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Fairchild, Gordon and Wootton, Peter  Railway and Tramway Tickets, IA, 1987, pp158 including 70 full-page plates, 8 in colour.  Published by Ian Allen under their prestige Malaga imprint.  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  A detailed but readable account of the evolution of ticketing, from the 19th century invention of Thomas Edmondson's card ticket to the automated and computerised systems of today.  £6.95

Fairclough T and Wills A  More Southern Steam - South and West, Bradford Barton/Enterprise Transport Books, pp96.  No date.  A Bradford Barton reprint.  Hb.  There is a neatly repaired tear in the dust wrapper down the rear fold – the rear flap was originally detached - otherwise Fine in a Fine dust wrapper.  £2.95

Fairclough, Tony and Wills, Alan  More Southern Steam on Shed, Bradford Barton, 1975, pp96.  Small inscription, the number "420."  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A Bradford Barton original in a green "flecked" hardback cover.  £5.95

Fairclough T and Wills A  Great Western Steam through the Years 2, Bradford Barton, 1978, pp96. Hb.  VG in a Fair dust wrapper.  Wear to the dust wrapper at the head of the spine.  A Bradford Barton original in a brown "flecked" cover.  £5.95

Fairclough, Tony  Cornwall's Railways, Tor Mark Press, 1990, pp40.  Pb.  VG.  Emphasises the minor lines that pre-dated the GWR and L&SWR in Cornwall.  £1.95

Faith, Nicholas  Locomotion: The Railway Revolution, BBC, 1993, pp240.  Well-illustrated in colour and b/w.  Hb.  Large landscape format.  VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper.  Includes the engineers who designed the railways, the navvies who built them, the use of railways for transporting troops and for industry and tourism, railway stations, railway art, and recent developments in rail transport.  £3.95

Faith, Nicholas  Classic Trains, Boxtree, 1996, pp144.  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a Fine dust wrapper.  The fascinating story of the rise, decline and regeneration of our railways.  £3.95

Falconer, Jonathan  Brunel, IA, 2nd revised edition 2005, pp160.  Pb.  Fine.  Concentrates on Brunel's achievements and on "what's left to see today."  Well-illustrated throughout.  £3.95

Farline, John and Cookson, Peter  Railways around Wakefield and Pontefract, Wyvern, 1984, pp72. Small inscription, the number "321."  Card Covers.  Very Good.  An well-illustrated study with the following sections: Around Wakefield Kirkgate; Around Wakefield Westgate; South of Wakefield Westgate; The Swinton & Knottingley Joint; Wakefield Pontefract & Goole Railway; Around Castleford; and Industrial Railways.  £4.95

Faviell, Brigadier John  The Railway Journeys of my Childhood, Pan Books, 1983, pp112.  Landscape format Hb.  As published with no dust wrapper and an attractive illustrated cover in VG+ condition.  Descriptions of the author's Edwardian railway journeys, illustrated by his own water colours.  £3.95

Fawcett, Bill  The North Eastern Railway's Two Palaces of Business 1906 to 2006, Friends of the National Railway Museum, 2006, pp64.  Illustrations by Patrick Howat.  In association with the GNER.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  A detailed history of the York Head Office of the NER, and also of the NER parliamentary office in Westminster.  The North Eastern head office is now The Grand Hotel & Spa, York.  £3.95

Fearnley, Alan  The Railway Paintings of Alan Fearnley, D&C, 2003, pp80.  "Largish" Landscape Format Pb.  VG.  Colour reproductions of Alan Fearnley's paintings plus supporting material.  £4.95

Fell, Andrew  BR in the Midlands: Rail 17 Portfolio, IA, 1991, pp64.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards. VG+.  An all-colour album.  £5.95

Fellows, Craig W and Gash, Paul E  The Last Days of the "Deltics", IA, 1986, pp96.  Pb.  VG with slight wear to the covers at the head and base of the spine.  A well-illustrated tribute to the final months of the Deltics.  £3.95

Fenman  Images of Steam, IA, 1st edition 1968, pp192.  Small inscription, the number "170."  Large Format Hb.  Very Good+ in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A memorable album of high-quality photographs taken by five former Cambridge undergraduates in the late 1950s.  £5.95

