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Bairstow, Martin  The Manchester & Leeds Railway: The Calder Valley Line, Wyvern Publications, 1st edition 1983, pp72.  Small inscription, the number "312."  Card Covers.  Very Good.  An illustrated history of the main line of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway from Manchester to Yorkshire along with its branches.  £4.95

Bairstow, Martin  The Leeds Huddersfield & Manchester Railway: The Standedge Line, author, 1st edition 1984, pp72.  Small inscription, the number "322."  Pb.  VG.  A well-illustrated history.  £6.95

Bairstow, Martin  Railways through Airedale & Wharfedale, author, 1st edition 1985, pp72.  Small inscription, the number "325."  Card Covers.  Very Good.  A well-illustrated series of essays with the following sections: Travelling under the Axe, A Journey through Airedale, And through Warfedale, Construction & Development, and Train Services.  £5.95

Bairstow, Martin  The Great Northern Railway in the West Riding, author, 1999, pp96.  Pb.  VG.  An illustrated history.  £7.50

Bairstow, Martin  Railways in Ireland Part 3: Dublin & South Eastern, Midland Great Western, Fishguard & Rosslare, and Dublin United Tramways, author, pp128.  No date.  Pb.  VG.  A well-illustrated survey.  £10.50

Baker, Allan and Morrison, Gavin  Deltics at Work, BCA/IA, 1987, pp144.  Published by Book Club Associates by arrangement with Ian Allan.  Large format Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  An illustrated history of the Deltics in the At Work Series.  £9.50

Baker, Michael  The Changing Western Scene 1948-1984, IA, 1984, pp112.  Hb.  VG+/VG+.  The rapidly changing railway scene during the first 35 years of British Rail.  £3.95

Baker, Michael  London to Brighton: 150 years of Britain's premier holiday line, PSL, 1989, pp232 with 8pp of coloured plates.  Hb.  Fine in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A well-illustrated history of the Brighton line.  £5.95

Baker, Michael  The Southern Electric Story: A personal celebration of the world's largest main line electric railway, SLP, 2001, pp128.  Foreword by Chris Green.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  A well-illustrated history of the Southern Electric system.  £5.95

Baker, Michael H C  London Transport in the 1930s, IA, 2007, pp96.  Glazed Boards.  Fine.  A well-illustrated history of a decade in which trams, buses, trolleybuses and the Underground all played their part in London transport.  £4.95

Baker S K  Rail Atlas Great Britain & Ireland, OPC, 4th edition 1984, pp115.  Glazed Boards.  VG with slight lost of colour down the spine of the covers.  The standard map of Britain's railways for many years, with successive editions charting the many changes to the network through the years.  £3.95

Baker S K  Rail Atlas Great Britain & Ireland, OPC, 5th edition 1989, pp119.  Glazed boards with dust wrapper.  VG/VG with slight wear to the dust wrapper at the head of the spine.  The standard map of Britain's railways for many years, with successive editions charting the changes to the network through the years.  £4.95

Baker S K  Rail Atlas Great Britain & Ireland, OPC, 6th edition 1990, pp123.  Hb.  Fine/Fine.  The definitive rail map for most of the British Rail era.  £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.  £3.95

Baker S K  Rail Atlas Great Britain & Ireland, OPC, 9th edition 2001, pp123.  Glazed Boards. VG+.  The standard map of Britain's railway system.  £4.95

Baker S K  Rail Atlas Great Britain & Ireland, OPC, 10th edition 2004, pp123.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  he standard map of Britain's railways for many years, with successive editions charting the many changes to the network through the years.  £4.95

Baker S K  Rail Atlas Great Britain & Ireland, OPC, 11th edition 2007, pp123.  30th Anniversary Edition.  Glazed Boards.  VG+.  The standard atlas of Britain's railways for many years, with successive editions charting the changes to the network through the years.  £4.95

Balkwill, Richard and Marshal, John  The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats, Guinness Superlatives, 6th edition 1993, pp240 plus pp14 of colour illustrations.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  The spine of the dust wrapper is sunned. A comprehensive reference work detailing the records, achievements, facts and history of the world's railway systems, as well as the people who created them.  £2.95

Ball, Felicity and Bryan, Tim  Swindon and the GWR, Tempus, 2003, pp128.  Pb.  Very Good.  A selection of photographs from the collection at the Museum of the Great Western Railway in Swindon.  £3.95  

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.  £2.95

Ball M G  European Railway Atlas: British Isles, IA, 2nd revised edition 1996, pp68.  Large Format Pb.  VG+.  A complete atlas of British and Irish railways.  £2.95

Ball M G  British Railway Atlas, IA, 3rd edition 2004, pp78.  Ian Allan ABC.  Small format Pb.  VG+.  A complete atlas of British and Irish railways - including preserved lines - in a handy pocket-sized format.  £3.95

Ballantyne, Hugh  London Midland Steam in Colour, Jane's, 1984, pp96.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  Very Good+.  Spine slightly sunned.  An all-colour pictorial tribute to LMS steam in BR days.  £4.95

Ballantyne, Hugh  Eastern Steam in Colour, Jane's, 1984, pp96.  Landscape format. Glazed Boards.  VG.  An all-colour pictorial tribute to LNER steam in BR days.  £5.95

Ballantyne, Hugh  London Midland Steam Revival, Jane's, 1987, pp64.  Steam Portfolio No.3.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  An all-colour album featuring preserved LMS steam.  £3.95

Ballantyne, Hugh  Scottish Steam in Colour, Janes, 1987, pp96.  Small inscription, the number "231."  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  Very Good.  An all-colour landscape-format album.  £4.95

Ballantyne, Hugh  West Coast Main Line: The Colour of British Rail Vol.2, Atlantic, 1989, pp48.  Pb.  VG+.  The West Coast Route before the recent modernisation.  £2.95

Ballantyne, Hugh  Southern Steam in Colour, IA, 1990, pp96.  Glazed Boards.  Fine.  An all-colour landscape-format album.  £5.95

Ballantyne, Hugh  Western Steam in Colour, IA, 1990, pp96.  Glazed Boards.  Very Good.  An all-colour landscape-format album.  £3.95

