds of ocean liners. Cunard’s golden
age occurred after the Second World War when the Queen
Mary and Queen Elizabeth entered full commercial service.
In the late Fifties Cunard faced the most fierce competitor,
the Boeing 707 on the Transatlantic routes. This saw a great
decline in the Cunard fleet but amidst the jet revolution
Cunard gambled with their future on a new ship, the QE2.
With the expanding cruise market in the late Nineties, the
company was to see further new-builds, including the QM2.
This anniversary book brings together the full story of
Cunard and not only follows the history of the company but
also many of the celebrities and film stars who have been
associated with Cunard.
DELAYED TITLES
The titles listed below, previously announced in earlier
catalogues have still to be published and are not listed
in the forthcoming section of this catalogue as dates are
still uncertain. If you ordered any of these titles and we
haven’t already been in touch with you please contact us
to cofirm what you’d like to do. We’re happy to cancel,
credit, refund or retain your order as you choose.
Car Books
VELOCE PUBLISHING
Buses & Trolleybuses
Stop Press - Late Additions
AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
MIDDLETON PRESS
RIGBY ROAD PUBLISHING
MIDDLETON PRESS - REPRINTS
A4042Buses of Eastern Scottish
No date available - originally due August 2014, now not due
before late 2015
A3269Its Off to Work We Go
No date available - originally due Summer 2014, now not
due before late 2015.
JW005Blackpool Corporation Tramways Motor Bus 1921-1932
expected before late 2015
JW006Those Wonderful Old Blackpool Trams
HALSGROVE PUBLISHING
HA199Catching the Last Bus
Railways
HA064Images of South Wales Railways West of Cardiff
No sensible date available - not due before late 2015
HA063Images of North and Mid Wales Railways
AT HEART LTD
AH101 Manchester Railway Album
Cancelled - will not be published
VEL08East German Motor Vehicles in Pictures
No sensible date available, not expected before late 2015 at
the earliest- price now not less than £40.00
PF671Euro HB 8 Czech and Slovak Railways 1st Edition
Other titles due from
Venture are currently working on a number of titles and would be pleased to hear from anyone
with information or photographs concerning, in no particular order:
Southport, South Wales Municipalities, Salford, Edinburgh, Ashton, Leigh
Anyone interested in providing information or assistance regarding any of the above,
or alternatively who has a burning ambition to see their work published, and/or has a
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M7472Loughborough to Nottingham
£17.95 Dec
The latest in the Midland series from Middleton will be
available shortly.
M7697Rail Times Great Britain Winter 2014/5 £18.95
The Winter revision of the National Rail timetable for the UK
will be available from early December.
MP439Douglas to Ramsey £17.95 Nov
The lines were the least used steam routes on
the Island and had a special charm of their
own. The scenic delights and the antiquated
stock made the journey most memorable. You
can enjoy it from your armchair and wallow in
nostalgia.
MP688Douglas to Peel
£17.95 Nov
Forming part of the original Manx railway
system, this line ran through bold and
impressive scenery. This is extensively
illustrated and thus the album enables the
reader to enjoy a journey across the island
again, on this long closed line.
MP416Brecon to Newport £17.95 Nov
One of the most admired lines in South Wales,
this route included spectacular scenery and
gradients , together with numerous interesting
junctions. The views in this album range from
remote upland to collieries with bursting
sidings and provide a fine window on a past
era.Stephen’s empire. The complex lines to
Bristol Harbour are also studied in detail, as is the new
system in the Royal Portbury Dock.
MP443Brecon to Neath £17.95 Nov
Once part of an important link from Hereford to
Swansea, the line became a charming and
largely scenic backwater. The remote small
stations and the short trains of GWR origin
have resulted in an appealing selection of
nostalgic photographs in this album. The
present coal terminal at Onllwyn is also
included.
VERNON MORGAN
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PF112Loco Pocket book 2015
£5.10 Nov
The complete guide to all locomotives which
operate on National Rail and Eurotunnel.
Details for every locomotive includes livery,
owner, number carried and allocation. Data is
correct to 3rd October 2014. 96 pages
softback with 27 colour photos.
PF113Coaching Pocket Book 2015
£5.10 Nov
The complete guide to all locomotive-hauled
coaches which operate on National Rail.
Details for each coach include number
carried, livery, owner, operator and depot
allocation. Data is correct to 3rd October
2014. 112 pages softback 35 colour photos.
PF114DMU Pocket Book 2015
£5.10 Nov
The complete guide to all Diesel Multiple Units
and the stock of the major UK Light Rail
systems which operate on National Rail with
livery details, ownership, numbers carried and
allocations all included. Data is correct to 3rd
October 2014. 80 pages softback, 28 colour
photos.
PF115EMU Pocket Book 2015
£5.10 Nov
The complete guide to all Electric Multiple
Units which operate on National Rail and
Eurotunnel. Details are provided for each unit,
including depot allocations, livery, owners and
operators. Data is correct to 3rd October
2014. 112 pages softback 32 colour photos.
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VM452Images of Old Llanelli & District £20.00 Oct
The latest book from Vernon
Morgan is a little different to his
earlier publications, ‘James of
Ammanford’ and the South Wales
Transport Company Ltd centenary
book ‘SWT 100’. This book has a
mixture of industrial and street
scenes from the Llanelli district, including Burry Port,
Pembrey, Kidwelly, Cross Hands, Bynea etc. There are
several views of the Llanelly tramway system and the
trolleybuses together with motor buses from the area
including a feature on ‘Eynons of Trimsaran’, and a view of
ex. Brighton Corporation 77 (FUF 77) in exile at Burry Port,
(never before been published). Also included are many
railway views from the area together with the steam locos,
steam cranes and diesel locos of Llanelly Steelworks. A4,
landscape, 130 pages soft back, with 180 photographs
mostly 1 view per page.
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BUSES & TROLLEYBUSES
Available Now
Around London by Trolleybus,
Part 1
This is the first of two volumes using
the best of the best London
trolleybus photographs available.
This part deals with south, west and
north-west London in a clockwise
direction. It commences at Dartford
and concludes at Mornington
Crescent. This hardback book, with
front and back colour covers, has
184 pages of which sixteen are in
full-page colour. In the main, the text does not use
material that has been used before, but details new
information that the author has obtained.
AG298 £32.00
ADAM GORDON
Portsmouth Trolleybuses
Trolleybuses operated in Portsmouth
for less than 30 years and a total of
115 vehicles were purchased. More
than 50 years after their demise,
David Bowler has produced this very
detailed book which contains over
200 photographs, of which more than
50 are in colour, and 27 pages of
maps. The book tells the story from
the electric trams and their
replacement by the trolleybuses, to the final conversion to
motor bus operation. As with David’s previous trolleybus
histories, this volume contains many appendices which
provide very detailed descriptions of the vehicles and the
routes, as well as power generation, overhead equipment
and also the full Consultant’s Report on the future of the
trolleybus system and the co-ordination agreement with
Southdown.
AG296
£48.00
ADAM GORDON
A1496
A1775
A3970
Birmingham City Transport From Trams To
Buses In The Coronation Year
£14.99
Bristol City Buses
£14.99
Buses of Clydeside Scottish &
Clydeside 2000
£14.99
Based in Renfrewshire, Clydeside Scottish
was a member of the Scottish Bus Group and
was created soon before privatisation of the
bus from part of Western SMT’s area.
