The Steam Railway

Walker, Colin  The Steam Railway Vol. 1 - Oxfordshire Remembered, Oxford Illustrators Ltd, 1970, pp60.  Landscape format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good- dust wrapper.  A small tear in the dust wrapper at the head of the spine has been internally repaired.  Mainly Great Western steam.  £4.95

Walker, Colin  The Steam Railway Vol. 2 – Shrewsbury, Oxford Illustrators, 1971, pp60.  Landscape format Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  In steam days Shrewsbury's served as an important hub for both passenger and freight traffic.  £4.95

Walker, Colin  The Steam Railway Vol. 8 - 'Twixt Hatton and Harbury, Oxford Illustrated Press, 1973, pp60.  Landscape format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  Great Western steam around Leamington.  £4.95

Trails of Steam

Walker, Colin  Trails of Steam Vol.5: Trails from Shrewsbury, Oxford Publishing Company, 1978, pp60.  Large landscape format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  Photographs of Great Western and London Midland steam in and around Shrewsbury.  £4.95

Walker, Colin  Trails of Steam Vol.7: Trails along the West Border, Oxford Publishing Company, 1980, pp60.  Large landscape format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper with slight wear to the top edge of the dust wrapper.  Photographs of Great Western and London Midland steam on the North-to-West line from Newport through Shrewsbury to Chester.  £4.95

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Walker, Colin  Great Central Twilight: Memories of a lost main line to London, Pendyke, 1st edition 1986, 180 illustrations.  Large Format Hb.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  Minor wear to the plastic coating of the dust wrapper near the front bottom corner.  A tribute to the last days of the Great Central's London extension.  £28.50

Way, R Barnard and Wardale, Reginald W  British Passenger Locomotives, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., 1948, pp128.  A Quick Spotter Book.  Pb.  Fair+ with wear to the spine and corners.  "134" written inside a small circle of the cover.  Photographs and brief details of the principal passenger classes of the Big Four immediately after nationalisation.  According to the back cover, BR passenger stock was originally going to be painted "dark purple and cream!"  £1.95

Webb, Brian and Gordon, David A  Lord Carlisle's Railways, RCTS, 1978, pp120 plus 92 illustrations.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  A carefully researched history of Lord Carlisle's Railways, also known as the Brampton Railway and as The Brampton and Hartleyburn Railway.  £9.50

Webb, Brian  The Deltic Locomotives of British Rail, D&C, 1983, pp96.  Locomotive Studies Series. Hard Cover.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  The spine of the dust wrapper is faded.  A definitive study of the Deltics (Class55) and Baby Deltics (Class23).  £4.95

Webster H C  British Railway Rolling Stock, OUP, 1942, pp159.  Landscape format. Hb.  VG/Poor.  Slight rubbing to the covers.  Although substantially complete, the dw has been extensively repaired internally.  Illustrations & descriptions of contemporary locomotives, coaches & wagons.  £4.95

Webster, Harry  Railway Motive Power, Hutchinson's Scientific & Technical Publications, 1952, pp311 with 57 line drawings and 50 illustrations.  Foreword by Lt-Col Harold Rudgard, former Chief Officer of Motive power, British Railways.  Hb.  VG in a Fair dust wrapper. Wear and tears to the edges of the dust wrapper with some slight loss, price clipped.  An excellent explanation of how a steam engine actually works.  The final part is devoted to electric and diesel traction.  £5.95

Webster N W  Joseph Locke: Railway Revolutionary, Allen & Unwin, 1970, pp218.  Hb.  VG in a Fair dust wrapper.  Wear to the edges of the dust wrapper, with two small internally-repaired tears to the top edge.  An excellent modern biography of the engineer of the Grand Junction, the London & Southampton and the LNWR main line over Shap.  £4.95

Webster N W  Britain's First Trunk Line, Adams & Dart, 1972, pp196 with the gold crest of the Grand Junction on the front cover.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  The lettering on the dust wrapper spine has faded.  An excellent history of the Grand Junction Railway - the first railway to link Birmingham with Liverpool and Manchester - until it became part of the LNWR.  £5.95

Webster, Neil and Fox, Peter  Motive Power Pocket Book Spring 1983: The Complete Guide to all BR-Operated Locomotives, Platform 5, 1983, pp80 with pp16 of colour illustrations.  No underlining.  Small format Pb.  Very Good.  £1.95

Weekes G  BR Standard Britannia Pacifics: A study of British Railways standard Class 7P express passenger locomotive, Bradford Barton, 1975, pp96.  Small inscription, the number "782."  Hb.  Very Good in a Fair dust wrapper.  Slight wear to the dust wrapper edges, particularly at the head of the spine. Also two small internally repaired tears to the dust wrapper edges.  A Bradford Barton original with a black & white "speckled" cover.  £3.95

Weight R A H  Great Northern Locomotives 1847-1947, author, 1st edition 1947, pp78 plus pp25 plates.  Pb.  Fair.  Covers a bit grubby and worn with wear at the head & base of the spine and at the corners.  A history of GN locomotives, illustrated with line drawings from Bird's classic Locomotives of the Great Northern Railway, published in 1903.  £3.95

Weight R A H  The Great Northern Railway, IA, 1952, pp32.  Railways Before the Grouping No.2.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  Slight wear to the edges of the covers.  An illustrated booklet.  £2.95

