IRISH RAILWAYS(For books on Irish narrow gauge railways see the Narrow Gauge Railways section)
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Coakham, Desmond Belfast & County Down: An Irish Railway Pictorial, Midland Publishing, 1998, pp96. Large Format Pb. VG+. £16.50
Currie J R L The
Northern Counties Railway Vol. I: Beginnings and Development, 1845-1903,
D&C, 1973, pp294 and a colour frontis.
Standard Railway History Series.
Hb. Very Good+ / Very Good+.
A definitive history. £14.50
Ferris, Tom Irish Railways in Colour: From Steam to Diesel 1955-1967, Midland Publishing, 1st edition 1992, pp120. Large Format. Glazed Boards. VG+. Examines both the standard and narrow gauge on both sides of the border. £10.50
Fryer C E J The Waterford and Limerick Railway, Oakwood, 2000, pp160. Oakwood Library No.111. Pb. VG+. £6.95
Jones, Peter and Marshall, Andrew
Irish
Railways Traction & Travel, Metro and Irish Traction Group, 3rd edition 1994, pp144 with pp16 of colour
illustrations. Pb.
VG+. Covers Locomotives,
Multiple Units & Coaching Stock; Train Identification Numbers; Distance
Tables & Speed Restrictions; and Engineers Vehicles.
£4.95
Nock O S Irish Steam: A Twenty-Year Survey, 1920-1939, D&C, 1982, pp207 including pp16 of illustrations. Hb. Fine/VG+. Covers the broad gauge and many of the narrow gauge lines. £8.50
Patterson, Edward M The Great Northern Railway of Ireland, Oakwood, 2nd edition 2003, pp240. First published in 1962. Oakwood Library No.67. Pb. VG. £8.50
Shepherd, Ernest The Dublin and South Eastern Railway, D&C, 1974, pp231. Railway History Series. Hb. F/VG+. Spine of the dw slightly faded. A comprehensive history. £11.50
Shepherd, Ernie and Beesley, Gerry Dublin and South Eastern Railway: An Illustrated History, Midland Publishing, 1998, pp160. Large Format. Glazed Boards. VG+. A comprehensive history. £10.50
Shepherd,
Ernie Bulleid and the Turf
Burner and other experiments with Irish steam traction, KRB Publications,
2004, pp100. Large Format Pb.
VG. A comprehensive history
of Bulleid's experiment with a turf burning steam engine in Ireland.
£12.50
Shepherd, Ernie Cork Bandon & South Coast, Midland, 2005, pp160. Large Format. Glazed Boards. Fine. Tear across pp55. A comprehensive illustrated history. The Cork Brandon & South Coast was the fourth largest constituent of the Great Southern Railways and served the south & west of county Cork. £12.50
Shepherd, Ernie Waterford, Limerick & Western Railway, IA, 2006, pp160. Large Format. Glazed Boards. Fine. A well-researched illustrated history. £12.50
Sprinks, Neil Sligo, Leitrim & Northern Counties Railway, Midland Publishing, 2001, pp80. An Irish Railway Pictorial. Large Format Pb. Fine. A selection of almost 200 photographs of this Irish cross-border line that closed in 1957. £7.50
Taylor,
Joe The West Clare: An Irish
Railway Pictorial, Midland Publishing, 2002, pp64.
Large Format Pb. Fine.
£8.50