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Talbot E  LNWR Miscellany: Vol.2, OPC, 1980, 227 plates.  Large Format Hb.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  The dust wrapper is price clipped.  An excellent follow-up to Talbot's first LNWR album.  £10.50

Talbot, Edward  An Illustrated History of LNWR Engines, OPC, 1st edition 1985, pp334.  Small inscription, the number "478."  Hb. VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  An exhaustive class-by-class study.  £20.50

Talbot, Edward; Millard, Philip; Dow, George; and Davis, Peter  LNWR Liveries, HMRS, 1985, pp184 with a colour frontis.  Very Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Fair dust wrapper.  As is often the case with this work, the top edge of the dust wrapper is very worn with several small tears. This appears to be because the dust wrapper was originally larger than the book.  A definitive work, covering all aspects of the LNWR.  A final chapter is devoted to the North London Railway.  £12.50

Talbot, Edward  A Pictorial Tribute to Crewe Works in the Age of Steam, OPC, 1987, 213 illustrations.  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  Inscription.  A high-quality large format album with many pre-grouping pictures.  £6.95

Talbot, Edward  The LNWR Recalled: A collection of writings and observations on the London and North Western Railway, OPC, 1987, pp191.  Large Format Hb.  Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust wrapper.  A collection of writings and observations on the London and North Western Railway, compiled by an acknowledged expert on the company.  £7.50

Talbot, Edward  Railways in and around Stafford, Foxline, 1994, pp112.  Scenes from the Past:22. Small inscription, the number "525.”  Large Format.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  £6.95

Talbot, Edward  A Pictorial Record of British Railways Standard Steam Locomotives, OPC, 2000, 241 plates.  First published in 1982.  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  Slight wear to the dust wrapper at the head of the spine.  Photos and line drawings of the twelve standard classes.  £10.50

Talbot, Edward  The London & North Western Railway Eight-Coupled Goods Engines, author, 2002, pp267.  Brief inscription.  Large format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  A definitive study of the more than 600 eight-coupled goods engines that the London & North Western Railway had in service at The Grouping.  Over 500 'Super Ds' were still in service at nationalisation, with the last examples surviving until 1964.  £20.50

Talbot, Edward and Taylor, Clive  Crewe Works Narrow Gauge System, London & North Western Railway Society, 2nd edition 2005, pp64. Large Format Pb.  VG+.  A well-illustrated study.  £7.50

Talbot, Frederick A  Railway Wonders of the World Vol.1, Cassell & Co., 1913, pp384 with 12 colour plates.  Large Format Hb.  No dw.  Good.  Signature and two address stamps inside the covers.  Some superficial wear to the covers and several pages loose; Railway Wonders of the World Vol.2, Cassell & Co., 1913, p385-760 and 11 colour plates.  Large Format Hb.  No dw.  Good.  Signature and two address stamps inside the covers.  Superficial wear to the covers and one loose page.  Originally issued serially in 24 fortnightly parts, April 1913 - March 1914.  Encyclopaedic coverage of the world's railways just before the outbreak of World War I.  £24.50 for the two volumes

'Taliesin'  Festiniog Railway Locomotives, AB Publishing, 1988, pp52.  Large Format Pb.  Very Good.  An illustrated locomotive history, including the famous double-ended Fairlies. 'Taliesin' consisted of Rodney Weaver, Paul Ingham, Paul Rees and Peter Johnson.  £1.95

Tanner G H J  The Calne Branch, OPC, 1972, pp64.  Research by Brian Lovelock, photographs by Donald Lovelock.  Pb.  VG.  An illustrated history of the Great Western Railway's branch from Chippenham to Calne.  £5.95

Tatlow, Joseph  Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland, Railway Gazette, First edition 1920, pp223.  Hb.  VG- in a Poor dust wrapper.  The corners of the covers are slightly bumped, also slight wear at the top & bottom of the spine and foxing to the page edges.  The torn dust wrapper has been repaired internally and has some loss.  Tatlow joined the Midland Railway as a junior clerk in 1867, moved to the G&SWR in Glasgow in 1875, became General Manager of the Belfast & County Down at the early age of 34 and finally became General Manager of the Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland.  £14.50

Tatlow, Peter  A History of Highland Locomotives, OPC, 1979, pp120.  Based on Allchin's 1947 book.  Small inscription, the number "454."  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  With details and illustrations of every class of Highland Railway engine.  £6.95

Tatlow, Peter  Highland Miscellany, OPC, 1985, 294 plates.  Large Format Hb. VG+/VG+.  A pictorial record of the company's activities in the public eye and behind the scenes.  £8.50

