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Wainwright S D Steam in West Cheshire and the North Wales Border, IA, 1981, pp96. Hb. VG+/VG. Superficial wear to the dw at the head of the spine. An album focusing on the area around Chester. £4.95
Walker,
Barry Northern Steam Finale,
Jane's, 1986, pp64. Steam Portfolios 2. Landscape format.
Glazed Boards. VG. An all-colour
album of the last days of steam in the North West.
£5.95
Walker,
Colin The Steam Railway Vol. 2
– Shrewsbury, Oxford Illustrators, 1971, pp60. Landscape format Hb.
VG+/VG. In steam days
Shrewsbury's served as an important hub for both passenger and freight traffic.
£5.95
Walker, Colin Trails of Steam Vol.1: North West from Paddington - A Main Line Trail, Oxford Publishing Company, 1974, pp60. Inscription. Large landscape format Hb. VG+/VG. Photos from the Great Western main line through Birmingham to Birkenhead. £6.95
Walker, Colin Trails of Steam Vol.4: Midland Trails through Leicestershire and Rutland, Oxford Publishing Company, 1976, pp60. Large landscape format Hb. VG/VG. An album focusing on Leicestershire and Rutland. £6.95
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
Waller, Peter Celebration of Steam: West Riding, IA, 1994, pp128. Pb. VG+. An area-by-area photographic survey. £4.95
Waller,
Peter From the Footplate:
Eurostar A Driver's Eye View of the Channel Tunnel, IA, 1998, pp112.
Pb. VG+.
An illustrated account of Eurostar services through the Channel Tunnel.
£5.95
Walton,
Peter Diesels Over the Settle to
Carlisle Route, OPC, 1982. Large
Format Hb. VG+/VG. With over two
hundred high-quality illustrations. £5.95
Warn C R Rural Branch Lines in Northumbria, Frank Graham, 2nd edition 1978, pp56 with illustrations and some excellent maps. Rails Across Northumberland Pt.3. Pb. Fair. Stain to the rear cover. £3.95
Warren, Alan Rescued
from Barry, D&C, 1983, pp175. Hb.
Very Good / Very Good. Describes
and illustrates every one of the locomotives rescued from Barry.
£6.95
Waterer, Graham Southern Electrics: A View From the Past, IA, 1999, pp96. Glazed Boards. Very Good+. A history of the Southern Electric system up until 1962. £6.95
Waters, Laurence Rail Centres: Reading, IA, 1st edition 1990, pp128. Hb. VG+/VG+. The original Ian Allan edition. A well-illustrated history of the railways in & around Reading. £7.50
Waters, Laurence London: The Great Western Lines, IA, 1993, pp160. Britain's Rail Super Centres Series. Large Format Hb. VG+/VG+. A comprehensive history of the Great Western lines into Paddington. £7.50
Waters, Laurence GWR
Then & Now, BCA/IA, 1st edition 1994, pp256. Large
Format Hb. Fine / Fine. Sharply
contrasting then and now photographs. £12.50
Waters,
Laurence Around the Great
Western Railway Then & Now, IA, 2002, pp256.
Large Format Hb. Fine / Very
Good+. A second volume of then and
now shots on former Great Western lines. £12.50
Watson, Hugh W The
Deltic Years: From Prototype to Preservation, PSL, 1989, pp192.
"Largish" format Hb. Very
Good / Very Good. Slight wear to
the top corners of the dw. A "lively, personal and non-technical
account." £12.50
Watson, James Stamps and Railways, Faber and Faber, 1960, pp142 plus 16 plates. Hb. VG+/VG-. Superficial wear at the top of the dw spine. Aimed at the thematic stamp collector. £3.95
Way, R Barnard and Wardale, Reginald W British Passenger Locomotives, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., 1948, pp128. A Quick Spotter Book. Pb. G+ with wear to the spine and corners. "134" written inside a small circle of the cover. Photographs and brief details of the principal passenger classes of the Big Four immediately after nationalisation. According to the back cover, BR passenger stock was originally going to be painted "dark purple and cream!" £2.95
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
Webb,
Brian The British Internal
Combustion Locomotive 1894-1940, D&C, 1973, pp120.
