Includes books on the Great Northern Railway, the Great Central Railway, the Great Eastern Railway, the North Eastern Railway, and other English railways that later became part of the LNER. For books on Scottish railways that later joined the LNER see the Scottish Railways section.
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North Eastern Main Line Steam, Bradford Barton, 1981, pp96.
Hb. VG/VG.
Green hardback cover. £4.95
Addyman, John and Fawcett, Bill The High Level Bridge and Newcastle Central Station: 150 years across the Tyne, North Eastern Railway Association, pp152 with contributions from Peter Elliston, John Mallon and Dr Ian Roberts. Large format Pb. VG. An impressive study. £12.50
Aldrich, C Langley The Robinson Locomotives of the Great Central Railway 1900-1923, author, 1946, pp48. Pb. VG. An illustrated booklet. £6.95
Allen, Cecil J Great
Eastern, IA, 1959, pp64. Pb.
Very Good. Slight wear at
the head & base of the spine. An
illustrated history, with a final chapter on current (1959) developments.
£3.95
Allen C J The London & North Eastern Railway, IA, 1966, pp228. Hb. VG/VG. Slight foxing to the page edges. An authoritative history. £10.50
Allen, Cecil J The Great Eastern Railway, IA, 5th edition 1968, pp242 with a fold-up map in the rear. Hb. VG/VG. Some rubbing to the bottom edges of the covers and slight foxing to the endpapers & page edges; internally repaired tear to the dw at the head of the spine. C. J. Allen started his long railway career with the Great Eastern and first publishing this standard history of the line in 1955. £8.50
Allen, Cecil J The Great Eastern Railway, IA, 3rd edition 1961, pp242 with a fold-up map in the rear. First published in 1955. Hb. No dw. Fair with slight wear to the covers at the corners and at the head & base of the spine, and some foxing to the endpapers & page edges. C. J. Allen started his long railway career with the Great Eastern and first publishing this standard history of the line in 1955. £4.95
Allen, G Freeman The Eastern Since 1948, IA, 1981, pp144. Large Format Hb. VG+/VG. From A4s to Deltics, and then to HSTs. £6.95
Armstrong, Jim LNER Locomotive Development between 1911 and 1947, with a brief history of developments from 1850 to 1911, Peco, 1974, pp103 with 98 illustrations and 31 diagrams. Hb. VG+/VG-. Slight wear to the dw at the head & base of the spine, and to the bottom front corner. £7.50
Austin, Stephen From the Footplate: Elizabethan Edinburgh Waverley to London King's Cross, IA, 1993, pp112. Pb. VG. Slight crease across the top front corner of the covers. A non-stop steam run between the two capitals. £4.95
Bairstow, Martin The Sheffield, Ashton Under Lyne & Manchester Railway: The Woodhead Line, Wyvern, 1986, pp72. Pb. VG. An illustrated history. £8.50
Blakemore, Michael (editor) Back Track Special Issue No.2 The London & North Eastern Railway, Atlantic, 2001, pp98. Large Format Pb. VG+. Illustrated articles dealing with various aspects of the LNER. £6.95
Bonavia, Michael A History of the LNER 1.The First Years, 1923-33, Studio Edition/A&U, 1990, pp90. Steam Past Series. Hb. Fine/Fine. An illustrated history of the first ten years of the LNER. £3.95
Bonavia, Michael A History of the LNER 2. The Age of the Streamliners, 1934-39, Studio Edition/A&U, 1990, pp107. Steam Past Series. Hb. Fine/Fine. The second volume in a three-volume history. £3.95
Bonavia, Michael A History of the LNER 3. The Last Years, 1939-48, Studio Editions/A&U, 1990, pp103. Steam Past Series. Hb. Fine/VG+. The final volume in a three-volume history. £3.95
Boyd, James I C The Wrexham Mold & Connah’s Quay Railway including The Buckley Railway, Oakwood, 1991, pp352 plus pp64 of illustrations. Oakwood Library No.83. Hb. Fine/VG+. A folding map in the rear. £16.50
Brodribb, John LNER Country Stations, IA, 1988, pp144 with 170 illustrations & 20 line drawings. Hb. Fine/VG+. A well-illustrated study that considers each LNER constituent in turn. £12.50
Brodribb, John The Eastern before Beeching, IA, 1994, pp128. Large Format Hb. VG/VG. A nostalgic look at the traditional pre-Beeching steam railway on the former LNER lines in England. £7.50
Brown F A S Great Northern Locomotive Engineers Vol.1 1846-1881, Allen & Unwin, 1966, pp252 plus pp14 of illustrations. Inscription. Hb. VG/VG-. A well-researched history of the early years of the Great Northern Railway's locomotive department. £8.50
Brown F A S From Stirling to Gresley 1882-1922, OPC, 1974, pp149. "Largish" format Pb. VG-. Rubbing to the covers down the spine edges else VG. An illustrated history of the Great Northern locomotive department in the 40 years before Grouping. Patrick Stirling was Locomotive Engineer until 1896 when Ivatt took over to be followed by Gresley in 1911. £6.95
Collins, Michael J The East Coast Main Line Today, IA, 1985, pp56. Large Format Pb. VG. Slight crease to the bottom corner of the front cover. A survey of the East Coast main line just before electrification. £2.95
Cookson,
Peter and Farline, John LNER
Lines in the Yorkshire Ridings, Book Law/Railbus, 1995, pp96.
