OPC - Line History Books
- An Historical Survey Of The Midland In Gloucestershire
- Station Layouts and Illustrations

- This volume covers the section of the Midland Railway between Mangotsfield in the south, to Gloucester in the north, together with the branches to Thornbury, Dursley, Nailsworth and Stroud, plus the various dock lines surrounding Gloucester. Details encompassed include track plans, signalling diagrams, structure drawings and a profuse selection of plates illustrating the various locations.
- 1985, 160 pages, hardback, 8¼" x 12", 1000g
- Excellent, spine has faded to usual grey, £20.00
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- An Historical Survey Of The Chester To Holyhead Railway
- Track Layouts and Illustrations

- Many of the stations between Chester and Holyhead are now but a memory. However, the route of the 'Irish Mail' lives on in this journey along the North Wales coastline
- The track and signalling diagrams used to supplement the many illustrations have provided the Authors with an enjoyable opportunity to detour from their acknowledged interest in architectural and lineside features.
- 1984, 276 Black & White photographic plates, hardback, 8¼" x 12", 1000g
- Excellent, minor shelf wear, £24.00
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- Princes Risborough - Thame - Oxford Railway

- 1978, 130 pages, hardback, 8¼" x 11", 820g
- Excellent, £25.00
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- The Turnchapel Branch

- including the Cattewater Goods Branch
- 1982, 152 pages, card covers, 5¾" x 8¼", 320g
- Condition - Excellent.
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- An Historical Survey of the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway

- Layouts and Illustrations
- This book sets out to give the reader a track plan of each station, junction and siding on the line from Didcot to Winchester and contains addition material from wartime records showing the revised track plans, extended loops and doubling that took place
- To supplement the 18 station track plans and 180+ photographs an appendix has been included with a selection of public and working timetables.
- 1984, 144 pages, hardback, 181 black & white plates plus track plans and illustrations
- Pre-Owned
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- The Banbury and Cheltenham Railway 1887-1962

- Begining at Banbury and continuing cross country to Cheltenham, at 47 miles this was one of the longest GWR branch lines. Russell breaks the book down into a line history in part one and an imaginery journey over the branch in part two, mentioning anything of interest along the way.
- 1977 140 pages, hardback, 248 quality Black and White photos plus line drawings, track plans and maps.
- Condition - Excellent condition with minor edge page discolouration. Dust cover in excellent, minor spine fade.
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- An Historical Survey of the Somerset & Dorset Track Layouts and Illustrations

- This book gives detailed plans of every station on the Somerset and Dorset, one of the most popular cross country railways, from Bath to Bournemouth. For the modeller, it will prove invaluable and for the enthusiast, it will bring back countless memories.
- All drawings are to scale and fully annotated. Signalling details are included on a separate plan and each station plan is supplemented with photographs (some aerial) and text. Appendicies are included on buildings, operational details and passenger and working timetables.
- 1985, Hardback, 135 pages
- Condition - Excellent condition, slight yellowing to top of cover
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- The Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway

- History of this rural light railway in Shropshire, built to serve quarries and agriculture. Latter owned by the GWR, British Rail and the Admiralty in connection with an armaments depot. A high quality, indepth publication with many detailed images and trackplans.
- 1980, Hardback, 112 pages
- Condition - Excellent condition and signed by the authors
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Further OPC subject areas include: Line Histories - Regional - Steam Locomotives - Modern Traction - Rolling Stock - Memoirs
