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Gamble G  Diesels around Reading, Bronross, 1978, pp32.  Landscape format Pb.  Very Good. Early diesel traction in and around Reading.  £2.95

Gammell C J  Scottish Branch Lines: 1955-1965, OPC, First Edition 1978, 163 plates.  Large Format Hb.  VG+/VG.  Red title on the spine slightly faded.  A pictorial survey with the following sections: Highland, Grampian, Tayside, Fife, Central, Strathclyde, Lothian, Borders and Dumfries & Galloway.  £8.50

Gammell, Chris  Around the Branch Lines: No. 2 Great Western, OPC, 1983, 157 plates. Large format Hb.  F/VG.  A high-quality pictorial survey that examines each area in turn.  £7.50

Gammell C J  The Branch Line Age: The Minor Railways of the British Isles in Memoriam and Retrospect, Bracken, 1988, pp96.  First published by Moorland in 1976.  Hb.  Fine/Fine. Examines branch lines in all five regions and also in the Isle of Man and Ireland.  £3.95

Gammell C J  The Steam Age, Bracken, 1988, pp96.  Hb.  VG+/VG+.  1959 was a year of rapid change on British Railways. This album portrays the scenes, month by month, as the author travelled throughout the British Isles recording the passing of the steam age.  £3.95

Gammell, Chris  Steam Sheds and their Locomotives, IA, 1995, pp112.  Large Format Hb. Fine/VG+.  Gives a historical introduction and a sample allocation for groups of sheds from all six regions.  Illustrated with 160 colour photographs.  £6.95

Gammell C J  Scottish Branch Lines, OPC, 1999, pp192.  Large Format Hb.  VG/VG.  The later more comprehensive branch-by-branch survey with the following chapters: Highland, Grampian, Tayside, Fife, Central, Strathclyde, Dumfries & Galloway, Borders and Lothian.  £10.50

Garbutt, Paul  World Metro Systems: An Encyclopaedia of the World's Metropolitan Railways, Capital Transport, 1991, pp152.  Pb.  Very Good+.  A well-illustrated overview of the world's metro systems.  £3.50

Gardner, Jack  Brunel's Didcot: Great Western Railway to Great Western Society, Runpast, 1996, pp128.  Large Format Hb.  VG+/VG.  An illustrated history with the final chapter dealing with railway preservation at Didcot.  £8.50

Garnett A F  Steel Wheels: The Evolution of the Railways and how they excited Engineers, Architects, Artists and Writers, Cannwood Press, 2005, pp266.  Hb.  Fine / Fine.  "A celebration of the railways and of their enduring effect on our collective imagination."  £4.95

Garratt, Colin  Preserved Steam Locomotives of Britain, Blandford, 1982, pp169, 37 coloured plates, and 72 b/w photographs.  "Smallish" format Hb.  VG/VG.  Edges of the covers rubbed.  Describes and illustrates the historic engines still on display throughout Britain.  £2.95

Garratt, Colin  The Golden Age of British Steam Railways from the early Twenties to the Late Fifties, Sunburst / Milepost, 1994, pp184.  Very Large Format.  Glazed boards with dw. Very Good+ / Very Good+.  Bottom corners of the glazed boards bumped.  An outstanding collection of over 350 photographs selected from the work of the Rev A. W. V. Mace.  £6.95

Garratt, Colin  The Golden Years of British Steam Trains, Milepost, 1995, pp196.  Large Format Hb.  Fine / Very Good+.  Atmospheric photographs taken by the Reverend A. W. V. Mace, a prolific railway photographer who was active from the early 20s until the end of steam. Divided into four sections covering the GWR, LMS, LNER and SR.  £5.95

Garratt, Colin  The Golden Years of British Steam Trains: London Midland Scottish Railway, Milepost, 1995, pp48.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards. Fine.  Evocative photographs taken by the Rev. A. W. V. Mace, a prolific railway photographer whose career ranged from the early 1920s until his death in 1986.  £3.95

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

Garratt, Colin  The Golden Years of British Steam Trains: Southern Railway, Milepost, 1995, pp48.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  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

Garrett S R  The Kent and East Sussex Railway, Oakwood, 2nd enlarged edition 1987, pp104. The second enlarged and revised edition. Locomotion Papers No.56.  Pb.  VG.  An illustrated history.  £4.95

Gasson, Harold  Footplate Days: More Reminiscences of a Great Western Fireman, OPC, 1978, pp112 plus pp32 of illustrations.  Pb.  VG.  A sequel to Firing Days, more experiences at Didcot shed.  £2.95

Gerard, Malcolm and Hamilton J A B   Rails to Disaster: More British Steam Train Accidents 1906-1957, BCA/A&U, 1994, pp124.  Steam Past Series.  Hb.  VG+/VG+ with slight browning along the top of the dw.  Each of the chapters is devoted to a major rail accident.  Complements Trains to Nowhere.  £4.95  

