RCTS, NREA Publications
Railway Correspondence and Travel Society
- The Locomotives of the London Chatham and Dover Railway
- Contents include: Preface, Introduction, Locomotive Superintendents, Kirtley classificatios system, SE&CR renumbering, Liveries, All classes from The Sondes to the Kirtley 4-4-0s M3s, Summary of locos at December 1898, General and London Area Maps of LC&DR 1875
- 1960, Card Covers, 44 pages, approx 85 black & white plates
- Pre-Owned - Very good, minimal cover rub
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- The Great Eastern 'Claud Hamilton' Class
- Covers the classes D14, D15, D15/1, D15/2, D16/1, D16/2 and D16/3 developments and allocations. Classifications, numbering, evolution of the classes, oil firing, duties and performance and general details and liveries.
- 1959, Card Covers, 22 pages, Black & White plates
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- The Midland Compounds
- Covers the original MR Compounds developments and allocations. The LMS Compounds construction, early years and decline. Design features and detail variations, accidents, liveries, BR renumbering, allocations and disposal
- 1962, Card Covers, 24 pages, Black & White plates
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- The Railways of Keynsham
- Featuring Fry's Chocolate passenger & freight operations
- Readers of this book will feel the atmosphere of Keynsham through local personalities and staff. Imagine the heavy smells of smoke and fog mixing with chocolate. All the necessary detail is here, from the first coming of the railway, the arrival of Fry's, the creation of Fry's own railway infrastructure, the freight and passenger services provided for the factory, the growth years, decline, threat of closure and above all a happy ending with a buoyant present day scene.
- The Bristol - Bath route and Keynsham's four other industrial sidings are also comprehensively covered. Author Russell Leitch can claim 50 years of interest in the Bristol area.
- ISBN: 0901115827
- 1997, Laminated card covers, 160 pages, 7" x 9¼", 500g
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- Locomotives of the Great Western Railway
- Part One - Preliminary Survey
- ISBN: 0901115177
- Reprint from the 1951 issue, Card Covers, 62 pages, Black & White plates and line drawings
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- Locomotives of the Great Western Railway
- Part Nine - Standard Two Cylinder Classes
- No ISBN
- 1962, Card Covers, 56 pages, Black & White plates, data tables and line drawings
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- The 2-8-0 and 2-10-0 Locomotives of the War Department
- 1939-1945
- Covers Stanier LMS Type 2-8-0, British Austerity 2-8-0 and 2-10-0 plus Robinson LNER Class O4 2-8-0 Tables of dimensions, shed codes, allocation lists plus a brief history of each type.
- 1946, Card Covers, 40 pages, Black & White plates and line drawings
- Pre-Owned, Very good, some internal annotation and loco notes
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- Locomotives of the South Eastern Railway
- The complete history of every engine is offered from entry to traffic to withdrawal. Dimensions are quoted as well as full lists of detail alterations, rebuilding, reboilering and renumbering
- 1963, Card Covers, 124 pages, Black & White plates and line drawings
- Pre-Owned, Excellent
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- Locomotives of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway
- The complete history of every engine is offered from entry to traffic to withdrawal. Dimensions are quoted as well as full lists of detail alterations, rebuilding, reboilering and renumbering
- 1961, Card Covers, 80 pages, Black & White plates and line drawings
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- Locomotives of the LB&SCR
- Part 1
- Contents include The Locomotive Engineers, The Duplicate Lists, Locomotive Liveries, The Locomotives Of J.C.Craven and The Earlier Locomotives Of William Stroudley plus many other smaller groups of LB&SCR locos
- The complete history of every engine is offered from entry to traffic to withdrawal. Dimensions are quoted as well as full lists of detail alterations, rebuilding, reboilering, renumbering, cost of construction, allocation and mileages.
- June 1969, Laminated Card Covers, 179 pages, Black & White plates and line drawings
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- Locomotives of the LB&SCR
- Part 3
- This final part of the Society's history of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotives deals with the large, Robert Billinton tanks and 4-4-0s and the subsequent rebuilds to B4X, the D.E.Marsh engines and railcars, and the L.B.Billinton classes.
