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British locomotives pre-Nationalisation and overseas locomotives up to the end of the Second World War. See also Locomotives : Post-Nationalisation for modern traction and BR standard steam; Photo albums & collections for the Working Steam series and similar, and Biographies for books about locomotive engineers.
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Atlantic. The Well Beloved Engine. Ref: LC1152  


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

The Book Of The A3 Pacifics. Ref: LC3335  


Coster, P J.
Very large, 164 pages, many photo illustrations, glazed boards.
Price: £21.95
 

Ninety Years On. The New Book Of The A3 Pacifics. Ref: LC3122  


Coster.
Very large, 216 pages, many photo illustrations, glazed boards. **A revamp of the original with some new photos and information added.
Price: £24.95
 

The Book Of The Black Five LM Class 5 4-6-0s. Ref: LC2958  

Part 2; 45075-45224.
Sixsmith.
Very large, 200 pages, many photo illustrations, glazed boards.
Price: £24.95
 

The Book Of The Black Five LM Class 5 4-6-0s. Ref: LC3110  

Part 3; 45225-45471.
Sixsmith.
Very large, 296 pages, many photo illustrations, glazed boards.
Price: £29.95
 

The Book Of The Black Five LM Class 5 4-6-0s. Ref: LC3460  

Part 5; 44658-44799; 44997-44999.
Sixsmith.
Very large, 200 pages, many photo illustrations, glazed boards.
Price: £28.95
 

The Book Of The Coronation Pacifics A Photographic Accompaniment: 1. Ref: LC1900  

Every single Coronation!
Sixsmith, I.
Very large, 60 page album, soft back.
Price: £6.99
 

The Book Of The Coronation Pacifics A Photographic Accompaniment: 3. Ref: LC2327  

More big 'uns.
Baker.
Very large, 56 page album, soft back.
Out of print, last copy.
Price: £9.95
 

The Book Of The County 4-6-0s. Ref: LC3014  


Sixsmith.
Very large, 128 pages, many photo illustrations, glazed boards.
Price: £22.95
 

The Book Of The Crab 2-6-0s Part Two: 42810-42944. Ref: LC3706  

The LMS Hughes-Fowler 2-6-0s.
Sixsmith.
Very large, 288 pages, many photo illustrations, glazed boards. **Part One covers 42700-42809.
Price: £28.95
 

The Book Of The Grange 4-6-0s. Ref: LC3283  


Sixsmith.
Very large, 176 pages, many photo illustrations, glazed boards.
Price: £27.95
 

The Book Of The Hall 4-6-0s Part Two: 5900 to 5999. Ref: LC3431  


Sixsmith.
Very large, 224 pages, many photo illustrations, glazed boards.
Price: £28.95
 

The Book Of The Hall 4-6-0s Part Three: 6900 to 6958. Ref: LC3472  


Sixsmith.
Very large, 128 pages, many photo illustrations, glazed boards.
Price: £22.95
 

The Book Of The Hall 4-6-0s Part Four: Modified Halls 6959-6999, 7900-7929. Ref: LC3521  


Sixsmith.
Very large, 168 pages, many photo illustrations, glazed boards.
Price: £24.95
 

The Book Of The Ivatt Class 2 2-6-2Ts. Ref: LC3763  

41200-41329
Jennison.
Very large, 352 pages, many photo illustrations, glazed boards. **The Book Of series of locomotive studies has developed into a library of a growing number of the principle BR classes.
Price: £32.95
 

The Book Of The King 4-6-0s. Ref: LC3652  


Jennison.
Very large, 240 pages, glazed boards. **A pictorial history of the class with chronology, works visits, etc for each locomotive.
Price: £30.95
 

The Book Of The King Arthur 4-6-0s. Ref: LC2554  


Derry.
Very large, 204 pages, glazed boards. **A pictorial history with chronology, works visits, etc for each locomotive.
Price: £26.95
 

