Book Detail [HYL-00213] Sharp, John and Hillman, Tony

Book Detail [HYL-00213] Sharp, John and Hillman, Tony. 'Southern Region Memories' Photographs from the Bluebell Museum Archive. Corhampton, Southampton, UK: Noodle Books, 2010. 1st Edition. 275mm x 215mm x 11mm. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906419486. 64 Pages with Black/White Photos. The photographer, J J Smith was privileged to be aware of what was happening, when and where throughout the Southern region, hence he was able to capture these - most now seen for the first time $28.00

[HYL-00199] Siviter, Roger. 37s in the Highlands. Southampton, Hampshire, UK: Kingfisher Railway Publications, 1989. 1st Edition. 275mm x 215mm x 4mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0946184526. 48 Pages with Black/White Photos. The history of the English Electric class 37 locomotives used in the Highlands is told in this text. The class was first used on passenger duties in the Highlands in the early 1980s, and many of these locomotives are illustrated in this account. $16.00

[HYL-00196] Siviter, Roger. 50s in Devon & Cornwall. Southampton, Hampshire, UK: Kingfisher Railway Publications, 1989. 1st Edition. 275mm x 215mm x 4mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0946184518. 48 Pages with Black/White Photos. The English Electric 2700 hP class 50's were introduced in 1967 and at first worked on the LMR, particularly on the West Coast route. in the early 1970's they were used in pairs on Anglo-Scottish services between Crewe and Glasgow, the next change saw them in the south. $20.00

[IR910] Smith, Martin. A British Railways Illustrated Special: A Year to Remember 1957. Clophill, Bedfordshire, UK: Irwell Press, 1999. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608910. 76 Pages with Black/White Photos. A larger example of the monthly magazine $29.85

[HYL-00035] Shepherd, David. A Brush with Steam: David Shepard's Railway Story. Newton Abbot, Devon, UK: David & Charles, 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 0715381571. 263 Pages with Colour & Black/White Photos. $45.00

[IR35X] Holden, Bryan & Leech, Kenneth H.. A Century in Steam GWR. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 187160835X. 92 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos $44.85

[HYL-00141] Not Stated. A Collector's Guide To: Railwayana. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2001. 1st Edition. 215mm x 145mm x 12mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711026173. 160 Pages with Black/White Photos. $40.00

[SP-3019] Kardas, Handel ( Ed. ). A Collectors Guide to Railwayana. London England: Ian Allan Ltd, 2001. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711026173. 257 black and white photographs. 160 pages - A detailed and highly illustrated guide to the growing interest in collecting items from the past age of Britain's railways. Chapters deal with tickets, signalling equipment, nameplates, signs, catering items, paperwork, clocks, and station/office items. Each chapter is written by an expert in the particular field of railwayana and provides an invaluable overview to the wide range of items for collectors. $45.00

[CP015] Yeadon, W. B.. A Compendium of LNWR Locomotives 1912 - 1949 : Part 1 Passenger Tender Engines. Oldham, Lancashire, England: Challenger Publication, 1995. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1899624015. 154 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - mainly pictorial books but have lists of building details for the classes covered. Their coverage starts from 1912, which was when Willie Yeadon saw his first LNWR engine, so engines withdrawn before that date are not dealt with, but they continue to the final withdrawal of LNWR classes by BR and so provide excellent sources of photographs of the later years and the LMS period in particular. $90.00

[CP147] Yeadon, W. B.. A Compendium of LNWR Locomotives 1912 - 1964 : Part 2 Goods Tender Engines. Oldham, Lancashire, England: Challenger Publication, 1996. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1899624147. 122 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - A reliable reference work on the 16 classes of engine concerned. Includes full listings, numbers, date built or rebuilt, LNWR Number and date withdrawn. $90.00

[HYL-00093] Marden, Dave. A Further Look at Southampton's Quayside Railways. Southampton, UK: Kestrel Railway Books, 2009. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781905505128. 164 Pages with Black/White Photos. Southampton has long been famous for its docks, but the port also spreads along the banks of the rivers Test and Itchen. Here, lesser wharves have seen their share of rail traffic, and along the whole waterfront, cargoes were moved for over a hundred years by a varied assortment of locomotives working behind the scenes. In this second book about Southampton's industrial and minor railways, Dave Marden has included locations that are slightly further afield, although still within the Southampton area. The book also features non-steam traction and narrow gauge lines, and while some of the subjects might be a little removed from the more recognisable classes of locomotive, their diversity of design and employment makes them all the more interesting. Some of the lines covered in the previous book have been revisited, particularly those where steam power was superseded by diesel. The two volumes together present a useful and informative guide to the railways and locomotives that have graced Southampton's waterside - not always attractive but certainly honest and valued workhorses that played such an important role in the city's industrial development and history. $50.00

[HYL-00103] Buttrey, Pam. A History of Droxford Station: A Journey Through 1500 Years. Corhampton, Southampton, UK: Noodle Books, 2012. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906419936. 104 Pages with Colour & Black/White Photos plus Line Drawings. $40.00

[HYL-00063] Watson, Tim. A Monarch at Work: The Story of No.6024 King Edward 1 on the Main Line Since 1990. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 9780711032576. 176 with Colour & Black/White Photos. An account of this GWR mainline steam locomotive that has seen longer service in preservation than under either British Rail of the Great Western that built it. $60.00

[HYL-00081] Hunt, John. A Past and Present Companion: The North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Kettering, Northants, UK: Past & Present Publishing Ltd, 2001. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1858951879. 128 Pages with Black/White Photos and Tables. $55.00

[HYL-00067] Maidment, David. A Privileged Journey: From Enthusiast to Professional Railwayman. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Pen & Sword Transport, 2015. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 9781783831081. 260 Pages with Black/White Photos & Tables. 'A Privileged Journey, Volume 1 1940-1962' is a personal and individual account of the author' youthful enthusiasm for trains and the travels he undertook in Great Britain and on the European continent as a student and management trainee of British Railways. It is illustrated by over 140 black and white photos, mostly taken by the author himself as a boy and student. The chapters cover the emergence of the young boy's interest in steam locomotives in particular, through his 'trainspotting' days to his numerous journeys in the late 1950s and early 1960s, with many accounts of locomotive performance supported by an extensive appendix of train 'logs'. Some of the chapters are much extended narratives from articles serialised in the UK enthusiast magazine, 'Steam World' over the last decade and are also based on ten hours of verbal interviews recorded by the UK National Railway Museum at York as part of their 'Oral History' archives supported by a UK National Lottery Grant.The second volume, to be published at a later date, covering the period from 1962 to the current time, will describe his continuing interest and records while pursuing his career as stationmaster, area manager, train planner, Regional operating manager and finally Head of Safety before his retirement in 1996 and subsequent career as an international railway safety consultant. $75.00

[IR632] Booth, Adrian. A Railway Bylines Special: Industrial Railways in Colour - South Wales No.2. Clophill, Bedfordshire, UK: Irwell Press, 2006. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266637. 64 Pages with Colour Photos. Trawling through old dusty notebooks and pursuing background research in preparation for this book has revived many memories of travels to South Wales in pursuit of industrial railways. It has given an opportunity to reflect on why it was my favourite region. Perhaps a combination of geomorphology, infrastructure and people. The dominant local scenery of steep sided valleys cut down through the Pennant Sandstone formation renders the region unique in these Isles. Mines, foundries and housing jostled with each other for space in these crowded valleys, intertwined with road, river and rail. Fences appeared to be an idea that had yet to arrive. Paradoxically this close 'connectedness' gave a sense of openness to the visitor which was mirrored in the local folk. A warm welcome from gaffers who recounted local railway anecdotes over tea dispensed from grimy mugs was commonplace. A treasured piece of railwayana would be unwrapped from a greasy cupboard and displayed proudly and possibly presented as a gift. A marked contrast to these days when railwayana is expensive spoil. With the passing of the mines and foundries so has this tactile and collective culture gone for ever. The more sterile information and consumer age has created light industry and supermarkets on the burial grounds of the mines. 'Lived in' overalls have been replaced by high visibility vests, hard hats and safety boots. Permission to view the remaining sites worth visiting can be fraught with bureaucratic difficulty in contrast to the welcoming open access that was once widespread in South Wales. $29.95

[HYL-00038] Vanns, Michael A.. A View from the Past: Severn Valley Railway. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2006. Reprint. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9780711025998. 96 Pages with Black/White Photos. A brief history of the Shrewsbury and Hartlebury and Bewdley to Kidderminster railway. $48.00

[HYL-00039] Jones, Richard. A View from the Past: West Somerset Railway. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 1998. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711026009. 96 Pages with Black/White Photos. Currently Britain's longest preserved railway, the West Somerset Railway runs from Taunton to the coast at Minehead. Richard Jones traces its history, rolling stock and infrastructure from its inception as a broad gauge line to the present day. $60.00

[HYL-00139] Not Stated. ABC 1985: British Rail Locoshed Book - Summer 1985 Edition. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 1985. 1st Edition. 155mm x 117mm x 5mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711015422. 80 Pages with Colour & Black/White Photos plus Tables. $10.00

[SP-2032] Bowles, L.J.. ABC 1989: British Rail Hauled Coaching Stock. London, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 1989. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711018502. 91 Pages with Colour Photos. $7.00

[HYL-00135] Not Stated. ABC 1989: British Rail Multiple Units. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 1989. 1st Edition. 150mm x 115mm x 10mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711018480. 160 Pages with Colour Photos & Tables. $10.00

[HYL-00137] Ball, M.G.. ABC British Railway Atlas: Revised 4th Edition. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 2014. 4th Edition-Revised. 185mm x 120mm x 7mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9780711038035. Appox. 90 Pages with Maps. $18.00 [DLS-317] Ball, M.G.. ABC British Railways Atlas: 3rd Edition. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 2006. Reprint. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711030596. 76 Pages with 55 Maps. A pocket book with 55 pages of maps updated to 2004 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. $26.95

[SP-2028] Glover, John. ABC National Railways - A Guide to the Privatised Railway. London England: Ian Allan Ltd, 1996. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 071102457X. small ABC booklet - 128 pages b/w photos - Describes the principal changes to the organisation of Britain's Railways under the Railways Act of 1993. $28.60

[HYL-00136] Not Stated. ABC Railway Quiz Book: Now & Then - Includes a reprint of the original ABE Quiz Book from 1960. Addlestone, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 2015. 1st Edition. 185mm x 120mm x 7mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9780711038325. 96 Pages of Quiz Questions. $17.00

[HYL-00071] Golden, Laurie. Along the Route of the Ace. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2015. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 9780711036987. 96 Pages with Colour Photos. A combination of stunning scenery and popular holiday destinations has ensured that the railways of the West of England, particularly in the counties of Devon and Cornwall, are amongst the most popular in the country. In the 1920s the Southern Railway sought to create a named train that, as well as delivering passengers to its destinations in the counties, would become in time a part of Britain's railway history. The result was the 'Atlantic Coast Express' - a train with almost as many destinations as carriages. The Route of the ACE looks at both passenger and freight services during the early to mid 1960s, a period when car ownership and foreign holidays were beginning have an impact on the viability of passenger services. Connected to this was the increase in goods being carried by lorry, despite many of the local roads not being suitable for heavy freight traffic. As some of the scenes show, the route was in terminal decline with passenger coaches, freight stock and locomotives all having seen better days. The West Country had a great variety of motive power that added to the popularity of the region amongst the enthusiast fraternity from humble tank locomotives, to the LSWR 'T9' 4-4-0s that were for many years the mainstay of both passenger and goods traffic. The Maunsell Moguls served for 30 plus years and the Bulleid Pacifics were joined by BR Standards that were sent west to see out their final years. In this lovely new volume, photographer Laurie Golden captures the last years of steam on the Southern Region's lines west of Salisbury, which will stir memories both of regret and nostalgia for days that have now disappeared forever. $50.00

[HYL-00008] Shepherd, David. An Artist Among the Ashes 1966-68: Continuing David Shepherd's Photographic Record - Now at the End of BR Steam. Corhampton, Southampton, UK: Noodle Books, 2014. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781909328013. Approx. 50 Pages with Colour Photos & Illustrations. The second volume of David Shepherd's photographic tribute at the end of BR steam. This time the concentration is on the LMR and NE areas (although there are a few pages of Southern as well). Moody, nostalgic, and thought provoking, as we witness the steam classes that remained to the end dirty, unkempt but still providing service even if 'management' were so keen to be rid of them. $45.00

[CP058] Hooper, John ( Compiler ). An Illustrated Historical Survey of a Great Provincial Station Manchester London Road. Oldham, Lancashire, England: Challenger Publication, 1995. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1899624058. 64 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - Well illustrated account of the Manchester's London Road Station - Piccadilly $32.25

[CP007] Wells, Jeffrey. An Illustrated Historical Survey of the Railways in and Around Bury. Oldham, Lancashire, England: Challenger Publication, 1995. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1899624007. 128 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - An excellent publication with lots of information and pictures, not only of Radcliffe's railway history, but, as it's name suggests, a good source for all railways around Bury. $46.65

[IR651] Smith, W. A. C. & Anderson, Paul. An Illustrated History of Carlisle's Railways. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1997. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608651. 92 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - the railway came into Carlisle, not just once but seven times, under the auspices of a series of different railway companies. The result within the city was a fascinating jumble of lines heading towards their own separate stations, and a battle between those gaining access to the centre and those initially denied it.The story of rail in the city begins however with a canal. Proposals have regularly been made to construct a canal cutting across the country and linking the Irish Sea with the North Sea via the Solway and the Tyne. After a number of false dawns, what was hoped would be just the first section of the long distance route was opened in March 1823, connecting Carlisle with an exit to the Solway at what was christened Port Carlisle. This 11 mile stretch would in itself prove of great benefit to the growing city, facilitating as it did the import of raw materials and the export of finished goods to and from the canal basin situated a mile to the north-west of the city centre. Although demand was growing to complete the cross country link it did not take shape as a canal as originally planned but as a railway, which by that time was clearly the most cost effective option. Construction of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway began in 1830, but it was not until 1838 that the line was completed to connect the two cities. In Carlisle itself moreover the engineer had been faced with a difficult question - where should the line end? Should it terminate at the canal basin to complete the original plan, or nearer to the city centre for the convenience of passengers? The lure of revenue from the traffic in coal for export to the basin from collieries near Brampton to the east won the day, so a route across the lie of the land to the south of the city was chosen to allow this. Unfortunately for passengers this meant that the nearest the line approached the city centre was when it crossed under London Road, about three-quarters of a mile outside the city. It was here however that London Road Station was constructed, with the goods line continuing further as the Canal Branch. In 1843, the arrival of the second line to the city - the Maryport and Carlisle Railway - brought with it the complications and arguments which were to be a continuing feature of Carlisle's railway history, although not to begin with. The Maryport and Carlisle - approaching the city from the south along the Caldew Valley - reached agreement with the Newcastle and Carlisle to turn east and join their Canal Branch for half a mile before reversing into London Road station which they would share. So far so good, but the directors of the Maryport and Carlisle had plans for a new station of their own closer to the city centre, and acquired a seven acre site at Crown Street. Objections were raised not only by the Newcastle and Carlisle but also by the approaching Lancaster and Carlisle whose plans were going through Parliament at the same time, both of which lines the Maryport and Carlisle would cross on the level! Construction of a temporary station at Crown Street was eventually agreed but using a similar join and reverse method of approach as at London Road. This was not to survive for long! The through line from Lancaster to Carlisle opened in 1846 to the background of continuing disputes about the location and use of a new shared central station. Indeed for nine months the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway terminated in the Newcastle and Carlisle's London Road Station via a curve off its authorised route into the city. Trains from Lancaster and the south only began to use Court Square ( to be developed as Citadel Station) just outside the city's medieval walls in 1847. Agreement was finally reached for Maryport and Carlisle trains to use the new station in 1851, but not before their station at Crown Street had been totally demolished by a gang of one hundred Lancaster and Carlisle men, armed with picks and crowbars, in order $45.90

[IR597] Smith, W. A. C. & Anderson, Paul. An Illustrated History of Edinburgh's Railways. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1995. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608597. 112 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - A pictorial delight and a solid, well written and well researched, reliable text. A good coverage of all the many facets of a remarkable railway history $46.65

[IR66X] Smith, Martin. An Illustrated History of Exmoor's Railways. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1995. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 187160866X. 76 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - A look at the railways of one of the South West's most attractive corners, though it ranges a little beyond the true geographical confines. The book devotes a separate section to each of the area's five railway lines, Barnstaple - Ilfracombe, Barnstaple - Taunton, Taunton - Minehead, Lynton and Barnstaple and the ancient West Somerset Mineral Railway. Considerable primary source research has been undertaken in a effort to come up with something a little different and it is hoped that the end result provides a concise, and occasionally offbeat, insight into railway operations in West Somerset and North Devon. $38.85

[IR333] Smith, W. A. C. & Anderson, Paul. An Illustrated History of Glasgow's Railways. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1993. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608333. 112 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos $39.95

[CP090] Barker, M. A.. An Illustrated History of Hull & Barnsley Railway Locomotives. Oldham, Lancashire, England: Challenger Publication, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 1899624090. 184 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos extensively illustrated with black and white photographs. Superbly detailed history of the locomotives of this short-lived railway company. $97.05

[IR449] Nicholson, M. & Yeadon, W. B.. An Illustrated History of Hull's Railways. Grasscroft, Oldham, UK: Irwell Press, 1993. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608449. 112 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - this is an account of rail services the city of Hull once had and the lines which were still used at the time it was written in 1993 $43.10

[IR49X] Stretton, John. An Illustrated History of Leicester's Railways. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1998. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 187160849X. 60 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos $39.45

[IR686] Anderson, Paul. An Illustrated History of Liverpool's Railways. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1996. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608686. 78 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos $44.15

[IR157] Anderson, Paul & Cupit, Jack. An Illustrated History of Mansfield's Railways. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266157. 76 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - Based in the territory of Britain's favourite legendary hero, Robin Hood, this is the story of the movement of coal by rail from the pioneering Mansfield & Pinxton of 1819 to the modern scene of today. Mansfield had a busy network of lines and the present reinstatement of passenger services to freight only routes means a healthy future for the railways in the area. A superb selection of photographs and detailed maps bring the area to life. $32.85

[IR376] Wells, J.. An Illustrated History of Rochdale's Railways. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1993. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608376. 80 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - Rochdale railway station serves the town of Rochdale in Greater Manchester, England. The Manchester and Leeds Railway opened a station serving the town in the 19th century. The station was built, for reasons of economy of building and operation, some distance to the South (and up a steep hill) from the town centre.The original station opened in 1839 adjacent to Moss Lane, to the east of the current station which was opened in 1889. $32.25

[IR511] Longbone, Bryan. An Illustrated History of Scunthorpe's Railways. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1996. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608511. 76 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - The greatest and most enduring maybe, of our iron and steel making centres, Scunthorpe - Frodingham grew up because wealth was there to be tapped. The story begins with the South Yorkshire Railway building a line alongside its own canal, reaching for the busy waters of the Trent and Humber. Into the cast come and go a host of characters - ironmasters and land-owning gentry, politicians, buccaneering railway magnates, venal local merchants and above all, the common folk, working 18 hours a day and drinking water brought in tins from miles off. Everyone strains to carve a slice of the untold commercial and mineral wealth laying all around. The thread connecting them all is the railway, from the Great Central to the LNER and British Railways, to the intricate system of industrial lines and locos serving the great works themselves. This small part of North Lincolnshire rose to become the economic powerhouse of the LNE Southern Area and the Eastern Region after it. The railway surrounding Scunthorpe was secure in a monopoly, and relations with the steel men could be fragile. Moreover the railway was ever struggling to keep pace with developments; it could never keep all its customers happy, despite going to the extraordinary lengths of involving itself in clandestine and illegal setting of rates for traffic. It had also to manoeuvre with Parliament - and just one of its endless episodes of twisting and turning was dismissed as 'an act of insanity after the years of agitation to get improved railway facilities. I hear there is great dissatisfaction in Scunthorpe as you may imagine.' Whatever the trials and tribulations of railway working and steel making on the ground, it made a wonderful theatre for the steam locomotive in all its many moods - it really was, Steam and Steel. $44.15

[IR619] Deller, A. W.. An Illustrated History of Slade Green Depot - from Steam to Networker. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1994. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608619. 96 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - An intimate story of this famous South East London depot, from it's early beginnings as the very first 'commuter' shed, to the present day as a Traction Maintanience Depot. $57.45

[DLS-047] Bixley, G. & Blackburn, A. & Chorley, R. & King, M.. An Illustrated History of Southern Wagons Volume Two: LBSCR and Minor Companies. Yeovil, Somerset, UK: Oxford Publishing Company, 2003. Reprint. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 0860932206. 106 Pages with Black/White Phots & Line Drawings. A comprehensively illustrated survey of the wagons of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway plus the minor companies which passed into Southern Railway ownership. As well as a detailed text there is an extensive selection of line drawings which are produced to 4mm scale for modellers. First published in 1985, this is the 2003 reprint and provides an essential reference source for all enthusiasts and modellers interested in the history of the Southern Railway.61 line drawings $59.95

[IR114] Baker, Allan C.. An Illustrated History of Stoke & North Staffordshire's Railways. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266114. 66 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos $29.25

[IR732] Smith, W. A. C. & Anderson, Paul. An Illustrated History of Tayside's Railways Dundee and Perth. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1997. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608732. 84 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - Tayside, a region of great beauty and immense diversity between the mighty Grampians and the wide Tay estuary - a land of broad straths, sudden gorges and the almost impenetrable Sidlaw and Ochil Hills. These natural features determined the shape of the railway system centred on two Scottish cities - sedate Perth, one of the most important railway centres in Britain, and Dundee, famous for jute, jam and journalism.... and the Tay Bridge. The region and the railways were characterised by a fascinating diversity , in its landscape and its railway engineering. In this Illustrated History this contrast comes to life, from A4s on the three-hour Aberdeen expresses to the horse tram at Inchture Village. Pairs of Inverness-bound Black 5s prepare for the Highland summit at Drumuachdar, bust residentail services run businesslike from Arbroath and Newport. Mixed trains rattle along the idyllic Aberfeldy branch and saddle tanks fuss about in the streets of Dundee - a fascinating slice of Scottish railway history. $36.75

[IR325] Smith, Oliver. An Illustrated History of the Isle of Wight Railways - Cowes to Newport. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1993. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608325. 56 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - The first railway line to be built on the Isle of Wight was between Newport and Cowes. The Cowes & Newport Railway Company formed by Act of Parliament on 8 August 1859 and began construction of the line on 16 October. The line opened to passengers on 1 July 1862, with the first Cowes-Newport journey taking under 10 minutes, while the full return trip took less than 30 minutes $28.65

[IR635] Wroe, David. An Illustrated History of the North Cornwall Railway. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1994. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608635. 152 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - This work, published shortly after the author's unexpected death, is the definitve work on the North Cornwall Railway and is, quite possibly, the best book written on any part of the Southern Railway's "Withered Arm". The author left no stome unturned in his search for information, there are exceedingly well documented accounts of the background to events leading to the Railway's promotion, to its survey and eventual construction. The line is described in great detail with vast amounts of background information and ancedotes. Traffic, operating and eventual sad decline and demise are all documented faithfully. The book is published to a very high standard on glossy paper and is peppered with high quality photographs and diagrams. For anyone with an interest in the difficulties of railroading through the inhospitable Cornish countryside, or simply wants to indulge in the nostalgic past of one of our long-lost but not forgotten railways there is no book better than this. $68.25 [IR528] Fell, Mike G.. An Illustrated History of The Port Of King's Lynn and Its Railways. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2012. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919528. 112 pages b/w photos - An informative, personal and graphic portrayal of the Port of King's Lynn from the railway era until the present day. The author spent over forty years in the port transport industry, part of senior management of the east coast ports of King's Lynn, Goole, Hull, Ipswich and Whitby and the Trent wharves of Flixborough and Gunness. It was at King's Lynn that he first held the position of Port Manager, from July 1984 until April 1987. He became passionate about the port's progress both past and, more importantly, during his reign. It was on Mike Fell's watch that the annual cargo throughput over the enclosed dock quays surpassed one million tons for the first time, an achievement shared with a highly enthusiastic and well motivated workforce and the King's Lynn Conservancy Board. $31.90

[IR627] Baker, Audie. An Illustrated History of the Stratford on Avon to Cheltenham Railway. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1994. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608627. 156 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - Although the Honeybourne to Cheltenham line opened throughout in the summer of 1906, connecting with the single-line branch from Honeybourne to Stratford upon Avon , it was to be another two years before the line came into its own as a through route. The final section of line to open was between Bishops Cleeve and Cheltenham. To start with, all trains reversed at Malvern Road Junction to gain access to the St James terminus station in Cheltenham , as Cheltenham Malvern Road station did not open until 1908. There were proposals to build a spur to gain southbound access to Cheltenham St James but this never came to fruition. With the southern half of the line complete, the engineers moved north to concentrate on completing doubling of the Stratford branch, which diverged from the Worcester to Oxford line at Honeybourne. Honeybourne Junction was remodelled and a new loop was completed allow access for trains to Stratford from the Oxford direction. Honeybourne station is actually about half a mile east of the junction and provided access to three routes : north towards Stratford ; east and west towards Oxford and Worcester and south towards Cheltenham. The Stratford-Cheltenham line passed beneath the Worcester-Oxford route and the two routes were connected by junctions to reach Honebourne station. Thus, through trains on the Stratford to Cheltenham line by-passed Honeybourne station altogether. $64.65

[HYL-00193] Crockart, Andrew & Patience, Jack. An Irish Railway Pictorial: Rails around Belfast. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Midland Publishing, 2004. 1st Edition. 285mm x 215mm x 5mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1857801679. 80 Pages with Black/White Photos. The latest addition to Midland Publishing's popular Irish Railway Pictorial series looks at the railway network which served the island's second largest city, Belfast. At the turn of the last century, Belfast was served by three independent railway companies which had their own termini in the city, the Great Northern, the Belfast & Northern Counties and the Belfast & County Down. The three systems were linked by the GNR owned Belfast Central Railway and lines along the city's docks. This pictorial review covers both the city and an area extending to Lisburn on the GNR line, Antrim on the BNCR system and Comber and Bangor on the BCDR. Though it largely focuses on the period after World War 2, it does acknowledge what went before. In addition to the passenger carrying lines, the book explores the lines linking the city's three termini and the buses and trams which were used by passengers transferring from one station to another. $45.00

[HYL-00085] Bray, Nigel. Andover to Redbridge 'The Sprat & Winkle Line'. Southampton, UK: KRB Publications, 2004. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0954485947. 136 Pages with Black/White Photos, Maps & Tables. The Sprat and Winkle Line was the familiar name of a railway line which ran between Andover and Redbridge in Hampshire, UK. It was also known as the Andover to Redbridge Line. Passenger services were withdrawn on 7 September 1964. The line was then used for freight until 18th September 1967 and the line then closed between north of Romsey and Andover. The track remained for four years after the line was closed, but much of the route between Kimbridge and Chilbolton is now used by the Test Way long-distance footpath. $50.00

[DLS-026] Bray, Nigel. Andover to Redbridge - the Sprat & Winkle Line. Southampton England: KRB Publications, 2004. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0954485947. 136 pages b/w photos drawings - The Sprat and Winkle Line was the familiar name of a railway line which ran between Andover and Redbridge in Hampshire, UK. It was also known as the Andover to Redbridge Line. Passenger services were withdrawn on 7 September 1964. The line was then used for freight until 18th September 1967 and the line then closed between north of Romsey and Andover. The track remained for four years after the line was closed, but much of the route between Kimbridge and Chilbolton is now used by the Test Way long-distance footpath. $49.95

[HYL-00102] Inns, Robert & Scott-Morgan, John. As They Were: Bluebell Railway Locomotives. Earl Shilton, Leicester, UK: Midland Publishing Limited, 1996. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1857800362. 84 Pages with Black/White Photos. $28.00

[HYL-00101] Heavyside, Tom. As They Were: Keighley & Worth Valley Locomotives. Earl Shilton, Leicester, UK: Midland Publishing Limited, 1996. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. 84 Pages with Black/White Photos. $28.00

[HYL-00010] Marden, Dave. Beckton's Railways and Locomotives. Southampton, Hampshire, UK: Kestrel Railway Books, 2015. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781905505388. 132 Pages with Black/White Photos and Tables. Those who lived in the era when town gas was produced in local gasworks will remember them as devilishly grim and grimy places, covered in a film of coal dust and emitting pungent odours. But, to enthusiasts of industrial railways, they were sheer heaven. Many had their own private lines for transporting coal for the process of extracting gas from it, and some had both standard- and narrow-gauge systems. In general, gasworks ceased production in the mid- to late-1960s, when natural gas from the North Sea began to be pumped ashore and distributed around the national network. There can be few railway enthusiasts who have not heard of Beckton gasworks, as it was the biggest in Europe with a huge internal railway operated by numerous and distinctive cut-down locomotives running throughout both the gasworks and the adjacent products factory. Beckton'srailways lasted for a century, during which time around a hundred locomotives came and went, working ceaselessly around the clock to provide heat and energy for London. Beckton's railway system and its locomotives are all covered in the book, as are details of the neighbouring outfall and sewage works that had its own railway, and saw a host of contractor's engines that were engaged there over the years. Beckton's Railways and Locomotives gives a marvellous insight to this fascinating aspect of London's industrial past. $44.00

[RP-003] Garratt, Colin. Best of Britain's Steam Railways - Exploring Britain's Railway Heritage. Farnborough England: AA Publishing, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 0749542128. 144 pages profusely illustrated colour photos - This fully illustrated guide offers readers more than 40 of the very best preserved and privately owned railways all over the country, including their history and rolling stock. Readers will also find additional entries for the best-preserved stations, railway museums, and plenty of ideas for walks and cycle rides. $39.95

[IR236] Morgan, John Scott. Bishop's Castle : Portrait of a Country Railway. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1991. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608236. 48 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - The Bishop's Castle railway was never a financial success. It was not unusual for little railways to be built speculatively and many went bust all over the country. This particular line, however, was remarkable for its tenacity in the face of impossible economic odds. It ran for seventy years, of which it spent sixty nine in the hands of the receivers The original plan was to build a line from Craven Arms to Montgomery, eventually linking to mid-Wales and Shrewsbury, with a branch line from Lydham to Bishop's Castle. The money ran out half way, so the scheme only ever reached Lydham with engines reversing direction to complete the journey to Bishop's Castle. The route joined the main Shrewsbury to Hereford line at Craven Arms and wound for ten and a half miles along the beautiful Onny valley through Stretford, Horderley, Plowden and Eaton. It played a vital role in the lives of the cattle market, the gas works, traders and townsfolk alike, yet never made any money. Even in those pre-nostalgic days, visitors enthused over the line, and staff willingly worked for less than the union rates to keep it running. Such was the affection the railway generated. It struggled on defiantly until finally closing in 1935. Enthusiasm for the line persists to this day and sections of the old embankments, bridges and station buildings can still be seen along the A489 road between Craven Arms and Lydham. The memory of the line is kept very much alive by the Bishop's Castle Railway Society who have preserved many artefacts and photographs which are on permanent display at the Bishop's Castle Railway and Transport Museum in High Street $20.85

[DLS-030] Collins, Paul. Black Country - British Railway Pictorial. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 2003. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711029695. 80 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - Paul Collins provides a pictorial survey of the Black Country railway network during the quarter century after the end of World War II. Highlighting both passenger and freight services, the book explores many of the unfamiliar and long-forgotten routes. $39.95

[IR317] Hitches, Mike. Bournville : Steam & Chocolate. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1996. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608317. 32 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - Open up the layers of this chocolate box and you might even have George Lazonby leaving his Milk Tray for you. Not only chocolates on offer but the Bournville railway story and a fascinating tale it is too. $17.85

[HYL-00202] Ratcliffe, David. BR Air-Braked Wagons in Colour. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2014. 1st Edition. 285mm x 215mm x 14mm. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9780711034600. 96 Pages with Colour Photos. Compiled by David Ratcliffe, an expert on the wagon subject, this guide complements his previous volumes in the British Railway Pictorial series on Private Owner Wagons and International Train Ferry Wagons. Aimed at the modelling fraternity, this heavily illustrated title shows the wide range of air-braked wagons, both revenue types and departmentals, that BR owned themselves and operated from the mid-1970s, providing coverage of the third main groups of wagons to be found in use during the period. The 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. $40.00

[IR872] Butlin, Ashley. BR Coaching Fleet Mk2, Mk3 & Mk4 - A Full Listing of Numbers Conversions Renumbering and Disposals. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1998. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608872. 36 pages b/w photos $16.15

[HYL-00131] Marsden, Colin J.. BR Locomotive Numbering: All Diesel and Electric Locomotives operated by BR. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 1984. 1st Edition. 215mm x 145mm x 18mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711014450. 304 Pages with Black/White Photos & Tables. $25.00

[ARMP-051] Ware, Mike. British Industrial Steam: The Twilight Years. Elizabeth, South Australia, Australia: Railmac Publications Australia, 1984. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0949817414. 52 Pages with Black/White Photos. $6.95

[SP-2052] Harris, Michael. British Main Line Services 1900 - 1968. Yeovil, Somerset, England: Oxford Publishing Co., 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 0860935361. 224 pages b/w photos - A book which looks at the changes that took place in main line railway passenger services during the 20th century. There were often special reasons of prestige, competition, local business or political interest for the way that railway services developed and their patterns of operation were maintained. All of these are discussed. The book details the main line services of all railway companies in England, Scotland and Wales. The heyday of steam railway operation in the years prior to World War I are compared with the inter-war years, World War II and the final services of the 1960s. The complex cross-country services such as Birkenhead to Dover and Aberdeen to Penzance are described along with the operation of famous trains such as the "Flying Scotsman", the "Royal Scot", the "Sunny South Express", the "Night Ferry" and the "Cheltenham Flyer". Information is also provided on the pre-Grouping railways of 1900-1922, the "Big Four" of 1923-1947 and the nationalized network, 1948-1968. $82.55