Covering the Clyde coast from Largs in
Ayrshire into Renfrewshire and Glasgow, its
distinctive yellow and red buses numbered
some 330 on formation of the company in 1985. Soon, the
company was operating in Glasgow against Strathclyde
Buses, with a fleet of ex-London Route masters. In 1991, the
company became Clydeside 2000 when sold. Eventually
becoming a part of Arriva Buses, the company was sold in
2011. The name has gone but Clydeside Scottish left a
legacy in the local area and four buses are currently
preserved in the distinctive red and yellow.
A1528 Buses of Northern Scottish
£14.99
A2283 Buses of Skye and the Western Isles £14.99
A1473 Highland Buses
£14.99
A1140 Kirkcaldy & Central Fife’s Trams & Buses£14.99
A1484 Leeds Trams & Buses
£14.99
Midland Scottish Buses
Walter Alexander first began running
a motor bus service from Falkirk to
Grangemouth in 1913 and services
have continued in the area ever
since, under the auspices of Scottish
Motor Traction, Walter Alexander &
Co., and latterly Midland Scottish,
later privatized and now under the
auspices of the First Group. Midland
Scottish was the largest bus operator
in the districts of Stirling, Clackmannanshire and Falkirk
and was responsible for services in and around the towns
of Stirling, Falkirk, Linlithgow, Grangemouth, Bo’ness and
Oban. In this book, bus driver and local historian Walter
Burt uses a collection of period and contemporary images
to give the reader a nostalgic look back at the history of
Midland Scottish and its buses from the first omnibuses
operated by Walter Alexander to the double-deckers of
First Group today.
A3466 £14.99
AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
ADAM GORDON
AG250 Double Deck Trolleybuses of the World
Beyond the British Isles
£16.00
AG233 Omnibuses and Cabs Origin & History£25.00
AG286 Trackless to Trolleybus
£50.00
ALAN JANES
AJ001 Bristol Commercial Vehicles - Early Years£14.95
AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
A1621 Across Birmingham on the 29A
£14.99
A4175 Ayrshire Buses
£14.99
Long before Stagecoach, Arriva or First Bus,
Ayrshire independents fought it out with
Western Scottish on the local and long
distance routes within the county. David Devoy
uses but a few of his 40,000 images of
Scottish buses to illustrate the changing bus
and operators found in Ayrshire.
A1690 Safeguard Coaches of Guildford
£20.00
A1648 St Andrews & North East Fife’s Buses £14.99
A4451 Strathclyde Buses
£14.99
Strathclyde Buses can trace its roots back to
the tram services provided by Glasgow
Corporation, which started running buses in
1924 as a more cost-effective way of reaching
the new, large council housing schemes on
the outskirts of the city. Operating within the
city of Glasgow and to locations such as East
Kilbride, Cumbernauld, Balloch and Johnstone, the
Strathclyde buses in their orange and black livery would
become familiar to all Glaswegians. In this book David
Devoy takes a look at this much loved operator in a year that
marks the 120th anniversary of public transport in Glasgow
and the 85th anniversary and closure of the Larkfield Depot,
which featured heavily in Strathclyde
Available Now
A1708 The British Bus in the 2nd World War £16.99
AP548 Charabanc: Early Days of Motorised Coach Travel£14.99
West Bromwich Buses
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Starr Gate to the Tower The
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details about the infrastructure and tramway history along
the way. That Turner has an eye for a picture and a way
with his camera is undeniable, for this is no less than a
masterclass. Most of these photographs are his, most are
in colour, all are superb - no lemons here - and the
reproduction and printing do them all full justice. To all
those who thought they would never buy yet another book
on Blackpool, think again. This one really is something
different.
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Toronto, Canada’s commercial capital and
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system in North America. Electric trolley car
service began in Toronto in 1892 replacing
horse drawn service by 1894. The city has
been consistently noted for obtaining modern
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Presidents’ Conference Committee trolley cars that were
introduced in 1938 followed by the modern Canadian light
rail vehicles and Canadian articulated light rail vehicles for
its well maintained system. This book is a photographic
essay documenting Toronto’s extensive trolley car system
that during 2012 on an average Monday to Friday work day
carried an average of 285,000 passengers with its 11 routes,
671 stops, and 247 cars. From the urban residential area of
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Lost Voices of the London Trams
Although much has been written
about London’s trams over the past
50 years, on the trams themselves,
the routes and the overall tramway
network, there has been relatively
little published on what it was
actually like to use and work the
trams on a daily basis.. This book
reveals the author’s, Michael Baker,
abiding love for the trams that were
so much a part of his life growing up, until in 1951, when
he was still in his teens, the trams were taken away.
Based upon his own personal memories of using the
trams, this book is also based largely on personal
testimony from those who worked on the system over its
final years of operation and those who travelled on it daily.
The result is a highly entertaining portrait of one of the
country’s greatest transport networks and is illustrated
with a lovely selection of evocative photographs to stir
many happy memories.
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It is one of the few remaining transport
heritage related buildings in Leicester and we
are indeed very fortunate that, somewhat
against the odds, it has survived and has done
so in virtually the original condition as when it
was built in 1904.Over the ensuing 100 years
it certainly has a remarkable story to tell from
its relatively short use as a tram depot, a long period of use
by motor engineers HA Browett & Co, then a new role as a
railway museum to the present when it is hoped it will
become a transport heritage and research centre. This book
is lavishly illustrated with a large number of previously
unpublished photographs.
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ownership and the closely-fought
battles to retain trams in the 1950s and
60s to the Lijnen voor Morgen report
that transformed the system into a model for other cities to
follow. Also contains a detailed description of all the tram
routes and the wide variety of rolling stock used over the
years, along with numerous detailed maps and a rich variety
of previously-unpublished pictures. 264 pages A4 softback.
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MET43U-Bahn, S-Bahn & Tram in Berlin 2014 ed£17.00
Comprising the U-Bahn and the S-Bahn, the
rapid transit system of the German capital is
one of the largest in Europe. In addition, even
though the tram system was completely
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1967, and only re-introduced on a few routes
after re-unification, in terms of size the
remaining and further expanded network in the eastern part
of Berlin is still ranked among the top three in the world. In
this 2nd Edition, Robert Schwandl describes the history of
the three urban rail systems, their different developments in
the long-divided city, and their current operations. The book
is illustrated with numerous colour photos and detailed
system maps with text in both English and German.
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nostalgic images from across the States.
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Liverpool Tramways: Vol 1-18691932
This book is the first of two volumes
of Liverpool’s Tramways. In this
volume the author, Richard Buckley,
tells the story of the development of
the city’s tramways from the
horse-drawn vehicles of the
Victorian era through to the electric
trams still operating in the early
1930s. The book is packed full of
images. Many of these are of
various city centre locations but outlying locations such as
Waterloo, Great Crosby, Fazakerly, Bootle and Woolton
are also featured. Although the inclusion of an outline fleet
list and system maps make this a book for the tram
enthusiast it also works as a book of old photographs of
this Victorian city.
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TMS01Sheffield At Work, Rest and Play
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This booklet was produced to accompany the
Best of Sheffield event at the Crich Tramway
Village in May 2014, which marked the return
to passenger service of tramcar 510,
Sheffield’s last tram, following a thorough
restoration project. It provides a brief overview
of the development of transport in Sheffield
followed by the story of 510, its journey to Crich and the
restoration that has followed. A final section looks at what
may be to come on Sheffield’s modern light rail system.
