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The Dundee and Newtyle Railway
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The Dundee and Newtyle Railway,
including The Alyth and Blairgowrie Branches.
By Niall Ferguson.
Published by Oakwood Press,
Oakwood Railway history number 94,
UK, 1995. First Edition. 242 pages.
As new condition hardback with dust jacket.
Overall book size 220mm x 160mm.

The Dundee and Newtyle Railway obtained its
Act of Parliament before Stephenson's 'Rocket'
ran at Rainhill, yet its important place in the early
history of the railways of Scotland in particular
and the United Kingdom in general,
has generally been recognised only by railway historians.
£19.99
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Branch Line To Southwold.
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Branch Line To Southwold.
By Victor Mitchell, Keith Smith.
Published by Middleton Press, Midhurst, 1987.
First Reprint of 1984 Edition.  96pages. Pictorial Cover.
Very good condition hardback (no dust jacket).
Overall book size 240mm x 170mm.
£14.99
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The LNWR Recalled
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The LNWR Recalled:
collected writings and observations
on the London and North Western Railway.
Compiled by Edward Talbot.
Published by Oxford Publishing Company, UK.
Reprint 1987. 191 pages.
Very good condition hardback with dust jacket.
Overall book size 280mm x 225mm.
£11.99
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A pictorial Record of LNER Constituent Signalling.
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A pictorial Record of LNER Constituent Signalling.
By Maclean, A.A.
Published by Oxford Publishing Co, 1983. First edition.
220 pages. Very good condition hardback with dust jacket.
Overall book size 280mm x 220mm.

£19.99
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Locomotives of the L.N.E.R Part 1-Prelim Survey
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Locomotives of the L.N.E.R Part 1-Preliminary Survey
Published by Railway Correspondence & Travel Society, 1963.
128 pages, lots of technical details and tables,
171 b&w photos, fold out map.
Good condition softback.
Overall book size 205mm x 155mm.
£14.99
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Locomotives of the L.N.E.R Part 2B-Tender Engines
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Locomotives of the L.N.E.R Part 2B:
Tender Engines-Classes B1 to B19.
Published by Railway Correspondence & Travel Society, 1975.
180 pages, lots of technical details and tables,
260 b&w photos. Good condition softback.
Overall book size 205mm x 155mm.
£14.99
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Locomotives of the L.N.E.R Part 3B-Tender Engines
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Locomotives of the L.N.E.R Part 3B:
Tender Engines-Classes D1 to D12.
Published by Railway Correspondence & Travel Society, 1980.
109 pages, lots of technical details and tables,
126 b&w photos. Good condition softback.
Overall book size 205mm x 155mm.
£14.99
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Locomotives of the L.N.E.R Part 5-Tender Engines
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Locomotives of the L.N.E.R Part 5:
Tender Engines-Classes J1 to J37.
Published by Railway Correspondence & Travel Society,
1984, second impression.
231 pages, lots of technical details and tables,
328 b&w photos. Good condition softback.
Overall book size 205mm x 155mm.
£14.99
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North Eastern Record Volume 2
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North Eastern Record Volume 2.
Prepared By the North Eastern Railway Association.
Published by The Historical Model Railway Society,
Sheffield, UK,1997. Overall book size 320mm x 250mm.
First Edition. 165 pages.
Very good condition large hardback with dust jacket.

A Survey of the Rolling Stock of the
North Eastern Railway and the Hull and Barnsley Railway.
£24.99
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North Eastern Record Volume 3
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North Eastern Record Volume 3.
Prepared By the North Eastern Railway Association.
Published by The Historical Model Railway Society,
Sheffield, Uk, 2000. 
First Edition. 160 pages.
Overall book size 310mm x 225mm.
Very good condition large hardback
with dust jacket.

A Survey of the Locomotives of the
North Easter Railway prepared by J.M.Fleming.
£24.99
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Greenwood & Batley Locomotives 1927-1980
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Greenwood & Batley Locomotives 1927-1980.
By Booth, A. J.
Published by Industrial Railway Society, 1986.
146 pages. First Edition. Very good condition
hardback with dust jacket.
£14.99
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Locomotives of the L.N.E.R Part 9B-Dep't Stock
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Locomotives of the L.N.E.R Part 9B:
 Tank Engines-Classes Q1 to Z5.
Published by Railway Correspondence &
Travel Society, 1977.
116 pages, lots of technical details and tables,
138 b&w photos, fold out tables. Good condition softback.
Overall book size 205mm x 155mm.
£11.99
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The Midland Railway in Nottingham, 1839-1907 Vol 1
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The Midland Railway in Nottingham, 1839-1907:
Buildings, Locomotives and Men Vol 1.
 By Charles James Perkins & Roy Padgett
Published by C J Perkins & R Padgett, 2000. First edition.
112 pages. Very good condition soft back.
Overall book size 240mm x 170mm.
£14.99
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Preserved Steam Locomotives Of Western Europe Vol2
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Preserved Steam Locomotives
Of Western Europe. Volume 2.
By P.Ransome-Wallis.