Tatlow, Peter  An Illustrated History of LNER Wagons Vol.2: LNER North-Eastern Area, Wild Swan, 2007, pp208 with illustrations of each wagon type and 73 scale drawings.  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a VG dust wrapper.  A definitive study of the North Eastern, Hull & Barnsley and M&GN Joint Railway wagons absorbed by the LNER.  £32.50

Taylor, Bill  Railways in and around Nottingham, Booklaw, 2011, 178 illustrations.  Updated and enlarged edition.  Scenes from the Past 11A.   First published by Foxline in 1991.  Large Format.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  £5.95

Taylor, Charles  Life in a Loco Works: First-hand experiences of a Crewe engineering apprentice in wartime, OPC, 1995, pp184 with pp24 of illustrations.  Inscription.  Hb. Fine/VG.  £10.50

Taylor, Maxwell  Railways as a Career, Batsford, 1959, pp128 plus pp8 of plates.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG- dust wrapper.  Two small tears in the dust wrapper and slight loss to the lower back edge.  "Sets out to portray life and work on the railways, the methods of recruitment and the paths of advancement.”  £3.95

Taylor, Sheila   The Moving Metropolis: A History of London's Transport since 1800, Lawrence King, 2001, pp400.  In association with London's Transport Museum.  Introductions by Oliver Green.  Hb.  VG in a Fair dust wrapper.  Damaged in transit stamp inside.  The torn dust wrapper, while complete, has been extensively repaired.  A largely pictorial history, mainly in colour.  £10.50

Taylor, Sheila  The Moving Metropolis: A History of London's Transport since 1800, Lawrence King, 2002, pp400.  In association with London's Transport Museum.  Introductions by Oliver Green.  Pb.  VG.  A largely pictorial history, mainly in colour.  £5.95

Taylor, Stuart  Blackburn's Railways in the 1950s and 60s, Foxline, 1994, pp160.  Scenes from the Past: 46 (Part 1).  Small inscription, the number"943."  Large Format.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Featuring the men of Lower Darwen MPD and the main line via Darwen, Bolton, Salford, and Manchester Victoria.  £14.50

Tee D F  The Midland Compounds, RCTS, 1962, pp24 plus pp10 of illustrations.  Colour frontis.  Pb.  VG.  An illustrated study.  £4.95

Terry T H  Great Western Reflections, OPC, 1984, pp95 with pp12 of illustrations.  Pb.  VG.  The background colour has faded down the spine of the covers.  Terry joined the Great Western at Tyseley shed in 1919 and continued in railway service until 1963.  £3.95

Thomas, Cliff  The Narrow Gauge in Britain and Ireland, Atlantic, 2002, pp192.  Large Format Hb.  Fine/VG.  Provides comprehensive coverage of the present-day narrow gauge scene in Britain and Ireland.  £7.50

Thomas, David St John  A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol.1: The West Country, Phoenix, First Edition 1960, pp212 with a folding map in the rear.  Hb.  VG in a VG- dust wrapper with slight wear along the edge of the dust wrapper.  A first edition of the book that launched the monumental History of Railways Series, later published by David & Charles.  £4.95

Thomas, David St John  A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol.1: The West Country, D&C, 6th edition 1988, pp313 with 68 plates, 16 illustrations in the text and a folding map.  Regional History Series.  Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  The sixth and substantially revised edition of the first volume of a definitive series.  £6.95

Thomas, David St John  West Country Railway History, A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol.1: The West Country, D&C, 4th revised edition 1973, pp274 with 56 illustrations and a folding map in the rear.  First published in 1960.  Pb.  VG-.  There is a crease across the top front corner of the covers.  The 4th edition of the first volume of a definitive series.  £3.95

Thomas, David St Thomas  The Great Way West: The History and Romance of the Great Western's Route to the West, D&C, 1975, pp96.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  The first edition with higher quality printing. The top corners of the cover are slightly bumped.  A personal photographic tribute to the Great Western from David St John Thomas, the 'David' of David and Charles.  £2.95

Thomas, David St John  The Great Way West : The History and Romance of the Great Western's Route to the West, D&C, 1985, pp96.  Pb.  VG.  A personal photographic tribute to the Great Western from David St John Thomas, the 'David' of David and Charles.  £1.95

Thomas, David St John  The Country Railway, D&C, 1st edition 1976, pp160.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  'Lovingly portrays the branch and cross-county railway in all its nostalgic, technical and commercial aspects.'  This is the original Country Railway book. Although not lavishly produced in the style of The Great Days of the Country Railway, it is a better read!  £2.95

