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Bradshaw's Descriptive Railway Hand-Book Of Great Britain And Ireland. Ref: G2893  


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Small, 452 pages, plus 8 double-page maps in a final section, hard back without jacket. **The title above is that given on the title page; the cover bears the title Bradshaw's Hand Book 1. 2. 3. 4.. This is a reprint of the actual book used on Michael Portillo's BBC TV programme containing four issues of Bradshaw's Descriptive Railway Handbook, bound especially for the series. Together the four parts of the book cover Great Britain plus all of Ireland and describe the main features and historic buildings of the principal towns. Here, then, is a reprint of Mr Portillo's own Bradshaw. It contains the indexes and descriptive text and most of the illustrations. The advertisements, all but one, are omitted. Eight of the town maps are included: Birmingham, Sheffield, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Hull, Glasgow and Edinburgh. The price is very reasonable.
The book does not, of course, contain any time tables.
Price: £12.99
 

Built In Britain. Ref: G3852  

The independent locomotive manufacturing industry in the nineteenth century.
Bailey
Very large, 221 pages, illustrated with photos (some colour) and images from contemporary sources, chapter references, list of independent workshops, bibliography, glazed boards. **The first comprehensive study of this important subject, Dr Bailey's research covers the development of the locomotive market from 1825, technology, design and manufacturing, management, industrial relations and administration. The tabular list of workshops (there are 108) is arranged by town (57) and includes valuable information for further study.
Endorsed by the presidents/chairman of the Newcomen Society, RCHS and SLS in a joint foreword : ... a triumph of business and engineering history, beautifully illustrated with telling drawings and photographs, well supported with statistical evidence and scrupulously referenced. Without doubt the best railway book of 2021.
Price: £30.00
 

Changing Face Of Britain's Railways 1938-1953. Ref: G2106  

The railway companies bow out.
Hendry, R.
Very large, 192 pages, photo illustrations, hard back. **A detailed and serious study of this critical period, challenging some popular preconceptions. Covers all the UK but is unusually strong on N Ireland.
Price: £24.95
 

District Controller's View 6. The Peak District. Ref: G1231  

Manchester - Matlock - Derby; Manchester - Chinley - Sheffield.
Bentley.
Very large, 120 pages, soft back.
Price: £12.95
 

District Controller's View 7. York - Newcastle. Ref: G1563  


Millar, M.
Very large, 124 pages, soft back. * "Train and traffic operations over the North Eastern main line during the 1950s; working timetable (passenger and goods); engine workings: engine allocation and movements 1950-60."
Price: £13.95
 

Double Track. Ref: G2980  

The vision becomes reality.
Holley (ed).
Large, landscape, 50 pages, many photo illustrations, some colour, hard back without jacket. **The Main Line Steam Trust's line from Loughborough to Rothley, the first preserved railway to operate on double track. This book describes the project, including construction and signalling.
Price: £8.00
 

Early Railways 7. Ref: G3920  

Papers from the seventh International Early Railways Conference.
Liffen, J and Jones, S K (eds).
Medium, 348 pages, illustrated with photos, diagrams, maps and contemporary documents and images, glazed boards. *Eighteen papers from the seventh International Early Railways Conference, the results of new research into the formative years of railway development in the UK, continental Europe, India and Australia. The remit of the Conference has been extended to 1870 so as to take in the early main line era. The papers cover a broad range of erudite subjects from politics to technology and include such examples as railway uniforms, Kilsby Tunnel and the use of early railway models and miniature railways in Australia. Exceptionally important among these papers is one by John Liffen describing the discovery of the report of the judges of the Rainhill Trials together with the full text of that report, published here for the first time.
Price: £55.00
 

England's Railway Heritage From The Air. Ref: G3647  


Waller.
Very large, landscape format, 302 page album, hardback. ** Here are some 150 photographs from the Aerofilms archive reproduced one per opening with extensive notes opposite. The dates range from the 1920s to the 1990s (the latter to show preservation sites), and the images cover aspects of the railways including major city stations, works, viaducts, sheds, goods yards, offices and hotels. Fascinating; it is remarkable how much more informative an aerial photo is than an internet satellite view.
Price: £35.00
 