Published by Ian Allan, UK, 1971. First edition.
Good condition paperback, some signs of use,
no inscriptions. 285 pages of technical details and
black and white photos of locomotives.
Overall book size 215mm x 140mm.

''Vol.2 contains the origins and outstanding design
features of the many
interesting steam locomotives which are preserved
in museums and elswhere in Italy to Switzerland''.
£7.99
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Austrian Steam Locomotives 1837 - 1981

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Austrian Steam Locomotives 1837 - 1981
By R.A.Whitehead.

Published by R.A.Whitehead & partners,
UK, 1982. First edition.
Good condition hardback (no dust jacket),
no inscriptions. 160 pages of technical details and
black and white photos of locomotives.
Overall book size 250mm x 175mm. 

£19.99
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Locomotives of the L.S.W.R Part 2
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Locomotives of the L.S.W.R Part 2

Overall book size 205mm x 155mm.

£14.99
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Industrial Steam Album
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Industrial Steam Album
By Fox, M.J. and King, G.D.
Published by Ian Allan, United Kingdom,
1970. First edition.
Very good condition hardback with dust jacket.
Overall book size 245mm x 185mm.
£11.99
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The Railways of the South Yorkshire Coalfield 1880
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The Railways of the South Yorkshire
Coalfield From 1880
By Barnett, A. L.
Published by Railway and Correspondence Society,1984.
First edition. Very good condition hardback.
Dust Jacket not applicable.
Overall book size 245mm x 185mm.
£14.99
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Industrial Locomotives Central Southern England J
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Industrial Locomotives of Central
Southern England (Handbook J)
By Roger Hateley.
Published by Industrial Railway Society, 1981.
Good condition softback.
Overall book size 210mm x 150mm.
£15.99
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Industrial Locomotives of Gwent (Handbook)
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Industrial Locomotives of Gwent (Handbook)
By Geoffrey Hill & Gordon Green.
Published by Industrial Railway Society, 1999.
As new condition softback.
Overall book size 210mm x 150mm.
£19.99
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Industrial Locomotives East Anglia Handbook 13EL
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Industrial Locomotives of East Anglia
(Handbook 13EL)
Including Preserved and Minor Railway Locomotives.
Published by Industrial Railway Society
2003. First edition.
As new condition hardback. Dust Jacket not applicable.
Overall book size 220mm x 155mm.
£19.99
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Industrial Locomotives of North Wales (Handbook)
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Industrial Locomotives of North Wales (Handbook)
By V.J Bradley.
Published by Industrial Railway Society,1992.
First edition. Very good condition hardback.
Dust Jacket not applicable.

Overall book size 220mm x 155mm.  
£39.99
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David Angus Life and Adventures of Victorian Biog
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David Angus, The Life and Adventures
of a Victorian Railway Engineer
by Craig Mair.

Published by Strong Oak Press, UK, 1989. First edition.
Very good condition hardback with dust jacket, no inscriptions.
218 pages, overall book size 240mm x 165mm.

''Biography of a distinguished Scottish engineer who lived and worked mostly abroad in South America (with a short spell in Southern Africa). His dramatic and colourful life provided some inspiration for the writing of his friend Arthur Conan Doyle. He was also a friend of Robert Louis Stevenson, having undertaken his early training with Stevenson Engineers. Illustrated with evocative original photos showing both the buildings of the railways and family life''.
£9.99
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Sir Daniel Gooch, Memoirs and Diary
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Sir Daniel Gooch, Memoirs and Diary
Edited by Roger Burdett Wilson.

Published by David and Charles, UK
1972. First edition. Good condition hardback
with dust jacket (slight wear to jacket)
no inscriptions.
386 pages, overall book size 240mm x 165mm.

''Sir Daniel Gooch was the man who made the
Great Western Railway 'work'.
He made the company into one of most respected
railways in the world.
These edited highlights from his diary and memoirs
give an insight in to the
world of the Victorian Railway scene''.
£19.99
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The Life and Times of Daniel Gooch
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The Life and Times of Daniel Gooch
By Alan Platt.

Published by Alan Sutton, UK, 1987.
First edition. Very good condition hardback
with dust jacket, no inscriptions.
217 pages, overall book size 240mm x 165mm.

''Daniel Gooch (1816 - 1889) was the GWR's first
locomotive engineer''.
£14.99
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A Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers
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A Biographical Dictionary of
Railway Engineers
By John Marshall.

Published by David and Charles, USA, 1978.
First edition.
Very good condition hardback with dust jacket,
no inscriptions.
247 pages of printed pages of all text.
Overall book size 225mm x 150mm.

''A reference publication referring to over
600 leading railway engineers''.
£14.99
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Victorian & Edwardian Locomotives

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Victorian & Edwardian Locomotives
By David Baxter.

