David Angus: Victorian Railway Engineer 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, overal 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 (+ postage: £4.00) The Railway Navy: 'That Despiable Race of Men'.The Railway Navy: 'That Despiable Race of Men'.by David Brooke. Published by David and Charles, UK, 1983. First edition. Very good condition hardback with dust jacket, no inscriptions. 216 pages, overal book size 225mm x 150mm.''Study of the men who built the railways, 20,000 miles of line in the 19th century, including black and white photographs, tables and other illustrations''. £14.99 (+ postage: £3.50) Sir Daniel Gooch, Memoirs and Diary.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, overal 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''. £29.99 (+ postage: £6.00) The Life and Times of Daniel Gooch.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, overal book size 240mm x 165mm.''Daniel Gooch (1816 - 1889) was the GWR's first locomotive engineer''. £29.99 (+ postage: £4.00) A Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers.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. Overal book size 225mm x 150mm.''A reference publication referring to over 600 leading railway engineers''. £14.99 (+ postage: £3.50) Early Wooden Railways.Early Wooden Railways.By M.J.T. Lewis. Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, UK, 1974. Good condition paperback,  pages slightly tanned/mottled. no inscriptions.436 pages of mainly text with 56 black & white figures/sketches/photos, overal book size 230mm x 160mm. £39.99 (+ postage: £6.00) Railways In The British Isles.Railways In The British Isles.Landscape, Land Use and Society.By David Turnock. Published by David St Thomas, UK, 1990. Very good condition hardback with dust jacket, no inscriptions.265 pages of mainly text with 44 black & white photos plus 21 maps. overal book size 240mm x 165mm.''The book is divided into 3 sections. The first deals with the growth of the railway system, the second covers the role of the railways in the evolution of towns and the growth of agriculture, industry and tourism, and the third section reappraises the visual impact of railways over the last half-century''. £8.99 (+ postage: £4.00) Victorian & Edwardian Locomotives.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, overal 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 (+ postage: £4.00) An Illustrated History of Preserved RailwaysAn 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, overal 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''. £7.99 (+ postage: £3.50) Railway History In Pictures: North - East England.Railway History In Pictures: North - East England.By K. Hoole. Published by David and Charles, UK, 1969. First edition.Good condition hardback with dust jacket (jacket slightly worn/price clipped), no inscriptions.112 pages of black and white photographs with descriptions, overal book size 245mm x 195mm. £7.99 (+ postage: £4.00)