Trains and railways: general interest Books
Stenlake Publishing The Great North of Scotland Railway - A New
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£27.00
Stenlake Publishing Norfolk's Lost Railways
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£20.85
Stenlake Publishing Old Fallowfield
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£999.99
Stenlake Publishing Seeking the Swilly
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£12.30
Stenlake Publishing Midland Main Line
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£12.30
Historical Images Ltd Railway History Map of Britain
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£999.99
Countryside Books Lost Railways of Gloucestershire
Book SynopsisStep back in time to the golden age of railways. This is the story of Gloucestershire’s once-thriving rail network; a network of passenger and freight lines that criss-crossed the county at the turn of the 20th century. The first long-distance main line to arrive in the county was the Birmingham & Gloucester which opened in 1840. This was soon followed by the Swindon via Stroud and the Bristol to Gloucester lines, and in 1851 the South Wales Railway between Gloucester, Chepstow and Newport was opened. These main lines are still with us today, but what of the other 250 miles of lines that were built with hope and enthusiasm? In this meticulously researched book, Stan Yorke brings to life the county's railways and describes the reasons for their construction and for their subsequent closure. Modern photographs accompany those from earlier times. These, together with specially drawn maps, will help the enthusiast to explore some of the old lines and stations that have survived.Table of ContentsCONTENTS Notes on the maps; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Northern Wanderings Ashchurch-Malvern Ashchurch-Evesham; 2. Gloucester Two stations, two gauges, two companies and docks everywhere 3. Forest of Dean Lines around Cinderford Lines around Coleford The Dean Forest Railway 4. Gloucester's Western Links Gloucester-Ledbury: 'The Daffodil Line' Gloucester-Ross on Wye 5. Branches around the Forest's Edge Monmouth-Ross on Wye Monmouth-Chepstow 6. Cheltenham's Long Lost Links, Part 1 Cheltenham-Stratford on Avon The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Moreton to Shipston: the branch that time forgot 7. Cheltenham's Long Lost Links, Part 2 Cheltenham-Banbury Cheltenham-Swindon (MSWJ) Leckhampton Quarries 8. Southern Twigs Kemble-Cirencester Kemble-Tetbury The Fairford branch 9. The Midland Railway's Branches The Nailsworth branch The Stroud branch The Dursley branch Sharpness and the Severn Bridge The Thornbury branch Conclusion Opening and Final Closure Dates Bibliography Index
£10.79
Amberley Publishing The Branch Lines of Devon Exeter, South, Central
Book SynopsisThe branch lines of Devon were particularly numerous and this volume covers those in Exeter and the south, central and eastern parts of the county. They were also tremendously varied, ranging from the Exmouth branch - the nearest the West Country comes to a suburban-type commuter line - and the Paignton line - which for many years of its life could be considered a main line - to the Culm Valley Light Railway - a curiosity which required locomotives with a short wheelbase and slight axle loading and restrictions on rolling stock. Many Devon branch lines were originally built to the broad gauge and were later narrowed, some lasting until its very end in May 1892. Three of the branches in the area have been preserved: part of the Seaton line is now a narrow-gauge electric tramway, the South Devon Railway at Buckfastleigh is a typical GWR branch, and the Dartmouth Steam Railway is capable of taking main-line engines. In this absorbing and well-researched book, Colin G. Maggs has provided a marvellously wideranging view of over 160 years of rail travel in the county. Well illustrated with over 200 fascinating photographs, ephemera and maps, The Branch Lines of Devon Part One: Exeter, South, Central & East Devon will appeal not only to railway enthusiasts, but local historians as well.