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Ashby to Nuneaton Railway documents how
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Warwickshire towns and their environs were
faithfully served by steam locomotion for many
years. Built to serve the Leicestershire
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control of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
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1971. A plethora of illustrations reveals the stations, sheds
and locomotives of diverse design that contributed to this
fascinating railway. With authoritative captions, a sweeping
yet detailed picture is painted of a remarkable system in its
prime and of its inevitable decline.
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Bradshaw’s Guide provides a fascinating
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fully illustrated throughout with old and new
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series. Bradshaw’s Guides were originally
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The tenth in the popular Bradshaw’s Guide series covers
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summit at Shap, the railway town of Carlisle and concluding
with Glasgow itself.
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Cornwall marks the extreme south-western
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Bridge, which crosses the River Tamar,
connected the broad gauge network with
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engineered by Brunel, to take the trains
coming from Paddington all the way to Penzance via a series
of over sixty spectacular timber viaducts. The original
viaducts have gone now, either modified or replaced over the
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many surviving examples of his railway stations. There are
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Porthcurno Telegraph Museum near Land’s end.
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A follow up to Gordon Edgar’s Cumbrian
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Edinburgh Waverley Station
Through Time
Waverley is Scotland’s largest railway
station and covering an area of 25
acres it is the second largest main
line station in the UK after Waterloo.
In the 1840s three railway companies
built stations in the newly drained
Waverley valley - North Bridge,
Central and Canal Street - and these
became known collectively as
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the North British Railway company acquired all three and
demolished them to build the present Victorian structure
which has continued in use ever since. Under the LNER’s
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expresses, such as the Flying Scot and Night Scot,
departing daily from King’s Cross, London. It was on the
East Coast line that the Mallard famously smashed the
world speed record for a steam locomotive, achieving just
under 126 mph. Michael Meighan explores this great
station, delving into its rich history and showing how it has
changed over the years.
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Using historic and contemporary photographs
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escape the city by going ‘Doon the Watter’. The reader is
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developed the area influencing the growth of tourism,
commuting and international travel whilst delivering the
essentials to the industry that had grown up on the shores of
one of Britain’s greatest rivers. In recent years the railway,
once the dominating force for the transportation of goods
and people, has had to face a declining heavy industry and
competition from the roads but as this book confirms it is still
as relevant and important to the community as it was over
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A1163 Hull to Bridlington Rly Through Time £14.99
The stretch of railway line between Hull and
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A3964 Isle of Man Railways
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The Isle of Man has a rich transport heritage
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and Port. This part of the line continues in
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and carriages and Gordon Edgar’s photography captures
this microcosm of former times, with the trains set amid the
beautiful Manx countryside. The Isle of Man railways are
hugely popular as a tourist attraction. There is a Railway
Museum beside the station at Port Erin. This book captures
the spirit of the Isle of Man’s narrow gauge network exploring
its history as well as today’s preserved steam railway.
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history, a popular service that spanned ten years of service
at the twilight of steam. He examines their rise and their fall,
their excesses and failures.
A3272 Steam Trains
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Most people are under a misapprehension:
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A4257 Swindon Works 1930-1960
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This is a fully revised and enlarged edition of
Working at Swindon Works 1930-1960, first
published in 2007. It describes various aspects
of the famous railway works of the Great
Western Railway, later British Railways
Western Region. Despite the disruption caused
by economic depression, the Second World
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manufacture, the 1930s through to the 1950s was, in many
ways, the greatest period in the Works’ long history. This
book puts the company’s range of output into perspective
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‘inside’. This book, together with the companion In and
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comprehensive account of this vast subject over a thirty year
period. The author also confronts many widely held views
and dispels some of the myths, one being that ‘everything
that can be written about the GWR has already been written’.
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speed of 125 mph, making it the fastest diesel-powered train
in the world at the time of its introduction. Although nearing
the end of its service life, recent refurbishments will give the
HST another ten years in mainline service. This book is
illustrated with colour photographs
A3345 The West Highland Railway
£19.99
In 2014, the West Highland Line will
celebrate the 120th anniversary of the
official opening of the West Highland
Railway between Glasgow and Fort
William. The West Highland Railway
was originally the product of empire
building and speculation as the great age of railway building
came to a close, but along with its extension to Mallaig, has
been twice voted the top railway journey in the world. From
the north shore of the Firth of Clyde, the line passes the
Gareloch, Loch Long and Loch Lomond before crossing
desolate but beautiful Rannoch Moor. From Corrour, Britain’s
highest and most inaccessible railway station, it descends
through Glen Spean towards Fort William. In this profusely
illustrated book, Dr John McGregor takes a look at the line
from its construction through to the present day, including
the men who built it and ran it in the early days through the
tourism and advertising that have always surrounded it to
mishaps and maintenance.
ATKINSON PUBLICATIONS
AT411 1964 - Last Summer of the Duchesses £9.95
This book doesn’t set out to be a
definitive history of the class and it
does tend to concentrate almost
entirely upon the more localised, but
major, arena of action in the North
West, but the content certainly
provides probably the most comprehensive account ever of
the events of that summer. Published to commemorate the
passing of half a century since the final working of all - the
‘Scottish Lowlander’ railtour of Saturday 26th September
1964 - the text concludes in relating the events of that
journey in detail. As No 46256 ‘Sir William A Stanier FRS’ set
out from Carlisle on a dark, wet autumnal evening to head
back towards Crewe, the 502 passengers aboard the train
believed that this was to be the very last-ever occasion upon
which the notorious gradients of the Westmorland Fells were
to resound to the deep, powerful exhaust beat of a ‘Duchess’
at the head of a heavy express train. Mostly unseen before,
the 66 illustrations provide a fascinating insight into what
occurred during those final months.
BD988 Branch Line of Strathearn Tourists,
Tatties and Trains
£30.00
BD983 N Staffordshire Rly in LMS Days: Vol 3 £25.00
BD987 Private Owner Wagons of Somerset
£25.00
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BD989 Longmoor Military Railway Vol 3
A New History
£30.00
For sixty years the British Army operated a
railway dedicated to training soldiers to
operate a complete strategic rail supply
system. Volume one dealt with the building
of the railway and the years up to 1939.
Volume two covered the years of World War
Two and the Cold War Era to 1965. This
third volume carries the story to its conclusion with the
closure of the Longmoor Military railway and contains details
of the locomotives and rolling stock. The volume includes a
section of colour images of the line and its trains.
BD982 Stations & Structures of the Midland &
Great Northern £30.00
BOB WILLIS
BOB90Taking the Weight - Life at Thornaby
Traction Depot from 1962-1990
£13.95
Bob Willis describes his career at Thornaby
Diesel depot starting as a fitter and continuing
to be in charge of the breakdown train. 192
pages A5 softback, illustrated in black & white.
BOOK LAW PUBLICATIONS
BL429
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1970s Diesels & Electrics A Steam
Enthusiast Looks Back
£12.99
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£9.99
EM1 & EM2: An Illustrated Historical Review £27.99
Lincolnshire After Beeching
£19.99
Over the Peak: Part 2:
Peak Dale to Millers Dale
£23.95
This is the second instalment of the ‘Over the
Peak’ books by Bentley. In this book the
author concentrates on the line from
Peakdale to Millers Dale. Throughout this
136 page publication the detailed study of the
line comes to life with the use of
photographs, many of which have not been
seen in previous books about this route, making this a
unique read for all those enthusiasts interested in the line.
