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Books Out Of Print
The following books are
now out of print, however if there is sufficient interest we
will consider a reprint. Please click on the link at the bottom of the page
to
tell us
about any of the books below that are of interest to you.
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ABERDARE RAILWAY by the late Eric Mountford and R.W. Kidner |
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The story of one of South
Wales most important lines. The great export coal trade from South Wales
brought the rise of Cardiff from a comparatively minor harbour to one of
the world's leading docks, due in no small measure to the efforts of the
miners in the Aberdare valley, and also to the Taff Vale Railway for
transporting the coal. |
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OL95 |
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BARNSTAPLE and ILFRACOMBE RAILWAY
by C.G. Maggs
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BRISTOL and GLOUCESTER RAILWAY and AVON & GLOUCESTERSHIRE RAILWAY
by C.G. Maggs |
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OL26 |
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CIRENCESTER
BRANCH by Nigel Bray |
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The Cirencester branch ran from Kemble,
on the Swindon-Gloucester line. It was to serve the historic
Gloucestershire market town of Cirencester, which in Roman times was
the second largest town in England, for more than 120 years. |
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LP207 |
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COLLETT C.B., A COMPETENT SUCCESSOR by
John Chacksfield |
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Charles Benjamin Collett was a skilled
production man who, outside of the railway environment, was very much an
introvert. However, he was most certainly capable of working closely with
others, but he selected those in key positions under him carefully and made
sure they followed his line of thinking. |
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OL121 |
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CORK, BLACKROCK & PASSAGE RAILWAY
by A.T. Newham, revised by S.C. Jenkins |
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LP49
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CROMFORD & HIGH PEAK RAILWAY by
A Rimmer |
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The book gives a fascinating insight into this unique railway with its
rope-worked sections through the beautiful scenery of the Peak District.
Much of the route is now the basis of a very popular footpath. |
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OL10 |
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DORSET FOOTPLATEMAN - From Boyhood to
Main Line Fireman
by
Fred Andrews
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Fred Andrews has written his
railway story, but it is more than that!
It covers a life
growing up in Dorchester in the years prior to World War II,
his career
describing many different aspects of a life on the footplate,
and much more. |
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EDEN VALLEY RAILWAY, KIRKBY STEPHEN TO PENRITH
by Robert Western |
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The Eden Valley Railway had offered a
passenger service between Kirkby Stephen and Penrith for almost 100 years
when the last regular passenger trains ran in 1962. But this was not
the end of the story!! |
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LP201 |
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SIR HENRY FOWLER, A Versatile Life
by J. E. Chacksfield |
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Much has been written about
Henry Fowler and the small engine policy which was, for so long, a Derby
trait. But Fowler was also recognised as a competent organiser and delegator
who was called in to Government service during World War I. |
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OL110 |
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ISLE OF MAN
RAILWAY: Volume Two1905 - 1994
by J.I.C. Boyd |
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Volume Two of the history of
the Isle of Man Railway takes the reader from 1905 through to 1994. It
follows the railway's fluctuating fortunes in the 20th century. |
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ISLE OF MAN RAILWAY: Volume 3
by J.I.C. Boyd |
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The concluding volume of James Boyd’s magnificent
trilogy on the Isle of Man Railway. The route of the Isle of Man Railway
and Manx Northern Railway and a survey of the IOMR and MNR locomotives and
rolling stock are covered in detail. |
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ISLE OF PORTLAND RAILWAYS VOLUME 1, The Admiralty & Quarry Railways
by B.L. Jackson
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Portland supported two standard
gauge branch lines, various quarry railways, and the Admiralty Railway
used in the construction of the Harbour Breakwater, which was part of
the largest defence project undertaken by the Victorians. |
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OL106A |
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ISLE OF WIGHT HERE WE COME, The story of the SR's
Isle of Wight ships during the war 1939-1945
by Hugh J. Compton
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Pre-War the SR had 13 ships to
cover the three routes. The onset of War was to change the picture greatly.