Ballantyne, Hugh  Western Steam in Colour 2, IA, 1990, pp96.  Small inscription, the number "400."  Glazed Boards.  Very Good.  The top corners of the covers are slightly bumped.  An all-colour landscape-format album.  £4.95

Ballantyne, Hugh  The Fifty 50s in Colour, Platform 5, 1992, pp48.  Pb.  VG.  An all-colour pictorial tribute.  £4.95

Balmforth, John  GNER: The Route of the Flying Scotsman, IA, 2008, pp96 with colour illustrations throughout.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  VG+.  The story of GNER's tenure of the East Coast Franchise.  £6.95

Barker, Martin A  An Illustrated History of Hull & Barnsley Railway Locomotives Vol.1 The Locomotive Classes, Challenger, 1st edition 1996, pp184.  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  The projected second volume, the appendix, was never published.  £8.50

Barker T C and Robbins Michael  A History of London Transport: Passenger Travel and the Development of the Metropolis Vol.1: The Nineteenth Century, Allen & Unwin, 1st edition 1963, pp412.  Inscription.  Hb.  No dw.  Very Good.  Foxing to the page edges.  A comprehensive study of all forms of public transport in London.  £8.50

Barman, Christian  Early British Railways, King Penguin, 1950, pp56.  Hb.  VG-/VG-.  Wear to the bottom edges of the covers. The sixteen coloured reproductions of old prints and drawings are of particular interest.  £2.95

Barman, Christian  The Great Western Railway's Last Look Forward, D&C, 1972, pp113.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  A reprint of Next Station, first published by the Great Western Railway in 1947 and outlining the railway's plans for the post-war era.  £6.95

Barman, Christian  The Man who Built London Transport: A Biography of Frank Pick, D&C, 1979, pp287 with pp32 of illustrations.  There is a bookplate inside the front cover, largely covered by the front dust wrapper flap.  Hard Cover.  Very Good+ in a Very Good dust wrapper.  "Frank Pick was a remarkable man, steering the city's transport system from the early days of the underground to the plans for evacuation in World War 2."  £24.50

Barnes E G  The Rise of the Midland Railway 1844-1874, Allen & Unwin, 1st Edition 1966, pp317 plus pp16 of plates.  Hb.  VG in a Fair+ dust wrapper.  Slight wear to the bottom edge of the covers, and wear to the top edge of the dust wrapper with several small tears.

    The Midland Main Line 1875-1922, Allen & Unwin, 1st edition 1969, pp280 plus pp16 of illustrations.  Hb. VG in a VG- dust wrapper.  Slight wear to the dust wrapper at the head and base of the spine; red spine faded.  Barnes' two-volume history of the Midland Railway - generally harder to find than most of the company histories of the period.  Both volumes together for £16.50

Barnett A L  The Light Railway King of the North, Railway & Canal Historical Society, 1992, pp112 with 70 illustrations and 14 maps.  Pb. VG.  A biography of Sebastian Meyer, an entrepreneur involved in the creation and operation of a network of minor and secondary lines in the North East of England from the 1880s onward.  His lines included the Dearne Valley, Isle of Axholme, North Lindsey and North Sunderland.  £6.95

Barrie D S  The Barry Railway, Oakwood, 1st edition 1962, p151-p214 plus pp12 of plates.  Oakwood Library of History No.57.  Paper covered boards with cloth spine.  Very Good.  Slight wear to the bottom corners of the covers.  £6.95

Barrie D S  The Taff Vale Railway, Oakwood, Reprint of 2nd edition 1969, pp47 plus pp8 of plates. First published in 1939.  Oakwood Library No.2.  Outline from an old price sticker on the front cover.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  £5.95

Barrie D S  The Rhymney Railway, Oakwood, 1973, pp47-93 plus pp8 of illustrations.  With a postscript on the Rhymney in 1973.  Oakwood Library of Railway History No.9.  First published in 1952.  Card Covers.  Very Good-.  Slight wear to the covers at the head and base of the spine.  £5.95

Barrie D S  The Brecon and Merthyr Railway, Oakwood, 1975, pp95-151, a complete table of locomotives, 19 illustrations and a map.  Oakwood Library No.13.  A reprint of the 1st edition, first published in 1957.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  £5.95

Barrie, D S M  A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol. 12: South Wales, Thomas & Lochar, 2nd edition 1980, pp322 with 60 plates, 11 maps, and a folding map in the rear.  Revised by Peter E. Baughan.  First published by David & Charles in 1980.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  £24.50

Bartholomew, David  Midland & South Western Junction Railway Vol.1, Wild Swan, 1982, pp238.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  Slight wear to the dust wrapper at the head of the spine.  An outline history plus a detailed survey of the line.  Vol.2 deals with locomotives, while Vol.3 covers carriages & wagons.  £18.50

Bartholomew, Ed and Blakemore, Michael  Railways in Focus: Photographs from the National Railway Museum, Atlantic, 1998, pp208.  Large Format.  Hard Cover. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust wrapper.  Superficial wear to the dust wrapper near the base of the spine and at the bottom front corner.  A lavishly produced book with sections on: Railways and Photography, At the Lineside, Stations & Structures, Handling the Traffic, and The Daily Round.  £5.95

Basnett, Stan and Freke, David  The Isle of Man by Tram, Train and Foot, Leading Edge, 1992, pp128.  First published in 1990.  Card Covers.  VG.  A useful introduction to the Isle of Man, its trams and its railways.  The detailed descriptions of walks, complete with maps, will be of particular interest to walkers.  £1.95

Bastin, Colin Henry  The Princetown Railways: The Story of the Railways to Princetown on Dartmoor, author, 1989, pp36.  Card Covers.  VG.  A privately published history of the Plymouth & Dartmoor Tramway and the later standard gauge GWR Princetown Branch.  £4.95

Bathurst, David  The Selsey Tram, Phillimore, 1992, pp134.  Hb.  VG+/VG.  Some loss of colour to the dust wrapper spine.  A detailed account of the history of the Selsey Tramway.  £12.50