BREWIN BOOKS
BRE23 Life on the Lickey
£10.95
The Decline of British Railways in
Bury & Rossendale
Another fine production from
Metrolink author Andrew Coward this
244 page tome takes the reader
through the ups and downs (mainly
downs) of rail services and the trains
that operated them, from Accrington,
Bacup, Rochdale and Bolton. through
Bury to Manchester Victoria. Main
line steam, diesel and electric
services, preservation on the East
Lancashire Railway and Metrolink all feature in a book
packed with photographs, many modern-day images in
splendid colour. Sadness at what has gone is balanced by
pleasure at what remains and this book gives a good
insight into both.
BRR15 £17.50
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Green Diesel Era
From 1958 onwards, vast
numbers of diesel locomotives
were constructed, both by BR’s
own workshops and by a growing
number of outside contractors, to
replace steam. Whilst some of
the new diesel designs proved to
be successful, others were not,
and some failed to outlast the
steam locomotives that they were
introduced to replace. This colour album illustrates those
early years of modern traction when many locos were
being finished in an attractive green livery. Looking back at
those early years of diesel motive power, the Western
Region’s use of hydraulic, instead of electric transmission
can be seen as a mistake but so too were the designs of
the Metropolitan-Vickers Co-Bo and the Clayton Bo-Bo
classes. Excluding pioneering prototypes, all of the major
first generation locomotive types are featured here
together with a number of early DMUs and diesel shunters,
providing the reader with a colourful contrast to the grime
and matt black of the ageing steam fleet.
CA381 £19.95
CA376 Southern Electric Driver
£12.95
CA382 Steam in the Welsh Landscape
£19.95
Today, Wales is famous for the ‘Great Little
Trains of Wales’ but at one time almost
every corner of the principality echoed to
the sound of steam. ‘Royal Scots’
thundered along the North Wales coast line
on the ‘Irish Mail’ while gleaming
‘Britannias’ stormed out of Cardiff on
Paddington expresses. In between these routes was the
tangle of lines that served the Welsh valleys and a much
larger rural, mountainous area where, on some of the more
remote branches, just a handful of trains each day sufficed
for the amount of traffic on offer. Using the best available
images this album vividly recalls the twilight years of steam
in the principality and, almost needless to say, the scenery is
absolutely breathtaking.
CLYARD NOVELLA LTD
CN213 BR Steam in Scotland
£25.00
COLOURPOINT
CPX01 Across the Tracks Reminiscences of
Working on Dundalk’s Railways
CP055 The County Donegal Railways
CRECY
CR717 Lost Underground Stations
CROWOOD PRESS LTD
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CW818Building Bridges & Viaducts
for Model Railways
£18.99
This book gives in-depth descriptions of
various different types of real-life bridges
from which the modeller can gain inspiration.
Detailed constructions in plasticard of four
bridge models and one viaduct model are
shown with step-by-step instructions.
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£18.99
This, well-illustrated book is essential reading
for all those railway modellers who are
considering building a fiddle yard. It defines
what a fiddle yard is in terms of operational
variety, storage and swapping trains,
demonstrates how a fiddle yard can be
integrated into a model railway layout. It
covers track-only fiddle yards using a single track, ladders of
multiple tracks and reversing loops, considers design issues
for oval and terminus layouts as well as combination fiddle
yards and the importance of train length and baseboards.
Common design features of track alignment, turnout control,
a diode matrix and the protection of models are also
considered and the book shows the reader how to build four
detailed projects, each one providing a different fiddle yard
solution.
CW653Great Western Railway Pannier Tanks £25.00
CW651LMS/BR Class 7 4-6-0 Rebuilds
the Rebuilt Jubilee, Patriot £25.00
CW768Scratch-Building Model Railway Locos £18.99
The book demonstrates, using step-by-step
text and illustrations, how to construct a
model of a pleasing J15 class, 0-6-0 steam
locomotive in 00 gauge. It explains how
models of other locomotives can be built by
adapting the methods covered in the book,
and discusses research, preparation and
acquiring, or preparing, the necessary plans and drawings
for the build. It covers materials and basic hand tools and
reveals how a simple dining room table can be used as a
work bench. Starting with the building of the running chassis
it then continues with the construction of the main locomotive
body and all the fine finishing details, provides guidance on
how to get your model running smoothly and examines
essential skills, especially soldering, and considers shaping
and producing parts from flat metal and tubing. It also
considers alternative options for chassis construction, other
gauges and scales, and discusses how to build a simple
diesel locomotive.
CW691Shropshire Railways
£16.99
CW707S Wales Direct Line - History & Working£19.99
A history of Great Western Railway’s direct
line from London to South Wales, from the
early 1900s onwards. With a focus on those
who worked the line,It includes the
‘Badminton’ line route, and all the stations
and junctions between Patchway and the
Severn Tunnel - an ideal resource for
anybody with an interest in this important British railway.
Route and station maps are included as well as hundreds of
colour and black & white photographs. 208 pages softback
with over 160 colour and black & white photos.
FONTHILL MEDIA
F5294
F5258
F5056
Last Years of Steam in Shropshire
£18.99
Steam North West
£18.99
Last Days of Steam Around Nottingham
and Derby £14.99
FREIGHTMASTER
FM758 Line By Line: Special Edition The Settle & Carlisle
FM757 Loco Review 2014
£18.95
£18.95
HA229 South West Heritage Steam Railways
A History and Guide
£14.99
The South West is a particularly rich
area for preserved steam railways,
with 5 of the most famous and
picturesque of the nation’s heritage
lines in the region: the Bodmin &
Wenford Railways, Dartmouth Stream
Railway, South Devon Railway, Swanage Railway and West
Somerset Railway. The author takes you on a photographic
journey along each of the featured lines to reveal how well
those enthusiasts succeeded in their quest to provide that
golden age of steam experience once more- providing
echoes of an era long gone but not forgotten. Featuring over
100 spectacular and evocative images, this book will be both
the perfect inspiration for a visit to the railways and the ideal
memento of your journeys on some of the greatest lines
amidst some of the most superb scenery in Britain.
HA200 Image of Bodmin Rd to Padstow &
Launceston Railways
£19.99
In this new volume of photographs from the
Maurice Dart Collection the author returns to his
home ground in Cornwall. The book follows
each route photographically, showing most of
the locomotive types that have worked on them.
The final chapters contain coverage of the two
preserved lines, again illustrating most of the
locos which have operated on them. Some older historic
images are included and many images may be of great
interest to modellers of historic locomotives with period
layouts. The reader is presented with a personal selection of
photographs, many of them taken by the author himself:
photos of locomotives, rolling stock and line infrastructure on
these Cornish lines whose chequered history, from the 19th
century until closure in the 1960s, typifies the story of so
many of Britain’s smaller railways. This book provides a
chance for railway enthusiasts to share in the author’s unique
memories of the railways that once served North Cornwall.