Welbourn, Nigel  Lost Lines: London, IA, 1998, pp128.  Lost Lines Series.  Pb.  Fine.  A pictorial survey of London lines which have either disappeared or been superseded by later developments. These include the ex-Great Western branch to Staines, the ex-London & North Western branch from Harrow to Stanmore, the closed terminus at King William Street and many more.  £2.95

Welbourn, Nigel  Lost Lines: British Narrow Gauge, IA, 2000, pp128.  Pb.  Fine.  Retraces some thirty of the narrow gauge railways that once operated in the British Isles.  £5.95

Welbourn, Nigel  Lost Lines: LMR, IA, 2003, pp128.  Pb.  Fine.  Examines a selection of lines and stations in the London Midland Region that have closed.  £4.95

Welch, Michael S  Steam over the Roof of England, Runpast, 1990, 229 illustrations.  Large Format Hb. Fine in a VG dust wrapper.  The dust wrapper is sunned down the spine.  A pictorial tribute to the Settle and Carlisle line in the steam era.  £7.50

Welch, Michael S  Memories of Steam from Glasgow to Aberdeen, Runpast, 1993, 197 illustrations.  Large Format Hb.  The harder-to-obtain hardback edition.  VG+/VG.  A pictorial tribute to the Caledonian Railway's route from Glasgow to Aberdeen, a route that witnessed the swan song for the A4 pacifics when a new accelerated A4-operated service was introduced as late as 1962.  £12.50

Welch, Michael S  Branch Lines to Horsted Keynes: Then and Now, Runpast, 1995, 203 plates.  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper.  Contrasts classic views of the branch lines to Horsted Keynes taken in the days of steam with pictures of the same scenes today.  £7.50

Welch, Michael  Last Breaths of Steam, Runpast, 1998, pp76.  Glazed Boards.  Landscape Format.  Very Good+.  An all-colour landscape format album published to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the end of BR Steam.  £3.95

Welch, Michael S  Settle & Carlisle Steam Finale, Runpast, 1999, pp80.  Landscape format. Glazed Boards.  VG.  Covers slightly bumped at the base of the spine and at the top corners.  An all-colour album.  £3.95

Welch, Michael S  Great Western Branch Lines 1 - The South West, Runpast, 2002, pp72.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  A line-by-line pictorial survey, all in colour.  £4.95

Welch, Michael S  Great Western Branch Lines 2 - Rural Wales, Runpast, 2003, pp72.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  A line-by-line pictorial survey, all in colour.  £4.95

Welch, Michael  Southern Branch Lines, Capital Transport, 2008, pp120.  "Largish" format.  Glazed Boards.  VG+.  An all-colour pictorial survey.  £7.50

Welch, Michael  Somerset & Dorset Sunset, Capital, 2008, pp112.  Glazed Boards.  Fine.  A pictorial tribute, in colour throughout.  £7.50

Welch, Michael  Somerset Steam: Scenes from the Fifties and Sixties, Capitol Transport, 2008, pp80.  Card Covers.  Very Good+.  An all-colour pictorial survey that examines each line in Somerset in turn.  £3.95

Welch, Michael  Western Steam in Devon and Cornwall, Capital Transport, 2009, pp130.  "Largish" format.  Glazed Boards.  Very Good+.  An all-colour pictorial tribute.  £9.50

Wells J  An Illustrated History of Rochdale's Railways, Irwell Press, 1993, pp80.  Small inscription, the number "517."  Large Format.  Card Covers.  Very Good+.  £7.50

Wells J A  The Railways of Northumberland and Newcastle Upon Tyne 1828 – 1998, Powdene, 1998, pp226 with 62 illustrations in the text.  Pb.  VG.  Traces the history of the nineteenth passenger-carrying railway companies in the county culminating in the state owned British Railways from 1948.  £5.95

Wells J and Bentley E F  East Lancashire Lines: Bury to Heywood & Rawtenstall, Foxline, 2000, pp112.  Scenes from the Past:33.  Small inscription, the number "870."  Large Format.  Card Covers.  Fair.  Some creasing to the front cover, contents VG.  £5.95

Wells J A  A Guide to Researching Railways, Powdene, 2003, pp250.  Additional photography by Ken Morton and Ian S. Carr.  Pb.  VG+.  Aimed at those who are interested in railways, but who wish to widen the scope of their railway activities.  £3.95

Wells, Jeffrey  The Oldham Loop Part 1: Manchester Victoria to Shaw & Crompton via Hollinwood, Oldham and Royton Junction, Foxline, pp120.  No date.  Scenes from the Past:42 (Part 1).   Large Format.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  £10.50

Wells, Jeffrey  An Illustrated Historical Survey of the Railways in and around Bury, Book Law / Railbus, pp128.  No date.  First published by Challenger in 1995.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  Very Good+.  A series of illustrated essays.  £4.95

Wells, Jeffrey  An Illustrated Historical Survey of the Railways in and around Bury, Challenger, 1995, pp128.  The original Challenger edition.  Large Format Pb.  VG+.  A series of well-illustrated essays.  £3.95

Wells, Jeffrey  Miles Platting to Diggle (via Ashton), Book Law / Railbus, 2006, pp96.  First published by Challenger in 1996.  Large format Pb.  VG.  An illustrated history of the Lancashire & Yorkshire railway branch from Miles Platting to Stalybridge and the LNWR line from Stalybridge to Diggle.  £5.95

Wells, Mathew  First Stop Maidenhead, Serawood House, 2nd revised edition 1982.  Pb.  VG.  An illustrated booklet.  Maidenhead was once the terminus of two important railway companies, the Great Western railway and the Wycombe Railway.  It was the Great Western's first terminus westward, and the starting point for the Wycombe Railway's line to Oxford and Aylesbury.  £3.95

