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Fairchild, Gordon and Wootton, Peter Railway and Tramway Tickets, IA, 1987, pp158 including 70 full-page plates, 8 in colour. Published by Ian Allen under their prestige Malaga imprint. Large Format Hb. VG+/VG. A detailed but readable account of the evolution of ticketing, from the 19th century invention of Thomas Edmondson's card ticket to the automated and computerised systems of today. £7.50
Fairclough Tony and Wills, Alan
Southern Steam In The West Country, Bradford Barton, 1973, pp96.
Hb. Very Good / Very Good. Several
small internally-repaired tears to the dw. Green "flecked" hardback
cover. Pictorial album.
£4.95
Fairclough T and Wills A
More Southern Steam in the West Country, Bradford Barton, 1975,
pp96. Hb. Very Good / Very Good. Black
hardback cover. Pictorial album.
£3.95
Fairclough, Tony and Wills, Alan Southern Steam on the Isle of Wight, Bradford Barton, 1975, pp96. Hb. VG/VG. Green "flecked" hb cover. Pictorial Album. £5.95
Fairclough
T and Wills A Great
Western Steam Through the Years 2, BB, 1978, pp96.
Hb. F/VG with a 1.5
inch internally repaired tear at the rear dw fold.
Brown "flecked" cover.
£4.95
Fairman J R Netley Hospital and its Railways, Kingfisher, 1984, pp96. Hb. VG/VG-. Slight wear to the dw at the head of the spine. A history of the military hospital at Netley, and its railway. £12.50
Fairweather,
Colin and Stroud, Alan The Isle
of Wight Revisited: A Collection of Photographs Produced from the Glass Plate
Negatives, Oakwood, 2005, pp128. Series
X81. Large landscape format Hb. Fine/VG.
A collection of 100-year old photographs of the Isle of Wight carefully
reprinted with modern technology from the authors' collection of glass plate
negatives. Note that this is not a
railway book! £8.50
Farquarson, Andy Getting
the Best from Ratio Plastic Models, Irwell Press, 1996, pp64. Modelling Railways Illustrated Handbook
No.7. Pb. VG. £7.50
Farr A D The Campbeltown and Machrihanish Railway, Oakwood, 1987, pp54 plus pp16 of illustrations. First published in 1969. Locomotion Papers No.45. Pb. VG. Signature on the contents page. Crease to the lower front corner of the cover. £6.95
Farr, Michael; Lovell, Robert; Maggs, Colin G; and Whetmath, Charles The Wrington Vale Light Railway, Avon Anglia, 1978, pp28. Pb. Very Good. An illustrated history. £5.95
Faviell, Brigadier John
The Railway Journeys of my Childhood, Pan Books, 1983, pp112.
Landscape format Hb. As published
with no dw and an attractive illustrated cover in VG+ condition.
Descriptions of the author's Edwardian railway journeys, illustrated by
his own watercolours. £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
Fearnley, Alan The Railway Paintings of Alan Fearnley,
D&C, 2003,
pp80. "Largish" Landscape
Format Pb. VG. Colour reproductions of Alan Fearnley's paintings plus
supporting material. £4.95
Fell, Andrew BR in the Midlands: Rail 17 Portfolio, IA, 1991, pp64. Landscape format. Glazed Boards. VG+. An all-colour album £6.95
Fellows, Craig W and Gash, Paul E The Last Days of the Deltics, IA, 1986, pp96. Pb. Very Good. Slight wear to the dw at the head & base of the spine. A well-illustrated tribute to the final months of the Deltics. £3.95
Fenman Images of Steam, IA, 1974, pp192. Large Format Hb. Very Good+ / Very Good with a quarter inch closed tear in the dw fold. High-quality photographs taken by five Cambridge undergraduates in the late 50s. £6.95
Ferneyhough, Frank The History of Railways in Britain, Osprey, 1975, pp288. Hb. VG+/VG. A broad-based history with an emphasis on people and personalities, written by a life-long railwayman. £3.95
Ferneyhough, Frank Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1830-1980, BCA/Robert Hale, 1980, pp193. Hb. VG+/VG. Emphasises the period up to 1845, when the railway lost its independence. £5.95
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
Ferris, Tom Severn Valley Locomotives as They Were, Midland Publishing, 1995, pp84. Pb. VG+. Over 160 photographs of Severn Valley locomotives in action on the everyday tasks for which they were designed. £3.50
Ferris, Tom and Flanagan, Patrick The Cavan & Leitrim The Last Decade: An Irish Railway Pictorial, Midland Publishing, 1997, pp64. Large Format Pb. VG+. £12.50
Field, Kenneth and Stephenson, Brian Pennine Steam, 1986, pp128. Hb. Fine/Fine. An atmospheric album. £5.95
Fields N, Gilbert A C, and Knight N R Liverpool to Manchester into the Second Century, Manchester Transport Museum Society, 1980, 265 illustrations with a folding map in the rear. Pb. VG. A pictorial tribute to the railways of south Lancashire between 1930 and 1980. £4.95
Fisher J N The Huddersfield and Kirkburton Branch, Oakwood, 1997, pp80. Locomotion Papers No.202. Pb. VG+. An LNWR branch line history. £4.95
Flanders, Steve Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway: An Irish Railway Pictorial, Midland Publishing, 1997, pp64. In association with Joe Begley and Hugh Dougherty. Large Format Pb. VG. Slight wear (about 0.5 inch) to the rear cover edge adjacent to the spine. £12.50
Fleming D J Raising the Echoes: The Illustrated Story of a Great Western Railway Steam Locomotive Depot, Line One, 1984, pp96. Glazed Boards. VG+. The story of Bristol Bath Road shed; mainly text notwithstanding the title. £3.95
Flinders T G The Settle & Carlisle Route Revisited, IA, 1st edition 1985, pp128. Hb. Fine/VG+. A selection of photographs from both the steam and diesel era, with each section focusing on a different aspect of the line. £5.95
Flinders T G On the Settle & Carlisle Route,
IA, 1989, pp112.