HA232 Images of Kent, Surrey, Sussex &
South London Railways
£19.99
In this new volume of photographs from the
Maurice Dart Collection the author covers the
railways in the south-east corner of England, a
region that while amongst the most populous,
is little explored and holds a particular
fascination for the railway enthusiast. The
photographs in this album have been largely
selected from the author’s collection of many thousands of
railway scenes. Together they present an overall view of
many of the types of locomotives which have worked in the
area since 19th century. Along with the photographs of
engines, much of what is nowadays termed ‘railway
infrastructure’ is included, together with a varied selection of
rolling stock. As wide a variety of locations are shown
including the main line, the branch lines, goods yards and
locomotive sheds. The book will appeal to railway
enthusiasts and will help readers to recall the magic and
nostalgia of the sight of working steam locomotives.
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British Rail: The Nation’s Railway
British Rail was a success. British
Rail is a contentious company, as
controversial as Dr Beeching and his
axe. However, this examination of
BR’s passenger services shows just
how vital the organisation was. It
successfully carried millions of
commuters to and from their jobs
every day; organised its trunk route
services to yield a profit under the
brand name ‘Inter-City’; and pioneered world-beating
research and technological development through its own
research centre and engineering subsidiary. It
transformed the railway system of Britain from a
post-Second World War state of collapse into a modern,
technologically advanced railway. And it did all this
despite being starved of cash and being subjected to the
whims of ever-fickle politicians. British Rail: The Nation’s
Railway is a story, expertly weaved by Tanya Jackson, of
how all this was achieved against the odds.
H6076 £14.99
HISTORY PRESS
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I3809 abc British Loco Shed Directory &
Loco Shed Book
£11.00
There is a continual demand for facsimile
reprints of Ian Allan’s abc loco books from the
1950s and 1960s, as a reference source to
the railways of that era. These books
generally did not include the Locoshed
allocations, which were published separately.
In 2002 they published the 1952 Locoshed
Book and in 2004 they published the 1960 Locoshed Book.
The Spring 1962 Locoshed Book i the latest reprint, with all
shed allocations for all British Railway locomotives, together
with the 1962 Shed Directory, which gives a complete guide
to all the main line locomotive sheds and works in Great
Britain at this time. This classic reprint gives enthusiasts a
complete listing of the large numbers of steam locomotives
that were still in operation in the early 1960s as well as the
large numbers of first-generation diesel locomotives and
multiple units that had entered service by this date.
I3799 abc British Rlys Locos Combined
Volume Spring 1955
£13.00
abc British Railway Atlas 4th Ed
Derived from the author’s successful
series of larger format railway atlases
covering the British Isles and Europe,
the first edition of the abc British
Railway Atlas was published in 1995.
Designed as a handy travelling guide,
the book’s format makes it ideal for
slipping into the pocket or camera bag.
Now the pocket atlas has been fully
updated with 55 pages of maps
showing the railways of Great Britain and Ireland.
Information includes: Passenger and freight-only lines All
passenger stations Enlargements of major centres
Preserved railways Disused and mothballed lines Proposed
lines Full gazetteer of stations.
I3803 £11.00
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I3807 abc London Underground Rolling
Stock Guide 2014
£13.50
As many passengers travel daily on London
Underground as the rest of the British railway
network in its entirety and passengers will be
familiar with the differences between the
Underground lines. What perhaps is less
obvious to the travelling public is the
difference between the sub-surface stock and
the much smaller deep-level tube stock which is constrained
by the size of the tunnels. Even within these two main types
of stock there are differences between individual lines,
depending on density of traffic in central London or the
suburbs, special demands of servicing Heathrow airport and
even differing lengths of platforms. Stock on the
Underground generally has a long life. The book gives a
historical description of each of the main types of
sub-surface stock and deep level tube stock in operation
today and is accompanied by detailed specifications of each
type of stock and photographs. The book provides a
complete listing of the stock numbers of each vehicle.
I3746 Blue Diesel Era
£20.00
I3800 BR Departmental Locomotives 1948-68£20.00
This new book provides a single reference
work to all the departmental locomotives steam, diesel, electric and battery-both
standard and narrow gauge operated by BR
from 1948 to the end of steam in 1968.
Although the railways employed the vast bulk
of their locomotive stock on commercial
passenger and freight traffic, many also employed a number
for departmental duties. At Nationalisation in 1948 BR
inherited a number of these departmental locomotives from
the ‘Big Four’ companies and, over the next 20 years, a
number of further steam and other locomotives were
transferred to departmental duties, including a significant
number used as stationary boilers. The book includes
information about the locations at which the locomotives
worked and provides full details of each individual
locomotive’s record in departmental service.
I3745 Diesel-Hydraulics in 1960s & 1970s
£20.00
I3794 Handbook for Rly Steam Loco Enginemen£20.00
I3748 Lost Lines East Anglia
£18.00
I3630 Rail Atlas 1939-1945
£20.00
I3796 Railway Atlas of Ireland Then and Now £20.00
This new atlas compares the railway network in
Ireland in 1920 with the network today, with
maps laid side by side for easy comparison.
The Irish railway network was built in the 19th
century by numerous independent railway
companies. Many of these were speculative
ventures and served under-populated rural
areas and many were gradually taken over by larger railway
groups. The main lines were split between eight major
companies but there were numerous other smaller companies
that maintained their independence but many, however, failed
to generate their predicted revenue. 1920 was the peak year
in the Irish railway network but the civil war and partition that
followed that decade had a serve impact on the railways.
Traffic declined still further during WWII and during
1950s-60s. Swathes of the railway network were closed so
today’s network is only about half the size of that in 1920. The
maps will be supplemented by historical photographs and a
potted history of each line, with a time line.
I3756 S & D Line From Above:
Evercreech Junction to Bournemouth £25.00
I3697Speedlink
£22.50
I3767 The Woodhead Route
£22.50
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South and West from Waterloo
This lovely new collection of
photographs covers the area in
which the London & South
Western Railway operated, which
subsequently became part of the
Southern Railway in the Grouping
in 1923 and then Southern Region
under BR on Nationalisation. As
well as the main line from London
Waterloo to Basingstoke,
Southampton and Bournemouth, the book covers other
lines in Hampshire and Dorset, the Lymington branch, the
Swanage branch, Weymouth, and the holiday routes via
Salisbury into Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, with
detours to the Lyme Regis branch, the Exmouth branch,
Wadebridge and Torrington, terminating at the Atlantic
Coast at Ilfracombe This book presents an evocative
pictorial record of the end of the 1950s and the 1960s on
South Western lines. This book portrays a way of life on
the railway that was soon to disappear with the end of
steam and the closure of many lines in the 1960s.
I3795
£20.00
I3805 Wartime GWR
£25.00
100 years ago Britain stood on the brink of a
world war that was to take the country to the
limits of its capabilities. The railways were
fundamental to the war effort at home. The
Great Western Railways played a significant
role in maintaining the flow of people and
goods. Although the railways were taken
under government control during WWI, the Great Western
Railway largely maintained its own character which
continued when the railways were grouped under the control
of the ‘Big Four’ in 1923. Two decades later and the country
was at war again and the GWR was called on once more to
help the war effort. The difference this time was the railways
were directly targeted by the enemy as their aircrafts
reached far into Britain. At the end of the war the railways
were facing financial ruin and were shortly afterwards
nationalised. The STEAM Museum of the Great Western
Railway at Swindon has built up an unparalleled archive of
photographs of the history of the GWR, which accompany
the text in this book.