Batty, Stephen  The Last Years of the 'Peaks', IA, 1985, pp80.  Pb.  VG- with slight wear to the covers at the head & base of the spine.  A brief class history (pp2-16), followed by a pictorial tribute.  £2.95

Batty, Stephen R  British Rail at Work: West Yorkshire, IA, 1987, pp128.  At Work Series.  Large Format Hb.  VG/VG.  An illustrated overview of British Rail operations in West Yorkshire in the late 1980s.  £5.95

Batty, Stephen R  Rail Centres: Doncaster, Booklaw, 2007, pp144.  Rail Centres No.16.  First published by Ian Allan in 1991.  Glazed boards with dust wrapper.  VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper.  A well-illustrated history of the Doncaster area.  £5.95

Baughan, Peter E  North of Leeds: The Leeds-Settle-Carlisle Line and its Branches, Roundhouse, 1st edition 1966, pp500, 58 illustrations, and 4 maps.  Inscription.  Hb.  VG in a Fair+ dust wrapper.  Wear to the dust wrapper at the head & base of the spine.  The superior Roundhouse edition of the definitive history of the Settle and Carlisle railway.  £18.50

Baughan, Peter E  The Midland Railway North of Leeds: The Leeds-Settle-Carlisle Line and its Branches, BCA/D&C, 2nd edition, 1987, pp500 plus pp14 of illustrations.  Published by Book Club Associates by arrangement with David and Charles.  First published by Roundhouse in 1966.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  The definitive history of the Settle and Carlisle line.  £14.50

Baughan, Peter E  The Railways of Wharfedale, D&C, 1969, pp272.  Colour frontis.  David & Charles Standard Railway History Series.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG- dust wrapper.  Wear to the dust wrapper edges.   £10.50

Baughan, Peter E  The Chester & Holyhead Vol.1: The Main Line up to 1880, D&C, 1972, pp324 with colour frontis.  Railway History Series.  Hb.  VG+/VG+.  Volume 2 was never published.  £14.50

Baughan, Peter E  A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol. 11: North and Mid Wales, D&C, 1st edition 1982, pp248 with 48 plates, 12 maps, and a folding map in the rear.  General editors: David St John Thomas and J. Allan Patmore.  Hard Cover.  Very Good+ in a Very Good dust wrapper.  Slight wear to the dust wrapper at the head of the spine.  £9.50

Bayman, Bob  Underground Official Handbook,  Capital Transport, 3rd edition 1994, pp80.  Card Covers.  Fine.  Illustrated in colour throughout.  £1.95

Beale, Gerry  The Liskeard and Looe Branch, Wild Swan, 2000, pp218.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  Tiny nick in the dust wrapper at the head of the spine; slight loss of colour down the spine of the dust wrapper.  A comprehensive illustrated history of the Great Western branch line from Liskeard to Looe.  £24.50

Beaumont, Jonathan and Carse, Barry  Rails through the West: An Illustrated Journey on the Western Rail Corridor, Colourpoint Books, 2012, pp144.  "Largish" format.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  A fascinating pictorial journey through the west of Ireland, mainly in colour.  £8.50

Beck, Keith and Harris, Nigel  GWR Reflections: A collection of photographs from the BBC Hulton Picture Library, SLP, 1987, pp144.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  The corners of the covers are slightly bumped.  A pictorial album with a wide diversity of the subject matter and extensive captions.  £4.95

Becket W S  Operation Torbay: Summer Weekday & Saturday Services 1957, Xpress Publishing, 2004 pp80.  Large Format.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Newton Abbot - Torquay - Paignton - Goodrington - Kingswear. Carriage Workings, Working Timetables, Train Formations, Carriage Sidings Arrangements etc.  £16.50

Beckett C G  Steam around North Norfolk, Becknell Books, 1981, pp32.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Small inscription, the number "307", inside the front cover.  A pictorial tribute featuring both the "The Joint" and Great Eastern lines in North Norfolk.  £3.95

Beddoes, Keith; Wheeler, Colin; and Wheeler, Stephen  Metro-Cammell: 150 Years of Craftsmanship, Runpast, 1999.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  There is a small internally repaired tear to the rear bottom edge of the dust wrapper.  A history of the company, well illustrated throughout with photographs of the company's products.  £8.50

Behrend, George  Gone With Regret: Recollections of the Great Western Railway 1922-1947, Lambarde Press, 1st edition 1964, pp193 with 83 illustrations.  Hb.  VG/VG- with foxing to the page edges and slight wear to the dw edges.  "An evocation of that remarkability, that distinctive something which made the GWR just what it was in the years following the grouping."  £6.95

Bell, Dave and Flanders, Steve  The Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway: A Visitor's Guide to the old railway and all the bits that can still be seen, County Donegal Railway Restoration Society, pp96. No date.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  Slight wear to the covers at the head & base of the spine.  £4.95

Bell W J  The Modern Book of Railways, A&C Black, 1935, pp142.  Hb.  No dust wrapper.  Fair+ with some foxing.  Examines British, Colonial, Continental and American developments with an emphasis on locomotive development.  £3.95

Bellwood, John and Jenkinson, David  Gresley and Stanier: A Centenary Tribute, National Railway Museum, 1st Edition 1976, pp100.  Bookplate from previous owner.  Large Format Pb.  Very Good.  A comparative study of the work of Sir Nigel Gresley and Sir William Stanier, arguably the two greatest British steam locomotive engineers of the 20th century.  £2.95

Bellwood, John and Jenkinson, David  Gresley and Stanier: A Centenary Tribute, National Railway Museum, 2nd edition 1986, pp118.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  A comparative study of the work of Sir Nigel Gresley and Sir William Stanier, arguably the two greatest British steam locomotive engineers of the 20th century.  £3.95

Bennett, Alan  The Great Western Railway in West Cornwall, Kingfisher, 1988, pp80.  Large Format. Card Covers.  Very Good.  A well-illustrated history.  £4.95

Bennett, Alan  The Great Western Railway in Mid Cornwall, Kingfisher, 1988, pp96.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  A well-illustrated historical survey.  £4.95

