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Order Code

Author

Title & Details

Price

MIX002

Hewison, C.H.

LOCOMOTIVE BOILER EXPLOSIONS
D&C, 1983 pp. 144

£9.00

MIX003

Simmons, J.

RAILWAY TRAVELLER'S HANDY BOOK
Adams & Dart, 1971 pp. 116 with 12 line drawings in text.
A re-setting of the original edition of 1862 with notes and added contemporary illustrations. New introduction pp. 7-13

SOLD

MIX004

Holcroft, H.

LOCOMOTIVE ADVENTURE
[Volume I]: Fifty Years with Steam
IA, [1962] pp. 216, with 77 illus. on 32 plates & detailed tables.
Memoirs, Great Western Rly., South Eastern & Chatham Rly. and Southern Railway. (vg/laminate peeling).
Volume II: Running Experiences
IA, 1965 pp. 316, with frontis, 36 illus on 16 plates, & many tables & diagrams.
A detailed class-by-class record of locomotive performance on the Southern Rly. in the inter-war years, with logs of particular runs. Includes an account of the filming of 'The Wrecker' at Lasham in 1928, and of the introduction of the Sentinel rail bus service on the Southern, 1932-5. (vg/vg)

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MIX004b

Holcroft, H.

LOCOMOTIVE ADVENTURE
Volume II: Running Experiences
IA, 1965 pp. 316, with frontis, 36 illus on 16 plates, & many tables & diagrams.
A detailed class-by-class record of locomotive performance on the Southern Rly. in the inter-war years, with logs of particular runs. Includes an account of the filming of 'The Wrecker' at Lasham in 1928, and of the introduction of the Sentinel rail bus service on the Southern, 1932-5. (vg/vg)

£15.00

MIX006

Davies, R. &
Grant, M.D.

LONDON AND ITS RAILWAYS
D&C/BCA, 1981 pp. 200. 158 photos, 13 col plates, 29 maps & diagrams. (vg/vg)
Thematic history.

£10.00

MIX007A

Ellis, N. /
Tuffrey, P. (Ed)

WEST YORKSHIRE RAILWAY STATIONS
Bond, 1989 pp. [ii], 54.
71 illus, mainly of early 20th century picture postcards, with extended captions. Appendix listing station opening and closing dates in the post-1972 county.

£4.00

MIX007B

Ellis, N.

WEST YORKSHIRE RAILWAY STATIONS on old picture postcards
'Yesterday's Yorkshire' Series no. 7
Reflections of a Bygone Age, 2001 pp. [40]. 68+ illus.
A selection of picture postcards featuring scenes from the past century, with informative captions. (8 of these are repeated from the author's earlier book)

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MIX031

Ellis, C.H.

The Lore of the Train
Nordbok, 1983(Rprnt/softback) pp. 240, with 9 reproduced paintings (col.) & over 300 line drwngs. (44 col.) & other illus; bibliography (71 sources).
A detailed and profusely illus. survey of the development of railway locomotion, in 7 chapters, the first 2 covering the period before 1830.

£7.50

MIX032

Casserley, H.C.

LOCOMOTIVE CAVALCADE 1920-1951
(Author), 1952 pp. 216, with over 300 illus.(d/w torn)
A comprehensive review, year by year, of the changes in steam locomotive development and design which have taken place on the railways of the British Isles between the years 1920 and 1951.

£8.00

MIX033

Casserley, H.C.

RAILWAYS BETWEEN THE WARS
D&C, 1971 pp. 127, with col. frontis & 163 illus.
pp. 27-30, '1921 Railways Act: constituents of newly formed groups', with route mileages & notes.
pp. 30-32, a chronology, 1918-1939.

£8.00

MIX037

Rowledge, J.W.P.

HEAVY GOODS ENGINES of the WAR DEPARTMENT
Volume 1 ROD 2-8-0, Springmead, 1977 pp. 72, with 67 illus on 20 plates, 7 dimensioned drwgs & 11 tables.
Volume 2 Stanier 8F 2-8-0, Springmead, 1977 pp. 64, with 65 illus on 24 plates, dimensioned drwgs & detailed lists.
Volume 3 Austerity 2-8-0 and 2-10-0, Springmead, 1978 pp. 64, with 72 illus (1 col.) on 24 plates, dimensioned drwgs & detailed lists.