First published by Challenger in 1995.
Large Format Pb. Very Good. £5.95
Davies R The Railway Centenary: A Retrospect, LNER, 1925, pp49 plus 18 plates. Bookplate. "Largish" format Pb. No dw. Fair. Edges of the covers worn with a half-inch tear in the rear edge; foxing to the page edges. A centenary history of the Stockton and Darlington. £6.95
Dove, Michael East Coast Main Line at Nationalisation, IA, 2006, pp80. Large Format Pb. VG+. A pictorial tribute to East Coast motive power at Nationalisation. £5.95
Dunnett, Malcolm North Eastern Steam in Northumbria, Bradford Barton, 1977, pp96. Hb. VG/VG. Green "speckled" Hb cover. Pictorial album. £5.95
Earley, Maurice The L.N.E.R Scene, OPC, 1973, pp57. Landscape format Hb. VG/VG-. One inch tear in the fold of the dw. An early landscape format OPC album depicting the period 1922-1957. £4.95
Fawcett, Bill The North Eastern Railway's Two Palaces of Business 1906 to 2006, Friends of the National Railway Museum, 2006, pp64. Illustrations by Patrick Howat. In association with the GNER. Large Format Pb. VG. A detailed history of the York Head Office of the NER, and also of the NER parliamentary office in Westminster. £4.95
Flying Scotsman: On Tour Australia,
Chapmans, 1990, pp64. Large Format
Hb. Very Good+ / Very Good.
An all-colour photographic tribute to the Flying Scotsman in Australia.
£4.95
Garratt, Colin The Golden Years of British Steam Trains: London & North Eastern Railway, Milepost, 1995, pp48. Large Format. Glazed Boards. Fine. Evocative photographs taken by the Rev. A W V Mace, a prolific railway photographer from the early 1920s until his death in 1986. £3.95
Griffiths, Roger and Hooper, John Great Northern Railway Engine Sheds Vol.1: Southern Area, Book Law/Railbus, 2001, pp130. In association with Challenger. First published by Irwell Press. Large Format. Glazed boards with dw. Fine/VG+. £10.50
Griffiths, Roger and Hooper, John Great Northern Railway Engine Sheds Vol.2: The Lincolnshire Loop, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, Book Law/Railbus, pp122. First published by Challenger in 1996. Large Format. Glazed Boards. VG. Small dent to the top edges of the covers, and the outer third of the blank rear endpaper is missing. £8.50
Griffiths,
Roger and Hooper, John Great
Northern Railway Engine Sheds Vol.3: Yorkshire & Lancashire, Book
Law/Railbus in association with Challenger, 2000, pp114.
Large Format Hb. VG+/VG. A
comprehensive illustrated history. £12.50
Groves N Great Northern Locomotive History Vol.1 1847-66, RCTS, 1991, pp123 with 124 illustrations. Glazed board. Fair with wear to the corners of the glazed boards. £7.50
Groves N Great Northern Locomotive History Vol.3a 1896-1911 The Ivatt Era, RCTS, 1990, pp235 with 198 illustrations. Glazed board. Fair with rubbing to the glazed boards at the corners. £8.50
Haresnape, Brian Railway Liveries - London & North Eastern Railway, IA, 1984, pp56 with pp4 of colour. Pb. Very Good. A useful reference work. £2.95
Haresnape, Brian Gresley Locomotives: A Pictorial History, IA, 1993, pp176. Hb. VG+/VG+. Dw spine slightly sunned. A comprehensive class-by-class study. £5.95
Hawkins, Mac The Great Central Then and Now, D&C/BCA, 1992, pp224 with a 16-page colour section. Large format Hb. Fine/VG. Then and now photographs from the Great Central's main line from Sheffield Victoria to Marylebone. Detailed maps are used to pinpoint the location of each picture. £5.95
Hay, Peter Pre-Grouping
Trains on British Railways: The LNER Companies, OPC, 1st edition
1984, 191 plates. Large Format Hb.