Bennett, Alan  The Great Western Railway in East Cornwall, Kingfisher, 1990, pp80.  Large Format Pb.  Very Good.  A well-illustrated historical survey.  £3.95

Bennett, Alan  Great Western Railway Holiday Lines in Devon and West Somerset, Runpast, 1993, pp80.  Large Format. Card Covers. Very Good.  Some sunning down the spine of the covers.  A well-illustrated history.  £4.95

Bennett, Alan  Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and Isle of Wight, Runpast, 1994, pp80.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  An illustrated history.  £4.95

Bennett, Alan  Great Western Lines and Landscape: Business and Pleasure, Heritage and History, Runpast, 2002, pp96.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  A study of the Great Western as a business enterprise, extensively illustrated throughout.  £6.95

Bentley J M The Railways around Buxton, Foxline, 1987, 97 illustrations.  Scenes from the Past: 2. Small inscription, the number "484."  Large Format.  Soft Cover.  Very Good.  L&NWR and Midland lines around Buxton.  £5.95

Bentley J M  Railways of the High Peak Buxton - Engines & Men, Foxline, 1995, pp64, some colour.  Scenes from the Past:24.  Small inscription, the number "530."  Large Format.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  £6.95

Bentley J M and Fox G K  Railways of the High Peak Buxton to Ashbourne, Foxline, 1997, pp120.   Scenes from the Past: 32.  Large Format.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  A triangular piece has been neatly cut from the top corner of the title page.  Covers the LNWR lines running south from Buxton to Ashbourne.  £12.50

Biddle, Gordon  Victorian Stations: Railway Stations in England and Wales 1830-1923, D&C, 1973, pp256 with 48 illustrations.  Drawings by Peter Fells.  Inscription.  Hb. VG/VG.  A survey of the development of the British railway station up to 1923.  £8.50

Biddle, Gordon and Spence, Jeoffry  The British Railway Station, D&C, 1977, pp96.  Railway History in Pictures Series.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  £5.95

Binding, John  Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge: A study of the Design and Construction of his 'Gateway to Cornwall' at Saltash, Twelveheads Press, 1997, pp152 with numerous illustrations and drawings.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  A major study of one of Brunel's finest works.  £14.50

Binney, Marcus and Pearce, David (Eds)  Railway Architecture, Bloomsbury Books, 1985, pp256 and numerous illustrations.  Written by members of SAVE Britain's heritage.  Hard Cover.  Fine in a Very Good dust wrapper. A study of various types of railway buildings with contributions by leading authorities in each area.  £3.95

Binns, Donald  The Scenic Settle & Carlisle Railway: Hellifield - Ribblehead - Ais Gill - Carlisle. Wyvern, 1982, pp64.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  An illustrated history of the line.  £4.95

Binns, Donald  Steam in Airedale: Leeds - Shipley - Bradford, Shipley - Keighley – Skipton, Wyvern, 1984, pp64.  Card Covers.  VG.  Loss of colour down the spine.  Small inscription, the number "391."  An illustrated history of the Leeds and Bradford Railway and its extension from Shipley to Skipton.  £4.95

Binns, Donald  LMS Jubilee 4-6-0, Wyvern, 1987, pp64.  Locomotive Classics-1.  Pb.  VG.  Small inscription, the number "481", inside the covers; slight wear to the covers at the head & base of the spine.  An interesting selection of photographs combined with useful information on building and withdrawal dates, names, tender types and general livery details.  £4.95

Binns, Donald  Midland and LMS Compounds: Class 4P 4-4-0 No's 1000-1199, 900-939, Trackside Publications, 1996, pp68.  Locomotive Classics Vol 1.  Small inscription, the number "758."  Large Format.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Slight loss of colour down the spine of the covers. Illustrates the many different liveries and detail fittings applied to the LMS Compounds from 1924 until the last withdrawal in 1961.  The first chapter illustrates the different forms of the Midland Railway Compounds throughout their existence, but in less detail.  £7.50

Bird, John H  Preserved Locomotives GWR, IA, 1988, pp80.  Large Format.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Illustrations and details of all preserved GWR locomotives.  £1.95

Bishop, Bill  Off the Rails: Derailments and accidents as I saw them,  BCA/Kingfisher, 1985, pp96.  The superior Kingfisher edition.  Hb.  VG/VG.  Describes Bill Bishop's experiences with the Eastleigh breakdown train. The many illustrations of breakdown cranes are of particular interest.  £5.95

Blackburn A and Mackett J  The Railways and Tramways of Ryde, Town & Country Press, 1971, pp163.  Pb.  Near VG with some superficial wear to the covers.  An illustrated history.  £4.95

Blake, Francis and Nicholson, Peter  The Barry Locomotive Phenomenon, OPC, 1987, pp192 with numerous black & white and colour illustrations.  Foreword by Robert Adley.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a near VG dust wrapper.  Spine of the dw slightly faded with some wear along the bottom edge.  The full story of the steam engines rescued from Dai Woodham's legendary scrapyard in South Wales.  £8.50

Blake W A  London Midland Steam in Action [1], Bradford Barton, 1974, pp96.  Hb. Fine/VG+. Inscription now covered by blank label, spine of dust wrapper slightly sunned.  A Bradford Barton reprint with matt printing.  £3.95

Blake W A  London Midland Steam in Action 2, Bradford Barton, 1975, pp96.  Hb.  Fine/VG+.  A Pictorial album.  A Bradford Barton reprint with matt printing.  £3.95

Blake W A  London Midland Steam in Action 4, BB, pp96.  No date.  Hb.  Fine/VG.  A Bradford Barton reprint.  £3.95

Blakemore, Michael and Mosley, David  Great British Locomotives: The National Railway Museum in Action, IA, 1st edition 1997, pp80.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  VG+.  An all-colour landscape-format album.  £2.95

Blakemore, Michael (editor)  Back Track Special Issue No.2 The London & North Eastern Railway, Atlantic, 2001, pp98.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  Illustrated articles dealing with various aspects of the LNER.  £4.95

Blakemore, Michael  LNER in Transition, Pendragon Publication, 2004, pp89.  Railways in Retrospect No.1.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  A well-illustrated account of the former LNER lines in the years immediately following nationalisation.  £4.95