Gibbons, David  BR Equipment 2: Drawings from Railnews 'Stockspot', IA, 1990, pp96. Large landscape format Pb.  Fine.  Drawings of recent locomotives, emus and dmus with supporting text.  £5.95

Gibbs P W  The S&D 7Fs Remembered, Camelot Locomotive Society, 1986, pp28.  Pb.  VG+. An illustrated booklet with further footplate reminiscences from Peter Smith.  £5.95

Gilbert P T and Chancellor P J  A Detailed History of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives Vol.1: Background to Standardisation and the Pacific Classes, RCTS, 1994, pp172 with pp8 of colour.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  Slight wear to the covers at the head of the spine.  A definitive study.  £12.50

Glenn, D Fereday  Rail Routes in Hampshire & East Dorset, IA, 1983, pp128.  Hb.  Fine/VG.  A pictorial survey of a once complex railway network.  £5.95

Glenn, D Fereday  The Last Days of Steam in Surrey and Sussex, Alan Sutton, 1989, pp128. Hb.  Fine / Very Good+.  A pictorial album in the Last Days of Steam Series.  £4.95

Glenn, D Fereday  More Last Days of Steam around London, Alan Sutton, 1992, pp152. Glazed boards with dw.  VG/VG- with some wear to the dw at the top of the spine. "A glimpse into London's stations, termini and trains during the last days of steam."  £3.95

Glenn, D Fereday  More Last Days of Steam in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, Alan Sutton, 1993, pp152.  Glazed boards with dw.  Fine/VG+.  "Evocative photographs from the author's own collection."  £4.95

Glenn, D Fereday  Rail Rover: From Kent to Cornwall, Alan Sutton, 1997, pp172 and 180 pictures.  Glazed boards with dw.  Very Good / Very Good.  Top corners of the glazed boards bumped.  The author recalls a week of travel on the Southern Region in 1959 using a Rail Rover ticket.  £4.95

Glover, John  London's Railways Today, D&C, 1981, pp96.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  A thirty-page introduction, followed by a pictorial survey of London's railways at the start of the 80s.  £3.95

Glover, John  English Electric Traction Album, IA, 1981, pp112.  Hb.  Very Good / Very Good.  A class-by-class survey.  £5.95

Glover, John and Marsden, Colin  Motive Power Recognition: 4 London Transport Railways and PTE Systems, IA, 1985, pp112.  Small format Pb.  Very Good.  "Wrinkling" to the plastic dw coating.  Includes Isle of Wight, Glasgow Underground and the Tyne & Wear Metro.  £2.95

Glover, John  BR Diary 1958-1967, IA, 1987, pp128.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  A history of the decade that witnessed the end of steam and the introduction of the first generation diesels.  £5.95

Glover, John  National Railways: A Guide to the Privatised Railways, IA, 1996, pp128.  Pb. Fine.  A useful insight into how our railways were privatised.  £3.95

Glover, John  Railways in and around London Then & Now, IA, 1999, pp255.  Large Format Hb.  Very Good+ / Very Good+.  A lavishly produced album of then and now illustrations, which looks in turn at each pre-grouping railway with a presence in the capital.  £7.50

Goode C T  The Railways of North Lincolnshire, author, 1985, pp96.  Pb.  Very Good.  An illustrated history of the railways of North Lincolnshire.  £4.95

Goode C T  Railway Rambles with a Box Camera 2: Sites and Stations, author, 1989, pp58.  Pb.  VG.  Remains of an old price sticker on the cover.  Inscription plus brief notes inside the cover plus crosses & ticks at some of the captions.  Perhaps the most interesting booklet in this series since it focuses on the railway infrastructure.  £3.95

Goodman, John  LMS Locomotive Names: The Named Locomotives of the London Midland & Scottish Railway and its Constituent Companies, RCTS, 1994, pp215 with 122 illustrations.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  Spine sunned, top corners of the covers slightly bumped.  A detailed account of the names and nameplates carried on LMS locomotives and those of its Constituent Companies.  £8.50

Goodman, John  L&NWR Locomotive Names: The Named Locomotives of the London & North Western Railway and its Constituent Companies, RCTS, 2002, pp284.  Includes A Sequel to LMS Locomotives Names.  Large Format. Glazed Boards.  VG.  A comprehensive reference work.  £10.50

Gorton, Tag  Steam in Your Garden: An introduction to live steam narrow gauge railways for the smaller garden, Atlantic, 1996, pp80.  Large Format Pb.  Very Good+.  Well-illustrated in colour and b/w.  £5.95