[SP-2050] Milner, Chris. British Rail around the East Midlands. Inchbrook, Glouchestershire, UK: Pathfinder, 1988. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. As New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0906025338. Approx. 64 Pages with Black/White Photos. $16.45

[HYL-00226] Gough, John. British Rail at Work: Intercity. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 1988. 1st Edition. 300mm x 220mm x 13mm. Hardcover. Book. Not Signed. New / New. ISBN: 0711016054. 112 Pages with Black/White Photos. $30.00

[HYL-00028] Smith, Paul & Smith, Shirley. British Rail Departmental Locomotives 1948-1968: Includes Depots and Stabling Points. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2014. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9780711038004. 96 Pages with Colour & Black/White Photos plus Line Drawings. This is a single, comprehensive reference work covering all departmental locomotives operated by British Rail between 1948 and 1968. $40.00

[HYL-00205] Hendry, Robert. British Railway Goods Wagson in Colour Volume 2: 1960-2003 - For the Modeller and Historian. Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK: Midland Publishing, 2003. 1st Edition. 280mm x 215mm x 6mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1857801709. 96 Pages with Colour Photos. This volume breaks new ground in being the first all colour book devoted to the British goods wagon. It covers a broadly representative selection of wagons which made up the bulk of goods trains from 1948 until the early 1980s when modern methods of freight handling saw the end of the traditional wagonload traffic. Of particular interest to modellers. $45.00

[CP04X] Johnson, Bill. British Railway Locomotive Works in the days of Steam : An Enthusiast's View. Oldham, Lancashire, England: Challenger Publication, 1995. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 189962404X. 96 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - Filled with great photos of locomotive construction $43.85

[HYL-00121] Banks, Chris. British Railway Locomotives 1962. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Oxford Publishing Company, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 9780860935919. 224 Pages with Black/White Photos & Tables. The book contains a listing of all the locomotives and multiple units in service on British Railways in 1962. Each locomotive's allocation is given togther with a list of withdrawals and additions to stock during the year. 1962 was a year of massive change on Britain's railways. If you were trainspotting in 1962 this book will bring back a host of memories - if you were not, then you can find out what you missed. A great selection of black and white photographs brings it all to life. $66.00

[IR007] Hawkins, Chris & Hooper, John & Reeve, George. British Railways Engine Sheds No. 1 - An LNER Inheritance. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1988. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608007. 40 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - No.1 is a review of the principal LNER developments; it begins with a short discussion of the situation prior to Grouping in 1923 and describes how the LNER embarked upon a great programme of mechanisation and renewal. Chronically short of cash the company nevertheless set about the work with a considerable ingenuity and fashioned novel (and, essentially, cheaper) solution to problems of engine disposal. Drawing upon archive sources, contemporary plans and reports and a wealth of other material the account describes how many of the LNER principles were perpetuated on British Railways, in a new and distinct era of rebuilding in the 1950s. $16.50

[IR082] Hawkins, Chris & Hooper, John & Reeve, George. British Railways Engine Sheds No. 3 - London Midland Matters. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 1871608082. 90 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - This book re examines many of the details of the pre Nationalisation era, drawing upon hitherto poorly known archive material. It reconsiders many aspects and more importantly places the story in a continuous historical context. $43.10 [IR22X] Hawkins, Chris ( Editor ). British Railways Illustrated - Annual No. 10. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2001. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 190326622X. 96 pages b/w photos - A collection of reflective articles with excellent quality photographs to the usual British Railways Illustrated's high standards. $44.85

[IR300] Hawkins, Chris ( Editor ). British Railways Illustrated - Annual No. 11. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2002. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266300. 96 pages b/w photos - A collection of reflective articles with excellent quality photographs to the usual British Railways Illustrated's high standards. $44.85

[IR767] Hawkins, Chris ( Editor ). British Railways Illustrated - Annual No. 5. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1996. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608767. 96 pages b/w photos - A collection of reflective articles with excellent quality photographs to the usual British Railways Illustrated's high standards. $44.85

[IR864] Hawkins, Chris ( Editor ). British Railways Illustrated - Annual No. 6. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1997. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608864. 96 pages b/w photos - A collection of reflective articles with excellent quality photographs to the usual British Railways Illustrated's high standards. $44.85

[IR791] Hawkins, Chris ( Editor ). British Railways Illustrated - Annual No. 7. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1998. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608791. 96 pages b/w photos - A collection of reflective articles with excellent quality photographs to the usual British Railways Illustrated's high standards. $44.85

[IR600] Hawkins, Chris ( Editor ). British Railways Illustrated - Annual No. 8. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1999. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608600. 96 pages b/w photos - A collection of reflective articles with excellent quality photographs to the usual British Railways Illustrated's high standards. $44.85

[IR165] Hawkins, Chris ( Editor ). British Railways Illustrated - Annual No. 9. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266165. 96 pages b/w photos - A collection of reflective articles with excellent quality photographs to the usual British Railways Illustrated's high standards. $53.85

[IR416] Hawkins, Chris ( Editor ). British Railways Illustrated - Annual Number 12. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266416. 96 pages b/w photos - A collection of reflective articles with excellent quality photographs to the usual British Railways Illustrated's high standards. $44.85

[IR505] Hawkins, Chris ( Editor ). British Railways Illustrated - Annual Number 13. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2004. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266505. 96 pages b/w photos - A collection of reflective articles with excellent quality photographs to the usual British Railways Illustrated's high standards. $44.85 [IR610] Hawkins, Chris ( Editor ). British Railways Illustrated - Annual Number 14. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2005. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266610. 96 pages b/w photos - A collection of reflective articles with excellent quality photographs to the usual British Railways Illustrated's high standards. $47.85

[IR341] Hawkins, Chris ( Editor ). British Railways Illustrated - Annual Number Four. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1995. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608341. 96 pages b/w photos - A collection of reflective articles with excellent quality photographs to the usual British Railways Illustrated's high standards. $53.85

[IR589] Hawkins, Chris ( Editor ). British Railways Illustrated - Annual Number Three. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1994. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608589. 96 pages b/w photos - A collection of reflective articles with excellent quality photographs to the usual British Railways Illustrated's high standards. $53.85

[IR570] Hawkins, Chris ( Editor ). British Railways Illustrated - Annual Number Two. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1993. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608570. 96 pages b/w photos - A collection of reflective articles with excellent quality photographs to the usual British Railways Illustrated's high standards. $53.85

[IR459] Hawkins, Chris ( Editor ). British Railways Illustrated - Summer Special No. 12. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2004. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266459. 96 pages b/w photos -The Irwell SUMMER SPECIALS are based upon the monthly magazine British Railways Illustrated, now in its eleventh year. The Summer Special has hard covers and 96 pages, of all new material. All the articles are original, Separately commissioned and designed for the Summer Specials - no repeats of material already used, and no dusted down items left over from the magazine. BRILL readers will know of the regular Fourum, Diesel Dawn, War Report and Thirties File but as well as these there are a whole range of new articles and features. $44.85

[IR572] Hawkins, Chris ( Editor ). British Railways Illustrated - Summer Special No. 13. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2005. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266572. 96 pages b/w photos -The Irwell SUMMER SPECIALS are based upon the monthly magazine British Railways Illustrated, now in its eleventh year. The Summer Special has hard covers and 96 pages, of all new material. All the articles are original, Separately commissioned and designed for the Summer Specials - no repeats of material already used, and no dusted down items left over from the magazine. BRILL readers will know of the regular Fourum, Diesel Dawn, War Report and Thirties File but as well as these there are a whole range of new articles and features. $47.85

[IR643] Not Stated. British Railways Illustrated - Summer Special No. 2. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1994. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608643. 96 pages b/w photos -The Irwell SUMMER SPECIALS are based upon the monthly magazine British Railways Illustrated, now in its eleventh year. The Summer Special has hard covers and 96 pages, of all new material. All the articles are original, Separately commissioned and designed for the Summer Specials - no repeats of material already used, and no dusted down items left over from the magazine. BRILL readers will know of the regular Fourum, Diesel Dawn, War Report and Thirties File but as well as these there are a whole range of new articles and features. $53.85

[IR724] Not Stated. British Railways Illustrated - Summer Special No. 3. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1995. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608724. 96 pages b/w photos -The Irwell SUMMER SPECIALS are based upon the monthly magazine British Railways Illustrated, now in its eleventh year. The Summer Special has hard covers and 96 pages, of all new material. All the articles are original, Separately commissioned and designed for the Summer Specials - no repeats of material already used, and no dusted down items left over from the magazine. BRILL readers will know of the regular Fourum, Diesel Dawn, War Report and Thirties File but as well as these there are a whole range of new articles and features. $53.85

[IR716] Not Stated. British Railways Illustrated - Summer Special No. 4. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1996. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608716. 96 pages b/w photos -The Irwell SUMMER SPECIALS are based upon the monthly magazine British Railways Illustrated, now in its eleventh year. The Summer Special has hard covers and 96 pages, of all new material. All the articles are original, Separately commissioned and designed for the Summer Specials - no repeats of material already used, and no dusted down items left over from the magazine. BRILL readers will know of the regular Fourum, Diesel Dawn, War Report and Thirties File but as well as these there are a whole range of new articles and features. $53.85

[IR813] Not Stated. British Railways Illustrated - Summer Special No. 5. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1997. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608813. 96 pages b/w photos -The Irwell SUMMER SPECIALS are based upon the monthly magazine British Railways Illustrated, now in its eleventh year. The Summer Special has hard covers and 96 pages, of all new material. All the articles are original, Separately commissioned and designed for the Summer Specials - no repeats of material already used, and no dusted down items left over from the magazine. BRILL readers will know of the regular Fourum, Diesel Dawn, War Report and Thirties File but as well as these there are a whole range of new articles and features. $44.85

[IR848] Hawkins, Chris ( Editor ). British Railways Illustrated - Summer Special No. 6. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1998. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608848. 96 pages b/w photos -The Irwell SUMMER SPECIALS are based upon the monthly magazine British Railways Illustrated, now in its eleventh year. The Summer Special has hard covers and 96 pages, of all new material. All the articles are original, Separately commissioned and designed for the Summer Specials - no repeats of material already used, and no dusted down items left over from the magazine. BRILL readers will know of the regular Fourum, Diesel Dawn, War Report and Thirties File but as well as these there are a whole range of new articles and features. $44.85

[IR953] Hawkins, Chris ( Editor ). British Railways Illustrated - Summer Special No. 7. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1999. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608953. 96 pages b/w photos -The Irwell SUMMER SPECIALS are based upon the monthly magazine British Railways Illustrated, now in its eleventh year. The Summer Special has hard covers and 96 pages, of all new material. All the articles are original, Separately commissioned and designed for the Summer Specials - no repeats of material already used, and no dusted down items left over from the magazine. BRILL readers will know of the regular Fourum, Diesel Dawn, War Report and Thirties File but as well as these there are a whole range of new articles and features. $53.85

Clophill,[IR041] Hawkins,Bedfordshire, Chris England: ( Editor Irwell ). British Press, Railways 1999. 1st Illustrated Edition. Laminated - Summer Pictorial Special Boards. No. 8. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266041. 96 pages b/w photos -The Irwell SUMMER SPECIALS are based upon the monthly magazine British Railways Illustrated, now in its eleventh year. The Summer Special has hard covers and 96 pages, of all new material. All the articles are original, Separately commissioned and designed for the Summer Specials - no repeats of material already used, and no dusted down items left over from the magazine. BRILL readers will know of the regular Fourum, Diesel Dawn, War Report and Thirties File but as well as these there are a whole range of new articles and features. $53.85

[IR203] Hawkins, Chris ( Editor ). British Railways Illustrated - Summer Special No. 9. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2001. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266203. 96 pages b/w photos -The Irwell SUMMER SPECIALS are based upon the monthly magazine British Railways Illustrated, now in its eleventh year. The Summer Special has hard covers and 96 pages, of all new material. All the articles are original, Separately commissioned and designed for the Summer Specials - no repeats of material already used, and no dusted down items left over from the magazine. BRILL readers will know of the regular Fourum, Diesel Dawn, War Report and Thirties File but as well as these there are a whole range of new articles and features. $53.85

[IR36X] Hawkins, Chris ( Editor ). British Railways Illustrated - Summer Special Number 11. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 190326636X. 96 pages b/w photos -The Irwell SUMMER SPECIALS are based upon the monthly magazine British Railways Illustrated, now in its eleventh year. The Summer Special has hard covers and 96 pages, of all new material. All the articles are original, Separately commissioned and designed for the Summer Specials - no repeats of material already used, and no dusted down items left over from the magazine. BRILL readers will know of the regular Fourum, Diesel Dawn, War Report and Thirties File but as well as these there are a whole range of new articles and features. $44.85

[IR289] Hawkins, Chris ( Editor ). British Railways Illustrated - Summer Special Number Ten. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2002. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266289. 96 pages b/w photos -The Irwell SUMMER SPECIALS are based upon the monthly magazine British Railways Illustrated, now in its eleventh year. The Summer Special has hard covers and 96 pages, of all new material. All the articles are original, Separately commissioned and designed for the Summer Specials - no repeats of material already used, and no dusted down items left over from the magazine. BRILL readers will know of the regular Fourum, Diesel Dawn, War Report and Thirties File but as well as these there are a whole range of new articles and features. $44.85

[IR801] Hawkins, Chris. British Railways Illustrated Special Number 1 : Steam to Diesel on the Southern. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2015. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919801. 79 pages b/w photos - British Railways organised its sheds - to be designated Motive Power Depots - on the LMS model established in the 1930s. This in theory had a 'concentration' depot at the head of a Motive Power District with an 'A' code and subordinate 'garage' depots. Repairs and maintenance would be, literally, concentrated on the 'concentration' depot while the 'garages' served in a way that their title suggested, with much less attention carried out. Even on the LMS, however, anomalies abounded, in which the 'A' shed possessed little in respect of repair facilities while nominally 'garage' sheds were much better equipped and so it is little wonder that while, on the pages of the Ian Allan abc, the sheds of every Region seemed to arranged precisely alike, the codings often meant little more than that. Each Region had its shed codes organised on the LMS model but as for the activities at the sheds themselves, these went on much as they had done under the Southern, GWR, LNER and indeed much as they had done on the pre-Group companies that had preceded them. So it was that in London 73A 'East' met 70A 'West' curiously within a short stroll of each other, in a somewhat down at heel corner of London near to the Thames. The old LSW lines and the terminus at Waterloo were served by the ancient and rambling premises at Nine Elms while the principal shed for the old Brighton and Chatham sections had emerged as Stewarts Lane. More or less the entire range of Southern locomotives could be found at one time or another in this closely confined area of Battersea and it is principally through the mirror of this remarkable London 'locomotive town' that it's possible to illustrate the variety of Southern Region steam in the early 1950s, finishing up this BRILL Special with the Southern's very own main line diesel fleet. $25.00

[IR610A] Not Stated. British Railways Illustrated Yearbook :. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2013. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919610. 79 pages - colour photos - The first British Railways Illustrated YEARBOOK including some of your favourite subjects from our other magazine, Railway Bylines too, celebrating a quarter century of transport publishing from IRWELL PRESS. What's within is a flavour of the varied magazines and books we produce, a sprinkling of special material from the past with updated notes married to new pictures, new angles on one or two favourites from books and magazines; some insights and a few reflections.Contents include: Old London by the Sea, Clover and Lea, Ireland - North & South, Thirties File, Take a Hike, British Built, Stranger in Town, Britannia Ruled, Steam Across the Regions, The Last Years of Industrial Steam, Counties Late in the Day, War Report, Modelling Moment, Beatties Home and Away, Scottish Sentinels, Up in the Hills, Deltics in Demand, Sixties Scottish Steam on Shed $25.00

[IR05X] Gammell, Chris. British Railways in Colour No. 2 : A British Railways Illustrated Special. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2001. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 190326605X. 64 pages profusely illustrated colour photos $29.95

[IR068] Onley, Graham. British Railways in Colour No. 3 : Northhampton and Beyond : A British Railways Illustrated Special. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266068. 62 pages profusely illustrated colour photos $29.85

[HYL-00049] Leyland, Stephen. British Railways Steam 1968: The Final Chapters. Manchester, UK: Oxford Publishing Company, 2018. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9780860936930. 256 Pages with Colour & Black/White Photos. A detailed chronology of the last year of BR steam, area by area, working by working. An elegiac memoir recalling a lost era. Illustrated throughout with many of the photos directly linked to events and workings recorded in the text. $60.00

[ARMP-046] Alexander, W. Brian. British Steam Portfolio. Elizabeth, South Australia, Australia: Railmac Publications Australia, 1984. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0949817368. 28 Pages with Black/White Photos. $4.95

[HYL-00036] Binding, John. Brunel's Bristol Temple Meads: A Study of the design and Construction of the Original Railway Station at Bristol Temple Meads, 1835-1965. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Oxford Publishing Company, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 0860935639. 160 Pages with Black/White Photos & Illustrations plus Line Drawings. This new title provides an in-depth study of the design and construction of Brunel's station complex at Bristol, evolved during the early years of his career, as the terminus of his Great Western Railway in the west country. Surviving to this day, it represented a significant contribution to the growing needs of a public experiencing for the first time the comfort and convenience of rail travel. It involved not only his architectural skills in the construction of the extensive buildings, but also the application of the then limited knowledge of structural engineering in the design of its now famous timber roof, which experience forced him to modify his original innovative design; a situation that is often not generally appreciated. The author has not only had access to the surviving drawings of the station but also the results of the extensive examination of the structure undertaken by consulting engineers during the 1990s. These details, coupled with minutes of the various committees involved during the original construction, have provided a unique perception of the station's history. The result is a deep insight into the background of engineering construction during the 1840s and, with it, admiration of Brunel's outstanding achievement using the facilities then available. The book concludes with a brief chapter covering the subsequent history of the station through to the 1960s, when the original Brunel platforms were taken out of service and the building listed Grade 1 $50.00

[SP-3014] Ratcliffe, A. R. L.. Bygone South Eastern Steam: Volume Two. Rochester, Kent, UK: Rochester Press Transport Books, 1980. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0905540646. 64 Pages with Black/White Photos. $5.45

[EBLP-AS0111] Hitches, Mike & Roberts, Jim, Jr.. Cheshire Railways in Old Photographs. Stroud, Glos, England: Sutton Publishing Limited, 1997. Reprint. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0750907568. 128 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - "Cheshire Railways" is a detailed insight into the branch lines of Cheshire. Mike Hitches provides us with a rich pictorial history, highlighting the golden age of steam, through to the sad closure of many of the county's lines in the 20th century. Crewe is one of the most famous places for railway history, as it was home to London & North Western's railway workshops and a major junction on the West Coast main line. Spreading from Crewe into Cheshire, are an intricate network of lines, some of which were established at the dawn of the railways. "Cheshire Railways" includes the fascinating history of Crewe, at the heart of Cheshire's railway system. This book will delight rail enthusiasts and fascinate those who are interested in this key part of Cheshire's history $14.00

[DLS-508] Christiansen, Rex. Chester & North Wales Border Railways - A View from the Past. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 2001. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711028168. 96 pages b/w photos.- The Cheshire plain was the route through which the London & North Western railway gained access to the traffic to and from Ireland. The Wrexham area saw a complex network of the lines constructed to serve the region's coal and iron industries. $49.95 [HYL-00086] Larkin, David. Civil Engineers Wagons Volume 2: A Pictorial Study of the 1968 to 1977 Period. Southampton, UK: Kestrel Railway Books, 2012. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. 90 Pages with Black/White Photos. The first five Kestrel Railway Books volumes by David Larkin looked at the revenue-earning wagon fleet operated by British Railways and its immediate successor, British Rail. This volume is the second of three looking at the substantial fleet of specially-designed wagons that were used for track maintenance, and focuses on the many forms of early mechanized on-track plant, such as ballast cleaners, cranes and track relaying units, all of which were hauled to site. It also covers the self-propelled machines that preceded or followed the ballast trains, such as track recorders, tampers, liners and consolidators. As for the wagons themselves, only three new types were introduced in this period, all bogie ballast hoppers, but there was a mass repainting of the existing fleet and the introduction of TOPS codes. The book includes build details, the telegraphic code names used to identify the Civil Engineers wagons throughout the period and details of the number series for each type. There is quite an overlap throughout the three volumes in this series, but this volume concentrates on the period from 1968 to 1977 - a very different period from the previous twenty years. Local gangs disappeared and were replaced by mobile gangs that arrived by road transport. Although cranes had always been in use by the Civil Engineers, and some early tamping machines had been tried out, there was no push towards mechanization until the late 1950s, when track relaying units began to appear. These were followed in the 1960s by ballast cleaners and tamping machines. All these are fully covered in this volume. $30.00

[HYL-00087] Larkin, David. Civil Engineers Wagons Volume 3: A Pictorial Study of the 1978 to 1994 Period. Southampton, UK: Kestrel Railway Books, 2013. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781905505258. 92 Pages with Black/White Photos. The first five Kestrel Railway Books volumes by David Larkin looked at the revenue-earning wagon fleet operated by British Railways and its immediate successor, British Rail. This volume is the third of three looking at the substantial fleet of specially-designed wagons that were used for track maintenance, and covers a significant change to the wagon fleet from 1978 to 1994. Concurrent with British Rail freight operations generally, there was a positive move towards fully-fitted trains on all regions of the system. On working ballast trains, this could be accommodated by using the vacuum-braked examples of suitable designs, and the early years of the period saw the gradual elimination of unfitted stock, either through withdrawal or by the application of automatic braking systems. To get Civil Engineers materials to the various depots, air-braked stock was either built new, transferred from the revenue-earning fleet or, eventually, rebuilt from existing stock. Finally, the on-track plant fleet became more standardised and a new concept of "virtual quarries" was introduced, where ballast was stockpiled at specified yards and reloaded into hopper wagons or other types at those locations, rather than at actual quarries, such as Meldon. $35.00

[IR414] Morgan, John Scott. Corris - A Narrow Gauge Portrait. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1991. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 187160818X. 92 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - The Corris Railway (Welsh : Rheilffordd Corris) is a narrow gauge preserved railway based in Corris on the border between Merionethshire (now Gwynedd) and Montgomeryshire (now Powys) in Mid-Wales. The line opened in 1859, and originally ran from Machynlleth north to Corris and on to Aberllefenni. Branches served the slate quarries at Corris Uchaf, Aberllefenni, the isolated quarries around Ratgoed and quarries along the length of the Dulas Valley. The railway closed in 1948, but a preservation society was formed in 1966, initially opening a museum; a short section of line between Corris and Maespoeth was re-opened to passengers in 2002. The railway now operates as a tourist attraction. A new steam locomotive was built for the railway, which was delivered in 2005. The two surviving locomotives, plus some of the original rolling stock, are preserved on the nearby Talyllyn Railway. The gauge of the railway is 2 ft 3 in (686 mm). $35.95

[WSP-001] Karau, Paul & Turner, Chris. Country Branch Line an Intimate Portrait of the Watlington Branch - Volume Two - The Stations. Didcot, Berks, England: Wild Swan Publications, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 1874103461. 214 pages - Even in the early stages of assembly, the authors had no idea that Country Branch Line would take over 450 pages. Eventually, it was decided to divide the work into two volumes, with the main story in the first and individual accounts of each station in the second. In this second volume the authors have attempted to record something of the staff and their daily routines at each of the stations and crossings, including a brief account of the junction station at Princes Risborough. They have recorded the traffic handled, together with recollections of the regular traders and even the farmers who used the railway, many of a way of life which we will not see the like of again. $99.00 [HYL-00169] Adley, Robert. Covering my Tracks: Recollections of the End of Steam. Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, UK: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1988. 1st Edition. 240mm x 205mm x 20mm. Hardcover. Book. Not Signed. New / New. ISBN: 0850598826. 194 Pages with Colour Photos. An evocative and instructive look at the end of the steam age and the resulting ruins that lie about the British landscape. The author took colour photos as the last steam locomotives rolled by and then twenty-five years later, went back to take more photos that reflect the changes that have been wrought in the name of transportation progress. He takes us to once busy junctions where skeletal single tracks maintain a minimal service and to wildernesses of vines where formerly there was industry and vitality. His atmospheric and evocative photos are supplemented by a thoughtful and impassioned text about the monuments and follies that remain from our own ancient civilization -- the Steam Age. $50.00

[IR521] Baker, Allan C.. Crewe Remembered. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2005. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266521. 96 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - Crewe. What thoughts this name conjures up in the enthusiast mind : Oh Mr Porter what can I do, I wanted to go to Birmingham and they took me on to Crewe . Alan Baker's associations with this railway Mecca go back well into childhood days. He lived in Newcastle - under - Lyme and his Dad used to take him there on Saturday mornings, by train of course, from his local station at Etruria, for a morning's train spotting . He bought him his first Ian Allan ABC at the bookstall on the old Platform 5, the 1955 56 Winter Edition for the London Midland Region, and he has it still. The life and times of a railwayman at Crewe explained and illustrated in exquisite detail. $38.85

[HYL-00055] Dickson, Brian J.. Cumberland & Westmorland: Railway Pictorial 1948-1968. Southampton, UK: Kestrel Railway Books, 2014. 1st Edition. 275mm x 215mm x 8mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781905505326. 96 Pages with Black/White Photos. A pictorial review of the railways of Cumberland, Westmorland and the North Lonsdale district of Lancashire from nationalisation to the end of steam. $35.00

[HYL-00014] McLean, Alastair. Deltics: The Last Year. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: Tempus Publishing Inc, 2005. 1st Edition. 235mm x 165mm x 9mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0752435590. 128 Pages with Black/White Photos. The Deltic (or Class 55) was one of the most powerful diesel locomotives ever to run on the British Railways network. Capable of a top speed of 100mph, its 'maintenance by replacement' system at Doncaster Works meant it set expectional standards for reliability and availability. From the 1950s until the start of the 1980s, the Deltics saw service between London and Aberdeen on the East Coast Main Line's Deltic fleet - once the most powerful locomotives in Britain. The Deltics had revolutionised rail travel in the late 1950s. Only 22 were ever built but over 10 survive in preservation today and some have even been hired out for main-line service in the past three years. The 'Deltic' captured the imagination of the public and represented the peak of the diesel era. Alastair McLean, a railway enthusiast and author, memorably photographed the last season of running in 1981 in black and white. $33.00

[IR015] Hawkins, Chris & Hooper, John & Reeve, George. Diesel Depots : The Early Years. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1989. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608015. 80 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - History of the first diesel depots in Great Britain as British Rail struggled to figure out how to maintain the new engines. Provides very interesting look at the influence of American ideas on the design of the new sheds. $19.50

[HYL-00189] Vaughan, John. Diesel Retrospective: Class 31. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2009. 1st Edition. 280mm x 225mm x 15mm. Hardcover. Book. Not Signed. New / New. ISBN: 9780711032859. 112 Pages with Colour & Black/White Photos. With the first of the future Class 31 design emerging over half a century ago in 1957, these adaptable locomotives have proved themselves to be amongst the most successful and long-lived of all Modernisation Plan diesels. Between 1957 and 1962 more than 250 locomotives were constructed, and despite massive withdrawals from the mid-1990s onwards, a handful still remains in service with others now in preservation. Initially intended for use on both passenger and freight services on the Eastern Region, the type was later to see service on the Western Region replacing the diesel-hydraulics, and on inter-regional services such as those from Birmingham to Norwich. Privatisation of the railway industry saw the bulk of the survivors pass to EWS ownership, but several others are now owned by charter companies such as FM Rail and by Network Rail itself in a bright yellow livery. This informative new book concentrates primarily on the era after 1980, and is designed to complement the original OPC volume 'Power of the 31s'. The well-researched text explores the history and development of the 31s, and is supplemented by a vivid collection of over 250 mono and colour images of the class in various locations around the country. This impressive collection of images focuses in particular upon the many livery variations to have been carried by the locomotives since their introduction. These will be of great interest to modellers of the type as well as to diesel enthusiasts around the country. $60.00

[HYL-00162] Vaughan, John. Diesel Retrospective: Class 33. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2008. 1st Edition. 280mm x 225mm x 13mm. Hardcover. Book. Not Signed. New / New. ISBN: 9780711032842. 112 Pages with Colour & Black/White Photos. Although the bulk of the Southern Region was either electrified by the late 1950s or was planned for future electrification, there remained a need for some diesel traction for the region. The result was the 98-strong Class 33, with the first of the class entering service in 1958. With three sub-classes, including the narrower 33/2 for use over the line to Hastings via Tunbridge Wells, the class was associated with the SR for the bulk of its career, although a small number were also used for a brief period on Cardiff-Crewe services. While the entire class was withdrawn by 1999, the rise of private operators has seen a significant number of the class remain operational with others also entering preservation. This carefully constructed pictorial tribute to the Class 33s includes over 250 colour and black and white illustrations recording the great variety of operations in which the class has been involved. Preservationists will find this an absorbing read; modellers too will find it an essential reference as virtually every layout featuring the Southern Region from 1958 onwards should feature at least one of this type. All this at a time when the class is entering the twilight of its career and of increasing interest. $55.00

[HYL-00163] Vaugham, John. Diesel Retrospective: Class 37. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2007. 1st Edition. 280mm x 225mm x 13mm. Hardcover. Book. Not Signed. New / New. ISBN: 9780711032002. 112 Pages with Colour & Black/White Photos. Now approaching the twilight of its operational career, the Class 37 now regularly appears on engineering duties and as a rescue locomotive for Eurostar sets. This book looks back on over 40 years of service, detailing its long and distinguished service history. $60.00

[HYL-00134] Cockman, F.G.. Discovering Preserved Railways. Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, UK: Shire Publications Ltd, 2003. 6th Edition. 180mm x 115mm x 9mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0747805687. 144 Pages with Black/White Photos & Maps. The closure of many of Britain's most attractive country railways and branch lines was a sad process for railway enthusiasts. But not all the closed routes remained dead, nor did steam operation disappear forever. For in many parts of Britain steam fans and local people combined to take over favourite stretches of railway and started running trains again, often worked by steam. There are now many thriving preserved railways and railway societies and museums, so that the public may again enjoy travelling behind a shining steam locomotive. In this new, enlarged edition the author describes fifty-seven railways in Britain which, by being revived or by having survived against the odds, deserve to be called preserved railways. $26.00

[SP-3051] Ian Allan. Driven By Steam. London, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 1992. Reprint. Hardcover. Book. As New / As New. ISBN: 0711021155. 144 Pages with Black/White Photos. Driven By Steam is the autobiography of someone who really did become a self made success. It is the story of a man who surmounted the tragedy of losing a leg at 15 years of age, the appalling difficulties of starting a business in wartime and who won through to become a successful publisher with a range of other business commitments and a name that is synonymous with his main area of interest - railways. The starting point for this success was the Publicity Department of the Southern Railway at Waterloo in 1939. Ian Allan's enthusiasm for the railways led to his first publication which was the abc of Southern Locomotives. 42/ 5/ 6d was the capital outlay, the cost of printing 2,000 copies and a small classified advertisement in Railway World (a magazine today published by his company). Ian Allan tells his story frankly, humorously and in his usual self-deprecating style. His company celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 1992: this book tells how it happened. $55.25

[IR899] Atkins, Philip. Dropping the Fire - the Decline and Fall of the Steam Locomotive. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1999. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608899. 106 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - This is not another sadly nostalgic memorial to the summer of 1968 but a work that covers the final designs and manufacture of the ultimate steam locomotive classes and series in all countries and how and when each nation ended the use of such head-end power. Photographic coverage of this wide brief is lavish and reproduction, on art paper, excellent. Each chapter and the appendices at the end contain a large quantity of statistical data, much of it in tabular form. The importance of costs and global energy considerations feature more than sterile arguments about superior technologies; the rugged US design philosophy becoming the dominating one worldwide, by the end . There is much food for thought in this book and plenty of references to sources mean that interested readers can follow up various implications with their own further researches. $53.85

[SP-3001] Morrison, Gavin. East Lancashire Railway in Colour. London England: Ian Allan Ltd, 1996. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711024669. 64 pages profusely illustrated colour photos $35.75

[ARMP-040] McNicol, Steve. Eastern Somerset Railway Album. Elizabeth, South Australia: Railmac Publications Australia, 1984. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0949817260. 24 pages b/w photos $4.95

[HYL-00006] Bray, Nigel. Eastleigh to Romsey and Salisbury. Southampton, UK: Kestrel Railway Books, 2017. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781905505425. 114 Pages with Black/White Photos and Track Diagrams. The line between Eastleigh and Romsey was part of Salisbury's first rail link with Southampton, and became intertwined with the Andover to Redbridge line when it arrived nearly 20 years later - even more so when the Southern Railway developed services between the South West and Sussex. Some of these were routed via Eastleigh to relieve the congested main line through Southampton so that the common section of the original line would have trains starting and terminating at Southampton, Portsmouth or Brighton, some running via Eastleigh and others via Redbridge. The Redbridge route enabled trains between the GWR and the LSWR to serve both Southampton and Portsmouth without reversal, which is why it became the normal route for Cardiff-Portsmouth services. The Chandler's Ford line became the preferred freight route because of its easier access to marshalling yards at Bevois Park and Eastleigh, and to link the Fawley oil refinery with the West of England. Passenger services were dieselised in 1957, but a shortage of DEMUs led to a partial reversion to steam working which saw M7s work push-pull trains between Eastleigh and Andover Junction. This book tells the complete story of this interesting line, and complements the author's previous books on the Andover to Redbridge line (currently out of print) and the Salisbury & Dorset Junction railway. $45.00

[HYL-00200] Winkworth, Bob. Eastleigh: The Railway - The Town - The People. Southampton, Hampshire, UK: Noodle Books, 2007. 1st Edition. 275mm x 215mm x 6mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9780955411007. 80 Pages with Black/White Photos. Bob Winkworth presents a fascinating collection of over 100 contemporary postcards depicting the development of Eastleigh from the late 19th century and through into the 20th century. $28.00