Fenton, Mike  The Malmesbury Branch, Wild Swan, 1990, pp258.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  Remains of an old label on the blank front endpaper; dust wrapper spine slightly faded.  A comprehensive history of the Great Western branch to Malmesbury.  £24.50

Fenton, Mike  Camp Coach Holidays on the GWR, Wild Swan, 1999, pp218 with a large number of illustrations.  Large Format. Hard Cover.  Fine in a Very Good+ dust wrapper.  Post-war developments are not included.  £24.50

Ferneyhough, Frank  Steam Trains down the Line, Tyndall, 1975, pp48.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  The story of the steam locomotive in Britain, Europe & America.  Introductory.  £1.95

Ferneyhough, Frank  The History of Railways in Britain, Osprey, 1975, pp288.  Hb.  VG+/VG. A broad-based history with an emphasis on people and personalities, written by a life-long railwayman.  £3.95

Ferneyhough, Frank  Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1830-1980, BCA/Robert Hale, 1980, pp193.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  A history of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, with an emphasis on the period up to 1845, when the railway lost its independence.  £4.95

Ferreira, Douglas  Ratty's 100, Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway, 1977, pp72.  First published in 1976.  Large Format.  Card Covers.  VG with some slight browning on the rear covers.  The story of 100 years of the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway in over 100 pictures.  £4.95

Ferris, Tom  Irish Railways in Colour: From Steam to Diesel 1955-1967, Gill & Macmillan/Midland Publishing, 1st edition 1992, pp120.  Inscription.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  VG with slight rubbing to the corners of the glazed boards.  Examines both the standard and narrow gauge on both sides of the border.  £6.95

Ferris, Tom  The Great Northern Railway: An Irish Railway Pictorial, Midland Publishing, 2003, pp112.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  £10.50

Field, Kenneth and Stephenson, Brian  Pennine Steam, IA, 1989, pp128.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  An atmospheric album of steam in the Pennine area, on the eastern frontier of Lancashire and the western edge of Yorkshire.  £4.95

Fish, David S  Steam on the South Devon Banks, South Anglia Productions, pp48.  No date.  British Isles Steam Gallery Vol.1.  Compiled and photographed by David S. Fish.  Large Format.  Card Covers.  VG+.  High-quality photographs.  £3.95

Flinders T G  On the Settle & Carlisle Route, IA, 1971, pp112.  The original Ian Allan edition.  Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  A selection of over 200 photographs from both the steam and diesel era, which take the reader over the line in five pictorial stages.  £3.95

Flinders T G  The Settle & Carlisle Route Revisited, IA, 1st edition 1985, pp128.  Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  A selection of photographs from both the steam and diesel era, with each section focusing on a different aspect of the line.  £4.95

Flint, Raymond  Head of Steam: More Men of Steam Stories, Santona, 1995, pp170.  Pb. VG.  Tales of Yorkshire's railways in 1944, based on the author's experiences with the LNER.  £3.95

Ford, Roger and Perren, Brian  HSTs at Work, IA, 1988, pp128.  At Work Series.  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper.  An illustrated history of the HSTs.  £7.50

Forster V and Taylor W  Railways in and around Nottingham, Foxline, 1991, 178 illustrations. Scenes from the Past: 11.  Large format Pb.  VG.  Examines Midland, Great Central & Great Northern lines in the Nottingham area.  £8.50

Forsythe H G  Steam Shed Portrait, Atlantic, 1981, pp50.  Pb.  VG.  An illustrated booklet describing the day-to-day operation of a steam shed.  £0.95

Forsythe H G  Men of Steam: A portrait of life on the footplate, Atlantic, 1982, pp48.  Card Covers.  VG.  A well-illustrated booklet.  £0.95

Forsythe H G  The Railway Vanishes: An Appreciation of a Lost Era, Silver Link, 1992, pp128.  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  Slight wear to the dust wrapper at the head and base of the spine.  High-quality photographs from the 1955-65 period.  £4.95

Forsythe H G  The Railway Vanishes: An Appreciation of a Lost Era, Silver Link, 1993, pp128.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  There is a two-inch crease across the rear top corner of the covers.  High-quality photographs from the 1955-65 period.  £2.95

Foster P  The District Controller's View No.4 Somerset & Dorset: Bath – Bournemouth, Xpress Publishing, pp64.  No date.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  £16.50