Gosling, Ted and Clement Mike  Devon Railways, Sutton, 1997, pp128. Pb.  Very Good+. Sutton's Photographic History of Railways Series.  £4.95

Gosling, Ted and Clement, Mike  Dorset Railways, Sutton, 1999, pp128.  Pb.  Very Good+. Sutton's Photographic History of Railways Series.  £4.95

Goudie F W  Metropolitan to Jubilee: Wembley Park to Stanmore, Forge Books, 1986, pp32. "Largish" format Pb.  Fine.  An illustrated history of the Metropolitan Railway's branch to Stanmore, now part of the Jubilee line.  £8.50

Gough, John  British Rail at Work: East Midlands, IA, 1985, pp128.  Large Format Hb.  F/ VG+.  A comprehensive survey of the East Midlands railway system in the mid-80s.   £6.95

Gough, John  British Rail at Work: InterCity, IA, 1988, pp128.  Large Format Hb. Very Good+ / Very Good.  Dw internally re-enforced at the head of the spine, and a one inch tear to the rear bottom edge of the dw internally repaired.  A detailed examination of the nationwide InterCity network before it was fragmented by privatisation.  £6.95  

Gough, Terry  The Southern in Hampshire & Dorset, OPC, 1984, 146 plates.  Large Format Hb.  Fine / Very Good+.  A line-by-line pictorial tribute.  £6.95

Gough, Terry Around the Branch Lines No.1 Southern, OPC, 1988, 178 plates.  Large Format Hb.  Fine / Very Good+.  A branch by branch pictorial survey.  £7.50

Gough Terry  The Southern in Surrey & Berkshire, OPC, 1988, pp96.  Large Format Hb.  Fine / Fine.  A typical high-quality OPC album.  £6.95

Gough Terry  Southern Railway Reflections: Surrey & Berkshire, SLP, 1999, pp96.  First published as The Southern in Surrey and Berkshire by OPC in 1988.  Large Format Pb.  Very Good+.  A line-by-line pictorial survey.  £4.95

Gough, Terry  Berkshire Past and Present, Past & Present, 2002, pp96.  Rediscovering Railways Series.  Pb.  VG.  A pictorial record of the county's railways past and present.  £4.95

Gough, Terry  West Sussex Past and Present, Past & Present, 2002, pp96. Rediscovering Railways Series.  Pb. VG+.  A pictorial record of the county's railways past and present.  £4.95

Gough, Terry  Surrey: The West of the County Past and Present, Past & Present, 2002, pp96. Rediscovering Railways Series.  Pb.  VG+.  A pictorial record of the area's railways past and present.  £4.95

Gough, Terry  Surrey: The East of the County Past and Present, Past & Present, 2003, pp96. Rediscovering Railways Series.  Pb.  VG+.  Slight crease to the bottom front corner of the covers.  A pictorial record of the area's railways past and present.  £4.95

Gould, David  The London & Birmingham Railway 150 Years On, D&C, 1987, pp96.  Hb. Fine / Very Good+.  An illustrated survey of the Euston to Birmingham line in the 1980s.  £3.95

Gould, David  The Westerham Valley Railway, Oakwood, 2nd enlarged edition 1999, pp128.  Locomotion Papers No.72.  Pb.  Very Good.  An illustrated history of a Southern Railway branch.  £4.95

Goult, Ron  Steam in the North East: A photo-recollection of the 1950s' railway scene, Dalesman, 1982, pp72.  Landscape format Pb.  VG.  Spine of the dw sunned.  £4.95

Gourvish T R  Mark Huish and the London & North Western Railway: A Study of Management, Leicester University Press, 1973, pp319.  VG/VG.  Some rubbing to the dw at the base of the spine.  A study of the management career of Captain Mark Huish.  £14.50

Gower P, Gray B and Vingoe K  The Lynton and Barnstaple Yesterday and Today, Oakwood, 1999, pp112.  Portrait Series PS8.  Pb.  Fine.  A collection of "then" and "now" photographs.  £4.95

Gradon, W McGowan  A History of the Cockermouth and Penrith Railway, author, 1948, pp36.  Pb.  An illustrated history.  £24.50

Graebe, Chris and Graebe, Julie  The Hornby Gauge 0 System, New Cavendish, 1st edition 1985, pp336 with over 500 illustrations, 423 in colour.  The Hornby Companion Series Vol.5.  Large landscape format Hb.  VG/VG-.  Dw internally repaired at the head & base of the spine, spine slightly sunned.  A lavishly produced tribute.  £16.50

Gray, Edward  Manchester Road & Rail, Alan Sutton, 1996, pp126.  Britain in Old Photographs Series.  Pb.  VG.  £4.95

