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A Very British Railway. Ref: IN1061  


Catchpole, P.
Very large, 84 pages, map, many photo illustrations, glazed boards. **The Sao Paolo Railway, a British-owned line which carried coffee to the port of Santos on the coast of Brazil and used Garratts for express passenger haulage.
Price: £15.95
 

Antofagasta & Bolivia Railway. Ref: IN0569  


Turner & Ellis.
Very large, 76 pages, photo illustrations, maps, drawings. Soft back.
Price: £13.95
 

Atlantic. The Well Beloved Engine. Ref: IN1152  


Hennessey.
Large, 192 pages, hard back. *International coverage. 2nd edition.
Price: £20.00
 

The Barbados Railway. Ref: IN3664  

From the Caribbean to the Atlantic.
Horsford
Very large, 70 pages, illustrated with maps, drawing and photos, soft back. ** A brief history.Out of print, last copy.
Price: £9.95
 

Bradshaw's Continental Guide, For Travellers Through Europe, Ref: IN3940  

with an epitomized description of each country, and maps of Europe, showing the lines of railways opened.
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Small, xvi + 1106 pages, plus 2 folding maps and a third loose in a pocket, heavy paper, silk headband and footband, bookmark with ribbon, paper-covered hard covers in facsimile to the original, in clear plastic jacket. **The title above is that given on the title page; the cover bears the title Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide And General Handbook Illustrated With Local And Other Maps Special Edition.
A reproduction of the European guide book used on Michael Portillo's BBC TV programmes. Bradshaw's Continental Guides were issued in two formats, plain and special. This handsome volume mimics the splendid red leather special edition, and although the cover is really paper-covered boards it looks pretty good and is fantastic value. Unlike the very rare British Tourist handbooks the Continental Guides are occasionally available in the original editions. They may have been more popular due to containing railway time tables for the whole continent, as well as tourist information, which was a secondary matter.
Price: £25.00
 

Britain's World Of Steam. Ref: IN1579  


Catchpole, P.
Very large, 95 pages, glazed boards. **That title could so easily grace a gift tome, but no, this is a useful listing of British steam repatriated - "a look at steam locomotives from around the world now preserved in Britain". Each locomotive gets a photo, technical details and a brief history, including where it is now to be found. There is a handy index by builder (not all are of British origin) giving brief details.
Price: £19.95
 

Broad Gauge Steam Locomotives Of Portugal. Ref: IN2169  


Walker, J R
Very large, 103 pages, photo illustrations, some locomotive drawings, diagrammatic system map, glazed boards. **The Portuguese broad gauge is 1668mm, as in Spain. This is a survey of all locomotive types, with brief technical and historical details plus a photo or photos (or drawing if no photo, in two cases neither was available).
Price: £18.95
 

Central Railway Of Peru. Ref: IN3089  

And The Cerro de Pasco Railway.
Binns.
Very large, 80 pages. Soft back.
Price: £13.95
 

Channel Tunnel. Ref: IN2122  

And its high-speed links. OL138.
Comfort.
Medium, 256 pages + large folding map, photos (mostly colour), maps, track plans, soft back. **A very detailed study of the origins, construction, operation and future of this monumental enterprise. Some fascinating illustrations.
Price: £19.95
 

China Railway Atlas. Ref: IN2465  

Mongolia. Taiwan.
Yonge.
Very large, 46 map pages, coloured; + 16 pages station index, line register etc, soft back. **Third edition, much enlarged.
Price: £20.00
 

Decauville Steam Locomotives. Ref: IN3855  

A works list.
Clingan & Lanham, revised & enlarged by Fresné & Down.
Very large, 156 pages, illustrations from Decauville catalogues, parallel text in English and French, glazed boards. **This new edition includes detailed information on the Decauville Type 17 design and its Kerr, Stuart variants, the 'Joffre' and 'Haig' classes. This and a history of the company occupy the first 42 pages, the remainder of the book contains the works lists themselves, giving works and boiler numbers, dates, type, weight, gauge, purchaser and given names and numbers.
Price: £35.00
 

Diesels & Electrics. Ref: IN3901  

Locomotives International special edition no 1.
Catchpole, P and others.
Very large, 80 pages, many photo illustrations, some colour, soft back. **A collection of articles about overseas "modern" traction of unusual interest.
Out of print, last copy.
Price: £14.95
 