- The complete history of every engine is offered from entry to traffic to withdrawal. Dimensions are quoted as well as full lists of detail alterations, rebuilding, reboilering, renumbering, cost of construction, allocation and mileages.
- September 1974, Laminated Card Covers, 156 pages, Black & White plates and line drawings
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- Locomotives of the LNER
- Part 1 - Preliminary Survey
- This series of nineteen books is the accredited expert work on LNER locomotives. Read how nine pregrouping railways were turned into the London & North Eastern Railway, how locomotive engineer Gresley transformed his motive power with his big engine policy as loads grew.
- Part One brings to life and presents comprehensive details of locomotive policy and construction, loco classification and numbering systems, liveries, naming, loco diagrams, route restrictions and the full locomotive workshops developments. Includes diagrams.
- 1963, Card Covers, 126 pages, 171 Black & White plates, Fold out map, locomotive line drawings
- Pre-Owned, Excellent, rear cover has a minor corner crease
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- Locomotives of the LNER
- Part 7 - Tank Engines - Classes A5 to H2
- This part of the Society's survey of LNER locomotives covers thirty four classes consisting of the 4-6-2T, 4-4-2T, 4-4-0T, 2-4-0T, 2-4-2T, 0-4-4T and 4-4-4T types ranging in age from the North Eastern Railway 'BTP' 0-4-4T's of 1874 down to the final batch of Great Central type 4-6-2Ts constructed to LNER order after Grouping in 1925-26. Thirty of the classes existed at Grouping and three more were added by later absorptions, whilst the A8 4-6-2T's were introduced in 1931, being formed by the rebuilding of the H1 4-4-4T's.
- Out of 931 locomotives dealt with in this Part of the LNER withdrew from service 434 leaving 497 of seventeen classes to be handed over to British Railways on 1st January 1948. All have now been condemned the last being a North British Railway 4-4-2T of LNER class C16 in April 1961.
- 1983, Card Covers, 118 pages, 208 Black & White plates
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- Locomotives of the LNER
- Part 9B - Tank Engines - Classes Q1 to Z5
- This, the companion volume to Part 9A, completes the story of the LNER tank engines and covers the 0-8-0, 0-8-4, 4-8-0, 2-8-0+0-8-2, 2-6-2, 2-2-4, 0-4-0 and 0-4-2 wheel arrangements. The 317 locomotives concerned ranged in size from the giant U1 Garratt to the tiny NER four wheel dock shunters of class Y8.
- In this work the complete history of each engine owned by the LNER or built to its design is given. Dimensions are quoted as well as full lists of detail alterations and dates of building, rebuilding, renumbering and withdrawal. Illustrations are generally confined to the post Grouping period as this is primarily an LNER history
- 1977, Card Covers, 116 pages, 138 Black & White plates
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National Railway Enthusiasts Association
- NREA 2001 - The Spotters Companion
- British locomotives, Multiple Units and Coaching Stock, 23rd Edition
- Card covers, 152 pages
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- 0906439124
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- NREA 1996 - The Spotters Companion
- British locomotives, Multiple Units and Coaching Stock, 18th Edition
- Card covers, 128 pages
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- 0906439078
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- NREA 1995 - The Spotters Companion
- British locomotives, Multiple Units and Coaching Stock, 17th Edition
- Card covers, 128 pages
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- 090643906X
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- NREA 1994 - The Spotters Companion
- British locomotives, Multiple Units and Coaching Stock, 16th Edition
- Card covers, 128 pages
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- 0906439051
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- NREA 1993 - The Spotters Companion
- British locomotives, Multiple Units and Coaching Stock, 15th Edition
- Card covers, 104 pages
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- NREA 1992 - The Spotters Companion
- British locomotives, Multiple Units and Coaching Stock, 14th Edition
- Card covers, 96 pages
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- 0906439035
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