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British Trains of Tomorrow

By: Allen, G Freeman

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, Ian Allan Ltd: 1961

Seller ID: 032712

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

42pp, illustrations, black and white photographs, adverts, undated but text references indicate circa 1961. Large format softback, light reading wear, a few marks to rear, overall a VG copy. Fascinating guide to the future of British railways and the motive power fleet in particular.
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Trains Illustrated Volume 13. 1960

By: Allen, G Freeman (Editor)

Price: £12.50

Publisher: Surrey, Ian Allan Ltd: 1960

Seller ID: 031640

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

12 issues, numbers 136-147, bound with index and adverts, but without covers. Blue boards, bumping to lower front cover, spine dulled, minor marks, light ageing, overall a Good copy.
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The Channel Tunnel Story

By: Anderson, Graham / Roskrow, Ben

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, E & FN Spon: 1994

Seller ID: 031195

ISBN: 041919620X

Condition: Very Good

xvii + 218pp, index, map, photographs, some colour, illustrations. Softback, light reading wear, a VG copy.
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The Lines Behind the Front: The Railways in Support of the British Expeditionary Forces in the Great War. A Photographic Record

By: Aves, William

Price: £30.00

Publisher: Lydney, Lightmoor Press: 2016

Seller ID: 032261

ISBN: 1911038079

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

180pp, further reading, maps, black and white photographs, drawings. Laminated pictorial boards, light wear only, a VG copy.
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Image for Bradshaw's July 1914 Railway Guide. A New Edition of the July 1922 Issue of Bradshaw's General Railway and Steam Navigation Guide for Great Britain and Ireland with Enlarged Type

Bradshaw's July 1914 Railway Guide. A New Edition of the July 1922 Issue of Bradshaw's General Railway and Steam Navigation Guide for Great Britain and Ireland with Enlarged Type

By: Bradshaw, George / Introduction By David St John Thomas

Price: £14.00

Publisher: London, Guild Publishing: 1988

Seller ID: 032816

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

lxii + 1166pp, adverts, timetables, folding map. Green boards, light wear and ageing only, a VG copy in dustwrapper.
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Bradshaw's August 1914 Continental Guide (David and Charles Reprints)

By: Bradshaw, George / New Introduction By JH Price

Price: £18.00

Publisher: Newton Abbot, David & Charles: 1972

Seller ID: 031540

ISBN: 0715355090

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

cxlvii + in excess of 584pp, adverts, timetables. Red boards, small marks to front endpaper, light ageing, a VG copy in (slight spine fading) dustwrapper which has been covered in a clear adhesive film and adheres to both pastedowns rendering it non-removable.
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Regulations for Train Signalling and Signalmen's General Instruction (B.R. 30062)

By: British Railways

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, British Railways: 1988

Seller ID: 031405

Binding: Folder

Condition: Good+

Contents in a folder dated 6th June 1981, but the documents themselves are dated June 1988 and comprise BR 30062, 30062/, 30062/2, 30062/3, 30062/4, 30062/5. Light wear only to folder, sections are stapled (some rusty) otherwise overall light wear, Good+.
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British Railways Alterations to Passenger Services Scotland Commencing Monday, 2nd March, 1964. This Supplement Contains Alterations to the Time Table Dated 9th September 1963 to 14th June 1964 (or Until Further Notice) B.R. 35504/4

By: British Railways

Price: £10.00

Publisher: British Railways: 1964

Seller ID: 032617

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good+

105pp. Softback, general browning to contents and covers, a Good+ copy.
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A Study of the Relative True Costs of Rail and Road Freight Transport Over Trunk Routes

By: British Railways Board

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, British Railways Board: 1964

Seller ID: 031126

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

41pp, 8 appendices, charts, tables. Large format softback, foxing/marks to covers, contents VG. Fascinating period analysis at the time of the Beeching cuts to Britain's railway network.
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British Railways Passenger Services London Midland Region June 5th to September 24th Inclusive, 1950

By: British Railways London Midland Region

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, British Railways London Midland Region: 1950

Seller ID: 031543

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

568pp, folding coloured map. Thick softback, tears to spine base/front cover hinge, else short edge nicks to covers, general browning to contents, some corner creasing, slight edge creasing to map, overall a Good copy.
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Working Timetable of Passenger, Parcels & Freight Train Services 15 May 1989 to 13 May 1990 (BR31178/3)

By: British Railways London Midland Region

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Crewe, British Railways London Midland Region: 1989