Wells, Mathew  Farewell to Steam Isle of Wight, Rochester Press, 1985, pp96.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  Very Good.  Largely pictorial with pairs of then and now shots at many of the stations.  £6.95

Wells P H  BR Steam Portrait, Janes, 1987, pp64.  Steam Portfolios 4.  There is an old price sticker on the front cover.  Glazed Boards.  Very Good.  An all-colour album from the author's camera with pictures from Shap to Weymouth and from North Wales to Cambridge, although around half of the pictures come from the East Midlands where the author lived.  £3.95

Western, Robert  The Eden Valley Railway, Oakwood, 1997, pp112.  Locomotion Papers No.201.  Card Covers.  Very Good with slight rubbing to the covers.  An illustrated history of the North Eastern Railway's Eden Valley line in Cumbria.  £5.95

Weston, Brian and Orchard, Robin  Locomotive Library, Percival Marshall, 1962, pp60.  Small landscape format.  Pb.  Very Good.  A collection of photographs taken by Brian Western for the Model Engineer.  Captions by Robin Orchard.  £0.95

Weston, David  For the Love of Steam, D&C, 2002, pp120, signed by the author on the title page.  The full inscription reads, "For Ivor Best Wishes David Weston."  Large landscape format Pb.  Fine.  Colour reproductions of no fewer than 50 of Weston's paintings with supporting text.  £4.95

Weston, David  For the Love of Steam, D&C, 2002, pp120.  Large landscape format Pb.  VG.  Colour reproductions of no fewer than fifty of David Weston's paintings with supporting text.  £4.95

Weston, Philip  The Weston Collection, Wyvern, 1983, pp64.  Pb. VG.  Photographs taken by the author's farther in the immediate post-war period with sections on: Southern Summer, Rugby Round-up, Great Central Lineside, Heart of England, Western in Warwickshire, North Eastern around Leeds, Hill & Dale, and Tail Lights.  £2.95

Westwood, John  Railways at War, Osprey, 1980, pp224.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  NRM (National Railway Museum) reference library stamp inside the cover.  No other stamps.  An account of the role played by railways in modern warfare.  £4.95

Wethersett E R  Great Railway Photographers, Milepost, 1996, pp48.  Presented by Colin Garratt.  Large Format Hb.  Fine/Fine.  A selection of photographs from the Wethersett collection.  The original glass plate negatives are held in the National Railway Museum.  £2.95

Wheeler, Geoffrey  Fired By Steam, John Murray, 1st edition 1987, pp89.  Large landscape format Hb.  VG/Near VG.  Slight wear to the dust wrapper at the top of the spine and at the top front corner.  Post-war Great Western reminiscences, notable for the 24 full-colour locomotive portraits.  £5.95

Whitaker, Alan and Rapacz, Jan  Bradford Railways in Colour Vol.1: The Midland Lines, Willowherb Publishing, 2017, pp112.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards.  Very Good+.  An all-colour album focusing on the former Midland Railway network out of Forster Square, including the Airedale line to Shipley, Apperley Bridge and Keighley and the Wharfedale route to Ilkley.  £12.50

Whitaker, Alan and Rapacz, Jan  Bradford Railways in Colour Vol.2: The Lancashire & Yorkshire and Great Northern Lines, Willowherb Publishing, 2018 pp128.  Landscape format.  Glazed Boards. Very Good+.  Price sticker on the rear cover.  An all-colour album looking at the lines of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway and the Great Northern Railway which radiated from Bradford Exchange station.  £12.50

White, Christopher  Talyllyn Railway Extension, Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society, 1978, pp40.  "Largish" format Pb.  Very Good.  There is an old price sticker on the cover.  "A pictorial tribute to all those who worked on the Extension."  Also a 4-page card programme for the Ceremonial Opening of the Extension from Abergynolwyn to Nant Gwernol on May 22nd, 1976.  £1.95

White, Christopher  Forty Years of the Talyllyn, AB Publishing, 1991, pp48.  Large Format Pb.  VG except for some creasing at the base of the spine.  A personal view in pictures and words of the first forty years of the Talyllyn Preservation Society.  £4.95

White H P  Forgotten Railways South-East England, D&C, 1st edition 1976, pp192 including pp16 of illustrations.  Forgotten Railways Series (Vol.6.).  The folding map at the rear is missing.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  Perhaps a misleading title since Professor White focuses on the old Southern Railway Central and Eastern Divisions.  £5.95

White H P  Forgotten Railways South-East England, D&C, 1st edition 1976, pp192 including pp16 of illustrations plus a folding map in rear.  Forgotten Railways Series (Vol.6.).  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  Presentation plate to a school library inside the front cover.  A pastedown inside the rear cover indicates that the book was never issued.  Perhaps a misleading title since Professor White focuses on the old Southern Railway Central and Eastern Divisions.  £4.95

White H P  Forgotten Railways, Guild/D. S. Thomas, 1986, pp240.  Hb.  Fine in a VG dust wrapper.  The introductory volume to the Forgotten Railways Series.  The story of how Britain abandoned two thirds of her railways, a process that culminated in the notorious Beeching closures of the 60s.  £4.95

White, H P (editor)  Railways South East: The Album, Capitol Transport, 1994, pp96.  Large Format with Glazed Boards.  VG.  A series of illustrated articles on railways in the South East from the team that published the magazine with the same title.  £4.95