Locomotive Studies Series. Hb.
VG/VG. A detailed survey of
a neglected topic. £12.50
Webb, Brian and Duncan, John AC Electric Locomotives of British Rail, D&C, 1979, pp96. Locomotive Studies Series. Hb. Fine/Fine. A major study of classes 81 through 87. £6.95
Webb, Brian Sulzer Diesel Locomotives of British Rail, D&C, 1980, pp96. Locomotive Studies Series. Hb. VG+/VG+. A study of the following Sulzer-engined diesel classes: 24, 25, 26, 27, 33, 44, 45, 46 & 47, with a chapter on the Lion & Kestrel prototypes. £9.50
Webb, Brian The Deltic Locomotives of British Rail, D&C, 1983, pp96. Locomotive Studies Series. Hb. Fine / Very Good+. Spine of dw sunned. A definitive study of the Deltics (Class55) and Baby Deltics (Class23). £6.95
Webster N W Britain's First Trunk Line, Adams & Dart, 1972, pp196. Hb. VG+/VG with the gold crest of the Grand Junction on the front cover. An excellent history of the Grand Junction Railway - the first railway to link Birmingham with Liverpool and Manchester. £6.95
Webster,
Neil and Fox, Peter Motive Power
Pocket Book: The Complete Guide to all BR-Operated Locomotives, Platform 5,
25th edition Summer/Autumn 1990, pp96 with pp15 of colour illustrations.
Small Format Pb. Very Good with slight wear to the covers at the top &
base of the spine. £1.95
Weddell
G R LSWR Carriages Vol.1
1838-1900, Wild Swan, 1992, pp245 with numerous illustrations and drawings.
Large Format Hb. Fine/Fine. £32.50
Weekes G BR Diesels in Action [1], Bradford Barton, 1974, pp96. Hb. VG/VG. “Speckled” blue hb cover. £5.95
Weekes G BR Standard Britannia Pacifics: A study of British Railways standard Class 7P express passenger locomotive, Bradford Barton, 1975, pp96. Hb. VG+/VG. Black & white “speckled” covers. £5.95
Weekes G BR Diesels in Action 5, Bradford Barton, 1980, pp96. Hb. VG/VG. “Speckled” blue hb cover. £5.95
Weekes G BR Diesel Miscellany 1, Bradford Barton, pp96. VG+/VG-. The internally repaired dw is worn at the top and base of the spine. Dark blue boards. Sections on: The Scottish Warships, A Run on a 'Warship,' Diesels around Salisbury, Cross-London Freights, Diesels in the Snow, Diesels in the West Highlands, and Diesels after Dark. £4.95
Weighell, Sid A Hundred Years of Railway Weighells: Three Generations of a Railway Family, Robson Books, 1984, pp240 plus pp24 of illustrations. Hb. Fine / Fine. Sid Weighell was an outspoken and often controversial General Secretary of the NUR from 1975-82. £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
Welbourn, Nigel Lost Lines: London, IA, 1998, pp128. Pb. Fine. An account of London lines which have either disappeared or been superseded by later developments. These include the ex-Great Western branch to Staines, the ex-London & North Western branch from Harrow to Stanmore, the closed terminus at King William Street and many more. £3.95
Welbourn,
Nigel Lost Lines: North Eastern,
IA, 1999, pp128. Pb.
VG+. Examines a selection of
lines and stations in the North-Eastern Region that have closed.
Largely pictorial. £5.95
Welbourn, Nigel Lost Lines: LMR, IA, 2003, pp128. Pb. Fine. Examines a selection of lines and stations in the London Midland Region that have closed. £4.95
Welbourn, Nigel Lost Lines: Western, IA, 2004, pp128. Pb. Very Good+. Largely pictorial. Examines a selection of lines and stations in the Western Region that have closed. £4.95
Welch
H D The London Tilbury
& Southend Railway, Oakwood, 2nd revised edition 1963, pp38 plus
pp8 of plates. First
published in 1951. Oakwood
Library of Railway History No.8.
Pb. Very Good.