Gray, Edward  Manx Railways & Tramways, Sutton, 1998, pp160.  Pb.  VG.  Sutton's Photographic History of Railways.  With sections on The Isle of Man Railway, Douglas Street Tramways, the Manx Electric Railway, The Snaefell Mountain Railway, The Groudle Glen Railway, and the Douglas Southern Electric Tramway.  £4.95

Gray, Peter  Steam in Cornwall, IA, 2001, pp80.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  Fine.  An all-colour album, mainly Great Western with some Southern.  £6.95

Green C C  Cambrian Railways Album – 2, IA, 1981, pp112. Hb. VG/VG.  Corners slightly bumped, and a one inch closed tear in the dw at the base of the spine.  Pictures of the Cambrian Railways during the Great Western period from 1923 until nationalisation in 1948.  £5.95

Green C C  North Wales Branch Line Album, IA, 1st edition 1983, pp112.  The original 1983 edition.  Hb.  Fine/Fine.  A remarkable collection of unusual pictures from both the standard and narrow gauge branch lines in North Wales with sections on: Cambrian Branches, Great Central Branches, Great Western Branches, London & North Western Branches, Industrial Branches, The Manchester & Milford, and Narrow Gauge Branches.  £4.95

Green C C  The Coast Lines of the Cambrian Railways Vol.1 Machynlleth to Aberystwyth including a general history of the Aberystwyth & Welsh Coast Railway, Wild Swan, 1993, pp282.  Large Format Hb.  VG/VG+.  Slight wear to the covers at the head of the spine.  A comprehensive study.  £22.50

Green, Oliver  The London Underground - An Illustrated History, IA, 1987, pp80.  Large format Pb.  VG.  An illustrated history.  £4.95

Greenberg, Bruce  Model Railroading: A Family Guide, Prentice Hall, 1979, pp167 plus pp16 of colour illustrations.  Large Format Hb.  Very Good+ / Very Good.  Two small tears in the dw, neatly repaired internally. Aimed at operators of American Lionel, Marx and American Flyer equipment in "O" and "S" gauges.  £5.95

Greening, David  Steam in the East Midlands, Becknell Books, 1982, pp96.  Pb.  Very Good. 137 photographs of steam around the Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, Lincoln and Northampton area.  £4.95

Griffiths, Denis  Locomotive Engineers of the GWR, Guild /Patrick Stephens, 1988, pp184. Hb.  Fine / Very Good+.  Conveys the unique engineering and technical character of the GWR, which had only seven Chief Mechanical Engineers in over 100 years.  £7.50

Griffith, Edward  The Hundred of Manhood and Selsey Tramways later known as The West Sussex Railway 1997-1935, author, 2nd revised & extended edition 1968, pp64.  First published in 1948.  Pb.  Very Good.  £7.50

Griffith, Edward  The Hundred of Manhood and Selsey Tramways later known as The West Sussex Railway 1897- 1935, author, 3rd edition 1974, pp64.  Pb.  VG-.  Small stain near the bottom corner of the early pages else VG.  An illustrated history.  £4.95

Griffiths, R Prys  The Cheshire Lines, Oakwood, 1958, pp54 plus pp8 of illustrations.  Oakwood Library No.5.  First published in 1947.  Pb.  VG.  A history of the Cheshire Lines until nationalisation in 1948.  £4.95

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

Griffiths, Roger and Smith, Paul  The Directory of British Engine Sheds and Principle Locomotive Servicing Points: Supplement No.1, OPC, 2006, pp32.  Large Format Pb.  VG+.  Provides an update, corrections & amendments to both Vol.1 & Vol.2.  £5.95

Grimsley R S  The British Locomotive Shed Directory, Author, 1947, pp110.  Pb.  Very Good.  Staples rusty.  A complete guide to all main line locomotive sheds and works in Great Britain immediately before nationalisation.  £5.95  

Groundwater, Ken   Newcastle's Railways: A View from the Past, IA, 1998, pp96.  Glazed Boards.  VG+.  A largely pictorial tribute to the railways of the Newcastle area.  £7.50

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

Gunter, Maurice  The Story of Wrenn: From Binns Road to Basildon, Irwell Press, 2004, pp154.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  A comprehensive illustrated history.  £24.50

Gurley N F  Narrow Gauge Steam out of Portmadoc: Twenty-five Years of the Festiniog Railway, Bradford Barton, 1980, pp96.  Hb.  VG/VG.  Foxing to the blank endpapers.  Black hb cover.  £5.95

Gwynne, Bob  Celebrating Steam: The Story of Railfest, Nostalgia Road, 2004, pp60.  No 57 of a limited edition of 1000.  Signed by the author.  Railway Preservation Series Vol.2.  Pb.  Fine.  An all-colour pictorial celebration of Railfest 2004, held at the NRM to celebrate 200 years of steam.  £2.95

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