White, Stephen  Lakeland Steam: A Celebration of the Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway (1861 - 1972), Carel Press, 1985, pp40.  Landscape format.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  The lower front corner of the covers is slightly turned up.  An illustrated history. Includes a reprint of A Tribute to the CK&PR by Graham Sutton.  £3.95

Whitehead, Alan  The Midland in the 1930s, IA, 1982, pp112.  Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  An album covering the lines of the former Midland Railway in LMS days.  £4.95

Whitehead D  Worth a Second Glance Vol.2: A Pictorial Record of the Worth Valley Railway, Keighley & Worth Valley Preservation Society, 1981, pp116 with pp4 of colour.  "Largish" format Pb.  Very Good.  An album of photographs from the 1970s.  £1.95

Whitehouse, John and Dowling, Geoff  British Railways Past and Present No.5 The West Midlands, SLP, 1987, pp104.  Pb.  VG- with slight wear to the edges of the covers.  Over 95 locations including Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Coventry, Rugby, Leamington, Bromsgrove, Worcester.  £3.95

Whitehouse, Patrick  Festiniog Railway Revival, IA, 1963, pp84 with a colour frontis & a fold-out map in rear.  Hb.  VG-/Fair.  Four small dents to the bottom edges of the covers, small tears & some associated loss to the dw edges.  A classic illustrated history of the Festiniog.  £7.50

Whitehouse P B  On the Narrow Gauge, Nelson, 1964, pp146 plus 64plates.  Inscription.  Hb.  VG in a Fair+ dust wrapper.  The dust wrapper is worn along the edges.  The rise and fall of the narrow gauge in the British Isles including Ireland.  The final section looks at a selection of continental narrow gauge lines.  £4.95

Whitehouse, Patrick  Railway Anthology, IA, 1965, pp223 with a colour frontis.  Hb.  VG in a VG- dust wrapper.  Slight wear along the top edge of the dust wrapper.  An anthology of articles from Ian Allan periodicals with sections entitled History and Conjecture, On the Footplate, On the Narrow Gauge, Travel by Train, Salute to the Steam Engine, Some Branch Lines, The Railways go to War, and Railwayana.  £3.95

Whitehouse, Patrick  Welsh Narrow Gauge Album, IA, 1969, pp88.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good- dust wrapper.  Slight wear to the dust wrapper edges.  A pictorial tribute to the Vale of Rheidol, the Welshpool & Llanfair, the Festiniog, the Talyllyn and the Snowdon Mountain Railway.  £4.95

Whitehouse P B  Steam on the Shed, IA, 1969, pp192.  Small inscription, the number "179."  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  Forty years of shed scenes - on the standard and narrow gauge - captured by Patrick Whitehouse's camera.  £6.95

Whitehouse P B (Editor)  The Last Parade: An Authorised tribute to British Steam Preservation, New Cavendish, 1977, pp192.  No.1348 of a limited edition of 3000 copies.  Very Large Landscape Format Hb.  A Very Good copy in a Fair slip case.  There is a circular depression, about half a centimetre in diameter, in the rear cover, while the corners and edges of the slip case are rubbed.  A lavishly produced tribute to the cavalcade of steam locomotives at Shildon in 1975, organised to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington. Even at the time it was clear that this was going to be the “Last Great Parade” of steam locomotives.  £16.50

Whitehouse P B, Snell J B and Hollingsworth J B  Steam for Pleasure, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1978, pp240 including numerous illustrations and maps. "Largish" format Hb.  Very Good+ / Very Good with slight browning along the top of the dw.  A comprehensive introduction to preserved steam lines in Britain, Europe, North America and the rest of the world.  £4.95

Whitehouse, Patrick  Preserved Steam in Britain, A&U, 1979, pp168.  Steam Past Series.  Hb.  F/VG.  Internally repaired nick in the dw.  An illustrated survey of all the major preserved lines and steam centres.  £2.95

Whitehouse P B  Classic Steam, Bison, 1984, pp192.  Inscription.  Large format Hb.  Fine in a Fine dust wrapper.  A well-illustrated survey of the final years of steam in Britain, North America, Germany, France and other European countries.  £3.95

Whitehouse, Patrick and Thomas, David St John  The Great Western Railway: 150 Glorious Years, D&C, 2002, pp206.  Large Format Pb.  VG+.  The paperback edition of this best-selling tribute to the Great Western.  £1.95

From BR to Beeching

Whitehouse, Patrick and Jenkinson, David  From BR to Beeching Vol.1: The Routes of the Stars, Castles and Kings, Atlantic, 1990, pp60.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  A pictorial tribute with sections on: The West of England Main Line, The South Wales Main Line, Paddington to Chester, Hereford - Worcester - Oxford, West to North, Bristol to Birmingham. and Swindon to Gloucester.  £0.95

Whitehouse, Patrick and Jenkinson, David  From BR to Beeching Vol.2: Four Coupled Twilight Part 1, Atlantic, 1990, pp60.  Pb.  VG.  A pictorial tribute with sections on each loco class.  £1.95

Whitehouse, Patrick and Jenkinson, David  From BR to Beeching Vol.3: The Routes of the Thompson and Peppercorn Pacifics, Atlantic, 1990, pp60.  Card Covers.  Very Good. VG with some superficial creasing of the plastic coating on the rear cover. A pictorial tribute.  £1.95

