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Accidents
Bishop, Bill Off the Rails: Derailments and accidents as I saw them, Kingfisher, 1984, pp96. Hb. Fine / Fine. Describes Bill Bishop's experiences with the Eastleigh breakdown train. The many illustrations of breakdown cranes are of particular interest. £6.95
Coombs L F E The Harrow Railway Disaster 1952 Twenty Five Years On, D&C, 1977, pp164 with pp8 of illustrations. Hb. VG+/VG+. A detailed study of the double collision at Harrow & Wealdstone in 1952, the second worst accident in British railway history. £8.50
Hall, Stanley Danger Signals: An Investigation into Modern Railway Accidents, BCA/IA, 1987, pp128. Large format Hb. F/F. Stanley Hall's best-selling illustrated study into why train accidents still occur on a modern railway. £4.95
Hall, Stanley Danger on the Line, IA, 1989, pp128. Large Format Hb. Fine/VG. Focuses on the causes of accidents in the BR era. Complements the author's earlier work, Danger Signals. £5.95
Hall, Stanley Railway Detectives: 150 Years of the Railway Inspectorate, IA, 1990, pp146 plus pp30 of illustrations. Hb. Fine/VG+. A much-needed history of the role of the railway inspectorate in investigating railway accidents. £6.95
Hall, Stanley Railway
Disasters: Cause and Effect, PRC, 1992, pp256. Combines the author's two earlier books Danger Signals
and Danger on the Line in a single volume.
Large Format. Glazed boards
with a dw. Fine/VG+.
An investigation into modern railway accidents.
£7.50
Hamilton J A B Trains to Nowhere: British Steam Train Accidents 1906-1960, A&U, 1981, pp96. Steam Past Series. Second edition revised by Malcolm Gerard. Hb. Fine / Fine with superficial wear to the bottom edge of the dw. Each of the seventeen chapters is devoted to a major accident, or small group of related accidents. £4.95
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
Kichenside, Geoffrey
Great
Train Disasters: The World's Worst Railway Accidents, Parragon,
1997, p96. Large landscape format.
Glazed boards with dw. Fine/VG.
An illustrated history. £4.95
Trevena, Arthur Trains in Trouble Vol.1: Railway Accidents in Pictures, Atlantic, 1982, pp48. Pb. VG+. "Over sixty accidents are described and illustrated with some 80 photographs." £1.95
Trevena, Arthur Trains in Trouble Vol.2: Railway Accidents in Pictures, Atlantic, 1981, pp48. Pb. VG. Slight ceasing to the covers. Further unusual pictures of accidents, drawn primarily from two private collections. £1.95
Hoole, Ken Trains in Trouble Vol. 3: Railway Accidents in Pictures, Atlantic, 1982, pp48. Pb. VG. Spine faded; faint crease to cover. £1.95
Vaughan, Adrian Obstruction Danger: Significant British Railway Accidents 1890-1986, PSL, 1989, pp256. Hb. VG+/VG+. Adrian Vaughan, himself a former signalman, examines the circumstances of over 30 railway accidents where safety equipment and procedures were neglected or abused. £6.95
Bridges
Murray,
Anthony The Forth Railway
Bridge: A Celebration, Mainstream, First Edition 1983, pp112.
With Charles Maclean and Simon Scott.
Hb. Very Good+ / Very Good.
Three small wear marks on the rear flap of the dw.
A well-illustrated history. £6.95
Carriages and Wagons
Andrews H I The Development of a Solid-Absorption Refrigerating Machine for Use on Trains, 1958, pp330-336 in the September 1955 issue of Modern Refrigeration and pp381-385 in the October 1955 issue (Both issues will be sent). Very Good. A technical record of a major project to develop a new steam-operated refrigerator van in the 1950s, recovered from the office of the author Dr Andrews. £3.95
Ellis, C Hamilton Railway Carriages in the British Isles from 1830 to 1914, A&U, 1965, pp279, colour frontis, pp40 of illustrations & 50 line illustrations. Hb. VG/VG. £12.50
Hall, Peter Departmental
Coaching Stock DB 97XXXX Series, Lineside, 1982, pp52.
Pb. Very Good. Reproduced from typescript.
