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50 Years Of Preserved Steam On The Main Line Whiteley, J S and Morrison, G W 176 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; original dust jacket; name or signature; mint copy; Guild Publishing; 1989. (Photographs and detailed text about 72 preserves steam locomotives operating on the main line in Britain.) Uni54206 $35.00

A. M.& S.W.J.R. Album Barrett, David; Bridgeman, Brian and Bird, Denis 86 pages; black and white photographs; maps; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Redbrick; 1981. (A pictorial history of the Midland and South Western Junction Railway from 1872 to 1899) Uni56078 $18.00

A Day In The Life Of British Rail Brown, Murray (Ed) 192 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; mint copy; David and Charles; 1989. (Looks at the diversity of jobs done by employees of British Rail over a 24-hour period. As well as good people photos, also good train photographs.) Uni52171 $38.00

A Guide To British Rail for travel agents anon 16 pages; coloured photographs; map; card covers; fine copy, near mint; British Rail; 1982. (An illustrated brochure of the passenger services offered by BR in the early 1980s.) Uni53214 $5.00

A Guide To The Steam Railways Of Great Britain Awdry, Rev W and Cook Chris 240 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; maps; original dust jacket; mint; Pelham; 1979. (Details of 128 preserved railways, how to get there and what to expect. Excellent coverage.) Uni55087 $18.00

A Handbook Of Railway Photography Siviter, Roger 136 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; drawings; original dust jacket; mint copy; David and Charles; 1983. (A different book – on how to take photographs of trains – settings, angles, lighting, common faults and remedies.) Uni45160 $30.00

A Handbook Of Railway Photography Siviter, Roger 134 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; original dust jacket; mint copy; Peerage Books; 1983. (A different book – on how to take photographs of trains – settings, angles, lighting, common faults and remedies.) Uni45161 $30.00

A History Of The LMS – 1. The First Years 1923-1930 Nock, O S 94 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Allen & Unwin; 1982. (Deals with the creation and formative years of the largest of the Big Four.) Uni55132 $35.00

A History Of The LMS – 2. The Record-Breaking Thirties 1931-39 Nock, O S 96 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Allen & Unwin; 1982. (The halcyon years of LMS.) Uni55133 $35.00

A History Of The LMS – 3. The War Years and Natioalisation 1939-48 Nock, O S 96 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Allen & Unwin; 1983. (An interesting account of how the LMS coped with War and its aftermath.) Uni55134 $35.00

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A Photographer’s Guide to Railways Siviter, Roger 136 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; drawings; hard covers; fine copy, near mint; Peerage Books; 1989; 2nd edition. (A different book – on how to take photographs of trains – settings, angles, lighting, common faults and remedies.) Uni34314 $28.0

A Portrait Of Steam Cooper, Basil K A 56 pages; coloured photographs; map; card covers; mint copy; Cotswold Pubs; 1988. (A tribute to steam in UK in the 1960s with lovely photographs and short stories of the many passenger services.) Uni40114 $10.00

A Regional History Of The Railways Of Great Britain – Volume 2 – Southern England White, H P 218 pages; black and white photographs; map; no original dust jacket; from an institutional library but average copy, some wear; Phoenix; 1961. (Full details of the development of railways in Southern England from the 1840s to 1950s.) Uni53273 $22.00

A Visitor’s Guide To The Dart Valley & Torbay Steam Railways Anon 24 pages; coloured photographs; map; card covers; The Dart Valley Light Railway Ltd; no publication date given, 1970s. (A history of the preserved railway in Devon and the locomotives and rolling stock on it.) Uni45105 $10.00

abc British Rail Motive Power Combined Volume Includes Locomotives, Multiple-Units and Hauled Coaching Stock Wood, Roger and Bowles, L J (Ed) 288 pages; black and white and coloured photographs; laminated hard covers; fine copy, near mint; Ian Allan; 1987. (A good account of British Railways locomotive, carriage and multiple-unit fleet in 1987. Well illustrated.) Uni51193 $38.00

abc British Rail Multiple-Units includes all DMUs and EMUs anon 96 pages; black and white photographs; tables; card covers; mint copy; Ian Allan; 1982. (Details of all multiple-units operated by British Rail in 1982.) Uni56070 $12.00

abc British Railway Locomotives anon 264 pages; black and white photographs; lists; hard covers; Mint copy; Ian Allan; 2004. (A reprint of Ian Allan’s 1960 combined volume in the abc series of British Railway locomotives including diesel and electric locomotives and multiple units. Covers locomotives 1 to 99999.) Uni54161 $30.00

