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Lake, Chas S Locomotives of 1906, Percival Marshall, pp40. Landscape format. Paper covered illustrated boards. VG-. Slight rubbing to the bottom edge of the covers and slight loss of colour, but generally in remarkably good condition for a one hundred-year old book. An illustrated review of developments of locomotive practice in 1906. £32.50
Lambert,
Anthony East Midlands
Branch Line Album, IA, 1978, pp124.
Hb. Very Good+ /
Very Good. A line-by-line
pictorial survey. £5.95
Lambert,
Anthony West Midlands
Branch Line Album, IA, 1982, pp112.
Hb. Very Good+ /
Very Good+. Branch lines
around Birmingham in the steam age.
£5.95
Lambert, Anthony Settle to Carlisle: A pictorial guide to the most dramatic train journey in England, Parragon, 1999, pp96 with some excellent colour illustrations. Large landscape format. Glazed boards with dw. VG/VG. Slight wear to the top edge of the dw. £5.95
Lane,
Barry C The Holmfirth Branch,
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society, 1984, pp32.
Branchlines of the L&YR No.2.
Pb. VG.
An illustrated history. £6.95
Langston, Keith Made in Crewe: 150 Years of Engineering Excellence, Mortons Media Group, 2006, pp130. Exclusive to W. H. Smith. Large Format Pb. VG. An illustrated tribute to the over 8000 locomotives built at Crewe. £5.95
Larkin, David Working Wagons: A Pictorial Review of Freight Stock on the BR System: Vol.3 1980-1984, Santona, 2001, pp96. Pb. VG. Creasing across the bottom rear corner of the covers. An illustrated survey with a section devoted to each wagon type. £10.50
Larkin, Edgar An Illustrated History of British Railway Workshops: Locomotive, carriage and wagon building from 1825 to the present day, OPC, 2006, pp184. Large Format. Glazed boards with dw. Fine/Fine. A unique record of the works at nationalisation. Includes plans of all the main locomotive works where they have not been previously published. £7.50
Lascelles
T S The City and South London
Railway, Oakwood, 1955, pp36 plus pp8 of plates. Oakwood Library of
Railway History No.11. Pb.
VG. £3.95
Law R J The
Steam Engine: A brief history of the reciprocating engine, HMSO, 1968, pp32.
A Science Museum Booklet. Pb.
Very Good+. An illustrated
booklet with sections on Thomas Savery & the First Steam Pump, Newcomen's
Atmospheric Engine, Watt's Invention of the Separate Condenser, The
Rotative Engine, High Pressure Steam, The Cornish Pumping Engine,
The Compound Engine, The Corliss Engine, High Speed Steam
Engines, The Uniflow Engine, Progress on Fuel Economy, and The
Development of Land Boilers. £2.50
Lawton E R and Sackett M W
The Bicester Military Railway and the Army's Central Railway Workshops,
OPC, 1992, pp160. Large Format Hb.
Very Good+ / Very Good+. A
comprehensive history of a relatively unknown system with nearly 50 miles of
track. £12.50
Lee,
Charles E The
Metropolitan District Railway, Oakwood, First Edition 1956, pp51.
Oakwood Library of Railway History No.12. Pb.
Very Good. A history
of the second underground railway in London, and its long feud with The
Metropolitan Railway - the first underground railway.
£3.95
Lee, Charles E Sixty Years of the Bakerloo, London Transport, 1966, pp24 plus pp12 of illustrations. Pb. VG. A history of the Bakerloo Line. £3.50
Lee, Charles E Sixty Years of the Piccadilly, London Transport, 1966, pp25 plus pp13 of illustrations. Pb. VG. A history of the Piccadilly Line. £3.50
Lee, Charles E Sixty
Years of the Northern, London Transport, 2nd Impression 1968, pp28 plus pp12
of illustrations. Pb.
VG. A history of the first
sixty years of Northern Line. £3.50
Lee,
Peter The Trent Valley Railway
(Rugby-Stafford 1847-1966), Trent Valley, 1988, pp104.
