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+ 2-6-2 3 ft 6in Gauge Beyer-Garratt Locomotives for the Rhodesian Railways:
Light-type general purpose locomotive for branch-line operations, Beyer Peacock, Locomotive Engineers, Manchester,
1954, pp8. Large Format Pb.
VG. Reprinted from the Railway Gazette. Details of eighteen
Beyer-Garratt Locomotives built for work on the Rhodesia Railways.
£16.50 4-6-4
+ 4-6-4 3 ft 6in Gauge Beyer-Garratt Locomotives for the Rhodesian Railways:
These 4-6-4 + 4-6-4 locomotives are required for 484-mile runs between depots,
necessitating reliability and a high standard of performance,
Beyer Peacock, Locomotive Engineers, Manchester, 1940, pp8.
Large Format Pb. VG.
Reprinted from the Railway Gazette.
Details Beyer-Garratt Locomotives built for passenger work on the
Rhodesia Railways. £16.50 4-8-4
+ 4-8-4 Meter-Gauge Beyer-Garratt Locomotives for the Kenya & Uganda
Railways,
Beyer Peacock, Locomotive Engineers, Manchester, 1939, pp8.
Large Format Pb. VG.
Reprinted from the Railway Gazette.
Details of twelve Beyer-Garratts built for the Kenya and Uganda Railway
just before the war. "These
engines are the first in the world to have this wheel arrangement and the
largest 50-lb rail locomotives ever built."
£16.50 Ballantyne,
Hugh
South
African
Two-Foot
Gauge:
Featuring
the
Garratts,
Middleton
Press,
2009,
pp96. Narrow
Gauge
Branch
Lines
Series.
Series
editor:
Vic
Mitchell.
Glazed
Boards.
VG.
With
sections
on: Weenen
-
Estcourt,
Umlass
Road - Mid
Illovo,
Umzinto -
Donnybrook,
Port
Shepstone
- Harding,
Port
Elizabeth
- Avontuur
and
Patensie
Branch,
and
Preservation.
Most of
the
illustrations
are in
colour.
£8.50 Baxter
R A H
(Foreword)
Locomotives
of
Rhodesia
Railways,
Rhodesia
Railways'
Historical
Committee,
1970,
pp60.
Small
landscape
format.
Card
Covers
with wire
binding.
Very Good.
A
collection
of 30
photographs
and
official
diagrams
covering
the
Rhodesian
locomotive
fleet in
1970,
including
the
Garratts.
The
last six
photographs
depict
diesels.
£8.50 Durrant
A E,
Jorgensen
A A and
Lewis C P
Steam
on the
Veld:
Steam in
South
Africa
during the
60s,
IA, 1972,
pp194.
Large
Format Hb.
VG/VG.
A
pictorial
survey of
South
African
steam in
the late
60s, with
details of
all the
current
locomotive
types.
£24.50 East
African
Railways
&
Harbours
Annual
Report
1956,
pp64.
"Largish"
format.
Soft
Cover.
Fair
Wear to
the edges
of the
covers and
down the
spine.
An
Aberdeen
Library
reference
copy with
a numbered
label at
the top
left
corner of
the cover
and an
embossed
stamp on
three
pages.
The
East
African
Railways
&
Harbours
operated
the
railways
in Kenya,
Uganda and
Tanganyika
as well as
the ports
of
Mombasa,
Dar es
Salaam,
Tanga and
Mtwara.
£5.95 East
African
Railways
&
Harbours
Annual
Report
1959,
pp64.
An
Aberdeen
Library
reference
copy with
a numbered
label at
the top
left
corner of
the cover
and an
embossed
stamp on
three
pages.
"Largish"
format.
Card
Covers.
Fair.
Wear
to the
edges of
the covers
and down
the spine.
The
East
African
Railways
&
Harbours
operated
the
railways
in Kenya,
Uganda and
Tanganyika
as well as
the ports
of
Mombasa,
Dar es
Salaam,
Tanga and
Mtwara.
£5.95 East
African
Railways
&
Harbours
Annual
Report
1964,
pp71.
An
Aberdeen
Library
reference
copy with
a numbered
label at
the top
left
corner of
the cover
and an
embossed
stamp on
three
pages.
"Largish"
format.
Card
Covers.
Fair+.
The
cream
covers are
a little
grubby
with some
marks on
the front
cover.
The
East
African
Railways
&
Harbours
operated
the
railways
in Kenya,
Uganda and
Tanganyika
as well as
the ports
of
Mombasa,
Dar es
Salaam,
Tanga and
Mtwara.