VG+/VG+. Tiny tear to the dw
at the head of the spine. £5.95
Healy, John Great Central Memories: London (Marylebone), Rugby, Leicester, Nottingham, Sheffield (Victoria), Baton Transport, 1987, pp176. Large Format Hb. VG+/VG+. A pictorial study of the Great Central Railway's London extension. £5.95
Healy, John The Great Central Rail Tour, Silver Star and Unicorn
Books, 1988, pp92 with numerous illustrations.
Large Format Hb. VG/VG.
Book bumped at the base of spine, dw has a half inch internally repaired
tear at the top of the spine & a tiny triangular piece missing at the base
of the spine. Outlines the story of the Great Central route to London, and
compares past and present aspects of the line.
£5.95
Higginson, Mark The Friargate Line: Derby and the Great Northern Railway, Golden Pingle Publishing, 1st edition 1989, pp160. Large format Hb. VG+/VG+. A detailed illustrated history of the Great Northern Railway's line through Derby. £36.50
Hoole, Ken North Eastern Railway Buses, Lorries & Autocars, Nidd Valley Narrow Gauge Railways, 1969, pp79 plus pp20 of illustrations. Pb. VG- with superficial wear to the covers. £4.95
Hoole, Ken Stockton and Darlington Railway: Anniversary Celebrations of the World's First Public Railway, Dalesman, 1974, pp96. Pb. Fair. Rubbing to the covers , flyleaf clipped, and "1030" written on the flyleaf. A brief history of the Stockton & Darlington, followed by details of the 1875 Jubilee and 1925 Centenary celebrations. £2.95
Hoole, Ken North Eastern Branch Lines Since 1925, IA, 1978, pp128. Hb. Fine/Fine. Brief details of each branch, followed by a carefully chosen selection of photographs. £7.50
Hoole, Ken The 4-4-0 Classes of the North Eastern Railway, IA, 1979, pp112. Hb. VG+/VG. A detailed history of twelve North-Eastern classes, illustrated with over 130 photographs. £8.50
Hoole, Ken The Electric Locomotives of the North Eastern Railway, Oakwood, 1988, pp40 plus pp24 of illustrations. Locomotion Papers No.167. Pb. VG. Includes detailed drawings of both proposed and actual designs. £10.50
Hoole,
Ken Locomotive Stock of the
North Eastern Railway as at 31st December 1920, North Eastern Railway
Association, 1998, pp72. Pb. VG+.
£6.95
Hughes, Geoffrey LNER, IA, 1996, pp160. Large Format Hb. Fine/Fine. An excellent one-volume history of the LNER, from its formation in 1923 until nationalisation in 1948. £6.95
Hughes, Geoffrey LNER 4-6-0s at Work, Book Law, 1997, pp128. First published by Ian Allan in 1988. At Work Series. Large Format Hb. VG+/VG. A comprehensive study of North Eastern, Great Central, Great Eastern, Gresley, and Thompson 4-6-0s. £7.50
Hughes, Geoffrey Flying Scotsman: The People's Engine, Friends of the National Railway Museum, 2005, pp64. Famous British Locomotives Series. Large Format Pb. Fine. A well-illustrated history from conception to preservation. £2.95
Hunt, John Moors Line Steam: A pictorial record of 25 years on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, North Yorkshire Moors Railway, 1999, pp62. Glazed Boards. Landscape Format. VG+. An all-colour landscape-format album. £4.95
Irving R J The North Eastern Railway Company 1870-1914: An Economic History, Leicester University Press, 1976, pp320. Hb. VG/VG. A comprehensive study. £14.50
Johnson E M Locomotives of the Great Central Railway Vol.1 1897-1914, Irwell Press, 1989, pp138. Large Format Hb. VG+/VG. A comprehensive class-by-class study of Great Central locomotives. £24.50
Johnson E M Locomotives of the Great Central Railway Vol.2 1912 to British Railways, Irwell Press, 1992, pp168. Large Format Hb. Fine/VG+. A comprehensive class-by-class study of Great Central locomotives. £24.50
Johnson, Maurice North
Eastern Steam, IA, 1989, pp64. Steam
5 Portfolios. Glazed Boards.
Landscape Format. Very Good+. An
all-colour album depicting steam operations in the North Eastern Region from
1961 until the end of steam traction. £4.95
Jones,
C M Jenkin The North Eastern
Railway: A Centenary Story, British Railways North Eastern Region, 1954,
pp32. Foreword by Sir Ralf
Wedgwood. Pb.