Thomas, David St John  The Country Railway, David St John Thomas, 1991, pp160.  First published by David and Charles in 1976.  Pb.  VG+.  'Lovingly portrays the branch and cross-county railway in all its nostalgic, technical and commercial aspects.'  £1.95

Thomas, David St John and Rocksborough-Smith, Simon  Summer Saturdays in the West, D&C, 1983, pp173.  Hb.  VG/VG.  The bottom corners of the covers are slightly bumped.  A unique study of Western Region holiday operations to the West Country on Saturday 27 July 1957, set in the context of Great Western summer services.  £4.95

Thomas, David St John and Whitehouse, Patrick  The Great Days of the Country Railway, D&C, 1986, pp208.  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper.  Lavishly-produced steam nostalgia from the highly-respected Thomas and Whitehouse team.  £3.95

Thomas, David St John and Whitehouse, Patrick  The Great Days of the Express Trains, D&C, 1990, pp208.  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a VG dust wrapper with slight wear to the dust wrapper at the head of the spine.  Lavishly-produced steam nostalgia from the highly-respected Thomas and Whitehouse team.  £3.95

Thomas, David St John and Whitehouse, Patrick  BR in the Eighties, BCA/D&C, 1990, pp192.  Large Format Hb.  Fine/VG+.  A comprehensive review of the changes and developments on British Rail during the 1980s.  £5.95

Thomas, David St John and Whitehouse, Patrick  SR 150: A Century and a Half of the Southern Railway, D&C, 1991, pp208.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  There is a tiny nick in the dust wrapper at the bottom of the spine.  A superbly produced nostalgic look at the SR, well-illustrated in both colour and black and white.  £3.95

Thomas, David St John and Whitehouse, Patrick  The Great Days of the GWR, BCA/David St John Thomas, 1991, pp224.  Published by BCA by arrangement with David St John Thomas.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  A nostalgic look at the GWR, well-illustrated in both colour and black & white.  A follow-up to The Great Western Railway 150 Glorious Years from the same team.  £3.95

Thomas, David St John and Whitehouse, Patrick  The Trains We Loved, D&C, 1994, pp192 and 32 paintings by Philip Hawkins.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Fine in a Fine dust wrapper.  The final book of steam nostalgia from the Thomas-Whitehouse team.  £3.95

Thomas, David St John and Whitehouse, Patrick  The Trains We Loved, D&C, 2002, pp192 with 32 colour paintings by Philip Hawkins.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  The final book of steam nostalgia from the Thomas-Whitehouse team.  £2.95

Thomas, David St John  Railway Season, Francis Lincoln, 2011, pp192.  Hb.  VG/VG+.  Slight rubbing to the corners of the covers.  Railway Season captures all our railway yesterdays with panache.  Celebrate the days when trains were trains, when individual expresses had their own character, serving their passengers in style in restaurant cars, and connecting services over picturesque branch lines that were a very part of the countryside they served.  £4.95

Thomas G and Thomas, D St John  Double Headed: Two Generations of Railway Enthusiasm, D&C, 1981, pp200.  Drawings by Kenneth Lindley.  First published in 1963.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  The red spine of the covers is sunned.  Father and son portray the changing railway scene with the emphasis on steam, narrow gauge and country railways.  David. St John Thomas was the David of the publishers David and Charles.  £3.95

Thomas, John  The Springburn Story: A History of the Scottish Railway Metropolis, D&C/MacDonald, 1964, pp260 including pp20 of illustrations.  Hard Cover.  VG in a Fair dust wrapper. The dust wrapper is price clipped.  Wear and small tears to the edge of the dust wrapper.  The story of the Glasgow railway community that included both the principal works of the Caledonian and North British Railways, and the works of two major private builders of locomotives for the world's railways.  £7.50

Thomas, John  The West Highland Railway, D&C, 1st edition 1965, pp172.  Railway History Series.  Hb.  Fine in a VG- dust wrapper.    The red spine of the dust wrapper is sunned.  A classic history of the line to Fort William and Mallaig.  £5.95

Thomas, John  The West Highland Railway: The History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands Vol.1, David St John Thomas/D&C, 3rd revised edition 1984, pp184.  Additional material by Alan J. S. Paterson.  First published in 1965.  Railway History Series.  Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  Slight loss of colour on the spine of the dust wrapper.  A classic history of the line to Fort William and Mallaig.  £5.95