The author has attempted to provide "an authoritative and
comprehensive publication on the DB97XXXX departmental coaching fleet."
£2.95
Haresnape, Brian Pullman Travelling in Style: The story of George Mortimer Pullman's classic American invention and how it came to Britain, IA /Malaga, 1987, pp192. Large format Hb. VG+/VG. An illustrated history of British Pullman services. £32.50
Harris Michael Preserved Railway Coaches, IA, 1976, pp208. Small Format Hb. VG/VG-. Two top corners of the dw worn. A comprehensive illustrated survey of all preserved coaches, with a brief technical & operational history of each vehicle. £3.95
Hudson, Bill Private Owner Wagons Vol.1, OPC, 1st edition 1976, pp118. Bookplate inside the covers from the previous owner. Large Format Pb. VG- Superficial rubbing to the spine of the covers. Photographs and livery details of over 100 private owner wagons. £12.50
Jenkinson,
David British Railway Carriages
of the 20th Century Vol. 1 The end of an era, 1901-1922, PSL/Guild, 1988,
pp288 with 65 figs & numerous illustrations. Hb. VG+/VG+.
A comprehensive history by an acknowledged authority on railway
carriages. £10.50
Kichenside
G M Railway Carriages 1883-1939,
IA, 1964, pp64. Veteran and
Vintage Series. Glazed Boards. Good+.
A useful booklet with 106 illustrations and a list of preserved railway
carriages. £2.95
Kichenside, Geoffrey
150 Years of Railway Carriages, D&C, 1981, p96. Glazed Boards. Very
Good. An illustrated history of the
evolution of the British railway carriage.
£3.95
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
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
Rowland,
Don British Railway Wagons: The
first half million, Leopold, 1996, pp192. "Largish" format.
Glazed boards with dw. VG+/VG+.
The dw has a half inch scratch mark near the bottom front corner, and a
crease on the back cover. First
published by David and Charles in 1985. A
history of traditional four-wheel wagon construction on BR.
£8.50
Liveries & Nameplates
Dow, George Railway Heraldry, D&C, 1973, pp269 including 88 coloured and 211 b/w illustrations. VG/VG. Very slight indentation to the top edge of the cover. The definitive work on the coats of arms used by British railway companies. £16.50
Dow,
George Railway Heraldry,
D&C, 1973, pp269 including 88 colour and 211 b/w illustrations. Hb.
VG/Good+. Ex library.
Pastedown removed from the front, small circular stamp to the preliminary
title page, circular stamp on the reverse of the title page.
The definitive work on the coats of arms used by British railway
companies. £6.95
Maritime
Bucknall, Rixon Boat Trains and Channel Packets: The English Short Sea Routes, Vincent Stuart, 1957, pp218, a coloured frontis, and 111 illustrations & sketch maps. Hb. VG/VG- with several small tears in the dw. The development of cross-channel services by the South Eastern, London Chatham and Dover and later the Southern Railway and British Railways. £10.50
Thomas, John British Railways Steamers of the Clyde, IA, 1948, pp48. Pb. VG-. Slight crease in the bottom corner of the cover. An illustrated overview of the Clyde fleet inherited by British Railways at nationalisation with a fleet list. £3.95
Maps
Atlas
of Train Operating Companies, IA, 2nd edition 2006, pp61.
Glazed Boards. VG+. Clearly illustrates the complex route structures of the
train operating companies. £4.95
Baker S K Rail Atlas Great Britain & Ireland, OPC, 8th edition 1996, pp123. Glazed Boards. Fine. The standard map of Britain's railways, with new fully detailed Irish maps. £5.95
Ball
M G British Railway Atlas,
IA, 1995, pp78. Small format Pb.
Very Good. A complete atlas
of British and Irish railways in a handy pocket-sized format.
£3.95
Ball
M G European Railway Atlas:
British Isles, IA, 2nd revised edition 1996, pp68.
Pb. Fine.
A complete atlas of British and Irish railways.