Seller ID: 032303

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Timetable covers the following routes:- Euston to Stafford (via Birmingham & Bescot) including all main line services between Euston and Rugby,; Birmingham to Hereford, Banbury & Paddington; Derby to Bristol and Cardiff; Aylesbury to Bedford. Large format softback, light wear only, foxing to early pages and edges, overall a VG copy.
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Meccano Magazine Volume XLVI Issues 1 - 12.. January - December 1961

By: Byrom, Geoffrey (Editor)

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Liverpool, Meccano Magazine: 1961

Seller ID: 032760

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Bound volume of 12 magazines, with index, for 1961. Quarter-bound in brown leather over red boards, some wear to leather spine head/tail, edge rubs, spine faded, all page edges red, light ageing to contents, occasional owner's name, a Good copy.
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Thomas the Privatised Tank Engine

By: Clark, Incledon / Foreword By Ian Hislop

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Leicester, Midland Publishing Ltd: 1994

Seller ID: 032561

ISBN: 1857800222

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

64pp, illustrated. Card covers, small owner's label to verso of front cover, light wear and ageing, a VG copy. Originally published in Private Eye in 1993.
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Locomotion Papers No.143: The Brookwood Necropolis Railway

By: Clarke, John M

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Oxford, Oakwood Press: 1988

Seller ID: 032190

ISBN: 0853613753

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

2nd enlarged edition. 96pp, illustrated, drawings, maps. Softback, light edge rubbing and ageing, a VG copy. The London Necropolis Company was unique in providing continuous railway funeral traffic for 87 years, this is the story of that railway.
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Locomotion Papers No.143: The Brookwood Necropolis Railway

By: Clarke, John M

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Wiltshire, Oakwood Press: 1983

Seller ID: 032472

ISBN: 085361296X

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

47pp, 12pp plates, drawings, maps. Light edge rubbing and ageing, a VG copy. The London Necropolis Company was unique in providing continuous railway funeral traffic for 87 years, this is the story of that railway. First Edition.
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Oil Engines for Road, Rail and Air Transport (Incorporating 'Compression Ignition Engines for Road Purposes')

By: Compiled By the Staff of 'The Commercial Motor', 'The Oil Engine' and 'The Aeroplane'

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, Temple Press Limited:

Seller ID: 032673

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Adverts + 240pp + viii + ii + ii, indexes, photographs, drawings, folding data tables. Undated, but circa late 1930s, post 1935. Printed boards, light wear, a few marks, (insect) edge loss to top inner edge of front endpaper over a small section, foxing mainly to endpapers and edges, a Good copy.
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Railway Motor Buses and Bus Services in the British Isles, 1902 - 1933. Volume Two (2, II)

By: Cummings, John

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Oxford, Oxford Publishing Co.: 1980

Seller ID: 032385

ISBN: 0860930505

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

vi + 182pp, index, 3 appendices, 263 plates, maps. Cream boards, light ageing, a VG copy in a near VG (colour fading to spine and edges) dustwrapper.
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Railways: Incorporating Railway Pictorial and Locomotive Review. Volume XII. January - December 1951.

By: Davison, Peter H (Editor)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, Railway World Ltd: 1951

Seller ID: 032315

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

12 issues bound in brown boards, gilt spine titling. Bumping to upper corners, light ageing mainly to endpapers, overall a VG copy Original covers not bound in, but includes an index.
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Nineteenth Century Railway Carriages In the British Isles - From the Eighteen-thirties to the Nineteen-hundreds

By: Ellis, Hamilton / Foreword By Sir Cyril Hurcomb

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, Modern Transport Publishing Co Ltd: 1949

Seller ID: 032285

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Very Good

176pp, index, black and white photographs, drawings. Blue boards, Christmas (1957) gift inscription to front endpaper, foxing mainly to endpapers and edges, overall a near VG copy in a Fair-to-Good (loss to lower quarter of spine, small edge losses, still presentable in removable protective sleeve) dustwrapper. Useful reference for the railway modeller.
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Image for Engines 1900-02: Articles from Issues of American Machinist Magazine Published from 1900 Through 1902 Revealing the Design, Construction and Repair of Engines

Engines 1900-02: Articles from Issues of American Machinist Magazine Published from 1900 Through 1902 Revealing the Design, Construction and Repair of Engines

By: Engineering Magazine

Price: £12.00

Publisher: USA, Lindsay Publications Inc.: 2002

Seller ID: 021354

ISBN: 1559182814

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

96pp, illustrated with photographs and drawings throughout. Large format softback, slight creasing to upper front corner otherwise light wear only, a VG copy. Interesting mix of technical articles with fascinating period illustrations.
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Steam Railways in Industry