Large Format Hb. VG+/VG. Slight
wear to the dw edges. A pictorial
record of the Trent Valley Line. £7.50
Leech, Kenneth The Great Western Railway "Kings": Commemorative Brochure celebrating 35 years of "top link" main line service, Stephenson Locomotive Society, 1962, pp12. Pb. VG. Supplement to the November 1962 issue of the Journal of the Stephenson Locomotive Society. £3.50
Leigh,
Chris GWR Country Stations:2,
IA, 1st Edition 1984, pp112. Hb.
VG+/VG. This second volume
focuses more on the many detailed features of Great Western stations in the
steam age. £5.95
Leigh,
Chris Aerofilms Book of
Britain's Railways from the Air [Vol.1], IA, First Edition 1987, pp160.
The original Ian Allan edition. Large
format Hb. Fine / Fine. A
fascinating collection of historical aerial photographs from the Aerofilms
library. £9.50
Leigh, Chris A Railway Modeller's Picture Library, BCA/IA, 1995, pp256. Large Format Hb. VG+/VG. Top corners of the covers slightly bumped. A comprehensive source book of prototype material from arches to weigh bridges. £9.50
Leleux S A The
Leighton Buzzard Light Railway and Associated Quarry Lines, Oakwood, 1969,
pp124 plus pp12 of illustrations. Pb.
Very Good. £8.50
Leslie R H Steam on the Waverley Route, Bradford Barton, pp96. No date. Hb. VG+/VG. Spine sunned. Small tears in the dw at the head of the spine. Dark blue (almost black) hardback covers. Pictorial album. £5.95
Leslie R H London Midland Steam Around Carlisle, Bradford Barton, 1975, pp96. Hb. VG+/VG. Red "speckled" hb cover. Pictorial album. £5.95
Levett
D A and Andrews H I A
Survey of Adhesion on the Dainton and Rattray Bank - Western Region,
British Railways Research Department, 1965.
Three typed pages and 9 large fold-out figures.
Large Format Pb. Fair.
The report is crudely produced by today's standards, but was
typical of the time. It
recommends that sections of the line on Dainton and Rattray banks should
be treated experimentally with a 1% solution of ethyl capryllate to
improve adhesion. The
proposed distribution points are marked in the figures. This is the
personal copy of Dr Andrews, one of the authors.
£12.50
Levy,
Allen A Century of Model
Trains, New Cavendish, 4th impression 1986, pp208.
Very Large Landscape Format.
Hb. Fine / Very
Good. A remarkable
collection of over 500 illustrations, 187 in colour, illustrating the
development of model railway manufacturing.
£18.50
Leyland, Eric Loco Driver, Edmund Ward, 1957, pp94 with 4 plates and
12 diagrams. Hb. VG/Fair. An
informative period piece aimed at youngsters who aspire to be engine drivers.
£3.95
Lidster, J Robin The Scarborough & Whitby Railway: A Photographic & Historical Survey, Hendon Publishing Company, 1981, pp44. Large landscape format Pb. VG. £6.95
Lilleker G A Experience of Running the High Speed Train, C.M. & E.E. Department, British Railways Board, 1973, pp16. Large Format Pb. VG. A report on initial experience with the HST prototype. Presented at the BR Conference on the High Speed Train Design and Maintenance. £5.95
Lingard, Richard Princes Risborough - Thame - Oxford Railway, OPC, 1978, pp130. Large format Hb. VG/VG. Presentation plate to a school library inside the front cover, and a pastedown inside the rear cover indicating that the book was only issued once. Spine of dw slightly sunned. A history of the line, much of it dedicated to an illustrated traversal of the route. £10.50
Lissenden, Rodney South Eastern Steam, IA, 1989, pp64.
Steam Portfolios 7. Glazed
Boards. Very Good. An all-colour
landscape-format album depicting steam operations on the former south-east area
of the Southern region in British Rail days.