[HYL-00225] Healy, John M.C.. Echoes of the Great Central. London, UK: Greenwich Editions, 1996. Reprint. 305mm x 220mm x 23mm. Hardcover. Book. Not Signed. New / New. ISBN: 0862880769. 210 Pages with Black/White Photos. $40.00

[HYL-00120] Healy, John M.C.. Echos of the Great Central. Sparkford, Somerset, UK: Haynes Publishing Group, 1988. Reprint. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 086093411X. 208 Pages with Black/White Photos. Good selection of photographs and details of rolling stock but particularly strong on railway architecture. For the walk down memory lane the railway stations, the approach work. the crowded platforms, cars waiting for passengers, advertisements, even the interior of a small mission for men working on the lines etc a very interesting book. $50.00

[HYL-00077] Wilson, C. David. Forward! The Revolution in the Lives of the Footplatemen 1962-1996. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 0750911441. 150 Pages with Black/White Photos. Covering the years of the end of steam through to 'Privatisation' this is an excellent read. A real 'insiders' story of the way our railway has been mismanaged and used to make money for the already wealthy at the expense of everyone else. A must read for all railway lovers. $60.00

[SP-3010] Rhodes, Michael & Shannon, Paul. Freightfax 1990 - the Comprehensive Guide to BR Freight Today. Lancashire, UK: Silver Link Publishing, 1990. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. As New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0947971467. 135 page booklet - $12.30

[EBLP-ATL102] Whitehouse, Patrick B. & Jenkinson, David. From BR to Beeching Volume 2: Four Coupled Twilight Part 1. Penryn, Cornwall, UK: Atlantic Transport Publications, 1990. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0906899419. 60 Pages with Black/White Photos. The story of the four-coupled engine in Britain is almost the history of the steam locomotive itself. $9.95

[HYL-00037] Rear, Bill. From Chester to Holyhead: The Branch Lines. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Oxford Publishing Company, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 0860935698. 256 Pages with Black/White Photos, Time Tables & Maps. Bill Rear presents a fully illustrated account of the various branch lines of the Chester to Holyhead Railway constructed during the 19th century, comprising over 270 black-and-white photographs dating mainly from 1948-60 (with some earlier and later illustrations, 1908-69) and detailed notes on numerous stations and engines, memorable occasions and accidents. $100.00

[IR378] Smith, Martin & Reeve, George. From Devon to Dorset - the Story of the Lyme Regis Branch - A Railway Bylines Centenary Special. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266378. 52 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - The Lyme Regis branch line extended for 63/4 miles from Axminster in Devon to the historic town of Lyme Regis, just inside the western end of Dorset. The railway meandered and climbed through beautiful scenery and, to cap it all, for almost thirty years the workings were monopolised by the last three of the charismatic Adams Radial Tanks. What more could any branch line enthusiast possibly hope for? In their forthcoming book, Martin Smith and George Reeve have put together a new history of the railway from its conception in 1897 through to its closure in 1965. The book benefits from original research and looks at the construction of the line, its opening in August 1903, its development, the train services and operations, the locomotives (not only the Radials !) and all the significant events during the railway s life. It includes around 100 superb photographs, many of which have never been published before, plus maps, plans, timetables etc etc. $29.85

[IR092] Anderson, Paul & Smith, W. A. C.. Glasgow Railway Memories. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2001. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266092. 52 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - Compiled from detailed notes taken since 1941, this slice of Glasgow life is the perfect companion to the popular Illustrated History of Glasgow's Railways, by the same authors. Very much personal observations, this is not just a close-up view of Glasgow trains but a look at life in the city from wartime to the end of steam in 1967. It was an era when the railway figured so much more prominently in people's lives; where at need, a light engine would be despatched to fetch a doctor and yet the city's last regular steam working was, amazingly, ignored by all. These are snapshots in the life of a great city - snaking queues at Buchanan Street on Cup Final day, blasting ascents of Cowlairs bank from the smoke-wreathed depths of Queen Street, Christmas day at Glasgow Central, and inching journeys home in pea-souper fog and driving snow. $28.85

[HYL-00119] Allan, Ian. Gleneagles to Glastonbury: Steam in the Thirties. Poole, Dorset, UK: Oxford Publishing Company, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 0860933512. 80 Pages with Black/White Photos. $35.00

[HYL-00184] Baker, Michael H.C.. Glory Days: Steam in Dorest. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 1998. 1st Edition. 250mm x 190mm x 12mm. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711026106. 96 Pages with Black/White & Colour Photos. $55.00

[DLS-013] Mourton, Stephen. Gloucester Steam Finale. Cheltenham, Glos., England: Runpast Publishing, 2000. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1870754506. 72 pages colour photos - Although regular steam workings survived on Gloucestershire's railways until 1966, many of the county's best-loved lines and services had already disappeared from the timetables. Fortunately, the excellent scenery found on lines in the county meant that railway photographers were keen to record steam trains here before they passed into history. Some parts were quite extensively photographed - around Chipping Campden on the Worcester to Oxford line; the auto-train workings in the Stroud Valley; around the Gloucester stations; the ex-Midland Railway Bristol - Birmingham main line, while lines with sparse services, such as in the Forest of Dean, were less well recorded in colour, but this book does manage to include rarely photographed locations. A good number of contributors have ensured that there is a very worthwhile selection of evocative pictures of the final years of steam in Gloucestershire. 82 full colour photos. $35.95 [HYL-00178] Blakemore, Michael & Mosley, David. Great British Locomotives: THe National Railway Museum Locomotives in Action. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2002. 2nd Edition. 250mm x 190mm x 10mm. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711024006. 80 Pages with Colour Photos. $45.00

[IR163] Hawkins, Chris. Great Eastern in Town & Country Volume 1. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 1871608163. 92 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - First in a three volume set devoted to various aspects of the Great Eastern Railway. A mixture of text and black and white photographs with extended captions plus fold out maps and other illustrations. $46.65

[IR740] KAY, Peter. Great Eastern in Town & Country Volume Three. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 1871608740. 92 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - Comprising of text, maps, track diagrams and black and white photographs. $53.85

[IR083] Gordon, Hugh. Great North of Scotland Locomotives - the Steam Locomotives of North East Scotlands Own Railway. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2008. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781903266083. 91 pages b/w photos line drawning - The Great North of Scotland Railway was established to connect Aberdeen with Inverness, a target which it never reached due to the hostility of the Highland Railway based in Inverness. Furthermore, this impoverished railway built a penetrating line deep into GNSR territory to reach Keith. Between Aberdeen and Lossiemouth (its furthest point from Aberdeen) the GNSR built a series of lines surving North East Scotland from the fishing ports of Fraserburgh and Peterhead to the distilleries of Speyside. A separate line (originally entirely separate with its own locomotives : the Deeside Railway) reached Ballater and was used by the Royal Family to reach Braemar. The main station in Aberdeen was owned jointly by the GNSR and the Caledonian Railway (the North British Railway merely had access to it over the CR). Very little of the GNSR remains other than the mainline to Keith and the main station in Aberdeen. Surprisingly, one of its typical locomotives (a 4-4-0) has been preserved. $59.85

[SP-3068] Groves, N.. Great Northern Locomotive History - Volume 3b 1911 - 1922 The Gresley Era. Cheam, Surrey, England: RCTS (Railway Correspondence and Travel Society), 1992. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0901115703. 132 pages b/w photos - Details of origin, dimensions, construction, rebuilding and withdrawal dates of each engine, detail variations, classification, engine diagrams, allocations and work all described with illustrations. $55.95

[IR074] Griffiths, Roger & Hooper, John. Great Northern Railway Engine Sheds : Volume 1 Southern Area. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 1871608074. 130 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - Great Northern Engine Sheds is divided into two parts; this volume describes the sheds associated with the main line out of Kings Cross and the various branches, beginning with 'Top Shed' and the terminus working north to conclude with Grantham. $50.85

[CP082]Great Northern Griffiths, Railway Roger Engine& Hooper, Sheds John. : Volume 2 The Lincolnshire Loop Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire. Oldham, Lancashire, England: Challenger Publication, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 1899624082. 122 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos The second volume in this popular series covers the engine sheds found in Lincolnshire, around what was called "The Loop" line, neighbouring Nottinghamshire and also the solitary examples found in Derbyshire and Staffordshire. $81.00

[SP-3059] Garratt, Colin. Great Railway Photographer: H.C. Casserley. Newtown Harcourt, Leicestershire, UK: Milepost Publications, 1996. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. As New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1900193558. 48 Pages with Black/White Photos. $18.65

[SP-3060] Garratt, Colin. Great Railway Photographers: E.R. Wethersett. Newtown Harcourt, Leicestershire, UK: Milepost Publications, 1996. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. As New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1900193655. 48 Pages with Black/White Photos. $18.65

[SP-3057] Garratt, Colin. Great Railway Photographers: Henry Priestley. Newtown Harcourt, Leicestershire, UK: Milepost Publications, 1996. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. As New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1900193507. 48 Pages with Black/White Photos. $18.65

[HYL-00064] Roberston, Kevin. Great Western Aspects No.3: Sutton Scotney - Life at a Country Station. Southampton, UK: Kestrel Railway Books, 2006. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1905505000. 56 Pages with Black/White Photos. Of the countless books on railway subjects that have appeared over the years, only a few have explored the subject from the point of view of a working railwayman. Sutton Scotney - Life at a Country Station fits neatly into this category, being based on the author's numerous interviews with former railway staff who worked at Sutton Scotney station. This is not a book of facts and figures, but an accurate representation of a typical day in the life of a country station. The duties of the staff are described, together with the various characters who inhabited the station and how they dealt with mundane events as well as the more unusual ones. In particular, we follow the career of one man, Ernie Penny, who served at Sutton Scotney from 1947 to 1964. $26.00

[HYL-00217] Penney, Derek. GWR 4-6-0s in Colour: Collectt & Hawksworth Locomotives in the 1960s. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 1997. 1st Edition. 245mm x 190mm x 11mm. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711025525. 80 Pages with Colour Photos. For some 60 years the main lines of the Great Western Railway and later British Railways (Western Region ) resounded to the beat of the many designs of 4-6-0 express locomotive designed by Churchward, Collett and Hawksworth. $50.00

[SP-2049] Bullock, Kenneth Allan. H.C.S. Bullock: His Life and Locomotives. Norwich, Norfolk, UK: Plateway Press, 1987. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0951110896. 64 Pages with Black/White Photos. Bullock was a talented engineer who built a series of very powerful 101/4in gauge locomotives during the 1930s. He built a line of his own in order to demonstrate them, and this was taken over and revamped to become the Surrey Border and Camberley Railway. $19.00

[SP-3065] Geddes, Howard & Bellass, Eddie. Highland Railway Liveries - Dathan Na Gaidhealtachd. York, England: Pendragon Partnership, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 189981602X. 108 pages profusely illustrated colour and b/w photos illustrations drawings.- This major work describes all the various liveries used by the Highland Railway on its locomotives, rolling stock, buildings, signals, etc. 108 pages, hardback, fully illustrated, it is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of the railway or for anyone modelling Highland subjects. $76.85

[HYL-00061] Cockman, F.G.. History in Camera: British Railways' Steam Locomotives. Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, UK: Shire Publications Ltd, 1998. Reprint. 210mm x 150mm x 6mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0747803722. 80 Pages with Black/White Photos. $21.00

[HYL-00154] Grayer, Jeffery. Impermanent Ways: The Closed Lines of Britain Volume 3 - Wiltshire. Corhampton, Southampton, UK: Noodle Books, 2012. 1st Edition. 215mm x 210mm x 6mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906419721. 104 Pages with Colour Photos. This third volume in rail expert Jeffery Grayers's acclaimed series on closed railways features the county of Wiltshire. Forty years or more ago, the idea of recording the demolition of a railway was something few considered. Images from the period are therefore both rare and sought after. Such views depict a time of transition; gone were the trains, yet redevelopment was still some way in the future. Ironically, it is also now a period many look back to with nostalgia in mind, and they will not be disappointed in this new volume. Wiltshire is rich in its railway heritage and lines such as the MSWJ, Calne, Malmesbury, and Devizes routes are featured, as well as a glimpse at some former Southern lines that once crossed parts of the county. This enchanting new title includes a variety of fascinating full-color images, required reading for every rail enthusiast and those interested in the beautiful county of Wiltshire. $30.00

[HYL-00157] Grayer, Jeffery. Impermanent Ways: The Closed Lines of Britain Volume 8 - Gloucestershire. Corhampton, Southampton, UK: Noodle Books, 2014. 1st Edition. 215mm x 210mm x 6mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781909328143. 104 Pages with Colour & Black/White Photos. This new volume in the highly popular Impermanent Ways series is the second to be produced in 2014, the first on Dorset being released in January 2014. Author Jeffrey Grayer has once again sourced a fantastic selection of unusual and topical images to bring to life the numerous closed lines that once existed in this rural county. Lovely locations such as the Forest of Dean, Lydney, Tetbury, Cirencester, Tewkesbury. Contrasting with the views of closure are a carefully chosen selection of contemporary colour scenes showing the featured lines in operation. The vast majority of the photographs included in the book have never been seen before. $27.00

[HYL-00009] Robertson, Kevin. In the Tracks of the 'Bournemouth Belle'. Manchester, UK: Crecy Publishing Ltd, 2016. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781909328556. 128 Pages with Black/White & Colour Photos. Luxury train travel - Pullman style - was a feature of the railways until the 1970s and in the south several regular services bore the name Pullman. One, the 'Bournemouth Belle' was destined to become the last regular steam hauled train of its type to operate. As the name implies the service served the Dorset town, running a daily service each way from Waterloo. This was also an all-Pullman train with no ordinary coaches where smartly dressed stewards would welcome the passengers, show them to their seats with aplomb and no doubt also hope for the occasional gratuity. To travel on the service an additional supplementary fare applied whilst meals were similarly extra. On the basis of the additional cost alone it might be thought the service would hardly survive but far from it, and apart from an interruption due to war, the train operated daily from the 1930s until the end of steam in the south in July 1967. Packed with fascinating facts and a plethora of images we see the service at its peak and in its decline and well as recording its passage throughout the route from Waterloo to Bournemouth and return. $33.00

[EPPP-8382] Gwynedd Archaeological Trust Staff. Industrial Gwynedd - Gwynedd Diwydiannol - Volume 2. Norwich, Norfolk, England: Plateway Press, 1997. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871980364. 48 pages b/w photos - This volume contains a variety of well-researched articles on various features of the industrial and transport history of Gwynedd, including : Two Powder Magazines in the Parish of Llanellchid; Broad Gauge at Holyhead; Development of Slate Transport in the vale of Maentwrog : and Quarrymen and Insanity in North Wales. $16.50

[EPPP-8381] Gwynedd Archaeological Trust Staff. Industrial Gwynedd - Gwynedd Diwydiannol - Volume 3. Norwich, Norfolk, England: Plateway Press, 1998. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871980429. 48 pages b/w photos - Containing a variety of excellently researched articles on the industrial and transport history of Gwynedd which are extensively illustrated with drawings, diagrams and photographs. Amongst the articles in this volume are : Ynys y Pandy Slate Mill; Dorothea Quarry Painting; A Study of Slate Workers in Wales, France and the United States; and Broad Gauge Rolling Stock at Holyhead Breakwater. $19.80

[EPPP-8380] Gwynedd Archaeological Trust Staff. Industrial Gwynedd - Gwynedd Diwydiannol - Volume 4. Norwich, Norfolk, England: Plateway Press, 1999. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871980445. 48 pages b/w photos - The latest issue of Industrial Gwynedd has a particular emphasis on the famous Dinorwic Slate Quarries at Llanberis and their associated plant and railway systems. Noted railway historian Rodney Weaver contributes an article on the Padarn Railway locomotive FIRE QUEEN and its importance as the only surviving Crampton locomotive in Britain. Other articles of related interest include one on the massive De Winton built water-wheel at the former Dinorwic Quarry workshops, and an account by the project manager responsible for the recent restoration of the Vivian Quarry incline at Gilfach Ddu. The fourth article relates to the same area, being an archaeological survey of some early boats recovered from the waters of Nant Peris, some of which are currently being restored for public display $24.75

[IR149] Booth, Adrian. Industrial Railways in Colour - A Railway Bylines Special. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266149. 64 pages profusely illustrated colour photos - Irwell Press's first colour survey of the industrial railway scene. Using large format colour transparencies the survey principally features steam traction, but also incorporates a representative selection of interesting diesels $30.00

[IR467A] Booth, Adrian. Industrial Railways in Colour - Scotland. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2012. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919467. 64 pages colour photos - For this book (fourth in his Industrial Railways in Colour series) attention is turned to Scotland, the country that (in the form of Ayrshire) witnessed early personal memories of BR steam, plus events that were significant in his then-youthful developing interest in industrial railways. From his home in Yorkshire, he had regularly gone north of the border for holidays since his early teens and, as he was preparing this book, many personal memories came back to mind. Things such as his first-ever visit to Scotland (as a fourteen year old) when train-spotting interests led to his family eating a sandwich lunch beside the Stranraer to Ayr line, where he witnessed the thrilling spectacle of double-headed 'Black 5s' on a northbound passenger train. By the time he was sixteen, he was organising his own tours and recall that the BR Scottish Region was very friendly towards railway enthusiasts and would issue shed permits by the handful to private individuals such as himself, particularly if the week's tour involved purchasing an all-line 'Railrover' ticket. He visited Ayr several times, because he loved watching 'Crabs' working on the local coal trains. $23.90

[IR399] Poulter, Michael. Industrial Railways in Colour - South. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2011. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919399. 64 pages profusely illustrated colour photos - Enthusiasts Club and the Birmingham Locomotive Club-Industrial Locomotive Information Section fuelled the explorations. Other locations rapidly followed in the same year. The enchantment of visits to the Millwall and Royal Docks, Dagenham Dock, Beckton and Purfleet spread to Barrington and Wissington, the ironstone country of the East Midlands and the Lancashire Coalfield. In the ensuing years most corners of the United Kingdom were covered. It was in 1960 that I switched from black and white film to colour. However I later returned to pursue the craft of using black and white alongside colour film. London has a particular appeal as my city of birth. In the sixties the capital was still affectionately known as 'The Smoke' and with good reason. Amidst the close knit housing of East London; gas works, power stations, chemical and tanning works still gave freely of their toxic vapours. Most of the industry was concentrated along the Thames which still provided an economic means of transport despite the advent of railways. Confluent with the Thames are the Medway and the Lea whose banks were also home to heavy industry. Taking the Docklands Light Railway through a panorama of familiar names like Custom House and Gallions Reach it was hard to recognize remnants of the past. The dismal marshes at Beckton were a reminder that this terrain was originally purchased for the sprawl of Beckton Gas Works. Nowadays with the countrywide shrinkage of sites boasting industrial locomotives there is only a sprinkling to be found in Greater London. Nevertheless, on a visit to Ford's of Dagenham in August, 2009 it was heartening to enjoy their diesel locomotives still bedecked with the Ford logo and royal blue livery reminiscent of steam days. The focus of the book is on the old County of London and the Home Counties with an excursion into Hampshire and a cross border visit into Cambridgeshire from Hertfordshire. $27.85

[IR513] Booth, Adrian. Industrial Railways in Colour - South Wales - A Railway Bylines Special. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2004. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266513. 64 pages profusely illustrated colour photos $29.95

[IR726] Anderson, Paul. Industrial Railways in Colour - The North East. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2006. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266726. 64 pages profusely illustrated colour photos - This portrait of industrial railways in North East England is very much a personal view of the scene during the first half of 1968 and is certainly not comprehensive. For example, one of the places I did not visit was the well known and extensive National Coal Board system at Ashington, probably because the engines were relatively modern and the photographic possibilities not particularly outstanding. At the beginning of the year over sixty NCB and private industrial sites in Northumberland and Durham had steam engines, although in some cases they were stored out of use. Almost a third of these locations are featured here. Overall, the North East's industrial railways presented a wonderful array of machines in very varied settings. Engines ranged in age from the 1863 Lewin 0-4-0ST at Seaham Harbour to a 1957 Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn 0-6-0ST at Burradon. They also came in various sizes, from a diminutive vertical-boiler Head Wrightson 0-4-0 at Stockton to the magnificent 0-6-2T locos at Philadelphia. There were also unusual specimens, such as the 'long-boiler' at Derwenthaugh, the well-tank at Wallsend Slipway and crane tanks at Doxford's shipyard in Sunderland. In marked contrast to BR's then corporate blue and grey livery, the engines were variously adorned in green, red, blue, black and yellow. $29.95

[IR023] Poulter, Michael. Industrial Railways in Colour - The North West. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2009. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919023. 64 pages proff ill colour photos - On a humid August day in 2007 I searched for any tell-tale signs of a pit once existing at Bickershaw. Alighting at the swing bridge over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal where the singularly appropriately named Plank Lane, Slag Lane and Crankwood Road meet up, the scene was set by the derelict pub on the corner. Here I was faced with fenced off, desolate wasteland on one side of Plank Lane and Crankwood Road with densely overgrown land on the other side of Plank lane. The casual visitor could be forgiven for being unaware that a colliery had ever been here. The dusty grass and wild bushes on steeply sloping ground that rose from the plain were overgrown slag heaps and the gas burners gave evidence of what still lurked below. Such was the grim reminder that there is precious little to Britain's coal and steel legacy, with no longer the smell of coal in the wind. Surely it must have been a trick of the human consciousness that proud corporation buses transporting us to collieries on the Lancashire Plain infested with steam locomotive gems would last for ever. However the book also traces more recent times and within a more clinical world there are some industrial railways of character which still survive. The images begin where the hedgerows of the Midlands meet the dry stone walls of North West Derbyshire. The route follows the Welsh Borderlands to the western reaches of the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal. Then we journey along the canal to Manchester with incursions in to Northern Cheshire. From the collieries of the Lancashire Plain the way lies northwards to the cotton towns of the Pennine Foothills followed by crossing the River Ribble and the River Lune to finish in Cumbria. $29.00

[IR467] Booth, Adrian. Industrial Railways in Colour - Yorkshire - A Railway Bylines Special. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2004. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266467. 64 pages profusely illustrated colour photos $29.95

[SP-006] Hall, Victor. Industrial Steam Locomotives. London England: Bracken Books, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. Good / Fair. ISBN: 1851702385. small chip to top edge of front dust jacket - 96 pages $29.70

[HYL-00159] Ratcliffe, David. International Train-Ferry Wagons in Colour: For the Modeller and Historian. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2009. 1st Edition. 280mm x 215mm x 6mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9780711034044. 96 Pages with Colour Photos and Tables. This exciting new volume concentrates on development of the train ferry wagon from the mid 1970s through to the present day, examining its impact on the ever changing railway scene. It begins with a brief history of the train ferries in World War 1, the development of the GER's Harwich-Zeebrugge route, and later the SR's Dover-Dunkerque service, finally examining the final sailing in 1995. The author carefully explains the method of operation at the ports, and broad division of traffic, including useful details of the freight services used to feed the wagons into the British rail network. The transfer of service to the Channel Tunnel and details of current services from Dollands Moor are also covered. Tanks and vans are given precedence within the text, as until recently they remained the dominant types over conflats. Wagons registered in France, Germany, and Italy as well as those international wagons registered in Britain are featured in detail, as they formed the bulk of the fleet. Also included is a rare selection of pictures of vehicles from the smaller railway administrations including Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Spain, Switzerland and Yugoslavia. Useful captions highlight important details such as wagon number, location and date, as well as special features, with details of load carried and customers served. $40.00

[HYL-00062] Long, Richard C.. Isle of Wight Railways: A New History. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2015. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9780711038165. 96 Pages with Colour & Black/White Photos. The Isle of Wight railways are always popular with enthusiasts, and this new book takes a fresh look at their history and development. The author has undertaken detailed new research to present some interesting findings on the development of the railway's network, all illustrated with a fantastic selection of colour photographs, the majority of which have never been published before. $46.00

[EBLP-IA161] Harris, Michael. Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 1998. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711026319. 96 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - A pictorial history of this now preserved railway line. $27.00

[HYL-00090] White, Ian; Turner, Simon & Foulkes, Sheina. LB&SCR Carriages Volume 2: Four & Six-Wheel Saloons, Vans and Restorations. Southampton, UK: Kestrel Railway Books, 2016. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / No Jacket. 220 Pages with Black/White & Colour Photos, Line Drawings & Tables. It is now 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 second of two volumes intended to complete the coverage of LB&SCR carriages and passenger-rated vans. It describes the four- and six-wheeled saloon and passenger-rated vans, and also gives an account of the restoration of LB&SCR carriages at the Bluebell Railway. The aim is to provide a design history" based on contemporary historical documents supplemented by practical knowledge gained through the study and restoration of surviving carriage bodies. The two volumes describe how carriage design developed $75.00 [EPPP-3332] Bowtell, Harold D.. Lesser Railways of Bowland Forest and Craven Country and the Dam Builders in the Age of Steam. Norwich, Norfolk, England: Plateway Press, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 0951110888. 112 pages b/w photos - This book - third in the 'Dam Builders in the Age of Steam' chronology - tells the remarkable story of men and machines engaged in the construction of dams and reservoirs in much of Lancashire and Yorkshire during the period from the 1890's to the 1930's. The ground covered is that superb area of Lancashire between the Ribble and the Lune, bounded on the west by the Lancaster -Carlisle Railway, extending eastwards into Yorkshire, touching the Leeds - Settle - Carlisle railway at Long Preston and Hellifield. The tale then passes into the Craven district of Yorkshire, around Skipton and towards Haworth, of Bronte fame and the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. Following an outline of the historical background to each scheme, the author describes the often complex railway systems developed by the Water Authorities (or their chosen Contractors) to service the construction works. Daily life on the railways is chronicled as they carry earthfill material to the dam site, clay from the clayfields, stone from the quarries, bricks and cement, and coal for locomotives and other steam plant. To isolated navvy settlements they provide an all-round transport service, for mail, groceries, beer and clothing, and many railways are used for man-riding by the 'paddy mail' train morning and evening. Railways of 3ft gauge predominate, but 2ft and 4ft 81/2in. gauges also appear. $42.75

[HYL-00080] Bowtell, Harold D.. Lesser Railways of Bowland Forest and Craven Country: And the Dam Builders in the Age of Steam. Whitstable, Kent, UK: Plateway Press, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 0951110888. Approx. 100 Pages with Black/White Photos, Maps & Tables. This book - third in the 'Dam Builders in the Age of Steam' chronology - tells the remarkable story of men and machines engaged in the construction of dams and reservoirs in much of Lancashire and Yorkshire during the period from the 1890's to the 1930's. The ground covered is that superb area of Lancashire between the Ribble and the Lune, bounded on the west by the Lancaster -Carlisle Railway, extending eastwards into Yorkshire, touching the Leeds - Settle - Carlisle railway at Long Preston and Hellifield. The tale then passes into the Craven district of Yorkshire, around Skipton and towards Haworth, of Bronte fame and the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. Following an outline of the historical background to each scheme, the author describes the often complex railway systems developed by the Water Authorities (or their chosen Contractors) to service the construction works. Daily life on the railways is chronicled as they carry earthfill material to the dam site, clay from the clayfields, stone from the quarries, bricks and cement, and coal for locomotives and other steam plant. To isolated navvy settlements they provide an all-round transport service, for mail, groceries, beer and clothing, and many railways are used for man-riding by the 'paddy mail' train morning and evening. Railways of 3ft gauge predominate, but 2ft and 4ft 81/2in. gauges also appear. $44.00

[EPPP-0004] Calthorpe, E. R.. Light Railway Construction. Norwich, Norfolk, England: Plateway Press, 1997. Facsimilie Reprint. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 187198033X. 34 pages b/w photos - includes article on barsi light railway in india - This facsimile edition of a paper by E. R. Calthrop was published on the Hundredth Anniversary of its first publication, in 1897. In it, Calthrop, who was Engineer to the 2ft 6in gauge Barsi Light Railway in India, sets out the general principles of narrow-gauge construction and operation. Building on his experience on the Basri Railway, Calthrop went on to create the Leek and Manifold Light Railway, one of the few commercial applications of the 2ft 6in gauge in Britain and the only common carrier railway to use transporter wagons. This paper, published in permanent form for the first time, gives a valuable insight into the theories of its creator, and acts as a valuable additions to the published data on narrow gauge and Light Railway design and construction. $16.50

[IR785] Anderson, Paul. Lincolnshire Railway Memories - A Tribute to the Photographs of Jack Cupit. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2007. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266785. 116 pages profusely illustrated b/w photo - The first of this author's many books and articles for Irwell Press was Railways of Lincolnshire, first published in 1992. Fortunately it proved popular and was reprinted twice, although it has not been available for some years. The book looked at Lincolnshire's railways from a largely historical point of view and used photographs from nearly fifty sources. Although Paul was more than eager to comply with the publishers' request to write a further book on the area, he had to sideline the idea simply because of the lack of available photographs. However, there was a subsequent development which not only made this book possible, but determined its style. Using the photographs and reminiscences of the late Jack Cupit, the author has put together another exciting and evocative look at Lincolnshire in the 1950s. $50.25 [EBLP-JLD110] Saunders, John. Lincs, Notts & Derbyshire By Rail. Norwich, England: Jarrold Colour Publications, 1989. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711704473. 64 pages b/w photos $4.00

[IR696A] Nicholas, John & Reeve, George. Lines to Torrington : The Southern Railway Route Between Barnstaple Junction, Torrington, Hatherleigh and Halwill Junction. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2014. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919696. 368 pages b/w photos - It is now more than 30 years since publication of the First Edition in 1984, shortly after the line was closed. Fortunately when I first researched the line in the 1970s several of the men who worked on the line, including Harold Mock at Fremington, Owen Hatherell at Bideford, Sid Pring at Torrington, Fred Cooper at Petrockstow and Ernest Holwill of the North Devon Clay Company kindly contributed reminiscences of their work on the line which extended back to the South Western era. 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 George Reeve and I have collected much more information, original documents and photographs so we 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 our book The North Devon Line (Irwell Press 2010) so is not included here. $85.50

[IR104] Hawkins, Chris & Reeve, George & Stevenson, James. LMS Engine Sheds: Their History and Development Volume 7 - The Glasgow & South Western Railway. Pinner, Middlesex, UK: Irwell Press, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 1871608104. 130 Pages with Black/White Photos and Line Drawings. The final volume in this well known history of LMS and constituent engine sheds. $50.85

[CP066] Cookson, Peter & Farline, John E.. LNER Lines in the Yorkshire Ridings. Oldham, Lancashire, England: Challenger Publication, 1995. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1899624066. 96 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - contains many steam photographs from the 1950s and early 1960s, embracing numerous branch and main lines $46.65

[CP198] Yeadon, W. B.. LNER Locomotive Allocations 1st January 1923 ( the First Day ). Oldham, Lancashire, England: Challenger Publication, 1996. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1899624198. 48 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - Comprehensive list of all 7392 steam locomotives which were allocated to the LNER from the amalgamation of the Great Central, Great Northern, Great Eastern, North British, Great North of Scotland, and the North Eastern Railways (plus another 17 non-revenue engines for Departmental use). $25.10

[DLS-104] White, Ron & Johnston, Norman. LNER Locomotives in Colour 1936 - 1948. County Down Northern Ireland: Colourpoint Books, 2002. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1898392277. 80 pages profusely illustrated colour photos - The LNER existed between 1923 and 1948, colour photographs taken between those dates are extremely rare. This volume features colour photographs of a variety of LNER locomotives, including "Pacifics" in garter blue and "Atlantics" in green. $45.45

[SP-013] Potts, C.R.. Locomotion Papers No.161: The Brixham Branch. Usk, Monmouthshire, UK: The Oakwood Press, 2000. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 085361556X. 176 Pages with Black/White Photos. The Torbay and Brixham Railway was a 7 ft 01/4 in broad gauge railway which linked the Dartmouth and Torbay Railway at Churston railway station, Devon with the important fishing port of Brixham. It was a little over two miles long. The railway was largely built due to the work of Richard Walter Wolston, a local solicitor, and was sold to the Great Western Railway on 1 January 1883 After 1883 the Great Western Railway provided various small locomotives from its fleet to operate the Brixham branch. Up until 1892 broad gauge locomotives were provided such as ex-South Devon Railway 2-4-0 Prince and GWR Hawthorn Class 2-4-0Ts. After the line was converted to standard gauge on 23 May 1892 a number of small tank locomotives found themselves spending time at Brixham, including the unique 4-4-0ST 13. In later years standard GWR 1400 Class 0-4-2Ts worked the autotrain. The final trains were worked by British Rail Class 122 single-car DMUs. $56.40

[HYL-00185] Waller, Peter & Butcher, Alan C.. Locomotives from the National Collection. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2008. 1st Edition. 245mm x 190mm x 12mm. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9780711033405. 80 Pages with Colour Photos. The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, responsible for the conservation and interpretation of the British national collection of historically significant railway vehicles and other artefacts. The Museum contains an unrivalled collection of locomotives, rolling stock, railway equipment, documents and records. While many of the exhibits are displayed at York, the NRM selected Shildon as a site to house the reserve collection of railway vehicles and establish a National Rail Collections Centre, and called the new site Locomotion. This ensures that historically important railway vehicles are held in secure and weather proof premises and moreover, are accessible to the public for the first time. Other exhibits which are deemed of national importance and are part of the Collection are also on display or working at other sites around the country. In this impressive new album over 85 stunning colour illustrations depict the great variety of locomotive which form the National Collection and are owned by the National Railway Museum. Whilst some of the views, particularly of the oldest exhibits, portray the locomotives in static condition, the vast majority record the locomotives in operation either before they were secured for preservation or under the aegis of the NRM. Detailed captions throughout provide the reader with a comprehensive history of each of the locomotives featured. Britain has always been proud to possess one of the world's greatest national collections of railway locomotives, covering the full history of traction from the earliest days of steam through to the most modern. This colourful exploration of the National Railway Museum's comprehensive collection will appeal to all those who have visited the museum and other sites which are home to exhibits, as well as all those wishing for a vivid pictorial tribute to Britain's spectacular railway and engineering heritage. $40.00