The Book Of The Lord Nelson 4-6-0s. Ref: LC3797  


Derry, R.
Very large, 92 pages, photos etc, glazed boards.
Price: £16.95
 

The Book Of The Princess Royal Pacifics. Ref: LC3338  

A British Railways Illustrated Special.
Sixsmith.
Very large, 92 pages. Glazed boards. **With a collection of photographs and the record card histories transcribed and tabulated.
Price: £14.95
 

The Book Of The Southern Moguls Part One: N, N1 Classes. Ref: LC3643  


Sixsmith & Derry.
Very large, 216 pages, many photo illustrations, glazed boards. **A 37-page general history of the class followed by tabulated histories of each locomotive. Excellent photos throughout.
Price: £29.95
 

The Book Of The Stanier 8F 2-8-0s. Part Four: Swindon, The LNER And The Southern 48440-48633. Ref: LC3864  


Sixsmith & Derry.
Very large, 304 pages, many photo illustrations, glazed boards. **The class history for the Stanier 8Fs is in Part One; here are individual histories of engines built at Swindon, Horwich, Darlington, Doncaster, Ashford, Brighton and Eastleigh 1943-45. A fifth and final volume is planned.
Price: £30.95
 

The Book Of The Stanier 8F 2-8-0s. Part Five: Southern, LNER And Late Arrivals 48634-48755. Ref: LC3903  


Sixsmith & Derry.
Very large, 288 pages, many photo illustrations, glazed boards. **The final volume on this class. The class history for the Stanier 8Fs is in Part One; here are more individual histories of engines. The Late Arrivals were a handful on locos returned to Blighty from Egypt, used briefly at Longmoor and Cairnryan and then sold to BR.
Price: £34.95
 

The Book Of The Stanier Three Cylinder 2-6-4Ts. Ref: LC3811  

42500 - 42536.
Jennison.
Very large, 192 pages, photo illustrations, glazed boards. **The London Tilbury & Southend locomotives. 60 page class history followed by individual loco histories with their record cards transcribed and tabulated. Many fine photos.
Price: £29.95
 

British Locomotive Catalogue 1825-1923 Volume 6. Ref: LC3006  

Great Eastern Railway; North British Railway; Great North Of Scotland Railway; Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway; remaining components in the LNER group.
Baxter, ed Baxter & Mitchell.
Medium, 283 pages, litho'd typescript, tabulated data with company and class section introductions, soft back. **Essential reference. The series was planned to comprise eight volumes but ended prematurely with volume 5B in 1988. Enough work had been started on volume 6 for it to be completed and published, albeit 25 years late. Unfortunately it doesn't look as though the other two volumes (GWR and SR) will follow.
Price: £11.95
 

Broad Gauge Steam Locomotives Of Portugal. Ref: LC2169  


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
 

Built At Eastleigh. Ref: LC3263  

An illustrated list of steam locomotives built of rebuilt 1910-1961.
Forge, G, (ed: Bowie)
Large, 32 pages, photo illustrations, soft back. *Includes a article on the historical background as well as the lists. Revised edition
Price: £4.95
 

Built In Britain. Ref: LC3852  

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
 

A Celebration Of LMS Coronation Pacifics. Ref: LC3774  


Jennison.
Very large landscape, 128 page album, glazed boards. **The first of a new series of albums depicting some of the best-loved steam classes. This pioneer volume has crisp black and white photos, one to a page, making a fine start to the project.
Price: £25.95
 

A Celebration Of BR Standard Pacifics. Ref: LC3834  

Britannias, Clans and Duke Of Gloucester.
Jennison.
Very large landscape, 144 page album, glazed boards. **The third of this new series of albums depicting some of the best-loved steam classes. Fine black and white photos of BR Standard 4-6-2s, one to a page, in chronological order starting with the batches of each class as built. The emphasis is on the engines in service and all engines are illustrated at least once (71000 is x 6).
Price: £27.95
 

Decauville Steam Locomotives. Ref: LC3855  

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
 

Early Years Of The Motor Rail & Tram Car Company 1913-1931. Ref: LC2552  


Davies.
Large, 116 pages, photos, drawings, hard back. *Manufacturers of some of Britain's most successful small petrol and diesel locomotives. This deeply researched history studies the progress of the company up to ists name change (to Motor Rail Ltd) in 1931. During the first decade of this period the production of tramcars was as important as that of petrol locomotives. Useful appendices, essential reference.
Price: £22.95
 