Very Good with slight creasing to the cover. An illustrated booklet, written by a former Assistant General
Superintendent of the North Eastern Railway.
£4.95
Joy,
David Whitby and Pickering
Railway, Dalesman, 1971, pp80. In
collaboration with the North Yorkshire Moors Railway Preservation Society.
Pb. VG-.
Some superficial wear to the covers.
An illustrated history of the line.
£2.95
Keeley, Raymond Memories
of LNER Steam, IA, 1980, pp112. Hb.
Very Good+ / Very Good. Slight
wear to the dw at the base of the spine. Price
clipped. Lively essays combined
with over 140 previously unpublished pictures.
£5.95
Last
Main Line: An illustrated history of the building of the Great Central Railway, Leicester Museums, pp20.
Undated 2nd edition. First
published in 1968. Pb. VG-.
£2.95
Lidster, J Robin The Scarborough & Whitby Railway: A Photographic & Historical Survey, Hendon Publishing Company, 1981, pp44. Large landscape format Pb. VG. £6.95
LNER Rule Book 1933, London & North Eastern Railway, 1945, pp248 plus a pp47 index. Small Format Hb. Fair. Slight wear to the covers but generally an excellent copy. As usual various updates have been pasted in. The 1945 reprint of the 1933 LNER rulebook, including supplements nos.1 to 14. £12.50
LNER (Publisher) The Steam locomotive: Its Failures & How to Deal with Them, 1927, pp89 with numerous diagrams, many fold out. Hb. Fair. A well-used copy with some creasing to the covers, wear to the corners and at the head & base of the spine, grubby endpapers. Also the covers are coming away from the pages at the front, but still holding. A well-illustrated booklet designed to help enginemen to pass "the examination." £8.50
Lynch P J North Eastern Steam Locomotive Album, BB, 1975, pp96. Hb. VG/VG. Green "speckled" hardback cover. £5.95
Locomotives of the LNER (RCTS Series)
Locomotives of the LNER: Part 1 Preliminary Survey, RCTS, 1st Edition 1963, pp121 plus 171 illustrations, and a folding map in the rear. Pb. VG. Slight creasing to the front top corner, bottom corner of colour frontis clipped. £6.95
Locomotives of the LNER: Part 2B Tender Engines - Classes B1 to B19, RCTS, 1975, pp167 plus 260 figs. Pb. Slight wear to the edges of the covers else VG. The 4-6-0 classes. £8.50
Locomotives of the LNER: Part 3A Tender Engines - Classes C1 to C11, RCTS, 1979, pp148 plus 146 figs. Pb. VG. The Atlantic classes. Vertical creasing to the spine of the covers. £12.50
Locomotives of the LNER: Part 3B, RCTS, 1980, pp108 plus 126 figs. Pb. VG. Some vertical creasing to the spine. The 4-4-0 classes. £12.50
Locomotives of the LNER: Part 3C Tender Engines - Classes D13 to D24, RCTS, 1981, pp119 plus 137 figs. Pb. VG+. Very slight vertical creasing to the spine. The 4-4-0 classes. £12.50
Locomotives of the LNER: Part 5 Tender Engines - Classes J1 to J37, RCTS, 1st edition 1966, pp230 plus 328 illustrations. Pb. VG-. Vertical creasing to the spine of the covers. The 0-6-0 tender classes. £10.50
Locomotives of the LNER: Part 6C Tender Engines - Classes Q1 to Y10, RCTS, 1984, pp168 plus 150 illustrations. Pb. VG+. Slight creasing across the rear corners of the covers. 0-8-0s, 2-6-2s, 4-6-4s, 4-2-2s & 0-4-0s. £16.50
Locomotives of the LNER: Part 8A Tank Engines - Classes J50 to J70, RCTS, 1983, pp102 plus 111 illustrations. Errata pasted inside the front cover. Pb. VG. 0-6-0T classes. £10.50
Locomotives of the LNER: Part 9A Tank Engines - Classes L1 to N19, RCTS, 1977, pp170 plus 181 figures. Pb. VG- with slight wear to the edges of the covers, vertical creasing to the spine, and creasing across the rear corners of the covers. 2-6-4s, 0-6-4s, and 0-6-2s. £8.50
Locomotives of the LNER: Part 9B Tank Engines - Classes Q1 to Z5, RCTS, 1977, pp168 plus 150 figures. Pb. VG. Slight creasing to the spine. 0-8-0Ts, 2-6-2Ts, 2-2-4Ts, 0-4-0Ts and 0-4-2Ts. £12.50
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London
& North Eastern Railway Catalogue
of the Collection of Railway Relics and Modern Stock at Faverdale Darlington in
connection with the Railway Centenary Celebrations, July 1925, pp96.
