Railways - Europe

100 Years Of Wagons-Lits Catering Behrend, George 20 pages; black and white photographs; paper covers; fine copy, near mint; Thomas Cook; no publication date given, 1980s? (A facsimile from a larger publication on the history of the catering activities of Wagons-Lits.) EuR52226 $12.00

Baedeker’s AA Rail Guide To Europe Anon 296 pages; coloured photographs; folded maps; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Automobile Assn; no publication date given, 1980s? (A route planner for rail travel in Europe, routes, fares, and maps, what to see, including preserved railways.) EuR50220 $10.00

Belgian National Railways railway organisations publicity material and timetables 2 brochures fine copy, near mint to average copy, some wear; 1950s-1960s EuR46301 $8.00

Bern Loetschberg Simplon Anliker, F and others 64 pages; black and white photographs; tables; map; card cover; Bern Loetschberg Simplon; 1980. (Publicity booklet on features of the railway and its traffic.) Together with six brochures on rail journeys in Switzerland. All seven publications are in German and French text.) EuR48201 The lot. $15.00

Eurail Guide How to Travel Europe and All the World by Train Turpin, Kathryn Saltzman and Saltzman, Marvin L 816 pages; black and white photographs; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Eurail Guide Annual 1992; 22nd edition. (Describes every rail trip in the world a tourist might want to take – not only Europe but thoughout the world.) EuR46309 $10.00

Eurail Guide To Train Travel In The New Europe Patterson, Marnie (Ed) 670 pages; maps; tables; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Houghton Mifflin; 1996. (Covers over 800 rail trips in 36 countries with details of rail passes available.) EuR46300 $12.00

Europe By Train Wood, Katie 768 pages; maps; tables; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Ebury; 1999. (A complete guide to travelling by train through Europe, facilities on trains, and what to visit at destinations.) EuR46311 $12.00

Europe By Train Wood, Katie 844 pages; maps; tables; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Ebury; 2000. (A complete guide to travelling by train through Europe, facilities on trains, and what to visit at destinations.) EuR46312 $12.00

Europe By Train Wood, Katie and McDonald, George 666 pages; maps; tables; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Fontana; 1991. (A complete guide to travelling by train through Europe, facilities on trains, and what to visit at destinations.) EuR46315 $10.00

Europe By Train Wood, Katie and McDonald, George 782 pages; maps; tables; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Fontana; 1993. (A complete guide to travelling by train through Europe, facilities on trains, and what to visit at destinations.) EuR46316 $12.00

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Europe By Train Wood, Katie and McDonald, George 760 pages; maps; tables; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Fontana; 1996. (A complete guide to travelling by train through Europe, facilities on trains, and what to visit at destinations.) EuR46317 $12.00

European Railway Atlas with gazetteer Ball, M G 96 pages; black and white maps; card covers; mint copy; Ian Allan; 1991. (Maps covering all railways [public, private and preserved in France, Netherlands, Belguim and Luxembourg].) EuR46293 $30.00

European Steam In Action Lynch, P J 96 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; mint copy; Bradford Barton; 1974. (A photograph album of steam in the 1960s and 1970s on broad, standard and narrow gauge lines in Austria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, West and East Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland and Yugoslavia.) EuR53289 $38.00

Extract From General Regulations Concerning Brakesmen On The Northern Railway Of France Anon 14 pages; hard covers; average copy, some wear; Northern Railway of France; 1918. (Rules covering the workings of brakesmen on trains on the Northern Railway of France. French and English text.) EuR37188 $12.00

French Railway Techniques Anon 24 pages; black and white photographs with coloured photograph on card cover; French Railways; 1957. (An account of recent developments of French Railways – locomotives, track, and signaling systems.) EuR35215 $12.00

Guide Touristique Des Chemins De Fer De La Provence – Nice – Digne les bains anon 48 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; map; card covers; mint copy; Les Editions Du Cabri; 1987. (Describes the rail journey and the countryside through the French Alps from Nice to Digne. French text.) EuR50221 $12.00

Handbook To Train Travel In Europe Pandi, George 320 pages; maps; plans; card covers; mint copy; Berlitz; 1990. (Detailed guide to train services and stations of 18 countries, rail maps, reading timetables and essential local information.) EuR46299 $10.00

Mit Dampf Durch Hessen – Band 2 Bruning, Dr Rolf 108 pages; coloured photographs; map; laminated hard covers; mint copy; DGEG Medien; 2009. (100 colour photographs of steam hauled trains in Germany, mainly in the 1960s. German text.) Eur56241 $42.00

Orient Express – The Story of the World’s Most Fabulous Train Barsley, Michael 208 pages; black and white photographs; maps; drawings; timetables; original dust jacket; average copy, some wear; MacDonald; 1966. (A history of the Orient Express recalling the halcyon days of this great train.) EuR46294 $12.00