Festiniog Railway Volume Two. Ref: LC0792  

Locomotives and rolling stock; quarries and branches: rebirth 1954-1974.
Boyd.
Medium, 329 pages + 54 pages photo plates, maps & diagrams in text, 2nd impression of 1975 edition. Hard back. ** "A history of the narrow gauge railway linking the slate quarries of Blaenau Ffestiniog with Portmadoc, North Wales: together with outline histories of quarry undertakings connected to the Railway". The British Narrow Gauge Railway series no 1. B1B
Price: £25.00
 

Festiniog Railway Locomotives. Ref: LC1571  


"Taliesin"
Very large, 52 pages, many photo illustrations (some colour), soft back.
Price: £4.50
 

Fowler's Fury. Ref: LC2947  

The story of a unique British locomotive.
Carney.
Very large, 96 pages, photo illustrations, some good clear drawings, bibliography, glazed boards. **Fury, developed and financed in a time of austerity, represented an experiment in steam locomotion which over-reached the boundaries of 1920s knowledge. During tests an explosion in the ultra high pressure boiler killed one of the engineers on the footplate and although some final tests were undertaken the experiment was finally abandoned and the locomotive rebuilt as 6170 British Legion.
Price: £19.95
 

The Great Survivor. Ref: LC3262  

The rebirth of a Victorian engine.
Owen.
Very large, 32 pages, photos, drawing, soft back. **How a small team of dedicated enthusiasts restored life to an old steam engine (Furness Railway No 20).
Price: £4.95
 

A Gresley Anthology. Ref: LC1452  


Hughes, G (ed).
Very large, 102 pages, photo illustrations, soft back.
Price: £12.95
 

Here Be Dragons. Ref: LC3592  

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
 

Illustrated History Of Hull And Barnsley Locomotives. Ref: LC0251  


Barker.
Very large, 184 pages, hard back.
Was £26.95, the checkout will reduce the price to £12.
Price: £17.14
 

Indian Locomotives Part 1 - Broad Gauge 1851-1940. Ref: LC0004  


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

Indian Locomotives Part 2 - Meter Gauge 1872-1940. Ref: LC0005  


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

Indian Locomotives Part 3 - Narrow Gauge 1863 - 1940. Ref: LC0267  


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

Internal Combustion Traction. Ref: LC3759  

A compilation.
Hennessey.
Very large, 80 pages, photo illustrations and drawings, soft back. **A collection of archive articles recording some of the better and lesser known developments of applying internal combustion motors to railway traction. In no way a definitive or critical history of this form of motive power, the compiler offers the selection - arranged chonologically - as a good read and provides a good bibliography for those who want to pursue the subject in greater depth. Robert's article on Fairbanks-Morse opposed piston diesel engines is included amid a feast of topics from R H N Hardy's recollections of the coming of diesels on BR to weird steam/diesel and jet-propelled locomotives.
Price: £12.50
 

LMS Central Division Miscellany. Part One 1921-1930. Ref: LC3693  

A portrait of the L&Y's lines and property in the LMS period.
Coates.
Very large, 115 page photo album, glazed boards. **After the LMS took over it might have seemed that the old L&Y remained unchanged, but it did change, probably much as it would have done if left to itself. This series of photos, the first of a planned series, illustrates the start of that process, particularly with regard to locomotives and rolling stock.
Price: £15.00
 

LMS Locomotive Profiles. Pictorial Supplement To LMS Locomotive Profile No. 8. The Class 8F 2-8-0s. Ref: LC2173  


Jennison, Clarke, Hunt, James & Essery.
Very large, 80 pages, pictorial, soft back. **This supplement provides the photographs which were surplus to the main profile volume.
Price: £13.95
 

LMS Locomotive Profiles. Pictorial Supplement To LMS Locomotive Profile No. 10. Ref: LC2383  

The standard class 4 goods 0-6-0s.
Essery, Jennison, James & Hunt.
Very large, 72 pages, pictorial, soft back. **This supplement provides the photographs which were surplus to the main profile volume.
Price: £14.95
 