The story of the services to the Island through these troubled years is
told. |
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X58 |
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LINCOLNSHIRE LOOP LINE (GNR) and the RIVER WITHAM
by A.J. Ludlam |
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A look at one of the
Lincolnshire’s oldest railways. It was along the banks of the River Witham
that the Great Northern Railway decided to lay the greater part of its
Lincolnshire Loop Line. |
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LP190 |
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LOUTH,
MABLETHORPE and WILLOUGHBY LOOP LINE
by A.J. Ludlam |
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Both Willoughby and Louth lay on the East Lincolnshire Railway. However, a
much more circuitous route via Sutton-on-Sea and Mablethorpe also linked
these two railway junctions until 1960. The line’s story is told
here. |
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LP162 |
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LYNTON & BARNSTAPLE RAILWAY, 1895 - 1935
by
L.T. Catchpole |
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With the
closure of the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway imminent in 1935, Leslie
Catchpole wrote two articles about the railway for the Southern Railway
Magazine. However it was felt that a published history would be a more
enduring tribute. |
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OL51 |
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LYNTON &
BARNSTAPLE RAILWAY, An Anthology
by D. Hudson & E. Leslie |
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This railway running for
nearly 20 miles through some of the finest North Devon countryside,
became a legend in its own short lifetime. The range of articles and
extracts from other writings give a flavour of the charm and uniqueness
of the railway. |
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X55 |
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LYNTON & BARNSTAPLE RAILWAY, Yesterday & Today
by P. Gower, B. Gray & K. Vingoe |
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That the Lynton & Barnstaple
Railway has reached its centenary of its opening rather more publicly than
most former Southern Railway branch lines is mainly due to its narrow
gauge, which was probably also one cause of its demise. |
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THE MID-WALES RAILWAY
by R. W. Kidner
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Railway promoters tended to regard
Mid-Wales as something to be got through. The Mid-Wales Railway did not
own either of its termini so was always likely to have complex
relationships; in physical contact with five other railways, and
meddling in the
affairs of others. The Mid-Wales was born in a short period of Welsh
railway mania. |
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OL79 |
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MINEHEAD BRANCH and
WEST SOMERSET RAILWAY
by C.G. Maggs |
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The
story of one of the GWR’s longest
branch lines from its beginnings in the 1830s to the present day. The line
was originally built only as far as Watchet to serve the harbour there,
and was later extended to Minehead. |
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LP206 |
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MOUNTAIN RACK RAILWAYS OF SWITZERLAND
by
J.R. Bardsley |
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A concise survey of
Switzerlandąs much loved rack railways, with a brief history of each of
these fascinating, and often spectacular railway lines. |
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NAILSWORTH AND STROUD
BRANCH
by
C.G. Maggs |
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This is the fascinating story of the railway, which
had its junction with the Midland Railway's Bristol to Gloucester line at
Stonehouse. Initially the line was built to Nailsworth. The intermediate
station of Dudbridge became a junction when the line to Stroud was opened. |
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LP214 |
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RADIO CAROLINE
by
Ralph C. Humphries |
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‘Radio Caroline on 199, your all day
music station’. These few words started a revolution in radio
entertainment and popular music. All of a sudden pop music was being
played all through the day, and then round the clock, 24 hours a day,
instead of just one day a week! |
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X77 |
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RAILWAYS OF
PURBECK
by R.W. Kidner
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With interest in the minor
railways of Purbeck still growing, along with new
developments on the Swanage Railway and the now freight-only line to
Furzebrook, the author's earliest memories of the railways of Purbeck are
green livery 'T1' class engines kept spotless by a friendly staff to the
present time are presented. |
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RAILWAYS OF
THE BAIE de SOMME
by Philip Pacey with R. Arzul & G. Lenne |
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The extremely popular Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme, a metre gauge
railway linking both sides of the spectacular Somme estuary with the main
line at Noyelles, can be easily reached by English visitors. |
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X67 |
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RHYMNEY RAILWAY
by R.W. Kidner
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The story of one of South Wales most dynamic railway companies, it linked
Rhymney, Dowlais, Merthyr, Pontypridd and Caerphilly to the port of
Cardiff. The railway is best known for its carriage of huge amounts of
coal. Locomotives were maintained at the railway’s impressive works at
Caerphilly. |
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RISHWORTH BRANCH, THE by J.