Foster P and Kendall N  The District Controller's View No.5 Somerset & Dorset: Summer Saturday – 1957, Xpress Publishing, pp64.  No date.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  £16.50

Fox, Michael J  Steam in Somerset and East Devon, South Anglia Productions, 1991, pp48.  Compiled and photographed by Michael J. Fox.  British Isles Steam Gallery Vol.3.  Small inscription, the number "244."  Large Format.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Slight loss of colour down the spine.  The photographs were taken between 1954 and 1966.  £3.95

Fox, Peter  Steam Loco Pocket Book, Platform 5, 1st edition 1980, pp64.  No underlining.  Pb.  VG-.  Creasing across the bottom corner of the rear cover.  Details of all preserved steam locomotives. £1.95

Fox, Peter  The Settle-Carlisle in Action, Castleberg, 1989, pp48.  Pb.  VG+.  Very slight sunning down the spine.  A diverse series of illustrated articles on the Settle-Carlisle line.  £3.95

Fox, Peter The Midland Line in Sheffield, Platform 5, 1990, pp60 including pp24 in colour.  Steam Days on BR 1.  Pb.  VG.  Some loss of colour down the spine of the covers.  A nostalgic photographic survey.  £2.95

Fox, Peter and Webster, Neil  British Railways Pocket Book No.3: DMUs & Light Rail Systems, Platform 5, 13th edition 2000, pp80.  Small Format Pb.  VG.  "The complete guide to all Diesel Multiple Units which operate on the Railtrack network, plus the Rolling Stock of the Light Rail & Metro Systems (excluding London underground)."  No underlining.  £0.95

Fox, Gregory K  Stockport Tiviot Dale: A Cheshire Line Remembered, Foxline, 1991, 123 illustrations.  Scenes from the Past 13.  Large Format Pb.  VG+.  £8.50

Foxell, Clive  Chesham Shuttle: The Story of a Metropolitan Branch Line, author, 1996, pp84 plus pp36 of illustrations.  Inscription.  Pb.  VG.  Spine of the dust wrapper sunned.  £12.50

Fozard, John and Keay, Colin  Yorkshire Diesels in the 1980s, Authors, 1985, pp64.  Large Format.  Card Covers.  VG- with slight wear to the corners of the covers.  A line-by-line survey.  £3.95

Fraser, David; Geen, David; and Scott, Barry  The Great Western Railway in the 1930s [Vol.1], Runpast, 1992, 132 plates from the G. H. Soole collection, now held in the National Railway Museum.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  Rubbing to the bottom corners of the covers.  An appendix gives details of the coach types identified in each picture by the authors.  £5.95

Frater, Alexander  Stopping-Train Britain: A Railway Odyssey, Hodder & Stoughton, 1983, pp167.  Photographs by Alain Le Garsmeur.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  An evocative description of the author's travels on our rural railways in the early 1980s, well-illustrated throughout in both colour and black & white.  £2.95

Freeman, Barry J  The Railway Paintings of Barry J. Freeman, SLP, 2008, pp96.  Large landscape format Hb.  Fine/Fine. The first book to bring together a collection of the author's railway paintings - more than 40 in all - reproduced in full colour and each accompanied by notes on the origin, research and execution of the work written by the artist himself.  £24.50

Freezer C J  V2 Class Green Arrows, Haynes, 1984, pp56.  Super Profile Series.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  A tribute to a famous Gresley class, with both colour & b/w illustrations.  £2.95

Fry A J  Bulleid Power: The Merchant Navy Class, Alan Sutton, 1st edition 1990, pp195.  Hb.  VG/VG.  A comprehensive history of the Merchant Navy class, drawing on previously unpublished material.  £7.50

Fryer C E J  British Baltic Tanks: The Story of the Six Types of British 4-6-4 Tank Locomotives, Platform 5, 1993, pp56.  Railway Monographs No.2.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Small inscription, the number "118", inside the front cover.  An illustrated history of the Baltic tanks designed for the London Tilbury & Southend, The Brighton, The Belfast & County Down, The Furness, The Glasgow & South Western, and The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway.  £6.95

Fryer, Charles  British Pullman Trains: A tribute to all Britain's steam, diesel and electric Pullman services, SLP, 1999, pp224.  Hb.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A detailed record of every regularly time-tabled British all-Pullman train, from their beginnings in the 1880's to the present.  Well-illustrated throughout.  £12.50

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