Whitehouse, Patrick & Jenkinson, David  From BR to Beeching Vol.4: Four Coupled Twilight Part 2, Atlantic, 1990, pp60.  Pb.  VG.  Slight creasing to the covers.  A pictorial tribute with sections on each loco class.  £1.95

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Whitehouse P B and Thomas, David St John  LMS 150 The London Midland & Scottish Railway: A century and a half of progress, D&C, 1991, pp208.  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a VG dust wrapper.  A superbly produced nostalgic look at the LMS.  £3.95

Whitehouse, Patrick and Thomas, David St John  A Passion For Steam, D&C, 1992, pp192.  Inscription.  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a  Very Good+ dust wrapper.  The well-known Whitehouse/Thomas team turns its attention to steam engines throughout the world.  "A combination of technical, nostalgic and imaginative writing and a splendid selection of photographs celebrating the pulsating joy of this unique form of power."   £3.95

Whitehouse, Patrick and Thomas, David St John  A Passion For Steam, D&C, 2002, ppp192.  Large Format Pb.  VG+.  The well-known Whitehouse/Thomas team turns its attention to steam engines throughout the world.  "A combination of technical, nostalgic and imaginative writing and a splendid selection of photographs celebrating the pulsating joy of this unique form of power."  £2.95

Whitehurst, Brian  Great Western Engines, Names, Numbers, Types and Classes (1940 to Preservation), OPC, 1973, pp168 including pp16 of illustrations.  Pb.  VG.  Loss of colour down the spine of the covers.  Includes an appendix with pp44 of engine diagrams.  £4.95

Whiteley J S and Morrison G W  Steam in the West Riding, D&C, 1975, pp70.  Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  A high-quality album from a well-known photographic team.  £3.95

Whiteley J S and Morrison G W  The Power of the Deltics, OPC, 1st edition 1977, 189 illustrations.  Power Series.  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a Fair+ dust wrapper.  Wear to the dust wrapper at the head & base of the spine.  £5.95

Whiteley J S and Morrison G W  The LMS Remembered, OPC, 1979, 271 illustrations.  Large Format.  Hard Cover. Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  In spite of an inscription inside the front cover reading "Sale damaged," I was unable to find any damage to the book or the dust wrapper.  Loss of colour down the spine of the dust wrapper.  A high-quality album.  £4.95

Whiteley J S and Morrison G W  The LNER Remembered, OPC, 1979, 267 illustrations.  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a Fine dust wrapper.  A high-quality large format album.  £4.95

Whiteley J S and Morrison G W  The Southern Remembered, OPC, 1980, 270 plates.  Large Format Hb.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A high-quality OPC album.  £5.95

Whiteley J S and Morrison G W  Profile of the Deltics, OPC, 1980, 152 illustrations.  Profile Series.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  VG with slight rubbing to the corners of the glazed boards.  £6.95

Whiteley J S and Morrison G W  The Power of the BR Standard Pacifics, OPC, 1980, 220 illustrations. Power Series.  Small inscription, the number "779."  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a VG dust wrapper.  £5.95

Whiteley J S and Morrison G W  Profile of the 40s, OPC, 1981, 175 plates.  Profile Series.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  Spine sunned.  A pictorial tribute.  £7.50

Whiteley J S and Morrison G W  The Power of the A1s, A2s and A3s, OPC, 1982, 256 plates.  Power Series.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  A pictorial record of all the non-streamlined Pacifics operated by the LNER.  £7.50

Whiteley J S and Morrison G W  Profile of the Peaks, OPC, 1983, 150 plates.  Profile Series.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  VG+.  £9.50

Whiteley J S  Diesels on the Regions: Eastern Region, OPC, 1984, 198 illustrations.  Large Format Hb.  VG+/VG with a half-inch internally repaired tear at the top of the front dust wrapper fold, and slight loss of colour down the spine.  A pictorial album.  £6.95

Whiteley J S and Morrison G W  Profile of the A4s, OPC, 1985, 216 plates.  Profile Series.  Large Format.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  £6.95

Whiteley J S and Morrison G W  The Great Western Remembered, OPC, 1985, 326 illustrations.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  A high-quality large format album.  £4.95

Whiteley J and Morrison G  The Power of the Black Fives, OPC, 1988, pp144.  Power Series.  Large Format.  Hard Cover.  Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust wrapper.  The top front corner of the covers are slightly bumped.  £7.50

Whiteley J S and Morrison G W  50 Years of Preserved Steam on the Main Line, Guild/OPC, 1989, pp174.  Large Format Hb.  Fine in a Fine dust wrapper.  A large and varied photographic collection in both black & white and colour.  £3.95

Whiteley J S and Morrison G W  The Power of the Jubilees, OPC, 1st edition 1992, pp112.  Power Series.  Large Format Hb.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  £8.50

Whiteley J S and Morrison G W  The Big Four Remembered, PRC, 1994, 326 plates.  Large Format Hb.  VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper.  The corners of the covers are slightly bumped.  A block-buster album that combines no fewer than four earlier books - The LMS Remembered, The LNER Remembered, The SR Remembered and The GWR Remembered - in a single volume.  Reprinted by PRC in a matt format.  £6.95

Whiteley J S and Morrison G W  The Power of the Patriots, OPC, 1997, pp128.  Power Series.  Large Format Hb.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  There is a small internally repaired tear in the rear page of the dust wrapper.  £16.50

Whittle, G  The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, D&C, 1979, pp208.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A very readable modern history.  £8.50

