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Sagar, John  Chapters of Steam: Steam Locomotives of the Worth Valley Railway, Kingfisher, 1984, pp160.  The earlier Kingfisher edition, rather than the later Bracken Books reprint.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A pictorial album recording the varied careers of the over fifty locomotives that have appeared on the Worth Valley Railway since preservation.  £3.95

Sagar, John  'City of Wells' at Large, Big Jim Publishing, 1987, pp32.  Large landscape format Pb.  VG.  A pictorial tribute to 'City of Wells', a Bulleid West Country Pacific preserved in original unrebuilt condition.  £2.50

Sagar, John  Steam in Action: Bulleid Pacifics, IA, 1992, pp92.  Small inscription, the number "441."  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  VG+.  A pictorial tribute - some in colour - interspersed with a significant amount of text.  £4.95

Sawford, Eric  The Last Days of Steam in Cambridgeshire, Alan Sutton, 1991, pp160.  Hb.  Fine in a VG dust wrapper.  A pictorial album.  £3.95

Sawford, Eric  Eric Sawfords Fifties Steam Collection: Southern Region, Allan T. Condie Publications, 1991, pp48.  Small inscription, the number "440."  Large Format.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  A selection of well-captioned photographs from the camera of Eric Sawford.  £4.95

Sawford E H  British Railways Steam in the 1950s, AS, 1992, pp184.  Hb.  Fine in a Fine dust wrapper.  A twenty page introduction, followed by locomotive pictures from each region of British Railways.  £3.95

Sawford, Eric  Steam Locomotives 1955: 60,000-69,999 Eastern, North Eastern and Scotland, AS, 1994, pp184.  Hb.  Fine in a VG dust wrapper.  Slight loss of colour down the spine of the dust wrapper. Details and photographs of all the steam locomotive classes in service during 1955.  £6.95

Sawford, Eric  The Last Days of Industrial Steam, AS, 1995, pp156.  First published in 1991.  Glazed boards with a dust wrapper.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  With narrow gauge and standard gauge sections.  £5.95

Sawford, Eric  Steam Locomotives 1955: 1-39,999 Western and Southern, AS, 1996, pp176.  Small inscription, the number "149."  Hard Cover.  Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust wrapper.  Details and photographs of all the steam locomotive classes in service during 1955.  £6.95

Sawford, Eric  Steam Locomotives 1955: 70000-90774 Standards and Austerities, AS, 1998, pp138. Small inscription, the number "835."  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  Some loss of colour down the spine of the dust wrapper.  A collection of photographs covering the locomotives purchased by BR in 1955.  The text provides technical details, allocations & duties performed, important points of design and special workings.  £8.50

Sawford, Eric The Last Days of Steam on the Eastern Region, AS, 1999, pp138.  Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  Eastern Region steam in the 50s and early 60s.  £4.95

Sawford, Eric  The Last Days of Steam on the London Midland Region, Sutton, 2000, pp148.  Small inscription, the number "867."  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  The bottom rear corner of the covers is slightly bumped.  London Midland steam in the 1950s and early 1960s.  £4.95

Sawford, Eric  Odd Corners of the Eastern from the Days of Steam, Sutton Publishing, 2001, pp130.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper with slight wear to the dust wrapper at the head of the spine.  A collection of pictures chosen to illustrate unusual aspects of the Eastern that have been overlooked in other publications.  £4.95

Sawford. Eric  Odd Corners of the London Midland from the Days of Steam, Sutton Publishing, 2003, pp146.  'Largish' format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  A collection of pictures chosen to illustrate unusual aspects of the Eastern that have been overlooked in other publications.  £7.50

Sawford, Eric  LNER Six-Coupled Tank Locomotives 1948-68, Sutton Publishing, 2006, pp132.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  Some wear to the top rear edge of the dust wrapper.  A pictorial survey with sections on Passenger Tanks, Mixed Traffic Designs and Freight & Shunting Locomotives.  £5.95

Sawford, Eric  Southern Steam in Retrospect, Sutton Publishing, 2007, pp132.  'Largish' format Hb.  VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper.  A companion volume to Eastern Steam in Retrospect and London Midland Steam in Retrospect, using some of the finest images from the author's own collection.  £5.95

Schivelbusch, Wolfgang  Railway Journey The Industrialization of Time and Space in the 19th Century, Berg, 1986, pp203.  Hb.  Fine in a Fine dust wrapper.  An award winning German study of the impact of railways on society.  £4.95

Scott, Andrew  North Eastern Renaissance: Twenty-Five Years of Preserved North Eastern Steam, IA, 1991, pp48.  Pb.  Very Good.  An illustrated history of the work of the North Eastern Preservation Group which owns or operates seven locomotives based on the North York Moors Railway.  £1.95

Scott, Peter G  The Harrow & Stanmore Railway, author, 1st edition 1972, pp36.  Pb.  VG.  Several small brown stains on the rear cover.  An illustrated history and description of the Harrow & Wealdstone - Belmont - Stanmore Village branch.  £6.95

Scott-Morgan, John  British Independent Light Railways, D&C, 1980, pp96.  Glazed Boards.  VG-.  Slight rubbing to the corners of the glazed boards, some foxing to the page edges and the end papers.  Brief histories with illustrations of twenty five light railways.  £2.95

Scott-Morgan, John  Bishop's Castle: Portrait of a Country Railway, Irwell Press, 1991, pp48.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  An illustrated history of the Bishop's Castle Railway, an impoverished branch line from Stretford Bridge on the GW and LNW Joint Line to Bishop's Castle.  The line was never "grouped" and struggled on as an independent concern until closure in 1935.  £8.50