£3.95
British Railways Atlas 1947: The Last Days of the Big Four, IA, 1996, pp53. Pb. VG+. Originally published in 1948 as a record of the British railway system at nationalisation. £4.95
Jowett, Alan Jowett's Atlas of Railway Centres of Great Britain showing their development from the earliest times up to and including the 1990s Vol. 1, PSL, 1993, ppp240. Large Format Hb. Very Good+ / Very Good+. A series of Jowett's remarkable historical maps is used to record the development of twenty railway centres. £16.50
Jowett, Alan Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas of Great Britain & Ireland with the privatised situation as at the 31st December 1993, Atlantic, 2000, pp240. Large Format Hb. Slight creasing at top of rear dw else F/F. A series of Jowett's remarkable historical maps focusing on both the start and end of nationalisation. £26.50
Sectional Maps of Britain's Railways 2002, IA, 2002, pp64. Glazed Boards. Fine. The maps show passenger lines, freight only lines, closed lines and preserved lines, all in distinct colours. £4.95
Sectional Maps of British Railways with Gazetteer, IA, 1985, pp62. Large Format Pb. Very Good. Comprehensive maps of the rail network as it existed in the winter of 1984/85. £3.95
Paintings, Posters and Early Prints
Breckon,
Don Don Breckon's Country
Connections, D&C, 1993, pp96. Very
large landscape format (14.5" by 11.5").
Very Good+ / Very Good+. The
3rd impression of the original large format edition, featuring 20 full-page
colour reproductions of Breckon's paintings.
£16.50
Breckon, Don The Railway Paintings of Don Breckon, Greenwich Editions, 1995, pp80. "Largish" landscape format Hb. Fine/Very Good+. The smaller format Greenwich edition, featuring the author's oil paintings. First published by David and Charles in 1982. £5.95
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
Guild of Railway Artists To
the Seaside,
D&C, 1990,
pp80. Introductory essay by Peter
Clayton. Large landscape format Hb.
Fine/VG. A collection of
paintings by members of the Guild of Railway Artists.
£12.50
Hawkins, Philip D Tracks
on Canvas: The Railway Paintings of Philip D Hawkins, OPC, 2006, pp96.
The very large format 12.75 inch by 11.5 inch edition.
Glazed boards with dw. Fine
/ Very Good+. Featuring over 50
full-colour plates of the author's paintings.
£14.50
Hawkins,
Philip D Tracks on Canvas: The
Railway Paintings of Philip D Hawkins, OPC, First Edition 1998.
Very Large Format Hb. VG/VG-.
Covers very slightly bumped at the top and bottom of the spine; dw curled
along the edges and some wear at the head & base of the spine and at the
corners. Featuring over 50 full-colour
plates of the author's paintings. £10.50
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
Redman, Ronald Nelson The Railway Foundry Leeds 1839-1969: E B Wilson - Hudswell Clarke & Co Ltd, Goose & Son, 1972, pp206 with over 100 photographs and drawings. Hb. VG/Fair. Dw complete but internally repaired in several places. A comprehensive well-researched history. £32.50
Simpson, John E Locomotives of Quality: A Pictorial History of Manning Wardle & Co., Ross-Evans, 2000, pp144 with far more text than implied in the title. Pb. VG+. Manning Wardle of Leeds built some 2000 steam locomotives, mainly for industrial, narrow gauge, and light railways. About 400 locomotives were exported. £12.50
W. G Bagnall Ltd: Narrow Gauge Locomotives & Rolling Stock 1910, Plateway, 1989, pp60. A reprint of a 1910 Bagnall's catalogue. Pb. VG. A facsimile reprint edited by Andrew Neale; introduction by Allan C. Baker. £10.50
Railway Photography
Mills
J D How to Photograph Trains,
Fountain Press, 1957, pp96 with pp32 of plates. Small landscape format Hb.
VG/VG-. "The many
unexpected pitfalls which can befall the aspiring photographer are
examined." £2.95
Nixon
L A The Art of Railway
Photography: A pictorial manual of photo-technique, Bradford Barton, 1980,
pp96. Pb.
VG. Practical tips and
advice on how to improve your photographic techniques.
£3.95
Siviter,
Roger A Photographer's Guide to
Railways, Peerage Books, 1989, pp135 with 180 pictures in colour and b/w.
Large Format. Glazed boards
with dw. Fine / Very Good. One of the finest contemporary railway photographers explains
how you can improve the quality of your railway photographs.
£4.95
Siviter,
Roger A Professional's Guide to
Railway Photography, SLP, 2002, pp128. Large Format Hb.