Diesels & Electrics. Ref: IN1822  

Locomotives International special edition no 2.
Catchpole, P and others.
Very large, 80 pages, many photo illustrations, some colour, soft back. **A second collection of articles about overseas "modern" traction of unusual interest.
Price: £14.95
 

East European Narrow Gauge. Ref: IN0010  


Chester, K.
Medium, 116 pages, album. Soft back. ** Locomotives International Special.Out of print, last copy.
Price: £14.95
 

Essential Guide To French Heritage And Tourist Railways. Ref: IN2123  

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
 

Fortress Railways Of The Baltic Shores. Ref: IN1467  


Helme, M.
Medium, 80 pages, soft back. ** Volume 3 of Narrow Gauge Railways Of Europe.
Price: £8.95
 

Here Be Dragons. Ref: IN3592  

A journey with steam to the end of the world.
Girdlestone.
Very large, 136 pages, photo illustrations, chiefly colour, maps, hard back. **Phil Girdlestone, who died untimely in 2016 at the age of 61, was a locomotive engineer, described by David Wardale in the foreword as "one of a small band of adventurers with steam for a vocation and anywhere in the world for a home - provided of course there was a steam railway nearby." Girdlestone chronicles his remarkable career, which started at the Festiniog in 1969 and took in Africa, Russia and South America, and describes his technical work in detail. A fascinating read.
Price: £33.95
 

Indian Locomotives Part 1 - Broad Gauge 1851-1940. Ref: IN0004  


Hughes, H.
Large, 112 pages, illustrated, soft back.
Price: £7.95
 

Indian Locomotives Part 2 - Meter Gauge 1872-1940. Ref: IN0005  


Hughes, H.
Large, 112 pages, illustrated, soft back.
Price: £9.00
 

Indian Locomotives Part 3 - Narrow Gauge 1863 - 1940. Ref: IN0267  


Hughes.
Large, 112 pages, soft back.
Price: £9.90
 

Indian Narrow Gauge Steam Remembered. Ref: IN1020  


Marshall.
Medium, 216 pages, very many photo illustrations (some colour), maps. Hard back. *Includes private, industrial and sugar factory railways.
Price: £29.95
 

Indian Metre Gauge Steam Remembered. Ref: IN2061  


Marshall.
Medium, 178 pages, pictorial (some colour), maps, locomotive lists. Hard back. *Includes public and industrial railways.
Price: £29.95
 

International Railways Over The Andes. Ref: IN584  


Stones.
Very large, 76 pages. Soft back.
Price: £16.95
 

Locomotives Of Quality. Ref: IN982  

A pictorial history of Manning Wardle & Co.
Simpson.
Medium, 143 pages, many photos, soft back. **The development of the locomotives produced by this Leeds firm and their spread across the world. The author has tried to find all preserved Manning Wardle engines and lists these in a substantial final chapter.
Price: £8.95
 

Engineer Of Revolutionary Russia. Ref: IN2799  

Iurii V Lomonosov (1876-1952) and the railways.
Heywood.
Large, 400 pages + 24 pages of photo plates, other black and white illustrations, six diagrams in text. Hard back. **A remarkable man, whose career embraced science, engineering and diplomacy. He played a major role in the shaping and administration of Russian railways, was a pioneer of diesel traction, defected to the west in 1927, afterwards working in Britain and America. He died in Canada in 1952.
Price: £75.00
 

Monorails Of The 19th Century. Ref: IN2859  


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
 

Narrow Gauge By The Sudanese Red Sea Coast. Ref: IN1147  

The Tokar-Trinkitat light railway and other small railways.
Gunston.
Large, 67 pages, photos, maps, soft back.
Price: £8.95
 

Narrow Gauge Common Carrier Railways Of The Former Soviet Union Ref: IN3331  


Englebert.
Very large, 224 pages, photo illustrations (much in colour), many maps, hard back. **An introduction and a general overview of the narrow gauge lines in the former USSR, where there were once thousands of miles of narrow gauge railway.The book focuses on the lines, their operation, historical social-economic background and role in the transport system. A basic knowledge of USSR narrow gauge locomotives and rolling stock is assumed.
Price: £32.00
 