Wignall C J  Complete British Railways Maps and Gazetteer 1830-1981, OPC, 1st edition 1983, pp172.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  Locates all lines and stations built since the opening of the Stockton and Darlington in 1825. Slight foxing to the page edges.  The red spine of the dust wrapper is faded, and there is slight wear to the dust wrapper at the head of the spine.  £10.50

Wild, Alan  Centenary of a 'Century': A review of the record-breaking run by Great Western Railway No.3440 City of Truro, 9th May 1904, author, 2nd edition 2004, pp27.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  £4.95

Wild, Jack and Chapman, Stephen  Halifax and the Calder Valley, Bellcode, 1998, pp112.  Railway Memories No.11.  Small inscription, the number "807", inside the front cover.  Card Covers.  VG+.  A photographic survey.  £7.50

Wilkinson, Alan  Stanier '8F' No. 8233, IA, 1984, pp48.  Great Preserved Locomotives 1.  Large Format. Card Covers.  Very Good.  An illustrated booklet tracing the career of preserved 8F No. 8233 from construction, through service on the LMS, in Persia during the war and finally on British Rail.  £1.95

Wilkinson, Alan  Stanier '8Fs' at Work, IA, 1986, pp144.  At Work Series.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper. The top front corner of the cover is bumped.  An illustrated history of Sir William Stanier's powerful 2-8-0 freight engines.  No fewer than 852 of these Stanier 8Fs were built first for the LMS in the 1930s and then later as part of the war effort.  £6.95

Williams, Alan and Percival, David  Steam Locomotives, IA, 1964, pp64.  Veteran and Vintage Series.  Glazed Boards.  Very Good.  Illustrations and brief details of sixty veteran steam engine classes.  £1.95

Williams, Alan and Percival, David  BR Steam Locomotives from Nationalisation to Modernisation Part 1: Ex-GWR locomotives 1-9799, also ex-War Department and BR Standard locomotives 70000-92250, IA, 1967, pp80 plus pp32 of illustrations.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  There is a tiny tear in the dust wrapper at the base of the spine.  The first volume of a four-volume series listing all BR owned steam engines by class.  £5.95

Williams, Alan and Percival, David  BR Steam Locomotives from Nationalisation to Modernisation Part 2: Southern Region, IA, 1967, pp64 plus pp32 of illustration.  Inscription. Hb.  VG/Fair.  The dust wrapper has an internally repaired tear extending for half the length of the rear fold. The second volume of a four-volume series listing all BR owned steam engines by class.  £3.95

Williams, Alan and Percival, David  British Railways Locomotives & Other Motive Power, IA, 1975, pp252.  abc Combined Volume.  No underlining.  Small format.  Glazed Boards.  VG.  £4.95

Williams, Alan  Southern Electric Album, IA, 1977, pp92.  Hb.  VG/VG.  Traces the development of the Southern Electric from its origins in 1909.  £5.95

Williams, Alan  BR Diesel Locomotive Album, IA, 1979, pp91.  Page 91 forms the inner part of the rear cover - as published.  Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper.  A pictorial history of early diesel traction.  £3.95

Williams, Alan  BR Standard Steam Album, IA, 1980, pp89.  Hb.  VG/VG.  A tribute to the standard designs developed by Riddles after nationalisation.  £5.95

Williams, Alan  Not the Age of the Train, IA, 1983, pp64.  Pb.  VG+.  Modern Railways’ columnist Alan Williams comments on the British Rail scene in his usual forthright style.  £1.95

Williams, Alfred  Life in a Railway Factory, D&C, 1969, pp315 with a new introduction by Leonard Clark.  First published in 1915.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good- dust wrapper.  Superficial wear and rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper, small tear to the top rear edge.  A unique description of Swindon works before the first world war, based on Williams' experience as a steam hammer operator.  £5.95

Williams, Archibald  Brunel and After: The Romance of the Great Western Railway, Patrick Stephens, 1972, pp205 with 78 illustrations and a folding map in the rear.  First published in 1925 by the Great Western Railway.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper. A history of the Great Western Railway until 1924.  £7.50

Williams C L  Great Western Steam in Wales and The Border Counties, Bradford Barton, 1974, pp96.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good- dust wrapper.  A small tear in the dust wrapper at the head of the spine has been internally repaired.  A Bradford Barton original in a brown "speckled" cover.  £4.95

Williams C L  More Great Western Steam In Wales and The Border Counties, Bradford Barton, 1975, pp96.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Near VG dust wrapper.  Slight wear to the dust wrapper at the base of the spine.  A Bradford Barton reprint with a black hardback cover.  £3.95

Williams C L  Great Western Steam Through The Cotswolds, Bradford Barton, 1975, pp96.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  A Bradford Barton original with brown "flecked" hardback covers.  £5.95

Williams D C  Severn Valley Railway Album, Severn Valley Railway Company, 1974, pp140.  Landscape Format.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  Slight loss of colour to the edges of the dust wrapper.  A substantial landscape format album of Severn Valley Railway locomotives and trains.  £3.95

Williams D C  Severn Valley Railway Album, Severn Valley Railway Company, 1974, pp140.  Landscape Format Pb.  Very Good+.  A substantial album of Severn Valley Railway locomotives and trains.  £2.95