£3.95
Welch Martin The Art of Weathering, Wild Swan, 1993, pp126. Large Format Pb. VG+. £8.50
Welch, Michael S Steam over the Roof of England, Runpast, 1990, 229 plates. Large Format Hb. Fine/VG+. Spine slightly sunned. A pictorial tribute to the Settle and Carlisle line in the steam era. £8.50
Welch,
Michael Last Breaths of Steam,
Runpast, 1998, pp76. Glazed Boards.
Landscape Format. Fine. An
all-colour album published to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the end of BR
Steam. £3.95
Welch,
Michael S Settle & Carlisle
Steam Finale, Runpast, 1999, pp80. Landscape
format. Glazed Boards. Very Good.
Covers slightly bumped at the base of the spine and at the top corners.
An all-colour album. £5.95
Welch,
Michael S Steam across the
Northern Fells, Waterfront/Kingfisher, 2003, pp80. Landscape format. Glazed
Boards. VG+. An all-colour album
featuring the West Coast Main Line, the Settle and Carlisle, the Carnforth-
Barrow-Carlisle route, and the Stainmore line.
£5.95
Welch, Michael Lancashire Steam Finale, Runpast, 2004, pp72. Pb. VG+. An all-colour album. £4.95
Wells,
Jeffrey An Illustrated
Historical Survey of the Railways in and around Bury, Book Law / Railbus,
pp128. No date.
First published by Challenger in 1995.
Large Format. Glazed
Boards. Very Good+. £6.95
Wells,
Jeffrey An Illustrated
Historical Survey of the Railways in and around Bury, Challenger, 1st
edition 1995, pp128. Large Format Pb. VG+.
A series of illustrated essays. £5.95
Wells,
Jeffrey Miles Platting to Diggle
(via Ashton), Challenger Publications, 1996, pp96. Large Format Pb.
VG+. An illustrated history
of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway branch from Miles Platting to
Stalybridge, and the LNWR line from Stalybridge to Diggle.
£8.50
Wells, Mathew Farewell to Steam Isle of Wight, Rochester Press, 1985, pp96. Large Format. Glazed Boards. VG. Largely pictorial with pairs of then and now shots from many of the stations. £8.50
Wells P H Steam in the East Midlands, IA, 1985, pp112. Glazed Boards. VG. An album of the author's photos. The East Midlands is taken to be the area east of Northampton - Leicester - Rugby - Derby and therefore includes much of Lincolnshire. £4.95
Wells
P H BR Steam Portrait,
Janes, 1987, pp64. Steam
Portfolios 4. Glazed Boards. VG+. An all-colour
album of the author’s from Shap to Weymouth and from North Wales to Cambridge,
although around half of the pictures come from the East Midlands where the
author lived. £4.95
Westcott,
Linn H (editor) Model Railroader
Cyclopedia Vol.1 Steam Locomotives, Kalmbach, 1960, pp272.
Very Large Landscape Format Pb. VG-.
Slight wear to the edges of the covers.
127 individual drawings of American locomotives, accompanied by several
hundred photographs showing the engines in various stages of their development.
£16.50
Westcott,
Linn 101 Track Plans for
Model Railroaders, Kalmback, 1976, pp72.
Large Format Pb. Very
Good -. North American track plans for N, TT, HO, S and O gauge model
railways. £3.95
Westcott, Linn H Model Railroading with John Allen: The Story of the Fabulous HO Scale Gorre and Daphetid Railroad, Kalmbach, 1996, pp144. The first hardback edition of a book first published in 1981. Large Format. Glazed Boards. VG+. American railway modelling on an epic scale, the result of a twenty-year full-time retirement project. £24.50
Weston,
Brian and Orchard, Robin Locomotive
Library, Percival Marshall, 1962, pp60.
Small landscape format. Pb.
Very Good. A
collection of photographs taken by Brian Western for the Model
Engineer. Captions by
Robin Orchard. £0.95
Weston, David For
the Love of Steam, D&C, 2002, pp120, signed by the author on the title
page. Large landscape format Pb.
Fine. Coloured reproductions
of no fewer than 50 of Weston's paintings with supporting text.
£7.50
Weston,
Philip The Weston Collection, Wyvern, 1983, pp64. Pb.