LMS Locomotive Profiles. No.11 - The Coronation Class Pacifics. Ref: LC2682  


Hunt, Jennison, Meanley, James & Essery.
Very large, 174 pages, soft back. **Illustrated with photos and archive technical drawings (some fold-out) from the NRM.
Price: £24.95
 

LMS Locomotive Profiles. Pictorial Supplement To LMS Locomotive Profile No. 11. The Coronation Pacifics. Ref: LC2689  


Jennison, Meanley, Essery, James & Hunt.
Very large, 118 pages (some folding), pictorial: photos, some drawings, soft back. **This supplement provides the photographs which were surplus to the main profile volume.
Price: £18.95
 

LMS Locomotive Profiles. No.14 - The Standard Class 3 Freight Tank Engines. Ref: LC2891  


Hunt, Jennison & Essery.
Very large, 90 pages, soft back. **Illustrated with photos and archive technical drawings (some fold-out) from the NRM.
Price: £18.95
 

LMS Locomotive Profiles. No.15 - The Royal Scots. Ref: LC3691  


Hunt, Jennison & Essery.
Very large, 180 pages, colour frontispiece, many photos and diagrams, soft back. **Class history illustrated with photos and archive technical drawings (some fold-out) from the NRM.
Price: £26.95
 

LMS Locomotive Review No 1. Ref: LC3182  

Passenger tender engines inherited from the former L&NWR.
Essery & Davis.
Very large, 156 pages, photos, map, soft back. ** " The purpose of this book [and the further two volumes planned] is to record as objectively as possible, what locomotives the LMS inherited from its constituent companies, and how they fared during the years that followed. The next volumes are to cover tank engines and goods engines.
Price: £27.95
 

Locomotive Compendium Ireland. Ref: LC2655  


Boocock.
Very large, 128 pages, photo illlustrations, some period colour, glazed boards. **The first of a series planned to cover all the main railways in the British Isles in the period from 1949 to the present. In fact this volume includes classes dating back to the 1870s. A class-by-class survey giving brief histories and class statistics. The volume covers the whole of Ireland. Out of print, last copy.
Price: £19.99
 

Locomotives Built By Manning Wardle & Company. Volume 3 Broad Gauge & Works List. Ref: LC1405  


Harman, F.
Very large, 104 pages, photos, drawings, 50-page works list in table form, soft back.
Price: £16.95
 

Locomotives Of Quality. Ref: LC982  

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
 

Locomotives Of The Great Southern & Western Railway. Ref: LC3835  


Clements, McMahon & O'Rourke.
Very large, 284 pages, illustrated with photos and locomotive drawings, loco lists, tabulated data, glazed boards. **The GS&WR grew to be the largest independent company in Ireland, with a complex motive power story. This impressive book catalogues every locomotive that was operated by the company, providing dimensional details, drawings and photographs and analysing the patterns of construction, rebuilding and renewal. The locomotive stock of the companies taken over by the GS&WR 1866 - 1901 are also included.
Price: £35.00
 

Locomotives Of The LMS NCC. Ref: LC2590  

And its predecessors.
Scott.
Very large, 190 pages, map, photos, locomotive drawings, tables, hard back. **History of NCC locomotives from the first engines built for the Belfast and Ballymena Railway in 1847 - every NCC locomotive built between then and the end of steam in 1970 is described, together with information on diesel locomotives and railcars.
Price: £25.00
 

Locomotives Of The LNER. Part 11. Supplementary Information. Ref: LC2525  


-
Medium, 98 pages, photo illustrations, soft back. **2nd impression. This volume provides further information which came to light since the publication of each volume; this is presented as notes to each volume.
Price: £10.95
 

Engineer Of Revolutionary Russia. Ref: LC2799  

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
 

Midland Engines No. 2 - The Class 3 Belpaire Goods. Ref: LC0955  


Essery, Hunt & James.
Very large, 64 pages, illustrated with photos and technical drawings from the NRM archive. Soft back.
Price: £10.95
 