Blanchard E L  Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand Book to London and its Environs 1862, Conway, 2012, pp301.  First published in 1861.  Hb.  No dust wrapper as published.  VG.  Slight rubbing to the corners of the covers.  "This richly detailed guide from the famous series of Bradshaw's handbooks presents a fascinating overview of Victorian London."  £5.95

Bloom, Alan  Locomotives of the London Midland and Scottish Railway, Jarrold, 1979, pp32, 66 illustrations (56 colour) & a map.  Jarrold Railway Series 3.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  £0.95

Bloom, Alan  Locomotives of the London and North Eastern Railway, Jarrold, 1980, pp32, 64 illustrations (50 colour) & a map.  Pb.  VG+.  Jarrold Railway Series 4.  £0.95

Bloom, Alan  Locomotives of British Railways, Jarrold, 1980, pp32, 59 illustrations (53 in colour) and a map.  Jarrold Railway Series 5.  Pb.  VG+.  £1.95

Body G  Rail Facts and Information, Avon Anglia, 1978, pp28.  Pb. VG.  Contents include: Locomotives, Depots, Terminals, Tunnels, Gradients, High Speed Lines, Signalling, Rolling Stock, Addresses and Other Subjects.  £2.95

Body, Geoffrey  Railways of the Eastern Region Vol.1: Southern Operating Area, PSL/BCA, 1986, pp216.  PSL Field Guide.  Published by Book Club Associates by arrangement with Patrick Stephens.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper.  The first part of a comprehensive survey of the railway infrastructure of the Eastern Region - since so much of the network has changed over the last thirty years, possibly of more interest now than when it was first published.  £5.95

Body, Geoffrey  Cameron's Guide to the Esk Valley Railway: Middlesbrough - Whitby One of England's Loveliest Lines, Avon-Anglia, 1986, pp32.  Compiled by Geoffrey Body with assistance from Cameron's Brewery and of British Rail (Eastern Region).  Pb.  VG.  An illustrated booklet.  £0.95

Body, Geoffrey  Railways of the Southern Region, PSL, 2nd enlarged edition 1989, pp296.  PSL Field Guide.  Hb.   Fine/VG.  A comprehensive survey of the railway infrastructure of the Southern Region.  £4.95

Body, Geoffrey  The Railway Era: Life and Lines in the Great Age of Railways, SLP, 1991, pp157 with 100 illustrations.  Hb.  Fine / Fine.  "A vivid portrait of the Great Age of Railways, its history and operation, its achievements and its atmosphere."  £3.95

Body, Geoffrey  Great Railway Battles: Dramatic conflicts of the early railway years, SLP, 1994, pp176.  Hb.  VG/VG.  "Describes the background, events and outcome of twenty of the most colourful of the early railway conflicts."  £5.95

Body, Geoffrey  The East Coast Main Line Kings Cross to Newcastle: the route of the 'Silver Jubilee', SLP, 1995, pp192.  Britain's Rail Routes Past and Present.  Principal photographer Brian Morrison.  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a VG dust wrapper.  A past and present photographic tribute to the East Coast main line, published to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the introduction of the Silver Jubilee, Britain's first streamlined express train service, form King's Cross to Newcastle.  £8.50

Body, Geoffrey  The East Coast Main Line: Kings Cross to Newcastle, SLP, 1995, pp80.  British Railways Past and Present Travelling Companion No.1.  Based on Mile by Mile on the LNER by S. N. Pike.  Pb.  VG.  Contains facsimile 1947 'Mile by Mile' maps from Pike showing details of the complete route in LNER days, plus notes on five decades of changes and past & present photographs at selected locations.  £4.95

History of the LNER

Bonavia, Michael  A History of the LNER 1. The First Years, 1923-33, Allen & Unwin, 1st edition 1982, pp90.  Steam Past Series.  Hb. VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  Some loss of colour down the spine of the dust wrapper.  An illustrated history of the first ten years of the LNER.  £3.95

Bonavia, Michael  A History of the LNER 2. The Age of the Streamliners, 1934-39, Allen & Unwin, 1st edition 1982, pp107.  Steam Past Series.  Hard Cover.  Fine in a VG dust wrapper.  The spine of the dust wrapper is sunned.  The second volume in a three-volume illustrated history.  £3.95

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Bonavia, Michael R  The History of the Southern Railway, Unwin Hyman, 1987, pp195 plus 70 plates.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper. The story of how, under Sir Herbert Walker, the Southern was transformed between the two wars.  £6.95

Boocock, Colin  BR Steam in Colour 1948-1968, IA, 1986, pp112.  Inscription.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  A wide-ranging collection of photographs from the Colour-Rail collection.  £4.95

Boocock, Colin and Morrison, Brian  British Railways Steam and Traction in Colour, PRC, 1991, pp254.  Large Format.  Glazed boards with a dust wrapper.  VG+ in a VG- dust wrapper.  The dust wrapper has been internally repaired at the head and base of the spine.  Combines two best-selling Ian Allan titles, BR Steam in Colour and BR Traction in Colour in a single volume.  £5.95

Boocock, Colin  Railway Liveries: BR Traction 1948-1995, IA, 2000, pp120.  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  Mark from an old price sticker on the dust wrapper, tiny nick at the base of the dust wrapper spine.  Traces all official traction livery styles from the earliest regional colours until privatisation. Illustrated throughout in colour.  Note that steam traction liveries are not included.  £9.50

Boocock, Colin  Railway Liveries: Privatisation 1995-2000, IA, 2001, pp128 with 150 colour illustrations.  Large Format Hb.  VG+/VG+.  A comprehensive portrait of the liveries adopted by each of the newly privatised operating companies.  £8.50

Boocock, Colin  Locomotive Compendium: Southern, IA, 2010, pp128.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  A comprehensive guide to all the locomotives in Southern Railway stock at nationalisation.  £9.50

Booth, Adrian J  Industrial Steam, Bradford Barton, 1976, pp96. Black hardback cover.  Hard Cover.  Very Good+ in a Very Good dust wrapper.  Slight loss of colour down the spine of the dust wrapper.  Standard gauge industrial steam throughout Britain.  £5.95