Very Good+. Photographs
taken by the author's father in the immediate post-war period with sections on:
Southern Summer, Rugby Round-up, Great Central Lineside, Heart of England,
Western in Warwickshire, North Eastern around Leeds, Hill & Dale, and Tail
Lights. £3.95
Westwood J N Locomotive Designers in the Age of Steam, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1977, pp285 plus 57 plates. Hb. Very Good+ / Very Good. Wear marks inside the front cover from careless tape removal. The first part describes the lives and achievements of 37 outstanding locomotive designers - British, American and European. The second part provides brief biographies of 240 designers. £12.50
Westwood, John Railways at War, Osprey, 1980, pp224. Hb. VG+/VG. NRM reference library stamp inside the cover. No other stamps. An account of the role played by railways in modern warfare. £5.95
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
Whetmath C F D and Stuckey, Douglas The North Devon & Cornwall Junction Light Railway and The Marland Light Railway: Torrington – Halwill, 1st edition 1963, pp24. Published in association with Oakwood Press. West Country Handbook No.3. Pb. VG. Colours slightly faded on the covers. £4.95
Whetmath C F D and Stuckey, Douglas The North Devon & Cornwall Junction Light Railway: Torrington – Halwill, Forge Books, 2nd edition 1980, p48. Pb. VG. Sunned down the spine of the covers. An illustrated history of the Southern Railway branch from Halwill Junction to Torrington. £5.95
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
White, Christopher Talyllyn Railway Extension, Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society, 1978, pp40. "Largish" format Pb. Very Good. Old price sticker on the cover. "A pictorial tribute to all those who worked on the Extension." Also a 4-page card programme for the Ceremonial Opening of the Extension from Abergynolwyn to Nant Gwernol on May 22nd, 1976. £2.95
White H P A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol.2 Southern England, D&C, 4th edition 1982, pp232 with 46 plates & a folding map in the rear. Hb. VG/VG. Superficial wear to the top edge of the dw. £8.50
White H P A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol.2 Southern England, Phoenix, 1st Edition 1961, pp214 plus 36 illustrations. Folding map in the rear. Early style of dw. Hb. VG/Fair. Dw internally repaired at the head & base of the spine. Presentation plate to a school library inside the front cover, although a pastedown inside the rear cover indicates that the book was never issued. £5.95
White H P A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol.3 Greater London, D&C, 3rd edition 1987, pp237 with 45 plates & a large folding map in the rear. Hb. VG+/VG. Professor White's comprehensive study of railway development in the capital. £14.50
White H P Forgotten Railways South East-England, D&C, 1st edition 1976, pp192 including pp16 of illustrations plus a folding map in rear. Forgotten Railways Series (Vol.6.). Hb. VG/VG. Presentation plate to a school library inside the front cover, and a pastedown inside the rear cover showing that the book was never issued. Perhaps a misleading title since Professor White focuses on the old Southern Railway Central and Eastern Divisions. £5.95
White
H P Forgotten Railways,
Guild/D. S. Thomas, 1986, pp240. The
introductory volume to the Forgotten Railways Series. Hb.
Fine / Fine. The
story of how Britain abandoned two thirds of her railways, a process
that culminated in the notorious Beeching closures of the 60s.
£5.95
Whitehead, Alan The Midland in the 1930s, IA, 1982, pp112. Hb. Fine/VG+. An album covering the lines of the former Midland Railway in LMS days. £6.95
Whitehead D Worth
a Second Glance Vol.2: A Pictorial Record of the Worth Valley Railway,
Keighley & Worth Valley Preservation Society, 1981, pp116 with pp4 of colour.
"Largish" format Pb. Very
Good. An album of photographs from
the 70s. £2.50
Whitehouse, John and Dowling, Geoff British Railways Past and Present No.5 The West Midlands, SLP, 1987, pp104. Pb. VG+. Over 95 locations including Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Coventry, Rugby, Leamington, Bromsgrove, Worcester. £4.95
Whitehouse
P B Narrow Gauge Album, IA,
1957, pp142. Hb. No dw.
Good+. An illustrated survey
of narrow gauge lines in Britain and Ireland.
£4.95
Whitehouse
P B On the Narrow Gauge,
Nelson, 1964, pp146 plus 64 illustrations.