The original Ian Allan edition. Hb.
Fine/VG+. A selection of
over 200 photographs from both the steam and diesel era, which take the reader
over the line in five pictorial stages. £4.95
Flint, Raymond Head of Steam: More Men of Steam Stories, Santona, 1995, pp170. Pb. VG. Tales of Yorkshire's railways in 1944, based on the author's experiences with the LNER. £3.95
Flint, Raymond Men of Steam: A Yorkshire Novel, Santona, 2nd printing 1996, pp170. Pb. VG. Slight wear to the covers. A semi-autobiographical account of a young Yorkshire lad beginning a working life on the LNER. £3.95
Flint, Raymond Power of Steam: Men of Steam in Action, Santona, 1996, pp166. Pb. VG+. The 3rd volume of the Men of Steam Series, with more footplate tales set in the final year of the war. £3.95
Flint, Raymond Spirit of Steam: Further Adventures with Men of Steam, Santona, 1998, pp160. Pb. VG. The 4th volume in the Men of Steam Series. Tales of post-war LNER days. £3.95
Ford, Roger and Perren, Brian HSTs at Work, IA, 1988, pp128. At Work Series. Large Format Hb. VG+/VG. Dw internally repaired at the base of the spine and at the bottom of the rear fold. An illustrated history of the HST. £8.50
Forsythe H G Men of Steam: A portrait of life on the footplate, Atlantic, 1982, pp48. Pb. Very Good+. A well-illustrated booklet. £1.95
Forsythe H G Steam Shed Portrait, Atlantic, 1986, pp50. Pb. VG+. An illustrated booklet describing the day-to-day operation of a steam shed. £1.95
Forsythe
H G Driving and
Servicing British Rail's Diesel Fleet, Atlantic, 1989, p48.
Pb. Very Good.
A revealing collection of views portraying life on the footplate,
on depot and at works, giving a refreshing insight into the modern
railway environment. £3.95
Forsythe H G The Railway Vanishes: An Appreciation of a Lost Era, Silver Link, 1993, pp128. Large Format Hb. Fine / Fine. High-quality photographs from the 1955-65 period. £6.95
Forsythe
H G The Railway Vanishes: An
Appreciation of a Lost Era, Silver Link, 1993, pp128.
Large Format Pb. VG.
High quality photographs from the 1955-65 period.