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MIX037a

Rowledge, J.W.P.

HEAVY GOODS ENGINES of the WAR DEPARTMENT
Volume 1 ROD 2-8-0, Springmead, 1977 pp. 72, with 67 illus on 20 plates, 7 dimensioned drwgs & 11 tables.

£9.00

MIX037b

Rowledge, J.W.P.

HEAVY GOODS ENGINES of the WAR DEPARTMENT
Volume 2 Stanier 8F 2-8-0, Springmead, 1977 pp. 64, with 65 illus on 24 plates, dimensioned drwgs & detailed lists.

£9.00

MIX037c

Rowledge, J.W.P.

HEAVY GOODS ENGINES of the WAR DEPARTMENT
Volume 3 Austerity 2-8-0 and 2-10-0, Springmead, 1978 pp. 64, with 72 illus (1 col.) on 24 plates, dimensioned drwgs & detailed lists. (Sl cvr fade)

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MIX038a

Baxter, D.

Victorian Locomotives
Moorland, 1978 pp. [112]. Intro & 129 illus with detailed descrs.
Most of the illustrations are from photographs made by R.F. Bleasdale during the period 1870s to 1890s. Arranged under companies.

£9.00

MIX038b

Baxter, D.

Victorian & Edwardian Locomotives
Moorland, 1986 pp. 144. 138 photos.
A photographic record arranged by railway company.

£6.00

MIX039a

Ahrons, E.L.
Asher, L.L. (Ed)

LOCOMOTIVE & TRAIN WORKING in the latter part of the NINETEENTH CENTURY
Volume One: Great Northern; Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire; North Eastern; Great Eastern; Midland & Great Northern; Hull & Barnsley.

Heffer, 1952 pp. xii, 152, with 48 illus. (vg/g+ d/w tatty with some loss)
Previously pub. in the RAILWAY MAGAZINE between 1915 and 1926.

£12.00

MIX039b

Ahrons, E.L.
Asher, L.L. (Ed)

LOCOMOTIVE & TRAIN WORKING in the latter part of the NINETEENTH CENTURY
Volume Two: London & North Western; Lancashire & Yorkshire; Midland; North Staffordshire; Furness; Maryport & Carlisle; North London.

Heffer, 1952 pp. 175, with 48 illus. (sl foxing else vg/g+)
Previously pub. in the RAILWAY MAGAZINE between 1915 and 1926.

£12.00

MIX039e

Ahrons, E.L.
Asher, L.L. (Ed)

LOCOMOTIVE & TRAIN WORKING in the latter part of the NINETEENTH CENTURY
Volume Five: South Eastern; London, Chatham & Dover; London, Brighton & South Coast; London & South Western; Somerset & Dorset Joint; Metropolitan; Metropolitan District.

Heffer, 1953 pp. 175, with 48 illus. (sl loss to d/w else vg/g+)
Previously pub. in the RAILWAY MAGAZINE between 1915 and 1926.

£10.00

MIX039f

Ahrons, E.L.
Asher, L.L. (Ed)

LOCOMOTIVE & TRAIN WORKING in the latter part of the NINETEENTH CENTURY
Volume Six: [Ireland] Great Southern & Western; Waterford Limerick & Western; Dublin, Wicklow & Wexford; Midland Great Western; Great Northern (I).

Heffer, 1954 pp. 77, with 48 illus.
Previously pub. in the RAILWAY MAGAZINE between 1915 and 1926.

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MIX040bb

Baxter, B. (Comp)/
Baxter, D. (Ed)

British Locomotive Catalogue 1825-1923
vol. 2B London & North Western Railway and its constituent companies [cont.].

Moorland, 1979 pp. [4], 185-395.

SOLD

MIX040cb

Baxter, B. (Comp)/
Baxter, D. (Ed)

British Locomotive Catalogue 1825-1923
vol. 3B Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway and its constituent companies.