VG+/VG+. A revised edition
of A Handbook of Railway Photography published by David and Charles in
1983. One of the finest
contemporary railway photographers discuses in detail, with the help of many
illustrations and diagrams, the photographic approach to the different forms of
traction. £7.50
Railwayana
Anderson J and Swinglehurst E Train and Transport: A Collector's Guide, Bracken Books, 1989, pp96. Large Format Hb. Top front corner of the cover bumped else VG/VG. An illustrated study of printed railway ephemera. £3.95
Bracegirdle, Cyril
Collecting Railway Antiques, PSL, 1988, pp144.
Pb. Very Good.
An illustrated guide to collecting railwayana.
£3.95
Craggs,
Margaret The Nene Valley Railway
on Stamps: A Short History of the Railway and its Stamps, Moorside, 2002,
pp56. Large Format Pb.
Fine. Illustrates every
issue of Nene Valley Railway stamps. £4.95
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
Handford, Peter Sounds
of Railways and their Recording, D&C, 1980, pp151 including an appendix
listing over 45 of Peter Hanford's records.
Hb. VG/VG-.
Half-inch tear in the dw, and red spine faded.
The story behind Peter Hanford's many recordings of steam engines.
£3.95
Hughes, Christopher
The Great Railway Quiz, D&C, 1984, pp132. Glazed Boards.
VG. A compilation of railway
quiz questions to test your railway knowledge.
Answers are provided! £2.95
Huntley, John Railways in the Cinema,
IA, 1969, pp168.
Hb. VG/VG-.
Slight browning to the page edges, dw internally repaired at the head
& base of the spine. A survey of the many hundreds of films that are about
or have contained scenes of railways. £7.50
Huntley, John Railways
on the Screen, IA, 1993, pp206. Hb.
VG+/VG-. Internally repaired
tear, unusually in the middle of the front page of the dw.
A comprehensive listing of videos and films which are about or have
contained scenes of railways. An
updated and expanded edition of the author's Railways in the Cinema.
£6.95
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
Road Vehicles
Cummings, John Railway Motor Buses and Bus Services in the British Isles 1902-1933 Vol.1, OPC, 1978, pp136 with numerous illustrations and maps. Large Format Hb. VG-/VG-. There is a slight dent across the vertical edges of the covers. Also superficial wear along the top edge of the dw and a half-inch tear to the bottom edge. A comprehensive history of railway bus operations during the period when the railway companies directly operated bus services. Volume One considers the services operated by Irish Railways, the Scottish pre-grouping companies, some English pre-grouping companies and the LMS. £8.50
Cummings, John Railway Motor Buses and Bus Services in the British Isles 1902-1933 Vol.2, OPC, 1980, pp182 with numerous illustrations and maps. Large Format Hb. VG/VG. Dw spine slightly sunned. A comprehensive history of railway bus operations during the period when the railway companies directly operated bus services. Most of the book, from page 23 on, deals with Great Western bus services. The services operated by the Cambrian, Corris, Bishops Castle, Alexandra Docks, Midland & South Western Junction, South Eastern & Chatham, Lynton & Barnstaple, London & South Western, Southern, & Channel Island Railways are also considered. £12.50
Stevens-Stratten S W and Aldridge W J Railway-Owned Commercial Vehicles, IA, 1990, pp112. Hb. Fine/VG+. A well-illustrated history covering cartage vehicles, rural goods services, horseboxes and livestock vehicles, parcel vans, contract hire vehicles, mechanical horses, articulated four-wheel tractor units, drawbar tractors, battery electric vehicles, containers and cranes. Focuses on the period from the early 30s to the late 60s. £6.95
Signalling
Hall, Stanley The
History & Development of Railway Signalling in the British Isles Vol.1:
Broad Survey, NRM, 2000, p230. Large
Format Hb. Fine/VG+.
The first volume in a major series.
£16.50
Vanns,
Michael A Signalling in the Age
of Steam, IA, 1995, pp112. Small
format Pb. Very Good+. Traces the development of traditional semaphore
signalling from the 1830s until the 1960s.