Williams, Geoffrey  Stars of Steam: Classic Locomotives and their Engineers, Atlantic, 2000, pp144.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  Examines the contributions of eighteen engineering giants from the steam age: Daniel Gooch, G. J. Churchward, Charles Collett, S. W. Johnson, David Jones, John McIntosh, F. W. Webb, William Stanier, James Holden, T. W. Worsdell & Wilson Worsdell, Patrick Stirling, H. N. Gresley, William Stroudley, Dugald Drummond, R. E. L. Maunsell, O. V. S. Bulleid, and R. A. Riddles.  £5.95

Williams, Glyn  From Dean to Churchward: Photographs by Robert Brookman Vol.1, Edward Talbot, 2008, pp80.  Large Format.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  A selection of the Great Western photographs of Robert Brookman, which were taken between 1899 and 1922.  £4.95

Williams, Herbert  Railways in Wales, Christopher Davies, 1981, pp213 with over 100 illustrations.  Hard Cover.  Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper.  The red title on the spine has faded.  A very readable history of rail transport in Wales.  £4.95

Williams, J Ned  By Rail to Wombourn: A History of the GWR Line from Oxley Junction to Kingswinford Junction, Uralia Press, 1st edition 1969, pp52 with pp11 of illustrations.  Card Covers. Very Good.  Slight browning to the covers down the spine.  An illustrated history of the line.  £7.50

Williams, Ned  Black Country Railways, Alan Sutton, 1995, pp128.  Britain in Old Photographs.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  Some lines in the map on page 4 have been "hatched" in ink.  Pictorial album with sections on: Historical Outline, Ex-GWR Main Lines, Ex-LNWR Main Lines, Byways, On the Shed, Railways in the Service of Industry, and The Workers.  £2.95

Williams, Ken and Reynolds, Dermot  The Kingsbridge Branch (The Primrose Line), OPC, 1977, pp248.  Pb.  VG- with slight wear down the spine of the covers.  An illustrated history of the Great Western branch to Kingsbridge.  £6.95

Williams, Michael  On the Slow Train: Twelve Great British Journeys, Preface Publishing, 2010, pp202.  Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  The author describes twelve leisurely rail journeys in 21st century Britain.  £3.95

Williams, Michael  On the Slow Train: Twelve Great British Journeys, Arrow Books, 2010, pp202.  Pb.  VG.  The author describes twelve leisurely rail journeys in 21st century Britain.  £2.95

Williams, Michael  On the Slow Train Again: Twelve Great British Journeys, Preface Publishing, 2011, pp218.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  The author describes a further twelve leisurely rail journeys taken in 2010.  £3.95

Williams, Ned  Black Country Railways, Alan Sutton, 1995, pp128.  Britain in Old Photographs.  Large Format Pb.  VG.  Some lines in the map on page 4 have been "hatched" in ink.  Pictorial album with sections on: Historical Outline, Ex-GWR Main Lines, Ex-LNWR Main Lines, Byways, On the Shed, Railways in the Service of Industry, and The Workers.  £2.95

Williams, Peter and Joy, David  North Yorkshire Moors Railway: A Pictorial Survey, Dalesman, 1977, pp80.  Landscape format Pb.  VG.  A pictorial survey of the line, both before and after preservation.  £1.95

Wilson, David  How Steam Locomotives Work, Argus, 1993, pp89 plus pp16 of colour illustrations and numerous photographs & diagrams.  Pb.  VG- with some wear to the covers.  A clear explanation in everyday language.  £2.95

Wilson J P  The Development of Nottingham's Railways, Nottingham Civic Society, 1989, pp32.  Pb.  Very Good.  An illustrated history of railways in and around Nottingham.  Nottingham was served by the Midland, Great Northern and Great Central Railways.  £2.95

Wilson, Roger Burdett  Go Great Western: A History of Great Western Publicity, D&C, 2nd extended edition 1987, pp208 with check lists of Great Western sale publications, jig-saw puzzles and official postcards.  Revised by Colin Judge.  Glazed Boards.  Very Good+.  The definitive reference on Great Western publications.  £3.95

Winkworth D W  Bulleid's Pacifics, A&U, 4th impression 1982, pp264 plus 32 illustrations.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  A comprehensive study of the performance of the Bulleid Pacifics.  £3.95

Winkworth D W  Southern Titled Trains, D&C, 1988, pp224.  Hb.  VG/VG-.  Slight wear to the dust wrapper at the head & base of the spine; colour on spine slightly faded.  A well-illustrated account of the titled trains of the SR, its predecessors and the Southern region of BR.  £5.95

Wolmar, Christian  The Great British Railway Disaster, IA, 1996, pp144.  Pb.  Very Good.  A collection of short articles about the difficulties experienced by rail passengers as a result of privatisation.  Based on the author's 'Mad' railway column in The Independent on Sunday.  £2.95

Wolmar, Christian  Fire & Steam: A New History of the Railways in Britain, Atlantic Books, 2007, pp364 plus 3 maps and 43 illustrations.  Signed by the author.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  A much-needed readable and up-to-date history of Britain's railways.  £4.95

Wolmar, Christian  Fire & Steam: How the Railways Transformed Britain, Atlantic Books, 2008, pp364 plus 3 maps & 43 illustrations.  Pb.  VG.  Some vertical creasing to the spine. "Wolmar's aim - modestly presented, splendidly achieved - is to trace in an overarching narrative the development of the railways from the first days of steam to the arrival of the high-speed link into St Pancras."  £3.95

Wolmar, Christian  Blood, Iron & Gold: How the Railways Transformed the World, Atlantic, 2010, pp373.  Pb.  Near VG with some vertical creasing to the spine of the covers.  Examines the huge impact of railways as they spread rapidly across the world, stimulating both economic growth & social change on an unprecedented scale.  £3.95