Pb. Poor.
An unusual item, but in grubby covers with a two-inch tear; contents VG. £3.95
Ludlam A J Railways to New Holland and the Humber Ferries, Oakwood, 1996, pp104. Locomotion Papers No.198. Pb. VG. £5.95
Lynch P J North Eastern Steam From Lineside, Bradford Barton, 1974, pp96. Hb. VG/VG+. Green speckled hardback cover. £4.95
McIntosh, David Mallard and the A4 Class, IA, 2008, pp128 with over 200 illustrations. Large landscape format Hb. Fine/Fine. An illustrated history of Gresley's A4s. £7.50
McNicol, Steve Flying
Scotsman Profile, RailMac, Australia, 1992, pp40. Pb. VG+.
An unusual illustrated booklet focusing on Flying Scotsman's visit to
Australia in 1988/89. £1.95
Moorsom, Norman The Stockton & Darlington Railway: The Foundation of Middlesborough, J. G. Peckston, 1975, pp198. Pb. VG. Presents extensive source material relating to the Stockton & Darlington and Middlesborough. £8.50
Morrison,
Brian North Eastern Steam In
Action, Bradford Barton, 1974, pp96. Hb.
VG/VG. Green "speckled" hardback cover.
£4.95
Morrison, Gavin East
Coast Main Line, Atlantic, 1992, pp48.
The Colour of British Rail Vol.3. Pb. Very Good.
Covering thirty years of change between London and Edinburgh: 1960-1990.
£2.95
Morrison,
Gavin The Power of the A1s,
OPC, 2000, pp112. Power Series.
Large Format Hb. VG+/VG. Top
corners of the covers slightly bumped. Records
the career of the original 50 members of the class and also includes
illustrations of the new A1 being constructed.
£12.50
Morrison, Brian The Power of the A4s, OPC, 2002, 218 plates. Large Format Hb. Fine/Fine. A pictorial tribute to Gresley's masterpiece. £6.95
Morrison,
Gavin The Power of the A2s,
OPC, 2004, pp110. Power Series.
Large Format Hb. Fine/Fine. A
pictorial tribute to the A2 Pacifics designed by Gresley's successors Edward
Thompson and Arthur Peppercorn. £8.50
Neve, Eric East Coast from Kings Cross, IA, 1983, pp112. Hb. Fine/VG. An illustrated history of the East Coast main line, from the creation of the LNER in 1923 until the end of steam. £5.95
Nock O S Locomotives of the North Eastern Railway, IA, 1954, pp200. Date inscription. Hb. No dw. VG-. Some stains on the covers & foxing to the page edges. A history of North Eastern locomotives from the formation of the North Eastern Railway in 1854 to the Grouping. £4.95
Nock O S The Great Northern Railway, IA, 1958, pp192 with colour frontis. Hb. VG/VG. Minor wear to the dw at the head of the spine. A readable one-volume company history. £8.50
Nock O S The Gresley Pacifics, Omnibus edition combining parts 1 & 2, D&C, 1982, pp284. Locomotive Monograph Series. Hb. Fine/VG. Spine of dw slightly faded. A major study, originally published as two separate volumes. £7.50
Nock O S Great Northern 4-4-2 'Atlantics', PSL, 1984, pp136. Hb. VG/VG. A detailed assessment of Ivatt's express passenger designs. £6.95
Nock O S Great Locomotives of the LNER, PSL, 1988, pp231 plus pp16 of colour illustrations. Hb. VG+/VG. Nock's final assessment of LNER steam. £8.50
North
Eastern Revival: A Story of the North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group, North Eastern Locomotive
Preservation Group, 1975, pp44. Pb.
Very Good. The story of how
the North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group acquired and restored three main
line steam engines to working order, and assisted in the restoration of three
others. £1.95
North
Yorkshire Moors Railway Grosmont Station: A Brief History,
Levisham Station Group, 2007, pp28. Pb.
VG+. An illustrated booklet
that examines all aspects of Grosmont station on the preserved North Yorkshire
Moors Railway. £2.95
North
Yorkshire Moors Railway Levisham Station: A Brief History,
Levisham Station Group, 2002, pp16. Pb.
VG. Price sticker on the
front cover. An illustrated
study of Levisham station on the preserved North Yorkshire Moors Railway.