Thomas, John  The West Highland Railway: The History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands Vol.1, David St John Thomas/D&C, Third revised edition 1984, pp184 plus pp38 of illustrations.  Additional material by Alan J. S. Paterson.  Railway History Series.  Pb.  VG.  A classic history of the line to Fort William and Mallaig.  £3.95

Thomas, John  The North British Railway Vol.1, D&C, 1969, pp256, a coloured frontis, and pp16 of illustrations.  Standard Railway History Series.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  Some sellotape staining inside the covers from an old protective covering that has now been removed.  A standard history of the North British Railway.  £18.50

Thomas, John  The North British Railway Vol.2, D&C, 1969, pp256, a coloured frontis, and pp16 of illustrations. Standard Railway History Series.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  Some sellotape staining inside the covers from an old protective covering that has now been removed.  The red spine of the dust wrapper is sunned.  A standard history of the North British Railway.  £20.50

Thomas, John  The North British Atlantics, D&C, 1972, pp188 and a colour frontis.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper.  The red spine of dust wrapper is faded as usual.  The fascinating story of the North British atlantics, based on extensive research and told by the doyen of Scottish railway writers.  £8.50

Thomas, John  Forgotten Railways: Scotland, D&C, 2nd edition 1982, pp224 with pp16 of illustrations.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  Sellotape stains inside the covers from an old protective covering that has now been removed.  Lost railways brought to life by Scotland's foremost railway historian.  £5.95

Thomas, John  A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol.6: Scotland The Lowlands and the Borders, D&C, 2nd revised & extended edition 1984, pp325 with 36 plates and a folding map.  Revised by Alan J. S. Paterson.  Small inscription, the number "790."  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  Some superficial "wear" to the spine of the dust wrapper.  £12.50

Thomas, John  A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol.6: Scotland The Lowlands and the Borders, D&C, 2nd revised & extended edition 1984, pp325 with 36 plates and a folding map.  Revised by Alan J. S. Paterson.  Hard Cover.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  The title page is missing.  £10.50

Thomas, John  The Callander & Oban Railway The History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands - Vol.4, D&C, 1990, pp208 including additional material by John Farrington.  Standard Railway History Series.  First published in 1966.  Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  £9.50

Thomas, John  The Skye Railway: The History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands Vol.5, David St Thomas and D&C, 2nd revised & extended edition 1990, pp181.  Updated by John Farrington. Standard Railway History Series.  First published in 1977 in glazed boards, this is the much more attractive revised edition in traditional hardback form with a dust wrapper.  Hb.  Fine in a Fine dust wrapper.  A history of the Highland Railway branch from Dingwall to Kyle of Lochalsh.  £7.50

Thomas, John and Turnock, David  A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol. 15: North of Scotland, David St John Thomas, 2nd edition 1993, pp336 with 44 plates, 18 illustrations in the text, and a folding map in the rear.  First published in 1989.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  £9.50

Thomas R H G  London's First Railway: The London & Greenwich, Batsford, 1st edition 1972, pp270 plus pp16 of illustrations.  Hb. VG+/VG-.  A presentation plate to school library inside the front cover, and a brown glue stain from a now-absent pastedown inside the rear cover. Wear to the dw, and internally repaired tears to the dw at the head of the spine.  A well-researched history of this early line that was carried on a brick viaduct throughout.  £6.95

Thompson, Alan and Groundwater, Ken  British Railways Past and Present No.11 North Yorkshire (Part I): York and Selby, the Dales, and Skipton to Garsdale, Past & Present Publishing, 2002, pp128.  Pb.  VG+.  Featuring over 50 locations including York, Northallerton, Selby, Harrogate, Skipton, Ribblehead and Garsdale.  £4.95

Thompson, Alan and Groundwater, Ken  British Railways Past and Present No.14: Cleveland and North Yorkshire (part 2), Past & Present Publishing, 1994, pp152 including pp8 of colour.  Pb.  Near VG.  Loss of colour down the spine of the covers.  Over 200 photographs from over 70 locations including Stockton on Tees, Middlesbrough, Northallerton, Whitby, Pickering, Malton and Scarborough.  £4.95

Thompson, Michael  The Railways of Hull & East Yorkshire: The British Railways Era, Hutton Press, 1992, pp128.  "Largish" format Pb.  VG with slight wear at the head and base of the spine.  A pictorial survey with chapters on each line or area.  £8.50

Thorley W G F  A Breath of Steam: Vol.1, IA, 1975, pp199 plus 69 illustrations.  Vol.2 was never published.  Inscription.  Hb.  VG/VG.  One-inch internally repaired tear in the dust wrapper at the head of the spine, dw spine slightly sunned.  The autobiography of an LMS shed apprentice from the late 20s until the early 40s.  £5.95