£3.95
Stations, Engine Sheds and Workshops
Biddle, Gordon and Spence, Jeoffry The British Railway Station, D&C, 1977, pp96. Railway History in Pictures Series. Hb. VG/VG. £5.95
Biddle, Gordon Great Railway Stations of Britain: Their Architecture Growth and Development, D&C, 1986, pp240. Hb. Fine/VG+. Surveys the growth and development of the British station over a century and a half. £7.50
Binney,
Marcus and Pearce, David (Eds) Railway
Architecture, Bloomsbury Books, 1985, pp256 and numerous illustrations.
Written by members of SAVE Britain's heritage.
Hb. VG+/VG+.
A study of various types of railway buildings with contributions by
leading authorities in each area. £4.95
Buck, Gordon A
Pictorial Survey of Railway Stations, OPC, 1992, pp224 including pp16 of
colour illustrations. Large Format
Hb. Very Good+ / Very Good.
An excellent architectural study built around the author's own extensive
collection of photographs. £10.50
Clarke,
Linda; Ives, John; Rankin, Stuart and Simons, Paul Aspects of Railway Architecture, Bristol Marketing
Board/BR, 1985, pp64 with 199 illustrations.
Large Format Pb. Very Good.
An interesting collection of photographs originally assembled for a photographic
exhibition. The illustrations are
grouped 'according to the purpose for which the buildings were intended.' £4.95
Ellis, Norman West Yorkshire Railway Stations, Bond Publications, 1989, pp54. Editor: Peter Tuffrey. Pb. VG. Slight creasing to the corners of the covers. A pictorial survey from old postcards. £4.95
Gammell, Chris Steam Sheds and their Locomotives, IA, 1995, pp112. Large Format Hb. Fine / Very Good+. Gives a historical introduction and a sample allocation for groups of sheds from all six regions. Illustrated with 160 colour photographs. £6.95
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
Hooper, John An Illustrated Historical Survey of a Great Provincial Station: Manchester London Road, Challenger, 1995, pp64. Large Format Pb. VG. Covers sunned down the spine. London Road was rebuilt in the 1960s and renamed Piccadilly. £8.50
Huntriss, Derek Steam Works: BR Locomotives and Workshops in the Age of Steam, IA/BCA, 1994, pp111. Large format Hb. Fine/Fine. Recalls the many railway workshops of the 50s and 60s, illustrated with a superb collection of colour photographs of locomotives either within the works or recently overhauled. £5.95
Johnson, Bill British
Railway Locomotive Works in the Days of Steam: An Enthusiast's View,
Challenger, 1995, pp96. Large
Format Pb. Very Good+. Spine of
covers faded. Photos from Ashford,
Crewe, Darlington, Derby, Doncaster, Eastleigh, Gorton, Horwich, Inverurie,
Stratford, Swindon, and Wolverhampton. £4.95
Johnson, John and Long, Robert A British Railways Engineering 1948-80, Mechanical
Engineering Publications, 1982, pp636 with 242 line & photographic
illustrations. Edited by Roland C.
Bond. Hb. VG/VG. An
authoritative history of post-war engineering developments on British Rail.
£24.50
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
Leicester Queen Street Freight Terminal: Sundry Delivery Rounds and Trailer Loading Sections, pp48. No date. Pb. VG. Number on the cover, some corrections have been entered in ink. A unique record of cartage rounds in the Leicester area, probably from early BR days with sections on Leicester, Villages, Hinckley Streets, and Loughborough Streets. £6.95
Marsden, Colin 25 Years of Railway Research, OPC, 1989, pp112. Large Format Hb. Fine/Fine. The British Rail Research Division was set up in Derby in 1964. This book provides an illustrated history of the first 25 years. £10.50
Marsden, Colin BREL (British Rail Engineering Ltd), OPC, 1990, pp160. Life & Times Series. Large Format Hb. VG+/VG with slight wear to the dw at the top of the spine. Examines Ashford, Crewe, Derby, Doncaster, Eastleigh, Glasgow, Horwich, Shildon, Swindon, Temple Mills, Wolverton and York works in turn. £7.50
Oakley, Mike Somerset Railway Stations, Dovecote Press, 2002, pp160. Glazed Boards. Fine An illustrated survey including the Weston, Clevedon & Portishead and the West Somerset Mineral Railway. £10.50
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