Inscription. Hb.
Very Good / Good+ with the dw worn along the edges and internally
repaired at the head of the spine.
The rise and fall of the narrow gauge in the British Isles.
The final section looks at a selection of continental narrow
gauge lines. £5.95
Whitehouse,
Patrick Railway
Anthology, IA, 1965, pp223 and a colour frontis.
Hb. Very Good / Very
Good -. Some foxing to the
page edges. Dw internally
re-enforced at the head of the spine. An anthology of articles from Ian
Allan periodicals with sections entitled History & Conjecture, On
the Footplate, On the Narrow Gauge, Travel by Train, Salute to the Steam
Engine, Some Branch Lines, The Railways go to War, and Railwayana.
£5.95
Whitehouse, Patrick
Welsh Narrow Gauge Album, IA, 1969, pp88.
Hb. Very Good / Very Good.
A pictorial tribute to the Vale of Rheidol, the Welshpool & Llanfair,
the Festiniog, the Talyllyn and the Snowdon Mountain Railway.
£4.95
Whitehouse
P B Steam on the Shed, IA,
1969, pp192. Large Format Hb.
VG+/VG. Forty years of shed
scenes, on the standard and narrow gauge, captured by Patrick Whitehouse's
camera. £7.50
Whitehouse, Patrick and Levy, Allen The World of Model Trains, Bison, 1978, pp192. Very Large Format Hb. VG/VG. A comprehensive introduction with chapters on History, Gauge & Scale, Motive Power, First Steps, Metal Kits, Model Train Collecting, Photography, In Pursuit of Realism: Exhibition Layouts, In Pursuit of Realism: Home Layouts, and Model Railway Literature. Well-illustrated throughout in colour and b/w. £5.95
Whitehouse, Patrick Preserved Steam in Britain, A&U, 1979, pp168. Steam Past Series. Hb. F/VG. Internally repaired nick in the dw. A survey of the major preserved lines and steam centres. £3.95
Whitehouse
P B Pre-Grouping in the West
Midlands, OPC, 1984, 214 plates. Large
Format Hb. Fine/VG.
A high-quality album of pre-1923 West Midlands photographs.
£6.95
Whitehouse
P B The Great Western in the
West Midlands, OPC, 1984, 218 plates. Large
Format Hb. VG+/VG+.
The Great Western around Birmingham before nationalisation.
£8.50
Whitehouse
P B The LMS in the West Midlands,
OPC, 1984, 262 plates. Large Format
Hb. Fine / Very Good. Wear to the
plastic coating of the dw at the top and bottom of the spine. An excellent pictorial survey of the 1923-1948 period.
£6.95
Whitehouse,
Patrick and Powell, John Treacy's
Routes North, BCA/D&C, 1985, pp192.
Large Format Hb. Fine
/ Fine. A superb collection
of Eric Treacy's photographs from the West Coast, Midland and East Coast
routes. £5.95
Whitehouse
P B and Thomas, David St John LMS
150 The London Midland & Scottish Railway: A century and a half of progress,
BCA/D&C, 1987, pp208. Large
format Hb. Fine / Fine.
A superbly produced nostalgic look at the LMS.
£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
Whitehouse, Patrick and Powell, John Treacy's British Rail, Guild/D&C, 1990, pp192. Large Format Hb. Fine/Fine. A lavish, large-format production that provides a fitting setting for two hundred and fifty of Eric Treacy's best photographs. With sections on The Interchange Trials of 1948, The Transition Years, British Rail's Standard Locomotives, Named Trains, The Alternatives to Steam, The Fruits of Modernisation, and The Deltics. £5.95
Whitehouse, Patrick and Jenkinson, David From BR to Beeching Vol.1: The Routes of the Stars, Castles and Kings, Atlantic, 1990, pp60. Pb. Fine. A pictorial tribute. £1.95
Whitehouse, Patrick & Jenkinson, David From BR to Beeching Vol.3: The Routes of the Thompson and Peppercorn Pacifics, Atlantic, 1990, pp60. Pb. VG. A pictorial tribute. £1.95
Whitehouse, Patrick and Jenkinson, David From BR to Beeching Vol.4: Four Coupled Twilight Part 2, Atlantic, 1990, pp60. Pb. Fine. A pictorial tribute with sections on each locomotive class. £1.95
Whitehouse, Patrick and Thomas, David St John A Passion For Steam, D&C, 1992, pp192. Inscription. Large Format Hb. Fine / Very Good+. The well-known Whitehouse/Thomas team turns its attention to steam engines throughout the world. "A combination of technical, nostalgic and imaginative writing and a splendid selection of photographs celebrating the pulsating joy of this unique form of power." £4.95
Whitehouse
P B and Snell J B Narrow Gauge
Railways of the British Isles, D&C, 2nd edition 1994, pp160 and 140
illustrations. Large format Hb.