By: Gifford, Colin T / Gamble, Horace

Price: £12.00

Publisher: London, BT Batsford Ltd: 1976

Seller ID: 032365

ISBN: 0713431555

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

96pp, index, 141 captioned black and white photographs. Black boards, slight foxing mainly to endpapers, owner's name to front endpaper, overall a VG copy in a near VG (sunning to spine and top edge of front panel) dustwrapper.
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Industrial Locomotives of South Western England. Handbook H

By: Hateley, Roger (Compiler)

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Middlesbrough, Industrial Railway Society: 1977

Seller ID: 032286

ISBN: 0901096237

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xxx + 135pp + maps + 24pp black and white photographs, indexes. Black boards, light ageing only, a VG copy , no dustwrapper. Covers Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Avon and Dorset.
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New Catechism of the Steam Engine with Chapters on Gas, Oil and Hot Air Engines. Originally Published in 1904

By: Hawkins, N

Price: £10.00

Publisher: USA, Lindsay Publications Inc.: 1991

Seller ID: 032674

ISBN: 0917914619

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good

442pp, index, 296 illustrations, reprint of original 1904 publication. Softback, reading creases to front cover and early pages, initials to title page, light ageing, slight spine fading, a Good copy.
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X99: Hunslet 1215: A War Veteran's Story

By: Hughes, Ian G

Price: £7.50

Publisher: Usk, The Oakwood Press: 2010

Seller ID: 032787

ISBN: 0853617090

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

56pp, bibliography, illustrations, some colour. Card covers, a VG copy.
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Seasons of Steam

By: Huxtable, Nils

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Coleford, Steamscenes: 2005

Seller ID: 031187

ISBN: 0969140967

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

104pp, colour photographs throughout. Red boards, landscape format, small bumps to board edges near spine otherwise a VG copy in dustwrapper. An album of superb photography, featuring the work of Andrew Bell, Bob Green, Nils Huxtable, John Leck, Dick Manton, David Rodgers, Peter Skelton, Mike Tyack and Peter Van Campenhout.
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Image for The ABC Alphabetical Railway Guide July 1923. A New Edition of the July 1923 ABC Railway Guide Including a Selection of Advertisements in Hardback Format.

The ABC Alphabetical Railway Guide July 1923. A New Edition of the July 1923 ABC Railway Guide Including a Selection of Advertisements in Hardback Format.

By: Introduction By David St John Thomas

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Newton Abbot, David & Charles: 1986

Seller ID: 031028

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xxxviii + 600pp, adverts, timetable, folding map to rear. Brown boards, light ageing to contents, overall a VG copy in (slight edge creasing/rubbing) dustwrapper.
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Britain's Bizarre Railways

By: Jones, Robin

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Wellington, Halsgrove: 2010

Seller ID: 032239

ISBN: 0857040227

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

144pp, photographs throughout, mainly colour. Green boards, a VG copy in dustwrapper.
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Britain's Bizarre Railways (New Edition)

By: Jones, Robin

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Wellington, Halsgrove: 2017

Seller ID: 032362

ISBN: 0857040227

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

144pp, photographs throughout, mainly colour. Black boards, a VG copy in dustwrapper. This is the 2017 new, revised and updated edition.
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The Railway Magazine Volume 94 January - December 1948

By: Kay, John Alton (Editor)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, 1948

Seller ID: 032814

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Complete year for 1948, 6 bi-monthly issues bound in regular red boards, gilt titling. Contents pages at front, no covers or index. Boards rubbed, slight fraying to spine, some fading to spine, general ageing to contents, overall a Good copy.
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Image for Steam Turbine Theory and Practice: A Textbook for Engineering Students with 359 Illustrations, 36 Worked Examples and 133 Examples with Answers

Steam Turbine Theory and Practice: A Textbook for Engineering Students with 359 Illustrations, 36 Worked Examples and 133 Examples with Answers

By: Kearton, William J

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd: 1944

Seller ID: 032815

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

xx + 600pp, index, 359 illustrations, 36 worked examples and 133 examples with answers Black boards, foxing mainly to endpapers and edges, a VG copy, no dustwrapper.
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1850 - 1925 Vintage Album

By: Kite, JE

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Roundhouse Books: 1966

Seller ID: 032367

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

106pp, captioned black and white photographs featuring pre- and post-grouping railway companies. Brown boards, owner's stamp to front endpaper, light wear, a VG copy in a near VG (crease to each flyleaf) dustwrapper.
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British Steam: Past and Present

By: Langston, Keith

Price: £7.50

Publisher: Barnsley, Wharncliffe Books: 2011

Seller ID: 032746

ISBN: 184468122X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

175pp, captioned photographs, many in colour. Black boards, VG in dustwrapper.
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By: Ransome-Wallis, P / Foreword By Sir William A Stanier