Wolmar, Christian  Engines of War: How Wars Were Won & Lost on the Railways, Atlantic Books, 2010, pp310 with 9 maps & 48 illustrations.  Hb.  Fine/VG.  Engines of War spans more than a century and takes in all the engagements in which railways played a part, including the Crimean War, the American Civil War, the Boer War, both World Wars, the Korean War and the Cold War.  £5.95

Wood, Roger  British Rail Passenger Trains, Capital Transport, 1993, pp128 with 100 colour illustrations.  Pb.  Near VG with slight wear to the top rear edge of the covers.  A survey of locomotives and rolling stock in present-day (1993) use on British Rail services with details of the routes on which each class runs, along with fleet sizes, specifications and allocations.  £3.95

Woods, Susan Jane and Tuffrey, Peter  Doncaster Plant Works, Bond Publications, 1987, pp96.  Large Format Pb.  VG with very slight wear at the corners of the covers.  An illustrated history.  £8.50

Worth, Martin  Sweat and Inspiration: Pioneers of the Industrial Age, Sutton, 1999, pp204. Hb.  Fine in a Fine dust wrapper.  The story of the great engineers of the first half of the 19th century: Robert Stevenson who built lighthouses, Richard Trevithick, Thomas Telford, John Rennie, George Stephenson and Marc Brunel, their sons Robert Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel and finally Joseph Locke.  £3.95

Wragg, David  The Southern Railway Handbook 1923-1947, AS, 1st edition 2003, pp236.  Hb.  VG+ in a VG dust wrapper.  An major history of the Southern Railway with details of the locomotives, named expresses, rolling stock, depots and major termini, as well as the extensive ventures in shipping & ports, buses and air services.  £5.95

Wragg, David  The Southern Railway Handbook 1923-1947, Haynes, 2nd edition 2011, pp236.  Hb.  VG+/VG+.  An important history of the Southern Railway with details of the locomotives, named expresses, rolling stock, depots and major termini, as well as the extensive ventures in shipping & ports, buses and air services.  £7.50

Wragg, David  The GWR Handbook 1923-1947, Sutton Publishing, 1st edition 2006, pp236.  Hard Cover.  Fine in a Very Good dust wrapper.  A major study of the Great Western Railway and its wide ranging operations in the Grouping era.  £9.50

Wragg, David  A Historical Dictionary of Railways in the British Isles, Wharncliffe Books, 2009, pp288.  Hb.  Fine in a VG+ dust wrapper.  A comprehensive reference to the old railway companies and their heritage, with brief histories of the companies and biographies of the men who created the network.  £5.95

Wragg, David  LMS Handbook: The London Midland & Scottish Railway 1923-1947, Haynes, 2nd edition 2010, pp256.  Hb.  VG+/Fine.  A major one-volume history of the LMS, the largest of the Big Four companies.  £8.50

Wren, Wilfred J  The Tanat Valley Light Railway, Oakwood, 1979, pp80 including pp8 of illustrations.  Oakwood Library of Railway History no.48.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  There is an old price sticker on the front cover.  A history of the Cambrian Railways' branch along the Tanat Valley.  £8.50

Wright, Alan  The North Sunderland Railway, Oakwood, 1st edition 1967, pp48 plus pp6 of illustrations.  Locomotion Papers No.36.  Card Covers.  Very Good.  There is an old price sticker on the front cover.  An independent light railway branch from the North Eastern Railway at Chathill via North Sunderland to Seahouses.  £6.95

Wright, Andrew  The Swanage Branch, IA, 1987, pp56.  Large Format Pb.  VG+.  An illustrated history of the line.  The final three pages deal with the partial re-opening of the branch as a preserved railway.  £3.50

Wright, Andrew  The Swanage Branch Then and Now, IA, 1992, pp128.  Large Format Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  The railwaymen who worked the branch 'then' in Southern & BR days, and the volunteers who are rebuilding the branch 'now' relate their experiences of the Swanage branch in fifteen separate chapters.  £5.95

Wright, Ian  Nameplates on Display, Pennine Publications, 1986, pp176 with over 300 illustrations.  Signed by the author.  Hb.  VG+/VG.  Half-inch internally repaired tear in the rear page of the dust wrapper.  The author has managed to locate no fewer than 850 plates which are on public display in more than 280 locations.  £12.50

Wright, Ian L  Branch Line Memories Vol.4: LNER, Atlantic, 1986, pp48.  Pb.  VG.  A photographic tribute to the branch lines of the LNER.  £2.95

Wright, Neil R  The Railways of Boston: Their Origins and Development, Richard Kay, 1st edition 1971, pp55.  History of Boston Series No.4.  Inscription.  Pb.  VG- with some superficial wear to the covers.  An illustrated booklet.  £4.95

Wrottesley A J  The Great Northern Railway Vol. 1: Origins and Development, Batsford, 1979, pp256 plus 36 illustrations.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  The spine of the dust wrapper has slightly faded.  Presentation plate to a school library inside the front cover, brown glue stains from removed pastedown and bar code tag inside the rear cover.  The first volume of the only comprehensive modern history of the Great Northern.  The first volume of the only comprehensive modern history of the Great Northern.  £9.50

Wrottesley A J  The Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway, D&C, 2nd edition 1981, pp221 with pp16 of illustrations.  Railway History Series.  Hb.  VG in a VG dust wrapper.  A standard history of the line.  £10.50

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