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A Contemporary Perspective on LMS Railway Signalling Volume 2. Ref: SS3427  

Semaphore swansong.
Jackson.
Large, 192 pages, colour photo illustrations, some diagrammatic maps, soft back. ** Study of surviving LMS signalling with many illustrations. This volume covers the London & North Western Railway, the Caledonian Railway and the Highland Railway.
Price: £19.99
 

Double Track. Ref: SS2980  

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
 

Harrow & Wealdstone 50 Years On. Ref: SS3148  

Clearing up the aftermath. X75.
Tatlow.
Medium, 128 pages, many track plans, photos and drawings. Soft back. **2nd edition. A detailed examination of the second worst railway accident in this country. The driver of an up express overran signals in fog, crashed into the rear of a crowded train; almost at once a down express ran into the wreckage now fouling the adjacent line.
Price: £9.95
 

The History And Development Of Railway Signalling In The British Isles. Volume 2. Ref: SS1297  

Telegraph And The Absolute Block; Single Line Operation.
Stirling
Very large, 132 + 167 pages, illustrated with photos and diagrams. Hard back: NB the blue background colour on the jacket of this volume uses a particularly fugitive dye and all jackets on our remaining stock have faded. *Two parts of Volume 2 (Telegraph & Absolute Block / Single Line) are presented in one volume, a monumental work.
Price: £30.00
 

The History And Development Of Railway Signalling In The British Isles. Volume 5. Ref: SS3837  

Train detection and control.
Pinkstone & Peart.
Very large, 176 pages, photo illustrations and diagrams, several appendices including abbreviations, glossary, biographical notes, bibliography etc, hard back: *Another excellent work in this magisterial series, everything you could wish to know about track circuits, axle counters, ATC, AWS and other means of detecting trains and warning their crews of danger.
Price: £30.00
 

Last Levers On The Fylde. Ref: SS3606  

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
 

Signal Boxes On Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Lines : North And West Of Manchester. Part One. Ref: SS3068  

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: SS3304  

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
 

Signalling The Caledonian Railway. Ref: SS3350  


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
 

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