Scott-Morgan, John  London & South Western Railway Miscellany, OPC, 2003, pp128.  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a Fine dust wrapper.  A high-quality pictorial survey.  £8.50

Scott-Morgan, John  An Illustrated History of the Kent & East Sussex Railway, OPC, 2007, pp112.  Large Format Hb.  Fine/VG+.  A detailed examination of the history of the line before privatisation.  £12.50

Searle, Muriel V  Lost Lines: An anthology of Britain's lost railways, New Cavendish, 1982, pp208.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG- dust wrapper with slight wear along the top edge of the dust wrapper.  Examines twenty four closed lines throughout the country; well-illustrated throughout.  £4.95

Searle, Muriel V  Lost Lines: An anthology of Britain's lost railways, New Cavendish, 1982, pp208. Small inscription, the number "72."  Large Format.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Slight wear to the edges of the covers.  Examines twenty four closed lines throughout the country; well-illustrated throughout.  £3.95

Searle, Muriel V  Down the Line to Bristol, Baton Transport, 1986, pp192.  Hard Cover.  Fine in a Very Good dust wrapper.  "In this detailed historical survey the author has used contemporary records, documents and timetables to recreate the distinctive flavour of Gods Wonderful Railway."  £2.95

Searle, Muriel V  Down the Line to Brighton, Baton Transport, 1986, pp160.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  Looks at the length of the Brighton route and illustrates its varied history with original photographs, anecdotes and eyewitness accounts of the important events and people in its life.  £3.95

Searle, Muriel V  Down the Line to Southend, Bloomsbury Books, 1988, pp193.  First published by Baton Transport in 1984.  A 1997 newspaper cutting on the line has been neatly pasted inside the front cover.  Hb.  Fine in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A history of the London, Tilbury & Southend line concentrating on the human, social and historical aspects.  £2.95

Sekon G A  A History of the Great Western Railway being The History of the Broad Gauge, Digby, Long & Co, 2nd edition 1895, pp373.  Hard Cover.  Bound in dark green with gold lettering.  No dust wrapper.  Very Good with slight rubbing to the covers at the head and base of the spine and some foxing to the end papers.  G. A. Sekon was the pen name of George Augustus Nokes (1867-1948), the founding editor of The Railway Magazine.  £58.50

Selig, Ernest T and Waters, John M  Track Geotechnology and Substructure Management, Thomas Telford, 1994.  Over 400 pages.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  A major technical study of railway track systems.  £32.50

Semmens, Peter  Speed on the East Coast Main Line: A Century and a half of accelerated services, PSL, 1990, pp248.  Hb.  VG/VG with a two-inch internally repaired tear at the base of the spine.  The story of the quest for ever-faster passenger services between Kings Cross and Edinburgh Waverley.  £6.95

Semmens, Peter  Electrifying the East Coast Route: The making of Britain's first 140mph railway, PSL, 1991, pp234.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  A detailed record of the electrification of the East Coast main line to Leeds and Edinburgh.  £7.50

Semmens, Peter  A Century of Railways through the Pages of Railway Magazine and paintings from members of the Guild of Railway Artists, OPC, 1996, pp96.  Very Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  A superb series of coloured paintings by members of the Guild of Railway Artists, published to commemorate the centenary of the Railway Magazine.  Also contains a history of the Railway Magazine by Peter Semmens.  £8.50

Shackcloth, Paul  Salford in the Days of Steam: Manchester Exchange Station, Agecroft and Patricroft MPDs, Steam Image, 2002, pp160.  Small inscription, the number "1010."  Large Format.  Card Covers.  Very Good+.  An excellent collection of well-captioned illustrations.  £16.50

Shannon, Paul and Hillmer, John  British Railways Past and Present No.6: Cheshire & North Wales, SLP, 1988, pp104.  Card Covers.  Very Good+.  Over 90 locations including Crewe, Chester, Macclesfield, Wrexham, Oswestry, Pwllheli and Caernarfon.  £3.95

Shannon, Paul  The 56s and 58s: Rail 11 Portfolios, IA, 1989, pp64.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  An all-colour album in the Rail Portfolio Series.  £5.95

Shannon, Paul  BR Traction in Colour – 2, IA, 1989, pp112.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  Examines the five BR business sectors in turn: InterCity, Provincial, Network SouthEast, Railfreight, and Parcels & Departmental.  £4.95

Shannon, Paul  North-West Rails in Colour, Platform 5, 1991, pp64.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  Fine.  An all-colour album featuring diesel and electric traction in the North West over the last 20 years.  £4.95

Shannon, Paul  Class 37, IA, 2005, pp80.  Rail Portfolio Series.  Landscape format. Glazed Boards.  Fine.  An all-colour album.  This is a revised and expanded edition of No.12 in the original Rail Portfolio Series, first published in 1990.  £5.95

Shannon, Paul  Classes 56 & 58, IA, 2005, pp80.  Rail Portfolio Series.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  Fine.  An all-colour album.  This is a revised and expanded edition of No.11 in the original Rail Portfolio Series, first published in 1989.  £5.95

Shannon, Paul  Rail Freight since 1968: Wagonload, SLP, 2006, pp128 with 165 illustrations, tables & maps.  Pb.  VG+.  Examines the changing patterns of rail freight from 1968 to the present day.  £6.95

Shannon, Paul  Blue Diesel Days, IA, 2007, pp96.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards. VG.  An all-colour pictorial album with sections on all five regions.  £8.50

