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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
'Little'
North
Western -
Skipton,
Lancaster,
Morecambe,
Heysham,
Clapham,
Ingleton,
Low Gill,
author,
1990,
pp96.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
A
well-illustrated
history.
£10.50 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
London
Midland
Scene
1948-1983,
IA,
1983,
pp112.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Dust
wrapper
internally
repaired
at the
head of
the spine.
The
rapidly
changing
railway
scene
during the
first 35
years of
British
Rail.
£2.95 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.
£2.95 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 Great Western Revival, Jane's, 1985, pp64. Glazed Boards. Very Good. A landscape format all-colour album of GWR preserved steam in the 1970s and early 1980s. £2.95 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 Banks,
Chris
British
Railways
Past and
Present
No.23
Nottinghamshire
and
Derbyshire,
Past and
Present, 2005,
pp160. Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
Very
minor
creasing
at the
bottom
front
corner of
the
covers;
also a
vertical
crease
line in
the first
few pages
including
the
introduction.
Over
90
locations
including
Nottingham,
Derby,
Chesterfield,
Ambergate,
Buxton,
Retford,
and
Newark.
£3.95 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 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
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 Bates,
Chris and
Bairstow,
Martin
Railways
in North
Lincolnshire:
Doncaster
-
Scunthorpe
- Grimsby
-
Cleethorpes,
Retford -
Lincoln -
Barnetby -
Immingham
- New
Holland,
Axholme
Joint -
North
Lindsey -
Lincolnshire
Coast,
Martin
Bairstow,
2005,
pp112.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
An
illustrated
history.
£8.50 Batty,
Stephen R
Rail
Centres:
Sheffield,
IA, 1st
edition
1984,
pp144.
The
original
Ian Allan
edition.
Small
inscription,
the number
"73."
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
A
well-illustrated
history of
railways
in the
Sheffield
area.
£5.95 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, IA, 1st edition 1991, pp144. The original Ian Allan edition. Hb. VG in a VG+ dust wrapper. A well-illustrated history of railways in the Doncaster area. £6.95 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 M
The
West
Midland
Lines of
the GWR,
IA,
1983,
pp112.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
An
illustrated
history of
the
Oxford,
Worcester
and
Wolverhampton
(The Old
Worse and
Worse) and
associated
lines.
£6.95 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 Beckett,
Derrick
Brunel's
Britain,
D&C,
3rd
impression
1982,
pp222.
Hb.
Fine
in a Very
Good+ dust
wrapper.
A
systematic
appraisal
of
Brunel's
work, with
emphasis
on what
can be
seen
today.
£3.95 Beddoes,
Keith and
Smith,
William H
The
Tenbury
&
Bewdley
Railway,
Wild Swan,
1995,
pp202.
Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Fine
in a Fine
dust
wrapper.
A
comprehensive
illustrated
history.
£32.50 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
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.
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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.
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well-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
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The
Railways
around
Buxton,
Foxline,
1987, 97
illustrations.
Scenes
from the
Past: 2.
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inscription,
the number
"484."
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Good.
L&NWR
and
Midland
lines
around
Buxton.
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J M
Railways
of the
High Peak
Buxton -
Engines
& Men,
Foxline,
1995,
pp64, some
colour.
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from the
Past:24.
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inscription,
the number
"530."
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Good.
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of the
High Peak
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Ashbourne,
Foxline,
1997,
pp120.
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from the
Past: 32.
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Format.
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Good.
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been
neatly cut
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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 Biddle, Gordon and Nock O S The Railway Heritage of Britain: 150 Years of Railway Architecture and Engineering, Michael Joseph, 1983, pp270. Inscription. Large Format Hb. VG+ in a VG dust wrapper. Superficial wear to the dust wrapper edges. A comprehensive illustrated guide to the outstanding landmarks and little-known treasures along our railway lines. £5.95 Biddle, Gordon Great Railway Stations of Britain: Their Architecture Growth and Development, D&C, 1986, pp240. Hb. Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper. A survey of the growth and development of the British station over a century and a half. £5.95 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.