Essential Guide To French Heritage And Tourist Railways. Ref: G2123  

X83.
Jones, M.
Medium, 191 pages, map, colour photos, soft back. **A very useful guide to all the preserved railways in France, by département, with notes on access, length, journey time, motive power, operating dates, tarriffs etc.
Price: £15.95
 

Last Levers On The Fylde. Ref: G3606  

A commemoration and celebration of railway operation in the age of mechanical signalling.
Littleworth and others.
Very large, 192 pages, photo illustrations (some colour), maps, many signalling diagrams, appendices, glazed boards. ** Detailed analysis of traffic and signalling in the Fylde, up to the 1960s; includes many photos of boxes and equipment, time table extracts, etc. Remarkable value.
Price: £15.00
 

Monorails Of The 19th Century. Ref: G2859  


Garner.
Very large, 288 pages, well illustrated with photographs, contemporary illustrations, vehicle drawings, and maps, glazed boards. ** The monorail was conceived in the 1820s when conventional two-rail lines were still a recent idea. Here is its history up to the construction of the successful Wuppertal Schwebebahn at end of the 19th century. There is a history and a full technical description of each system. Many of the designs were eccentric and few were commercially successful but this energetic period of industrial growth encouraged novelty.
Price: £24.99
 

A Pictorial Guide To Alpine Railways. Ref: G3389  

X93
Jones, M.
Medium, 208 pages, colour photo illustrations, soft back. **Notes and pictures of mountain lines in France, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Austria, Germany and Switzerland. This is not an album, as the title might suggest, it does not even picture each of the lines described. It is more of a reference work, a checklist giving outline details - gauge, services, information sources etc - of each line.
Price: £16.95
 

Railway Records. Ref: G1928  

A guide to sources.
Edwards.
Large, 222 pages, a few illustrations, soft back. **A Public Record Office readers' guide.
Price: £14.99
 

The Railway. Ref: G3344  

British track since 1804.
Dow.
Very large, 458 pages, illustrated with good photographs and large, clear specially drawn diagrams, hard back. **Here is a hugely detailed treatise on the history of permanent way by an expert. It is erudite, lucidly written and a handsome production. Along with the examination of the many and complex developments which led from wooden rails to modern permanent way and mechanical track-laying, there are chapters devoted to third rail electrification, tramway track, narrow gauge lines and such peculiarities as portable railways, funiculars and rack railways. It will surely be a standard work of reference but also rather a good read, though at well over 2kg hardly suitable for reading on the train.
Price: £40.00
 

Railways North From Nottingham Part Two: Bulwell - Kirkby, Mansfield & Westhouses. Ref: G1920  

In the latter days of steam
Price: £19.99
 

The Railways Of North East Lincolnshire A celebration of the days of steam. Part Five. Ref: G3886  

The world beyond Wrawby (and south from Willoughby).
King.
Very large, 144 page album : photos, mainly 3 to a page interspersed with working timetable extracts; area maps, brief bibliography, softback. **The final part of this set of steam albums expands the territory to an area bounded by Boston, Lincoln, Gainsborough and Goole and even includes local (mainly Immingham) engines working away beyond these boundaries. Although diesels were mentioned in the advertisement for this part in Part Four, only six dmus, one class 31 and an experimental diesel hydraulic shunter appear in this book. In the end the author had too much diesel material and hopes to produce a further book to accommodate it.
Price: £19.95
 

The Railways Of Purbeck. Ref: G3911  

LP68, fourth edition.
Kidner.
Medium, 120 pages, photos, maps, bibliography, soft back. **This fourth edition of Kidner's classic history includes new information on the New Swanage Railway and an updated selection of photos.
Price: £15.95
 