£4.95
Livesey
H F F The Locomotives of the
LNWR, Railway Publishing Company, 1948, pp100 including 28 full-page
illustrations. Inscription.
Hb. No dw.
VG. £8.50
Lloyd, David The Modeller Book of Narrow Gauge, Peco, 1986, pp72. Pb. VG-. Some superficial wear to the covers. Brings together some of the best of contemporary narrow gauge modelling through a series of specially commissioned articles. £2.95
Lloyd, David Modelling the Irish Narrow Gauge,
Peco, 1989,
pp44. Large Format Pb. VG-. Slight wear to the covers.
A series of well-illustrated articles.
£4.95
Lloyd, John and Brown, Murray Preserved Railway Carriages, SLP, 1992, pp256. Pb. VG. Superficial wear to the bottom corner of the front cover. The complete stock-book of all known standard gauge carriages and passenger-rated vans preserved in Great Britain and Ireland. £4.95
Lloyd, Roger The Fascination of Railways, Allen & Unwin, 1951,
pp160 with colour frontis and 21 b/w plates.
Bookplate from previous owner. Hb.
No dw. VG.
Top corner of the covers slightly bumped. A classic series of essays on the post-war railway scene
immediately after nationalisation. £4.95
Lloyd, Roger Farewell to Steam, A&U, 1956, pp128. Hb. No dw. VG. A classic tribute to the passing age of steam. £3.95
Lombardelli C P Braintree
and its Railways in Pictures, Author, 1982, pp32. Pb. VG.
Faint crease across the top corners.
A photographic record of Braintree's railways over the years.
£4.95
Longhurst,
Roly Electric
Locomotives on the West Coast Main Line, BB, 1979, pp32.
With additional material by Michael Oakley.
Published jointly with the Diesel & Electric Group. Pb.
Very Good+. An
illustrated history of classes 81 to 87.
£2.95
Lowery, Dave Model Railways: A Complete Guide to the Hobby,
Argus, 1992,
pp144. Large Format Hb. VG+/VG. One-inch
closed tear at the head of the spine. An
ideal practical book for those wishing to construct their first serious layout.
£4.95
Lowery, Dave Advanced Model Railroads: A Practical Manual for Designing and Constructing your Dream Layout, New Burlington Books, 1993, pp96. Large Format Hb. Fine / Fine. With chapters on Planning a Layout, Solid Foundations - Bases, Adding Color (sic), Scenic Details, Water Features, Constructing Plastic Kits, Constructing Metal Kits, Painting and Weathering, Building a Locomotive, and Constructing Buildings. £4.95
Lowery, Dave Advanced Model Railroads: A new problem-solving manual for advanced variants and scenery construction, Apple Press, 1994, pp96. Large Format Hb. VG/VG. With chapters on Planning a Layout, Baseboards, Scenic Bases, Adding Colour, Scenic Details, Water Features, Constructing Plastic Kits, Constructing Metal Kits, Painting and Weathering, Building a Locomotive, and Constructing Buildings. £4.95
Ludlam A J Railways to New Holland and the Humber Ferries, Oakwood, 1996, pp104. Locomotion Papers No.198. Pb. VG. £5.95
Lumsdon, Les and Speakman, Colin
Great
Walks from Welsh Railways, Sigma Leisure, 1989, pp160. Pb.
VG. A series of walks in
Wales, all starting and finishing at stations both main line and narrow gauge. A
detailed map is included for each walk. £3.95
Lynch P J North Eastern Steam From Lineside, Bradford Barton, 1974, pp96. Hb. VG/VG+. Green "speckled" hardback cover. £4.95
Lyons
E T An Historical Survey
of Great Western Engine Sheds 1947, OPC, 1985, pp284.
Published with the cooperation of the Great Western Society.
Large landscape format Hb. Fine
/ Fine. Inscription under
the dw flap. A
comprehensive illustrated survey of Great Western locomotive depots on
the eve of nationalisation. £12.50
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