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Good dust
wrapper. A
study of
various
types of
railway
buildings
with
contributions
by leading
authorities
in each
area.
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Donald
The
Scenic
Settle
&
Carlisle
Railway:
Hellifield
-
Ribblehead
- Ais Gill
-
Carlisle.
Wyvern,
1982,
pp64.
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Good.
An
illustrated
history of
the line.
£4.95 Binns,
Donald
LMS
Jubilee
4-6-0,
Wyvern,
1987,
pp64.
Locomotive
Classics-1.
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the number
"481",
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covers;
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wear to
the covers
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head &
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interesting
selection
of
photographs
combined
with
useful
information
on
building
and
withdrawal
dates,
names,
tender
types and
general
livery
details.
£4.95 Bird,
John H
Preserved
Locomotives
GWR,
IA, 1988,
pp80.
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preserved
GWR
locomotives.
£1.95 Bishop,
Bill
Off
the Rails:
Derailments
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them, BCA/Kingfisher,
1985,
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Bill
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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.
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A
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Great
British
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National
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Museum in
Action,
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1997,
pp80.
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album.
£2.95 Blakemore,
Michael
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Back
Track
Special
Issue No.2
The London
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North
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Railway,
Atlantic,
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articles
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LNER
in
Transition,
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Publication,
2004,
pp89.
Railways
in
Retrospect
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years
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Bradshaw's
Illustrated
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1862,
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Victorian
London."
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Shadows
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OPC, 1972,
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Locomotives
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Jarrold,
1979,
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Locomotives
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1979,
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1980,
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1992,
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£7.50 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 Western Region,
PSL, 1983, pp280.
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£2.95 Body,
Geoffrey
Oxford
- Hereford
Line,
British
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/ Avon
Anglia,
1985,
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Western at
Work.
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artery
through
the
Cotswold
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Malvern
countryside."
£1.95 Body,
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Western
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Data,
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Volume
Two of two
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Great
Western
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Rail
(Western).
£1.95 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,
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Cameron's
Guide to
the Esk
Valley
Railway:
Middlesbrough
- Whitby
One of
England's
Loveliest
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1986,
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Southern
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£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
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£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 Bolger,
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BR
Steam
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Power
Depots: ER,
IA, 1st
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1982,
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1965.
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BR
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£5.95 Bonavia,
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of illustrations. Hb.
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£5.95 History of the LNER Bonavia,
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A
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1. The
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Allen
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1982,
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Michael
A
History of
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2. The Age
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Streamliners,
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Allen
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1982,
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illustrated
history.
£3.95 --------------------------------------------------------- Bonavia,
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The
History of
the
Southern
Railway,
Unwin
Hyman,
1987,
pp195 plus
70 plates.
Hb.
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The story
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Herbert
Walker,
the
Southern
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wars.
£6.95 Boocock,
Colin
BR
Steam in
Colour
1948-1968,
IA, 1986,
pp112.
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£4.95 Boocock,
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British
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1948-1968:
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of
Transition,
IA, 1988,
pp112.
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Railway
Liveries:
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1948-1995,
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2000,
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£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,
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cover.
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Britain.
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A J
A
Railway
History of
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Cadeby
Collieries,
Industrial
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Society,
1990,
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pits at
Denby in
Yorkshire.
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A J
Ex-BR
Diesels in
Industry,
Industrial
Railway
Society, 6th
edition
2007, pp80
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colour
illustrations.
Pb.
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Industrials.
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The
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London
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W.L.E.R,
Oakwood,
1st
edition
1968,
pp32 plus
pp6 of
illustrations.
Oakwood
Library of
Railway
History
No.22.
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side of
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cover.
A
history of
two major
joint
lines, the
West
London (GW
& LNWR
Joint) and
West
London
Extension
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LNWR, LBSC
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Joint),
which
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important
link lines
between
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companies.