[IR058] Johnson, E. M.. Locomotives of the Great Central Railway - Volume One 1897 - 1914. Pinner, Middlesex, England: Irwell Press, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 1871608058. 138 pages profusely illustrated b/w photo - Including archival material, this volume presents a balanced and objective view of the Great Central's locomotive fleet and in particular, J.G. Robinson's contribution to the history of the British locomotive $61.05

[SP-3002] Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. Locomotives of the LNER Part 10A Departmental Stock Locomotive Sheds Boiler and Tender Numbering. Cheam, Surrey, England: RCTS (Railway Correspondence and Travel Society), 1991. Reprint. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0901115657. 140 pages b/w photos line drawings - This volume covers Departmental Stock, Loco Sheds and Boiler & tender numbering $36.15

[HYL-00158] Jones, Richard. Locomotives of the West Somerset Railway in Colour: Volume 2. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2002. 1st Edition. 240mm x 180mm x 10mm. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711029024. 64 Pages with Colour Photos. Britain's longest standard gauge preserved railway, the West Somerset Railway runs between Bishops Lydeard, slightly to the west of Taunton, and the Somerset resort of Minehead. It was in 1862 that the first section of the line, from Norton Fitzwarren to Watchet was opened as a broad gauge line and exactly 20 years later the route was converted to standard gauge. Spring 2002, therefore, marks the 140th anniversary of the line's opening. Closed in 1971, the long process of preservation and reopening commenced in the early 1970s and, in 1976, the first section of line was reopened to passenger services. In the 25 years since the WSR started running preserved steam and diesel locomotives over the route, the line has become one of the region's most popular tourist attractions. Over the past decade Ian Allan Publishing, in conjunction with the West Somerset Railway Association, has published a number of highly successful colour albums featuring the line and the locomotives that have operated over it. This new addition to the Ian Allan Publishing list again paints a portrait in colour of the line before and after preservation. Incorporating some 64 colour photographs, the vast majority of which are previously unpublished, locomotives of the West Somerset Railway in Colour - 2 provides the enthusiast and casual visitor with a superb pictorial history of the locomotives to have operated on the line over the past 30 years. $38.00

[IR066] Yeadon, W. B.. London & North Eastern Railway - Locomotive Allocations - the Last Day 1947. Pinner, Middlesex, England: Irwell Press, 1989. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608066. 48 pages profusely illustrated b/w photo $17.85

[IR112] Hawkins, Chris & Reeve, George. London & South Western Railway Engine Sheds - Western District. Pinner, Middlesex, England: Irwell Press, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 1871608112. 138 pages profusely illustrated b/w photo - First of 3 volumes detailing the engine sheds of the L&SWR $57.85

[HYL-00170] Baker, Michael H.C.. London to Brighton: 150 years of Britain's Premier Holiday Line. Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, UK: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. 1st Edition. 255mm x 200mm x 22mm. Hardcover. Book. Not Signed. New / New. ISBN: 1852601469. 232 Pages with Black/White Photos. $45.00

[IR122] Lovett, Dennis. London's Own Railway: The North London Railway 1846-2001. Clophill, Bedfordshire, UK: Irwell Press, 2001. 1st Edition. 305mm x 215mm x 10mm. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266122. 106 Pages with Black/White Photos. The North London Railway began life in 1846 as the East and West India Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway, intended to link the London and Birmingham Railway with the docks at Poplar. Before it was completed in 1850, overtures made by the small London and Blackwall Railway, which was anxious to expand, saw the introduction of a passenger service from its terminus at Fenchurch Street to Camden. In fact goods traffic was not carried for another year or so. The company's name was changed to the more succinct North London Railway in 1853, and the same year, when the North and South Western Junction Railway opened from Willesden to Kew, the NLR was invited to extend its passenger trains to Kew via the L&NWR main line. A year later a connection was laid in by the Eastern Counties Railway (later to become the Great Eastern Railway) between Victoria Park and Stratford. A major extension of services took place in 1860, when the Hampstead Junction Railway was opened from Camden to Willesden direct, and again the NLR was asked to work the train service. With the increasing use of Fenchurch street, relations with the London and Blackwall became strained, and the NLR directors decided to build an independent line to the City, and a new line, mostly on viaduct, was opened from Dalston to Broad Street in late 1865. A period of expansion of railways in the late 1860s saw the opening of connections to the LT&SR at Bromley, to Richmond from Acton via the L&SWR, and two with the newly built Midland Railway London extension one near St. Pancras the other at Acton Wells. In 1875 the Great Northern opened a chord line at Canonbury, allowing NLR trains from Broad Street to run as far as Potter's Bar, Barnet and Enfield. Two years later another curve was laid in at Acton Wells to allow GWR trains to reach the docks. By 1900, the NLR had connections with the Great Eastern, Great Northern, Great Western, L&NWR, L&SWR, LT&SR, Midland and Metropolitan District Railways, with nearly 50 miles of running powers, compared with the 13 miles it actually owned. Unusually for such a small railway, the NLR built its own works at Bow, and from 1863, constructed all its own locomotives, carriages and wagons, and manufactured its own signalling equipment. In 1909 it owned 122 locomotives, 734 carriages and 568 wagons. Although at its peak the railway handled some 85,000 passenger journeys a day, by 1908 trams and underground railways were taking a growing proportion of them and it was arranged that the L&NWR would assume day-to-day control. It was not long before this railway saw the advantages of electrification, and the main line from Broad Street to Kew and Richmond was so equipped by 1916, although at the same time wartime restrictions had caused to curtailment of some services and the closure of stations - some for ever. The Grouping of 1923 saw the NLR become a busy part of the new London, Midland and Scottish Railway. During the Second World War bombing caused severe damage, and resulted in the withdrawal of the Poplar passenger trains. Nationalisation soon followed in 1948, and with lack of investment the lines became run down and closure of all passenger services was threatened. $47.85

[HYL-00207] Mullay, A.J.. London's Scottish Railways: LMS & LNER. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: Tempus Publishing Ltd UK, 2005. 1st Edition. 235mm x 155mm x 15mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0752434802. 160 Pages with Black/White Photos. $40.00

[DLS-043] Welbourn, Nigel. Lost Lines - LMR. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 1994. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711022771. 128 pages b/w photos - A record of the lines and stations that have now gone from the railway scene due to the many closures in the 1960s and before. Many of the closed routes in the region are covered, including the much-mourned Great Central main line and the ex-Midland route to Manchester via the Peak District. All now only to be seen in photographs - as presented in this fascinating volume. Maps. 231 b/w photos. $39.95

[HYL-00172] Cooper, Peter. LSWR Stock Book: The Preserved Locomotives, Carriages and Wagons of the London and South Western Railway. Southampton, Hampshire, UK: Kingfisher Railway Publications, 1986. 1st Edition. 280mm x 220mm x 12mm. Hardcover. Book. Not Signed. New / Good. ISBN: 0946184208. 96 Pages with Black/White Photos & Line Drawings. $30.00 [HYL-00188] Pixton, Bob. Main Line Railways around Wigan. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK: Runpast Publishing, 1999. 1st Edition. 280mm x 225mm x 13mm. Hardcover. Book. Not Signed. New / New. ISBN: 187075445X. 112 Pages with Black/White Photos. Wigan developed rapidly as the centre of the coal mining industry in South Lancashire and railways were constructed to serve this traffic. This book provides a comprehensive illustrated history of the main line network around Wigan. $60.00

[IR432] Nicholas, John & Reeve, George. Main Line to the West: The Southern Railway Route Between Basingstoke & Exeter Part One - Basingstoke to Salisbury. Clophill, Bedfordshire, UK: Irwell Press, 2004. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266432. 244 Pages with Black/White Photos. First proposals for a central main railway line from London to the port of Falmouth through Salisbury and Exeter came in the 1830s, and the first section as far as Basingstoke was opened in 1840 as part of the London & Southampton Railway, which in line with its plans for expansion soon became the London & South Western Railway. The Bishopstoke to Salisbury Milford branch opened in 1847 but the route from London to Salisbury was indirect, so a direct Basingstoke to Salisbury line was promoted and after delays following the Railway Mania the single track branch from Basingstoke to Andover was opened in 1854, extended to Salisbury Milford in 1857, and then to Salisbury Fisherton in 1859. The Basingstoke & Salisbury Railway is the subject of Part One. $80.85

[IR030] Nicholas, John & Reeve, George. Main Line to the West: The Southern Railway Route Between Basingstoke & Exeter Part Three - Yeovil to Exeter. Clophill, Bedfordshire, UK: Irwell Press, 2009. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919030. 422 Pages with Black/White Photos. The characteristic feature of this main line is illustrated by station and signal box names - Yeovil Junction, Chard Junction, Axminster (Junction for Lyme Regis), Seaton Junction, Sidmouth Junction and Exmouth Junction. Principal Waterloo expresses often passed towns like Crewkerne, Axminster and Honiton, but then stopped at junction stations in almost uninhabited countryside. This feature of six branch line junctions in less than 50 miles was on the one hand fascinating for railway enthusiasts, and on the other hand frustrating for passengers travelling to and from towns and villages away from the main line, particularly after the Beeching closures. Between well located stations at Sherborne and Exeter Central many of the stations were built in open countryside whilst the main line avoided towns of Yeovil, Chard, Colyton and Ottery St Mary. Only Honiton had a convenient station - the line's Engineer Joseph Locke was the town's M.P. $70.00

[IR580] Nicholas, John & Reeve, George. Main Line to the West: The Southern Railway Route Between Basingstoke & Exeter Part Two - Salisbury to Yeovil. Clophill, Bedfordshire, UK: Irwell Press, 2007. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266580. 322 Pages with Black/White Photos. The Salisbury & Yeovil line was the central part of the Southern's Main Line to the West. Promoted and built by an independent local company, its stations were well placed for the centres of Salisbury, Tisbury, Gillingham, Sherborne and Yeovil. The station at the small village of Templecombe prospered as a junction with the Somerset & Dorset line, the route for much freight traffic to and from the west. Here coal, stone, manufactured goods, milk and Burton beer from the Midland line was transferred. Going north went cider from Whimple, rabbits from Dartmoor, fruit and flowers from the Tamar Valley and watercress from Hampshire. The South Western worked and later bought the line, at a very high price, and fast trains from Waterloo provided good services for both business and holiday passengers. Although Beeching cuts reduced the line's status to little more than a single track byway, today it provides a good and frequent service to London. Part One covered Basingstoke to Salisbury whilst Part Three will deal with the route onwards from Yeovil to Exeter. $74.85

[DLS-015] Welch, Michael S.. Memories of Steam from Glasgow to Aberdeen. Cheltenham, Glos., England: Runpast Publishing, 1993. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1870754379. unpaginated approx 116 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - The superb action pictures in this album pay tribute to the BR steam era on this attractive route where Sir Nigel Gresley's magnificent Class A4 Pacifics ended their days. Just over 200 nicely reproduced b/w photos of everyday scenes taken during almost 20 years of BR steam from 1948 to 1967 including that memorable period in the 1960s when a clutch of A4s had their final majestic fling. $42.95

[SP-2048] Binns, Donald. Midland Lines around Morecambe,Heysham & Lancaster. Skipton, West Yorks., England: Trackside Publications, 1995. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. As New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1900095017. 60 pages b/w photos $36.15 [IR556] Summerson, Stephen. Midland Railway Locomotives Volume Four - the Johnson Classes Part II - ( Goods and Later Passenger Tender Engines ). Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2005. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266556. 220 pages b/w photos - This fourth volume covers the remaining Johnson classes and those introduced by Deeley and Fowler up to 1922. To facilitate the presentation of evolving designs in the most appropriate manner, the development of each type is presented to its conclusions in a continuous sequence rather than record each class strictly by date under the two Locomotive Superintendents and Chief Mechanical Engineer. $68.85

[IR106] Summerson, Stephen. Midland Railway Locomotives Volume One - General Survey. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266106. 154 pages b/w photos - ISBN inside is 1903266025 but isbn on rear of book is 978 - 1903266106 - This comprehensive account is a general survay, 1844 - 1942 including details of boilers, tenders and their fittings. $53.85

[IR262] Summerson, Stephen. Midland Railway Locomotives Volume Three - the Johnson Classes Part I. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2002. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266262. 196 pages b/w photos - the slim boiler passenger tender engines, passenger and goods tank engines $59.85

[IR858] Summerson, Stephen. Midland Railway Locomotives Volume Two - the Kirtley Classes. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2007. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266858. 154 pages b/w photos - The thirty years of the Kirtley era, 1844-73, are a long time ago now. It was a period of rapid change and one of considerable complexity for the historian. Many of the earlier engines did not have long lives, but those built in the last ten years, with a few exceptions, were very long-lived. Their sturdy construction and ready adaptability to accept later and larger boilers resulted in examples of both passenger and goods engines still in use after the Second World War. In this way the more senior members of our enthusiast fraternity have a ready recollection of these ancient engines and form a link with those early days long gone. Indeed, nobody was Anybody in the late 1940s if they had not been to Bournville to see the last of the double frame 0-6-0s gathered there. No.22834 was the ultimate icon. With Johnson pattern boiler, the cab displaying a brass class 1 power class numeral and that amazing horseshoe tank layout of its tender, it was, even in those days, held in some awe as a relic of the distant past. The fact that the Ian Allan ABC said it was class 2 (which was true) and that its tender plate bore the date 1867 (the book said introduced 1868 ) only increased the fascination. Such little items formed the stimulus for research to sort it out , ultimately to result in this volume. $72.65

[CP18X] Wells, Jeffrey. Miles Platting to Diggle ( Via Ashton ). Oldham, Lancashire, England: Challenger Publication, 1996. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 189962418X. 96 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - Telling the story of this wonderful Lancashire railway. Comprising of text, a map and black and white photographs $46.65

[HYL-00083] Marsden, Colin J.. Modern Railways Special: Derby Railway Technical Centre. Weybridge, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 1989. 1st Edition. 285mm x 210mm x 3mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711017816. 56 Pages with Black/White Photos and Tables. Photo's of various rolling stock, various facilities, testing equipment & testing sites used. $20.00

[CP031] Yeadon, W. B.. More Illustrated History of the Railways of Hull. Oldham, Lancashire, England: Challenger Publication, 1995. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1899624031. 112 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - A history of the railways, stations and engine sheds around the city of Hull told in text and photographs. The illustrations focus on the steam age with a selection of more modern motive power to be seen, plus views of stations, signal boxes and other infrastructure. Allocation details for the motive power depots are provided. First published in 1995, this is the 2006 reprint. 7 track plans. 156 b/w photos. $46.65

[IR382] Peaty, Ian P.. Mountsorrel And its Associated Quarry Railways. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2012. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919382. 88 pages b/w photos - The geology of Leicestershire is dominated by the igneous rocks which form the beautiful Charnwood Forest, immediately to the west of Leicester city. The eastern boundary is formed by the river Soar and its navigation on a north-south line. Running in this river valley is the former Midland Railway four track main line to Derby and Nottingham. To the east are the Lower Lias beds which reach a depth of over nine hundred feet and have been actively worked for over a hundred years. This activity is now conducted underground and the modern works, producing plaster products, are at Barrow-on-Soar, opposite the railway sidings of the Lafarge granite stone loading terminal. To the west, at Coalville, coal has been extracted in and around the appropriately named town. The renowned Snibston Mine is now a museum under the management of the Leicestershire Museum Service. Other collieries were at Whitwick, where there was also a granite quarry, and a few miles south there were Ellistown, Ibstock, Desford, Nailstone and Measham Collieries; further west was the well known Moira Colliery near Burton-on-Trent. The east-west extent of the granite area is eight miles and north-south it extends for some sixteen miles. At the northern extremity was the Shepshed quarry while the southern-most quarrying took place at Stoney Stanton and Narborough, bounded by the old South Leicester line of the LNWR. All the coal collieries and the granite quarries of any size were once served by railways; many of the quarries had their own railway networks, complete with a wonderful range of locomotives and private owner wagons, employing several different gauges. Today the largest granite quarry in Europe, Mountsorrel, lies on the north-eastern boundary; it still has a considerable private railway system in the ownership of the giant French aggregates business Lafarge Aggregates. On the western and southern areas, another firm, Aggregates Industries, have smaller railways, at Bardon Hill and Croft Quarries. Close to the coal measures is Stud Farm rail ballast loading plant; formerly owned by Tarmac Ltd, a narrow gauge railway connected it to the quarry at Markfield. $39.90

[IR139A] Baker, Allan C. & Fell, Mike G.. Newcastle - Under - Lyme - Its Railway and Canal History. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2009. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919139. 136 pages b/w photos - A complex story that begins before the Battle of Trafalgar; the canals, industries, railways, political and commercial struggles and rivalries of this little known but fascinating corner of a little known but fascinating county, Staffordshire. $47.40

[SP-2030] Groundwater, Ken. Newcastle's Railways - A View from the Past. London England: Ian Allan Ltd, 1998. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711026165. 92 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - Reflecting the fascinating history of railways in and around Newcastle, this book is a superb pictor ial record of the railway development of one of the most int ensive railway operations in the UK outside London. $52.80

[IR597A] Coster, Peter. Ninety Years on : The New Book of the A3 Pacifics. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2013. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919597. 208 pages b/w photos - In April 2012 it was 90 years since home-going passengers at Kings Cross were astonished at the presence of a huge, handsome express steam locomotive standing on the empty stock roads, the like of which they had never seen before. It was GREAT NORTHERN, awaiting inspection by the GNR Directors. This year will be the 90th year since the third of these locomotives emerged from Doncaster Works - 'The Plant' - 1472, later 4472, soon to be named FLYING SCOTSMAN. These three anniversaries we hope to commemorate with this New Book of the A3s. The story of the class was set out in the original 'Book Of' the A3s by the same author; he has now put down the history of each individual locomotive, summarising events, together with personal comments. Even now, while the history of the class is generally complete, there is a trickle of new information on the details of individual locomotives, revealing more about their use and particularly during the sad business of withdrawal and disposal. $60.00

[IR335] Sadler, Ian G.. North Eastern Railway Brake Vans - A Railway Bylines Special. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266335. 60 pages b/w photos $26.85

[SP-2046] Pixton, Bob. North Midland - Portrait of a Famous Route - Part One - Derby to Chesterfield. Cheltenham, Glos., England: Runpast Publishing, 2000. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1870754476. 80 pages b/w photos - In the late 1830s three railway companies sought to establish a presence in Derby and one was the North Midland Railway which constructed a line to Leeds via Chesterfield and Rotherham, but bypassing Sheffield. Railway pioneer George Stephenson was heavily involved with the project. The North Midland became absorbed into the Midland Railway in the 1840s and Derby became the centre for that company with the establishment of a locomotive works and with trains running to all parts of the country. This book traces the history of the North Midland route during the steam era, as it became a vital artery of the Midland Railway and, indeed, is still very busy today. It commences with a number of pictures of Derby over the years and then goes north with photographs of all major features on the route, such as the unusual triangular station at Ambergate, the highly industrial Clay Cross area - opened up by the railway's construction, and the important town of Chesterfield. Informative captions enhance the pictures and give a good account of the line's fortunes over the years. This book is the first part of a trilogy - part two covers Chesterfield to Rotherham and connections to Sheffield, while part three looks at the Rotherham to Leeds section. Together the books give an unrivalled comprehensive photographic coverage of steam days on this very important route $35.95

[SP-2045] Pixton, Bob. North Midland - Portrait of a Famous Route - Part Two - Chesterfield - Sheffield - Rotherham. Cheltenham, Glos., England: Runpast Publishing, 2001. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1870754514. 80 pages b/w photos - A photographic journey over the main line from Derby with the focus on the area around Sheffield. Extended captions give historical facts and the photographs cover the steam era with a small selection of more modern motive power. Stations, tunnels and locomotive depots are all included. $42.95

[DLS-042] Robertson, Kevin. On Didcot Newbury & Southampton Lines. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 2002. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711029555. 80 pages colour photos - First volume in a series that includes 44 pages of maps updated and revised from the originals published in Colonel Cobb's two-volume masterpiece. The detailed mapping includes lines still open, those open for freight traffic only, preserved lines and those closed completely. An outline of the road network in simplified form is both an aid to the identification of lines and a means of seeing the inter-relationship between rail and road. In addition, 62 pages are devoted to photographs and historical information on the lines and stations, providing a rich source of reference material. 97 b/w photos $45.00

[HYL-00218] Cross, David. On Glasgow & South Western Lines. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2001. 1st Edition. 245mm x 190mm x 11mm. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711027951. 80 Pages with Colour Photos. $45.00

[IR290] Phillips, Derek. Paddington to Weymouth : The Route in the 1950s. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2012. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919290. 148 pages b/w photos - This book depicts steam locomotives at work on the route between Paddington and Weymouth as it used to be in the age of steam before the advent of mass closures of branch lines and stations and before dieselisation. The author became entranced with the railway from his first boyhood 'skool' trip from Paddington to the coast and later worked on the footplate at Yeovil engine shed. This is the essential (Great) Western Region of the 1950s; a journey from London to Weymouth with innumerable observations and descriptions along the way, celebrating the classic Victorian seaside holiday town with its boarding houses and donkey rides. So come on the trip, and meet Dick Emery when you get there! You are awful... $49.90

[IR139] Hitches, Mike. Penmaenmawr - Rails of Granite. Pinner, Middlesex, England: Irwell Press, 1990. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608139. 32 pages b/w photos - The industrial quarrying of granite at Penmaenan began in the early 19th century with the forming of the Penmaenmawr & Welsh Granite Co.. As the industry grew workers and their families flocked to Penmaenmawr from all over north-west Wales and beyond. The link was especially strong with Trefor, also the home of a significant granite quarry on the slopes of Yr Eifl. The community which sprang up in the present day wards of Penmaenan and Pant-yr-afon was close-knit and almost entirely Welsh-speaking. By the early years of the 20th century about 1,000 men worked in the quarry and its associated workshops. Neighbouring Llanfairfechan was an integral part of this process. The granite was lowered from the quarry by self-acting inclines to the 3 ft (914 mm) gauge tramway which ran to jetties from where the setts were loaded into ships. After 1848 the majority of the quarry output was sent by main-line rail, although the quarry and its internal narrow gauge railway continued to thrive through the nineteenth century. Life was far from easy for the quarrymen, especially those who worked on the higher slopes. They were expected to walk up to the summit area in all weather and faced losing pay if unable to reach the top. Naturally a strong spirit of camaraderie developed and this was reflected in the town's chapels, pubs and cultural societies. Granite was exported by rail to ports like Liverpool and the cities of England and by sea from the two quarrying jetties to Liverpool and also to a number of European ports such as Hamburg. The town grew in popularity as a seaside resort for the well-to-do in the second half of the 19th century, in part due to the enthusiasm shown by statesman and Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone who holidayed 11 times in Penmaenmawr between 1855 and 1896 $19.65

[IR503] Smith, Martin. Peto's Register of Great Western Railway Locomotives - Volume One - King 4-6-0s. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 1871608503. 96 pages b/w photos - This is volume 1 of Peto's Register of Great Western Railway Locomotives which concentrates on the King 4-6-0s. - the volume describes the background history of the class, operation and details and modification, then looks at each locomotve in turn charting its history from construction to withdrawal $50.85

[IR880] Smith, Martin. Peto's Register of Great Western Railway Locomotives - Volume Three - 14XX and 58XX 0-4-2Ts. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 1871608880. 96 pages b/w photos - Great book, losts of detailed historic information of all the class members (GWR 0-4-2 tank engines of Collet). As model engineer, building this engine, is nice to read about the changes and alterations these locomotive had in their existance. $56.95

[IR678] Smith, Martin ( Editor ). Peto's Register of Great Western Railway Locomotives - Volume Two - Manor 4-6-0s. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 1871608678. 96 pages b/w photos - losts of detailed historic information of all the class members. This is volume 2 of Peto's Register of Great Western Railway Locomotives which concentrates on the Manor 4-6-0s. - the volume describes the background history of the class, operation and details and modification, then looks at each locomotve in turn charting its history from construction to withdrawal. The Great Western Railway 7800 Class or Manor Class was a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive. They were designed as a lighter version of the GWR Grange Class, giving them a wider Route Availability. Like the 'Granges', the 'Manors' used parts from the GWR 4300 Class Moguls but just on the first batch of twenty. Twenty were built between 1938 and 1939, with British Railways adding a further 10 in 1950. The first of the Manors No.7800 Torquay Manor entered traffic in January 1938 and 20 were in service by February 1939. They used the driving wheels, motion components and tenders from withdrawn GWR 4300 Class moguls.[1] A new standard boiler, type No. 14, was developed for the class.[1] The outbreak of war forced the cancellation of construction of a further batch of 20 locomotives. The Manor class, with an axle loading of just over 17 tons, could be utilised on many lines from which the heavier Granges were barred.[1] The first examples were despatched to depots at Wolverhampton, Bristol, Gloucester, Shrewsbury, Westbury in Wiltshire and Neyland in South Wales. In October 1938 No.7805 Broome Manor underwent clearance tests between Ruabon and Barmouth. Subsequently the class were used over the main lines of the erstwhile Cambrian Railways. The Manors were also successfully employed in the West Country where they were used for banking and piloting trains over the Devon banks between Newton Abbot and Plymouth. Their light axleloading allowed them across the Tamar Bridge and on to the branch lines of Cornwall. Unlike the Granges of 1936 where the use of standard components and the re-use of existing ones had produced a masterpiece the initial performance of the Manors was comparatively mediocre. Were it not for the constraints of war there is every reason to expect that Swindon would have recalled the engines for modifications. After nationalisation, the newly created Western Region was authorised to build ten more of the class. Nos.7820-29 were outshopped from Swindon in November and December 1950. There was no attempt to improve the steaming; a British Railway edict permitted construction only of existing pre-nationalisation designs. Subsequent trials showed the engines did not require too much work to correct their faults. Internal alterations to the blastpipe and an increase in air space in the firegrate added to the new type of narrow chimney noticeably improved the draughting. After trials on 10 of the class, the improvements became standard after July 1954. By 1959 21 Manors were congregated in Mid- and South Wales. Their most prestigious working was the Cambrian Coast Express, where a Manor took over from a King or Castle at Shrewsbury and worked through to Aberystwyth. Others of the class operated in the Birmingham, Gloucester and Hereford areas while the handful stationed at Reading frequently ventured on to the Southern Region line to Guildford and Redhill. The first Manor to be scrapped was No.7809 Childrey Manor, withdrawn from Shrewsbury depot in April 1963 and cut up at Swindon. By May 1965 the numbers had been halved and the final two, No.7808 Cookham Manor of Gloucester, and No.7829 Ramsbury Manor of Didcot, were condemned in December 1965. $55.95

[HYL-00187] Avery, Pat. Pioneer Diesels around London. Corhampton, Southampton, UK: Noodle Books, 2012. 1st Edition. 275mm x 220mm x 12mm. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906419820. 84 Pages with Colour Photos. Pat Avery has sourced a previously unpublished collection to present a tribute to that period now nearly half a century ago, and at a time shunned by the contemporary enthusiast who still preferred to chase steam. $35.00

[HYL-00183] Rodgers, David C.. Preserved Steam Album. London, UK: Jane's Publishing Company Limited, 1986. 1st Edition. 250mm x 190mm x 12mm. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0710603789. 96 Pages with Colour Photos. $27.00

[HYL-00160] Ratcliffe, David. Private-Owner Wagons in Colour: For the Modeller and Historian. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2009. 1st Edition. 280mm x 215mm x 6mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9780711033658. 96 Pages with Colour Photos & Tables. This exciting new volume concentrates on development of the train ferry wagon from the mid 1970s through to the present day, examining its impact on the ever changing railway scene. It begins with a brief history of the train ferries in World War 1, the development of the GER's Harwich-Zeebrugge route, and later the SR's Dover-Dunkerque service, finally examining the final sailing in 1995. The author carefully explains the method of operation at the ports, and broad division of traffic, including useful details of the freight services used to feed the wagons into the British rail network. The transfer of service to the Channel Tunnel and details of current services from Dollands Moor are also covered. Tanks and vans are given precedence within the text, as until recently they remained the dominant types over conflats. Wagons registered in France, Germany, and Italy as well as those international wagons registered in Britain are featured in detail, as they formed the bulk of the fleet. Also included is a rare selection of pictures of vehicles from the smaller railway administrations including Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Spain, Switzerland and Yugoslavia. Useful captions highlight important details such as wagon number, location and date, as well as special features, with details of load carried and customers served. $40.00

[HYL-00116] Body, Geoffrey. PSL Field Guide: Railways of the Eastern Region - Volume 1: Southern Operating Area. Wellingborough, Northamptionshire, UK: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. Hardcover. Book. New / New. 232 Pages with Black/White Photos. $49.00

[HYL-00078] Body, Geoffrey. PSL Field Guide: Railways of the Southern Region. Bar Hill, Cambridge, UK: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 0850596645. Jacket Clipped. 280 Pages with Black/White Photos & Maps. A great book to have in the collection as an 'overview' of the old Southern network. $45.00

[HYL-00115] Body, Geoffrey. PSL Field Guide: Railways of the Western Region. Wellingborough, Northamptionshire, UK: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 1852602961. Jacket Clipped. 296 Pages with Black/White Photos. $40.00

[HYL-00177] Fell, Andrew. Rail Portfolios No.17: BR in the Midlands. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 1991. 1st Edition. 240mm x 180mm x 10mm. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711019916. 64 Pages with Colour Photos. Andrew Fell's album looks at British Rail's operations in and around the Midlands in the latter part of the 1980s. $33.00

[HYL-00092] Gray, Peter W.. Rail Trails: South West - Essays in Steam. Wadenhoe, Peterborough, UK: Silver Link Publishing, 1996. Reprint. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1857940679. 192 Pages with Black/White Photos. A pictorial history of the age of steam in Devon and Cornwall, which features over 90 captioned photographs of historical trains and events on the West Country railway. $52.00

[HYL-00171] Mullay, A.J.. Rails across the Border: The story of Anglo-Scottish Railways. Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, UK: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1990. 1st Edition. 255mm x 195mm x 17mm. Hardcover. Book. Not Signed. New / New. ISBN: 1852601868. 160 Pages with Black/White Photos. Two railway lines cross the border between England and Scotland today, one on the east coast and the other on the west. But, at one point, there were another five lines converging on the border. What happened to them? $50.00

[DLS-010] Crockart, Andrew & Patience, Jack. Rails Around Belfast - an Irish Railway Pictorial. Hinckley, Leics, England: Midland Publishing Ltd, 2004. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1857801679. 80 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - A nostalgic look back to the extensive railway network around Belfast covering the period from the 1930s to the end of steam traction in the early 1970s. This pictorial album presents many previously unpublished photographs and concentrates on an area centred on Belfast and out to Lisburn, Antrim, Carrickfergus, Newtownards and Bangor. A section also features the trams that once graced the streets of the city providing street scenes of a bygone age. Quality photos and informative captions combine to make this an attractive addition to the series. 200 b/w photos. 80 pages. $45.00

[ARMP-039] McNicol, Steve. Rails Around Frome. Elizabeth, South Australia: Railmac Publications Australia, 1984. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0949817317. 56 pages b/w photos $6.95

[HYL-00114] Jenkinson, David. Rails in the Fells: A Railway Case Study. Seaton, Devon, UK: Peco Publications, 1980. 2nd Edition-Revised. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0900586532. 156 Pages with Black/White Photos & Line Drawings. A significant and serious look at the Settle and Carlisle branch of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway by distinguished railroad historian, David Jenkinson. In this groundbreaking work, the author examined not just the railway but the surrounding countryside and examines the economic and social effect the railway had on its neighbors. Today this book would be called "human geography," but Jenkinson was ahead of his time. In precise and accessible prose, he uncovered the connections. Illustrated with numerous black and white photos as well as maps, statistical charts of all sorts (including agricultural and mineral), station plans, the parish map, lists of passenger bookings and takings, total freight tonnage, shed allocations, train formations, coaching stock and motive power. $65.00

[HYL-00174] Welch, Michael S.. Rails to Sheffield Park. Huddersfield, York, UK: Kingfisher Railway Publications, 1988. 1st Edition. 280mm x 220mm x 13mm. Hardcover. Book. Not Signed. New / Good. ISBN: 0946184488. 128 Pages with Black/White Photos. $38.50

[IR009] Smith. Martin [ Editor ].. Railway Bylines Annual No. 3. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1998. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266009. 96 pages b/w photos - 'Annual' of this popular quality magazine dealing with British Light, narrow gauge and industrial Railways. $44.85

[IR181] Smith. Martin [ Editor ].. Railway Bylines Annual No. 4. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266181. 96 pages b/w photos - 'Annual' of this popular quality magazine dealing with British Light, narrow gauge and industrial Railways. $44.85

[IR246] Smith. Martin [ Editor ].. Railway Bylines Annual No. 5. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2002. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266246. 96 pages b/w photos - 'Annual' of this popular quality magazine dealing with British Light, narrow gauge and industrial Railways. $44.85

[IR319] Smith. Martin [ Editor ].. Railway Bylines Annual No. 6. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266319. 96 pages b/w photos - 'Annual' of this popular quality magazine dealing with British Light, narrow gauge and industrial Railways. $44.85

[IR929] Smith. Martin [ Editor ].. Railway Bylines Annual Number 2. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1997. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608929. 96 pages b/w photos - 'Annual' of this popular quality magazine dealing with British Light, narrow gauge and industrial Railways. $44.85

[IR83X] Smith. Martin [ Editor ].. Railway Bylines Annual Number One. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1996. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 187160883X. 96 pages b/w photos - 'Annual' of this popular quality magazine dealing with British Light, narrow gauge and industrial Railways. $44.85

[IR70X] Smith. Martin [ Editor ].. Railway Bylines Collection 2006 - 2007. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2006. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 190326670X. 96 pages b/w photos - Included in this very first volume (all new articles and no repeats) will be articles and features about Backworth Colliery, the Westward TV train, J65 0-6-0Ts, Quakers Yard, Marks Tey brick works, Shropshire & Montgomeryshire and much, much more. The book includes about 100 superb photographs, many of which are, to the best of our knowledge, previously unpublished. $47.85