abc British Railways Atlas Ball, M G 80 pages; coloured maps; card covers; mint; Ian Allan; 1995. (A pocket guide to the railways of Great Britain and Ireland. Features all lines, passenger stations, disused, mothballed and proposed lines and preserved lines.) Uni30144 $15.00

abc British Railways Atlas Ball, M G 80 pages; maps; card covers; mint copy; Ian Allan; 2nd edition; 1998. (A pocket guide to the railways of Great Britain and Ireland. Features all lines, passenger stations, disused, mothballed and proposed lines and preserved lines.) Uni53220 $15.00

abc Narrow Gauge Railways Davies, W J K 80 pages; black and white photographs; maps; card covers; fine copy, near mint; Ian Allan; 1961. (Details of route, track, locomotives, coaches, wagons, livery, and braking systems of all narrow gauge railways [open and now closed] in UK and Ireland.) Uni52176 $18.00

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ABC Railway Guide, September 1965 British timetable 772 pages; worn but complete; maps and advertisements. Uni34315 $30.00

ABC Railway Guide, May 1971 British timetable 720 pages; worn but complete; maps and advertisements. Uni34316 $28.00

ABC Railway Guide, October 1971 British timetable 720 pages; worn but complete; maps and advertisements. Uni34317 $28.00

abc Signalling In The Age Of Steam Vanns, Michael A 112 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; drawings; card covers; mint copy; Ian Allan; 1995. (An in-depth study of British signalling systems.) Uni56181 $12.00

All About Photographing Trains Ransome-Wallis, P 56 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; paper covers; average copy, some wear; Focal Press; 1957. (Details about how to take good photographs of trains, buildings and model trains.) Uni24136 $10.00

All Change McLeod, Charles 222 pages; black & white photographs; tables; graphs; original dust jacket; name or signature; average copy, some wear; Gower; 1970 (a study in railway industrial relations in the UK in the 60s and covers negotiations, productivity, redundancies and pay and efficiencies) Uni21207 $20.00

An Historical Survey Of Great Western Sheds 1947 Lyons, E 284 pages; black and white photographs; track plans; scale drawings; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Oxford; 1978; 3rd impression. (Describes over 150 depots in use in the last year of GWR, history and construction of depot and locomotives based at the shed, together with plans.) Uni56147 $80.00

An Historical Survey Of Selected LMS Ststions – Layouts And Illustrations – Vol One Hendry, Dr R Preston and Hendry, R Powell 140 pages; black and white photographs; maps; drawings; original dust cover; fine copy, near mint; Oxford Publishing Co; 1982. (Details of 86 selected LMS stations with track plans and photographs of stations, signal boxes and goods sheds.  Excellent for the modeller of LMS.) Uni55111 $75.00

An Historical Survey Of Southern Sheds Hawkins, Chris and Reeve, George 156 pages; black and white photographs; map; drawings; track plans; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Oxford; 1979. (The history of all sheds on the Southern in 1947, and prior to 1947. Also covers coaling stages, water tanks, turntables, breakdown cranes, staff, rosters, codings and allocations.) Uni56124 $62.00

An Illustrated History Of Eastleigh Locomotive Works by Colin Boocock and Peter Stanton (New) 128 pages; coloured and black and white photographs; plans; original dust jacket; OPC. (From 1903 to 1906 Eastleigh has been the centre of locomotive building, EMU refurbishments, and rolling stock maintenance in southern England. An excellent account of the works that is due to close in 2006.) Uni00139 $88.00

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An Introduction To The Southern Region British Rail 56 pages; black and white photographs; map; tables; card covers; fine copy, near mint; self published; 1979. (A PR brochure on Southern Region including tables of passenger traffic into and out of London by all regions.) Uni31142 $12.00

Awdry’s Steam Railways Awdry, Christopher 160 pages; coloured photographs and maps; original dust jacket; mint copy; Boxtree; 1995. (A lovely landscape book about preserved railways in UK, and the special features of each. Stunning photos.) Uni56074 $28.00

Bagnall: A Narrow Gauge Legacy Baker, Allan C and others 52 pages; black and white photographs; scale drawings; card covers; mint copy; Narrow Gauge Rail Soc; 1997. (A celebration of preserved Bagnall steam locomotives in United Kingdom and an investigation into the locomotives built to government order in the First World War.) Uni56075 $30.00

Big Four Cameraman Blenkinsop, R J 384 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Oxford; 1985. (A compendium of his earlier books, Echoes of the Big Four, Reflections of the Big Four, Shadows od the Big Four and Silhouettes of the Big Four. Contains photographs of locomotives from the Big Four at work on British Railways in the first decade.) Uni56081 $52.00

Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company – A Century of Achievement 1855-1963 in Pictures and Words Hypher, John, Wheeler, Colin and Stephen 112 pages; black and white photographs; drawings; plans; original dust jacket; mint copy; Runpast Publishing; 1995. (An illustrated history of this company, which built carriages, wagons, and diesel and electric locomotives and railcars – including NZR 88 seater articulated railcars.) Uni44144 $62.00

Bluebell Railway Souvenir Guide Book Cole, Terry 28 pages; coloured photographs; map; card covers; mint copy; Bluebell Railway Preservation Society; no publication date given, 1980s. (A brief history of the Bluebell Railway.) Uni46176 $12.00

Book Of The Forties – British Rail Class 40’s Preedy, Norman black and white photographs with coloured cover; card cover; mint copy; Peter Watts; 1983. (202 black and white photographs of the Class 40 – the maid of all work – at work throughout UK.) Uni40147 $10.00

BR Equipment 2 – Drawings from Railnews ‘Stockpot’ Gibbons, David 96 pages; black and white photographs; scale drawings; plans; card covers; fine copy, near mint; lan Allan; 1990. (Drawings, details and photos of current British Rail equipment in the late 1980s, including, Mk4 coaches, Class 60 locomotives, Foster Yeoman Class 59 locomotives, Sprinters, and Bournemouth electrics.) Uni55104 $32.00

BR Standard Steam In Action Cross, Derek 96 pages; black and white photographs; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Bradford Barton; 1974. (Derek Cross’superb photos of the 11 classes of BR standard locomotives at work throughout UK, in the 1950s and 1960s.) Uni56103 $40.00

BR Steam In Colour 1948-1968 Boocock, Colin 112 pages; coloured photographs; laminated hard covers; mint copy; Ian Allan; 1986. (A photograph essay of steam at work over the 20-year period, much of which steam reigned supreme. Great photographs.) Uni56083 $30.00

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BR Steam Locomotives Part 4 Williams, Alan and Percival, David 80 pages; black and white photographs; lists; no original dust jacket but fine copy, near mint; Ian Allan; 1967. (A complete list of all steam locomotives owned and operated by British Railways since 1948. Part 4 covers ex LNER locomotives 1 – 10,000 [BR 60, 001 – 69, 999]) Uni29234 $45.00

B R Steam Portrait Wells, P H 64 pages; coloured photos; laminated hard covers; mint copy; Janes; 1987 (Steam Portfolios Series #4 – 66 colour photos of steam hauled trains in the UK in the 1950’s and 1960’s.) Uni22219 $15.00

Bradshaw’s, August 1952 British timetable 1124 pages; no front cover, loose spine; maps and advertisements. Uni34320 $25.00

Bressingham Gardens And Live Steam Museum Bloom, Alan 24 pages; coloured photographs; maps; drawings; card covers; mint copy; Jarrold; 1974; 5th edition. (A guide to the exhibits of Bressingham.) Uni45110 $8.00

Bressingham Steam Museum And Gardens Bloom, Alan 38 pages; coloured photographs; card covers; mint copy; Bressingham Steam Preservation Co Ltd; 1994. (A guide to exhibits at Bressingham Steam Museum,) Uni45111 $12.00

Britain by Train Goldring, Patrick 208 pages; maps; card covers; average copy, some wear; Hamlyn Paperbacks; 1982. (A travel guide to the railways of Britain – what to look out for and what to do on reaching the destination.) Uni35139 $10.00

Britain’s First Trunk Line Webster, Norman W 196 pages; black and white photographs; maps; drawings; plans; original dust jacket; mint copy; Adams and Dart; 1972. (A history of the Grand Junction Railway between Birmingham and Manchester and Liverpool. Construction commenced in 1837 and was independent until 1846.) Uni52204 $40.00

Britain’s Railways In The Seventies Cornwell, E L (Ed) 80 pages; black and white photographs; hard covers; mint copy; Ian Allan; 1977. (129 photos of trains at work throughout the UK during the 1970’s. Detailed captions.) Uni29168 $18.00

Britain’s Railways Under Steam Snell, J B 224 pages; black and white photographs; maps; no original dust jacket otherwise fine copy, near mint; Arthur Barker; 1965. (Deals with each area of the U. K. in turn describing the railways and locomotives that worked each area from 1920’s to 1960’s.) Uni30185 $22.00

Britain’s Small Railways Anon 96 pages; colour photographs black & white drawings; maps; lists; name or signature; original dust jacket; fine copy, near mint; Balfour; 1973. (Details of 24 narrow and standard gauge railways in Britain including Keighley & Worth, Severn Valley, Dart Valley, Talyllyn, Llamberis Lake and Bluebell.) Uni21172 $25.00

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