Midland Engines No. 3 - The Class 2 Superheated 4-4-0s. Ref: LC0762  


Essery, Hunt & James.
Very large, 56 pages, illustrated with photos and technical drawings from the NRM archive. Soft back.
Price: £10.95
 

Midland Engines No. 4 - The '700' Class Double-Frame. Ref: LC1319  


Essery, Hunt & James.
Very large, 102 pages, illustrated with photos and technical drawings from the NRM archive. Soft back.
Price: £13.95
 

Midland Railway In Nottingham. Volume 1. 1839 - 1907. Ref: LC0987  

Buildings, Locomotives and Men.
Perkins & Padgett.
Medium, 144 pages, illustrated, soft back.
Price: £16.50
 

Midland Record. Supplement 1. American Locomotives of the Midland Railway. Ref: LC0712  


Hunt.
Very large, 48 pages. Soft back. Last copy.
Price: £8.95
 

Mountain Railways And Locomotives From Old Picture Postcards. Ref: LC0508  


Taylorson.
Medium, 64 pages. Soft back.
Price: £9.95
 

Narrow Gauge Steam Locomotives Of Estonia. Ref: LC2134  


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
 

Nasmyth, Wilson & Co. Ref: LC2091  

Patricroft locomotive builders.
Cantrell.
Medium, 134 pages + a 24 page locomotive list, soft back. **A short history of one of the most famous steam locomotive builders in Britain.
Price: £12.99
 

The North-Eastern Atlantics. Ref: LC3949  


Hoole, K.
Medium, 64 pages + 16 pages photo plates, soft back. **The oldest item in our New Book list, this was published in 1965 by Roundhouse (remember them?).
Was £8, the price at the checkout will be just £1.
Price: £1.43
 

Origins Of The Garratt Locomotive. Ref: LC0691  


Hills.
Medium, 80 pages. Soft back.
Price: £8.95
 

The Pannier Papers No 2. Ref: LC3733  

The 57XX engines: 36XX, 37XX, 46XX.
Sixsmith & Derry.
Very large, 56 pages, captioned album with text notes, soft back. **Photos of GWR tank engines at work with class notes, remarks on detailing and liveries, and allocation listings.
Price: £12.95
 

Peto's Register of Great Western Locomotives Volume 1. King 4-6-0s. Ref: LC0143  


Peto.
Very large, hard back, 96 pages, photos.
Out of print, last copy.
Price: £16.95
 

Preserved Standard Gauge Steam Locomotives Of Great Britain A Working History. Ref: LC3515  


Randall
Medium, 144 pages, a few photo illustrations, soft back. ** Useful reference book lists all preserved standard gauge locomotives (whether restored or not) by manufacturer. Dates, numbers (including works numbers), past owners and present whereabouts are given for each engine. Appendices list imported locomotives, list every main line engine by number (referenced to the main entry), and list the places of work of the preserved ex-industrial locomotives.
Price: £13.50
 

Railways And Motive Power Of Argentina. Ref: LC2170  

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
 

Robinson Locomotives. Ref: LC3951  

A pictorial history.
Haresnape & Rowledge.
Large, 128 pages, photos, line drawings, list of named engines, hard back.
Was £14, price at checkout will be £3.
Price: £4.29
 

Southern Way Special Issue No 8. Ref: LC3174  

The other side of the Southern. Accidents, incidents and occasions.
Robertson.
Very large, 100 pages, many photo illustrations, soft back.
Price: £16.50
 

Steam In Serbia 1882 - 2007. Ref: LC2586  


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
 

The WD Austerity 2-8-0. Ref: LC2803  

The BR Record.
Hooper.
Very large, 300 pages, photo illustrations. **Everything you could possibly want to know about WD Austerity 2-8-0s during their BR service: boilers, tenders, allocations, accidents, liveries and disposal. A tour de force.
Price: £34.99
 

William Dean. Ref: LC2960  

The greatest of them all.
Clements.
Very large, 228 pages, photo illustrations, drawings, allocations and other tabulated data, bibliography, glazed boards. ** Dean's life, locomotives and his legacy, including the story of the "Dean Goods" at home and at war.
Price: £30.00
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 10: Gresley D49 & J38 Classes. Ref: LC0137  


