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How to Order | Book Condition | We Want Your Books | About Us | Contact Us This page lists books dealing with the railways of Asia, including India, China, Japan and the Middle East. Books on the Trans-Siberian Express and on railways in the Asian part of Russia will be found in the European section. Please consult the How to Order section before ordering any books. 4-8-2
+ 2-8-4 5ft 6in Gauge Beyer-Garratt Locomotives for the Bengal-Nagpur Railways,
Beyer Peacock, Locomotive Engineers, Manchester, 1940, pp8.
Reprinted from the Railway Gazette. Large Format Pb. VG.
Details of Garratt locomotives built for operation in India.
£16.50 4-8-2
+ 2-8-4 Meter-Gauge Beyer-Garratt Locomotives for Far Eastern Railways: Ordered
by the Ministry of Supply for the War Department, Beyer Peacock, Locomotive Engineers, Manchester, 1945, pp8.
Large Format Pb. VG.
Reprinted from the Railway Gazette.
Details of Light-Type (War Standard) metre-gauge Beyer-Garratt
Locomotives built for use in far eastern railways during the war.
£16.50 Adley,
Robert
To
China for
Steam,
Blandford
Press,
1983,
pp153.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
The
spine of
the dust
wrapper is
sunned.
The
story of
three
extensive
visits to
China,
illustrated
with the
author's
own colour
photographs.
£2.95 Behrend, George and Kelly, Vincent Yatakli Vagon: Turkish Steam Travel, Jersey Artists, 1st edition 1969, pp259 with 90 illustrations. Hb. VG in a Fair dust wrapper. Tears to the dust wrapper edges with slight loss. £24.50 China Railway Atlas: Mongolia – Taiwan, Quail Map Co., 2nd edition 1998, pp40. The second edition is twice the size of the first edition published in 1993. Large Format Pb. VG. Covers the whole of China plus Mongolia and Taiwan. £8.50 Clark Peter Locomotives in China, Roundhouse Press, Australia, 1983, pp120. Pb. Very Good-. Loss of colour and some wear to the spine. Illustrations and brief details of the principle steam, diesel and electric locomotives of China. £8.50 Demery, Leroy; Forty, Ralph; DeGroote, Raymond; and Higgins, Wallace Japan By Rail, The Map Factory, 1985, pp160 plus pp8 of coloured plates. Published as a supplement to Electric Railways of Japan. Pb. VG- with superficial wear to the covers. An American introduction to Japanese railways. £2.95 Ellis,
Royston India by Rail, Bradt
Publications, 1989, pp230. Pb. VG. Details of:
The Indian railway network, trip planning, how and where to buy tickets, the
Indrail Pass, train and station accommodation, rail history: steam locomotives,
and popular destinations. Useful
for anyone planning a visit to India. £2.95 Gammell
C J
Relics
of the Raj,
GRQ
Publications,
1985,
pp96.
Signed
by the
author.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
An
excellent
pictorial
survey of
Indian
steam in
which each
railway is
considered
in turn.
£4.95 Garratt,
Colin Iron Dinosaurs Last Steam
Locomotives of the World: South East Asia, Blandford, 1976, pp189, including
57 coloured shots. Small format Hb.
Very Good+
in a Very
Good+ dust
wrapper. Steam
in Indonesia, Taiwan and the
Philippines.
£2.95 Garratt, Colin China's Railways: Steaming into a New Age, PSL, 1988, pp144 with numerous black & white and coloured illustrations. Hb. VG+ in a VG dust wrapper with a half-inch tear at the top of the front dust wrapper fold. An introduction to China's railways, written at a time when they were still largely steam worked and when new steam locomotives were still being built. £4.95 Hughes,
Hugh
Middle
East
Railways,
Continental
Railway
Circle,
1981,
pp128.
Card
Covers.
Very Good.
Some
superficial
rubbing to
the edges
of the
spine.
An
illustrated
history
with
chapters
on Egypt,
Palestine
&
Israel,
Middle
East
Forces,
Syria
&
Lebanon,
Hijaz
Jordan
&
Arabia,
Mesopotamia
&
Iraq,
Persia
&
Iran.
Each
chapter
includes a
final
section
devoted to
the
locomotives
used.