[IR211] Smith. Martin [ Editor ].. Railway Bylines Summer Special Number 4. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2001. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266211. 96 pages b/w photos -The Irwell SUMMER SPECIALS are based upon the monthly magazine British Railways Illustrated, now in its eleventh year. The Summer Special has hard covers and 96 pages, of all new material. All the articles are original, Separately commissioned and designed for the Summer Specials - no repeats of material already used, and no dusted down items left over from the magazine. BRILL readers will know of the regular Fourum, Diesel Dawn, War Report and Thirties File but as well as these there are a whole range of new articles and features. $44.85

[IR297] Smith. Martin [ Editor ].. Railway Bylines Summer Special Number 5. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2002. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266297. 96 pages b/w photos -The Irwell SUMMER SPECIALS are based upon the monthly magazine British Railways Illustrated, now in its eleventh year. The Summer Special has hard covers and 96 pages, of all new material. All the articles are original, Separately commissioned and designed for the Summer Specials - no repeats of material already used, and no dusted down items left over from the magazine. BRILL readers will know of the regular Fourum, Diesel Dawn, War Report and Thirties File but as well as these there are a whole range of new articles and features. $44.85

[IR386] Smith. Martin [ Editor ].. Railway Bylines Summer Special Number 6. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266386. 96 pages b/w photos -The Irwell SUMMER SPECIALS are based upon the monthly magazine British Railways Illustrated, now in its eleventh year. The Summer Special has hard covers and 96 pages, of all new material. All the articles are original, Separately commissioned and designed for the Summer Specials - no repeats of material already used, and no dusted down items left over from the magazine. BRILL readers will know of the regular Fourum, Diesel Dawn, War Report and Thirties File but as well as these there are a whole range of new articles and features. $44.85

[IR937] Smith. Martin [ Editor ].. Railway Bylines Summer Special Number One. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1998. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608937. 96 pages b/w photos -The Irwell SUMMER SPECIALS are based upon the monthly magazine British Railways Illustrated, now in its eleventh year. The Summer Special has hard covers and 96 pages, of all new material. All the articles are original, Separately commissioned and designed for the Summer Specials - no repeats of material already used, and no dusted down items left over from the magazine. BRILL readers will know of the regular Fourum, Diesel Dawn, War Report and Thirties File but as well as these there are a whole range of new articles and features. $44.85

[IR033] Smith. Martin [ Editor ].. Railway Bylines Summer Special Number Three. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266033. 96 pages b/w photos -The Irwell SUMMER SPECIALS are based upon the monthly magazine British Railways Illustrated, now in its eleventh year. The Summer Special has hard covers and 96 pages, of all new material. All the articles are original, Separately commissioned and designed for the Summer Specials - no repeats of material already used, and no dusted down items left over from the magazine. BRILL readers will know of the regular Fourum, Diesel Dawn, War Report and Thirties File but as well as these there are a whole range of new articles and features. $44.85

[IR961] Smith. Martin [ Editor ].. Railway Bylines Summer Special Number Two. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1999. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608961. 96 pages no isbn in book but front cover shows 978 - 1871608960 - isbn is 1871608961 -The Irwell SUMMER SPECIALS are based upon the monthly magazine British Railways Illustrated, now in its eleventh year. The Summer Special has hard covers and 96 pages, of all new material. All the articles are original, Separately commissioned and designed for the Summer Specials - no repeats of material already used, and no dusted down items left over from the magazine. BRILL readers will know of the regular Fourum, Diesel Dawn, War Report and Thirties File but as well as these there are a whole range of new articles and features. $44.85

[HYL-00192] Norman, K.J.. Railway Heritage: The Furness Railway - Special 150th Anniversary Subscriber's Edition. Wadenhoe, Peterborough, UK: Silver Link Publishing Ltd, 1994. 1st Edition. 285mm x 220mm x 15mm. Hardcover. Book. Not Signed. New / New. ISBN: 185794089X. 128 Pages with Black/White Photos. An illustrated record including photographs from the Stankey collection $99.00 [HYL-00201] Hutton, John. Railway Heritage: The Newport Docks & Railway Company. Wadenhoe, Peterborough, UK: Silver Link Publishing Ltd, 1996. 1st Edition. 280mm x 215mm x 6mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1857940873. 128 Pages with Black/White Photos.An illustrated history of the Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway Company, and the Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway, which charts the vital role of the company in transporting coal from the pits to the ports in South Wales. $53.00

[SP-3023] Stevens - Stratten, S. W. & Aldridge, W. J.. Railway Owned Commercial Vehicles. London England: Ian Allan Ltd, 1999. Reprint. Hardcover. Book. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0711016895. 112 pages b/w photos - Taken from early days with special emphasis on the period from the early 1930's to the late 1960's. $48.75

[SP-3022] Middlemas, Thomas. Railway Reflections - A Unique Collection of Photographs from the 30s F. C. Le Manquais. Somerset, England: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. Very Good / Fair. ISBN: 1852600896. 176 pages b/w photos - This work is based on the notebooks and photographs of an electrical engineer, Frederick Charles Le Manquais (1910-1968). They reveal details of the many rail journeys which he undertook in England, Scotland, Ireland and on the Continent. - cover has small tear to bottom edge $44.55

[HYL-00214] Leigh, Chris. Railway World Special: 'Cornish Rivera'. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 1988. 1st Edition. 285mm x 210mm x 3mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711017972. 56 Pages with Black/White Photos & Line Drawings. Chris Leigh has kept away from the locomotive performance and train timing angles and contented himself with an overview of the train and its history. He has endeavoured to concentrate on the changing appearance and to put across a little of the atmosphere that surrounded it. $20.00

[HYL-00084] Jackson, Joan. Railway World Special: Steam Returns to London. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 1990. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711018979. 48 Pages with Colour & Black/White Photos plus Tables. $18.00

[HYL-00215] Semmens, Peter. Railway World Special: The Withered Arm - The Southern West of Exeter. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 1988. 1st Edition. 285mm x 210mm x 3mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711018065. 48 Pages with Black/White Photos. $20.00

[EBLP-IA109] Boocock, Colin. Railway World Yearbook 1991. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 1990. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711019320. 80 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos $10.00

[ARMP-047] McNicol, Steve. Railways and Buses of Chester. Elizabeth, South Australia, Australia: Railmac Publications Australia, 1984. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0949817376. 24 Pages with Black/White Photos. A look at the Rail and Bus Scene Around Chester in the Early 1980's $4.95

[HYL-00075] Linsley, Robin. Railways in Camera: Archive Photographs of the Great Age of Steam from the Public Record Office 1860-1913. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 0750910607. 246 Pages with Black/White Photos. $75.00

[DLS-313] Mullay, A. J.. Railways in Retrospect 4 - Railways for the People - the Nationalisation of Britains Railways in 1948. York, England: Pendragon Publishing, 2006. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1899816143. 89 pages index b/w photos. - The privatisation of British Railways in the 1990s led to a massive reorganisation of the way the railway system is operated, but 50 years earlier there had been another major upheaval when the 1947 Transport Act brought the nation's railways into state ownership. In 1948 25,000 route miles of track, 20,000 locomotives, 1.23 million goods wagons, 70 hotels, 50,000 tons of shipping, important harbours such as Hull and Southampton, 1,640 miles of canals and 52,000 houses passed into Government control. A.J. Mullay's carefully researched book looks at how the nationalisation of the railways was achieved - what was done, why it was done the way it was, how it all unfolded in that crucial first year and how decisions taken at that time were to affect Government policy towards rail transport for the next twenty years. Individual chapters consider the Transport Act itself, the British Transport Commission, the Railway Executive and the Transport Users' Consultative Committees, the Regions and the other transport executives within the BTC. This revealing, fascinating and immensely readable account is essential reading for all interested in British railway history. $45.00

[DLS-238] McCarthy, Colin & David. Railways of Britain - Norfolk and Suffolk. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 2007. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711032238. 112 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - maps - First volume in a series that includes 44 pages of maps updated and revised from the originals published in Colonel Cobb's two-volume masterpiece. The detailed mapping includes lines still open, those open for freight traffic only, preserved lines and those closed completely. An outline of the road network in simplified form is both an aid to the identification of lines and a means of seeing the inter-relationship between rail and road. In addition, 62 pages are devoted to photographs and historical information on the lines and stations, providing a rich source of reference material. $59.95

[IR309] Anderson, Paul. Railways of Lincolnshire. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1992. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608309. 92 pages b/w photos line drawings $35.85

[IR821] Smith, Martin. Railways of the Isle of Portland. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1997. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608821. 44 pages b/w photos $23.85

[SP-2038] JEUDA, Basil. Railways of the Macclesfield District. Skipton, North Yorkshire, UK: Wyvern Publications, 1984. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0907941079. 64 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - spine lightly sunned $19.80

[HYL-00209] Butcher, Alan C.. Railways Restored: 29th Edition 2008 - The Best-Selling guide to Heritage Railways completely revised with Timetable Supplement. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2008. 29th Edition. 235mm x 175mm x 12mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9780711032941. 256 Pages with Colour Photos, Rolling Stock Rosters & Timetables.A most comprehensive listing of preserved railways in the British Isles. $38.00

[HYL-00216] Butcher, Alan C.. Railways Restored: 30th Edition 2009 - The Best-Selling guide to Heritage Raiwlays completely revised with Timetable Supplement. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2009. 30th Edition. 235mm x 170mm x 15mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9780711033702. 256 Pages with Colour Photos, Rolling Stock Rosters & Timetables. A most comprehensive listing of preserved railways in the British Isles. $47.00

[HYL-00208] Butcher, Alan C.. Railways Restored: 34th Edition 2013 - The Best-Selling guide to Heritage Railways. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2013. 34th Edition. 235mm x 170mm x 15mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9780711037472. 256 Pages with Colour Photos & Rolling Stock Rosters. A most comprehensive listing of preserved railways in the British Isles. $35.00

[EPPP-6840] Gradon, W. McGowan. Ratty - A History of the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway. Norwich, Norfolk, England: Plateway Press, 1997. Reprint. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871980305. 50 pages b/w photos - When originally published in 1947 "Ratty" (as the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway has always been known) was still very much a working railway, carrying significant quantities of Beckfoot granite as well as large numbers of holidaymakers in the summer season. McGowan Gradon's book was the first complete history of the railway, tracing its origins from the original 3ft gauge railway opened in 1875 for mineral and passenger traffic, through the period of dereliction and rebuilding to 15 inch gauge in 1915 and its varied fortunes over the next 30-odd years. Included are full details of the locomotives and stock and a complete description of the line. This new edition retains all the original text with only minor factual corrections, but with an entirley new collection of illustrations, covering the entire period of the railway's life before the rescue for preservation in 1960. The Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway is a 15 in (381 mm) narrow gauge heritage railway in Cumbria, England. The seven-mile line runs from Ravenglass to Dalegarth Station near Boot in the valley of Eskdale, in the Lake District. At Ravenglass the line ends at Ravenglass railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line. Intermediate stations and halts are at Muncaster Mill, Miteside, Murthwaite, Irton Road, Eskdale Green, Fisherground and Beckfoot. The railway is owned by a private company and supported by a preservation society. The oldest locomotive is River Irt, parts of which date from 1894, while the youngest is the diesel-hydraulic Douglas Ferreira, built in 2005. The line is known locally as La'al Ratty and its 3-foot gauge predecessor as Owd Ratty The original Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway was a 3 ft (914 mm) line opened on 24 May 1875 to transport hematite iron ore from mines around Boot to the Furness Railway standard gauge line at Ravenglass.There has been dispute about the gauge. It is shown as 3 feet in records but is quoted as 2 ft 9 in (838 mm) in some books such as the ABC of Narrow Gauge Railways. This figure was believed for many years until the present company discovered a sleeper from before the line closed, with spacings between holes made by track spikes confirming the gauge was the wider one. The confusion probably stems from the fact that the line was built under the condition that it was 'of a gauge not less than 2' 9"' $26.40

[HYL-00176] Hammond, Alan; Hammond, Christine & Derry, Richard. Return Ticket to Minehead: Further Recollections of the West Somerset Railway. Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, UK: Millstream Books, 2007. 1st Edition. 275mm x 210mm x 9mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9780948975783. 144 Pages with Black/White Photos. Features 15 memories of life on the West Somerset Railway and in the Taunton-Minehead area from the early 1900s to 1971. This work also includes railway working at Taunton in the 1980s. $40.00

[HYL-00133] Marsden, Colin J.. Route Recognition 1: Southern Region. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 1985. 1st Edition. 185mm x 120mm x 7mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711015538. 128 Pages with Black/White Photos. $19.80

[ARMP-118] McNicol, Steve. Search for Steam - Scotland 1965. Elizabeth, South Australia: Railmac Publications Australia, 1997. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. Very Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0958650055. 16 pages b/w photos $5.45

[SP-3013] Hogarth, Ian & Whitehouse, Michael. Shakespeare Express - the Heyday of the Birmingham Stratford Line. London England: Ian Allan Ltd, 1999. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711026726. 64 pages profusely illustrated colour photos - Published in conjunction with the Birmingham Railway Museum, this book is a pictorial tribute to the operation of main line steam over this route prior to dieselisation in the 1960s.' $33.00

[HYL-00180] Hogarth, Ian & Whitehouse, Michael. Shakespeare Express: The Heyday of the Birmingham-Stradford Line. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 1999. 1st Edition. 240mm x 175mm x 12mm. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711026726. 64 Pages with Colour Photos. Published in conjunction with the Birmingham Railway Museum, this book is a pictorial tribute to the operation of main line steam over this route prior to dieselisation in the 1960s $30.00

[SP-3026] Not Stated. Shed By Shed - 1982 Edition. Oxford, England: D & L Railway Publications, 1982. 3rd Edition. Soft cover. Book. Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 0907974007. 112 pages b/w photos $5.45

[SP-3027] Binns, Donald. Skipton - in - Craven in the 20th Century. Skipton, West Yorks., England: Trackside Publications, 1999. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. As New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1900095092. 96 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos $35.75

[EPPP-007] Binns, Donald. Skipton 160 Years of the Railways 1847 - 2007 - A Yorkshire Rail Centre on the Midland Route from Leeds and Bradford to Morecambe Carlisle and Scotland. Skipton, North Yorkshire, UK: Trackside Publications, 2007. Reprint. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1900095335. 96 pages colour and b/w photos - Skipton is a Yorkshire rail centre on the Midland route from Leeds and Bradford to Morecambe, Carlisle and Scotland and this publication looks at the traffic and infrastructure as well as the changing motive power from the early years through to today. Packed with previously unpublished photographs, all supported with an informative text, the history of this important rail location is related As the "Gateway to the Yorkshire Dales", Skipton historically has had high volumes of leisure traffic. The original station was opened on 7 September 1847 by the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway, as a temporary terminus of its line from Bradford.The line was extended to Colne a year later on 2 October 1848. Initially, passengers would leave the train at Skipton for onward travel to the villages of Wharfedale by horse-drawn coach. There are still over 20 hotels clustered around the station, including the historic Herriots Hotel (formerly the Midland Hotel). The next year, the "little" North Western Railway opened a line from Skipton to Ingleton on 30 July 1849 (which was eventually extended to Lancaster and Morecambe in 1850). On 30 April 1876, Skipton station was relocated a quarter of a mile northwest of its original location. By now, both the Leeds and Bradford and North Western railways had been absorbed by the Midland Railway. The new station coincided with the opening of the Midland's Settle-Carlisle Line, which made Skipton a station on the London St Pancras to Glasgow main line. The new station had four platforms and cost over £15,000, compared with the original stations's cost of £2,300. Platform 1 was a bay platform at the Bradford end, adjacent to the station building along with through platform 2, while platforms 3 and 4 formed an island platform. On 1 October 1888 platforms 5 and 6 were added to serve the Skipton to Ilkley Line, which opened that day. These platforms were at a slightly higher level on a rising gradient, as the new line ran southwest of the existing line and then crossed over it by bridge eastwards. These platforms were also later used by the Yorkshire Dales Railway, a short branch to Grassington from 1902 to 1930. Passenger services to Ilkley ceased on 22 March 1965, after which platforms 5 and 6 were closed to passengers and their access subway was bricked off. However, the line through platform 5 is still in use as a single-track freight line to Swinden Quarry via the former Yorkshire Dales line. The track through platform 6 has been lifted.The line to Colne closed on 2 February 1970 and its tracks have since been lifted. An organisation called SELRAP is campaigning for the re-instatement of the link and runs occasional charter trains between the two stations, using a long diversionary route to point out the eleven mile "missing link." In the 1970s, the track was removed from platform 1, and platform 4 was used as a siding. However, all four platforms were back in use when the track layout and signalling were updated in 1994 for electrification. In 1998, the station underwent complete renovation, in preparation for the introduction of direct InterCity services to London. In 2004 the station underwent another minor renovation in preparation for a visit by Prince Charles. Following a change of cleaning contract in early 2007, users of the station began to complain about an alleged deterioration in cleanliness at the station, particularly in the waiting rooms.The station is used for the overnight stabling of trains. On 9 August 2003, an Arriva Trains Northern employee was seriously assaulted by a group of vandals after challenging two males daubing graffiti on a stabled train.Skipton railway station is currently the terminus of the 280/X80 cross-Pennine bus routes to Preston. It has been proposed as the focus of a park-and-ride scheme serving commuters to Lancaster and Leeds $48.00

[SP-1121] Sprinks, Neil. Sligo Leitrim & Northern Counties Railway - an Irish Railway Pictorial. Hinckley, Leics, England: Midland Publishing Ltd, 2001. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1857801121. 80 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - The SLNCR was a remarkable concern in many ways. The last standard gauge railway in these islands to retain its independence, latterly all its locomotives, which only ever had names - they were never given numbers, were of the unusual 0-6-4 tank type, and all were built by Beyer Peacock in Manchester. It was also a diesel pioneer, railbuses and a railcar operated most of the passenger service from the 1930s onwards. The line's single track connected Sligo, on the west coast, to Enniskillen. Never prosperous, the SLNCR relied heavily on its powerful neighbour, the Great Northern, which it joined at Enniskillen, as an outlet for its traffic, of which livestock was a major component. Ironically, it was the demise of these GNR lines, which precipitated the closure of the SLNCR in 1957. The book takes a gentle photographic ramble along the course of the line, lingering at the wayside stations. Many aspects of the system are explored including its locomotives, passenger and goods stock, signalling and the company's bus services. Examples of timetables, tickets and other SLNCR ephemera are also recorded. The memory of this delightful, singular, quirky, this somehow quintessentially Irish railway system, is beautifully evoked in the book's superb collection of photographs, which mostly date from the last 20 years of the line's existence. The sixth title in Midland's successful and acclaimed Irish Railway Pictorial series; Covers a line which is known to many but on which Iittle has been published over the years; The photographs and station plans will be be of interest to modellers looking for interesting and unusual prototypes; The same excellent review coverage, which the other titles in the series have received, is anticipated on publication; The book will receive strong local promotion in the counties in Ireland once served by the railway $52.00

[HYL-00040] Minnis, John. Southern Country Stations 2: South Eastern & Chatham Railway. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 0711015007. Jacket Clipped. 112 Pages with Black/White Photos & Line Drawings. A selected history of SER, LCDR & SECR country Station infrastructure with a wealth of photographs & scale drawings. $32.00

[HYL-00161] Oliver, Bruce. Southern EMUs since Privatisation in Colour: For the Modeller and Historian. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2011. 1st Edition. 280mm x 215mm x 6mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9780711036277. 96 Pages with Colour Photos.This fantastic title reflects back on the transition from the nationalized to the privatized railway industry. The book explores the rapid elimination of the last of the first-generation electric multiple unit (EMU) designs and the disappearance of the slam door stock. Bruce Oliver discusses the evolution of the liveries of the privatized operators through the decade since British Rail ceased to exist. The follow-up to Southern EMUs before Privatisation in Colour for the Modeller and Historian is packed full of more previously unpublished photographs from rail expert and enthusiast Bruce Oliver. $38.00

[IR025] Winkworth, D. W.. Southern Special Traffic. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266025. 76 pages b/w photos - Well illustrated account of the various types of special traffic trains to have operated on the Southern Region and its pre-decessors. $36.00

[ARMP-018] McNicol, Steve. Southern Steam in the 60's. Elizabeth, South Australia, Australia: Railmac Publications Australia, 1982. 1st Edition. 215mm x 150mm x 5mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0949817058. 72 Pages with Black/White Photos. $8.10

[HYL-00004] Simpson, Ian C.. Southern Steam Operations 1966-67. Manchester, UK: Crecy Publishing Ltd, 2017. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9780711038677. 336 Pages with Black/White Photos and Tables. The Waterloo-Bournemouth Line has often been referred to as Britain s last steam-worked main line and at the start of summer 1966 it remained steam-worked Monday-Friday, with the weekends taken over by Crompton Type 3 diesels. From here on, however, there was a steady decline in steam services and the final end came on Sunday 9 July 1967. This book charts the beginning of the end of Southern Region steam from summer 1966 to July 1967. The author provides an overall account of the South Western Division steam locomotives sheds at the time, describing locomotive transfer and withdrawal dates using the original official notices issued by the General Manager s Office, Waterloo the most reliable source available. The book then explains SR diagramming practice and with the help from the original notes of many contributors, provides a considerable database of train sightings for the period to provide an actual comparison with the locomotive diagrams. The sightings also reveal, among many things, that steam locomotives were often called upon to provide coverage for the failures of the emerging new motive power. The final chapter is devoted to the last four weeks of steam working and includes extracts from a number of SR documents that explain the plan behind the steam workings. A wealth of memorable photographs illustrate the detailed text, and provide an uplifting and lasting memory of the final days of steam on the Southern. $60.00

[HYL-00048] Dickson, Brian J.. Southern Steam: The Railway Photographs of R.J. (Ron) Buckley. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press, 2016. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9780750966139. 96 Pages with Black/White Photos. Ron Buckley's evocative photographs reveal the changing scene of the Southern Railway, illustrating from the later 1930s those regrouping classes that were still working. These included the work of such well-known designers as Dugald Drummond and Robert Urie of the London and South Western Railway, the Billingtons and Earle Marsh of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway, and Harry Wainwright and Richard Maunsell of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway. Ron's later photographs, from 1946 onwards, continue to show remaining working pre-grouping locomotives and also portray the newer Oliver Bulleid-designed Pacifics introduced during 1941. Visits to the Isle of Wight during the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s enabled him to capture images of almost the entire fleet of locomotives working there during those four decades. $60.00

[HYL-00168] Semmens, Peter. Speed on the East Coast Main Line: A Century and a Half of Accelerated Services. Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, UK: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1990. 1st Edition. 255mm x 200mm x 25mm. Hardcover. Book. Not Signed. New / New. ISBN: 085059930X. 248 Pages with Black/White Photos, Line Drawings & Tables. $45.00

[HYL-00211] Boocock, Colin. Spotlight on BR: British Railways 1948-1998 Success or Disaster?. Penryn, Cornwall, UK: Atlantic Transport Publishers, 1998. 1st Edition. 280mm x 225mm x 13mm. Hardcover. Book. Not Signed. New / New. ISBN: 0906899982. 130 Pages with Black/White & Colour Photos. Review of BR with the authors' discussion on the major events, policies and progress. Includes the Modernisation Plan, Beeching, workshops, corporate identity, sectors and privatisation. $72.00

[SP-3009] Jordan, Arthur & Elisabeth. Stamford All Change - How the Railway Came To Stamford. Stamford United Kingdom: Amphion Press, 1996. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. As New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0951656317. 80 pages b/w photos - A history of the Syston To Peterborough line with particular emphasis on its physical and social impact on Stamford. $33.00

[SP-3029] Crombleholme, Roger & Kirtland, Terry. Steam 82. London England: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1982. 3rd Edition. Soft cover. Book. Good / No Jacket. ISBN: 004385091X. unpaginated approx 200 pages b/w photos $16.45

[HYL-00007] Nichols, Gerry. Steam Around Bristol: Railways of the 1950s and 1960s in Colour. Manchester, UK: Crecy Publishing Ltd, 2017. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781909328655. 128 Pages with Colour Photos. When it comes to the Great Western Railway at least, Bristol has a claim to fame probably second only to London. The intended destination of Mr Brunel's embryonic railway more than 175 years ago, both symbols of the cities of London and Bristol were incorporated into the GWR's coats of arms and remained as such until the GWR ceased to exist in 1947 In view of its importance, it is not surprising that Bristol quickly developed as a railway centre not just with the GWR but later with the Midland Railway, subsequently expanding into the docks and major industrial complexes as a consequence of increasing trade. In this new, all colour book, local railway expert Gerry Nichols explores the expanse of lines and trains using the rich material of the prolific photographer the late Mark Warburton. Contained within is a veritable feast of steam engines and early diesels, some on main lines, some on branch lines, some static and others on shed, as well as forays into the docks and comparisons where duplicate routes and resources had once existed between competing companies. $67.00

[HYL-00152] Arlett, Mike & Lockett, David. Steam Around: The Hampshire & Dorset Coast. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2001. 1st Edition. 245mm x 190mm x 13mm. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711027943. 80 Pages with Colour Photos. Whilst dominated by the ex-London & South Western Railway main lines from Weymouth and Portsmouth towards London, the coastal counties of Hampshire and Dorset also included numerous railway byways, many of which are now but a memory. These lines included the branch to Hayling Island, long the home of ex-London, Brighton & South Coast Railway 'Terrier' class 0-6-0s, the isolated network on the Isle of Wight, the Weymouth Quay line, and the branches to Swanage, Lyme Regis and Bridport. Although traffic on the main line, by the late 1950s and early 1960s, was largely in the hands of the Bulleid-designed 'Pacifics', elsewhere the region saw many other types surviving, such as the Adams 'Radial' tanks on the Lyme Regis branch and the 0-4-0Ts on the Isle of Wight. Among those enthusiasts recording the scene during the last decade of team operation was the late Norman Lockett. Travelling widely through the region, he captured the last years of both main line and branch steam in colour. Now held by his son, David, Norman Lockett's invaluable archive helps paint a portrait of steam on BR during this long lost era. In Steam around the Hampshire & Dorset Coast, Mike Arlett has selected some 85 colour illustrations from the collection, portraying the varied steam operation in the period up to 1967. With comprehensive and detailed captions, the book is a graphic reminder of the railway scene some 35 years ago. For all those interested in the history of steam in Southern England, this book is a wonderful reminder of the days when it was still possible to travel by steam train to coastal destinations such as Lyme Regis. $43.00

[IR823] Routledge, Howard. Steam City Carlisle. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2007. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266823. 108 pages b/w photos - The history of Carlisle as a major railway centre has been well documented over the years, the seven different railway companies that served the city prior to the 1923 Grouping leaving a legacy that lasted well into the 1960s. This book, although not intended to give an historical account of the subject, provides a photographic record from 1951 until the demise of steam operations in the city on 31st December 1967. It also includes a look at two of the lines with summits most associated with Carlisle, Shap and Ais Gill, both of which saw steam activities end on the same date. $53.05

[IR777] Knox, Harry. Steam Days at Haymarket - the Collected Reminiscences of Shed Life Both on and Off the Footplate. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2007. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266777. 132 pages b/w photos - The Collected Reminiscences of Shed Life both on and off the Footplate Life in the days of BR steam at one of the most renowned locomotive depots in Scotland, the celebrated Haymarket, 64B. A well-written worm's eye view from a Cleaner/Office Boy/Fireman who before he moved on to (much) higher things on the railway experienced every facet of locomotive life at Haymarket. This meant work in and around the Scottish capital and out to Glasgow, Aberdeen, Newcastle and the Waverley route. Star studded cast of LNER Pacifics, from SPEARMINT and MERLIN to AULD REEKIE, BONNIE DUNDEE and all the rest. Breathtaking collection of unseen photographs. $53.85

[HYL-00219] Johnson, Maurice. Steam Portfolios No.5: North Eastern Steam. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 1989. 1st Edition. 250mm x 190mm x 10mm. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711018693. 64 Pages with Colour Photos. $52.00

[HYL-00153] Bell, Andrew. Steam Portfolios No.6: Severn Valley Railway. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 1991. 1st Edition. 240mm x 180mm x 10mm. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711019738. 64 Pages with Colour Photos. $37.00

[HYL-00151] Clemens, Michael. Steam Trails: Scottish Lowlans and Borders. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2012. 1st Edition. 245mm x 190mm x 13mm. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9780711036468. 96 Pages with Colour Photos.This book focuses on steam on the Scottish Lowlands and Borders, which broadly covers the area north of the line from Carlisle to Newcastle and south of the line from Glasgow to Edinburgh. $30.00

[HYL-00015] Hitches, Mike. Sutton's Photographic History of Railways: Steam Around Wolverhampton. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: Sutton Publishing Limited, 1999. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0750921870. 128 Pages with Black/White Photos. Wolverhampton sits deep within the Black Country and through the ages has been a centre for industry from the wool trade to the discovery of coal and iron. The development of good transport links became paramount to the town's growth and thus the canals were built to connect it to Birmingham and Liverpool. Shortly afterwards new rail links were developed, following the routes laid out by the canals. Before nationalisation, Wolverhampton was served by three railway companies: the Great Western, the London & North Western and the Midland - later just the GWR and LMS. These companies fought bitterly over access to the town, which soon became one of the more important railway towns in Britain. At its height, there were two stations, three locosheds and originally its own locomotive works, which built and maintained engines. All these features are included in this fascinating book, together with many photographs of passenger and freight traffic at this busy railway centre. $37.00

[HYL-00140] Matheson, Rosa. Swindon Works: The Legend. Stroud, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom: The History Press, 2016. 1st Edition. 205mm x 135mm x 20mm. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9780750966245. 192 Pages with Black/White Photos. $35.00

[HYL-00079] Not Stated. Table of Distances Between Stations, Junctions, &c., On London Brighton and South Coast Railway: January 1901. London, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / No Jacket. Appox. 40 Pages with Maps & Tables. $40.00

[SP-3012] HILL, Norman. Teesside Railways - A View from the Past. London England: Ian Allan Ltd, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 0711028036. 96 pages prof. ill. b/w photos. - It was in 1825, almost exactly 175 years ago, that the railway age was traditionally regarded as having been born, with the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway. This railway, after to form part of the North Eastern Railway, came to play a dominant role in the development of the intricate railway network that was developed over the succeeding decades to serve the industrial needs of Tees-side and its hinterland. The importance of the region for the railway industry was further increased by the opening of workshops at Darlington and Shildon. Today, although the railway network has been much reduced, railways still play a critical part in the local economy. In his first book for Ian Allan Publishing, Norman Hill examines the history of the railway network of Tees-side from the earliest days of the Stockton & Darlington through to the end of main line steam in the area in the late 1960s. Drawing upon the photographic collections of many of the best-known railway photographers of the region, he records the changing face of the region over a 150 year period. Effectively covering the region in an arc, starting from Redcar and Saltburn on the south side of the river, before heading westwards as far as the line towards Stainmore and then towards Hartlepool on the north bank, the author shows that, whilst much of the local railway scene was heavily oriented towards industry, passenger traffic and rural lines were also important. $46.95

[SP-3053] Clements, R.N. & Robbins, J.M.. The ABC of Irish Locomotives. London, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 2000. Reprint. Soft cover. Book. As New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711027676. 56 Pages with Black/White Photos. $24.55

[DLS-5051] Rippon, Bartle. The Amble Branch. Southampton, UK: Kestrel Railway Books, 2007. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781905505050. 68 pages - Northumberland, steeped in ancient history and with a stunning coastal beauty, also has an industrial heritage. Thanks to George Stephenson, railways were born here, and although much has been written about the county's railways, one line - the branch line to Amble - has escaped detailed attention over the years. The fascination of the author with his home-town railway has, and many years of enjoyable research, culminated in the production of this book. Lying between Chevington and Acklington stations was Amble Junction, the beginning of the 5-mile branch line to the seaside town of Amble, where coal was exported from Warkworth Harbour. Although a mineral line in essence, it flirted with a passenger service for some 50 years before returning to its original purpose to serve the collieries in the area. Along the branch were two stations, the intermediate one at Broomhill and the terminus at Amble. As well as personal accounts and recollections, this book includes a selection of photographs showing the several types of steam locomotive to be found on the branch (NCB and British Railways), its buildings and staiths, and maps and track plans of the various locations along the route. It recalls with nostalgia the influence that coal and railways once had on the prosperity of this small coastal town. $32.95

[HYL-00094] Rippon, Bartle. The Amble Branch. Southampton, UK: Kestrel Railway Books, 2007. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781905505050. 68 Pages with Black/White Photos, Maps & Tables. Northumberland, steeped in ancient history and with a stunning coastal beauty also has an industrial heritage. Thanks to George Stephenson, railways were born here, and although much has been written about the county's railways, one line - the branch line to Amble - has escaped detailed attention over the years. The fascination of the author with his home-town railway has, and many years of enjoyable research, culminated in the production of this book. $35.00

[HYL-00122] Banks, Chris. The Birmingham to Leicester Line. Sparkford, Somerset, UK: Oxford Publishing Company, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 0860934659. 224 Pages with Black/White Photos, Tables & Maps. The rail route, from Birmingham New Street to Leicester, via Nuneaton and Hinckley, is described in this book along with every station along the line, together with the motive power used during the past and present; steam, diesel and electric. The reader is taken on a journey along a line that has survived remarkably well over the years, and one which has a secure future as the main link between the West Midlands and the Eastern Counties. The history of the line is covered from the earliest times up to the present day, from the steam era to today's diesel multiple units. All the motive power depots that were once to be found along the line are detailed, together with sample locomotive allocations for various periods, for Nuneaton, Leicester Midland and Saltley sheds. All photographs have captions giving the basic history of the locomotive illustrated with a comprehensive selection of maps showing the track layouts once to be found at each station and other key installations along the route. The various industrial lines that were connected with the main line are illustrated and described. $92.00