Moorland, 1982 pp. 135.

£9.00

MIX041A

Nock, O.S.

LNER STEAM
D&C, 1969 pp. 292, with col. frontis & 72 illus on 32 plates & 77 logs of runs.

£8.00

MIX041B

Nock, O.S.

LMS STEAM
D&C, 1971 pp. 269, with col. frontis, 82 illus on 32 plates, 61 tables, 23 of which are logs of runs.
An analysis of the performance of steam-hauled trains on the LMS.

£8.00

MIX041

Nock, O.S.

GWR STEAM
D&C, 1972 pp. 239, with col. frontis, 72 illus on 32 plates, & many lists.

£8.00

MIX041D

Nock, O.S.

SOUTHERN STEAM
D&C, 1972 (2nd Imp) pp. 200, with col. frontis, 61 illus on 33 plates, logs of 55 runs and other tables, 2 appendices (lists of locomotives).

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MIX043

Townsley, D.H.

The HUNSLET ENGINE WORKS
over a century and a half of locomotive building.

PLATEWAY, 1998 pp. xiv, 305, with many illus, plans, drwgs & tables.

£25.00
NEW BOOK

MIX045

Lee, C.E.

THE EVOLUTION OF RAILWAYS
RAILWAY GAZETTE, 1943 (2nd edn. rev & enl.) pp. viii, 108.

£9.00

MIX049

Jenkinson, D.

The BIG FOUR in Colour 1935-1950
Atlantic, 1994 pp. 192.
Colour photographic record. (vg/vg)

£18.00

MIX051

Bucknall, J.B.

'AN AGE OF KINGS'
author, 1982 pp. viii, 200.
A photographic record of the final years of steam 1956-68.
(sl damage to d/w else vg)

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MIX052

Kichenside, G. (Ed)

STEAM PORTFOLIO
Ian Allan, 1968 pp. 238. 373 illus with captions

£10.00

MIX053

Gifford, C.T.

EACH A GLIMPSE
IA, 1970 pp. [180], 273 'railway environment' photographs, with captions. (no d/w edn - pictorial boards - sl rubbing to edges else vg)
- See also ... AND GONE FOREVER .

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MIX054

Gifford, C.T.

DECLINE OF STEAM
IA, 1966 (3rd Imp) pp.[171]. Preface, pictorial t.p. & 291 illus. (vg/vg)

SOLD

MIX055

Gifford, C.T.

STEAM FINALE NORTH
IA, 1976 pp. 96. Intro & 158 illus. with descrs.
Steam trains in their North of England environment, 1958-68. (vg/vg)

£12.00

MIX056

Steeneken, H.

ALL TRAINS TO STOP!
IA, 1979 pp. 137. Intro & 187 illus with captions, amplified on pp. 134-7.
A photographic 'requiem'. The closing years of steam-hauled trains, mostly in Britain, France and Germany. (vg/vg)

£17.50

MIX057

Carter, J.R.

WORKING STEAM
Viking, 1976 pp.[109], with frontis, intro & 143 illus with descrs.
Period, 1952-1973. (vg/vg)

£12.00

MIX058

Carter, J.R.

FOOTPLATE CAMERAMAN
IA, 1983 pp. 128.
Album of author's photographs, 1952-1968, chiefly on LM Region.(vg/vg)

£12.00

MIX060

Hunt, J. &
Krause, I.

ON AND OFF THE BEATEN TRACK
NEL, 1976 pp.[128], with 145 illus.
An evocation in words & photographs of railways and locomotives ca.1965-1975, in Britain, Turkey and South Africa. (vg/vg)

£10.00

MIX061

Treacy, E.

LURE OF STEAM
IA, 1966 pp.208, with intro, frontis, & 440 illus with descrs.
A 'personal selection' by Canon Treacy of photographs taken by him over the past 35 years. His autobiographical introduction (pp. 7-10) is noteworthy. (vg/vg)

£10.00

MIX062

Treacy, E.

PORTRAIT OF STEAM
IA, 1967 pp.200. Frontis & 383 photographs by Eric Treacy, with descrs.
A second selection. (vg/vg)

£10.00

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