Narrow Gauge In The Former Yugoslavia. Ref: IN3805  

Narrow Gauge Album No 5.
Waite.
Medium, square format, 119 page colour album, glazed boards. **21st century narrow gauge steam in the Balkans. The earliest photos here date from 2005, when there were still steam locomotives operating in coal extraction sites - the last working steam in Europe. This provides many of the excellent photos in the album; there are also pictures of static preserved locos and of the lovely Šargan 8 line, now a tourist railway.
Author's profits from the sale of this book are donated to help support the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway during the Covid 19 crisis.
Price: £19.95
 

Narrow Gauge Rails Through The Cordillera. Ref: IN0696  


Bent.
Very large, 144 pages. Soft back.
Was £17.95 now £8, this price will apply when the checkout has automatically applied the discount.
Price: £11.43
 

Narrow Gauge Steam Locomotives Of Estonia. Ref: IN2134  


Klaus & Chester.
Medium, 128 pages, photo illustrations, map, loco lists, glazed boards. **The Estonian narrow gauge network continued to expand during the Soviet era, until 1966 when a decree ordered the closure or re-gauging to broad gauge of all 750mm lines. Some engines survive in the Estonian railway museum and elsewhere.
Price: £15.95
 

A Pictorial Guide To Alpine Railways. Ref: IN3389  

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
 

Rails Through Majorca. Ref: IN1629  


Barnabe, G.
Large, 248 pages, illustrated with photos, maps, track plans and line drawings of rolling stock. Hard back. *This handsome work brings up to date the author's "Railways And Tramways Of Majorca", now out of print, history of a narrow gauge paradise.
Price: £21.95
 

Railways And Motive Power Of Argentina. Ref: IN2170  

Complete listing of public railways with basic details and comprehensive locomotive lists.
Carter, Reg.
Medium, 513 pages, soft back.
Was £28.95, then £14.95, now £5. This price will result at the checkout, which will automatically discount the £7.14 price listed here.
Price: £7.14
 

The Railways Of Jamaica. Ref: IN3269  

Through the Blue Mountains to the blue Caribbean Seas - a history of the Jamaica Government Railway.
Horsford.
Large, 166 pages, maps, photos (much colour), tables, stocklists. Soft back.
Out of print, last copy.
Price: £25.00
 

Railways Of Latin America In Historic Post Cards. Ref: IN3666  


Walker.
Very large, 80 pages, album. Soft back.
Price: £15.95
 

Railways Of The Andes. Ref: IN0510  


Fawcett.
Large, 224 pages, 2nd edition. Hard back. **The first major survey in English of the planning, contruction, and operation of the major Andean railroads. Originally published in 1963, this new edition has a new preface and introduction and additional illustrations.
Price: £22.95
 

Schmalspurig Durch Bulgarien. Ref: IN2129  


Engelbert.
Medium, 112 pages, illustrated with photos & maps, loco lists, German text, extensive bibliography includes English language sources, glazed boards. **Narrow gauge in Bulgaria.
Price: £16.95
 

Steam And Rail In Germany. Ref: IN3086  


Catchpole.
Very large, 72 pages, soft back.
Out of print, last copy.
Price: £9.95
 

Steam And Rail In Slovakia. Ref: IN0233  


Catchpole.
Very large, 72 pages, soft back.
Out of print, last copy.
Price: £9.95
 

Steam In Serbia 1882 - 2007. Ref: IN2586  


Veresic.
Medium square, 200 pages, illustrated throughout, largely in colour, hard back. ** "Serbia's narrow and standard gauge railways were once graced by an astonishing variety of steam engines manufactured by some of the leading locomotive factories in Europe and the USA. Today it is one of the last places in Europe where steam locomotives can still be found in regular service." This book offers a history of Serbian railways, an account of the development of railway preservation there and a list of every existing steam locomotive. LAST COPY.
Price: £41.95
 

Train Ferries Of The Americas, Asia & Africa. Ref: IN3830  


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
 

Transandine Railway In 1931. Ref: IN2633  

A facsimile reprint.
Taylorson (comp).
Medium, 32 pages, illustrated with photographs, map, soft back. **This is a reprint of an article in the April 1931 issue of the Beyer Peacock Quarterly Review, with some extra photos, a map. There also some of the later history of the line, parts of which remain open in industrial use. It is metre gauge and ran from Mendoza in Argentina to Los Andes in Chile, reaching a summit of 10450 ft. There are proposals for re-opening it.
Price: £4.95
 

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