£5.95 Garratt,
Colin Steam Safari,
Blandford, 1974, 48 colour plates plus pp100 of text.
Last Steam Locomotives of the World Series.
Small Format Hb. VG
in a VG-
dust
wrapper.
The
dust
wrapper
has been internally repaired at the head of the spine.
Locomotives from South Africa, Rhodesia, Kenya and Tanzania.
£2.95 Hamer E D Steam Locomotives of Rhodesia Railways: The Story of Steam 1892-1979, Sweden: Frank Stenvalls Forlag, 1983, pp194. The author's signature has been taped onto one of the preliminary pages. The second edition, published in Sweden and printed in The Netherlands. Hb. VG in a VG- dust wrapper with slight wear to the dust wrapper at the head of the spine and at the top front corner. A comprehensive illustrated history of the locomotives used by the Rhodesia Railways and its predecessors up until the formation of the National Railways of Zimbabwe in 1980. £24.50 Hardy, Ronald The Iron Snake, Collins, 1965, pp318 plus pp8 of illustrations. No dw. Hb. Very Good. The story of the construction of the Uganda Railway from Mombasa to Lake Victoria. £6.95 Meet
the South
African
Railways,
South
African
Railways,
1979,
pp36.
Card
Covers. Landscape
Format.
Very Good.
An
illustrated
introduction
to the
extensive
South
African
railway
system.
All
illustrations
are in
colour.
£2.95 Middleton
J N
Industrial
Steam
Locomotives
of South
Africa,
Railway
Society of
South
Africa,
3rd
edition
1988,
pp50.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
Lists
every
known
existing
industrial
steam
locomotive
operating,
dumped or
preserved
in South
Africa.
£6.95 Moir,
Sydney and
Crittenden,
H Temple
Namib
Narrow
Gauge,
Oakwood,
pp154 plus
pp16 of
illustrations.
No
date.
1st
edition.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good-
dust
wrapper.
Some
wear to
the top
edge of
the dust
wrapper.
The
definitive
work on
the
railways
of South
West
Africa.
£36.50 Moir,
Sydney
Twenty-Four
Inches
Apart: The
Story of
the
Narrow-Gauge
Railways
of the
Cape
Province
of South
Africa,
Oakwood
Press, 1st
edition
1963,
pp182 plus
pp20 of
illustrations.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Fair+ dust
wrapper.
Wear
and small
nicks
along the
top edge
of the
dust
wrapper. A
comprehensive
history.
£32.50 Ramaer R Steam Locomotives of the East African Railways, D&C, 1974, pp96. Locomotive Studies Series. Hard Cover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust wrapper. A comprehensive history of the steam engines of British East Africa including the Beyer-Garratts. £9.50 Reed,
Brian
South
African
4-8-2s,
Profile
Publishing,
1973,
pp265-288.
Loco
Profile 36.
There
is a stamp
on the
rear cover
saying
that the
price on
the cover
may no
longer be
correct.
Pb.
Very Good.
An
illustrated
study with
a colour
centrefold.
£3.95 Robbins, David The
Blue Train: A Guide to the world's most luxurious train, and the routes which it
travels, Viking, 1993, pp118. Photographs
by Steve Corner. Large landscape
format. Hb.
VG
in a VG-
dust
wrapper.
Some rubbing to the
edges of the covers; two tears to the rear
dust wrapper fold, the second leaving a small
hole in the
dust wrapper. An illustrated
history of South Africa's famous Blue
Train. £9.50 Rodgers
D C
South
African
Steam
Today,
IA, 1980,
pp136.
Large
Format Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
The
colour on
the spine
of the
dust
wrapper
has faded.
A
region-by-region
tribute to
South
African
steam,
covering
the period
1976-78 -
mainly
pictorial.
£6.95 Siviter, Roger Focus on South African Steam, D&C, 1981. Hb. VG+ in a VG dust wrapper. Over 100 action-packed photographs of South African steam in the late 1970s. £4.95 Smith A W and Bourne D E Spirit of Steam: Locomotives in South Africa, Temple Press, 1983, pp139. Large Format Hb. VG in a VG+ dust wrapper. Superficial rubbing to the edges of the covers. An all-colour tribute to steam in South Africa. £8.50 South
Africa -
Last
Stronghold
of Steam,
South
African
Railways,
1978,
pp68.
Landscape
format.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
Slight
wear to
the covers
at the
head of
the spine.
Illustrations
of South
African
steam
locomotives
with
details of
each class
on the
facing
page.
£2.95 Back To Overseas Railway Book Index
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