JDF ASSOCIATES
JDF26 Poster to Poster: Railway Journeys
in Art V 7 The Glorious South West
£39.00
This is an addition from the original
plan. There are so many wonderful
South-Western area posters that they
really deserve a volume to
themselves. The book begins in
Somerset and travels through
Wiltshire until the West Country beckons. It is through
beautiful Dorset with its magnificent coastline and rolling hills
behind, and then into Devon and Cornwall. Here a veritable
blizzard of evocative posters is shown together for the first
time. The journey finishes off the mainland, with first a trip to
the Isles of Scilly before ending in the Channel Isles. The
cover is Frank Wootton’s superb painting of Torquay, Devon
with the famous 1859 Brunel Bridge at Saltash, Cornwall by
Anton van Anrooy, a super GWR poster, on the rear.
IRWELL PRESS
IR904 Book of the Castle 4-6-0s
£29.95
As has become customary with this series
there is a wealth of information and a
fascinating selection of quality black and white
photos covering the complete class and
highlighting the variations and modifications
made during their working life. 336 pages A4
hardback with over 500 black & white photos.
IR968 Book of the Granges
£27.95
IR964 LNER Pacifics Remembered
£24.95
INDUSTRIAL RAILWAY SOCIETY
IRS77 Peckett & Sons Ltd- Album of Official Photos£17.95
KESTREL RAILWAY BOOKS
KRB32Cumberland & Westmorland Railway
Pictorial 1948-1968
£14.95
This pictorial review shows the changing
railway scene in Cumberland and
Westmorland, together with the North
Lonsdale district of Lancashire, from
Nationalisation until the end of main-line
steam in 1968. It contains photographs in
chronological order to show the progression
from almost exclusive steam working to its total decline in
just 20 years. Two major trunk routes passed through the
area: the Settle and Carlisle line built by the Midland Railway
and the London & North Western Railway’s route over Shap.
In addition, there were many picturesque Lake District and
coastal routes such as the Cockermouth, Keswick and
Penrith Railway, the line between Carlisle, Maryport,
Workington and Whitehaven and the electrified Morecambe
and Heysham line. Containing a large number of excellent
photographs showing both the locomotives and the stunning
landscape through which they operated, this book charts the
transition of motive power from Nationalisation to the
“Fifteen Guinea Special” in August 1968.
LAMPLIGHT PUBLICATIONS
LL658 The Bedford to Hitchin Railway
£12.95
Stops Along the Manx Electric
Railway
The Manx Electric Railway is unique.
Built at the dawn of the electric era,
towards the end of Queen Victoria’s
reign, it still uses its original rolling
stock. The line runs for almost
eighteen miles through spectacular
countryside up the east coast of the
Isle of Man. Its antique vehicles
continue to serve both the local
population and visitors as the railway
has done for more than one hundred and twenty years.
This photographic survey illustrates every stop from
Douglas to Ramsey, and shows the surroundings, the
infrastructure and the trams which call at each. The
pictures are the result of the author’s long-term interest in
the MER and demonstrate that it is a living railway as well
as a priceless part of Manx industrial heritage. For those
who have taken the tram from Douglas to Ramsey this
book will bring back happy memories; for those who have
not, it will show you what you’re missing.
LB009 £18.95
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M7464 Berwick to Drem
£17.95
Authorised in 1844 and opened in 1846, the
North British Railway linked Edinburgh with
the Border Town of Berwick. The opening of
the Royal Border Bridge in 1850 elevated the
route to main line status. Today it is part of the
electrified East Coast Main Line. Whilst the
North Berwick branch somehow survived
closure the Eyemouth branch was not so fortunate and is
now a distant memory.
M7461 Birkenhead to West Kirby
£17.95
The West Wirral stations are shown in blue
and light brown in different eras and much
steam activity is seen in this area. The
transition to electric traction is seen at various
locations as are the local goods services. The
long forgotten line to Hooton is presented with
sme fascinating early views. We return to
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built at their eastern end.
M7463 Birmingham to Tamworth and Nuneaton£17.95
The complex junctions and diverse industries
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M7467 Branch Lines Around Market Drayton £17.95
This book covers three rural journeys from the
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M7462 Narrow Gauge Branch Lines Harz Revisited
£17.95
Despite being in operation since the latter
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M7455 North of Birmingham to Bescot & Lichfield£17.95
M7465 Spalding to Grimsby via Boston & Louth£17.95
Noted for its fruit, vegetable and flower traffic,
the route carried a variety of passenger
services. They served a wide range of stops,
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buildings. All are illustrated, along with a wide
diversity of locomotives.
M7453 Stratford to Cheshunt
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NB815 BR Blue No 6 Train Formations
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NB983 Didcot, Newbury & Southampton Railway
Final Years 1948-
£38.00
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NB820 Great Western Docks & Marine
£25.00
The name of Tony Atkins should need little
introduction to followers of the Great
Western Railway. One of the original
contributors to the books on Great Western
Wagons and more recently on Great
Western Goods Services, his expertise in
this particular field of history, operation and
commerce is probably without equal. Now he turns his
attention to the Docks services operated by the Company
and while shipping cannot be totally ignored, this is a book
which concentrates primarily on the docks - how they
operated, and the traffic that each of them handled, both
goods and passenger. Neither were the Great Western
docks limited to just South Wales, instead the book starts at
Brentford, moves to Weymouth, then travels around the
coast to Kingswear, Totnes and Plymouth before continuing
through Bristol, Gloucester and finally into
NB825 Great Western Infrastructure 1922-1934£16.50
The E Wallis photographic archive consists
of over 1,000 mostly unpublished images of
railways taken between 1924-1934, which
show scenes mainly from the Southern or
GWR regions. Following on from the success
of the first Southern book in the series,
Noodle Books are delighted to present the
best of the GWR selection, covering locations main and
branch, stations, signals and infrastructure. It is quite
deliberate that very few trains feature. The views have to be
seen to be believed, and are of remarkable clarity and detail
and portray that most iconic of railways, the Great Western
Railway, as it has rarely been seen before.
NB813 Highland Railway Carriages & Wagons £25.00
Impermanent Ways: the Closed Lines of Britain
NB812 Vol 7 - Dorset
£11.95
NB814 Vol 8 - Gloucestershire
£11.95
NB819 Southern Wagons in Colour
£17.50
NB816 Southern Way - Special Issue No 10
£16.50
NB822 In the Tracks of the Cornish Riviera E
xpress a
Journey of Rationalisation and Change £11.95
For almost sixty years from 1904, a
stream hauled ‘Cornish Riviera Express’
left Paddington soon after 10am on a
non-stop run to Plymouth. As was the
fashion of the time, slip-coach working
allowed a fast service to be provided to
destinations en-route including
Weymouth, Minehead and Ilfracombe. After Plymouth the
train continued west to Penzance, again with connecting
services to the principal seaside resorts. Author Amyas
Crump retraces the route from Paddington with a feast of
nostalgic images showing the railway in colour both in its
heyday as well as what remains today.
NB818 The Southern Way Issue No.27
£14.50
The ever-popular mix of steam, electric,
history, reminiscences as well as the usual
features abound and will delight all
enthusiasts of the Southern Region. This
issue concentrates on infrastructure,
stations, yards and civil engineering,
subjects we know from our postbag are ever
popular especially with the modeller. Look out then for a
veritable feast in both colour and black and white.
OAKWOOD PRESS
OA734 Davington Light Railway: 2014 Edition £7.95
The story of this little known narrow gauge (3
ft 3 in) railway was first published by the
Oakwood Press in 1968. This new edition has
been expanded to twice its original size.