Sharman, Bill  Main Line Steam: 25 Glorious Years of Preservation, Atlantic, 1997, pp144 with numerous colour and b/w illustrations.   Large Format Hb.  VG+/VG+.  "The story of how thousands of enthusiasts refused to let the steam train die, lovingly restoring locomotives some of which were bought out of service from British Rail, others rescued in scrapyard condition after languishing for years as rusting hulks, and returning over a hundred of them to the main line national network."  £5.95

Sharman M  The Broad Gauge of the Great Western Railway, The Bristol and Exeter Railway and the North and South Devon Railways: A Selection of 7mm Locomotive Drawings, Oakwood Press, 1985, pp129.  Portfolio Series Vol.1.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  There is some foxing on the title page.  Eighty four drawings of broad gauge engines.  £16.50

Sharman M  The Great Eastern Railway Part One: A selection of 7mm locomotive drawings, Oakwood, 1987.  Portfolio Series Vol.3.  Pb.  VG.  A total of seventy three drawings from The Locomotive Magazine are reproduced on double size fold-out pages.  £8.50

Sharman M  The Great Western Railway: 0-6-0 Standard Gauge Locomotives, Oakwood Press, 1990. Portfolio Series Vol.5.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  The orange colour on the spine of the cover has faded. Eighty eight drawings of GWR 0-6-0s, including locomotives absorbed at The Grouping.  £8.50

Sharpe, Brian  Flying Scotsman: The Legend Lives On, Mortons Media, 2005, pp122. Exclusive to W H Smith.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  An illustrated history, the complete story both before and after preservation.  £4.95

Sharpe, Brian  British Railways: Modernisation to Privatisation, Mortons Media/W H Smith, 2007, pp130.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  An all-colour celebration of diesel traction through the years, with brief details of each class.  £3.95

Sharpe G W  East Coast Pacifics, author, 1986, pp48.  Pb.  VG.  An album of author's photographs.  £1.95

Sharpe G W  Lineside Camera: Western Express Steam, author, 1987, pp36.  Pb.  VG+.  An album of Great Western steam.  £0.95

Sharpe G W  North Eastern Express Steam, author, 1988, pp32.  Pb.  VG+.  An album devoted to the LNER Pacifics.  £1.95

Shaw, Chris  The AC Electrics Rail 13 Portfolio, IA, 1991, pp64.  Rail Portfolio No.13.  Glazed Boards. VG.  Slight rubbing to one corner of the covers.  An all-colour pictorial tribute.  £5.95

Days of Steam

Shaw, William  Days of Steam 1. Kings Cross-York, MAP, 1969, pp40.  Small landscape format.  Card Covers. Very Good.   A Journey in Pictures with an essay by Dr W. A. Tuplin.  £0.95

Shaw, William  Days of Steam 3. Euston-Carlisle, MAP, 1969, pp30.  Small inscription, the number "303", on the preliminary title page.  Small landscape format.  Card Covers.  VG.  A Journey in Pictures with an essay by Dr W. A. Tuplin.  £0.95

Shaw, William  Days of Steam 4. Paddington-Wolverhampton, MAP, 1969, pp30.  Small landscape format.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Page numbers inserted in ink.  A Journey in Pictures with an essay by Dr W. A. Tuplin.  £0.95

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Sheldon, Peter  Swindon in Camera: A Photographic Journey 1850-1979, Monmouth & District Field Club and Antiquarian Society, 1979, pp112.  Card Covers.  Very Good-.  Slight wear to the corners of the covers.  The focus is on the town of Swindon, rather than on the railway.  £1.95

Shepherd, David  A Brush with Steam: David Shepherd's Railway Story, D&C, 1st edition 1983.  Signed by the author.  Hb.  VG/Near VG.  Slight wear to the dust wrapper at the head of the spine.  The story of David Shepherd's involvement with the railway preservation movement.  £6.95

Shepherd, David  A Brush with Steam: David Shepherd's Railway Story, D&C, 1990, pp264.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  The story of David Shepherd's involvement with the railway preservation movement.  £5.95

Shepherd, Ernest  The Dublin and South Eastern Railway, D&C, 1974, pp231.  Railway History Series.  Inscription.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  A comprehensive history.   £10.50

Shewring, Colin  Steam in East Anglia, Becknell, 1980, pp96.  Pb.  VG.  149 photographs of steam in Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Essex.  £3.95

Shurmer, Gordon and Fenton, Mike  Swindon Engineman, Wild Swan, 2006, pp246.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good+ in a Very Good dust wrapper.  Well-illustrated throughout.  Sets out to record Gordon Shurmer's footplate experiences, the turns he worked on each link and the running of Swindon shed."  £26.50

Sibley, Brian  The Thomas the Tank Engine Man: The Story of the Reverend W. Awdry and his Really Useful Engines, Heinemann, 1995, pp336.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  Internally repaired tear in the dust wrapper at the head of the spine.  A biography of the man behind the Thomas the Tank Engine books.  £8.50

Simmonds, Robin G  A History of the Port Talbot Railway & Docks Company and the South Wales Mineral Railway Company Vol.1 1853-1907, Lightmoor Press, 2012, pp258.  Large Format.  Hard Cover. Fine in a Very Good dust wrapper. There is a two-inch internally-repaired tear in the rear dust wrapper fold.  A definitive history, well illustrated throughout.  £16.50

Simmonds, Robin G  A History of the Port Talbot Railway & Docks Company and the South Wales Mineral Railway Company Vol.2 1894-1971, Lightmoor Press, 2013, pp259-p554.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Fine in a Very Good dust wrapper. The second volume of a definitive history, well illustrated throughout.  £24.50