[IR645] Coster, Peter. The Book of The A4 Pacifics: A Photographic Accompaniment 1. Clophill, Bedfordshire, UK: Irwell Press, 2006. 1st Edition. 300mm x 210mm x 4mm. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266645. 64 Pages with Black/White Photos. The ever-expanding Book Of locomotive series from Irwell Press now has a burgeoning paperback series to supplement the various titles the Photographic Accompaniments. Following the success of the Coronation Pacific Accompaniments 1 and 2 and Accompaniments also to the Britannia Pacifics and the Lord Nelsons, it's a thrill to announce two more : The Book of the A4 Pacifics, A Photographic Accompaniment :1 The Book of the A4 Pacifics, A Photographic Accompaniment :2 Every single A4, twice over! With a third to follow very soon! $23.95

[IR653] Coster, Peter. The Book of The A4 Pacifics: A Photographic Accompaniment 2. Clophill, Bedfordshire, UK: Irwell Press, 2006. 1st Edition. 300mm x 210mm x 4mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266653. 56 Pages with Black/White Photos. The ever-expanding Book Of locomotive series from Irwell Press now has a burgeoning paperback series to supplement the various titles the Photographic Accompaniments. Following the success of the Coronation Pacific Accompaniments 1 and 2 and Accompaniments also to the Britannia Pacifics and the Lord Nelsons, it's a thrill to announce two more : The Book of the A4 Pacifics, A Photographic Accompaniment :1 The Book of the A4 Pacifics, A Photographic Accompaniment :2 Every single A4, twice over! With a third to follow very soon! $23.95 [IR661] Coster, Peter. The Book of The A4 Pacifics: A Photographic Accompaniment 3. Clophill, Bedfordshire, UK: Irwell Press, 2006. 1st Edition. 300mm x 210mm x 4mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266661. 56 Pages with Black/White Photos. This is our third collection of photographs of the 35 A4 Pacifics and the W1 4-6-2-2. With The Book of the A4 Pacifics and the previous two Accompaniments, a considerable portfolio has been built up. Of course it is not quite as we would have wished, for (as ever) there are too few of pre-war days and rather more of their latter days, which gives a false impression to those not lucky enough to see the engines in their prime. We would have liked to include the work of famous names such as Cyril Herbert, who specialised in the pre-war LNER and the Bishop of Railway Photography, Eric Treacy, to name but two and perhaps this might be possible in a future Accompaniment. A lot of photographs were taken on shed, which cramps one's style when trying to depict the engines working hard, or at speed. It is easy to forget how slow emulsions were half a century ago, and how expensive good cameras with large apertures were. Not every day was sunny and not many engines were clean, taxing the ingenuity of the photographer and his light meter, and often calling for a longer exposure than was practicable just in order to get a decent shot of an elusive engine. - Peter Coster $29.85

[IR405] Sixsmith, Ian. The Book of The Black Five LM Class 5 4-6-0s Part 1 45000 - 45074. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2011. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919405. 144 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - When asked by our esteemed publishers for help in putting together a tome on the LMS Black 5s in the Book Of series the first question to be answered was, how many volumes? Surely even the mighty Irwell machine would struggle to cope with a thousand pager! After much discussion over sausage sandwiches and pints we came up with the answer - five. So, this Part 1 covers the 1934 batch from Vulcan Foundry and the 1935 engines from Crewe and Part 2 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. Part 4 will deal with the war-time and immediate post-war LMS batches leaving part 5 with the Caprottis and the final LMS and BR-built examples. As we will discover, the Black 5s were not all the same - far from it - and I trust the reader will follow through the story in the approximate chronological sequence which seemed at the time to make sense. The books therefore are arranged by 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. In the belief that if you buy one book you will surely need the others to complete the set, some details are covered in more depth in the earlier books and only summarised in the later parts. $55.80

[IR504] Sixsmith, Ian. The Book of The Black Five LM Class 5 4-6-0s Part 2 Nos. 45075 - 45224. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2012. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919504. 194 pages b/w photos - 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. Part 4 will deal 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 $49.90

[IR603] Sixsmith, Ian. The Book of The Black Five LM Class 5 4-6-0s Part 3 Nos 45225 - 45471. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2013. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919603. 296 pages b/w photos - After a short pause to gather breath following Parts 1 and 2 covering the 'Mark 1' Black 5s it was time to embark on this, Part 3, which deals primarily with what came to be the largest batch of ostensibly identical locomotives to run on the LMS. These 'Mark 2' Armstrong Whitworth locomotives may have started life all the same but there will be sufficient for the engine picker to work with, and the final twenty pre-war engines also covered in this volume introduce plenty of subtle differences. The books are arranged in the approximate chronological sequence 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-referral. In the spirit of ensuring that if you buy one book you will surely need the others to complete the set then some details are covered in more depth in the earlier books and only summarised in the later parts. $70.00 [IR733] Sixsmith, Ian. The Book of The Black Five LM Class 5 4-6-0s Part 4 44800-44996, 45471-45499. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2014. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919733. 280 pages b/w photos - 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. Part 4 will deal 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. $82.50

[IR795] Sixsmith, Ian. The Book of The Black Five LM Class 5 4-6-0s Part 5 44658-44799, 44997-44999. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2015. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919795. 200 pages b/w photos - Part 5 completes this series, with the Caprottis and the final LMS and BR-built locomotives. As we've discovered, the Black 5s were not all the same - far from it. The story has unfolded 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. $72.00

[IR320] Sixsmith, Ian & Derry, Richard. The Book of The BR Standard Class 5 4-6-0s. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2011. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919320. 208 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - Latest in 'The Book Of' series, charting in depth the life and times of the 172 Class 5 4-6-0s in the 73000 series, the popular BR successors to the LMS 'Black 5s'. Extensive and detailed coverage extends to the variants of course; the Caprottis, the air pump fitted examples and so on. The exceptional range of photographs show both the detailed engineering and construction of the 73000s and the varied work they carried out, across all the Regions of BR. They were both workhorse and warhorse on BR and constituted one of the most numerous and successful of the Standard designs. $65.50

[IR805] Derry, Richard. The Book of The BR Standards. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1997. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608805. 90 pages b/w photos - The BR Standards comprised twelve classes amounting to the semi-mystical total of 999 locomotives, built between 1951 [Britannia) and March 1960 [Evening Star). By any measure it was a remarkable decade for British Steam, beginning in a Britain still pinched and drawn by austerity and ending as a time of undreamed-of, dazzling prosperity beckoned. For long an ideal, a truly comprehensive locomotive range enjoying an extensive interchange of parts and roles was at last ushered in. It ended after only nine brief years and reassuring talk of a long, honourable bowing out for steam proved false. Comfortably switching emphasis from the political, to the engineering and economic to plain old trainspotting and back again, with contributions from men who worked and operated the Standards, Richard Derry's affectionate account is the life and times of 999 locomotives - -The Book of the Standards. $57.45

[IR491] Sixsmith, Ian. The Book of The Britannia Pacifics - A Photographic Accompaniment. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2004. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266491. 52 pages b/w photos - The idea of this Pictorial Accompaniment is to serve up a wider range of photographs for the particular classes covered and this first one, for the Britannias will, it is hoped, presage further efforts directed at some of the other classes covered so far. It accompanies, supplements and complements the latest 'Book Of', The Book of the Britannias by Richard Derry. $20.95

[IR53X] Sixsmith, Ian. The Book of The Coronation Pacifics - A Photographic Accompaniment 1. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2005. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 190326653X. 60 pages b/w photos These two paperback Accompaniments are the latest in a fast growing series of pictorials, packed with further information and pictures. Each one covers every single member of the class. All the photographs are different, too. They follow on the highly successful introduction of the Photographic Accompaniment to the Book of the Britannia Pacifics last year. $21.00

[IR548] Sixsmith, Ian. The Book of The Coronation Pacifics - A Photographic Accompaniment 2. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2005. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266548. 50 pages b/w photos These two paperback Accompaniments are the latest in a fast growing series of pictorials, packed with further information and pictures. Each one covers every single member of the class. All the photographs are different, too. They follow on the highly successful introduction of the Photographic Accompaniment to the Book of the Britannia Pacifics last year. $21.00

[IR793] Baker, Allan C.. The Book of The Coronation Pacifics - A Photographic Accompaniment 3. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2007. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266793. 56 pages b/w photos - The Book Of series of locomotive studies has developed into something of a library devoted to more and more of the principal BR steam classes. A number of titles have sold out over and over, and have been reprinted or are in the process of being reprinted. Beyond this are the Photographic Accompaniments to further celebrate these famous classes. The Accompaniments are fast progressing into a de facto magazine, so frequently are they appearing. The latest is from regular Irwell Press contributor Allan C. Baker who takes a further look at the Coronation Pacifics. A 56 page paperback stuffed with mostly new photographs $27.30

[IR542] Sixsmith, Ian. The Book of The County 4-6-0s. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2012. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919542. 128 pages b/w photos - This is the second 'Book Of' to describe a Great Western class and it is a cause for rejoicing or lamentation, according to taste, that the detail variation within the class is minimal, at least compared to the devilish Castle brew. The Counties were completed in under two years, remarkably quickly for the Great Western, which rather liked to build its engines over generations. So no 'joggled' frames, fluted cylinder casings or a mysterious voyage through two, three, four row superheater boilers and occasionally back again. But we hope one or two revelations - the much-prized 'nuggets' - have emerged. $53.90

[IR313] Coster, Peter J.. The Book of The Great Northern - The Main Line Then and Now : An Engineering Commentary Part Two : Welwyn North to Doncaster. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2011. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919313. 240 pages b/w photos - With the second book of the pair examining the engineering and operation of the GNR main line from Kings Cross to Doncaster over the years, we turn our attention away from the metropolis towards the countryside. I have not repeated the preface of Part One, but the comments apply equally to Part Two. This is not a detailed history of the GN main line, but an engineering and operational commentary. However, it would not be possible nowadays to write a reflective account of this nature without acknowledging the enormous archive of historical material from the many authors who have already written on this subject and I am happy to do so. As I wrote in Part One, the definitive work was that of Charles H Grinling, "The History of the Great Northern Railway". Then there was the work of such as John Wrottesley, R A H (Bob) Weight, F A S Brown, E A J Neve, W A Tuplin and others, latterly Dr Ben Brooksbank. To all these I give my grateful thanks. While my knowledge of the GN main line is good, it is not infallible, and where there is doubt over any issue or caption, I have said so. Anecdotes were part of the working railway at all levels and I have included a selection where it seemed apposite, as I recall them together with my own memories. Comments and clarification should be forwarded to Irwell Press in the usual way. My grateful thanks go to friends and colleagues over the years, particularly Ken Haysom, formerly Assistant Chief Civil Engineer on the Southern Region of BR and previously Divisional Engineer at Kings Cross. This has been assembled for your interest, nostalgia and perhaps even amusement. This is my tribute to generations of "GN men and women" who built and ran a good railway that I remember with admiration and fondness. $62.80

[IR559] Swift, Peter. The Book of The H15 & S15 4-6-0s. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2012. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919559. 232 pages b/w photos - In 2008, Irwell Press published The Book Of The King Arthur 4-6-0s, to complete a sequence of three volumes on the named express locomotives of the pre-second world war Southern Railway. In this volume, we will look at the mixed traffic and freight versions of the King Arthur, which the Southern classified H15 and S15. Whilst the H15s were all basically LSWR locomotives, although the last fifteen were built or rebuilt by the Southern, the S15s, like the King Arthurs, were the products of two very different groups of locomotive designers. All three classes were initially produced from the Eastleigh based design team of Robert Urie, the last Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London & South Western Railway. All were solidly built, easily maintained and, once initial problems with heated axleboxes had been overcome, reliable. $65.50

[IR450] Sixsmith, Ian. The Book of the Ivatt 4MTs LM Class 4 2-6-0s. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2012. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919450. 250 pages b/w photos - When a class of engine is christened by enthusiasts 'Doodlebugs' or 'Flying Pigs', amongst a number of other less than admiring nicknames, there is an implication that the LMS Ivatt Class 4 2-6-0s were not the most admired of locomotives. Little has been written about them compared with their more glamorous brethren and it seems that in their early days there was some confusion about their purpose. They were the last steam design produced by the LMS and intended as a replacement for the 4F freight engines, but much of their time was spent on passenger work. They were quickly re-designated mixed traffic engines by their new British Railways owners and this book uses '4MTs' as an appropriate short-hand for these 2-6-0s. In their early days the 4MTs had something of a Jekyll and Hyde existence: although fitted with all the post-war labour-saving fixtures and equipped with well-intended creature comforts for the enginemen, there was obviously something amiss in their proportions because they were often chronically short of steam. It took several years and some Swindon magic to make a few simple but transformational changes to put them right. After that, they settled down and became widely travelled and generally well regarded, at least by railwaymen if not by enthusiasts. As is now standard in the Book of series a large chunk of the material by volume comes from the Engine History Cards and Engine Record Cards aided and abetted by information begged and borrowed from a number of sources, and backed up by a large number of photographs. $55.90

[IR953A] Derry, Richard. The Book of The King Arthur 4-6-0s. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2008. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781903266953. 204 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - Long-awaited volume to complete the former Southern Railway big passenger classes. Bigger and better than ever with over 200 pages of exhaustive detail and of course a sack full of photographs illustrating every phase of their existence and almost every one of the endless detail variations $80.85

[IR830] Sixsmith, Ian. The Book of The LM Garratts. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2007. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266831. 108 pages b/w photos - Two into One Does Go - It was George Hughes, CME of the new LMS, that got development work under way, or at least it was he who first began to think about, a Garratt design for the LMS. This was at the end of 1923, according to E.S. Cox; a mogul and a Pacific had been proposed, together with a Garratt for heavy freight work. The notion of the articulated Garratt, it should be recalled, was the stuff of newness at this time, the design being barely more than a decade old. It is always said of course that the reasoning behind the Garratts was to supersede double headed coal trains on the Midland main line between Toton and Brent and this was indeed the case, though it seems clear that wider horizons were envisaged, or at least contemplated at one stage. The mighty Garratts would replace a pair of 3Fs/4Fs and on every one of the countless coal trains that so characterised the Midland main line and a crew (or rather their wages) would be saved. While it is true that Garratts were indeed able to accomplish this (in spades; their power was restricted only by the loading gauge and the firing rate) and while the Toton-Brent workings may well have been at the forefront of his thinking, the fact that the first stirrings in the evolution of an LMS Garratt should take place at Horwich, and as part of a standard range, rather suggests that Hughes had a wider sphere of operation in mind, at least initially. Not that this matters; within a year or so the strange dynamics of dynasty change and its unexpected consequences meant the Garratt solution was indeed applied to a strictly Midland problem. There were practical reasons too, why it was the Midland main line and no other; it has to be borne in mind (shades of the Mikados on the GN main line) that the operation of long freights was not determined solely by the capacity of the locomotive. Short block sections and refuge sidings hamper and inhibit such workings but the Midland between Toton and Brent was more suited than most, where extensive use was made of the permissive block. Two of the four lines were designated goods and under permissive block trains could back up one behind the other if necessary. There are many references to this sort of working in The Book of the 9F 2-10-0s (Irwell Press 2006). The 9Fs of course, were the successors to the Garratts on this work. $55.85

[IR160] Wright, Tony. The Book of The LNER Pacifics - Modelling Options. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2010. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919160. 120 pages colour & b/w photos - By modelling icon, guru, Knight of the Order of the Soldering Iron and general titan - nay, colossus - of the hobby, Warner's and British Railway Modelling's Tony Wright. Gresley, Raven, Thompson and Peppercorn Pacifics of every stripe in every hue, gauge, scale and form - well, most of them. What to do, how to do it; turn your kitchen table into Doncaster or Darlington - the money you save from this 'how to do it cheaply and easily' book will nearly pay your wife's lawyers when she finally gives up and leaves! $49.95

[IR599] Derry, Richard. The Book of The Lord Nelson 4-6-0s. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2005. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266599. 92 pages b/w photos - In the latest in the popular Book Of locomotive series author Richard Derry returns us to his pet Southern Railway and the remarkable Lord Nelson 4-6-0s. Famous in the 1930s for working express boat trains such as the Golden Arrow and Night Ferry, they were somewhat overshadowed by the Bulleid Pacifics after the war still they continued to run main line expresses right into the 1960s. All were named after celebrated British Naval Heroes Nelson, Drake, Raleigh, Hawkins and the other great Sea Dogs who saw off the Spanish, French and Dutch over hundreds of years of glorious Empire. October 21st is Trafalgar Day and the 200th Anniversary of Nelson's brilliant victory $50.85

[IR718] Derry, Richard. The Book of The Lord Nelsons - A Photographic Accompaniment 2. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2006. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266718. 48 pages b/w photos - Following on from Richard Derry's book on the Lord Nelson 4-6-0s we have pleasure in producing another of the very popular Photographic Accompaniments. All new photos and something all Southern fans must have! All the Lord Nelson's were named after celebrated British Naval Heroes - Nelson, Drake, Raleigh, Hawkins and the other great Sea Dogs who saw off the Spanish, French and Dutch over hundreds of years of glorious Empire. October 21st is Trafalgar Day and the 200th Anniversary of Nelson's brilliant victory $29.85

[IR815] Onley, Graham. The Book of The Patriot 4-6-0s - A Photographic Accompaniment 1. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2007. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266815. 56 pages b/w photos - The Book Of series of locomotive studies has developed into something of a library devoted to more and more of the principal BR steam classes. A number of titles have sold out over and over, and have been reprinted or are in the process of being reprinted. Beyond this are the Photographic Accompaniments to further celebrate these famous classes. The Accompaniments are fast progressing into a de facto magazine, so frequently are they appearing. The latest is from regular Irwell Press contributor Graham Onley who takes a look at the Patriot 4-6-0s. A 56 page paperback stuffed with mostly new photographs. $30.65

[IR750] Onley, Graham. The Book of The Princess Royal Pacifics - A Photographic Accompaniment 1. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2007. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266750. 56 pages b/w photos - The Accompaniments are fast progressing into a de facto magazine, so frequently are they appearing. The latest is The Princess Royals, another 56 page paperback stuffed with mostly new photographs. $29.85

[IR696] Derry, Richard. The Book of The Schools 4-4-0s - A Photographic Accompaniment 1. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2006. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266696. 56 pages b/w photos - In the last few years we have seen the Book Of series of locomotive studies develop into something of a library devoted to more and more of the principal BR express classes. Beyond this a de facto journal has sprung up, in the shape of the Photographic Accompaniments to further celebrate these famous classes. Now it's the Schools turn and once again the purpose is to serve up further photographs for a memorable class. Again, the idea is to accompany, supplement and complement the parent volume, The Book of the Schools 4-4-0s. The Southern, like all four pre-Group companies, had a keen eye and ear for publicity and, like its rivals, was not above tweaking dimensions on a new design not for strictly engineering reasons but to get one over the opposition, statistically speaking. The all things to all men and largely meaningless tractive effort came in particularly useful. Thus the Nelsons, briefly, could be claimed as the most powerful express engines in the country while the Schools (though here we are on much firmer ground) could be hailed as the most powerful locomotives of their type in the country . This had the added merit of obscuring the fact that a 4-4-0 for top express work in 1930 could be portrayed, by those of an unkind mien, as something of a retrograde step. $23.95

[IR807] Sixsmith, Ian. The Book of The Stanier 2-6-0s. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2007. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266807. 100 pages b/w photos - When William Stanier, C.B. Collett's Principal Assistant at Swindon on the GWR, walked out of the Traveller's Club after a good lunch with Sir Harold Hartley of the LMS, one day in the autumn of 1931, he was looking forward to taking over as CME on the LMS first thing in the new year. At that moment he could hardly have thought that the first design on which he could bring his notions to bear would be a modest and destined-to-be anonymous 2-6-0. Freight power on the LMS was not nearly as good as Stanier had a right to expect. The Midland 4F 0 6 0 had been widely perpetuated; a good machine, it could have been much better if the axle box bearing surfaces had been man enough for the job. The same failing prematurely terminated the careers of the Fowler 7F 0-8-0s, all the more regrettable for the boiler being an excellent steamer. Similar woes afflicted the Garratts, leaving only the curious Hughes Crab 2-6-0s to shine, relatively, on freight working. In the Stanier revolution that was coming, the hordes of 8F 2-8-0s and Class 5 4-6-0s would alter this picture beyond recognition, but it was destined to start in a small way. One of them, The Mighty Mogul , is prominent in preservation today. $50.25

[IR122A] Derry, Richard. The Book of The T9 4-4-0s. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2009. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919122. 208 pages b/w photos - Usual 'Book Of' format, with comprehensive history, photographs, every detail variation and change, works histories. The nation's favourite 4-4-0, a splendid Victorian design modernised by the Southern and best remembered for a protracted final fling on the 'Withered Arm' west of Exeter, out across Dartmoor to the sea at Padstow. Recently issued by Hornby as one of the firm's superlatively detailed models; the thousands of OO enthusiasts out there who bought one can hardly wait to get started on customising them using this book. $69.90

[IR939] Coster, Peter. The Book of The V2 2-6-2s - Includes the V4s. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2008. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781903266939. 200 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - Final volume in Peter Coster's monumental survey of the LNER Gresley, Thompson and Peppercorn big engines . Completes the set and is sure to be much sought after. Begins with the usual authoritative man on the spot account of their construction and running followed by illustrations of individual locomotives. Familiar format with hundreds of first class photographs, performance appendices and all the rest. $77.85

[IR960] Derry, Richard. The Book of The WD 2-8-0s and 2-10-0s. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2008. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781903266960. 208 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - This Book Of varies somewhat from others in that it omits the usual works histories. A lot of the information survives of course though not from the engines days abroad. But the plain fact of the matter is lack of space. We hope readers will be content with the allocations and that this will be enough of a fix so far as tabulation is concerned. As for details and differences in the case of the WDs these were probably the least pronounced/confusing/maddening of any large BR class (in terms of mods per engine they must be minimal) and we ve elected this time to note them in pictures as we go along, in the captions. we hope fellows in the engine picking fraternity will approve $77.85

[IR472] Carvell, Roger. The Chester to Denbigh Railway. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2009. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781903266472. 344 pages b/w photos - A secondary line wandering through rolling countryside bordered by brooding hills; obscure to modern minds but a substantial double track railway nonetheless, curving and twisting through the pleasant, rural, Alyn and Wheeler valleys, linking the Welsh county towns of Flintshire and Denbighshire with North West England. The Denbigh line was very good, they said, 'but too good to last.' Like so many, it certainly was. $44.90

[EPPP-6837] Billington, M. H.. The Cliffe Hill Mineral Railway. Norwich, Norfolk, England: Plateway Press, 1997. Revised. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871980232. 78 pages b/w photos - A definitive account of the 2 ft. gauge railway that served the granite quarries at Cliffe Hill, Leicestershire. Opened in 1896, it was worked by a varied fleet of Bagnall locomotives, later joined by two Sentinel geared locomotives and a Kerr Stuart 0-6-0T. For a period there was also a standard gauge internal system employing two 0-4-0ST of typical contractor's design. Replaced by road haulage in 1948, 3 locomotives survive - two narrow gauge and one standard gauge, having been saved by enthusiasts, and this new edition coincides with the centenary of one of them, the 2ft. gauge Bagnall 0-4-0ST ISABEL. The book by Maurice H. Billington was originally published in 1974. This new edition has been completely revised by David H. Smith (who has been closely involved with the preservation of the Cliffe Hill loco PETER) and includes much new information, photographs and drawings as well as bringing the story right up to date. The Cliffe Hill Mineral Railway was an industrial narrow gauge railway that connected the Cliffe Hill granite quarry to the nearby London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) between Leicester and Coalville. The line opened in 1896 and operated until 1948. $33.00

[IR783] Coleford, I. C.. The Cromford & High Peak Railway. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1996. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608783. 28 pages b/w photos - The Cromford and High Peak Railway in Derbyshire, England, was completed in 1831, to carry minerals and goods between the Cromford Canal wharf at High Peak Junction and the Peak Forest Canal at Whaley Bridge $25.10

[SP-3066] Woodley, Richard. The Day of the Holiday Express - Western Region Services on 9 July 1960. London England: Ian Allan Ltd, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 0711023948. 184 pages b/w photos - Detailed account of BR (WR) train operations on Saturday 9th July 1960 - at the heyday of steam hauled holiday expresses $60.75

[HYL-00129] Woodley, Richard. The Day of the Holiday Express: Western Region Services on 9 July 1960. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 0711023948. 184 Pages with Black/White Photos & Tables. $50.00

[HYL-00005] Strutt, Ron. The Decline and Fall of the Westerham Railway: A Prelude to Beeching. Manchester, UK: Crecy Publishing Ltd, 2017. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781909328471. 210 Pages with Colour & Black/White Photos. For over 50 years myths have abounded about the closure and subsequent destruction of the Westerham branch line. Now, this explosive new account investigates how British Railways managers went about closing a well-loved branch line, a battle which proved to be just the precursor to the closure of countless other local railways that within a few short years were to be condemned under the Beeching regime. Using a remarkable complete collection of official papers and documents kept hidden for many years, author Ron Strutt reveals how users of the line almost managed to keep the line open - and how BR started to electrify it - only for Ernest Marples, the controversial Minister of Transport, to insist that closure must go ahead. Starting with a history of the branch line from Westerham through Brasted and Chevington to Dunton Green, we learn of the difficulties experienced before it opened for traffic in July 1881. However, by 1960 competition by bus meant that the railway was reportedly losing £26,000 a year and the last public services ran in October 1961. Pressure persuaded British Railways to grant a local interest group permission to lease the railway, a decision later rescinded in view of plans for what would become the M25 motorway. This unhappy story is now laid bare: warts and all. Ron Strutt exposes how, when local people and enthusiasts tried to bring their railway back to life, civil servants and BR managers were panicked by the prospect that a preserved Westerham line might prove local railways could be run more efficiently, at the time when the government was determined to sacrifice the rail network upon the altar of modern roads. It describes the deception and increasingly underhand methods that were used to block the scheme and how the truth of the closure has proved to be even more remarkable than the legend. $63.00

[HYL-00123] Griffiths, Roger & Smith, Paul. The Directory of British Engine Sheds and Principal Locomotive Servicing Points 1: Southern England, the Midlands, East Anglia and Wales. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Oxford Publishing Company, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 0860935426. 216 Pages with Black/White Photos, Track Plans & Maps. The authors have trawled through the archives to produce the most comprehensive listing of all known locomotive sheds and stabling points in Wales and southern England. Each entry has a location map and the text provides details $100.00

[HYL-00190] Brodribb, John. The Eastern before Beeching. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 1994. 1st Edition. 300mm x 225mm x 15mm. Hardcover. Book. Not Signed. New / New. ISBN: 0711022402. 128 Pages with Black/White Photos. Examination of the former LNER operations in the BR Eastern (and North-Eastern) Region prior to the major cutbacks of the 1960s $50.00

[HYL-00142] Wilson, Andrew. The Festiniog Railway from 1950. Stroud, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom: Tempus Publishing Ltd UK, 2002. 1st Edition. 235mm x 165mm x 9mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0752423975. 128 Pages with Black/White Photos. The Festiniog Railway can trace its history back to 1829 and it was constructed to serve the slate quarries in the area. It was built to the gauge of 2ft as this was the track width used in the quarries. Originally powered by gravity and horses, by 1863 steam had come to the line. In 1869 the first Fairlie-designed double locomotive appeared. The railway was built to serve the slate trade but by the First World War trade had declined due to a number of factors. Passenger traffic was by then the mainstay of trade and the summer tourists kept the line in profit. But the Second World War was to see the closure of the line. It lay after the war, neglected and vandalised, until 1950 when steps were made towards preservation. By 1954 that had become a reality and the wonderland of Wales was back up and running. Today it is one of the best known of Wales' narrow gauge railways. $36.00

[HYL-00221] Hylton, Stuart. The Grand Experiment: The Birth of the Railway Age 1820-45. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2007. 1st Edition. 235mm x 155mm x 25mm. Hardcover. Book. Not Signed. New / New. ISBN: 9780711031722. 210 Pages with Black/White Photos, Illustrations & Line Drawings. $60.00

[IR287] Ellaway, K. J.. The Great British Railway Station Euston. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 1871608287. 92 pages b/w photos - The original station was opened on 20 July 1837, as the terminus of the London and Birmingham Railway constructed by William Cubitt. It was designed by a well-known classically trained architect, Philip Hardwick with a 200-ft (61 m) long train shed by structural engineer Charles Fox. Initially it had only two platforms, one for departures and one for arrivals. Also designed by Hardwick was a 72 ft (22 m) high Doric propylaeum, the largest ever built, which was erected at the station's entrance to serve as a portico and became renowned as the Euston Arch. Stephenson's original plan was to route the railway through north London so that it terminated where King's Cross station currently stands, but after encountering severe opposition from landowners, he was forced to build the railway through Tring, Watford and Harrow, terminating at its present site at Euston. Until 1844, trains were pulled up the incline to Camden Town by cables because the London and Birmingham Railway's Act of Parliament prohibited the use of locomotives in the Euston area; this prohibition is said to have been at the request of Lord Southampton, who owned land bordering this section of the line. The station grew rapidly over the following years as traffic increased. It was greatly expanded in the 1840s, with the opening in 1849 of the spectacular Great Hall (designed by Hardwick's son, Philip Charles Hardwick), built in classical style. It was 126 ft (38 m) long, 61 ft (19 m) wide and 64 ft (20 m) high, with a coffered ceiling and a sweeping double flight of stairs leading to offices at the northern end of the hall. Architectural sculptor John Thomas contributed eight allegorical statues representing the cities served by the line : London, Liverpool, Manchester, etc. The station was further from Euston Road than the front of the modern complex; it was on Drummond Street, which now terminates at the side of the station, but then ran all the way across the front of it. A short road called Euston Grove ran from Euston Square towards the arch. Two hotels, the Euston Hotel and the Victoria Hotel, flanked the northern half of this approach. Apart from the lodges on Euston Road and statues now on the forecourt, few relics of the old station survive. The National Railway Museum's collection at York includes a commemorative plaque and E.H. Bailey's statue of George Stephenson, both from the Great Hall, the entrance gates and an 1846 LNWR turntable discovered during demolition. $47.85

[IR147] Hawkins, Chris. The Great British Railway Station Kings Cross. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 1871608147. 92 pages b/w photos - King's Cross was originally designed and built as the London hub of the Great Northern Railway and terminus of the East Coast main line. It took its name from the Kings Cross area of London, which itself was named after a monument to King George IV. The monument was demolished in 1845. Plans for the station were first made in December 1848 by and under the direction of George Turnbull, who was the resident engineer for construction of the first 20 miles of the Great Northern Railway north out of London.The detailed design, by Lewis Cubitt, and construction was in 1851 - 1852 on the site of a former fever and smallpox hospital. The main part of the station, which today includes platforms 1 to 8, was opened on 14 October 1852. It replaced a temporary terminus at Maiden Lane that had opened on 8 August 1850.The platforms have been reconfigured several times. Originally there were only one arrival and one departure platform (today's platforms 1 and 8 respectively), with the space between used for carriage sidings. In later years, as suburban traffic grew, space for additional platforms was added with considerably less grandeur. The secondary building now containing platforms 9 - 11 (and the fictional Platform 9 3/4) survives from that era. $46.65

[SP-2053] Tyson, Colin. The Great British Steam Railway Timetable 1994. Stroud, Glos, England: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1994. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. As New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0750906162. 160 pages b/w photos - An annual guide book to Britain's private preserved railways, timetables, fares, operational trains, special events and attractions. $24.20

[SP-3055] Robotham, Robert & Stratford, Frank. The Great Central from the Footplate. Runnymede, Surrey, England: Ian Allan Ltd, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 071101759X. 112 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - Comprising of text, tables, illustrations, timetables, gradient profiles, maps/track diagrams and more than 170 black and white photographs. A most wonderful look at work on a major Great Central locomotive shed $54.95

[SP-3046] Thomas, David St. John. The Great Way West - the History and Romance of the Great Westerns Route to the West. Newton Abbot, Devon, UK: David & Charles, 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. As New / As New. ISBN: 0715370634. Approx. 96 Pages with Black/White Photio. From the days of Brunel's atmospheric trains to the present day. $33.00

[SP-3044] Gale, P. R.. The Great Western Railway - Routes Statutes Opening Dates & Other Particulars. Weston-suoer-Mare, Avon, UK: Avon-Anglia Publications, 1986. Facsimilie Reprint. Soft cover. Book. As New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0905466772. 142 pages - facsimilie of 1926 edition $20.00

[HYL-00181] Jenkins, Stanley C. & Loader, Martin. The Great Western Railway Volume 1: Paddington to Bristol. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: Amberley Publishing, 2014. 1st Edition. 250mm x 170mm x 12mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781445618241. Approx 120 Pages with Black/White & Colour Photos. Incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1835 and completed just six years later, the Great Western Railway was a stupendous technical achievement. Extending for 118 miles from London to Bristol, this magnificently engineered line spanned Southern England from the Thames to the Bristol Channel, and was regarded as the first link in a chain of railways that would ultimately reach Cornwall, Wales and (via steamship) the south of Ireland. The railway, which is virtually flat and has no appreciable curves, has remained in use to the present day, carrying trains that travel from London to Bristol in just 13/4 hours. This present study examines the line from London to Bristol Temple Meads. Around fifty different locations have been included - some of these are busy traffic centres such as Paddington, Southall and Reading, while others are wayside stations such as Pangbourne, Tilehurst and Wantage Road. $45.00

[HYL-00052] Jenkins, Martin & Roberts, Charles. The Green Diesel Years. Addlestone, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2016. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9780711038318. 96 Pages with Colour Photos. The 'green diesel era' between 1955 and the late 1960s/early 1970s, when diesel motive power was being introduced in large numbers on Britain's railway network, is today arguably one of the favourite historical periods for enthusiasts and modellers of diesel traction. This book contains over 180 photographs of the huge variety of the BR diesel fleet in this era from the 1950s to the end of the 1960s - both locomotives and DMUs throughout the country - as well as a portrait of a railway in which the infrastructure had remained recognisable for decades before undergoing wholesale changes. $55.00