£12.50 Steam Locomotives in India Hughes,
Hugh and
Jux, Frank
Steam
Locomotives
in India
Part 1:
Narrow
Gauge, Continental
Railway
Circle,
2nd
enlarged
edition
1980,
pp96.
First
published
in 1969.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good
with
slight
loss of
colour
down the
spine of
the
covers.
An
illustrated
study with
locomotive
lists.
£7.50 Hughes,
Hugh
Steam
Locomotives
in India
Part 2:
Metre
Gauge,
Continental
Railway
Circle,
1977,
pp96.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
Slight
loss of
colour on
the spine
of the
covers.
An
illustrated
study with
locomotive
lists.
£6.95 Hughes,
Hugh
Steam
Locomotives
in India
Part 3:
Broad
Gauge,
Continental
Railway
Circle,
1979,
pp96.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
Very
slight
creasing
at the top
corner of
the
covers.
An
illustrated
study with
locomotive
lists.
£6.95 Hughes, Hughes Indian Locomotives: Part 1 - Broad Gauge 1851-1940, Continental Railway Circle, 1990, pp112 with illustrations and drawings. Card Covers. Very Good. Lists and describes the ten thousand 5ft 6in gauge locomotives put into service in India between 1851 and 1940. £7.50 Hughes,
Hugh
Indian
Locomotives:
Part 2 -
Metre
Gauge
1872-1940,
Continental
Railway
Circle,
1992,
pp112 with diagrams and
illustrations.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
Lists
and
describes
the 4,500
meter
gauge
locomotives
put into
service in
India
between
1872 and
1940.
£7.50 Hughes,
Hugh
Indian
Locomotives:
Part 3 -
Narrow
Gauge
1863-1940,
Continental
Railway
Circle,
1994,
pp112.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
A
comprehensive
record of
India's
2ft 6in
and 2ft
gauge
locomotives
with
drawings
and
illustrations.
£9.50 Hughes,
Hugh
Indian
Locomotives:
Part 4 -
1941-1990,
Continental
Railway
Circle,
1996,
pp112 with
96
illustrations.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
Some
very
slight
rubbing to
the
covers.
"The
Indian
locomotive
lists are
split up
by gauge
and then
by type of
propulsion
- steam,
diesel and
electric.
In each
section
the stock
is given
in
numerical
order
according
to the
All-India
list and
includes
all
pre-1940
engines
that were
renumbered.
In
addition
to India
itself
coverage
is
extended
to include
the
locomotive
stocks of
Bangladesh,
Burma,
Nepal,
Pakistan
and Sri
Lanka."
£9.50 ------------------------------------------------ Jordan,
Peter;
Paget,
Richard
and
Charlesworth,
David
India
'No
problem
Sahib!': A
State by
State Tour
of India
and Her
Railways,
Three
Counties,
1989,
pp96.
Signed by
all three
authors.
Large
Format Hb.
Fine
in a Fine
dust
wrapper.
Well-illustrated
in colour
throughout.
£10.50 Jordan, Peter; Paget, Richard and Charlesworth, David India 'No problem Sahib!': A State by State Tour of India and Her Railways, Three Counties, 1989, pp96. Large Format Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper with a tiny internally-repaired nick in the dw at the base of the spine. Well-illustrated in colour throughout. £9.50 Kanchanaburi:
Spirit of the Death Valley Railway and The River Kwai Bridge,
Indoor Design Co Ltd, 1987, pp64. Large
Format Pb. VG-.
Vertical crease where the front cover folds open.
A brief illustrated history in both English and (presumably) Siamese.
£4.95 Le Cheminant, Steve; Murphy, Vernon; and Rhodes, Michael Extreme Steam, Tele Rail Publications, 2000, pp128. Large Format Hb. Fine in a Fine dust wrapper. "Stunning colour photographs of Chinese steam." Most of the photographs were taken during the bitterly cold winter months, when temperatures regularly fall as low as minus 30 degrees centigrade. £9.50 Le Cheminant, Steve; Murphy, Vernon; and Rhodes, Michael 21st Century Extreme Steam, Tele Rail Publications, 2003, pp168. Large Format Hb. Fine in a Fine dust wrapper. A second album featuring over 300 colour photographs of Chinese steam. £9.50 McPhee, Brian Thailand, Malaysia & Singapore by Rail, Bradt Publications, 1993, pp210. Pb. Very Good+. An introduction to the railways of Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. £2.95 Nock O S Railways of the World: 5 Railways of Asia and the Far East, A & C Black, 1978, pp226, colour frontis, 88 photos and 42 maps. Hb. Fine / Very Good+. The railways of India, Thailand, Malaya and Japan. £8.50 Pritchard
R N
Industrial
Locomotives
of the
People's
Republic
of China
including
preserved
and minor
railway
locomotives,
Industrial
Railway
Society,
1996, pp92
plus 28
illustrations.