£1.95
Northern Echo Railway Centenary Supplement, Evans Brothers Limited, 1975, pp82. First published in 1925. Very Large Format Pb (Approx 17 inch by 11.5 inches). VG-. Slight wear to the spine. A series of illustrated articles published to celebrate the centenary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. £6.95
Parks G D The Hull & Barnsley Railway, Oakwood, 3rd impression 1959, pp29 plus pp4 of illustrations & a two-page map. First published in 1946. Oakwood Library No.3. Pb. VG- with superficial wear down the spine of the cover. £4.95
Paye
P The Stoke Ferry Branch,
OPC, 1982, pp128. Pb. Very Good. Old
price stickers on both the front and rear covers.
A well-researched illustrated history.
£4.95
Peacock, Bill Border County Railways, Cheviot Publications, 2nd edition 1983, pp44 plus pp4 of illustrations. Pb. VG. A series of articles combining historical information with anecdotes. £6.95
Pearce T R The
Locomotives of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, Historical Model Railway
Society, 1996, pp250 with 250 line drawings and photographs.
Large Format Hb. Fine / Very Good+. The
first comprehensive history of Stockton & Darlington locomotives.
£26.50
Phillips, Charles The Great Eastern Since 1900, IA, 1985, pp96. Glazed Boards. Very Good+. An album dedicated to the lines of the former Great Eastern Railway. £4.95
Pigott,
Nick Gresley Locomotive Album:
The Locomotives of Sir Nigel Gresley at Work in the British Railways Era,
Bradford Barton, 1983, pp96. Hb.
VG/VG. Top and bottom of the
spine bumped. Green hb cover.
£4.95
Preedy,
Norman E North Eastern Pacifics:
A Pictorial Survey, Bradford Barton, 1974, pp96. Hb. VG/VG.
Green "flecked" hardback cover.
£4.95
Prentice, K Risdon and Proud, Peter The Locomotives of the LNER, RCTS, 1941, pp137 plus
pp24 of illustrations. Small
printed errata notice pasted in the front.
Bookplate. Pb.
Fair. Covers grubby and worn
at both the top and bottom of the spine. A
mine of detailed information on LNER locomotives.
£8.50
Reed, Brian LNER Non-Streamlined Pacifics, Profile Publishing, pp24. Loco Profile 1. Pb. VG. An illustrated booklet with colour centrefold. £2.95
Riley R C Great Eastern Album, IA, 1975, pp112. Hb. VG+/VG+. An album dedicated to the lines of the former Great Eastern Railway. The Great Eastern had a virtual monopoly of traffic over most of East Anglia and ran one of the most intensive suburban passenger services in the world into Liverpool Street. £5.95
Robotham, Robert and Stratford, Frank The Great Central from the Footplate, IA, 1990, pp112. Large Format Hb. Fine/VG+. A vivid account of life at the former Great Central locomotive shed at Leicester during its final decade. Well-illustrated throughout. £7.50
Robotham, Robert On Great Central Lines, IA, 1994, pp80. Glazed Boards. Fine. An all-colour landscape-format album of the lines of the former Great Central Railway in the last years of steam. £5.95
Rolt L T C Patrick Stirling's Locomotives, Hamish Hamilton, 1964, pp64. Hb. VG/VG-. Repaired tear in the dw. An illustrated booklet. £5.95
Sawford, Eric The Last Days of Steam on the Eastern Region, AS, 1999, pp138. Hb. Fine/VG+. Eastern Region steam in the 50s and early 60s. £5.95
Scott, Andrew North
Eastern Renaissance: Twenty-Five Years of Preserved North Eastern Steam, IA,
1991, pp48. Pb.
Very Good. An illustrated
history of the work of the North Eastern Preservation Group which owns or
operates seven locomotives based on the North York Moors Railway.
£2.95
Semmens, Peter Speed on the East Coast Main Line: A Century and a half of accelerated services, PSL, 1990, pp248. Hb. VG+/VG+. Tiny internally repaired tear in the dw at the base of the spine. The story of the quest for ever-faster passenger services between Kings Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. £6.95
Sharpe G W East Coast Pacifics, Sharpe, 1986, pp48. Pb. VG. Lineside Camera Series. An album of author's photographs. £1.95
Smith, Capt W G 1247 Preservation Pioneer: The Story of Britain's First Privately Preserved Standard Gauge Steam Locomotive, SLP, 1991, pp96. Glazed Boards. Very Good. The story of the preservation of a J52 0-6-0ST built by the Great Northern Railway in 1899. 1247 is now at the National Railway Museum in York. £3.95
Smith, Ian R Living
with Green Arrow, National Railway Museum, pp24. No date. Pb.