Booth A J  Ex-BR Diesels in Industry, Industrial Railway Society, 6th edition 2007, pp80 plus 32 colour illustrations.  Pb.  VG+.  Full details of those British Rail diesel locomotives below 1000hp sold for industrial service and preservation - past and present at home and abroad.  £3.95

Bourne's Great Western Railway, D&C, 1969, pp59, a section of the line, 2 maps & 29 plates.  First published in 1846.  Certain non-railway material was omitted from this edition.  Very Large Format.  Hard Cover. Fine in a Very Good+ dust wrapper.  Very large format (21 inches by 15 inches). Very slight wear at the head of the dust wrapper spine. A superb copy, still in the original bespoke cardboard packaging.  £125.00

Bowtell, Harold  Over Shap to Carlisle: The Lancaster and Carlisle Railway in the 20th Century, IA, 1983, pp144.  Hb.  Fine in a VG dust wrapper.  The spine of the dust wrapper is sunned.  A definitive study of the railway infrastructure over Shap in steam days - well illustrated throughout.  £7.50  

Bowtell, Harold D  Rails Through Lakeland Vol.1: The Line Described, SLP, 2001, pp128.  First published in 1989 as a single volume.  Card Covers.  Very Good+.  An illustrated history of the Workington-Cockermouth-Keswick-Penrith Railway 1847-1972.  £5.95

Boyd-Hope, Gary and Sargent, Andrew  Railways and Rural Life: S. W. A. Newton and the Great Central Railway, English Heritage and Leicester County Council, 2007, pp216.  Large Landscape Format Hb.  Fine/Fine.  When the Great Central built its London extension, the construction work was comprehensively recorded by S. W. A. Newton, a highly competent professional photographer. This work presents an extensive selection of these photographs.  £8.50

Boyd, James I C  The Wrexham Mold & Connah's Quay Railway including The Buckley Railway, Oakwood, 1991, pp352 plus pp64 of illustrations.  Oakwood Library No.83.  Hard Cover.  Very Good+ in a Very Good dust wrapper.  Some slight wear to the edges of the covers.  £18.50

Boyd, James I C  The Festiniog Railway 1800-1974 Vol.1: History and Route 1800-1953, Oakwood, 2002, pp297 plus 75 illustrations.  Drawings by J. M. Lloyd.  The British Narrow Gauge Railway No.1. This enlarged version of James Boyd's history of the Festiniog Railway was first published in 1975. Hard Cover.  Fine in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A history of the narrow gauge railway linking the slate quarries of Blaenau Ffestiniog with Portmadoc, North Wales: together with outline histories of quarry undertakings connected to the railway.  £18.50

Boyd, James I C  The Festiniog Railway 1800-1974 Vol.2: Locomotives, Rolling Stock and Quarry Feeders, Oakwood, 2002, p301-p626 plus 98 illustrations.  Drawings by J. M. Lloyd.  The British Narrow Gauge Railway No.1.  This enlarged version of James Boyd's history of the Festiniog Railway was first published in 1975.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A history of the narrow gauge railway linking the slate quarries of Blaenau Ffestiniog with Portmadoc, North Wales: together with outline histories of quarry undertakings connected to the railway.  £18.50

Boyles, Grahame; Searle, Matthew and Steggles, Donald  Ottley's Bibliography of British Railway History: Second Supplement, National Railway Museum, 1998, pp647.  Preface by George Ottley.  Glazed Boards.  VG+.  "Books, parts of books, pamphlets and academic theses on the history and description of public rail transport in the British Isles published up to the end of 1995, with corrigenda and addenda to the entries in the previous volumes."  The third volume of Ottley's monumental bibliography covering the years 1981 to 1995.  £9.50

Boynton, John  Shakespeare's Railways: The Lines around Stratford-Upon-Avon Then and Now, Mid England Books, 1998, pp96.  Large Format Pb.  Very Good+.  Featuring the North Warwickshire Line Birmingham - Henley - Stratford.  An illustrated history.   £8.50

Braithwaite, Jack  S. W. Johnson Midland Railway Locomotive Artist, Wyvern Publications, 1st edition 1985, pp112.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  Very Good.  Slight fading to the spine.  A largely pictorial tribute to Johnson's engines.  £6.95

Bray, Maurice I  Railway Tickets: Timetables & Handbills, Moorland, 1st edition 1986, pp219 with many illustrations of rare tickets in both colour and black & white.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  Traces the history of the ticket and timetable from the stage coach era to the present time.  £5.95

Breckon, Don  The Railway Paintings of Don Breckon, Greenwich Editions, 1995, pp80.  First published by David & Charles in 1982.  "Largish" landscape format.  Glazed boards with dw.  Fine/VG.  Slight wear to the dw at the top & bottom of the spine.  The smaller format Greenwich edition, featuring the author's oil paintings.  £5.95

Breckon, Don  Don Breckon's Great Western Railway, D&C, 2003, pp80.  First published in 1992.  Landscape Format Pb.  Very Good.  A selection of Don Breckon's Great Western oil paintings reproduced in colour.  £3.95

Breckon, Don  Don Breckon's Country Connections, D&C, 1993, pp96.  Very large landscape format (14.5" by 11.5").  Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust wrapper.  The 3rd impression of the original large format edition, featuring 20 full-page colour reproductions of Breckon's paintings.  £14.50  

Bridge, Mike (Editor)  TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain, TRACKmaps, 1st edition 2009, pp134 plus an index.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  Fine.  A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Britain.  The maps show track level detail in a schematic format set over geographic centre lines.  £6.95

Briggs, Asa  The Power of Steam: An illustrated history of the world's steam age, Michael Joseph, 1982, pp208 with 200 illustrations.  "Largish" format Hb.  VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper.  "The story of steam power from its beginnings in the ancient world to the steam preservation movement of today."  £3.95

Brindle, Steven  Paddington Station: Its History & Architecture, English Heritage, 1st edition 2004, pp286.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  An illustrated history of the Great Western terminus in London.  £24.50