£17.09
Amberley Publishing The Branch Lines of Devon Plymouth, West & North
Book SynopsisThe branch lines of Devon were particularly numerous and this second volume on the county covers Plymouth, west and north Devon. They vary from the Turnchapel and Yealmpton commuter lines, to the Exeter and Barnstaple branch, which for many years of its life was a main line, becoming a branch line within the last forty years. One branch still open is the Plymouth to Gunnislake line, which remains because it offers the most direct route. Many of the branches have interesting histories. The Princetown branch was famous for being the highest station in England. The Torrington to Halwill Junction line began life as the 3-foot-gauge Marland Light Railway whose main purpose was to carry clay. In 1925, the line was rebuilt as a standard-gauge line and extended to become the North Devon & Cornwall Light Railway - the last major railway construction in the West of England. In this absorbing, entertaining and well-researched book, Colin G. Maggs, foremost railway historian, provides a marvellously wide-ranging view of over 170 years of rail travel. Profusely illustrated with over 200 fascinating photographs, maps and ephemera, this book will appeal not only to railway enthusiasts, but to local historians as well.
£17.09
Capital Transport Publishing A Very Political Railway: The Rescue of the North
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£18.95
Capital Transport Publishing Do Not Alight Here: Pocket Edition
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£9.33
Mortons Media Group The Beeching Legacy: v. 2: Wessex
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£16.99
Mortons Media Group BY RAIL TO THE MUSIC HALLS: Recollections of the
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£21.25
Mortons Media Group The Llangollen Railway: Country Walks from our
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£8.54
Mortons Media Group More Memories of a Didcot Steam Apprentice: The
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£24.00
Mortons Media Group Locomotive Recollections 46233 Duchess of
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£9.50
Mortons Media Group Railwaymen of the Welsh Valleys Vol 2
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£28.00
Middleton Press Caterham and Tatterham Corner: Two Branches from
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£19.95
Middleton Press East London Line: New Cross to Liverpool Street
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£19.95
Middleton Press Aylesbury to Rugby: Including Brill and Verney
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£19.95
Signal Books Ltd Trans Siberian Railway: Traveller'S Anthology
Book SynopsisNo railway journey on Earth can equal the Trans-Siberian between Moscow and Vladivostok. It is not just its vast length and the great variety of the lands and climes through which it passes. It is not just its history as the line that linked the huge territories which are Russia together. It is a dream which calls countless travellers to the adventure of the longest railway in the world. This new edition of a classic anthology takes us through the tremendous achievement of the railways construction across harsh, unsettled lands through the earliest journeys of Western travellers and the trains on which they travelled, and their descriptions of fellow travellers, food, scenery, domestic arrangements, adventures on and off the train, convicts, revolution and war as the train carried them through a lonely, lovely landscape.Table of ContentsForeword Bryn ThomasIntroduction Deborah ManleyIntroduction to 1988 Edition Deborah Manley1 The DreamThe Trans-Siberian Railway Thundering Through the House Lesley Blanch, 1968From Moscow to Vladivostok Baedeker, 1914I'll Give You Siberia! Lesley Blanch, 1968The Sheer Size of It Bassett Digby, 1928Dreaming with Baedeker Lesley Blanch, 1968A Day in 1908 Lindon Bates JrTransport Across the Country A. Rado, 1929The Strategic Dream Sir Henry