Very Good+. An illustrated
history of Green Arrow (60800) with an emphasis on the steam excursions
hauled in 2000 and 2001. £1.95
Stephenson, Brian LNER Album Vol. 2, IA, 1970, pp112. Hb. Fine / Very Good+. £6.95
Stephenson, Brian LNER Album Vol.3, IA, 1976, pp128. Hb. VG/VG. Slight loss of colour from the dw spine. £5.95
Swinger, Peter The Power of the B17s & B2s, OPC, First Edition 1988, 196 plates. Large Format Hb. Fine / Fine. A pictorial tribute to Gresley's only 4-6-0 class, developed for the Great Eastern section. Thompson rebuilt 10 of the class as two-cylinder B2s. £8.50
Tatlow, Peter A Pictorial Record of LNER Wagons, OPC, 1978, pp180. Large Format Hb. VG/VG. Slight wear & browning to the dw edges. Includes pre-grouping wagons acquired by the LNER. £16.50
Tomlinson, William Weaver Tomlinson's North Eastern Railway: Its Rise and Development, Andrew Reid & Co., 1st edition 1914, pp820 plus 40 plates. Bound in grey cloth with gold lettering to the front cover and spine. The original covers have been carefully restored by Philip Winskill of York Bookbinding. Bookplate inside covers. Hb. No dw. VG. Foxing to the endpapers and page edges. Long regarded as the standard reference work on the North Eastern Railway. The book concentrates on the early period up to 1870; the remaining years are dealt with in a mere 100 pages. £95.00
Townend P N East Coast Pacifics at Work, IA, 1982, pp192. At Work Series. Large Format Hb. VG+/VG. Slight wear to the dw at the head of the spine. An illustrated history of the Gresley, Thompson and Peppercorn pacifics. £6.95
Townend P N The LNER Pacifics, Atlantic, 1985, pp36. Colour of Steam Vol.4. Pb. Fine. £1.95
Townend P N Top Shed: A Pictorial History of Kings Cross Locomotive Depot, IA, 2nd edition 1989, pp160. Hb. VG/VG-. Several small tears to the dw edges. A well-illustrated history with a significant amount of text. £6.95
Tuplin W A North Eastern Steam, Allen & Unwin, 1970, pp215. Inscription. Hb. VG+/VG. Foxing to the edges of the pages, and wear to the dw edges. An authoritative study of the steam engines of the North Eastern Railway. £7.50
Tuplin W A Great Northern Steam, Allen & Unwin, 1971, pp208 including pp32 of illustrations. Hb. VG/VG-. Two small nicks in the dw & spine sunned. A critical study of the steam engines of the Great Northern Railway. £7.50
Tuplin W A Great Central Steam, A&U, 2nd impression 1982, pp234 plus pp16 plates. Hb. VG+/VG. Corner clipped from the blank front page. Professor Tuplin's critical assessment of Great Central steam. £7.50
Vanns,
Michael A An Illustrated History
of Great Northern Railway Signalling, OPC, 2000, pp128.
Large format Hb. Very Good+ / Very Good+.
The dw is protected by clear foil which has been fixed to the inside of
the covers by short strips of sellotape. A
detailed examination of Great Northern signalling from 1848 until the 1923
Grouping. £12.50
Walker, Colin Great Central Twilight: Memories of a lost main line to London, Pendyke, 1st edition 1986, 180 illustrations. Large Format Hb. VG/VG. Minor wear to the plastic coating of the dw near the front bottom corner. A tribute to the last days of the Great Central's London extension. £32.50
Wall, John First
in the World: The Stockton and Darlington Railway, Sutton Publishing, 2001,
pp212 plus pp8 of colour plates. Hb.
Very Good+ / Very Good+. A
vivid and detailed history of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, based on
meticulous research. £8.50
Webb,
Ben Locomotive Engineers of the
LNER, IA, 1946, pp76. "Smallish"
format. Very Good.
Provides details about the men who design or have designed the
locomotives of the LNER. Note that
some Locomotive Engineers of the major constituent companies are therefore also
considered. £4.95
Weight
R A H The Great Northern Railway,
1952, pp32. Railways Before the
Grouping No.2. Pb.