Simmons, Ernest J  Memoirs of a Station Master, Adams & Dart, 1974, pp165. Edited by Jack Simmons.  First published in 1879 under the title Ernest Struggles.  Hard Cover. Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  "An irreverent, sometimes passionate; perhaps not always truthful; a highly personal, indeed intimate, account of the career of a mid-Victorian stationmaster on the Great Western."  £10.50

Simmons, Jack  The Railways of Britain: An Historical Introduction, MacMillan, 1968, pp276 plus 25 illustrations.  Hb.  VG in a VG- dust wrapper.  The dust wrapper has been internally repaired at the head of the spine.  The 2nd edition of Professor Simmon's widely acclaimed history.  £2.95

Simmons, Jack (Prof)  The Railways of Britain: An Historical Introduction, Routledge & Keegan Paul, 1965, pp264.  Inscription.  Pb.  VG with some creasing to the spine of the covers.  An excellent overview by a noted transport historian.  £2.95

Simmons, Jack  Transport Museums in Britain and Western Europe, Allen & Unwin, 1970, pp300 with 64 illustrations.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  Describes twenty-two museums in Britain and twelve in Western Europe.  £3.95

Simmons, Jack (Editor)  The Birth of the Great Western Railway, Adams & Dart, 1971, pp96.  Brief inscription.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  Extracts from the Diary and Correspondence of George Henry Gibbs.  Gibbs was a London Director of the Great Western during the turbulent early years.  £4.95

Simmons, Jack and Biddle, Gordon  The Oxford Companion to British Railway History from 1603 to the 1990s, Oxford University Press, 1997, pp591.  Hb.  Fine in a VG dust wrapper.  A massive reference work on British railway history, published at £45.  £12.50

Simpson, Bill  A History of the Railways of Oxfordshire Part 1: The North, Lamplight, 1997, pp192 with over 200 illustrations, maps & diagrams.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  With chapters on Banbury, Oxford, Bicester, Chipping Norton and finally the Witney Railway, Fairford Branch.  Interviews with people that worked on the railways bring an added dimension to the book.  £9.50

Simpson, Bill  The Aylesbury Railway: The First Branch Line Cheddington - Aylesbury Opened 1839, OPC, 1989, pp112.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A well-illustrated history of the LNWR Aylesbury branch.  £6.95

Simpson, Bill  Railways in and around Bolton: An Historical Review, Foxline, 1990, 197 plates. Unpaged.  Scenes from the Past:10.  Small inscription, the number "334."  Large Format.  Card Covers. Very Good.  Old price sticker on the rear cover.  £6.95

Siviter, Roger  Steam Specials: British Rail's Return to Steam, D&C, 1981, pp96.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  An album depicting steam specials through the 1970s.  £2.95

Siviter, Roger  A Handbook of Railway Photography, David & Charles, 1983, pp135 with 180 pictures in colour and black & white.  Small inscription, the number "66."  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust wrapper.  One of the finest contemporary railway photographers explains how to improve the quality of your railway photographs.  £3.95

Siviter, Roger  The Settle to Carlisle: A Tribute, Baton Press, 1st edition 1984, 181 black & white photographs plus six pages of colour.  Inscription.  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  Preserved steam in the late 1970s and early 1980s plus some shots of BR freight and passenger workings during the same period.  This is the original Baton Press edition.  £3.95

Siviter, Roger  Great Western Main Line Steam: Review of 1985, Kingfisher, 1986,  pp48.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  A pictorial tribute to the many steam trips run to commemorate GW150, mainly black & white with some colour.  £2.50

Siviter, Roger  The Welsh Marches, Baton Transport, 1986, 188 illustrations.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  Fourteen years of preserved steam on the Chester - Shrewsbury - Newport route.  A large format black & white and colour album.  £3.95

Siviter, Roger  Waverley: Portrait of a Famous Route, Kingfisher, 1st edition 1988, 190 plates.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG- dust wrapper.  There is an internally repaired tear to the rear page of the dust wrapper.. Roger Siviter has assembled a pictorial tribute from a wide range of photographers.  £8.50

Siviter, Roger  BR Steam Surrender, Kingfisher, 1988, pp96.  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a Fine dust wrapper.  Published to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the death of steam, with 140 photos covering over 40 locomotive classes.  £3.95

Siviter, Roger  A Photographer's Guide to Railways, Peerage Books, 1989, pp135 with 180 pictures in colour and b/w.  Large Format.  Glazed boards with dw.  Fine / Very Good.  One of the finest contemporary railway photographers explains how you can improve the quality of your railway photographs.  £3.95

Siviter Roger  Settle and Carlisle Memories, Unicorn, 1990, pp126.  Large Format Hb.  VG+/VG.  "Portrays the line in its heyday when steam locomotives were the only motive power and the transition as their successors the diesels came to the line."  £4.95

Siviter, Roger  The Central Wales Line: Exploring by rail from Craven Arms to Swansea, Past & Present, 1995, pp64.  A Past and Present Companion.  Card Covers.  Very Good+.  Pictorial.  A nostalgic trip along the whole route from Craven Arms to Swansea.  £3.95

Siviter, Roger  1966: A Month-by-month Journey around Britain in Pursuit of Steam, SLP, 1996, pp160.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust wrapper.  A superb photographic record of steam in 1966.  £4.95

Siviter, Roger  Snow Hill to Cheltenham including the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, Past & Present, 1997, pp112.  British Railways Past and Present Special.  Pb.  VG.  A nostalgic trip along the former GWR route from Birmingham to the West Country.  £5.95

Siviter, Roger  Rhythms of Steam: Images of the Steam-Age Railway, SLP, 2000, pp160 plus pp32 of colour.  Railway Heritage from the Nostalgia Collection.  Large Format Hb.  Fine/VG+.  £5.95