Norman 1901A Cure for the Insomniac Harry de Windt, 1901Looking Backward to the Future Lindon Bates Jr. 1908The Rossiya Westwards Paul Theroux, 19742 The Railway The Vast Enterprise James Young Simpson, 1897The Time has Come Guide to the Great Siberian Railway, 1900Underway Guide to the Great Siberian Railway, 1900Working on the Line James Young Simpson, 1897The Great Siberian Iron Road James Young Simpson, 1897Remission through Labour James Young Simpson, 1897Good in Parts William Oliver Greener, 1902Bailkal's Lurid Past Bassett Digby, 1928Crossing Lake Baikal Eric Newby, 1977Criminals and Ice-Breakers Sir Henry Norman, 19013 The TrainRailways and Other Means of Communication Baedeker, 1914The Dream of Service Harmon Tupper, 1965The Real Siberian Express Annette Meakin, 1900Variations Harmon Tupper, 1965Finery and Faults Sir Henry Norman, 1901The Siberian Train de Luxe Francis E. Clark, 1900Third Class into Siberia Bassett Digby and Richardson Wright, 1910Seventh Class in Trans-Baikal Francis E Clark, 1900Travelling Hard Helen Wilson and Elsie Mitchell, 1927The Bolshevik Train Malcom Burr, 1930Chai Maurice Baring, 1905How the Russian Eats! John Foster Fraser, 1901The Big Red Train Eric Newby, 1977The Toilets Deborah Manley, 1986Between the Carriages Deborah Manley, 19864 Preparations for the JourneyPolice and Passports Murray's Handbook for Travellers, 1893Essentials and Useful Items Bryn Thomas, 2007Life on the Train Bryn Thomas, 2007Clothing 1917 Russian Year Book Photography 1917 Russian Year Book For the Benefit of Photographers William Oliver Greener, 1903Taking Photographs Peter Fleming, 1933Photography Extract from Intourist booklet, 1986Literature Murray's Handbook for Travellers, 1893Blacked John Foster Fraser, 1901Russian Custom-House Murray's Handbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland and Finland, 18875 Revolution and WarPause for Revolution Maurice Baring, 1906To War by Train General Sir Brian Horrocks, 1919Prisoner of the Bolsheviks General Sir Brian Horrocks, 1919Journey to the East Doreen Stanford, 1919After the War Helen Wilson and Elsie Mitchell, 1927Railway Defence Noel Barber, 19396 Siberians, Travellers and WorkersSettling Siberia Bassett Digby and Richardson Wright, 1910Once a Convict Lindon Bates Jr, 1910At the Stations Francis E. Clark, 1900Fellow Passengers John Foster Fraser, 1901Fellow Passengers Bassett Digby and Richardson Wright, 1910 Businessmen Morgan Phillips Price, 1911Reading Together Maurice Baring, 1905The Train Staff Christopher Portway, 1970Undesirable Company Paul Theroux, 1974Fellow Tourists Bob Geldof, 19787 Into Russia and Onward from Moscow Routes from England to Russia Baedeker, 1914To Moscow with Love Annette Meakin, 1900Moscow John Foster Fraser, 1901The Start from Moscow John Foster Fraser, 1901Departure and Farewells Leo Deutsch, 1884Cattle Truck to Siberia Esther Hautzig, 1941The First Day Out John Foster Fraser, 1901Eastern Russia Michael Myers Shoemaker, 1902Left Behind Deborah Manley, 1984Perm: A Russian City Bryn Thomas, 2007First Stages John Foster Fraser, 1901Over the Urals Michael Myers Shoemaker, 1902Over the Urals George Kennan, 1891The Trans-Siberian Time Warp Bryn Thomas, 2007Europe: Asia George Kennan, 1891Life Aboard, 1933 Peter Fleming, 1933No Dining Car Malcom Burr, 1930Beyond the Urals John Foster Fraser, 1901 Onward from Chelyabinsk Michael Myers Shoemaker, 1902One Day in Ekaterinburg Eric Newby, 1977Third Class Through Siberia Bassett Digby and Richardson Wright, 1910Ugly Monotony Peter Fleming, 1933The Verstmen Samuel Turner, 1903Omsk (Zone time of the 5th Zone plus 3 hours) A. Rado, 1929Omsk A--- The Coming City Bassett Digby and Richardson Wright, 1910Omsk Baedeker, 1914The Post Train - Taiga - Tomsk Annette Meakin, 1900Tomsk - A City of Orgies and Education Bassett Digby and Richardson Wright, 1910The Tarakan Samuel Turner, 1903The Taiga Malcolm Burr, 1930Krasnoyarsk: A Siberian Commercial Town Morgan Phillips Price, 1910Trans-Siberian Excess Chris Moss, 20078 IrkutskContinuation of the Railway