Fine / Very Good+. "The fascinating story of small railways built, often in
rugged and spectacular landscapes, to serve communities beyond the economic
reach of the standard gauge." £5.95
Whiteley J S and Morrison G W Steam in the West Riding, D&C, 1975, pp70. Hb. Fine/VG+. A high-quality album from a well-known photographic team. £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 LMS Remembered, OPC, 1979, 271 plates. Large Format Hb. VG+/VG. A high-quality album. £6.95
Whiteley
J S and Morrison G W Profile of
the Peaks, OPC, 1983, 150 plates. Profile
Series. Large Format.
Glazed Boards. VG. £12.50
Whiteley J S and Morrison G W The Power of the BR Standard Pacifics, OPC, 1984, 220 plates. Power Series. Large Format Hb. Fine/VG. £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
Whiteley
J S and Morrison G W The Big
Four Remembered, PRC, 1994, 326 plates.
Large Format Hb. VG+/VG+
with corners slightly bumped. A block-buster album that combines no fewer
than four earlier books - The LMS Remembered, The LNER Remembered,
The SR Remembered and The GWR Remembered - in a single volume.
Reprinted by PRC in a matt format. £8.50
Whiteley, John and Morrison, Gavin British Railways Past and Present No.2: South and West Yorkshire, SLP, 1986, pp84. Pb. VG. Over 170 photographs from over 70 locations including Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield, Wakefield, Barnsley, Doncaster and Sheffield. £4.95
Whiteley J and Morrison G The Power of the Black Fives, OPC, 1988, pp144. Power Series. Large Format Hb. VG/VG. The corners of the covers are slightly bumped. £9.50
Whiteley J S and Morrison G W 50 Years of Preserved Steam on the Main Line, Guild/OPC, 1989, pp174. Large Format Hb. Fine / Fine. A large and varied photographic collection in both b/w and colour. £5.95
Whiteley J S and Morrison G W The Power of the Jubilees, OPC, 2003, pp112. Power Series. Large Format Hb. Fine/VG+. £14.50
Whittington C J Railways in the Wight, G. G. Saunders, 2nd edition 1972, pp30. Pb. VG. An illustrated history of the Isle of Wight railways.. £2.95
Whittle G The Railways of Consett and North-West Durham, D&C, 1971, pp248 with a colour frontis. Hb. Fine/VG-. Half-inch internally repaired tear to the dw. "All the railways in this complex and interesting area have their detailed story told, many for the first time." £16.50
Whittle G The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, D&C, 1979, pp208. Hb. VG/VG. An excellent modern history. £10.50
Wilkinson, Alan Stanier
'8F' No. 8233, IA, 1984, pp48. Great
Preserved Locomotives 1. Large
Format Pb. VG+. An
illustrated booklet tracing the career of preserved 8F No. 8233 from
construction, through service on the LMS, in Persia during the war, and finally
on British Rail. £2.95
Wilkinson, Alan Stanier '8Fs' at Work, IA, 1986, pp144. At Work Series. Large Format Hb. VG+/VG. An illustrated history of the class. £7.50
Wilkinson, Alan Crewe North, IA, 2007, pp80. Large Format Pb. VG+. An illustrated history of the West Coast Main Line from Crewe to Warrington. £5.95
Wilkinson, Reg The Wantage Tramway, Oakwood, 1976, pp40. Locomotion Papers No.92. Pb. VG. £5.95
Williams,
Alan BR Diesel Locomotive Album,
IA, 1979, pp91. Page 91 forms the
inner part of the rear cover - as published.