Siviter, Roger  Scotland East & North, Great Bear, 2003, pp80.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  Fine.  An all-colour photographic journey from Berwick-on-Tweed to Wick and Thurso, both via the Highland main line from Perth to Inverness and via the coast route over the Forth and Tay bridges to Dundee and Aberdeen.  The period is from the mid-1970s to the early 90s.  £7.50

Siviter, Roger  Diesel Decade The 1980s, Sutton Publishing, 2006, pp144.  "Largish" format Hb.  Fine/VG+.  A series of photographic essays: Class 40s at Work, Landscapes, Deltics, Viaducts & Bridges, Signal-Boxes & Semaphore Signals, Freight Trains, City Stations, Seaside Days, Peaks on the Midland, Stations & Junctions, and Night Scenes.  £7.50

Siviter, Roger  Steam Journey, Great Bear Publishing, 2010, pp80.  Glazed boards.  VG.  A pictorial album with quite a bit of colour.  Sections include: BR Steam 1950- 1968, Industrial Steam, Early Days on Preserved lines, South African Steam, and BR Main Line Steam 1970 Onwards.  £4.95

Skelton, Peter  Main line Steam into the 1980s, Janes, 1982, pp96.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  An all-colour album.  £3.95

Skelton, Peter and Huxtable, Nils  British Steam Revival, Janes, 1982, pp96.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  Very Good.  An all-colour album of mainline preserved steam in the 1970s.  £2.95

Slinn J N  Great Western Way, HMRS (Historical Model Railway Society), 3rd impression 1985, pp274.  A limited edition to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Great Western Railway.  Hard Cover.  Very Good+ in a Very Good- dust wrapper.  The definitive reference on Great Western liveries. Slight wear to the edges of the dust wrapper. "A description of the distinctive features of the GWR with particular reference to the liveries of locomotives, rolling stock, road vehicles, buildings and uniforms, an account of the permanent way and signal practice and notes on the original liveries of the companies it absorbed."  £16.50

Smith D J  The Severn Valley Railway, Town & Country Press, 1968, pp60.  Card Covers.  Very Good-.  Slight wear to the edges of the covers.  An illustrated history of the Severn Valley Railway.  £2.95

Smith D J  The Welshpool and Llanfair Railway, Branch Line Handbooks and West Country Handbooks, 2nd edition 1969, pp68.  Card Covers  Very Good-.  The white cover is a little bit grubby; old price sticker on the front.  An illustrated history of the line.  £3.95

Smith, David L  Tales of the Glasgow & South Western Railway, IA, 1st edition 1962, pp96 with a colour frontis and 16pp of illustrations.  Inscription.  Hb.  VG in a VG- dust wrapper with slight wear to the dust wrapper at the head of the spine.  A classic series of articles that originally appeared in The Railway Magazine.  £10.50

Smith, Derek  Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway in Colour, IA, 1993, pp64.  Landscape format. Glazed Boards.  VG+. An all-colour landscape format album.  £4.95

Smith, Donald J M and Harrison, Derek  Over the Lickey, Peter Watts, 1990, pp80.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  Very Good+.  An illustrated history of the Lickey incline and its working.  £7.50

Smith, Ian R  Living with Green Arrow, National Railway Museum, pp24.  No date.  Pb.  Very Good+.  An illustrated history of Green Arrow (60800) with an emphasis on the steam excursions hauled in 2000 and 2001.  £0.95

Smith J D  Stations from the Air, SBP Publishing, pp158.  Glazed Boards.  Fine.  Aerial views of Britain's stations - in colour throughout.  £8.50

Smith, Keith and Mitchell, Vic  Branch Lines to Midhurst, Middleton, 1981, pp96.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  The green background colour on the spine has slightly faded, and there is a one-inch tear in the blank preliminary page.  A pictorial survey of three branch lines to Midhurst: from Petersfield, Pulborough and Chichester.  £7.50

Smith, Martin  The Railways of Bristol & Somerset, IA, 1992, pp112.  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  An illustrated history of the railways of Somerset.  £4.95

Smith, Martin  The Railways of Devon, IA, 1993, pp128.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A history of the railways of Devon with 150 illustrations, maps and facsimiles.  £5.95

Smith, Martin  Steam on the Underground, IA, 1994, pp96.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  An illustrated history of steam traction on the London Underground.  £3.95

Smith, Martin  British Railway Bridges and Viaducts, IA, 1994, pp176. Inscription.  Hb.  Fine in a Fine dust wrapper.  A well-illustrated survey.  £14.50

Smith, Martin  Steam on the Underground, IA, 1994, pp96.  Pb.  Very Good.  Some slight creasing on the cover.  An illustrated history of steam traction on the London Underground.  £4.95

Smith, Martin  Portrait of the Central Wales Line, IA, 1995, pp128.  Glazed Boards.  VG with slight loss of colour down the spine of the covers.  A well-illustrated history of the scenic Shrewsbury to Swansea line.  £6.95

Smith, Martin  An Illustrated History of Plymouth's Railways, Irwell Press, 1995, pp94.  Large Format Pb.  VG+.  With sections on the GWR, The LSWR & the Southern, Laira, Friary, Maritime Matters, and the 1950s and after.  £8.50

Smith, Martin  Railways of the Isle of Portland, Irwell Press, 1997, pp44 with numerous illustrations.  Small inscription, the number "771."  Large Format.  Card Covers.  VG.  The story of the complex railway history of the railways on the Isle of Portland.  £8.50