Return To Dunkirk. Ref: G2742  

Railways to the rescue. Operation Dynamo (1940).
Tatlow.
Medium, 184 pages + large folding plan of Dover Harbour tipped inside rear cover, other maps and track plans, many photos, soft back. **The author's father was one of the soldiers rescued in this famous wartime epic, possibly the greatest logistical operation ever carried out at such short notice. This is the railway side of the story. X96.
Price: £12.35
 

Signal Boxes On Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Lines : North And West Of Manchester. Part One. Ref: G3068  

L&YR Western District Lines, Salford to Wigan (No 1) via Atherton, Salford to Euxton via Bolton and branches.
Littleworth.
Very large, 114 pages, photo illustrations (some colour), map, many signalling diagrams, soft back. ** This work is in two parts. The present volume includes the introductory sections and covers lines 1 - 5A, which formed part of the L&Ys Western District. Part Two (see SS3304) covers lines 6 - 10, which formed part of the Central District. The information for each box includes location, details of the equipment, brief history and opening times. For many boxes there is also one or more signalling diagram.
Price: £15.00
 

Signal Boxes On Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Lines : North And West Of Manchester. Part Two. Ref: G3304  

L&YR Central District Lines, Clifton to Bacup and Castleton to Bolton via Bury, Manchester (Irk Valley) to Radcliffe, Rochdale to Bacup and branches.
Littleworth.
Very large, 148 pages, photo illustrations (some colour), map, many signalling diagrams, soft back. ** This work is in two parts. This second part covers lines 6 - 10, which formed part of the Central District. The information for each box includes location, details of the equipment, brief history and opening times. For many boxes there is also one or more signalling diagram. For Part 1 - which included the introductory sections and covered lines 1 - 5A, which formed part of the L&Ys Western District - see SS3068.
Price: £15.00
 

Special Traffic January - April 1962 Cardiff District. Ref: G2933  

A selection of special traffic notices from the Cardiff area.
Miller.
Medium, 148 pages, illustrated, soft back.
Price: £9.75
 

Square Deal Denied. Ref: G0653  


Gibbins.
Medium squarish, 202 pages, soft back. **A history of the efforts of the railways to level the playing field between themselves and road haulage, from the time of the grouping. Published 1998, the spine of this ancient survivor is totally faded, obliterating the title, which may well be why no-one has bought it, yet.
Price: £11.95
 

The Railways. Ref: G3424  

Nation, network and people.
Bradley, S.
Medium, 645 pages + a 16 page section of nicely-chosen illustrations, mostly coloured, other illustrations in the text, bibliography and sources, hard back. ** "Using fresh research, keen observation and a wealth of cultural references, Bradley weaves a remarkable story of technological achievement, of architecture and engineering, of shifting social classes and gender relations, of safety and crime, of tourism and the changing world of work." To describe it as a new history of our railways would be very largely to miss the point of this book, described without exaggeration as magisterial. It is an exploration of the past and present worlds of Britain's railways which treats familiar topics from unfamiliar aspects and constantly surprises with facts and details which have escaped previous historians. Eminently readable and highly recommended.
Price: £25.00
 

Train Control And Passenger Workings On The L&YR. Ref: G2321  

LYR Focus 64.
Mills.
Very large, 114 pages, some photo illustrations, soft back. ** "The late Bob Mills actually worked for the L&Y Railway in the train control office at Manchester Victoria during the final years of its independent existence. During that period he made copious notes from primary documents of locomotive allocations and each individual locomotive duty roster. His records proved a unique insight into the daily workings of a major pre-grouping railway and are a major step forward in our understanding of how the L&Y operated."
Price: £9.95
 

Train Ferries Of The Americas, Asia & Africa. Ref: G3830  


Barron.
Very large, 192 pages, well illustrated with photos, maps, ship diagrams, train deck plans etc, glazed boards. **First point to note here is that Australasia is included, despite the title. The book encompasses, with technical and operational detail, the story of more than 300 train ferries outside Europe; a history going back over the last 170 years - and it is a fascinating one which has all but disappeared.
A companion volume covers the train ferries of Europe.
Price: £25.00
 

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