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, Ian Allan Ltd: 1948

Seller ID: 032240

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

96pp, black and white captioned photographs throughout, by class and railway company. Red boards, browning to endpapers, a VG copy in a Good (chipped with small losses) dustwrapper.
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Meccano Magazine Volume XLIII Issues 1 - 12.. January - December 1958

By: Riley, Frank (Editor)

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Liverpool, Meccano Magazine: 1958

Seller ID: 032194

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Bound volume of 12 magazines, with index, for 1958. Quarter-bound in brown leather over red boards, some wear/splits to leather spine head/tail, slight bumping to one corner, light edge rubs, all page edges red, very light ageing only to contents, a Good tight copy.
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Meccano Magazine Volume XLV Issues 1 - 12.. January - December 1960

By: Riley, Frank (Editor)

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Liverpool, Meccano Magazine: 1960

Seller ID: 032670

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Bound volume of 12 magazines, with index, for 1960. Quarter-bound in brown leather over red boards, some wear/splits to leather spine head/tail and part of one edge, edge rubs, all page edges red, light ageing to contents, a Good copy.
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The Man Who Loves Giants: An Artist Among Elephants and Engines

By: Shepherd, David / Foreword By James Stewart

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Newton Abbot, David & Charles: 1983

Seller ID: 032507

ISBN: 0715370529

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

164pp, illustrations including 8pp in colour. Black boards, minor (production) marks to endpapers, light wear and ageing, a VG copy in dustwrapper. Flat signed by the author on title page.
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The Victorian Railway

By: Simmons, Jack

Price: £6.50

Publisher: London, Thames & Hudson Ltd: 1995

Seller ID: 031018

ISBN: 0500278407

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

416pp, index, notes, 60 illustrations. This is the 1995 first paperback edition, with corrections. Softback, an excellent copy.
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Image for No.5 Steam Yachts, Launches, Marine, Electric Light, and Other Machinery. With Numerous Designs. Fourth Edition. (Steamboat Catalogue Facsimile Reprint No.1)

No.5 Steam Yachts, Launches, Marine, Electric Light, and Other Machinery. With Numerous Designs. Fourth Edition. (Steamboat Catalogue Facsimile Reprint No.1)

By: Simpson, Strickland & Co., Ltd

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Middlesex, Steam Engine Research Project: 1987

Seller ID: 020105

ISBN: 0948885017

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

67pp, illustrated with photographs and drawings. This is a facsimile reprint of the No.5 catalogue of Simpson, Strickland & Co., Ltd, Dartmouth, from circa 1898. Light wear only, card covers, a VG copy.
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The Golden Age of European Railways

By: Solomon, Brian (Lead Author) / Wolmar, Christian (Consultant Editor and Introduction by)

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Barnsley, Pen & Sword Transport: 2013

Seller ID: 032353

ISBN: 1783462841

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

256pp, index, bibliography, 3 appendices, maps, illustrations, most colour, illustrated endpapers. Landscape format, laminated pictorial boards, light wear only, a VG copy in (minor abrasions to rear, slightest spine fade) dustwrapper.
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Passenger Transport: Putting it to Work

By: Swallow, Kenneth (Editor)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Welwyn, CICC Publications: 1992

Seller ID: 030523

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Very Good

98pp, maps, black and white photographs. Large format softback, light edgewear and ageing, a near VG copy.
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Military Engineering Volume VIII: Railways

By: The War Office

Price: £30.00

Publisher: London, HMSO: 1929

Seller ID: 031366

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good+

318pp, index, 6 appendices, drawings in text, 49 plates, some folding. Red boards, gilt spine titling, spine dulled, a few marks, slight corner bumping, light foxing generally, a few marks, occasional stamp of the 'School of Electric Lighting, Gosport' dated 15 July 1929, overall a Good+ copy. A mixture of technical and practical instruction, the plates are fascinating!
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The Greatest Railway Blunder

By: Vaughan, Adrian

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Surrey, Ian Allan Publishing: 2009

Seller ID: 020058

ISBN: 0711032742

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

160pp, index, black and white photographs. Red boards, light wear only, a VG copy in dustwrapper. Personalised gift inscription from the author to front endpaper.
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Forgotten Railways

By: White, HP

Price: £5.00

Publisher: London, Guild Publishing: 1986

Seller ID: 032794

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

240pp, index, bibliography, maps, black and white photographs. Black boards, foxing to top edge of pages, a VG copy in (slight edge creasing) dustwrapper.
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