Handbook
PRC.
Card
Covers. VG
with
slight
creasing
at the
bottom
rear
corner of
the
covers.
Details
of known
steam,
diesel and
electric
industrial
locos of
China.
£5.95 Satow, Michael and Desmond, Ray Railways of the Raj, Scolar Press, 1982, pp118. Foreword by Paul Theroux. Large landscape format Pb. Fair with a three-inch crease across the top corner of the cover, and a one-inch tear at the base of the spine. Illustrated chapters on Pioneers & Pioneering, Engineers & Fire-Carriages, and Pleasures & Pains of Travel followed by a section of "plates" starting on page 50. £5.95 Streatfeild-James, Douglas China by Rail, Trailblazer Publications, 1st edition 1997, pp384. Pb. VG. "The essential guide to independent rail travel in China." £2.95 Talbot
E
Steam
in Turkey:
An
enthusiasts'
guide to
the steam
locomotives
of Turkey,
Continental
Railway
Circle,
1981,
pp124.
Pb.
Very
Good.
Slight
loss of
colour
down the
spine,
slight
creasing
at the
back page
corner of
the covers
(right at
the
corner).
A
historical
survey of
the
development
of
railways
in Turkey,
followed
by
detailed
lists of
Turkish
steam
locomotives.
Well-illustrated
throughout.
£9.50 Theroux, Paul The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train through Asia, BCA, 1976, pp342. Hb. Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper. Paul Theroux's memorable rail journey through the Middle East, India and South-East Asia to Japan, returning through Russia on the Trans-Siberian Express. £3.95 Theroux,
Paul
The
Imperial
Way:
Making
Tracks
from
Peshawar
to
Chittagong,
Hamish
Hamilton,
1985,
pp143.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Pictures
from the
camera of
Steve
McCurry in
full
colour
throughout.
An
evocative
portrayal
of India
and her
railways.
£3.95 Theroux, Paul Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train through China, Hamish Hamilton, first edition 1988, pp494. Inscription. Hb. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust wrapper. A fitting sequel to The Great Railway Bazaar and The Old Patagonian Express. £4.95 Tickner,
John;
Edgar,
Gordon;
and
Freeman,
Adrian
China:
The
World's
Last Steam
Railway,
Artist's
and
Photographers'
Press,
2008,
pp176.
Very
Large
Format Hb.
Fine/VG+.
"A
photographic
essay."
A
wide-ranging
collection
of colour
photographs
taken over
a ten-year
period by
the three
authors.
£24.50 Tourret
R
Hedjaz
Railway,
Tourret
Publishing,
1989,
pp181 with
numerous
photographs,
line
drawings
and
tables.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
The
Hedjaz
Railway
was built
by the
Ottoman
Turks to
maintain a
grip on
their
Arabian
Empire.
Although
famous
because of
the
exploits
of
Lawrence
of Arabia,
this book
is the
first
comprehensive
railway
history of
the line.
£32.50 Westwood
J N
Railways
of India,
D&C,
1974,
pp192.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
The
spine of
the dust
wrapper is
faded.
An
excellent
one-volume
introduction
to India's
railways.
£7.50 Whitehouse
P B
China's
Railways:
Today’s
Image,
Millbrook
House,
1986,
pp36.
Pb.
VG.
An
all-colour
album of
Chinese
railways
in the
1980s.
£2.95 Whitehouse, Patrick and Maggy
China by Rail, Century Hutchison, 1988, pp208.
Large Format Hb. Fine
in a VG-
dust
wrapper with slight wear to the
dust
wrapper edges.
A well-illustrated account of the authors' rail travels in China.
£6.95 Back To Overseas Railway Book Index
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