£4.95 Boumphrey, Ian & Merseyside Railway History Group Railway Stations of Wirral, Ian & Marilyn Boumphrey, pp64. No date. A Yesterday's Wirral Special. Large Format Pb. Very Good. A pictorial study with sections on: The Chester to Birkenhead Railway, The Wirral Railway, The Mersey Railway, The North Wales and Liverpool Railway, and The Completed Network. £4.95 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.
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Large
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Cover.
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£125.00 Bowtell, Harold
Over Shap to Carlisle: The Lancaster and
Carlisle Railway in the 20th Century, IA,
1983, pp144. Hb.
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wrapper is
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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
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a single
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An
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Workington-Cockermouth-Keswick-Penrith
Railway
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£5.95 Boyd-Hope,
Gary and Sargent, Andrew Railways
and Rural Life: S. W. A. Newton and the Great Central Railway, English
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Fine/Fine. When the Great
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recorded by S. W. A. Newton, a highly competent professional photographer. This
work presents an extensive selection of these photographs. £8.50 Boyd,
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Narrow
Gauge
Railways
in South
Caernarvonshire:
Vol.2 The
Welsh
Highland
Railway,
Oakwood,
enlarged
revised
edition
1989,
pp142 plus
pp64 of
illustrations.
The
British
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Gauge
Railway -
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James I C
The
Wrexham
Mold &
Connah's
Quay
Railway
including
The
Buckley
Railway,
Oakwood,
1991,
pp352 plus
pp64 of
illustrations.
Oakwood
Library
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£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
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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.
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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 Boynton, John Main
Line to Metro: Train and Tram on the Great Western Route Birmingham Snow Hill
– Wolverhampton, Mid England Books, 2001, pp110. Large Format Pb. Very
Good. An illustrated history.
£6.95 An Illustrated History of LSWR Locomotives Bradley
D L
An
Illustrated
History of
LSWR
Locomotives:
The
Drummond
Classes,
Wild Swan,
1986,
pp234.
Small
inscription,
the number
"422."
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Fine
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The
second
volume in
a
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series.
£36.50 Bradley
D L
An
Illustrated
History of
LSWR
Locomotives:
The Urie
Classes
including
those
modified
and built
by R. E.
L.
Maunsell,
Wild Swan,
1987,
pp156.
Small
inscription,
the number
"425."
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Good+ in a
Very Good+
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wrapper.
The
third
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£36.50 ---------------------------------------------------- Bradley
R P
The
Standard
Steam
Locomotives
of British
Railways,
D&C,
1984,
pp112.
Hard
Cover.
Very Good
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Good dust
wrapper.
A
comprehensive
study,
with the
same
format as
the
Locomotive
Studies
Series.
£5.95 Bradley,
Roger
GWR
Two
Cylinder
4-6-0s and
2-6-0s,
Guild/D&C,
1988,
pp96.
Published
by Guild
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by
arrangement
with David
&
Charles.
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Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
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wrapper.
A
comprehensive
history,
well-illustrated
throughout.
£4.95 Bradley,
Roger LNER 4-6-0s, D&C, 1988, pp96. Hb. VG+
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The story of LNER's 4-6-0s covering 17 types, most of them pre-grouping
designs. The LNER itself produced
two 4-6-0 designs, the Gresley 3-cylinder Sandringhams and the Thompson B1s.
£5.95 Bray,
Maurice I
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Handbills,
Moorland,
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1986,
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of rare
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black
&
white.
Hb.
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Traces
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the ticket
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timetable
from the
stage
coach era
to the
present
time.
£5.95 Bray,
Nigel S M
A
Wiltshire
Railway
Remembered:
The
Devizes
Branch,
Picton
Publishing,
2nd
printing
1992,
pp92.
Card
Covers.
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Good.
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Traces
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of the
Devizes
line from
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proposals
in the
1830s
until
closure in
the 1960s.
£5.95 Breckon,
Don Don Breckon's Country
Connections, D&C, 1993, pp96. Very
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Very Good+
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The
3rd impression of the original large format edition, featuring 20 full-page
colour reproductions of Breckon's paintings.
£14.50 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,
Greenwich
Editions,
1995,
pp80.
Landscape
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Very
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Very Good
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Internally
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wrapper.