Fair. An illustrated
booklet. £3.95
Wethersett E R and Asher L L Locomotives of the LNER: A Pictorial Record, Heffer, 1947, pp122 with a Renumbering Supplement by D. A. Dant. Foreword by George Dow, LNER Press Relations officer. Grey board covers with green lettering to the front & spine. No dw. VG. Slight wear to the covers at the head & base of the spine. Aims to present an illustration of every class of locomotive in service on the LNER in the year before nationalisation. £4.95
Whitaker, Alan and Cryer, Bob The Queensbury Lines: A Pictorial Centenary Edition, Dalesman, 1984, pp72. Pb. VG-. Slight rubbing to the covers down the spine, and some creasing to the lower front corner. An illustrated history of the Great Northern Railway's Queensbury lines. £5.95
Whitehouse, Patrick and Thomas, David St John
LNER 150: The London and North Eastern Railway A century and a half of
progress, Guild/D&C, 1989, pp208. Large
format Hb. Fine / Very Good+. A
superbly produced nostalgic look at the LNER from 1923 until 1948.
£5.95
Whiteley J S and Morrison G W
The LNER Remembered, OPC, 1979, 267 plates. Large Format Hb.
VG+/VG-. A high-quality
large format album. The
foil-protected dw has a 0.5 inch internally repaired tear at the head of the
spine. £6.95
Whiteley J S and Morrison G W The Power of the A1s, A2s and A3s, OPC, 1984, 256 plates. Power Series. Large Format Hb. VG+/VG+. Bottom corners of the covers bumped. A pictorial record of all the non-streamlined Pacifics operated by the LNER. £8.50
Whiteley J S and Morrison G W Profile of the A4s, OPC, 1985, 216 illustrations. Profile Series. Large Format. Glazed Boards. VG. £6.95
Whittle G The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, D&C, 1979, pp208. Hb. VG/VG. An excellent modern history. £10.50
Williams, Peter and Joy, David North Yorkshire Moors Railway: A Pictorial Survey, Dalesman, 1977, pp80. Landscape Format Pb. VG- with slight wear to the covers. £1.95
Woods, Susan Jane and Tuffrey, Peter Doncaster Plant Works, Bond Publications, 1987, pp96. Large Format Pb. VG. An illustrated history. £12.50
Wrottesley A J The Great Northern Railway Vol. 1: Origins and Development, Batsford, 1979, pp256 plus 36 illustrations. Hb. VG. Dw spine slightly faded. Presentation plate to a school library inside the front cover, brown glue stains from a now-absent pastedown and bar code tag inside the rear cover. The first volume of the only comprehensive modern history of the Great Northern. £10.50
Yeadon W B Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives Vol. 3 Raven, Thompson & Peppercorn Pacifics, Irwell Press, 1991, pp92. Large Format Hb. Fine/Fine. £10.50
Yeadon W B Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives Vol. 4 Gresley V2 and V4 Classes, Irwell Press, 1992, pp94. Large Format Hb. Fine/Fine. £10.50
Yeadon's
Register of LNER Locomotives Vol. 5 Gresley B17 and Thompson B2 Classes,
Booklaw/Railbus, 1993, pp94. Large
Format. Glazed boards with dw.
Fine/Fine. £10.50
Yeadon W B Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives Vol. 6 Thompson B1 Class, Irwell Press, 1994, pp102. Large Format Hb. VG+/VG. Bottom corners of the covers very slightly bumped. £10.50
Yeadon W B Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives Vol. 8 Gresley K3 & K4 Classes, Booklaw, 2000, pp94. Large Format. Glazed boards with dw. Fine/VG+. £10.50
Yeadon W B Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives Vol. 10 Gresley D49 & J38 Classes, Booklaw/Railbus, 2000, pp94. Large Format. Glazed boards with dw. Fine/VG+. £10.50
Yeadon's
Register of LNER Locomotives Vol. 17 Class B13, B14, B15 & B16 The North
Eastern 4-6-0s,
Book Law/Railbus, 2000, pp94. Large Format. Glazed boards with dw. Very Good+ /
Very Good+. Base of the spine
bumped. £10.50
Yeadon's
Register of LNER Locomotives Vol. 20 Class Q1, Q2, Q3 & Q4, & the Q1
Tank,
Book Law/Railbus, 2001, pp94. Large
Format. Glazed boards with dw.
F/F. £10.50
Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives Vol. 22 Class B1 (B18) to B9 The GC 4-6-0s, Booklaw/Railbus, 2001, pp126. Large Format. Glazed boards with dw. Fine/Fine. £10.50
Yeadon W B LNER Locomotive Allocations 1st January 1923 (The First Day), Challenger, 1996, pp48. Pb. Fine. A considerable amount of careful research was involved in compiling this fascinating record of LNER locomotive allocations at the grouping. £3.95
Yeadon,
W B Yeadon's Register of LNER
Locomotives Appendix One: Named Engines on the LNER, Their Application,
Derivation & Changes, Book Law Publications, 2003, pp156.
Large Format. Glazed boards with dw. Fine/Fine.
£18.50