[ETRA-02] Binns, Donald. The Haw Bank Railway - Skipton Castle Estate Limestone Quarries. Skipton, North Yorkshire, UK: Trackside Publications, 2004. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1900095211. 48 pages profusely illustrated b&w photos - A historical review with a collection of many unpublished archive photographs along with a detailed text of the Skipton Castle Estate Limestone Quarries and their tramways at Massa Flatts, Castle Woods and Haw Bank. The Skipton Rock Company from its opening in 1895 to sale in 1967 is also included. 9 maps/track plans. 59 b/w photos. $28.95

[SP-2007] Harris, Helen. The Haytor Granite Tramway and Stover Canal : A Guide to Retracing the Route of Dartmoor's Granite from Quarry to Sea. Newton Abbot, Devon, UK: Peninsula Press, 1994. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. As New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1872640281. 64 Pages with Black/White Illustrations. The Haytor Granite Tramway was a unique granite-railed tramway running down from Haytor Down, Dartmoor, Devon. The tramway was built in 1820 to carry Haytor granite, which was of fine grain and high quality, down from the heights of Dartmoor for the construction of houses, bridges and other structures. In 1850 the quarries employed about 100 men but by 1858 they had closed due to the availability of cheaper Cornish granite $14.85

[DLS-503] Whitehouse, Michael & Hogarth, Ian. The Heyday of Tyseley and Its Locomotives. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 2003. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711029261. 80 pages colour photos - This work provides an evocative portrait of one of the most important locomotive sheds in the West Midlands. $45.00 [SP-3045] Hart, Brian. The Hundred of Hoo Railway. Didcot, Berks., England: Wild Swan Publications, 1989. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0906867738. 84 pages b/w photos - line drawings - Situated on the bleak and lonely Kentish peninsula bordering the River Thames, this remarkable railway was opened in 1882 with the intention of establishing a vast continental port on the banks of the River Medway. Eventual failure left the weird and mysterious station, pier and hotel at Port Victoria isolated and rotting, but not before it had found favour with Queen Victoria, Edward VII and the German Kaiser. While ghostly Port Victoria faded into oblivion, the Southern Railway built a spur to Allhallows-on-Sea, dreaming of a new suburban town and seaside resort. For a time, happy holidaymakers followed 'Sunny South Sam' to the empty marshes on the Thames, but this dream was likewise extinguished. The colourful history of the Hundred Of Hoo Railway is supported by a wide selection of recently, discovered and hitherto unpublished photographs as well as a range of detailed plans and diagrams $32.00

[IR351] Baker, Allan C.. The Iron Steel and Coal Industry in North Staffordshire. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266351. 64 pages b/w photos - North Staffordshire was a centre for coal mining. The first reports of coal mining in the area come from the 13th Century. Part of the North Staffordshire Coal Field, the Potteries Coal Field covers 100 square miles and the city had several pits including Hanley Deep Pit, Trentham Superpit (formerly Hem Heath), Fenton and Wolstanton The last mine to close was the Trentham Superpit in 1994. The industry developed greatly with new investment in mining projects within the City boundaries as recently as the 1960s and 1970s Other industries have also occupied important roles in the development of the city both before and after federation. Notably the iron and steel making industry located in the valley at Goldendale and Shelton below the hill towns of Tunstall, Burslem and Hanley. Shelton Steel Works production of steel ended in 1978 and the final parts of the plant closed in 2002 From 1864 to 1927 Stoke housed the repair shops of the North Staffordshire Railway and was also the home from 1881 to 1930 of independent railway locomotive manufacturers Kerr Stuart & Co. Ltd. $26.85

[HYL-00195] Reed, M.J.E.. The Island Terriers: The LB&SCR Terrier class on the railways of the Isle of Wight. Southampton, Hampshire, UK: Kingfisher Railway Publications, 1989. 1st Edition. 275mm x 215mm x 4mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0946184461. 48 Pages with Black/White Photos. Fascinating history of the use by railways on the Isle of Wight of the "Terrier" class of steam locomotives. These were originally designed by William Stroudley for the London Brighton & South Coast Railway but eventually were sold to various railways on the island where they served until 1949. Illustrated throughout with vintage black and white photos showing the locomotives in action. With rosters. $22.00

[HYL-00220] Garratt, Colin. The Last Days of British Steam Railways. Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, UK: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1985. 1st Edition. 230mm x 210mm x 15mm. Hardcover. Book. Not Signed. New / New. ISBN: 0850597811. 136 Pages with Black/White Photos. $35.00

[HYL-00128] Batty, Stephen R.. The Last Years of the 'Peaks'. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 1985. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711014930. 80 Pages with Black/White Photos. $25.00

[HYL-00127] Nicolle, Barry J.. The Last Years of the Class 25s. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 1985. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711014922. 80 Pages with Black/White Photos. $25.00

[IA-001] Robotham, Robert. The Last Years of the Great Central Main Line. Weybridge, Kent, England: Ian Allan Ltd, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 0711016135. 112 pages b/w photos - The story of the Great Central, the British railway which was not quite like any other, both in the way it was constructed, and in the type of railwaymen it produced. $60.45

[IR473] Goslin, Geoff. The London Extension of the Midland Railway St Pancras to Bedford. Caernarfon, Wales: Irwell Press, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 1871608473. 110 pages b/w photos - A new London line was proposed around 1845, towards the end of the period of speculation later dubbed "Railway Mania". The Great Northern line was approved by Parliament in 1846 and a Midland Railway spur from Leicester to Hitchin was agreed in 1847. While the Great Northern line was constructed, the Midland spur was quietly abandoned in 1850 due to financial problems. Pressure from businesses in Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire, notably from William Whitbread, who owned roughly 12% of the land over which the line would run, revived the spur scheme. The line was re-presented to Parliament and approved in 1853. Building began quickly but did not proceed at any great pace : the line was opened in mid-1857. The Midland Railway secured initial running power for seven years at a minimum of £20,000 a year. The Midland Company now had two routes into London, through Euston and King's Cross, and traffic quickly expanded to take advantage, especially with the coal trade with the Midland Railway transporting around a fifth of the total coal to London by 1852. In mid-1862, due to the enormous traffic for the second International Exhibition, the Great Northern and the Midland companies clashed over the restricted capacity of the line. This was regarded as the stimulus for the Midland Company to build its own line and surveying for a 49.75-mile (80-km) line from Bedford to London began in October 1862. However, the Midland Company had been buying large portions of land in the parish of St Pancras since 1861 $50.85

[SP-2043] Rose, Douglas. The London Underground - A Diagrammatic History. London England: By the Author, 1994. Reprint. Soft cover. Book. As New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1870354060. an extremely large fold out map bound in card covers $20.50

[HYL-00149] Morrison, Gavin. The Longdrag: Settle to Carlisle Portolio. Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 1990. 1st Edition. 240mm x 180mm x 10mm. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711018936. 64 Pages with Colour Photos. Gavin Morrison presents a full-colour photographic collection of the famous railway line, with both diesel and steam traction featured, from the 1950s to the 1980s. $29.00

[HYL-00034] Brodribb, John. The Main Lines of East Anglia. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Oxford Publishing Company, 2009. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 9780860936299. 256 Pages with Black/White Photos. This new book examines the changing railway network in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, as well as north Essex, and parts of Hertfordshire. A variety of lines are explored, including routes which were promoted by their owners, routes with regular scheduled through service to London, and routes with other significant long-distance destinations. Each line is covered in detail, with an outline of its history, as well as detailed information on its services, both passenger and goods, on local and main line trains. The author also examines the origins of every line, and how major changes, such as the Beeching Report, has affected development and growth over the years up to the present day. Also listed are lines which have closed, if relevant. This wonderful album brings together a vast array of useful technical information sprinkled with personal anecdotes and stories of those who worked on the line, bringing the story to life. With a beautiful collection of carefully selected photographs and other memorabilia, this book will bring this long lost region back to life. Perfect for railway modelers, historians, and anyone keen to revisit this important region. $85.00

[IR120] Robertson, Kevin & Abbott, David. The Marlborough Branch. Pinner, Middlesex, England: Irwell Press, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 1871608120. 90 pages b/w photos - With the northern extension to Cheltenham complete, the M&SWJR turned its attention in the early 1890s to resolving its problem at Marlborough, where it was paying £1,000 a year to run over the GWR Marlborough branch tracks. It negotiated successfully with the Marquess of Ailesbury to run a new line from the M&SWJR station in Marlborough, through a 640-yard tunnel and across Savernake Forest. The new section then crossed the GWR's Berks and Hants Extension line and joined the southern section of the original SM&AR line just north of Grafton and Burbage station. The new double-track section was called the Marlborough and Grafton Railway and was given the parliamentary go-ahead in 1893. It opened for through traffic on 26 June 1898, at which point the link just outside Marlborough station to the GWR branch line was closed. The only intermediate station on the new section was at Savernake, about 200 yards from the GWR Savernake station but not connected to it. The Marlborough and Grafton Railway was formally taken over by the M&SWJR in 1899 and for the next quarter century Marlborough had regular services on both lines. The April 1910 timetable, for example, shows each line offering about eight services a day, though the GWR did not run any trains on Sundays - The beautiful county of Wiltshire played host to many railway schemes but none more intriguing than that of the Marlborough Branch. This ancient market town with its roots deep in British history, nestling between the Cotswold Hills and the plains to the south, boasted two stations and a direct route to London at Savernake. The Midland and South Western Junction line with its own station (latterly known as Marlborough Low Level to distinguish it from the Marlborough branch station) skirted the town to the east with the little Marlborough line winding its way southwards to its link with the great Western at Savernake. Here the branch train would trundle to Marlborough from a bay platform along the five or so miles to a compact terminus sited just south of the town. Early rationalisation in the Wiltshire area after Grouping consigned the line to no more than a siding, the bulk of traffic being centred at the Low Level station. The relatively early closure of the line has made research all the more difficult but the authors have nevertheless unearthed a wealth of previously unpublished material including many maps, timetables and photographs. $46.50

[HYL-00146] Robertson, Kevin. The Meon Valley Railway Part 1: Building the Line - A Construction & Social History. Corhampton, Southampton, UK: Noodle Books, 2011. 1st Edition. 275mm x 215mm x 11mm. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906419479. 64 Pages with Black/White Photos. The Meon Valley Railway (MVR) was a cross-country railway in Hampshire that ran for 22.5 miles between Alton and Fareham, closely following the course of the River Meon. The railway was authorized in 1896 and opened in 1903, making it one of the last railways of any size to be built to main-line standards in the United Kingdom. This informative new book contains the first full set of construction photographs for any railway in the south of England. Taken from the perspective of the surveyor, Navvy, his family, and the local populace, this is an amazing record displaying the impact of building a new railway had on an otherwise untouched landscape. The images are also seen in their original sepia form, without recourse to modern-day toning. The sixty-four pages portray what is intended to be the first of a three-part work on the Meon Valley Railway. This first volume covers the early years from 1899 through to 1903. $30.00

[SP-2029] Maggs, Colin G.. The Nailsworth and Stroud Branch. Usk United Kingdom: The Oakwood Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0853615594. 176 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - This is the fascinating story of the railway, which had its junction with the Midland Railway's Bristol to Gloucester line at Stonehouse. Initially the line was built to Nailsworth. The intermediate station of Dudbridge became a junction when the line to Stroud was opened. The railway carried an extraordinarily varied range of goods traffic including cattle feed, stone, timber, bricks, coal also serving various mills producing cloth, flour etc and even violin strings and umbrellas! The author is well-known for his railway historys in and around Bristol and south-west England. Colin Maggs' local knowledge make this a vibrant and colourful story and it is interspersed with first-hand reminiscences from some of the line's railway staff. $52.90

[HYL-00194] Hendry, Dr R. Preston & Hendry, Powell. The North Western at Work: A portrait of the LNWR. Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, UK: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1990. 1st Edition. 280mm x 210mm x 19mm. Hardcover. Book. Not Signed. New / New. ISBN: 1852601299. 192 Pages with Black/White Photos. A historical account of the London and North Western Railway network which spread from London's Euston station west to Shewsbury and Holyhead, north to Carlisle and east to Peterborough. It includes personal reminiscences, and descriptions people, rolling stock and administration of the time. $55.00

[IR130] Nicholas, John & Reeve, George. The Okehampton Line - the Southern Railway Route Between Exeter Tavistock and Plymouth. Caernarfon, Wales: Irwell Press, 2001. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266130. 236 pages b/w photos - The Okehampton line from Exeter was a main line railway some sixty miles in length which for almost a century provided an alternative route to Plymouth. It passed through spectacular countryside as well as the important market town of Tavistock which boasted Sir Francis Drake as one of its notable residents. This book gives a detailed account of all aspects of the line between Cowley Bridge and Devonport Junctions, together with some background of the railway beyond at Exeter and Plymouth. A full description of the line including maps, track and signalling diagrams and many photographs, mostly previously unpublished, complete we hope, a definitive account of THE OKEHAMPTON LINE. $74.85

[IR337] Sixsmith, Ian & Derry, Richard. The Pannier Papers No. 2 - the 57XX Engines : 36XX 37XX 46XX. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2011. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919337. 56 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - Being a part of the Irwell Press 'The Book of the Pannier Tanks' Intended to Make Up into a Set as a Volume in the Famous 'Book - The vast army of modern (post Grouping) pannier tanks is thus dealt with over several volumes in a highly collectable series. The GWR had favoured Pannier Tank locomotives since 1911 when they had started rebuilding saddle tank locomotives built between 1870 and 1905 into this style. By 1929 these older locomotives were in need of replacement. The first 5700s were almost identical in appearance to several of the older converted locos (e.g. classes 645, 1701, 1854, 2721) and had round spectacles (windows) in the cab front, but those built after 1933 from 8750-onwards had rectangular windows and a slightly different cab profile virtually identical to the style introduced with the 5400 Class in 1931. Whilst they can be viewed as a simple update of the 2721 Class, the Collett improvements were worthwhile and the class became as synonymous with the GWR as Castles and Kings, lasting until the end of steam on the Western Region of British Railways. The size of the class demanded that the 5700 class locomotives were spread across several series of numbers. 3600 - 3699 3700 - 3799 4600 - 4699 5700 - 5799 6700 - 6779 7700 - 7799 8700 - 8799 9600 - 9682 9701 - 9799 Most were built at Swindon Works, but about 25% were built by private builders:- Armstrong Whitworth 7775 - 7799 (25) W. G. Bagnall 6700 - 6724, 8725 - 8749, 8400 - 8449 (100) Beyer, Peacock & Co. 8700 - 8724 (25) Kerr Stuart - 7700 - 7724 (25) North British 5700 - 5749, 7725 - 7749 (75) Yorkshire Engine Co. 6725 - 6749 (25) $27.85

[IR443] Sixsmith, Ian & Derry, Richard. The Pannier Papers No. 3 - the 57XX Engines : 57XX 67XX 77XX. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2011. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919443. 56 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - Being a part of the Irwell Press 'The Book of the Pannier Tanks' Intended to Make Up into a Set as a Volume in the Famous 'Book - The vast army of modern (post Grouping) pannier tanks is thus dealt with over several volumes in a highly collectable series. The GWR had favoured Pannier Tank locomotives since 1911 when they had started rebuilding saddle tank locomotives built between 1870 and 1905 into this style. By 1929 these older locomotives were in need of replacement. The first 5700s were almost identical in appearance to several of the older converted locos (e.g. classes 645, 1701, 1854, 2721) and had round spectacles (windows) in the cab front, but those built after 1933 from 8750-onwards had rectangular windows and a slightly different cab profile virtually identical to the style introduced with the 5400 Class in 1931. Whilst they can be viewed as a simple update of the 2721 Class, the Collett improvements were worthwhile and the class became as synonymous with the GWR as Castles and Kings, lasting until the end of steam on the Western Region of British Railways. The size of the class demanded that the 5700 class locomotives were spread across several series of numbers. 3600 - 3699 3700 - 3799 4600 - 4699 5700 - 5799 6700 - 6779 7700 - 7799 8700 - 8799 9600 - 9682 9701 - 9799 Most were built at Swindon Works, but about 25% were built by private builders:- Armstrong Whitworth 7775 - 7799 (25) W. G. Bagnall 6700 - 6724, 8725 - 8749, 8400 - 8449 (100) Beyer, Peacock & Co. 8700 - 8724 (25) Kerr Stuart - 7700 - 7724 (25) North British 5700 - 5749, 7725 - 7749 (75) Yorkshire Engine Co. 6725 - 6749 (25) $27.85

[IR481A] Sixsmith, Ian & Derry, Richard. The Pannier Papers No. 4 - The 57XX engines: 87XX, 96XX, 97XX. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2012. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919481. 56 pages b/w photos - Being a part of the Irwell Press 'The Book of the Pannier Tanks' Intended to Make Up into a Set as a Volume in the Famous 'Book Of' Series No.1 94XX No.2 57XX (36XX, 37XX, 46XX) No.3 57XX (57XX, 67XX, 77XX) No.5 16XX No.6 1366, 15XX No.7 54XX, 64XX, 74XX The vast army of modern (post Grouping) pannier tanks is thus dealt with over several volumes in a highly collectable series. $23.90

[IR214] Pile, Kevin. The Pannier Papers No. 5 - 16XX. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2010. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919214. 56 pages b/w photos - The 16XXs were the smallest and prettiest of them all, Swindon's 'lightweight panniers' of 1949. $29.90

[IR573] Sixsmith, Ian. The Pannier Papers No.6 :1366 & 15XX. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2013. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919573. 48 Pages with Black/White Photos. These two classes of pannier, tiny numerically compared to the others dealt with in the Pannier Papers so far, were both hugely distinctive in their way. One was a barely altered derivative of a design first arrived at in the 1870s, in the days of Francis Trevithick. The other was the most advanced pannier tank ever built; huge and with modern motion and accessibility virtually unheard of on the GWR. $23.90

[HYL-00057] Not Stated. The Railwayman's Pocket Book: Instructions for Engine Drivers & Fireman on the Great Railways. Oxford, UK: Shire Publications Ltd, 2018. Reprint. 185mm x 125mm x 14mm. Hardcover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781784423360. 112 Pages with Black/White Illustrations. $20.00

[IR861] Yate, Bob. The Railways and Locomotives of the Lilleshall Company. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2008. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781903266861. 136 pages b/w photos - The area around today's Telford, and specifically that of Coalbrookdale, is well known as the cradle of the industrial revolution. However, the story goes much further back than Abraham Darby. The Roman settlement of Uscocona became that latterly known as Oakengates. The Romans are known to have worked outcrops of coal in this part of East Shropshire, and this mining continued on right through the Middle Ages. Locally, the longwall technique of mining was developed, which involved excavating along the lateral face of the coal seam, rather than head first into the seam. Such small pits were typically only 60 to 100 feet deep at the start of the industrial revolution, and many of this depth continued, even into the 20th century. Not surprisingly, such mining activities revealed other minerals for which uses were either initially apparent, or for which the resourcefulness of the miners found a new use. The deposits of ironstone and fireclay were exploited in this way, and thus new products were developed and new markets opened throughout Britain, and eventually exported. As an example, one early blast furnace was opened in Lilleshall village in 1591. Later, and nearby, the well established Coalbrookdale Company built blast furnaces on land leased from Earl Gower at Donnington Wood in 1783. This area was one of the most heavily industrialised in the country for many decades, and its contribution to the nation's wealth is often under appreciated. For example, it is recorded that around one quarter of the iron produced in Britain in 1806 came from here. The Lilleshall Company came to be the largest employer in the region, utilising the local iron, coal and limestone reserves and developing these heavy industries by the application of the accumulated skills in the area, and drawing on new technology from further afield. $62.85

[HYL-00182] Robertson, Kevin. The Railways of Gosport: Including The Stokes Bay and Lee-on-the-Solent Branches. Corhampton, Southampton, UK: Noodle Books, 2009. Reprint. 275mm x 210mm x 7mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906419257. 112 Pages with Black/White Photos & Line Drawings. $37.00

[HYL-00130] Leitch, Russell. The Railways of Keynsham: Featuring Fry's Chocolate passenger & freight operations. Long Stratton, Norfolk, UK: The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society, 1997. 1st Edition. 235mm x 180mm x 10mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0901115827. 160 Pages with Black/White Photos & Tables. Feel the atmosphere of Keynsham through local personalities and staff. Imagine the heavy smells of smoke and fog mixing with chocolate. All the necessary detail is here, from the first coming of the railway, the arrival of Fry's, the creation of Fry's own railway infrastructure, the freight and passenger services provided for the factory, the growth years, decline, threat of closure and above all a happy ending with a buoyant present day scene. The Bristol - Bath route and Keynsham's four other industrial sidings are also comprehensively covered. Author Russell Leitch can claim 50 years of interest in the Bristol area. $33.00

[HYL-00066] Bray, Nigel. The Sailsbury & Dorset Junction Railway. Southampton, UK: Kestrel Railway Books, 2010. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781905505197. 122 Pages with Black/White Photos. The Salisbury & Dorset Junction Railway was built to consolidate the L&SWR's domination of Hampshire and south Dorset, and to keep the GWR away from Bournemouth. It also gave Salisbury businessmen a more direct route to Poole and Weymouth. Almost half of the 18½-mile route was in Dorset, with less than five miles apiece in Wiltshire and Hampshire. Passing through three counties, it traversed contrasting landscapes and served a wide if thinly populated agricultural area. The water meadows between Downton and Fordingbridge produced cattle, milk and watercress. South-west of Fordingbridge, the clay soil had given rise to brick and tile manufacture centuries before the coming of the railway, enabling these industries to expand and distribute their wares over a much wider area. Year-round passenger traffic on the line was at best erratic, but the line provided a useful diversionary and holiday route. In the circumstances, it is not surprising that the line became a victim of the Beeching axe in 1964, but since then the population of the towns it served has grown considerably. If it had remained open, the line would now be very useful, particularly for travel to Salisbury and the Bournemouth-Poole conurbation. $35.00

[SP-3028] Binns, Donald. The Skipton - Colne Railway & The Barnoldswick Branch. Skipton, West Yorks., England: Trackside Publications, 1995. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. As New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1900095009. 48 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - looks at one of the last outposts of the Midland Railway empire and the early lack of co-operation between it and the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway $29.55

[IR878] Smith, Martin. The Somerset & Dorset Files - A Railway Bylines Special No. 1. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2008. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781903266878. 56 pages b/w photos - The Somerset & Dorset Railway was a wonderfully charismatic and highly photogenic line, the 711/2-mile journey from Bath to Bournemouth involving a slog over the rugged Mendip Hills on gradients of up to 1 in 50, then a dash along the beautiful Stour Valley through picture-book-perfect North Dorset. And then there was the S&D's own withered arm - the oft-forgotten branch to Glastonbury, Highbridge and Burnham, which had its own branches off the branch to Wells and Bridgwater. A West Country jewel, the S&D has, over the years, justly been the subject of many books, magazine articles, videos and DVDs and there's even a 45rpm record knocking about somewhere. Each of the six books looks at selected stations along the line, extending through the series to every one of the 45 stations on the main line between Bath and Bournemouth, the Withered Arm to Burnham-on-Sea and the Bridgwater and Wells branches. We also have special features about selected aspects of, not only the S&D proper , but also its appendages : for example, the famous 7F 2-8-0s, Bulleid Pacifics on the S&D, the Oakhill Brewery railway etc etc. And there's even more There's also a major feature about the run-down and closure of the line; this is accompanied by various extracts from official documents about this most controversial of closures - material which has not been seen in print before. $32.85

[IR885] Smith, Martin. The Somerset & Dorset Files - A Railway Bylines Special No. 2. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2008. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781903266885. 56 pages b/w photos - The Somerset & Dorset Railway was a wonderfully charismatic and highly photogenic line, the 711/2-mile journey from Bath to Bournemouth involving a slog over the rugged Mendip Hills on gradients of up to 1 in 50, then a dash along the beautiful Stour Valley through picture-book-perfect North Dorset. And then there was the S&D's own withered arm - the oft-forgotten branch to Glastonbury, Highbridge and Burnham, which had its own branches off the branch to Wells and Bridgwater. A West Country jewel, the S&D has, over the years, justly been the subject of many books, magazine articles, videos and DVDs and there's even a 45rpm record knocking about somewhere. Each of the six books looks at selected stations along the line, extending through the series to every one of the 45 stations on the main line between Bath and Bournemouth, the Withered Arm to Burnham-on-Sea and the Bridgwater and Wells branches. We also have special features about selected aspects of, not only the S&D proper , but also its appendages : for example, the famous 7F 2-8-0s, Bulleid Pacifics on the S&D, the Oakhill Brewery railway etc etc. And there's even more There's also a major feature about the run-down and closure of the line; this is accompanied by various extracts from official documents about this most controversial of closures - material which has not been seen in print before. $32.85

[IR908] Smith, Martin. The Somerset & Dorset Files - A Railway Bylines Special No. 3. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2008. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781903266908. 56 pages b/w photos - The Somerset & Dorset Railway was a wonderfully charismatic and highly photogenic line, the 711/2-mile journey from Bath to Bournemouth involving a slog over the rugged Mendip Hills on gradients of up to 1 in 50, then a dash along the beautiful Stour Valley through picture-book-perfect North Dorset. And then there was the S&D's own withered arm - the oft-forgotten branch to Glastonbury, Highbridge and Burnham, which had its own branches off the branch to Wells and Bridgwater. A West Country jewel, the S&D has, over the years, justly been the subject of many books, magazine articles, videos and DVDs and there's even a 45rpm record knocking about somewhere. Each of the six books looks at selected stations along the line, extending through the series to every one of the 45 stations on the main line between Bath and Bournemouth, the Withered Arm to Burnham-on-Sea and the Bridgwater and Wells branches. We also have special features about selected aspects of, not only the S&D proper , but also its appendages : for example, the famous 7F 2-8-0s, Bulleid Pacifics on the S&D, the Oakhill Brewery railway etc etc. And there's even more There's also a major feature about the run-down and closure of the line; this is accompanied by various extracts from official documents about this most controversial of closures - material which has not been seen in print before. $32.85

[IR915] Smith, Martin. The Somerset & Dorset Files - A Railway Bylines Special No. 4. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2008. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781903266915. 56 pages b/w photos - The Somerset & Dorset Railway was a wonderfully charismatic and highly photogenic line, the 711/2-mile journey from Bath to Bournemouth involving a slog over the rugged Mendip Hills on gradients of up to 1 in 50, then a dash along the beautiful Stour Valley through picture-book-perfect North Dorset. And then there was the S&D's own withered arm - the oft-forgotten branch to Glastonbury, Highbridge and Burnham, which had its own branches off the branch to Wells and Bridgwater. A West Country jewel, the S&D has, over the years, justly been the subject of many books, magazine articles, videos and DVDs and there's even a 45rpm record knocking about somewhere. Each of the six books looks at selected stations along the line, extending through the series to every one of the 45 stations on the main line between Bath and Bournemouth, the Withered Arm to Burnham-on-Sea and the Bridgwater and Wells branches. We also have special features about selected aspects of, not only the S&D proper , but also its appendages : for example, the famous 7F 2-8-0s, Bulleid Pacifics on the S&D, the Oakhill Brewery railway etc etc. And there's even more There's also a major feature about the run-down and closure of the line; this is accompanied by various extracts from official documents about this most controversial of closures - material which has not been seen in print before. $32.85 [IR009A] Smith, Martin. The Somerset & Dorset Files - A Railway Bylines Special No. 5. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2008. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919009. 56 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - The Somerset & Dorset Railway was a wonderfully charismatic and highly photogenic line, the 711/2-mile journey from Bath to Bournemouth involving a slog over the rugged Mendip Hills on gradients of up to 1 in 50, then a dash along the beautiful Stour Valley through picture-book-perfect North Dorset. And then there was the S&D's own withered arm - the oft-forgotten branch to Glastonbury, Highbridge and Burnham, which had its own branches off the branch to Wells and Bridgwater. A West Country jewel, the S&D has, over the years, justly been the subject of many books, magazine articles, videos and DVDs and there's even a 45rpm record knocking about somewhere. Each of the six books looks at selected stations along the line, extending through the series to every one of the 45 stations on the main line between Bath and Bournemouth, the Withered Arm to Burnham-on-Sea and the Bridgwater and Wells branches. We also have special features about selected aspects of, not only the S&D proper , but also its appendages : for example, the famous 7F 2-8-0s, Bulleid Pacifics on the S&D, the Oakhill Brewery railway etc etc. And there's even more There's also a major feature about the run-down and closure of the line; this is accompanied by various extracts from official documents about this most controversial of closures - material which has not been seen in print before. $32.85

[IR016] Smith, Martin & Reeve, George. The Somerset & Dorset Files - A Railway Bylines Special No. 6. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2008. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919016. 56 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - The Somerset & Dorset Railway was a wonderfully charismatic and highly photogenic line, the 711/2-mile journey from Bath to Bournemouth involving a slog over the rugged Mendip Hills on gradients of up to 1 in 50, then a dash along the beautiful Stour Valley through picture-book-perfect North Dorset. And then there was the S&D's own withered arm - the oft-forgotten branch to Glastonbury, Highbridge and Burnham, which had its own branches off the branch to Wells and Bridgwater. A West Country jewel, the S&D has, over the years, justly been the subject of many books, magazine articles, videos and DVDs and there's even a 45rpm record knocking about somewhere. Each of the six books looks at selected stations along the line, extending through the series to every one of the 45 stations on the main line between Bath and Bournemouth, the Withered Arm to Burnham-on-Sea and the Bridgwater and Wells branches. We also have special features about selected aspects of, not only the S&D proper , but also its appendages : for example, the famous 7F 2-8-0s, Bulleid Pacifics on the S&D, the Oakhill Brewery railway etc etc. And there's even more There's also a major feature about the run-down and closure of the line; this is accompanied by various extracts from official documents about this most controversial of closures - material which has not been seen in print before. $35.85

[HYL-00191] Deacon, Tim. The Somerset & Dorset: Aftermath of the Beeching Axe. Sparkford, Somerset, UK: Oxford Publishing Co., 1995. 1st Edition. 255mm x 195mm x 17mm. Hardcover. Book. Not Signed. New / New. ISBN: 0860935272. 192 Pages with Black/White Photos. $72.00

[HYL-00165] Robertson, Kevin. The Southern Way Issue No.18: The regular volume for the Southern devotee. Corhampton, Southampton, UK: Noodle Books, 2012. 1st Edition. 275mm x 215mm x 6mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906419783. 112 Pages with Black/White Photos with Tables. The last of the four regular Southern Way issues for 2009 features an exciting illustrated article on the chalk-falls between Folkestone and Dover in November 1939. Other pieces include more on the tragedy of Lewisham in 1957, and the much anticipated Part 2 of Richard Simmons' recollections of Southampton Control. Private owner wagons of the Southern area also feature, with a few delightful surprises from both old and new friends. Also scheduled for inclusion is something rather special on Page 3 - so keep a look out! Only one clue is available, a still from a film made during Southern Railway days. An intriguing titbit to whet the appetite. All will be revealed on publication! Plus, of course, all our regular features including Rolling Stock and Permanent Way, along with an impressive colour section. A perfect read for Southern enthusiasts everywhere, make sure you add this issue to your own collection! $25.00

[HYL-00166] Robertson, Kevin. The Southern Way Issue No.19: The regular volume for the Southern devotee. Corhampton, Southampton, UK: Noodle Books, 2012. 1st Edition. 275mm x 215mm x 6mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906419790. 106 Pages with Black/White Photos & Line Drawings. The regular volume for the Southern devotee includes illustrated article on William Adams, Milk Traffic on the Southern, the Tattenham Corner branch, DS74/75, and Stationary Steam - as well as the usual mix of other topics. $25.00 [HYL-00167] Robertson, Kevin. The Southern Way Issue No.22: The regular volume for the Southern devotee. Corhampton, Southampton, UK: Noodle Books, 2012. 1st Edition. 275mm x 215mm x 8mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781909328020. 120 Pages with Colour & Black/White Photos. The Southern Way remains one of the most popular continuing series of books devoted to enthusiasts of the Southern and this issue has a wealth of features to entice the keenest fans. Among the many articles are the Battersea Tangle, the naming of 'Shaw Savill', Bournemouth West, PEPs, CORs, Longmoor, Brighton Radials and much more on what was an extremely popular feature in No 21 on Southern Ephemera. In addition, there is the usual mix of features and stories, and an unusual item on traffic from Ottery St Mary. $30.00

[HYL-00164] Robertson, Kevin. The Southern Way Issue No.9: The regular volume for the Southern devotee. Corhampton, Southampton, UK: Noodle Books, 2010. 1st Edition. 275mm x 215mm x 6mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906419288. 108 Pages with Black/White Photos, Line Drawings & Tables. This is a great new issue of The Southern Way featuring a major article by Gerry Bixley on the C2 and C2X 'locomotive types, Part 2 of the History of Lancing Carriage Works, and a lovely photo feature on Dorchester South. Part 3 of the history of the LSWR and SR at Basingstoke will be examined, and space permitting, there will also be a photo feature on the first trains operated on the Waterloo and City, a similar piece on the many and various Southern Region uniforms, and much, much more! All this, beautifully complemented by all the usual features readers have come to expect including Rolling Stock files and Permanent Way, this is one book every Southern enthusiast will be waiting to add to their collection! $30.00

[IR991] Anderson, Paul. The Steaming Sixties - 1 - A North East Redoubt. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2008. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781903266991. 64 pages colour photos - Paul Anderson begins a new series of steam colour albums looking at the grimy and gritty freight workings in the North East. They were scruffy, typified a dying era and were about to close when most of the photographs in this book were taken, but the sheds at Tyne Dock, Blyth, West Hartlepool and Sunderland had a definite charm about them, of not-too genteel decay. They housed the remaining BR steam locomotives employed on moving mineral traffic in County Durham and Northumberland, a pedigree stretching back over a century and a half. Furthermore, some of the mainly unkempt engines allocated to the four sheds in their last year had experienced very interesting careers. Locos still active in the North East during 1967 included two venerable and robust North Eastern Railway designs, the P3 0-6-0s (later J27) and T2 0-8-0s (later Q6). The other surviving engine of North Eastern design was a J72 0-6-0T, this particular example having been built by BR. There were three other types of main line locomotives in the North East. These were the War Department 2-8-0 'Austerities', originally meant to last just two years, the K1 2-6-0s, of LNER design but built after Nationalisation and the Ivatt 2-6-0s of LMS origin, but mainly built by BR. Fortunately there is one of each of the above classes preserved. $32.95