Thorpe, Don  The Railways of the Manchester Ship Canal, OPC, 1984, pp188.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a Fine dust wrapper.  A comprehensive illustrated history of an unusual organisation, formed by a canal company and employing more staff than any other of the canal company's departments.  £20.50

Tidey, H Gordon  Those Were the Trains, IA, 1954, pp64.  Hb.  VG in a VG- dust wrapper.  The dust wrapper has been internally repaired at the top and bottom of the spine.  A classic Ian Allan album from the early days, devoted entirely to the pre-grouping period.  £4.95

Tilling W G  The Locomotives of the Southern Railway (Central Section), author, 1935, pp34 with 7 illustrations & a foldout table in the rear.  VG.  P. H. Edwards nameplate inside the front cover.  Pb.  Slight wear to the covers at the head of the spine.  A survey of the surviving Brighton Line engines.  £8.50

Timpson, John  Little Trains of Britain, Harper Collins, 1992, pp192, illustrated throughout in colour.  Photographs by Alain Le Garsmeur and additional text by Chris Awdry.  Large landscape format Hb.  Fine in a Very Good dust wrapper.  With chapters on: The Welshpool & Llanfair, The Ravenglass & Eskdale, The Wells & Walsingham Light Railway, The Snowdon Mountain Railway, The Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway, The Ffestiniog Railway, The Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway, The Isle of Man Steam Railway, The Leighton Buzzard Railway, and The Talyllyn Railway.  £3.95

Tomkins, Richard and Sheldon, Peter  Swindon and the GWR, Alan Sutton & Redbrick, 1990, pp132.  In association with the Great Western Railway Museum, Swindon.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  A pictorial record of the Great Western in Swindon, based largely on the archives of the Swindon Railway Museum.  £4.95

Tomlinson, William Weaver  Tomlinson's North Eastern Railway: Its Rise and Development, Andrew Reid & Co., 1914, pp820 and 40 plates.  Rebound in a grey cloth binding with gold lettering to the spine.  Hb.  No dust wrapper.  VG+.  Slight foxing near the spine, several of the plates are loose.  Long regarded as the standard reference work on the North Eastern Railway. The book concentrates on the early period up to 1870; the remaining years are dealt with in a mere 100 pages.  £75.00

Tomlinson, William Weaver  Tomlinson's North Eastern Railway: Its Rise and Development, D&C, 1967, pp820, 40 plates and an introduction by Ken Hoole.  Hb. VG in a VG- dust wrapper.  Sticker from the "Model Railway Centre" inside the front cover; slight wear to the edges of the dust wrapper, particularly at the head of the spine.  First published in 1914 and long regarded as the standard reference work on the North Eastern Railway. The book concentrates on the early period up to 1870; the remaining years are dealt with in a mere 100 pages.  £24.50

Toms, George  Brush Diesel Locomotives 1940-78, Turntable & Transport Publishing, 1978, pp112.  An inscription inside the cover has been covered by a white sticker.  Large Format Hb.  VG+/VG.  An illustrated history.  £12.50

Toms T and Essery R J  Claughton & Patriot 4-6-0s, Wild Swan, 2006, pp124.  With contributions by F. James.  Historical Locomotive Monographs No.3.  Small inscription, the number "1030."  Large Format.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  A comprehensive illustrated study of the London and North Western Railway Claughton Class, and the later LMS Patriot Class which the LMS regarded as replacements for the Claughtons.  £10.50

Tonks, Eric S  The Shropshire and Montgomeryshire Railway, Industrial Railway Society, 2nd enlarged edition 1972, pp102.  First published in 1949, this is the expanded 2nd edition.  Card Covers.  VG.  An illustrated history.  £7.50

The Ironstone Quarries of the Midlands

Tonks, Eric  The Ironstone Quarries of the Midlands History, Operation and Railways Part II: The Oxfordshire Field, Runpast, 1st edition 1988, pp252.  Hb.  Fine in a VG dust wrapper.  The original hardback edition.  The dust wrapper spine is slightly sunned.  Includes all quarries in Oxfordshire, the two in Warwickshire and a small group in the southern tip of Northamptonshire.  £16.50

Tonks, Eric  The Ironstone Quarries of the Midlands History, Operation and Railways Part VII: Rutland, Runpast, 1st edition 1989, pp168.  Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  The original hardback edition. Spine of dw sunned.  £16.50