Orient Express – The Life and Times of the World’s Most Famous Train Cookridge, E H 288 pages; black and white photographs; map; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Penguin; 1983. (Describes the train, the journeys, the splendour and the famous people that travelled on the world’s most famous train.) EuR46296 $12.00

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Paris Metro Handbook Hardy, Brian 104 pages; black and white photographs; map; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Capital Transport; 1988. (Full details of history, development of the network, operations, stations, rolling stock, fares and ticketing.) EuR50226 $18.00

Portugal Railways Railway organisations publicity material and timetables 1 brochure (timetable, Portuguese text) fine copy, near mint to average copy, some wear; 1950s-1960s EuR46304 $8.00

Preserved Steam Locomotives Of Western Europe Volume 2 Ransome-Wallis, P 286 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Ian Allan; 1971. (Photographs and description of every preserved steam locomotive, standard and narrow gauge in Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.) EuR49267 $38.00

SNCF/French National Railways Locomotives And Multiple Units Garvin, Brian; Fox, Peter and Appleby, Chris 112 pages; black and white and coloured photographs; lists; card covers; mint copy; Platform 5; 1986. (A complete guide to all locomotives and multiple units of the SNCF, and private lines together with details and allocations and preserved locomotives.) EuR52227 $20.00

Steam In Europe Whitehouse, P B 198 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; original dust jacket; Ian Allan; 1966. (A photograph book of steam in Ireland, Britain, Scandanavia, Russia, Turkey, Balkins as well as Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Holland and Belguim.) EuR53291 $15.00

Switzerland – Your Partner Anon 114 pages; coloured photos; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Swiss Dept. of Trade; 1986. (A sales catalogue of transport and communications equipment manufactured in Switzerland. Much of the content is rail related.) EuR24194 $10.00

The Belle Epoque Of The Orient Express Wiesenthal, M 96 pages; coloured and black and white photographs and drawings; map; original dust jacket; mint copy; Geocolor; 1979. (The original Orient Express created social, political and economic history in Europe. This book deals with the social history. Titilating!) EuR46310 $20.00

The Last Steam Locomotives Of Western Europe Ransome-Wallis, P 180 pages; black and white photographs; lists; original dust jacket; from an institutional library average copy, some wear; Ian Allan; 1963. (A good photographic selection of steam locomotives from Turkey to Great Britain and Spain to Finland.) EuR37192 $28.00

The Last Steam Locomotives Of Western Europe Ransome-Wallis, P 180 pages; black and white photographs; lists; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Ian Allan; 1974. (A good photographic selection of steam locomotives from Turkey to Great Britain and Spain to Finland.) EuR37192$48.00

The Orient Express – a century of railway adventures Des Cars, Jean and Caracalla, Jean-Paul 160 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; drawings; old adverts; maps; original dust cover; fine copy, near mint; Bloomdbury; 1984. (From 1883 The Orient Express was known for luxury travel and intrigue. The story of the famous train, the famous, and infamous people who traveled on it and the battles to keep it on the rails.) Eur56242 $38.00

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Thomas Cook European Timetables Cook, Thomas 512 pages; maps; lists; card covers; Thomas Cook; 1992. (Covers rail and shipping services throughout Europe that were available in November 1992.) EuR40178 $18.00

Trans-Siberian Rail Guide Strauss, Robert 218 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; maps; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Bradt; 1988. (Details about travelling on the Trans-Siberian, what to expect and look for, together with history of the line and planning and preparations necessary for such a journey.) EuR46307 $10.00

Traveling Europe’s Trains Brunhouse, Jay 480 pages; maps; drawings; name or signature; card cover; Pelican Publishing; 1994; 3rd edition. (How to travel around Europe by train for the best value for money, what to see, and what are the best services. A definitive European passenger train travel guide.) EuR35216 $18.00

Twenty Years’ Experience Of Flexible Permanent Way Sonneville, Roger 60 pages; black and white photographs; hard covers; mint copy; Editions de la Capitelle; 1967. (Discusses developments in construction of the permanent way from 1945 to 1965. French and English text.) EuR39183 $15.00

Un Secolo Di Ferrouia E D’arte Anon 66 pages; coloured and black and white paintings; Italian text; card covers; fine copy, near mint; De Luca Editore; 1956. (A catalogue of Italian art depicting scenes of Italian railways, together with 18 postcards of Italian locomotives.) EuR24193 $10.00

USSR and Moscow underground Railway organisations publicity material and timetables 2 brochures fine copy, near mint to average copy, some wear; 1950s-1960s EuR46305 $8.00

Venice Simplon Orient-Express – the return of the world’s most celebrated train Sherwood, Shirley 160 pages; coloured photographs; original dust cover; Mint copy; Weidenfeld & Nicolson; 1983. (The author is the wife of the Chairman of the owner of the train and this lovely book details the rebirth and operations of this famous train.) Eur56243 $40.00

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