Yeadon.
Very large, many photos, 94 pages. Hard back. **This monumental study records the history of each engine from building to disposal, including renumberings, repairs, allocations etc.
Price: £19.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 11: J39. Ref: LC1758  


Yeadon.
Very large, many photos, 94 pages, glazed boards. **This monumental study records the history of each engine from building to disposal, including renumberings, repairs, allocations etc.
Price: £19.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 13: C1/C2/C4/C5. Ref: LC0245  


Hooper.
Very large, many photos, 94 pages, glazed boards. **This monumental study records the history of each engine from building to disposal, including renumberings, repairs, allocations etc.
Price: £19.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 14: D13-D16. Ref: LC0246  


Hooper.
Very large, many photos, 94 pages, hard back. **This monumental study records the history of each engine from building to disposal, including renumberings, repairs, allocations etc.
Price: £19.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 15: J94, 06, 07. Ref: LC0247  


Hooper.
Very large, many photos, 92 pages, hard back. **This monumental study records the history of each engine from building to disposal, including renumberings, repairs, allocations etc.
Price: £17.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 17: B13 - B16. Ref: LC0635  


Hooper.
Very large, many photos, 94 pages. Hard back. **This monumental study records the history of each engine from building to disposal, including renumberings, repairs, allocations etc.
Price: £19.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 19: Class D1, D2, D3 & D4 & The M&GN 4-4-0s. Ref: LC0882  


-
Very large, many photos, 94 pages. Hard back. **This monumental study records the history of each engine from building to disposal, including renumberings, repairs, allocations etc.
Price: £19.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 20: Class Q1, Q2, Q3 & Q4, & The Q1 Tank. Ref: LC0881  


-
Very large, many photos, 94 pages. Hard back. **This monumental study records the history of each engine from building to disposal, including renumberings, repairs, allocations etc.
Price: £19.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 21: Class A5 to A8, H1, H2, L1(L3), L2, M1 & M2 Tank Engines. Ref: LC0967  


-
Very large, many photos, 126 pages. Hard back. **This monumental study records the history of each engine from building to disposal, including renumberings, repairs, allocations etc.
Price: £23.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 22: Classes B1(B18) to B9 The GCR 4-6-0's. Ref: LC1160  


Yeadon.
Very large, many photos, 126 pages, hard back. **This monumental study records the history of each engine from building to disposal, including renumberings, repairs, allocations etc.
Price: £23.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 25: Class N1 & N2 Tank Engines. Ref: LC1487  


-
Very large, many photos, 126 pages. Hard back. **GCR 2.8.0s. This monumental study records the history of each engine from building to disposal, including renumberings, repairs, allocations etc.
Price: £21.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 27: Class N7. Ref: LC1534  


-
Very large, many photos, 94 pages. Hard back. **This monumental study records the history of each engine from building to disposal, including renumberings, repairs, allocations etc.
Price: £19.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 28: Class R1, S1, T1 & WM & CQ 0-8-0T. Ref: LC1599  

The pre-group 8-coupled tank engines.
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Very large, many photos, 78 pages. Hard back. **This monumental study records the history of each engine from building to disposal, including renumberings, repairs, allocations etc.
Price: £17.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 30: Class E1, E2, GC12A, E4, E5, "901", "1440", E7 & E8. The 2-4-0s. Ref: LC1777  


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Very large, many photos, 94 pages. Hard back. **This monumental study records the history of each engine from building to disposal, including renumberings, repairs, allocations etc.
Price: £19.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 31: Class C6, C7, C8, C9, The North Eastern Atlantics. Ref: LC1815  


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Very large, many photos, 94 pages. Hard back. **This monumental study records the history of each engine from building to disposal, including renumberings, repairs, allocations etc.
Price: £19.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 33: Class C12, C13, C14 & C17. Ref: LC1823  