Tonks, Eric  The Ironstone Quarries of the Midlands History, Operation and Railways Part VIII: South Lincolnshire, Runpast, 1st edition 1991, pp256.  Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  The original hardback edition.  £18.50

Tonks, Eric  The Ironstone Quarries of the Midlands History, Operation and Railways Part VIII: South Lincolnshire, Book Law, 2009, pp256.  Pb.  VG+.  The paperback edition.  £7.50

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Tonks, Eric S (Editor)  Industrial Locomotives of Lancashire, Industrial Railway Society, 2015, p329-428. Pocket Book No.7.  Industrial Railway Society Reprint Series.  First published by The Birmingham Locomotive Club in 1952.  Card Covers.  VG+.  The number '161' has been stamped on the front cover.  A comprehensive record.  New illustrations are used in this edition.  £9.50

Toop, Ronald E  Great Western Steam South of the Severn, Bradford Barton, 1973, pp96.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  A Bradford Barton original in brown "speckled" covers.  £5.95

Tourret R  GWR Engineering Work 1928-1938, Tourret Publishing, 2003, pp225.  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper.  A comprehensive review of the very extensive engineering works, both civil and mechanical, that Great Western Railway undertook in the decade 1928-1938.  £24.50

Townend P N  Top Shed: A Pictorial History of Kings Cross Locomotive Depot, IA, 1st edition 1975. Hard Cover. Very Good in a Very Good. pp175. The dust wrapper flap is price clipped, slight loss of colour to the dust wrapper spine. Combines painstaking research into the first century of the depot's existence with the author's first-hand knowledge of the depot's final years from 1956 to 1963 when he was in charge of the depot.  £7.50

Townend P N  East Coast Pacifics at Work, IA, 1st edition 1982, pp192.  At Work Series.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  An illustrated history of the Gresley, Thompson and Peppercorn pacifics. £6.95

Townend P N  The LNER Pacifics, Atlantic, 1985, pp36.  Colour of Steam Vol.4.  Pb.  Fine.  £0.95

Townend, Peter  LNER Pacifics Remembered, Irwell Press, 2014, pp160 with numerous illustrations throughout.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  Presents the recollections of no fewer than eighteen railway staff and engineers concerned with the LNER Pacifics at different times.  The material was originally collected in 1980 in connection with the publication of East Coast Pacifics at Work, but was only finally published here by Irwell Press in 2014.  £16.50

Townley C H A, Appleton C A, Smith F D, and Peden J A  The Industrial Railways of Bolton, Bury and Manchester Coalfield Part 1 Bolton and Bury, Runpast, 1994, pp206.  Hb. Fine/Fine.  Traces the development of the private railway systems in Bolton, Bury, Radcliffe, Clifton and Kearsley.  £24.50

Townley C H A, Smith F D and Peden J A  The Industrial Railways of the Wigan Coalfield Part One: West and South of Wigan, Runpast, 1991, pp271 with 100 illustrations & 27 maps. Hb.  VG/VG.  Slight wear to the bottom edge of the covers, repaired tear to the rear top corner of the dw. Contents: Development of the Canal & Railway System, Orrell & Norley Hall, Pemberton, Winstanley & Worsley Mesnes, Ince Collieries, Pearson & Knowles Ince Collieries, Amberswood & Stangeways Hall, Platt Bridge Bamfurlong & Mains, Low Hall Maypole & Wigan Junction, Edge Green Brynn & Garswood, Skelmersdale & Bickerstaffe, and Rainford Upholland & Orrell. A comprehensive meticulously researched study.  £20.50

Townroe S C  My Best Railway Photographs No. 6 SR & GWR, IA, 1948, pp32.  ABC Locomotive Series.  Small format Pb.  Very Good.  A very early Ian Allan booklet.  £1.95

Townroe S C  'Arthurs,' 'Nelsons' & 'Schools' At Work, IA, 1986, pp144.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  The dust wrapper has been internally reinforced at the base of the spine.  An illustrated history of three major Southern Railway classes.  £5.95

Treacy, Eric  Spell of Steam, IA, 1982, pp208.  First published in 1973.  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  A classic steam album from the 1970s.  £3.95

Treacy, Eric  Eric Treacy: Railway Photographer, BCA/D&C, 1982, pp216, including 24 pages of coloured shots.  Edited by G. Freeman Allen and P. B. Whitehouse.  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  The spine of the dust wrapper is slightly sunned.  When Eric Treacy died, his collection of negatives was entrusted to Patrick Whitehouse. From this huge collection Whitehouse and Freeman Allen have selected 300 of Treacy's best photographs to produce a fitting tribute to his life's work.  £3.95

