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Blair Atholl's Railway. Ref: SC3305  


Geddes.
Medium, 112 pages, station plans, photo illustrations, employee lists, soft back. **How the railway came to Blair Atholl and its influence on the neighbourhood. Its shed housed the engines which banked the trains over Drumochter Pass, the highest main line in Britain.
Price: £9.50
 

Branch Lines Of Strathearn. Ref: SC3284  

Tourists, tatties and trains.
Young.
Very large, 296 pages, photo illustrations, maps, glazed boards. **Perthshire. A substantial and thorough study of the branch lines of the district from the opening of the Crieff Junction Railway in 1856 to the closure of the last section of line in 1967. One branch served the Gleneagles Hotel and a chapter is devoted to the history of this, one of the grandest of all railway hotels.
Price: £30.00
 

Bridgescapes. Ref: SC3608  

A personal journey through history celebrating Scotland's bridge-building heritage.
Keith.
Large landscape, 184 pages, colour and mono photos, some line drawings, maps, bibliography, hard back. **This is not a railway book, but is likely to be of interest to many of our customers. It is a chronological survey of bridges and bridgebuilding in Scotland, beautifully illustrated with photographs by Lewis Matheson. Sketch maps show the sites of bridges in each chapter, grid references are also given. The text gives historical and technical background, and is - as the subtitle acknowledges - written from a personal point of view. It is a handsome production, and a snip at £18.
Price: £18.00
 

The Cairn Valley Light Railway. Ref: SC3138  

Moniaive to Dumfries. LP217
Kirkpatrick.
Medium, 96 pages, photos, structure drawings, map, soft back.
Price: £8.95
 

The Dundee & Arbroath Railway. Ref: SC3916  


Ferguson.
Very large, 224 pages, photo illustrations (some colour), maps, large scale diagrams of station areas and junctions, signalling diagrams, short bibliography, glazed boards. ** One of the four early railways serving Dundee, the Dundee & Arbroath started as a 5' 6" gauge line, eventually becoming part of the Caledonian and North British Joint line, and of course still part of the East Coast Main Line. Here is an exhaustive account of its genesis, construction, history and operation.
Price: £35.00
 

Glasgow Central; Central To Glasgow Ref: SC2265  


Cameron (comp).
Very large, 120 pages, plan, photos (some colour), soft back. ** "An affectionate tribute in the form of facts, recollections, images and miscellanea from some admirers of Glasgow Central, upon the 100th anniversary of the expansion of the station under whose spell we have fallen." 36 articles on historical and contemporary aspects of the great station.
Price: £19.95
 

Glasgow Subway Album Ref: SC1012  


Watson, G.
Very large, 62 pages, sofback. **A collection of photographs of the old Glasgow Subway taken before and during closure for modernisation.
Price: £10.00
 

The Great North Of Scotland Railway. Ref: SC3423  

A new history.
Ross.
Very large, 256 pages, maps, photo illustrations, chronology, bibliography, notes and sources, glazed boards. **The "Great North" was the railway of Scotland's north east until 1923. The company was set up in 1845 to join Aberdeen and Inverness, but the first stretch of line did not open until 1854. After the 1870s it became one of the most efficient and innovotive regional railway systems in Britain. This comprehensive history of the company explores its contribution to the development of Aberdeen and its hinterland.
Price: £30.00
 

Haddington, Macmerry And Gifford Branch Lines. Ref: SC1332  

OL90
Hajducki.
Medium, 248 pages, photos, maps, some drawings. Hard back. *Line history.
Price: £18.50
 

An Illustrated History Of LNER Wagons Volume Three LNER Scottish Area. Ref: SC2706  

Ex-NB and ex-GNS wagons absorbed by the LNER.
Tatlow.
Very large, 186 pages, many photo and line illustrations, hard back. **Comprehensive information. Third of a four-volume work: still to come is the one on LNER standard designs.
Price: £33.95
 

No Way Through. Ref: SC3865  

Great Glen railway schemes.
McGregor.
Very large, 128 pages, maps, photo illustrations, bibliography, boards. **Transport politics in nineteenth century Scotland made a battle ground of the Great Glen. Most of the major companies contended for the route but the only line eventually built - the Invergarry & Fort Augustus Railway was an ill-judged speculation, out of tune with the changing times. An academic study and excellent addition to Scottish railway history.
Price: £20.00
 

Scottish Railway Atlas Then And Now. Ref: SC3861  


Smith & Jordan.
Very large, 144 pages, 42 pages of colour maps, extra photos, illustrated index, glazed boards. **This atlas is based on the Official Railway Map of Scotland produced by the Railway Clearing House in 1920, just before the grouping took place. The map is divided into 20 sheets, one to a page and placed opposite a map of the same area showing the network as at 1 January 2021. There are also enlargements for Edinburgh and Glasgow showing the 1/1/21 system (including Edinburgh trams). Setting this atlas apart is the Index of Stations which includes a snip of the OS late C19 25" map or a small modern photo of most stations plus a brief chronology; this section accounts for some 86 pages. Further sections include mpds and preservation. Absolutely vital reference work and great value.
Price: £20.00
 

Scottish Railways 1923-2016. Ref: SC3607  

A history.
Ross.
Very large, 256 pages, maps, photo illustrations, chronology, notes and sources, glazed boards. **A survey of how the Scottish system - legacy of the final five companies - has fared and functioned under a succession of government-imposed ownerships. The book is a natural sequel to the author's histories of the Scottish pre-grouping companies.
Price: £40.00
 

Signalling The Caledonian Railway. Ref: SC3350  


Summers.
Very large, 328 pages, many photo illustrations, diagrams, maps, glazed boards. ** Surely the most comprehensive of company signalling studies. The author describes the block system and the controlling of single lines under the Caledonian; he explains the working of points, signals, level crossings, and the management of a signal box; he examines the organisation of signalling operations. There are chapters on early signalling developments and on modelling, and there are copious appendices on a wide range of topics. The book is crammed with useful and fascinating detail and warmly recommended.
Price: £30.00
 

St Andrews Railway. Ref: SC2584  

OL146
Hajducki, Jodeluk & Simpson
Medium, 248 pages, photos, maps, signalling diagrams. Soft back. *Line history. Out of print, one copy left.
Price: £16.95
 

Trainspots Northern Scotland. Ref: SC3038  

The guide to railway photographic locations.
Dawson.
Medium, 161 pages, illustrated in colour with photographs and OS map extracts, soft back. **Suggests sites around Northern Scotland giving precise instructions for access by private and public transport, direction of sunlight, the sorts of trains passing, and local amenities.
Out of print, last 2 copies.
Price: £13.95
 

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