Yeadon.
Very large, many photos, 94 pages. Hard back. **This monumental study records the history of each engine from building to disposal, including renumberings, repairs, allocations etc. The classes in this volume are the 112 Atlantic tank engines inherited from the GC and GN. The ex NB Atlantic tanks (C15 & C16) will be in a separate volume.
Price: £19.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 34: Class D17, D18, D19, D20, D21, D22, D23 & D24. Ref: LC1824  


Yeadon.
Very large, many photos, 134 pages. Hard back. **This monumental study records the history of each engine from building to disposal, including renumberings, repairs, allocations etc. The classes in this volume are the NER 4-4-0 tender engines, including those from the Hull & Barnsley.
Price: £24.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 35: Class J14 & J15. Ref: LC1996  


Yeadon.
Very large, many photos, 94 pages. Hard back. **This monumental study records the history of each engine from building to disposal, including renumberings, repairs, allocations etc. The classes in this volume are GER engines: Worsdell's 0-6-0 goods tender engines (J15) and Holden's unsucessful improvement of the design (J14).
Price: £19.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 36: Class F1, F2, G1, G2, G3, G4, G7, G8, G9 & G10. Ref: LC2018  


Yeadon.
Very large, many photos, 94 pages. Hard back. **This monumental study records the history of each engine from building to disposal, including renumberings, repairs, allocations etc. The classes in this volume are from all constituents of the LNER except the NER. They are 2-4-2 and 0-4-4 tank engines from ten diverse classes, some of which survived to BR days.
Price: £19.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 37, Part A: Class J1, J2, J3 & J4. Ref: LC2104  


Yeadon.
Very large, many photos, 102 pages. Hard back. **This monumental study records the history of each engine from building to disposal, including renumberings, repairs, allocations etc.
Price: £19.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 40: Class C10, C11, C15, C16, & D11/2. Ref: LC2226  


Yeadon.
Very large, many photos, 110 pages. Hard back. **This monumental study records the history of each engine from building to disposal, including renumberings, repairs, allocations etc. "At last we have finished the Atlantic wheel arrangement by inclusion of the former NBR C10/C11 tender engines and their handsome stablemates, the C15 and C16 tank engines. Not only have we presented those engines, we have also included the last of the GC designed 4-4-0 tender engines introduced by the LNER, the D11 class Part 2, the Scottish 'Directors', all of which make a nice package of LNER passenger locomotives which, in most cases, worked right into the BR era and the last decade of steam."
Price: £21.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 41: Class J16, J17, J18, J19, J20. Ref: LC2256  


Yeadon.
Very large, many photos, 94 pages. Hard back. **This monumental study records the history of each engine from building to disposal, including renumberings, repairs, allocations etc. "The one hundred and fifty locomotives featured in this volume were initially pencilled-in to appear in Volume 40, however, their appearance was put back for various reasons for which we apologise. But now, at last, we can present the balance of the Great Eastern 0-6-0 tender engines found in LNER classes J16 to J20." (Editor's note; he adds that they now have only 3067 engines in 96 classes still to cover - the end is in sight.)
Price: £19.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 42 Part A: Class D25, D26, D27, D28, D29, D30. Ref: LC2288  


Yeadon.
Very large, many photos, 94 pages. Hard back. **This monumental study records the history of each engine from building to disposal, including renumberings, repairs, allocations etc. North British 4-4-0 tender engines, or half of them: volume 42 B covers classes D31 - D36.
Price: £19.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 42 Part B: Class D31, D32, D33, D34, D35 & D36. Ref: LC2318  


Yeadon.
Very large, many photos, 118 pages, hard back. **This monumental study records the history of each engine from building to disposal, including renumberings, repairs, allocations etc. North British 4-4-0 tender engines, or half of them: volume 42 A covers classes D25 - D30.
Price: £21.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 43 Part B: Class J73, J74, J75, J76, J77, J78, J79, J80 & NER '44'. Ref: LC3309  


Yeadon.
Very large, many photos, 102 pages, hard back. **This monumental study records the history of each engine from building to disposal, including renumberings, repairs, allocations etc. North Eastern 0-6-0 tank classes - second half.
Price: £19.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 46 Part A: Classes J52, J53, J54, J55, J56, J57 & GNR 19. Ref: LC2506  