Smith, Oliver  An Illustrated History of the Isle of Wight Railways: Cowes to Newport,  Irwell Press, 1993, pp56.  Large Format Pb.  VG+.  £5.95

Smith, Paul  The Handbook of Steam Motive Power Depots Vol.1: Southern England, Platform 5, 1989, pp96.  Large Format  Pb.  VG.  Brief details, a photograph and an ordinance survey map are provided for each shed.  £6.95

Smith, Paul  The Handbook of Steam Motive Power Depots Vol.2: Central England, East Anglia & Wales, Platform 5, 1989, pp96.  Large Format.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Brief details, a photograph and an ordinance survey map are provided for each shed.  £5.95

Smith, Paul  The Handbook of Steam Motive Power Depots Vol.4: Northern England & Scotland, Platform 5, 1990, pp128.  With an index for the entire series.  Small inscription, the number "795."  Large Format Pb.  VG.  Includes illustrations, an ordinance survey map & details for each shed.  £6.95

Smith, Paul and Turner, Keith  Railway Atlas Then and Now, IA, 2012, pp112.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  VG+.  Presents pre-grouping and present day (2012) railway maps of Britain side by side - 90 maps in all.  £8.50

Smith, Peter  An Historical Survey of the Midland in Gloucestershire: Layouts and Illustrations,  OPC, 1985, pp160.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good+ in a Very Good dust wrapper.  The dust wrapper spine is slightly sunned.  £14.50

Smith W and Beddoes K  The Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway, OPC, 1980, pp112.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  A comprehensive illustrated history.  £12.50

Smith W and Beddoes K  The Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway, OPC, 1980, pp112.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  The dust wrapper has been neatly protected with a clear adhesive covering.  The dust wrapper is slightly sunned.  A comprehensive well-illustrated history.  £9.50

Smith, Capt W G  1247 Preservation Pioneer: The Story of Britain's First Privately Preserved Standard Gauge Steam Locomotive, SLP, 1991, pp96.  Glazed Boards.  Very Good.  The story of the preservation of a J52 0-6-0ST built by the Great Northern Railway in 1899.  1247 is now at the National Railway Museum in York.  £2.95

Smith, William H  Essex Railways, Sutton, 2000, pp128.  Glazed Boards.  VG- with slight rubbing to the corners of the glazed boards, so not quite VG.  A photographic tribute to railways in Essex in the steam era.  £7.50

Snell J B  Early Railways, Octopus Books, 1972, pp97 with 132 illustrations in colour and black & white.  Hb.  VG/VG.  Introductory.  Traces the history of railways from their earliest beginning until World War I.  £2.50

Snell J B  Railways: Mechanical Engineering, Arrow Books, 1973, pp177 with 33 illustrations.  First published by Longman as a hardback in 1971.  Pb.  VG with some creasing to the spine of the covers and slight browning to the pages.  "This book is concerned with the evolution of those aspects of railways which were normally the concern of a railway company's mechanical engineering department - rolling stock, signalling and, above all, motive power."  £2.95

Snell J B  One Man's Railway: J E P Howey and the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway, David St John Thomas, 1st edition 1983, pp128.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  Slight foxing to the top edges of the pages.  An illustrated history of the 15 inch gauge RH&DR.  J. E. P. Howey was the driving force behind the line and was intimately associated with the RH&DR until his death in 1963.  £6.95

Somers A J  British Railways Operating History Vol.2: Motive Power Chief, Xpress Publishing, pp104.  No date.  "Transport History by Transport Professionals."  Large Format. Glazed Boards.  VG.   Jack Somers joined the LNER in 1932, retiring from BR in 1976.  This book provides a well-illustrated account of his career in the motive power department.  £10.50

Somerville, Christopher  Walking Old Railways, D&C, 2nd revised edition 1990, pp144.  Glazed Boards.  Fine.  Describes nine major railway walks undertaken by the author along the length of the Somerset & Dorset, the Lyme Regis Branch, the Potteries loop line, the Mid Wales line etc.  £3.95

Southern D W, Leadbetter H J, and Weatherley S A  Rails to Bala: A Pictorial Survey, Charter Publications, 1986, pp84.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  A pictorial tribute to both the Great Western line from Ruabon to Barmouth and the branch from Bala to Festiniog.  £4.95

Southern D W and Jones, Norman  Bala Junction to Blaenau Ffestiniog, Foxline, 1st edition 1995, pp102.  Scenes from the Past 25: Railways of North Wales.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  £9.50

Sparks, Andy  British Rail Northern Scene: Coast to Coast, Sutton Publishing, 2008, pp160.  Hb.  Fine in a Fine dust wrapper.  Evokes the flavour of British Rail in the 1970s in both words and pictures.  £5.95

Spaven, David and Holland, Julian  Mapping the Railways: The journey of Britain's railways through maps from 1819 to the present day, Times Books, 2011, pp304.  Large Format.  Glazed boards with a dust wrapper.  Fine in a Very Good dust wrapper.  "Follows the development, decline and later revival of Britain's railways through a unique collection of old & new maps, commentaries and photographs."  £8.50

Spence, Jeoffry  Victorian and Edwardian Railway Travel From Old Photographs, Batsford, 1982, pp120 with 147 photographs.  Hb.  Fine in a Fine dust wrapper.  An unusual collection of early railway photographs with informative captions.  £3.95

Spence, Jeoffry  Victorian and Edwardian Railways from Old Photographs, Batsford, 1985, pp128 with 155 illustrations.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  A fascinating collection of early photographs.  £3.95

Spence, Jeoffry  Victorian and Edwardian Railways from Old Photographs, Fitzhouse, 1975, pp128 with 155 illustrations.  Pb.  VG.  An interesting collection of early photographs.  £2.95