Featuring
twenty
four of
the
author's
Great
Western
oil
paintings.
£4.95 Breckon,
Don Don Breckon's Great Western
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Pb. Very
Good.
A selection of Don Breckon's Great Western oil paintings reproduced in
colour. £3.95 Bridge,
Mike
(Editor)
TRACKatlas
of
Mainland
Britain,
TRACKmaps,
1st
edition
2009,
pp134 plus
an index.
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A
Comprehensive
Geographic
Atlas
Showing
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Britain.
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maps show
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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,
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200
illustrations.
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"The
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power from
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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.
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Cover.
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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 Briwnant-Jones,
Gwyn
Welsh
Steam:
Railway
Photographs
at
National
Library of
Wales,
University
of Wales
Press,
1991,
pp90.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good in a
Very Good
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wrapper.
A
picture of
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gauge
Welsh
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neatly
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front.
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page.
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Ninety-five
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£3.95 Brodribb,
John
Branches
&
Byways:
East
Anglia,
OPC,
2000,
pp256.
Large
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A
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illustrated
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East
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£24.50 Brooks J A Railway Ghosts, Jarrold, 1987, pp144. Pb. Very Good. Sixteen stories of the supernatural from the golden age of steam in Britain. £1.95 Brooksbank
B W L
Triumph
and
Beyond:
The ECML
1939-1959
Part 1,
Challenger,
1997,
pp184.
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A
detailed
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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.
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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
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Large
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"A
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around
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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
Nigel
Gresley:
Locomotive
Engineer, IA,
1962,
pp215 plus
pp32 of
illustrations
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Probably
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best
biography
on
Gresley.
£8.50 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
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additional
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Large
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£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, Murray The 40s Rail 1 Portfolios, Janes, 1984, pp64. Landscape format. Glazed Boards. VG+. An all-colour pictorial tribute. £5.95 Brown,
Murray
The
Deltics
Rail 3
Portfolios,
Jane's,
1985,
pp64.
Landscape
format.
Glazed
Boards.
Very
Good+.
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
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Good+ dust
wrapper.
The
rich
diversity
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1980s is
vividly
portrayed
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and
pictures
in this
portrait
of a
single
summer
Friday.
£3.95 Bunce,
Charlie
Great
British
Railway
Journeys,
Collins,
2011,
pp272.
Foreword
by Michael
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Cover.
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Very Good
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wrapper.
A
substantial
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Michael
Portillo's
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television
railway
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Liverpool
to
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Penzance,
Buxton to
London,
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Edinburgh,
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Holyhead,
Ayr to
Skye,
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to Melton
Mowbray,
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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,
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147
illustrations.
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Metropolitan,
District
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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 Return
to Swindon: An Account of Swindon and its Works in the Golden Age of the Great
Western Railway, Avon Anglia, 1990, pp28.
Signed by the author. Pb.
Very Good. An illustrated
booklet. £2.95 Bryan,
Tim
Paddington:
Great
Western
Gateway,
SLP,
1997,
pp112.
Large
format Hb.
VG+
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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.
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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.
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"A
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through
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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
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An
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built
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author's
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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
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The
development
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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.
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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 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
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the dust
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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+
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A general history published to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Richard
Trevithick's pioneering steam locomotive at Penydarren ironworks.
£3.95 Burton, Anthony On the
Rails: Two Centuries of Railways, Aurum Press, 2004, pp208.
Based on the Discovery TV Series.
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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
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An
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L&SWR
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£4.95 Butcher,
Alan C Mid-Hants Railway in
Colour, IA, 1996, pp64. Glazed
Boards.
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An all-colour album. £3.95 Butcher,
Roger
Track
Machines,
Platform
5, 2nd
edition
1986,
pp72.
Pb.
VG.
Details
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Track
Machines
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Small
Plant;
Snowploughs;
and Steam
&
Diesel
Cranes.
£2.95 Butlin,
Ashley
Diesels
and
Electrics
for Scrap:
Vol.1,
Atlantic,
1988,
pp48.
Card
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"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 Railway
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