[IR788] Anderson, Paul. The Steaming Sixties - 10 - Scottish Sheds Swansong. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2015. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919788. 64 pages colour photos - There were 44 coded sheds in Scotland during BR days and with one exception all of them lasted until the 1960s. In addition around forty sub-sheds and a number of signing-on points were in use. St Margarets, in the east end of Edinburgh, was a classic example of a shed having outstations, no less than eight sub-sheds and eleven signing-on points existing at one time or another. There were little sheds like Helmsdale and Forres, with an allocation of just five locos some time during the 1950s and enormous depots such as St Margarets, with 221 engines in 1950 and Polmadie in Glasgow with 182 in 1959. Each shed had its own character and the allocation reflected its duties. In 1950, nine out of twelve locos at Fort William were named K2s and K4s, the balance being three 0-6-0s for goods. At the same time, the six residents of Helensburgh were all V1 2-6-2Ts for suburban passenger work. Also in 1950, only three of the 35 engines at Grangemouth were classed as passenger locos. Then there were the two main sheds with Pacifics and other large engines for express passenger trains, Polmadie serving the West Coast south from Glasgow Central and Haymarket for East Coast services out of Edinburgh Waverley. This book is a glimpse of locos on shed in Scotland during the last decade of steam, although a few interesting 1959 views have been included. It is obviously not comprehensive as everything depended on where A.G. Forsyth ventured, when he went (the weather was always vital for success) and what he decided to photograph. Haymarket, St Margarets and Dalry Road in Edinburgh are featured, but in their declining days. The same applies to Polmadie, Eastfield and Corkerhill in Glasgow. Perth and Dundee are covered well, as are less celebrated sheds such as Bathgate and Dunfermline. There is also an impression of the final years at Thornton, Ferryhill and Stirling. Hints of Hawick, Dawsholm, Balornock, Ardrossan and Kittybrewster are included. Finally, the sub-shed at Montrose gets a look-in and two immaculate locos are seen at Inverurie Works. The reader will no doubt enjoy seeing several engines in sparkling condition, including WD 2-8-0s. Not every BR loco was disgracefully filthy in the 1960s! $33.00

[IR832] Dorrity, Terence. The Steaming Sixties - 12 - Central Wales. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2015. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919832. 64 pages colour photos - A collection of colour photographs from the ancient counties of Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire and Cardiganshire. Manors, moguls and many others amid glorious scenery. Early narrow gauge too, in those unimaginable mists of time when BR actually owned the Welshpool and Llanfair! $33.00

[IR054] Wilkinson, Ronald. The Steaming Sixties - 2 - Steam in the Suburbs - Changeover on the GN. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2009. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919054. 64 pages colour photos The year 1963 was a momentous one for steam on BR. Finally, the tide of diesels could no longer be ignored and even the biggest and best of passenger steam power was now only too obviously under threat. This series almost by definition chronicles the decline of steam and on 'the GN' (that bit of railway out of Kings Cross to Peterborough, for our purposes) that decline was horribly abrupt. A handful of main line diesels turned into a torrent and between the Beatles first No.1, From Me To You in April 1963 and their second, She Loves You in the summer, Kings Cross shed had closed and steam on 'the GN' had been pronounced dead. It took BR some frantic months of repeated stakes through the heart before steam finally ceased to rise from its coffin but it was, to most intents and purposes, over. The last scheduled steam working out of Kings Cross took place on Sunday 16 June; Kings Cross 'Top Shed' closed from 17 June 1963 and that was it. This is what some of it looked like. $29.00

[IR061] Anderson, Paul. The Steaming Sixties - 3 - The Shed and the Pit - Rose Grove Homage. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2009. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919061. 64 pages colour photos Bushbury, but during the late 1960s it meant something very different to railway enthusiasts. There was smoke, steam, oil and general grime at a certain place on the outskirts of Burnley, together with a token display of foliage in the form of weeds. This was, of course, Rose Grove shed and though in truth it sat outside the town amid green fields and moor so that it did, in a way, live up to it name these pleasant surrounds were largely invisible to the hordes who descended upon it in those last days, intent on one thing only. By the summer of 1968 it had become a place of pilgrimage where the dying days of still very active main line steam were being played out. Then there was Copy Pit, not some deep Stygian hole, but a railway summit 749ft above sea level in a harsh yet scenic valley between Burnley and Todmorden. There were fearsome gradients in either direction and Rose Grove shed provided the banking engines, particularly from Todmorden where they helped trains of Yorkshire coal over the hill towards Lancashire power stations. Stanier 8F 2-8-0s performed this duty until the very last day, Saturday 3 August 1968. $29.00

[IR092A] Coster, Peter. The Steaming Sixties - 4 - The Days That Were - The Withered Arm in Cornwall. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2009. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919092. 64 pages colour photos - This book has a common thread in reminiscing about the fascinating railway that once ran through Devon into Cornwall, terminating at the Shangri-La of fish cuisine, Padstow. That common thread is the letter W. Think about it - West, Withered Arm, Wadebridge, Wenford, Well Tanks, Woolworths, er - Western, and yes, to many of us, Wonderful. My visits to the West Country, before I moved here, were opportunities to photograph a railway that was almost diametrically opposite to my daily experience on the electrified main lines, yet still a railway, with some common features. So these photographs tend to be bunched into certain dates, but still a reflection of many things that were going on at the time. The low speed and vagaries of colour film half a century ago have led to some wastage of precious shots, something that continues to irritate. The O2 0-4-4Ts had just gone, alas, displaced by Ivattisation with his excellent 2-6-2Ts. The marvellous little N 2-6-0s were still in evidence, and among the engines that I rode on, I had the particular privilege of riding on No.31837 on her last day in revenue earning service - so far as I know, that is. It was a very sad experience to ride on such a fine little engine that had years of good running in her, soon to be reduced to scrap by an accountant's pen. I can also claim to have ridden on both the very last up and down Atlantic Coast Expresses to and from Okehampton, on September 5th 1964, but the weather later was not good and few photographs were possible. By Padstow it was drizzling - perhaps even God was sad, too. The North Cornwall was a fine railway in difficult terrain, well engineered, and despite its distance from villages and towns, is still sadly missed. The Wadebridge-Padstow track is now the Camel Trail, and has more users than the railway ever did. It was one of the most beautiful stretches of railway on the system, and is ever more widely enjoyed today. The book tends to concentrate on the Wenford Bridge branch and its freight service, for which I make no apology. I had a few shots of the Beatties, but on travelling on the line, the GWR panniers had just started work. The countryside was - and still is - remote and beautiful, and the railway was utterly basic and yet a common sense one. When the Beeching Report was officially launched upon BR staff, I remember my horror at the opening shot - a Beattie well tank chugging along through fields south of Helland Bridge. If the Good Doctor had stumbled on Wenford, the fat was well and truly in the fire. But it was a beautiful shot - I wonder whether it survives anywhere? $29.00

[IR238A] Anderson, Paul. The Steaming Sixties - 5 - Steam Amid the Spoil : Coal Train Survivals in the North East. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2010. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919238. 64 pages colour photos - During the summer of 1967, despite the imminent extinction of BR steam in the North East, there were two lines where ageing locos could be seen in all their volcanic glory. These were the railways serving coal mines at Silksworth and South Hetton south of Sunderland. Both of them involved very steep gradients, but the origin and setting of these railways were entirely different. The Silksworth branch was built specifically to give access to the colliery of that name. Part of it was completely dominated by the gigantic spoil heap of Ryhope pit and the views of J27s slogging uphill were truly spectacular. Access to South Hetton involved the very early Durham & Sunderland Railway, which was almost entirely worked by stationary engines and ropes for many years. The steepest part of the line was Seaton Bank in open farmland, so there were no birds-eye panoramas to be had. However, J27s and Q6s were pounding away just as heavily and the visual effects on these pages are virtually audible. $23.95

[IR245] Reeve, George. The Steaming Sixties - 6 - From Woking to Weymouth. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2010. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919245. 64 pages colour photos - How a boy's horizon has widened from those far off days. The height of adventure for us in 1964 was an afternoon/early evening session watching trains at Woking - the highlight of course being hauled by Pacifics there and back - something not possible anywhere much else in the country by then. A cheap day return from Streatham Hill was the order of the day (or rather long summer evening) which cost about 3/4d - I remember that because one day we didn't get the right train from Waterloo and to our horror the guard warned that 'next time he caught us' (and we believed him) he'd charge us the full adult fare of Waterloo to Woking which was 6/8d, a third of a pound and the price of a 45 rpm single. A faded and folded but precious relic, one of my surviving notebooks for 1964/65; on a special 25th May 1964 we left Waterloo (me, Les Hewitson, Les Tibble and Lucien Kmiotek) on the 4.15 behind 34005 BARNSTAPLE to arrive at Woking, returning behind 35019 FRENCH LINE CGT as dusk beckoned. But of the wider Southern beyond, we knew too little until our holiday in Bournemouth that same year, staying with another class mate, a one Robert Millard, and his aunt - a strange woman to say the least... The following summer the railway press (I've never been able to establish the veracity of this) announced that it 'was understood' that ten Duchess Pacifics might be coming from the London Midland Region 'to replace the Merchant Navy class on the Bournemouth line'. We were outraged! $23.95

[IR252] REEVE, George & HAWKINS, Chris. The Steaming Sixties - 7 - The Southern Shore : Dorset Devon and Cornwall Seaside Branches of the Southern. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2010. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919252. 64 pages colour photos - The map of the Southern, or rather the South Western part of it, rather resembles a river flowing east, that dendritic, tree-like pattern that ends 'upstream' at its extremities in the west in branches, though 'twigs' are what some of its farthest reaches call to mind. In winter a South Western branch to the seaside might be a branch like any other yet, especially in summer, they became linked directly to London, as a sequence of expresses were timed to make a succession of main line connections, dropping off coaches in an intricate system that would be wholly impossible with the stock, low staffing levels and simplified layouts we have now. Not to mention the closed and lifted branches! This access to the capital was unique; nowhere else in the country could you board a coach at your local sleepy station, amid fields, hedgerows and twittering birds and expect next to be in London, more than 200 miles away. It derived of course from the West Country and its singular attraction to Britain's growing army of holidaymakers. It was what historians called the 'seaside holiday habit' (making it appear slightly disreputable) and they came not just from London but from the Midlands and the North. In a direct through coach your bulging suitcase, hoisted with a sigh of regret (or maybe not, given the weather) into the luggage rack within sight and sound of seagulls and the sea, didn't move till the slamming of doors and the steam and smoke of Waterloo. A perfect system! $23.95

[IR269] Charlton, Robin. The Steaming Sixties - 8 - LMR : London and the North : Euston to St Pancras via Yorkshire. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2010. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919269. 64 pages colour photos - A giant cake slice of London Midland steam, roaming north on Cup Final Day from Euston, then in the turmoil of rebuilding, followed by a ramble around some of the coal country of Yorkshire, still barely touched by diesels and returning via the Midland to St Pancras, on yet another Cup Final Day. Magical. $23.95

[IR740A] Nicholas, John & Reeve, George. The Steaming Sixties - 9 - London to Carnforth Via the Midlands. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2014. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919740. 64 pages colour photos - One summer's day in July 2010 the author made an excursion to the Peak District to revisit haunts of times past, to discover if any of that sixties nostalgia still lingered on in those limestone hills. He trod once again on the ground of the Cromford and High Peak Railway at the bottom of the Sheep Pasture Incline nestling in the Derwent Valley about a mile south east of Cromford Village. It was the water tower here that seemed to embody that nostalgia with fatigued paintwork and blobs of mold. Out of use since closure in April 1967 the four ton wrought iron water tank still sat on a five metre high stack of tar covered timber baulks. It would have probably lived through a hundred years in this form. In sharp contrast a steaming sixties reminiscence was sampled on the 30th January 2010 in the form of 'The Cotton Mill Express'. A bright frosty morning yielded a day of bitter cold. Huddled in the waiting room at Lancaster were many expectant passengers of a more than a certain age. The lack of heating was a chilling reminder of the sixties although when the special rolled in over an hour late with a paucity of information there was a sense that not much had changed after all. $37.00

[IR511A] Sixsmith, Ian. The Steaming Sixties : Steam on Shed - A Tour of BR Engine Sheds Hunted Down By Hugh Ramsey. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2012. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919511. 80 pages colour photos - In the 1960s Hugh Ramsey toured the engine sheds of Britain recording the everyday scene to be had with the locomotive in its lair. Join us on his journey and glory in the days of steam. $25.00

[EPPP-960] Mitchell, Peter & Townsend, Simon & Shelmerdine, Malcolm. The Surrey Border and Camberley Railway. Norwich, Norfolk, England: Plateway Press, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871980143. red boards with gilt title - 112 pages b/w photos - History of the SB&CR, the most ambitious 101/4' gauge railway of all time, and its antecedents the Foxhill and Farnborough Miniature Railways. Laid down in 1938, the SB&CR connected Farnborough and Camberley 21/2 miles away; timetabled trains were run 12 months a year and locomotives included Bullock Pacifics and Kitson 2-6-0+0-6-2 Garratts. Chapters cover the origins of the 101/4' gauge, history of the Foxhill and Farnborough railways; construction and operation of the SB&CR; 'biography' of all 13 locomotives. The book is illustrated with many previously unpublished photographs, maps, contemporary advertisements, tickets etc. $59.25

[EPPP-0957] Mitchell, Peter & Townsend, Simon & Shelmerdine, Malcolm. The Surrey Border and Camberley Railway. Norwich, Norfolk, England: Plateway Press, 1993. Reprint. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871980151. 112 pages b/w photos - History of the SB&CR, the most ambitious 101/4' gauge railway of all time, and its antecedents the Foxhill and Farnborough Miniature Railways. Laid down in 1938, the SB&CR connected Farnborough and Camberley 21/2 miles away; timetabled trains were run 12 months a year and locomotives included Bullock Pacifics and Kitson 2-6-0+0-6-2 Garratts. Chapters cover the origins of the 101/4' gauge, history of the Foxhill and Farnborough railways; construction and operation of the SB&CR; 'biography' of all 13 locomotives. The book is illustrated with many previously unpublished photographs, maps, contemporary advertisements, tickets etc. $42.90

[HYL-00125] Baker, Michael. The Waterloo to Weymouth Line: The Story of One of Britain's Oldest and Busiest Main Lines. Frome, Somerset, UK: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 0850598354. 200 Pages with Colour & Black/White Photos. The first section of the Waterloo to Weymouth line, serving the 23 miles between Nine Elms and Woking Common, opened on 21 May 1838. From this inauspicious start it expanded to serve the ports, holiday resorts and market towns of Hampshire and Dorset, as well as ever-expanding suburbia, connecting them to its London terminus just south of the Thames. One hundred and fifty years later it still flourishes, carrying commuters to and from the capital and holiday-makers bound for Bournemouth, Weymouth and the Channel Islands, or perhaps for m^re exotic destinations via Southampton's liner terminal. The Waterloo to Weymouth Line takes a unique trip down this line of contrasts, exploring its inter-city routes and its sleepy branch lines through their history and into the future. $55.00

[SP-3008] Weston, Philip. The Weston Collection. Skipton, North Yorkshire, UK: Wyvern Publications, 1983. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. As New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0907941087. 64 pages b/w photos $19.80

[ERTA-YDR] Binns, Donald. The Yorkshire Dales Railway of Yesterday and the Mineral Branch of Today - Skipton - Swinden - Grassington. Skipton, North Yorkshire, UK: Donald Binns Publication, 2008. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. 50 pages b/w photos This is a detailed historic account and affectionate reflection on the railway from Skipton via Embsay junction to Grassington. Opened in 1902, it was operated by the Midland Railway and as the Grassington branch became part of the LMS after Grouping in 1923. The account also includes industrial railway activities along the line, some of which have survived as rail operations to the present day. This book is heavily illustrated with pictures covering the line from inception to recent years. There are appendices dealing with contractors locomotives and bus competitors $26.60

[DLS-122] Hammond, Alan & Christine Hammond & Derry, Richard. Ticket to Minehead - the West Somerset Railway Recalled. Bath, Somerset, UK: Millstream Books, 2005. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0948975733. 144 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - A collection of nostalgic memories and photographs presenting the workings, the staff and events on the Minehead branch from the 1920s to closure in 1971. The atmosphere of a working railway and a way of life now long gone are captured, forming a fascinating insight into the many aspects of a country railway line and its inevitable change and decline. $45.95

[HYL-00175] Hammond, Alan; Hammond, Christine & Derry, Richard. Ticket to Minehead: The West Somerset Railway Recalled. Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, UK: Millstream Books, 2005. 1st Edition. 210mm x 270mm x 9mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0948975733. 144 Pages with Black/White Photos. A collection of nostalgic memories and photographs presenting the workings, the staff and events on the Minehead branch from the 1920s to closure in 1971. The atmosphere of a working railway and a way of life now long gone are captured, forming a fascinating insight into the many aspects of a country railway line and its inevitable change and decline. $38.00

[SP-3035] Vaughan, Adrian. Tracks to Disaster. Runnymede, Surrey, England: Ian Allan Ltd, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. As New / As New. ISBN: 0711027315. 160 pages b/w photos - A carefully balanced and illuminating read which explains clearly, through the text, diagrams and photographs, the causes of these terrible events. $74.30

[HYL-00124] Dowty, Michael. Vanishing Points: Steam in Worcestershire. Gloucester, UK: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 0862992869. 140 Pages with Black/White Photos. Predominately from the steam and early diesel era, painting a vivid photographic picture of all facets of railway life. $44.00

[HYL-00065] Larkin, David. Wagons of the Final British Rail Era: A Pictorial Study of the 1983-1995 Period. Southampton, UK: Kestrel Railway Books, 2010. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781905505173. 90 Pages with Black/White Photos. Of the countless books on railway subjects that have appeared over the years, only a few have explored the subject from the point of view of a working railwayman. Sutton Scotney - Life at a Country Station fits neatly into this category, being based on the author's numerous interviews with former railway staff who worked at Sutton Scotney station. This is not a book of facts and figures, but an accurate representation of a typical day in the life of a country station. The duties of the staff are described, together with the various characters who inhabited the station and how they dealt with mundane events as well as the more unusual ones. In particular, we follow the career of one man, Ernie Penny, who served at Sutton Scotney from 1947 to 1964. $28.00

[IR228] Hooper, John ( Compiler ). Wagons on the LNER - North British No. 1. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 1991. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1871608228. 96 pages b/w photos line drawings $31.80

[HYL-00002] Marx, Klaus. Wainwright and His Locomotives. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 0711014183. 112 Pages with Black/White Photos, Line Drawings & Tables. This book is a must for SECR fans and railway modelors of the SECR era. The book does not just cover Wainwright's locomotives, it also covers LCDR and SER locomotives which were repainted (and some rebuilt) in Wainwright's colours even if they only served a couple of years as such. $43.00

[IR412] Jennison, John. Warships in Colour. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2011. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919412. 64 pages profusely illustrated colour photos - The Warships were amongst the most controversial of the early BR diesel classes; the WR management had to fight tooth and nail to get them built in the first place and they were continually attacked by the diesel-electric proponents until they were taken out of service prematurely in the early 1970s under the guise of standardisation. They carried the standard BR green livery with a grey horizontal lining band, enhanced from 1962 by the addition of small yellow warning panels on the nose-end. Almost half were repainted during1965/6 in the maroon which had been adopted for their Western contemporaries, before the majority were given BR's Corporate blue livery which it has to be said did nothing to improve their appearance, even though it was not dissimilar to the colour originally recommended but subsequently rejected in 1959. The Warships became Class 42/43 under TOPS but new numbers were not applied because they were pencilled in for early withdrawal under the National Traction Plan. There were only a few noticeable changes over the fourteen years the locomotives were in service. Those built without train indicator panels had them added, the multiple working equipment was taken off and restored, and there were minor changes on the nose-ends of some locomotives. The Warships were originally employed primarily on the Western Region Paddington-Bristol and West of England services, venturing onto the North-West line up to Crewe between 1962 and 1964. They took over the former SR Waterloo-Exeter trains in 1964 where they held sway until October 1971. In 1967 the North British built locomotives were tried on the Paddington-Birmingham passenger services but after numerous failures they were quickly removed from this work, although they did take over the Worcester/Hereford services which they worked until 1971. The class was ousted from much of their principal WR express work in the mid-1960s, but they did stage a brief comeback in 1968 when pairs of Warships were employed on the accelerated services to the West of England. Over their last few years they were to be found increasingly on freight and secondary workings before the final survivors succumbed in late-1972. Two D800s escaped the cutters torch and although neither has been on the mainline they have both appeared $27.85

[IR440] Oldham, Kenneth. Wartime Woodhead - Steam Over the Woodhead Line in the Second World War. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2004. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266440. 76 pages b/w photos - The Woodhead Line was a railway line linking Sheffield, Penistone and Manchester in the north of England. A key feature of the route is the passage under the high moorlands of the northern Peak District through the Woodhead Tunnels. The line was electrified in 1953 and closed east of Hadfield in 1981. The route from Manchester to Sheffield was 41.5 miles with stops at Manchester, Guide Bridge, Newton, Godley Junction, Mottram, Glossop and Dinting, Glossop Central, Hadfield, Crowden, Woodhead, Dunford Bridge, Hazlehead Bridge, Penistone, Wortley, Deepcar, Oughty Bridge, Wadsley Bridge, Neepsend and Sheffield. The line opened in 1845. It was built by the Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway with Joseph Locke as its engineer. In 1847 the railway merged with the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway, the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway, and the Grimsby Docks Company to form the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, which changed its name to the Great Central Railway (GCR)) in 1897. Ownership passed to the LNER in 1923, and finally to British Railways Eastern Region in 1948. The original eastern terminus of the line was at Bridgehouses station. By the time of the creation of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway in 1847 the station at Bridgehouses had been outgrown. A 1 km extension ( including the Wicker Arches viaduct, engineered by John Fowler ) was constructed to the new Sheffield Victoria Station, which opened in 1851. Electrification was first mooted by the Great Central Railway owing to the difficulties of operating heavy steam-hauled coal trains on the Penistone-Wath section (the Worsborough branch), a line with steep gradients and several tunnels. Definitive plans were drawn up by the LNER in 1936; many of the gantries for the catenary (electric wires) were erected before World War II. World War II prevented progress on electrification, but the plans were restarted immediately after the war. $35.85

[HYL-00198] Oliver, Bruce. Waterloo to Southampton by Steam. Corhampton, Southampton, UK: Noodle Books, 2009. 1st Edition. 275mm x 215mm x 8mm. Soft cover. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906419141. 128 Pages with Colour Photos. A selection of Oliver's work on the main line, covering steam in the last five years of operation both from the station platform and from the lineside. A stopover at the famous Eastleigh works and shed is included. $47.00

[IR702] Dorrity, Terence. West Midlands Industrial Steam in Colour Part 1. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2014. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919702. 64 pages colour photos - All the photographs in this book were taken in the West Midlands area as it was considered to be in the 1960s. This included the present West Midlands region around Birmingham and Coventry, the Black Country" parts of Staffordshire and Worcestershire and the county of Warwickshire. In the 1960s heavy freight trains were $37.00

[IR764] Dorrity, Terence. West Midlands Industrial Steam In Colour Part 2. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2015. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919764. 64 pages colour photos - As in the sister book of non-National Coal Board industrial locomotives, all the photographs in this volume were taken in the West Midlands area as it was considered to be in the 1960s. This covered a wider area than the West Midlands region as it is to be found today and included the present West Midlands region around Birmingham and Coventry, the 'Black Country' parts of Staffordshire and Worcestershire and the county of Warwickshire. Collieries in this region were at the time divided into two NCB areas: Cannock Chase (Area 2) and Warwickshire (Area 4). These collieries had been nationalised on what was termed 'Vesting Day': 1 January 1947. The considerable industry in this area depended greatly on coal either directly delivered to the factories or, more often by that time, indirectly in the form of electricity or gas generated and produced from coal. The huge quantities of this bulk raw material were obviously best transported by rail and this needed interchange sidings, branches to the mines, systems within the mining area serving washeries etc. Not surprisingly, the NCB continued using coal fired steam engines for longer than most industrial systems and in the 1960s there were some real veterans and a number of unusual types in use. Most of them were saddle tanks but there were also some side tanks and three ex-British Railways pannier tanks as well as a very special 0-4-4-0 Beyer Garratt. Those mines which were a distance away from the main lines or where there were severe gradients needed powerful locomotives to haul the heavy loads. All in all, there was quite a variety of motive power to be seen and this book contains a visual record of almost all of the National Coal Board steam locomotives that were to be found in the area at the time. $33.00

[HYL-00148] Whitby, Tony. West Somerset in Colour. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2009. 1st Edition. 245mm x 190mm x 11mm. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9780711034051. 80 Pages with Colour Photos.A colourful pictorial journey over the lines of the extremely popular West Somerset Railway by a talented railway photographer. $40.00

[HYL-00179] Page, Darren. Western Steam Farewell. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2004. 1st Edition. 250mm x 190mm x 10mm. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. Not Signed. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711029989. 80 Pages with Colour Photos. This title covers Western Region steam trains over much of its area. Locations featured include: Leamington Spa, Reading, Swindon, Birmingham and Plymouth. It provides a vivid portrait of the final years of Western region steam, from the top-link express passenger services to the heavy freight trains $45.00

[IR343] Anderson, Paul. Wonderful Waverley - Edinburgh in the Glory Days. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1903266343. 76 pages proff ill b/w photos - This book celebrates a station, and no ordinary station at that. Edinburgh Waverley and its approaches provided a spectacular and immensely photogenic theatre for the cream of East Coast motive power and its less glamorous brethren. Historical information concerning the railway system has been kept to a minimum. That was covered by An Illustrated History of Edinburgh's Railways by W.A. C. Smith and Paul Anderson, published by Irwell Press in 1995, which also included detailed maps. Instead, Wonderful Waverley is a portrait in words and pictures of the Scottish capital's world famous station, its magnificent surroundings, the engines and trains which served it and the running sheds which were so crucial. Photographs range from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s, with an emphasis on the first half of the 1950s. This thirty year period is just a cameo of a station which has been around for a century and a half, yet the locomotives portrayed represent a hundred years of railway history, from 'Pugs' built for Leith Docks in the early 1880s to the demise of the 'Deltics' on principal East Coast expresses in the early 1980s. $39.00

[HYL-00095] Hobbs, Roy. Working Steam: Collett & Hawksworth Halls. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2002. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711029032. 80 Pages with Colour Photos. A wonderful book of colour photographs depicting the classes during the later years of their lives. $45.00

[HYL-00096] Hobbs, Roy. Working Steam: Collett Castles & Kings. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2006. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711031320. 80 Pages with Colour Photos. A wonderful book of colour photographs depicting the classes during the later years of their lives. $45.00

[HYL-00097] Hobbs, Roy. Working Steam: Collett Granges & Manors. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2003. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711029733. 80 Pages with Colour Photos. A wonderful book of colour photographs depicting the classes during the later years of their lives. $45.00

[HYL-00098] Morrison, Gavin. Working Steam: Rebuilt Royal Scots. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing, 2002. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 0711028834. 80 Pages with Colour Photos. A wonderful book of colour photographs depicting the class during the later years of it's life. $45.00

[IR436] Rundle, Philip E. MBE. Working with Steam in Cornwall - Tales from the Clay Country. Clophill, Bedfordshire, England: Irwell Press, 2011. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 9781906919436. 152 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - Following the interest shown in his first book, Laira Fireman, it was put to Phil that a second might be of interest, broadening the scope across Cornwall, a county so dear to his heart. In Tales from the Clay Country, he has attempted to portray the work of the Great Western in Cornwall and in particular the steam sheds at St Blazey, Truro and Penzance. After a while it seemed natural to include the Southern men and their engines at Wadebridge, on the North Cornwall line, to make this an account of Cornish Sheds. $46.50

[CP023] Yeadon, W. B.. Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives - Volume Eight - Gresley K3 & K4 Classes. Oldham, Lancashire, England: Challenger Publication, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 1899624023. 94 pages b/w photos - The K3s were first introduced in 1920 and proved to be a very successful class, with one being rebuilt as a K5. The K4s were built in 1937 with only five constructed. All the usual detailed information is provided for each locomotive including dates to traffic and withdrawal, repair dates, boilers fitted and allocations. 107 b/w photos. $57.45

[CP163] Yeadon, W. B.. Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives - Volume Eleven - Gresley J39 Class. Oldham, Lancashire, England: Challenger Publication, 1996. 1st Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book. New / No Jacket. ISBN: 1899624163. 94 pages b/w photos - Definitive register containing meticulous tables which present all building dates, shipping dates and venues, boiler and tender details, renumbering and eventual demise, all interspersed with 83 black/white photographs, each with detailed captions, providing a complete history of the Gresley J39 Class. $61.00

[CP074] Yeadon, W. B.. Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives - Volume Nine - Gressley 8 Coupled Engines Classes 01 02 P1 P2 & U1. Oldham, Lancashire, England: Challenger Publication, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 1899624074. 94 pages profusely illustrated b/w photos - The 2-8-0s designed by Gresley for heavy freight work plus the 2-8-2s for freight and passenger workings and the unique U1 Garratt locomotive are given the usual detailed coverage. Includes dates to traffic and withdrawal, repair dates, boilers fitted and allocations. 146 b/w photos. $57.45

[BLR473] Yeadon, W. B.. Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives - Volume Nineteen - Class D1 D2 D3 & D4 & the M&GN 4-4-0s. Nottingham, England: Booklaw Railbus, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 1899624473. 94 pages b/w photos - Eight classes of 4-4-0 engines are featured, with rare complete coverage of the Midland & Great Northern Locomotives that were built by Beyer Peacock and Sharp Stewart. Full data for every engine provides a reference source that will become the definitive work on the subject. $69.55

[IR090] Yeadon, W. B.. Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives - Volume One - Gresley A1 and A3 Classes. Pinner, Middlesex, England: Irwell Press, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 1871608090. 90 pages b/w photos - Every locomotive in the class is recorded with details of repairs, boilers carried, dates to traffic, withdrawals, rebuilds, renumberings and allocations. 125 black/white photos - The series Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives lists, in chronological order, details such as building and shopping dates, major and minor events, modifications, alterations, boiler and tender numbers, allocations and dates, renumberings, namings and finally the disposal of each locomotive. Illustrated from a large photographic collection it leaves the reader in no doubt as to what happened to any particular LNER locomotive during its lifetime. $85.00

[IR481] Yeadon, W. B.. Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives - Volume Seven - B12 Class. Pinner, Middlesex, England: Irwell Press, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 1871608481. 94 pages b/w photos - The series Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives lists, in chronological order, details such as building and shopping dates, major and minor events, modifications, alterations, boiler and tender numbers, allocations and dates, renumberings, namings and finally the disposal of each locomotive. Illustrated from a large photographic collection it leaves the reader in no doubt as to what happened to any particular LNER locomotive during its lifetime. $63.35

[BLR457] Yeadon, W. B.. Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives - Volume Seventeen - Class B13 B14 B15 & B16 - the North Eastern 4-6-0s. Nottingham, England: Booklaw Railbus, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 1899624457. 94 pages b/w photos - The North Eastern 4-6-0s. The B13s took to the rails in 1899 and lasted until 1938 running alongside the B14s which had all gone by 1931. The B15s ran from 1911 until 1947, but the B16 class lasted well into BR days, the final one being scrapped in 1964. Every locomotive in each class is recorded with full details of repairs, boilers carried, dates to traffic, withdrawals, renumberings and allocations. $69.55

[IR392] Yeadon, W. B.. Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives - Volume Six - Thompson B1 Class. Pinner, Middlesex, England: Irwell Press, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 1871608392. 102 pages b/w photos - The series Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives lists, in chronological order, details such as building and shopping dates, major and minor events, modifications, alterations, boiler and tender numbers, allocations and dates, renumberings, namings and finally the disposal of each locomotive. Illustrated from a large photographic collection it leaves the reader in no doubt as to what happened to any particular LNER locomotive during its lifetime. $57.45

[CP120] Yeadon, W. B.. Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives - Volume Ten - Gresley D49 & J38 Classes. Oldham, Lancashire, England: Challenger Publication, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 1899624120. 94 pages b/w photos - Definitive register containing meticulous tables which present all building dates, shopping dates and venues, boiler and tender details, renumbering and eventual demise, all interspersed with 140 b/w photographs each with detailed caption, providing a complete history of the Gresley D49 and J38 classes. $61.00

[BLR627] Yeadon, W. B.. Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives - Volume Twenty Eight - Class R1 S1 T1 & WM & CQ 0-8-0T - the Pre Group 8 Coupled Tank Engines. Nottingham, England: Book Law Publications, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 1899624627. 78 pages b/w photos - The R1 0-8-2Ts were all withdrawn prior to nationalisation, but the S1 0-8-4Ts and the T1 4-8-0Ts survived to be numbered into BR stock. This further volume in this definitive series records the history for each locomotive, with allocations, repair and withdrawal dates, and much more. The one and only Wrexham, Mold & Connah's Quay Railway 0-8-0T, which was withdrawn in 1923, has a page to itself $79.90

[BLR554] Yeadon, W. B.. Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives - Volume Twenty Three - Class Q5 Q6 Q7 & Q10 - the North Eastern 0-8-0s. Nottingham, England: Booklaw Railbus, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book. New / New. ISBN: 1899624554. 126 pages b/w photos - A further issue in this definitive series with the 0-8-0 freight locomotive classes covered. Every class member is recorded with allocations, dates to traffic, boilers carried, works visits and withdrawal dates, renumberings and where cutting up was carried out $83.45