Sprenger, Howard  The Wirksworth Branch, Oakwood, 1987, pp144 with numerous plans and illustrations.  Oakwood Library of History No.72.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  The spine of the dust wrapper is sunned and the bottom corners of the covers are bumped.  A comprehensive history of the Midland Railway branch to Wirksworth.  £8.50

Stapleton N J The Kelvedon and Tollesbury Light Railway, Forge Books and Stour Valley Preservation Society, 2nd edition 1975, pp32.  Pb.  VG.  A 1975 reprint of the 2nd edition of 1968.  An illustrated history.  £9.50

Stead, Neville  East Coast Main Line: 1 - King's Cross to Peterborough, Book Law, 2011, pp72.  Steam Memories: 1950s - 1960's No.42.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Old price sticker on the front cover.  A pictorial survey from the author's collection of negatives.  £4.95

Stead, Neville  East Coast Main Line: 3 - Retford to Selby, Book Law, 2013, pp72.  Steam Memories: 1950s - 1960's No.44.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Old price sticker on the front cover.  Further pictures from the author's collection of negatives.  £4.95

Stengelhofen, John  Cornwall's Railway Heritage, Twelveheads Press, 2nd revised edition 2003, pp50.  Revised by Michael Messenger with the help of Maurice Dart.  Pb.  VG.  An illustrated booklet.  £1.95

Stephens J H  The District Controller's View No.11 1950's BR Steam Operating: The Midland & South Western Junction Railway, Xpress Publishing, pp68.  No date.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  Train and traffic operations over the M&SWJR during the 1950s; Full working Timetable (Passenger & Goods); Engine diagrams & locomotive allocations 1950-60 Swindon & Gloucester MPDs.  £12.50

Stephenson, Brian  Great Western Steam at its Zenith, IA, 1985, pp80.  Large Format.  Card Covers. Very Good.  A pictorial tribute to Great Western steam covering the period from the end of the broad gauge in 1892 until the outbreak of World War 2.  £1.95

Stephenson, Brian  Great Western 4-6-0s, IA, 1996, pp128.  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  Loss of the background colour down the spine of the dust wrapper.  A pictorial tribute based on five issue of Locomotives Illustrated, with sections on The Saints & Stars, The Castles, The Kings, The Halls Manors & Granges, and The Counties.  £4.95

Stephenson, Brian  LNER Album Vol.2, IA, 1971, pp112.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A pictorial album.  £4.95

Stephenson, Brian  LMS Album No.2, IA, 1974, pp128.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  The dust wrapper has been internally repaired at the head of the spine.  The spine of the dust wrapper is slightly sunned.  A pictorial album.  £3.95

Stephenson, Brian  LMS Album No.3, IA, 1st edition 1973, pp128.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper. A pictorial album.  £3.95

Stephenson, Brian  BR Standard Steam Locomotives, IA, 1993, pp128.  The original Ian Allan edition.  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  The dust wrapper spine is sunned.  The illustrations were originally published in Locomotives Illustrated.  £5.95

Stephenson, Brian  BR Standard Steam Locomotives, IA/Taj Books, 2007, pp128.  A matt reprint of a book published by Ian Allan in 1983.  The illustrations were originally published in various issues of Locomotives Illustrated.  Large Format.  Glazed boards with a dust wrapper.  Fine in a Fine dust wrapper.  £3.95

Stephenson, Brian  Great Western 4-6-0s, IA, 1996, pp128.  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  Loss of the background colour down the spine of the dust wrapper.  A pictorial tribute based on five issue of Locomotives Illustrated, with sections on The Saints & Stars, The Castles, The Kings, The Halls Manors & Granges, and The Counties.  £4.95

Sterndale, Tony  Great Western Pictorial No.3: The Tony Sterndale Collection, Wild Swan, 2006, pp102.  Commissioned by Sue Sterndale.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust wrapper.  High-quality illustrations from the Tony Sterndale collection.  £16.50

Stevens, Robert  Towcester Memories of the "Slow, Miserable & Jolty" (Stratford & Midland Junction Railway), Towcester Local History Society, 1994, pp32.  Pb.  Fine.  An illustrated booklet.  £6.95

Stevens-Stratten, S W  British Rail Main-Line Diesels, IA, Revised and enlarged edition 1975, pp64.  Drawings by R. S. Carter.  Large landscape format Pb. Plastic comb binding.  VG.  Remains of an old price sticker in the top corner of the cover.  "OO" scale drawings of British Rail diesels, with each drawing supplemented by two photographs and a technical specification.  £12.50

Stevens-Stratten S W  Bulleid Coaches in 4mm Scale, IA, 1983, pp56 with 36 detailed drawings of Bulleid's steam hauled stock and 4SUB electric units.  Model Railway Constructor Planbook 1.  Large landscape format.  Card Covers with ring binding.  VG.  £14.50

Stiff D R and Dart M  Great Western Small Prairie Tanks: A Pictorial Tribute, Bodmin and Wenford Railway Preservation Society, 1996, pp76.  Card Covers.  Very Good- with some superficial wear to the covers.  About 17 pages of text followed by illustrations.  £4.95

Stobbs, Allan  Memories of the LNER: Rural Northumberland, author, 1st edition 1986, pp40 plus pp8 of illustrations.  Small inscription, the number "619."  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Examines both the North British and North Eastern branch lines in Northumberland.  £4.95

Stockwell, Jonathan D and Drummond, Ian  Rails along the Derwent: The Story of the Derwent Valley Light Railway, Holne Publishing, 2013, pp160 with 290 illustrations.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards. Very Good.  Very slight rubbing to the corners of the glazed boards.  A comprehensive lavishly-produced history.  £16.50