Treacy, Eric  Lure of Steam, Book Club Associates / IA, 1987, pp208.  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  Eric Treacy's first major album, first published in 1966.  £3.95

Trevena, Nigel  Steam Exposure: Photography on Britain's Preserved Railways, Atlantic, 1979, 142 photographs.  Signed by the author.  Large landscape format Pb.  Very Good.  High quality photographs from the early years of the preserved lines.  £1.95

Trevena, Arthur  Trains in Trouble: Railway Accidents in Pictures Vol.1, Atlantic, 1980, pp48.  Pb.  VG+.  "Over sixty accidents are described and illustrated with some 80 photographs."  £1.95

Trevena, Arthur  Trains in Trouble: Railway Accidents in Pictures Vol.2, Atlantic, 1981, pp48.  Pb. VG+.  Further unusual pictures of accidents, drawn primarily from two private collections.  £1.95

Trevena N  Great Western Main Lines, Atlantic, 1984, pp36.  The Colour of Steam Vol.1.  Pb.  Fine.  Some superficial ‘creasing’ to the plastic coating of the covers.  £0.95

Trevena, Nigel  Steam for Scrap Vol.1, Atlantic, 1985, pp48.  Pb.  VG-.  Superficial creasing to the covers; Steam for Scrap Vol.2, Atlantic, 1985, pp48.  Pb.  VG; Steam for Scrap Vol.3, Atlantic, 1987, pp48.  Pb. VG.   In the decade 1958-68, over 16,000 British steam locomotives were taken out of service and cut up.  These booklets tell the story of how it was done.  All three booklets: £5.95

Troughton, William  Aberystwyth and District and The Vale of Rheidol Railway: A Portrait in Old Picture Postcards, S. B. Publications, 1991, pp90.  Landscape format Pb.  VG.  £2.95

Truman, Peter and Hunt David  Midland Railway Portrait, Platform 5 & Foxline, 1989, 245 illustrations.  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a VG dust wrapper.  A pictorial account of the activities of the Midland Railway.  Many different facets are covered, not only locomotives and trains, but also staff, stations, branch lines, contingency planning and ancillary activities.  £7.50

Tuffrey, Peter  The Last Years of Yorkshire Steam, Great Northern Books, 2016, pp160.  Introduction by David Joy.  Small inscription, the number "1110."  Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  A pictorial tribute to steam in Yorkshire from the late 1940s to the early 1970s.  About half the illustrations are in colour.  £5.95

Tuffrey, Peter  Doncaster and Its Railways: The Second Selection, Tempus, 2004, pp128.  Pb.  VG+.  A second volume looking at the changing railway scene in and around Doncaster from the late 19th century to the present day.  £5.95

Tuffrey, Peter  Yorkshire: People & Railways, Amberley, 2011, p128.  Pb.  VG+.  Pictures from the Yorkshire Post archives with detailed captions.  £4.95

Tuffrey, Peter  East Yorkshire Stations: From Airmyn to Yapham Gate, Amberley, 2012, pp128 with 220 illustrations.  Card Covers.  VG+.  Provides one or more illustrations and a brief description is for each station.  £5.95

Tufnell R M  Deltics Super Profile, Foulis/Haynes, 1985, pp56.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  VG+.  An illustrated class history.  £2.95

Tuplin W A  North Western Steam, A&U, 1963, pp251 & 58 figs.  Hb.  VG/Fair.  Wear to the edges of the dust wrapper.  An excellent appraisal of LNWR Steam.  £10.50

Tuplin W A  Great Western Steam, A&U, 1967, pp194 with 44 illustrations.  Hb.  VG.  No dw.  Slight colour loss at the head & base of the spine.  Professor Tuplin's first book on Great Western steam, and one of the best one-volume appraisals of Great Western practice.  £3.95

Tuplin W A  Great Central Steam, A&U, 1st edition 1967, pp234 plus pp16 plates. Hb.  VG/VG with slight browning of the dust wrapper.  Professor Tuplin's critical assessment of Great Central steam.  £6.95

Tuplin W A  North Eastern Steam, A&U, 1970, pp215 plus 51 illustrations.  Hb. VG in a Fair dust wrapper.  The blank front page inside the covers has been clipped at the top corner.  Small tears and wear to the dust wrapper edges, particularly at the head of the spine.  An authoritative study of the steam engines of the North Eastern Railway.  £5.95