Britton, Andrew  Once Upon a Line Vol.3, OPC, 1990, pp136.  Well-illustrated throughout.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  The third volume of Andrew Britton's reminiscences of the Isle of Wight Railways - a further selection of anecdotes from the footplate staff, guards and permanent way men, including the operation of the last steam-hauled train prior to electrification.  £9.50

Brodribb, John  The Eastern before Beeching, IA, 1994, pp128.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  A nostalgic look at the traditional pre-Beeching steam railway on the former LNER lines in England.  £6.95

Brooksbank B W L  Triumph and Beyond: The ECML 1939-1959 Part 1, Challenger, 1997, pp184.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  Fine.  A detailed study of the East Coast Main Line.  £7.50

Brooksbank B W L  London Main Line War Damage, Capital Transport, 2007, pp144.  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper.  A comprehensive record of all incidents in the London Civil Defence Region that were reported to the Railway Executive Committee, together with numerous illustrations.  £6.95

Brotchie A W  The Wemyss Private Railway, Oakwood, 1998, pp272.  Oakwood Library No.100.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper.  A definitive history of Fife's most extensive private railway, built by the Wemyss estate despite fierce opposition from the North British Railway.  £12.50

Broughton, John and Harris, Nigel  British Railways Past and Present No.1 Cumbria,  SLP, 1991, pp80.  Pb.  VG.  Featuring over 60 locations including Carlisle, Keswick, Windermere, Ulverston, Barrow-in-Furness, Workington.  £3.95

Brown, Bill Rhind and Cameron, Dugald  Drawn to Scottish Steam, Strathwood, 2005, pp160.  Inscription under the flap of the front dust wrapper.  Large landscape format Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  "A selection of photographs of the steam railway, mainly around Glasgow and Edinburgh, with an appreciation of railway enthusiasm and some of the personalities of yesteryear by Campbell Cornwall."  £9.50

Brown, David  Southern Electric Scene, Southern Electric Group, 1983, pp36.  Pb. VG.  Portrays the wide variety of rolling stock used on the Southern Region in 1982/83.  £4.95

Brown F A S  From Stirling to Gresley 1882-1922, OPC, 1974, pp149.  "Largish" format.  Card Covers. Near VG.  Some slight rubbing to the covers otherwise VG.  An illustrated history of the Great Northern locomotive department in the 40 years before Grouping.  Patrick Stirling was Locomotive Engineer until 1896 when Ivatt took over to be followed by Gresley in 1911.  £5.95

Brown G A, Prideaux J D C A and Radcliffe H G  The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway, D&C, 1st Edition 1964, pp134 with colour frontis and 58 illustrations.  Standard Railway History Series.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  The Spine is slightly sunned, slight browning of the pages.  A comprehensive history of the line.  £6.95

Brown G A, Prideaux J D C A and Radcliffe H G  The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway, D&C, 1971, pp134 plus 58 illustrations.  Standard Railway History Series.  Hb.  VG+/VG.  Presentation plate to a school library inside the front cover.  A pastedown inside the rear cover indicates that the book was never issued.  A comprehensive history of the line.  £5.95

Brown G. A, Prideaux J D C A and Radcliffe H G  The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway, Atlantic, 1996, pp135.  First published by David and Charles in 1964.  The Atlantic edition retains the original text, but takes advantage of the larger page size to add many additional illustrations.  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  £14.50

Brown, Gordon H  Firsby: Portrait of a Country Junction, author, 1994, pp110.  Inscription.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  Slight creasing to the bottom front corner of the cover.  A series of illustrated essays on Firsby, based on the author's lifelong association with the station.  £12.50

Brown, Ian and Stephenson, Brian  T. G. Hepburn: Railway Photographer, Nottingham County Council and RAS Publishing, 1998, pp88.  Small inscription, the number "809."  Large Format Pb.  VG.  A superb album of railway photos by T G Hepburn - many of LNER locos in the Nottingham area where he lived.  £6.95

Brown, Joe  London Railway Atlas, IA, 2nd edition 2009, pp91.  Small inscription, the number "1067."  Glazed Boards.  Very Good.  A comprehensive study of the railways in Greater London, showing all lines, both open and closed, as well as stations, changes of station name, opening and closing dates.  £5.95

Brown, Murray  The 40s Rail 1 Portfolios, Janes, 1984, pp64.  Landscape format. Glazed Boards.  VG+.  An all-colour pictorial tribute.  £5.95

Brown, Murray  A Day in the Life of British Rail, Guild/D&C, 1989, pp192.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Fine in a Very Good+ dust wrapper.  The rich diversity of BR in the late 1980s is vividly portrayed in words and pictures in this portrait of a single summer Friday.  £3.95

Bunce, Charlie  Great British Railway Journeys, Collins, 2011, pp272.  Foreword by Michael Portillo.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A substantial record of Michael Portillo's nine television railway journeys: Liverpool to Scarborough, Swindon to Penzance, Buxton to London, Preston to Edinburgh, Ledbury to Holyhead, Ayr to Skye, Newcastle to Melton Mowbray, Brighton to Cromer and London to Hastings.  £4.95

Bruce, J Graeme  Steam to Silver: An illustrated history of London Transport surface rolling stock, London Transport, 1970, pp169 with 147 illustrations.  Card Covers.  Landscape Format.  Near VG with slight wear to the edges of the covers.  A well-illustrated history of the rolling stock used on the Metropolitan, District & Circle lines - the so-called surface lines - from 1883 until 1970.  £3.95

Bruce, J Graeme  A Hundred Years of Development of Electric Traction, The Electric Railway Society, 1985, pp36 with photographs from the author's collection.  Pb.  VG+.  A record of the inaugural John Prigmore Memorial Lecture.  £3.95

Bruce, J Graeme and Croome, Desmond J  The Twopenny Tube: The Story of the Central Line, Capital Transport, 1996, pp80.  Pb.  VG.  An illustrated history.  £4.95

Bryan, Tim  Paddington: Great Western Gateway, SLP, 1997, pp112.  Large format Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  A pictorial portrait of the aristocrat of London's railway termini.  £8.50