£3.95
Forsythe, Robert A History of Locomotive Kits Vol.1, Amlor Publishing, 1999, pp137 with numerous illustrations of completed kits. Large Format Pb. VG. Featuring K's, Nu-Cast, Wills & South Eastern Finecast £5.95
Forwood, Michael The Elham Valley Railway, Phillimore, 1975, pp88 plus 24 illustrations. Hb. VG+/Fine. An photo of the branch junction has been pasted at the end of the text. A presentation plate to a school library inside the front cover, and a brown glue stain from a now-loose pastedown inside the rear cover. The book was never issued. A history of a Southern Railway branch that was built by the South Eastern Railway £32.50
Foster, Michael Hornby Dublo Trains: Hornby Dublo 1938-1964, The story of the perfect table railway, New Cavendish / Guild, 1987, pp416 including a check list of every production item together with all known variations. With a compendium compiled by Alan F. Ellis. The Hornby Companion Series Vol.3. Large landscape format Hb. VG+/VG. Slight wear to the dw at the head of the spine, also a nick in the rear dw fold. A lavishly-produced tribute. £16.50
Fox, Peter The Settle-Carlisle in Action, Castleberg, 1989, pp48. Pb. VG+. Very slight sunning down the spine. A diverse series of illustrated articles on the Settle-Carlisle line. £3.95
Fox, Peter The Midland Line in Sheffield, Platform 5, 1990, pp60 including pp24 in colour. Steam Days on BR 1. Pb. VG+. A nostalgic photographic survey. £3.50
Foxwell E and Farrer T C Express Trains English & Foreign being a statistical account of all the express trains of the world with railway maps of Great Britain and Europe, IA, 1964, pp184. Classics of Railway Literature Series. First published by Smith, Elder & Co in 1889. Hb. VG/VG-. Book VG with slight wear at the top & bottom of the spine. Dw VG- with slight wear to the dw edges. A comprehensive survey of the fastest trains throughout the world in 1888. £4.95
Franks D L Great Northern and London & North Western Joint Railway, Turntable, 1974, pp71. Minor Railways of Britain Series. Pb. VG. Old inscription. The history of a joint line from Bottesford through Melton Mowbray to Welham Junction. £16.50
Freeman, Michael Railways and the Victorian Imagination, Yale University Press, 1999, p264. Large format Hb. Fine/VG+. "A new cultural history of the railway age in Britain." Well-illustrated throughout. £16.50
Freezer C J Low-Relief Modelling, Peco, pp8. No date. Railway Modeller Shows You How Booklet No.5. Pb. VG. Originally included with an issue of Railway Modeller. An illustrated booklet. £0.95
Freezer, Cyril Model
Railways on a Budget, A practical guide to inexpensive more enjoyable modelling,
PSL, 1987, pp168 with numerous diagrams & illustrations.
"Smallish" format Hb. VG+/VG.
The old master explains how to construct a model railway without spending
a fortune. £4.95
Freezer, Cyril PSL
Book of Model Railway Wiring, PSL, 1st edition 1989, pp144.
Hb. Very Good+ / Very Good.
Two small nicks and slight wear to the dw at the head of the spine.
A clear yet comprehensive introduction by a former editor of the Railway
Modeller. £5.95
Freezer, Cyril J Model Railways: The Complete Guide to Designing, Building and Operating a Model Railway, BCA/Quintet Publishing, 1991, pp96. Large Format Hb. VG/VG. Rubbing to the bottom edge of the covers, one-inch tear to the rear dw fold. An excellent overview of the hobby, illustrated in colour throughout. £3.95
Freezer
C J 1001 Model Railway
Questions & Answers, PSL, 1992, pp224.
Hb. Very Good+ /
Very Good+. A model railway
encyclopaedia in question and answer form.
£4.95
Freezer, Cyril PSL Book of Model Railway Wiring, PSL, 1992, pp144. Pb. VG- with light wear to the corners of the covers. A clear yet comprehensive introduction by a former editor of the Railway Modeller. £4.95
Freezer C J Model Railway Signalling, Patrick Stephens, 1993, pp168. Hb. VG+/VG+. An in-depth look at the application of prototype signalling practice to a model railway. £8.50
Freezer C J The Model Railway Manual: A step-by-step guide to building a layout, PSL, 1995, pp192. Large Format. Glazed Boards. VG- with slight rubbing to the corners of the glazed boards. Describes how to build a complete model railway from scratch. £4.95
Fry A J Bulleid Power: The Merchant Navy Class, Alan Sutton, 1990, pp195. Hb. VG+/VG+. A comprehensive history of the Merchant Navy class, drawing on previously unpublished material. £8.50
Fryer, Charles The Locomotives of James Cudworth, author, pp64. No date. Pb. VG+. James Cudworth was Locomotive Superintendent of the South Eastern Railway from 1845 until 1876. £6.95
Fryer C E J British Baltic Tanks: The Story of the Six Types of British 4-6-4 Tank Locomotives, Platform 5, 1993, pp56. Railway Monographs No.2. Pb. Very Good. An illustrated history of the Baltic tanks designed for the London Tilbury & Southend, The Brighton, The Belfast & County Down, The Furness, The Glasgow & South Western, and The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway. £6.95
Fryer, Charles Single Wheeler Locomotives: The Brief Age of Perfection, OPC, 1993, pp112. Large Format Hb. Fine / Very Good. An illustrated history of the final generation of Singles on the Great Northern of Ireland, The Midland, The Caledonian, The North Eastern, the London & South Western, The Great Eastern, The Great Northern & the Great Central Railways. £10.50
Fryer C E J The Girvan & Portpatrick Junction Railway, Oakwood, 1994, pp72 plus pp32 of illustrations. Locomotion Papers No.188. Pb. VG+. The Girvan & Portpatrick formed the final link in the G&SWR line from Glasgow to Stanraer. £4.95
Fryer,
Charles British Pullman Trains,
SLP, 1999, pp224. Hb. Very Good /
Very Good. A tribute to all
Britain's steam, diesel and electric Pullman services.
£14.50
Fryer C E J The Waterford and Limerick Railway, Oakwood, 2000, pp160. Oakwood Library No.111. Pb. VG+. £6.95
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