The Stirling Great Northern 0-6-0 Tank Engines.
Yeadon.
Very large, many photos, 110 pages, hard back. **This monumental study records the history of each engine from building to disposal, including renumberings, repairs, allocations etc.
Price: £21.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 46 Part B Classes J50, J51, J84, J85, J93, N19 & M&GN 16A. Ref: LC3310  


Yeadon.
Very large, many photos, 110 pages, hard back. **This monumental study records the history of each engine from building to disposal, including renumberings, repairs, allocations etc. In this volume, the Gresley GNR 0-6-0T classes and some 'odd' smaller classes with a Doncaster or GNR connection.
Price: £19.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 47 Part A: Classes J21, J22, J23 & J24. Ref: LC2751  

The North Eastern 0-6-0s.
Yeadon.
Very large, many photos, 110 pages, hard back. **This monumental study records the history of each engine from building to disposal, including renumberings, repairs, allocations etc. As well as the GE tank engines there are the J92 crane engines and the Wisbech & Upwell tram engines (J70).
Price: £23.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 48: Classes J64, J65, J66, J67, J68, J69, J70 & J92. Ref: LC2688  

The Great Eastern 0-6-0Ts.
Yeadon.
Very large, many photos, 110 pages, hard back. **This monumental study records the history of each engine from building to disposal, including renumberings, repairs, allocations etc. As well as the GE tank engines there are the J92 crane engines and the Wisbech & Upwell tram engines (J70).
Note that Volume 47B has not yet been published, see note to 47A.
Price: £34.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 49 Part A: Classes N4, N5 & N6. Ref: LC2766  


Yeadon.
Very large, many photos, 94 pages. Hard back. ** The three 0-6-2T classes originating from the Great Central.
Price: £19.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 49 Part B: Classes N8, N9, N10, N11, N12, N13, N14 & N15. Ref: LC2842  


Yeadon.
Very large, many photos, 158 pages, hard back. ** The North British and North Eastern 0-6-2T classes, all but the N18s, which are held over to the final volume./nThis is the penultimate volume of Yeadon's Register. Volume 50 of this mighty work will cover, as well as the N18s, the balance of the 0-6-0Ts, the 4-4-0Ts and the various petrol, diesel and electric motive power.
Price: £29.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Vol 50: Classes D50, D51, GC7, J58, J59, J60, J61, J62, J63, J81, J82, J83, J84, J85, J86, J88, J90, J91, N18, Diesel, Petrol & Electric Motive Power & Trams. Ref: LC2868  


Yeadon.
Very large, many photos, 166 pages, hard back. ** Truly a landmark publication! The final volume of Yeadon's Register - which has attained fifty volumes in fifty-seven parts and has been published over twenty years under three different imprints. The ultimate volume of this mighty work covers the N18s, the balance of the 0-6-0Ts, the 4-4-0Ts and the various petrol, diesel and electric motive power.
Price: £29.99
 

Yeadon's Register Of LNER Locomotives. Appendix Two. Locomotive Tender Numbering. Ref: LC2048  

A general survey & the Great Central group tender allocation.
Yeadon.
Very large, many photos, 92 pages. Hard back. ** "The very finest research ever produced by Willie (or anyone else for that matter) and it is thoroughly readable too... WBY undertook a task which had never been tackled by either enthusiasts or, more surprisingly, authority. ... It is a fitting monument and shows WBY at the peak of his capability as an investigative locomotive historian." E V Fry, in the Foreword.
Price: £19.99
 

Yorkshire Engine Company. Ref: LC2616  

Sheffield's locomotive manufacturer.
Vernon.
Medium, 160 pages, many photo illustrations, some drawings, works lists, soft back. **The company was founded in 1865, had the technical expertise of Sir Archibald Sturrock and Charles Sacré, was a leading manufacturer of Fairlie locomotives but had no success with marine or tramway engines, or with motor cars; it began making diesel locomotives after the war and ceased business in 1965: an unfortunate centenary. Some of its diesel locomotives are still at work.
Price: £12.99
 

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