Bryan, Tim  Great Western Swindon, Tempus, 2003, pp128.  Pb.  VG.  The Archive Photograph Series.  With sections on: Swindon Junction, The Locomotive Works, The Carriage and Wagon Works, Miscellaneous Services, Swindon Works at War, Swindon Locomotive Shed, Great Western Swindon, and Great Western Preserved.  £3.95

Bryan, Tim  The Great Western Railway: A Celebration, IA, 2010, pp160.  "Largish" format Hb.  VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper.  A recent history of the Great Western Railway, illustrated with evocative photographs from the collection of the Steam Museum at Swindon.  £4.95

Bryan, Tim  The Great Western Railway, Shire Publications, 2010, pp64.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  A concise illustrated history of the Great Western.  £0.95

Bryan, Tim  A Year in the Life of the Great Western, Ian Allan, 2015, pp169.  "Largish" format.  Glazed Boards.  Very Good+.  "A unique insight into the life of the railway through every season of the year."  Well-illustrated throughout.  £8.50

Bryant E T  Railways: A Readers Guide, Clive Bingley, 1968, pp249.  Hb.  VG/VG.  A wide-ranging personal survey of British railway literature, with a chapter on overseas railways.  £4.95

Buchanan, Angus  Brunel: The Life and Times of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Hambledon & London, 2002, pp294 plus 22 plates.  Hb.  Fine in a Fine dust wrapper.  A major biography of Brunel that sets him in the context of his times, showing what made him, who he was, and how he made the most of the opportunities offered to him.  £7.50

Buck, Gordon  A Pictorial Survey of Railway Stations, OPC, 1992, pp224 including pp16 of colour illustrations.  Large Format  Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  An excellent architectural study built around the author's own extensive collection of photographs.  £5.95

Buck, Martin  English Electric Class 40's: A Pictorial Appreciation, Peter Watts, 1984, pp96.  Glazed boards with dw.  Fine/VG.  Some colour, mainly b/w.  £8.50

Bucknall J B  An Age of Kings: A Photographic Record of the Final Years of British Railways Steam Locomotive Operation 1956 – 1968, author, 1980, pp200.  Published privately through a pre-publication subscription list.  Very Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  Small triangular tear to the dust wrapper.  £24.50

Bucknall, Rixon  Our Railway History, privately published, revised 2nd edition 1945, pp148 plus 122 illustrations.  The map from the rear pocket is absent.  Hb.  Very Good in a Fair dust wrapper.  The dust wrapper is internally repaired at the head and base of the spine.  The story of the sixteen major railways that existed in Britain before the Grouping in 1923.  £3.95

Bucknall, Rixon  Boat Trains and Channel Packets: The English Short Sea Routes, Vincent Stuart, 1957, pp218, a colour frontis, 111 illustrations and sketch maps.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Fair+ dust wrapper.  The top front corner of the covers is slightly bumped; dust worn at the top corners and at the head of the spine.  The development of cross-channel services by the South Eastern, London Chatham and Dover and later the Southern Railway and British Railways.  £6.95

Burges, Anthony W  Railways of Kent, IA, 2007, pp80.  British Railway Pictorial Series.  Large format Pb.  VG.  A pictorial survey of Kent's railways in the steam era of British Railways.  £3.95

Burges, Anthony  Railways of Devon and Cornwall, IA, 2008, pp80.  British Railways Pictorial Series.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  With sections on: East Devon, The Withered Arm, South Devon Branches, and Cornish Branches.  £3.95

Burgess, Neil  The Best Way to Bath: A short illustrated history of the Bristol-Bath line of the Midland Railway, Midland, 1984, pp35.  Pb.  VG.  Address label inside the covers.  £5.95

Burkhalter, Paul  Devonport Dockyard Railway, Twelveheads Press, 1996, pp151.  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a Fine dust wrapper.  A comprehensive illustrated study of the railway system within Devonport Dockyard.  At its zenith more than twenty miles of track were in use with as many as seventy locomotives.  £16.50

Burridge, Frank  Nameplates of the Big Four including British Railways, OPC/BCA, 1985, pp160.  First published in 1975.  Hb.  Fine in a VG dust wrapper.  The large number of illustrations of nameplates make this an excellent reference.  £6.95

Burton, Anthony  Walking the Line: Enjoying Disused Railways & Tramways in Britain, Blandford Press, 1985, pp192.  Hb.  VG in a VG- dust wrapper.  Some wear along the top edge of the dust wrapper.  Includes detailed descriptions of 21 lines with route maps.  £2.95

Burton, Anthony  Richard Trevithick: Giant of Steam, Aurum Press, 2000, pp246 plus pp16 of illustrations.  Hb.  VG+/VG.  A major modern biography of "The Cornish Giant."  £16.50

Burton, Anthony  On the Rails: Two Centuries of Railways, Aurum Press, 2004, pp208.  Based on the Discovery TV Series.  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  A general history published to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Richard Trevithick's pioneering steam locomotive at Penydarren ironworks.  £3.95

Butcher, Alan C  On London & South Western Lines, IA, 1995, pp80.  Small inscription, the number "821."  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  Very Good.  An all-colour album of steam on former L&SWR lines in the 1950s and 1960s.  £4.95

Butcher, Alan C  Mid-Hants Railway in Colour, IA, 1996, pp64.  Glazed Boards.  Landscape Format.  VG.  An all-colour album.  £3.95

Butcher, Roger  Track Machines, Platform 5, 2nd edition 1986, pp72.  Pb.  VG.  Details of BR Track Machines & Small Plant; Snowploughs; and Steam & Diesel Cranes.  £2.95

Butlin, Ashley  Diesels and Electrics for Scrap: Vol.1, Atlantic, 1988, pp48.  Card Covers.  Very Good. Old sticker on the front cover noting that "Vol.2 was never published."  The withdrawal and scrapping of the British Rail modern traction fleet.  £2.95

Butterell, Robin, Holroyde, Dave and Townsend, Simon  Miniature Railways, IA, 2nd edition 2000, pp96.  Ian Allan abc Series.  Pb.  VG.  Includes details of all commercial miniature railways in the UK, from 21in gauge down to 7.25in gauge.  £2.95

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