Hb. VG/VG. A pictorial
history of early diesel traction. £5.95
Williams, Alan BR Standard Steam Album, IA, 1980, pp89. Hb. VG/VG. A tribute to the standard designs developed by Riddles after nationalisation. £5.95
Williams,
Alan Not the Age of the Train,
IA, 1983, pp64. Pb.
VG+. Modern Railways’
columnist Alan Williams comments on the British Rail scene in his usual
forthright style. £2.95
Williams C L Great Western Branch Line Steam Vol.2, Bradford Barton, 1979, pp96. Hb. VG+/Fine. Brown "flecked" hardback cover. £4.95
Williams D C Severn Valley Railway Album, Severn Valley Railway Company, 1974, pp140. Landscape Format. Very Good / Very Good. Slight loss of colour to the edges of the dw. A substantial landscape format album of Severn Valley Railway locomotives and trains. £4.95
Williams D C Severn Valley Railway Album, Severn Valley Railway Company, 1974, pp140. Landscape Format Pb. Very Good+. A substantial album of Severn Valley Railway locomotives and trains. £3.95
Williams, David C Last Years of Steam: London Midland Region, IA, 2008, pp96. Large Format Pb. VG+. The author's photographs taken during the last 12 years of steam. £5.95
Williams, Frederick S
Our Iron Roads: Their History, Construction & Social Influences,
Ingram, Cooke and Co., 1852, pp390. Hb.
Fair. Two bookplates inside
the front cover. Bound in purple
cloth with gold lettering, although the original colours have faded over the
years. The binding is still sound with wear to the covers at the head of the
spine, and at the top front corner. The internal pages are generally clean with
all the illustrations present. A first edition of a well-known text that remained in print
for most of the Victorian era. £42.50
Williams J P Railway Districts Illustrated No.2 Carstairs: Beattock - Law Junction, Xpress Publishing, pp88. No date. Landscape Format Pb. VG+. Largely pictorial, includes goods and passenger engine diagrams for Carstairs MPD in 1955, along with the working timetable. £5.95
Williams J P The District Controller's View: Chester Holyhead, Xpress Publishing, pp80. No date. BR Steam Operating No.2. Large Format Pb. VG. "The book puts the reader in the place of the District Controller for 24 hours as he superintends the line." £8.50
Williams, Ned Black Country Railways, Alan Sutton, 1995, pp128. Britain in Old Photographs. Large Format Pb. VG. Some lines in the map on page 4 have been "hatched" in ink. Pictorial album with sections on: Historical Outline, Ex-GWR Main Lines, Ex-LNWR Main Lines, Byways, On the Shed, Railways in the Service of Industry, and The Workers. £3.95
Williams, Peter Rails
from Ravenglass: A Pictorial Study of "La'al Ratty", Dalesman,
1972, pp96. Pb.
VG- with superficial wear to the covers.
£2.50
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
Williams, Stephen Great Western Branch Line Modelling Part.2: Prototype Buildings, Fittings and Traffic Operation, Wild Swan, 1991, pp110. Large Format Pb. VG. £7.50
Williams
T E The Last Decade of Great
Western Main Line Steam, Bradford Barton, 1976, pp96. Hb. VG+/VG+.
Brown "flecked" hardback cover.
Pictorial album. £5.95
Wilson
J P The Development of
Nottingham's Railways, Nottingham Civic Society, 1989, pp32.
Pb. Very Good.
An illustrated history of railways in and around Nottingham.
Nottingham was served by the Midland, Great Northern and Great
Central Railways. £3.95
Wilson, David How
Steam Locomotives Work, Argus, 1993, pp89 plus pp16 of colour illustrations
and numerous photographs & diagrams. Pb.
VG- with some wear to the covers. A
clear explanation in everyday language. £3.95
Wilson,
Roger Burdett Go Great Western:
A History of Great Western Publicity, D&C, 2nd extended edition 1987,
pp208 with check lists of Great Western sale publications, jig-saw puzzles and
official postcards. Revised by
Colin Judge. Glazed Boards.