N. Fisher |
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This Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway branch commenced in the West Riding
town of Sowerby Bridge, just west of Halifax, and served Triangle,
Ripponden and Rishworth on its journey up the Ryburn Valley. Its effect on
the social and industrial life of the valley is examined here. |
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LP174 |
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J.G.ROBINSON:
A Lifetime's Work
by
D. Jackson |
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The book gives an extremely
readable account of this well-respected railwayman’s work in England and
Ireland. Like many great railway families the Robinson’s originated in
North East England. He was to design some of Britain’s most beautiful
engines in the Edwardian Era with some still to be seen at work in the
1960s. |
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RYE and
CAMBER TRAMWAY
by C.W. Judge
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The Rye and Camber Tramway was a small and comparatively obscure 3 ft
gauge ‘steam’ light railway, connecting the Cinque
port of Rye in Sussex, with the splendidly wild and desolate area of sand
dunes, under which the old town of Winchelsea was buried.
It was possibly the first to convert from steam
traction to petrol. |
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SCHULL & SKIBBEREEN RAILWAY
by
J.I.C.Boyd |
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The Schull & Skibbereen Railway - once more aptly called a Tramway -
was bankrupt almost from Day One, operated in a geographically hostile
environment and, in the opinion of many, historically hostile too.
Like all such institutions, it was lovable and left behind a host of
folklore which has grown in the telling. |
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OL108 |
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SIDMOUTH &
BUDLEIGH SALTERTON BRANCHES
by C.G.Maggs |
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Sidmouth was already popular as a health resort, before the railway age.
In the line’s heyday, as well as local train services, there were through
carriages from London, the Midlands and the North, helping to make
Sidmouth a popular destination with holidaymakers. |
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LP193 |
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SOLWAY
JUNCTION RAILWAY
by Stuart Edgar and J.M. Sinton
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Linking the Maryport & Carlisle Railway with the Caledonian Railway at
Kirtlebridge, via the spectacular Solway Viaduct, there was also a spur
into the Glasgow & South Western Railway’s station at Annan. Disaster struck in the winter of 1880/1881.
Ice caused 45 of the 193 piers and 37 girders to collapse. |
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LP176 |
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY PASSENGER VANS
by David Gould
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These vans were unusual in that they bore a likeness to the goods stock
rather than passenger stock as was the norm elsewhere.
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X50 |
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USA, 756th RSB at Newport (Ebbw
Jn)
by
E.R.Mountfield |
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Maps and informative text on
the 'Americans in Wales' in World War II. |
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LP170 |
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WENLOCK BRANCH: Wellington to Craven Arms by K.B.
Jones
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The Wenlock branch with its four original
constituent companies passed through areas as complex and diverse as its
original organisation: from the slag tips and pennystone pit mounds of the
East Shropshire coalfield to the wooded crest of Wenlock Edge and Ape
Dale. |
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OL105 |
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WENSLEYDALE BRANCH: A NEW HISTORY by
S.C. Jenkins |
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Running for almost 40 miles across the former North Riding of Yorkshire, the
Wensleydale line was one of the longest secondary routes on the North
Eastern Railway. Built in stages, this
picturesque route eventually formed a link between the east coast main line
at Northallerton and the Settle & Carlisle Railway at Garsdale. |
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OL86 |
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WESTON, CLEVELAND & PORTISHEAD LIGHT RAILWAY
by
C.G. Maggs |
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One of the country’s
more idiosyncratic railways. A railway that went into receivership shortly
after completion of the route. Despite this unfortunate start, it was a
line that amazingly survived for more than 40 years. |
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LP25 |
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