Journey to Irkutsk Baedeker, 1914Arriving at Irkutsk Lindon Bates Jr, 1908Hardly What One Would Expect Archibald Colquhoun, 1898Sights of Irkutsk Sir Henry Norman, 1901Irkutsk, the Unregenerate Bassett Digby and Richardson Wright, 1910Off the Big Red Train Eric Newby, 19779 Crossing Lake BaikalLake Baikal Guide to the Trans-Siberian Railway, 1900The World's Deepest Lake Bryn Thomas, 2007Crossing the Holy Sea Westwards Francis E. Clark, 1900The Winter Passage Michael Myers Shoemaker, 1902Across the Great Lake John Foster Fraser, 1901Baikal's Past Bassett Digby, 1928Baikal in Winter Maurice Baring, 190510 To Vladivostok From Irkutsk to Vladivostok Baedeker, 1914Transbaikalia Annette Meakin, 1900Chita Guide to the Trans-Siberian Railway, 1900Through Chita to Manchuria Michael Myers Shoemaker, 1902Mail to Transbaikalia Bassett Digby and Richardson Wright, 1910Crash! Peter Fleming, 1933On to Stretensk Bassett Digby and Richardson Wright, 1910The End in Sight Christopher Portway, 19704140 km. Vladivostock A. Rado, 1929Journey's End Eric Newby, 197711 Different Perspectives: East to WestExpress Trains from Vladivostock Marcus Taft, 1907Off from Vladivostock Francis E. Clark, 1899Gateway to the USSR Noel Barber, 1939From the Edge of the World Paul Theroux, 1974Khabarovsk Paul Theroux, 1974Stretensk to Irkutsk Francis E. Clark, 1900Out of Asia and into Europe Francis E. Clark, 1900Growing Siberia Noel Barber, 1939Along the Way Noel Barber, 1939End of the Journey Paul Theroux, 1974The Travellers' BiographiesAcknowledgements Index
£13.49
Middleton Press Branch Line to Ongar: Including the Hainault Loop
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£19.95
Middleton Press Birmingham to Wolverhampton Via Tipton: Including
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£999.99
Middleton Press Llandeilo to Swansea: Including the Llanelli and
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£999.99
Middleton Press Rhymney and New Tredegar Lines
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£19.95
£19.95
Middleton Press Corris and Vale of Rheidol
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£999.99
Middleton Press Cardiff to Pontypridd: Plus Other Lines to the
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£999.99
Crecy Publishing A Pictorial Record of L.M.S. Signals
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1972, this reference work on L.M.S. Signals is still held in high regard by all railway historians today and remains the definitive book on the subject. Up to that time, few books of this type had ever been produced, yet it set the scene for what would become the now expected detailed work on specific examples of railway history. Only 800 copies of the original book were produced and it has never been reprinted. Those few copies that do come on the market today command a high price, not just because of rarity value, but because of the expertise clearly demonstrated in its compilation.38 years later, and long overdue, this is the very first paperback reprint of the original edition. With only a few minor corrections, the book remains 99% as per the original. It will be welcomed by those with an interest in signalling as well as anyone who appreciated a comprehensive and detailed railway work.
£13.46
Crecy Publishing The Southern Way: Issue No 14
Book SynopsisThe next in the series, this Southern Way Issue will not disappoint. Containing ''more of what is asked for'' in the way of historic photographs, most of which are unseen and never been published, historic, technical and reminiscence articles and the much loved and eagerly awaited regular Rolling stock and Permanent way features.This volume includes more from Richard Simmons and the Southampton TSO alongside further information on the early tramways of Purbeck and excellently written articles from the one and only Jeffery Grayer. Jam packed with exciting and informative literature and combined with a variety of fascinating photographs this Issue will be as popular as the rest, a definite must have!