Published by Moorland Publishing, UK, 1986.
First edition.Very good condition hardback
with dust jacket, no inscriptions.
144 pages, 138 black and white photographs with
text descriptions, overall book size 255mm x 200mm.

''This book covers: Midland; London & North Western
and North London; Lancashire & Yorkshire; Companies
associated with West Coast and Midland Routes;
East Coast Companies and the Great Central;
Great Western; Welsh Railways and others connected
with the Great Western; Railways of the South of England''.

£9.99
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An Illustrated History of Preserved Railways
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An Illustrated History of Preserved Railways
By Geoffrey Body.

Published by Moorland Publishing, UK, 1981.
First edition. Good condition hardback with
dust jacket (jacket slightly worn/price clipped)
no inscriptions. 152 pages with several black
and white photographs, overall book size
220mm x 150mm.

''This book looks at the railway preservation
activity in the context of Britain's railway heritage.
The book ranges through the early years of railways
through the eras of growth and change and sees many
parallels between the work of the early pioneers and
the activities of the preservation movement.
It describes the latter, not only in terms of location
and equipment but also in practices, problems and
achievements and in the process describes all of the
main and most of the minor projects''.
£8.99
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Collecting Railwayana
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Collecting Railwayana
by John Mander.

Published by Moorland Publishing, UK, 1988.
First Edition. Almost as-new condition hardback
with dust Jacket. 192 pages of mainly text with
280 black & white/some colour photos about
collecting railwayana.
Book overall size 255mm x 200mm.
£11.99
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Railway Picture Postcards
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Railway Picture Postcards
by Maurice I.Bray.

Published by Moorland Publishing, UK, 1986.
First Edition. Almost as-new condition hardback
with dust Jacket. 240 pages with 400 black & white/some
colour photos of train picture postcards and descriptions.
Book overall size 255mm x 200mm.
£11.99
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Railway Collector's Reproduction Locomotive cards
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Railway Collector's Reproduction
Locomotive cards:
Complete with all sixty colour
collector's data cards

Published by Press Promotions, UK
Fourth revised edition 1978.
Almost as-new condition booklet with 37 pages
of black and white locomotive illustrations and
descriptions, with sixty colour collector's cards
in place. Booklet overall size 280mm x 195mm.

''Railed Transport No.1, Railway locomotives:
British steam locomotives from Locomotion and
Rocket to Evening Star, with a section on foreign
locomotives''
£49.99
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Britain's Railway Museums
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Britain's Railway Museums
by Peter Williams, foreword by Sir Peter Allen.

Published by Ian Allan, UK, 1974, first edition.
Good condition hardback with dust Jacket.
D/J slightly faded, inside pages clean, no inscriptions.
176 pages of mainly black & white/colour museum
photosand their descriptions.
Book overall size 280mm x 225mm.
£9.99
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The Triumphs of Steam
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The Triumphs of Steam
by Henry Frith.

Published by Griffith, Farran, Browne & Co
UK, Circa 1904. A new edition, revised and
partly re-written. Good condition hardback
with pictorial brown cover (no dust jacket).
Cover shows some minor signs of age/wear.
Pages clean, slightly tanned/mottled, no inscriptions.

261 pages of text (history) with numerous
black and white illustrations.
Overall book size 190mm x 140mm.
£14.99
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Steaming into the Eighties Standard Gauge
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Steaming into the Eighties
The Standard Gauge Preservation Scene
by G.T. Heavyside.

Published by David & Charles, UK, 1978.
First edition. Good condition hardback
no dust Jacket). 96 pages of mainly
black and white photos of
steam locomotives with descriptive text & details.
Overall book size 250mm x 175mm.
£6.99
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A Breath of Steam Vol.1
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A Breath of Steam Vol.1
by W.G.F. Thorley.

Published by Ian Allan, 1975. First edition.
Good condition hardback with dust jacket.
Jacket very good, slightly faded,
original price intact. Pages very clean,
no inscriptions. 199 pages with 69
black & white photographs,
37 text line illustrations and diagrams.
Overall book size 225mm x 150mm.

''The autobiography of a man whose life
has been spent working in locomotive
maintenance and operation''.
£7.99
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Steam Nostalgia
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Steam Nostalgia
by Sir Gerald Nabarro M.P.

Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul, UK, 1972. First edition.
Good condition hardback with dust jacket.
Jacket good with small tear to top, original price intact.
Pages very clean, no inscriptions.
270 pages with black & white photos, tables, maps and
comprehensive text.
Overall book size 240mm x 165mm.

''Book forms a panorama of railway photography over eighty years''.
£8.99
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The Encyclopedia Of Model Railways

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The Encyclopedia Of Model Railways
Edited by Terry Allen.

Published by Book Club Ass, 1979.
Good condition hardback with dust jacket.
Jacket intact with general signs of use.
Pages clean, slightly tanned, no inscriptions.
224 pages of text and colour photos and
diagrams throughout.
Overall book size 310mm x 225mm.

£10.99
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