Stokes, Michael S  Heaton Mersey Motive Power Depot, Foxline, 2000, pp104.  Scenes from the Past: 39.  Small inscription, the number "866."  Large Format Pb.  VG.  £16.50

Street J W  I Drove the Cheltenham Flyer, Nicholson and Watson, 1951, pp154. Illustrated by R. Barnard Way.  Hard Cover. Very Good- in a Poor dust wrapper. The dust wrapper is torn, particularly at the head and base of the spine, with slight loss. The reminiscences of a top-link Great Western driver based at Old Oak Common.  Driver Street joined the Great Western in 1891 and served as a driver for thirty-four years from 1902 until 1936.  £9.50

Stretton C E  The Development of the Locomotive: A Popular History 1803-1896, Bracken Books, 1989, pp252.  First published in 1896.  Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  There is a fold in the front flap of the dust wrapper.  A detailed and comprehensively illustrated book charting the development of the steam engine from Trevithick's pioneering experiments to the "high-speed" engines of the 1890s.  £6.95

Stretton, John  Steam on Shed, Guild/Blandford, 1984, 240 illustrations.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A high quality album from the 1960s, with a high proportion of excellent colour shots.  £3.95

Stretton, John  Leicestershire Railway Memories, Unicorn, 1989, pp158 with pp8 of colour.  Small inscription, the number "230."  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Fine in a Very Good+ dust wrapper.  A high-quality album of photographs from the county of Leicestershire.  £5.95

Stretton, John  Closely Observed Trains: A Nostalgic Look Back at a Decade of Change on Britain's Railways, SLP, 1994, pp160.  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a Fine dust wrapper.  A photographic chronicle of the dramatic changes in Britain's rail network during the 1980s.  £4.95

Stretton, John  The West Somerset Railway: A Past & Present Companion, Past & Present, 2000, pp96.  Pb.  Fine.  A nostalgic trip along the whole route from Taunton to Minehead.  £3.95

Stretton, John  The Welsh Highland Vol.3: Ain't no stoppin' us now!, Past and Present, 2000, pp128.  A Past & Present Companion.  Pb.  VG+.  A photographic celebration of the completion of the restoration of the Welsh Highland line from Porthmadog to Caernarfon.  £5.95

Stretton, John  The Last Years of British Rail: 1990 – 94, SLP, 2003, pp128.  Pb.  VG.  The final volume of a trilogy looking at the last 15 years of British Rail.  £4.95

Stretton, John  The Welsh Highland: Caernarfon to Porthmadog - A Phoenix Rising, Past and Present, 2004, pp96.  A Past & Present Companion.  Card Covers.  Very Good+.  A past & present photographic tour of the Welsh Highland Railway.  £3.95

Stroud, John  Railway Air Services, IA, 1987, pp144.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  A well-illustrated tribute to the major role played by the railways in the development of Britain's internal air services.  £8.50

Stuart D H and Reed, Brian  The Crewe Type, Profile Publishing, 1971, p49-p72.  Loco Profile 15.  Remains of an old price sticker on the cover.  Pb.  VG.  An illustrated history of the distinctive double-framed 2-4-0 and 2-2-2 locomotives built by the LNWR in the 19th century.  £3.95

Stubbs W T and Boddy M G  Locomotive Stock Book 1960, RCTS, 1960, pp84 plus pp52 of illustrations.  Pb.  VG.  Complete classified lists (with names) of the locomotive stock of British Railways and London Transport on 31st December 1959;  Alterations to Locomotive Stocks 1955 - 1959.  Lists of the locomotive stock of the Irish Railways and the other British railways.  £4.95

Stubbs, W T, Knowles J W, and Lissenden R A  Locomotive Stock Book 1966, RCTS, 1966, pp55 plus pp44 of illustrations.  Pb.  VG.  Presents details of locomotive stock alterations in the period 1963/5 as well as a complete list of locomotives in stock at the end of 1965.  Classes that became extinct in the period are illustrated.  £4.95

Stuckey, Douglas  The Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore Railway 1901-1917, Town & Country Press, 2nd edition 1968, pp20 including pp4 of plates.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  An illustrated history of an isolated north Devon line.  £4.95

Suggitt, Gordon  Lost Railways of North & East Yorkshire, Countryside Books, 2006, pp160. First published in 2005.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  An illustrated history with an emphasis on what remains today.  £4.95

Summers A W  Engines Good and Bad, OPC, 1985, pp96, 21 photographs & 2 maps.  Pb.  VG with slight wear to the edges of the covers, and some loss of colour down the spine.  Reminiscences of an Old Oak Common driver, 1923-70.  £3.95

Swinger, Peter  The Power of the B17s & B2s, OPC, 1st edition 1988, 196 plates.  Large Format Hb. Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  A pictorial tribute to Gresley's only 4-6-0 class, developed for the Great Eastern section.  Edward Thompson rebuilt ten of the class as two-cylinder B2s.  £7.50

Swinger, Peter  BR Standard Pacifics in Colour, IA, 1994, pp80.  Landscape format. Glazed Boards. Very Good.  An all-colour pictorial tribute.  £5.95

Swinger, Peter  Steam in East Anglia, IA, 1999, pp96.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  Very Good.  A history of steam traction in East Anglia, well-illustrated in both colour and black & white.  £5.95

Swinger, Peter  The Power of the B1s, OPC, 2004, pp112.  Power Series.  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  A pictorial record of Thomson's mixed-traffic 4-6-0, developed during the war for the LNER.  £9.50

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