Secrecy surrounded the railway’s construction
and operation during its brief existence.
Newspapers were not allowed to publish
articles or photographs of the railway, and the public were
not permitted to travel on the line. The recipe for the story
of the Davington Light Railway is unusual, its ingredients war, gunpowder and people. Much has happened since the
first edition of this title saw the light of day. Two of the three
Manning, Wardle locomotives, Nos. 2 and 3, were found in
Santa Caterina, Brazil, in 1971. Then owned by the
Compania Docas Imbituba, this dock company later donated
these engines to the planned railway museum at Tubarao,
Santa Caterina. Extraordinarily those are not the only
locomotives associated with Davington that have survived
into preservation.
OA735 Eden Valley Railway: New Edition 2014 £9.95
This railway was the first to serve the beautiful
verdant and fertile Eden Valley. The line
connected the Cumbrian town of Penrith with the
Westmorland market towns of Appleby and
Kirkby Stephen. At Kirkby Stephen it formed a
junction with the North Eastern Railway’s
Stainmore Route giving access to Darlington
and the North-East. The Midland Railway’s Settle & Carlisle line
came to the Eden Valley later, and the two railways crossed at
Appleby. The first regular passenger trains ran in 1862 and
these continued for almost a century. But this was not the end
of the story - the section between Appleby and Warcop was
used into the 1980s to serve the Ministry of Defence depot. At
the time of the book’s original publication, the first signs of a
railway revival in the Eden Valley were emerging. This new
edition brings the story up to date and records the activities of
both the Eden Valley Railway Trust and Stainmore Properties
and the return of trains to both locations.
OA732 The Ely & St Ives Railway
£14.95
OA733 Newton Abbot to Kingswear Railway £19.95
PF109 BR Locos & Coaching Stock Combined 2014£19.50
PF110 Preserved Locos of British Railways £16.95
Ruston & Hornsby Diesel
Locomotive Album
This book illustrates and describes
the locomotives built by Ruston &
Hornsby Ltd of Lincoln. Between
1931 and 1969 they built over 6,000
diesel locomotives, the majority
being narrow gauge. It is based
primarily on the builder’s own
photographs of their locomotives
under construction and in industrial
service, backed up with detailed
captions, a 20 page historical introduction and selected
reprints from the builder’s sales literature which include
scale drawings. 112 pages, A4, casebound, with full
colour dust jacket and around 100 black and white
illustrations.
PLA63 £28.00
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OP661 BR Steam Locomotives Complete
Allocations History 1948-68
£40.00
OP603 Illustrated History of Festiniog Railway£20.00
OP662 Stations & Structures of Settle & Carlisle Rly£25.00
OP653 The Network South East Story
£30.00
PAUL HAYWOOD
PH432 Changing Trains- A Global Review
£16.99
Central Question: Blackpool’s
Station Closure Sensation 50 Years on
On the 50th anniversary of the
controversial closure of Blackpool
Central Station, this highly illustrated
book looks back nostalgically at what
was one of the busiest passenger
termini in Britain. But it also
investigates the real reasons for the
closure of the station... against the
Beeching recommendations. The book
features a foreword by Paul Nettleton,
chairman of Blackpool and Fylde Rail Users’ Association
PP217 £7.99
PROGRESSIVE PRESS
S1373 A Century of Railway Travel
S1324 Golden Age of Train Travel
SH285 On Either Side 1939 - LNER
£8.00
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RCL
RCL72 WDLR Album
£31.95
The 60cm gauge light railways of the
Great War continue to exercise a
fascination almost a century after
their creation. Both the Allies and the
Central Powers (Germany and the
Austro-Hungarian Empire) employed
narrow gauge railways for the tactical re-supply of troops in
forward areas. Never previously had any group, business or
government department organised a new railway network (of
any gauge) on such a grand scale and at such short notice.
A most important point about the concept of the WDLR is
that its birth came about during a brief ‘window of
opportunity’, following the successful development of small
internal combustion powered locomotives but before the
perfection of the robust ‘cross-country’ pneumatic tyre.
Within a decade, the all-wheel-drive, pneumatic tyred, i/c
engined road truck would enter military service, at a stroke
rendering the light railways obsolete whilst tracked armoured
fighting vehicles (both tanks and self-propelled artillery)
would restore mobility to the wider battlefield.
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S5274 BR P&P 68 South Devon
£18.00
This will be the 5th volume in the series to visit
the county of Devon. The previous volumes in
the series being: No 8 Devon, No 52 East
Devon, No 53 North and West Devon, No 67
Plymouth & South West Devon. Newton
Abbott has a fascinating railway history having
in the past had a railway workshop and
several branch line connections. Even today the railway is
an important part of the transport infrastructure - several
branch lines may have closed but there is still much to see
both as the working railway and the traces of past lines.
David Mitchell has yet again come up with a wonderful mix
of past images with which to contrast the present.
S4439 N Yorkshire Moors Railway Recollections£6.00
SL402
SL403
S4428
S4430
Railways and Recollections Vol 35 1970 £6.00
In this volume, we travel back to the
year 1983 when away from the
railways: the CD was launched in the
UK; the Austin Metro was the
bestselling car; £1 coin introduced;
Margaret Thatcher gains a landslide
re-election; Cruise Missiles arrive in UK; House of Lords
votes to allow TV coverage of its sessions.
S4431 Railways and Recollections Vol 44 1976 £6.00
S4436 Severn Valley Railway Journey
£20.00
S4422 Stone by Rail A History of the Rail-connected
Quarries of Aggregate Industries
£25.00
S4434 Beeching Legacy: Cambrian Lines, N Wales £20.00
STENLAKE PUBLISHING
ST673 Fife’s Last Days of Colliery Steam
£9.00
In 1947 almost six million tons of coal
were produced by the 32 pits and
collieries in Fife. Almost 20,000 people
worked in the industry. Integral to the
effort were 57 steam locomotives,
many of which are seen at work in this
selection of photos from the 1960s and 1970s. The text is up
to Tom’s usual standard and the book contains special
sections on the Fife Coal Company and the Wemyss Private
Railway. Collieries and pits featured include Comrie, Frances,
Blairhall, Valleyfield, Cowdenbeath, Nellie, Glencraig, Mary,
Minto, Bowhill, Kinglassie, Rothes and the Wellesley.
ST674 Glamorgan’s Lost Railways
£16.00
In the 19th century the Great Western
Railway came to dominate the county, but the
LNWR and the Midland also made inroads.
Additionally there were some smaller,
independent railways including the Taff Vale
Railway and the Swansea & Mumbles
Railway. The story of these lost railways is
told in detail in this large format book which features period
photographs of now closed stations such as Crynant,
Cowbridge, Creigiau, Llantwit Major, Fochriw, Rhydyfelin,
Mountain Ash, Swansea East Dock, Dowlais High Street,
Pontrhydyfen, Bedlinog, Mumbles Pier, Lavernock, Barry
Pier and dozens more.
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Lost Railways of Yorkshire’s West Riding
ST656 .. Barnsley, Doncaster, Sheffield & South£9.00
The first of three lost railways books
for the West Riding gives a broad
outline of the area featured. This
volume covers the southern area, the
realm of coal mining, iron and steel.