Very Good+. The definitive
reference on Great Western publications. £6.95
Wingrove,
Gerald A The Model Cars of
Gerald Wingrove, New Cavendish, 1979, pp112 with 134 illustrations including
50 full colour illustrations. Large
landscape format Hb. VG+/VG with a
one-inch tear to the front dw. Gerald
Wingrove relates the story behind his model cars, although for many it will be
the superb colour illustrations of his models that provide the main attraction
of this book. £24.50
Wingrove, Gerald A
The Complete Car Modeller 2, Haynes, 1991, pp128. Foreword by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu. Large Format. Glazed
boards with dw. VG/VG.
Tiny tear in the dw at the base of the spine. Gerald Wingrove shares the
secrets of his model car building craft using as an example the fabulous
Weinberger Bugatti Royale. £12.50
Wingrove, Gerald A
Art of the Automobile in Miniature: The Works of Gerald and Phyllis
Wingrove - Model Engineers, Crowood Press, 2003, pp135. Large landscape format Hb.
Very Good+ / Fine. The
scratch-build model cars of Gerald Wingrove are famous for their detail and
realism. Features 32 full-page
colour illustrations of Wingrove's models and gives an insight into their
construction. £8.50
Winkworth
D W Bulleid's Pacifics,
A&U, 3rd impression 1981, pp264. Hb.
Fine / Fine. A comprehensive study of the performance of the Bulleid
Pacifics. £4.95
Winton, John The Little Wonder: 150 Years of the Festiniog Railway, Michael Joseph, 2nd revised edition 1986, pp238 plus pp16 of illustrations. An address stamp on the flyleaf & title page. Hb. VG/VG. Browning to the pages, slight wear to the top edge of the dw. A history of the Festiniog, published on the line's 150th anniversary. £4.95
Wolmar, Christian The Great British Railway Disaster, IA, 1996, pp144. Pb. Very Good. A collection of short articles about the difficulties experienced by rail passengers as a result of privatisation. Based on the author's 'Mad' railway column in The Independent on Sunday. £4.95
Wolmar, Christian Broken Rails: How Privatisation Wrecked Britain's Railways, Aurum Press, First Edition 2001, pp278. Pb. Very Good. A well-known railway journalist examines the impact of privatisation on the railway system. £4.95
Wood, Roger BR Rolling Stock Fleet Survey, Andred Publishing, 1990, pp104. Pb. VG. Superficial wear at the base of the spine. Details and depots of the complete multiple unit and hauled coaching stock fleets, updated to May 1990. £2.50
Woods, Susan Jane and Tuffrey, Peter Doncaster Plant Works, Bond Publications, 1987, pp96. Large Format Pb. VG. An illustrated history. £12.50
Worth,
Martin Sweat and Inspiration:
Pioneers of the Industrial Age, Sutton, 1999, pp204. Hb.
Fine / Fine. The story of the great engineers of the first half of the
19th century: Robert Stevenson who built lighthouses, Richard Trevithick, Thomas
Telford, John Rennie, George Stephenson and Marc Brunel, their sons Robert
Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel and finally Joseph Locke.
£4.95
Wragg, David The Southern Railway Handbook 1923-1947, AS, 2003, pp236. Hb. Fine / Fine. Examines the history and achievements of the Southern Railway. £7.50
Wright, Alan The North Sunderland Railway, Oakwood, 2nd enlarged edition 1988, pp94 plus pp32 of illustrations. Locomotion Papers No.36. Pb. VG. An independent light railway branch from the North Eastern Railway at Chathill via North Sunderland to Seahouses. £8.50
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
Wylie, John The Professional Approach to Model Railways, PSL, 1987, pp200. "Largish" format Hb. VG+/VG. A professional model maker explains step-by-step how you can achieve that elusive professional look on your layout. £5.95
Wyse W J and Joyce J Isle of Man Album, IA, 1968, pp108. Inscription. Hb. VG+/VG. Slight foxing of the end papers & page edges. Tiny nick in the dw at the head of the spine. A pictorial survey of the Isle of Man railway, the horse drawn trams in Douglas, the Manx Electric Railway and the Snaefell Mountain Railway. £5.95
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Authors
A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z