£999.99
Dorrigo Favourite Dining Car Recipes
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£4.86
Middleton Press Bradshaw's Rail Times 1850: for Great Britain and
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£999.99
Middleton Press Branch Lines to Bartlow: from the Syour Valley,
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£19.95
Middleton Press Birmingham to Tamworth and Nuneaton
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£999.99
Middleton Press Market Harborough to Newark: Including Belgrave
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£999.99
Middleton Press Branch Lines Around Swaffham: From Thetford
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£999.99
Crecy Publishing Blue Pullman Pictorial
Book SynopsisKevin Robertson, whose previous two books on Blue Pullman trains have received widespread acclaim, has now sourced even more new illustrative material to produce a brand new title. Produced specifically to co-incide with the release of the Bachmann model of the six-car Midland Pullman train, the book reveals even more material on both the Midland and Western trainsets, most of which has probably lain dormant for decades. The theme follows that of the previous volumes with the building of the Blue Pullmans, their operation on Midland and Western regions followed by the sad rundown to withdrawal. The final chapter covers the fascinating story of Bachmann''s concept and production of the new model, complete with factory illustrations.
£999.99
Crecy Publishing Western Memories
Book SynopsisThis new book by successful author Mike Jacobs, is an unashamed exercise in nostalgia. Having left the Southern area in the early 1960s, Mike''s life and his travels took him former GWR territory, where he freely admits he was surprised that some of the products coming out of Swindon and Paddington were really rather good!This was a time when change was gathering pace and so armed with his camera he travelled the Western region visiting as many places as possible and recording everything he could. The results make for what can only be described as ''joyous'' reading.
£12.38
Crecy Publishing Southern Rolling Stock
Book SynopsisThis book contains much material seen for the first time; with colour images from both existing and new sources. With a huge variety of photographs, from pre-grouping stock that survived into the 1950s and 1960s to Southern built vehicles, all the photographs are in colour, and nearly all were taken to show the actual vehicle. Milk tanks feature in detail for the first time as well as horse boxes, ballast wagons and even a locomotive tender still lettered ''Southern''. Thought you knew everything there was about Southern rolling stock? Then stand by to be amazed...!''
£16.16
Crecy Publishing The Southern Way Special Issue No. 14: Class
Book SynopsisSupplementing the quarterly ''Southern Way'' series, the ''Southern Way Special'' books are published regularity to supplement the series and expand on the most popular themes.This is the first in depth study of the Class 71 electric and Class 74 electro-diesel locomotives and detailed research of original archive sources has enabled the authors to shed new light on and re-appraise the story of both types.This volume is lavishly illustrated with both colour and black and white photographs, most previously unpublished.Supplementing the quarterly ''Southern Way'' series, the ''Southern Way Special'' books are published regularity to supplement the series and expand on the most popular themes.This is the first in depth study of the Class 71 electric and Class 74 electro-diesel locomotives and detailed research of original archive sources has enabled the authors to shed new light on and re-appraise the story of both types.This volume is lavishly illustrated with both colour and black and white photographs, most previously unpublished.Supplementing the quarterly ''Southern Way'' series, the ''Southern Way Special'' books are published regularity to supplement the series and expand on the most popular themes.This is the first in depth study of the Class 71 electric and Class 74 electro-diesel locomotives and detailed research of original archive sources has enabled the authors to shed new light on and re-appraise the story of both types.This volume is lavishly illustrated with both colour and black and white photographs, most previously unpublished.
£14.20
Crecy Publishing Pullman Profile: The Golden Arrow Pullmans: No. 5
Book SynopsisThis is the latest volume in Antony Ford''s acclaimed ''Pullman Profile'' series. Recognised as the standard work on the Pullman cars operated on Britain''s railway in the 20th century, this latest volume considers the cars that made up the formations of two of the Southern Railway/Region''s prestige services. Individual vehicle histories, interior and exterior views, plans and train make-up details all feature, as do photographs of the complete trains and the clientele of the period.
£26.36
Platform 5 Publishing Ltd Sheffield: From Tram to Tram-Train
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£999.99
Middleton Press Uttoxeter to Macclesfield: Via Leek
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£999.99
Middleton Press Drem to Edinburgh: Including Gullane, Haddington,
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£19.95
Middleton Press Uttoxeter To Buxton.: via Ashbourne.
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£999.99
Middleton Press Nottingham's First Generation Tramways
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£18.95
Middleton Press Branch Lines Around Preston and Lancaster.
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£19.95
Middleton Press Beattock to Carstairs.
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£19.95