In the heyday of steam, heavy
industry relied almost completely on railways. These times
are revisited in this compact book packed full of facts,
figures and photographs. Lost stations featured include:
Notton & Royston, Wombwell, Sheffield Victoria, Denaby,
Barnsley Court House, Carlton, Maltby, Sprotborough, Kirk
Smeaton, Rotherham Central, Cudworth, Treeton, Arksey,
Finningley and many others.
ST655 .. Harrogate and the North
£9.00
The north of the old West Riding is,
and was, a predominantly agricultural
area so railways were fewer and
further between than the urban belt to
the south, but there is still much of
interest for the railway enthusiast.
Modest railways, such as the Nidd Valley Light Railway,
which served market towns and villages, are now closed, but
the majestic Settle and Carlisle Line continues to stride
across the Pennines as lasting evidence of Victorian
confidence, over confidence perhaps, and engineering
ingenuity. Stations illustrated by period photographs include:
Sedbergh, Barnoldswick, Arthington, Tadcaster, Ingleton,
Earby, Nidd Bridge, Ripon, Ripley Valley, Pateley Bridge,
Elslack, Rylstone, Skipton, Bolton Abbey, Wetherby, Gisburn
and many more.
ST657 .. Central Section Bradford, Halifax,
Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield £15.00
This area of Yorkshire’s West Riding was
one of the parts of Britain most affected by
the Industrial Revolution and its major towns
are still synonymous with manufacturing,
mining and the textile industry. The area was
densely populated so demand for freight and
passenger railway services was immense,
resulting in many lines. The network has been cut back
hugely since the end of steam, but the glory days are
recalled in this large format book which features 135 period
photographs as well as all the vital statistics of closed
passenger lines. Too many stations are included to list but
photographs include Dewsbury, Woodkirk, Bradford Market
Street, Forster Square and Exchage Stations, Great Horton,
Thackley, Ardsley, Gomersal, Pudsey Low Town, Holmfirth,
Kippax, Copley, barlow, West Vale, Delph, Halifax St Pauls,
Kirkburton, Haworth, Askern, Leeds Wellington, Ripponden,
Heckmondwike, Batley, Stanningley, Oxenhope and more.
ST670 Lost Railways of Essex
£9.00
Essex is a county not just of car
factories and commuter housing but
also of rolling countryside, small
villages with inviting pubs and
picturesque towns. Its railway
network has suffered less than in
other parts of the country but there have still been losses.
This little book acts as an introduction to the lost passenger
railway lines of Essex and is a combination of vital statistics
and archive photographs. Stations illustrated include Ongar,
Tiptree, Thorington, Canning Town, Halstead, Saffron
Walden, Takely, Felstead, Earls Colne and others.
North British Railway
A History
Founded in 1842, the North British
Railway grew to become the largest
of Scotland’s old pre-Grouping
railway companies. Across eight
eventful decades it became
dominant in the east of Scotland
principally but it also had lines in the
west and into Northumberland.
Through this time it had to cope with
an ever-changing society, an
expanding and contracting economy and its own internal
problems and power struggles. Based on original sources,
this definitive new history includes area maps, a detailed
timeline, and many illustrations.
ST647
£30.00
TWELVEHEADS PRESS
TH479 Fayle’s Tramways
£28.00
For much of the twentieth century a small
train periodically stopped the traffic on the
main road from Wareham to Swanage and
for many people this was the only
manifestation of an important local industry.
Ball clay had been extracted from Purbeck
since the sixteenth century but it was the
beginning of the nineteenth that saw the start of serious
exploitation. Benjamin Fayle built Dorset’s first railway in
1806 to get his clay to the coast and over the years the
needs of transport saw a number of very individual railways
until the 1990s. This book is the result of the author’s lifelong
interest in the industry and his detailed personal knowledge
of the mines and railways. It tells of the many aspects of clay
extraction and mining, processing and weathering,
tramways, horses, locomotives and rolling stock, family
connections and personalities, merchants and miners,
accidents and rescues, education and the school train,
shipping and the effects of war.
Loco Modelling from Scratch
& Etched Kits 2
A very user-friendly, straightforward
and encouraging book in which the
author guides the reader through
the techniques necessary for loco
building, covering the two
disciplines of kit- and scratchbuilding As he doesn’t feel there
has been any appreciable
difference in his approach from
modelling in 4mm to 7mm and
10mm scales, the book should prove useful to everyone,
but 7mm is the focus throughout these pages. Ingeniously,
Geoff has supported his text with a pair of signature
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Her Home, The Antarctic:
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VI1538 Trolleybuses in Moscow
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VI1541 Zurich
VI1540 Bern Geneva
VI1539 Basel & Lausanne
VI1520 Warminster Vintage Running Day 2012
VI1337 Western National Bristol VR - Final Days
VI1273 Western National Bristol VR - Twilight VI1500 Wilts & Dorset  -  Damory Bristol VR 3
VI1406 Yorkshire Dales by Bristol
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VI0952 100 Years of Sheffield Trams
VI0661 Aberdeen’s Trams
VI1043 Bradford’s Favourite Transport
VI1391 Cliff Lifts of Great Britain
VI0673 Dundee Trams
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VI0628 Glasgow Trams Part 1
VI0657 Glasgow Trams Part 2
VI1265 Hastings Trolleybuses
VI1247 Hill of Howth Tramways
VI1272 LT Single Decker Buses 1946-69
VI0453 Leeds Tramways
VI0375 Liverpool Overhead Railway
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£16.00
£16.00
£18.00
£19.00
£11.00
VI0421 London Trams Part 1
VI0410 London Trams Part 2
VI0560 London Trolleybuses Vol. 1
VI0575 London Trolleybuses Vol. 2
VI0732 Newcastle & Gateshead Trams & Trolleys
VI1055 No Trolleys Round the Square
VI1015 No Trolleys to Aquarium
VI1318 No Trolleys to Loose (Maidstone)
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£19.00
£19.00
£18.00
£16.00
£18.00
VI1316 No Trolleys to Piccadilly
VI0954 No Trolleys to Tiger Bay
VI1023 Passing of Pyewipe
VI1002 Remember the Trackless
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£16.00
£16.00
VI1050 Remembering London’s
Trams & Trolleybuses
VI0662 Sheffield Buses in the 1960’s
VI0394 Sheffield Trams
VI0738 South Shields Trolleybuses
VI0929 Swansea & Mumbles
VI0753 Tramways in North Lancashire
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£19.00
£13.00
£12.00
£20.00
VI0754 Tramways in & Around Manchester
VI1128 Transport in Portsmouth
VI0928 Transport in Southampton
VI0876 Transport in Sunderland
VI0972 Travels by Tram through Belgium
VI1132 Travels by Tram through Belgium 2
VI1276 Trolleybuses of S Lancs & St Helens
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£15.00
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£18.00
VI1524 London’s Heritage
VI1535 London Gemini 2
VI1533 Leyton the Movie: Story of Leyton Garage
VI1534 Plumstead Delivers:Story of a Bus Garage
VI1532 Streets of London Volume 1
VI1523 Streets of London Volume 2
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£19.95
£19.95
£19.95
£19.95
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VI1562 WW1: Life on the Home Front in NW England £12.00
In this unique DVD to mark the centenary of
WWI, the North West Film Archive has shared
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North West England. Drawing on rare archive
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Blackpool, to the subsequent victory parades in Whalley and
Haslingden and the unveiling of war memorials from
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of the darkest periods of our history.
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