Tuplin W A  Great Western Saints and Sinners, Allen & Unwin, 1st edition 1971, pp200.  Inscription.  Hb.  VG/Fair+.  Dust wrapper internally repaired at the head & base of the spine.  Professor Tuplin's second book on Great Western steam.  "A study of Great Western steam, attempting to reach a balanced evaluation of all the principal locomotives, from the company's beginning."  £5.95

Tuplin W A  Great Northern Steam, Allen & Unwin, 1971, pp208 including pp32 of illustrations.  Hb.  VG/VG.  Spine of dust wrapper slightly faded.  A critical study of the steam engines of the Great Northern Railway.  £6.95

Tuplin W A  Midland Steam, D&C, 1973, pp260 and pp16 of illustrations.  Hb.  VG in a Fair dust wrapper.  Foxing to the edges of the pages; and wear & small tears to the edges of the dust wrapper.  Professor Tuplin's appraisal of the steam engines of the Midland Railway.  £5.95

Tuplin W A  Great Western Power, Allen & Unwin, 1975, pp215.  Hb.  VG+/VG.  Professor Tuplin's third and final book on Great Western steam.  £10.50

Tuplin W A  Great Western Power, Allen & Unwin, 1975, pp215.  Pb.  VG-.  Some vertical creasing to the spine.  The paperback edition of Professor Tuplin's third and final book on Great Western steam.  £3.95

Turner, John Howard  The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway Vol. 1: Origins & Formation, Batsford, 1977, pp287.  Hb.  Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust wrapper.  The early history of the Brighton line.  £10.50

Turner, Keith  The Leek & Manifold Light Railway, D&C, 1980.  Unpaged.  Glazed Boards. VG.  A well-illustrated history.  £8.50

Turner, Keith and Susan  The Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway, D&C, 1982, pp48.  Glazed Boards.  Near VG with slight rubbing to the glazed boards at the head of the spine.  A detailed history of this minor line that was once part of the Colonel Stephen's empire.  £4.95

Turner, Keith  Cliff Railways of the British Isles, Oakwood, 2002, pp176.  Locomotion Papers No.223.  Card Covers.  VG.  A comprehensive illustrated survey of the cliff railways of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.  £7.50

Turner, Keith  The Way to the Stars: The Story of the Snowdon Mountain Railway, Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2005, pp96.  Pb.  VG+.  An illustrated history.  £5.95

Turner, Steve  The 87's: British Rail London Midland Region 5000 Hp 24Kv Electrics, Rail Photoprints, 1981, pp40.  Named Diesel & Electric Locomotives of British Rail - Part 2.  Landscape format Pb.  VG.  A pictorial tribute.  £2.95

Twells H N and Bourne T W  A Pictorial Record of LMS Road Vehicles, OPC, 1983, 313 plates.  Large Format.  Hard Cover. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust wrapper.  Slight wear to some of the corners of the dust wrapper, slight loss of colour down the spine of the dust wrapper.  A series of extensively illustrated essays.  Section one by H. N. Twells deals with Horse-Drawn and Passenger Carrying Vehicles while Section two by T. W. Bourne deals with Road Motor Freight Vehicles.  £8.50

Twells H N  LMS Miscellany Vol.2: A Pictorial Record of the Company's Activities in the Public Eye and Behind the Scenes, OPC, 1984, 243 plates. Large Format Hb.  Fine/VG.  Spine of dw slightly sunned, some foxing to the front endpapers, slight rubbing to the dw folds. The second volume of Harold Twells' pictorial study of the LMS.  £7.50

Twells H N  An Illustrated History of The London, Midland & Scottish Railway, Batsford, 1987, pp120.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  Matt printing.  A carefully chosen collection of pre-war photographs.  £2.95

Twells H N  The Railways in and around Burton upon Trent, Challenger, 1997, pp96.  Large format Pb.  VG+.  A well-illustrated study.  £9.50

Tyler J F H  Signalling Relays (British Practice), Institute of Railway Signal Engineers, 2nd edition 1958, pp67 with 32 figs.  Educational Lectures No.6.  Pb.  VG.  Slight wear to the covers at the head & base of the spine.  Staples rusty.  In five parts: Direct Current Relays, Alternating Current Relays, Time-Element Relays, Slow-Acting Relays, and Materials used in Relay Construction.  £4.95

Tyler, Keith; Bond, John; and Wilkinson, Alan  Stanier 8F 2-8-0: A Study of the Stanier LMSR Class 8F Locomotive, Bradford Barton, 1978, pp96.  Produced by the Stanier 8F Locomotive Society.  Small inscription, the number "469."  Hb.  Very Good+ in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A Bradford Barton original with a black & white "speckled" cover.  £5.95

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