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• Continental Main Lines
   
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• Early Railways in Surrey
   
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• Balmoral and the Bristol Channel
   
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• Petroleum Railtank Wagons
   of Britain
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• The Western Valley 
  Aberbeeg to Brynmawr/Ebbw Vale
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• The Western Valley 
  Newport to Aberbeeg
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• Tramways of Eastern Germany
   
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• PRECISION P4 Society
  Nos.1 to 10 Bound 
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• Memories of
  the Southwold Railway 
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• Steam Locomotive Engineer
   R.A.Riddles
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• From Inverness To Crewe
   The British 4-6-0 Locomotive
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• Industrial Locomotives &
   Railways of Cumbria
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• The Ironstone Quarries of the
   Midlands: South Lincolnshire
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• The Rye & Camber Tramway
   A Centenary History
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• The Meon Valley Railway
   
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• Boots On The Line
   Walking dismantled railways
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• The Burton And Ashby Light
   Railway and Adjacent Lines
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• More Model Buildings
   in 4mm & 7mm
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• Semi-Detached London
   Suburban Development
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• Rails to Prosperity
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• The Barry & After 1884 to 1984 
• by Brian J.Miller
• 96 Pages, 1984, card covers, 6¾" x 9"
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• ISBN-10 0906570174
• Pre-Owned, very good
  £6.00 Order or Enquire via email
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• Days of Steam 3
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• Euston - Carlisle 
• by William Shaw
• 38 Pages, 1969, card covers, 7¼" x 4¾"
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• ISBN-10 NO ISBN
• Pre-Owned, excellent
  £8.00 Order or Enquire via email
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• Brecon & Merthyr Railway
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• by V.J.Parry
• 84 Pages, 1970, card covers, 5¾" x 8¼"
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• ISBN-10 NO ISBN
• Pre-Owned, light cover crease
  £16.00 Order or Enquire via email
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• The Story of the Settle-Carlisle Line
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• by Frederick W.Houghton and W.Hubert Foster
• 151 Pages, 1948/1965, hardback, 5¾" x 8¾"
• includes the extra Line map and Gradient profile 
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• ISBN-10 NO ISBN
• Pre-Owned, some cover staining
  £20.00 Order or Enquire via email
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• Back Along The Lines
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• North Devons Railways 
• by Victor Thompson
• 60 Pages, 1992, card covers, 7¾" x 8¼"
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• ISBN-10 0946290245
• Pre-Owned, very good
  £8.00 Order or Enquire via email
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• East of Thornton Junction
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• The Story of the Fife Coast Line 
• by James K.Corstorphine
• 116 Pages, 1995, card covers, 5¾" x 8¼"
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• ISBN-10 0952562103
• Pre-Owned, very tight and clean
  £15.00 Order or Enquire via email
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• Cambridge Kettering Line Steam
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• by E.H.Sawford
• 32 Pages, 1981, card covers, 7¼" x 9¼"
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• ISBN-10 090708706x
• Pre-Owned, minor spine fade
  £5.00 Order or Enquire via email
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• The Bakerloo Line
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• A Short History 
• by M.A.C.Horne
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• 1990, 56 pages, laminated card covers, 5½" x 8½"
• Douglas Rose
• ISBN-10 1870354052
• Pre-Owned, excellent
  £10.00 Order or Enquire via email
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• Farewell to the Former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway
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• Photographic Souvenir - Last Passenger Train 
• by Stephenson Locomotive Society (Midland Area)
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• 1966, 16 pages, pictorial booklet, 5¼" x 8½"
• Stephenson Locomotive Society
• No ISBN
• Pre-Owned, excellent
  £14.00 Order or Enquire via email
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• Steam Around Norwich
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• by Richard Adderson
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• 1981, 32 pages, Laminated card covers, 7¼" x 9¼"
• Becknell Books
• ISBN-10 0907087027
• Pre-Owned, excellent
  £10.00 Order or Enquire via email
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• The Railways of Hull
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• by C.T. Goode
• 1992, 104 pages, Laminated coloured card covers, 5¾" x 8¼"
• Burstwick Publicity Services
• ISBN-10 1-870313-11-9
• Condition, Excellent, minimal cover wear
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• Private Owner Wagons
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• Specialists booklets No.11
• by Peter Matthews
• by MAP Technical Publication
• 48 pages, Card covers, 7½" x 9¾"
• Condition - Excellent, light cover edge fade
  £16.00 Order or Enquire via email
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• Locomotive Library
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• Pictures taken for Model Engineer
• Pictures by Brian Western, Captions by Robin Orchard
• Percival Marshall & Co. Ltd.
• 60 pages, 1962, card covers, 7½" x 4¾"
• Condition - Very good, minor cover looseness
  £3.00 Order or Enquire via email
• Condition - Very good, minor rear cover grubbiness
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• Pennine Journey
• Being the history of the Railways, Tramways and Canals in Huddersfield and District
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• by William B.Stocks
• Foreword by William Hallitt - The striking thing about this book is the tremendous amount of research which obviously has gone into its making.
• It is clear that for many years the author has loved railways, a lot of people do - and therein will be the book's appeal - but very few of them are ardent enough to remember any chance thing heard or seen, and to follow up every clue that may lead to something interesting, even at the expense of hundreds of hours of leisure
• 98 pages, 1958 reprinted 1960, Stiff card board cover, 5½" x 8¼"
• Published by The Advertiser Press Ltd, Huddersfield
• No ISBN
• Pre-Owned, very good, some cover opening crease marks and rubbing, small stain bottom right of last few pages 
  £10.00 — Order or Enquire via email
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• Diesel Engine Manual
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• Edited by E. Molloy
• 1953, Second edition, 224 pages, Casebound, 6½" x 9", 500g
• George Newnes Ltd
• No ISBN
• Condition, Very good, dust jacket has some wear and plenty of tears but still remains good
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• Off the Beaten Track
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• Irish Railway Walks
• by Kevin Cronin
• Ireland provides the perfect setting for railway walking. Over 3000Km of abandoned lines criss-cross the country, many in areas of great natural beauty. Moreover, railway walks are distinctive, engendering a real sense of exploring lost and forgotten trails. This book contains walks on over 20 lines, from once-busy suburban and provincial routes to quiet rural backwaters and the remote western seaboard runs.
• Over 40 detailed walks on over 20 railway routes, brief histories of each line, sketch maps for each walk, details of relevant OS maps, how to get there and back by private and public transport, information on accomodation and food and drink en route.
• 1996, Card covers, 5¼" x 8"
• 0-86281-563-0
• Condition, Excellent, as new
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Rails Between Wear & Tyne

By C.R.Warn

Published in softback (96 pages) by Frank Graham. This handbook is designed to be an introductory summary to the very complex network of railways between the rivers Wear & Tyne. Chapters within this book are titled; Routes 100-145 Wagonways To The South Bank Of The Tyne, Routes 150-160 Wagonways To The North Bank Wear, Routes 200-263 Publically Owned Railways, Routes 300-320 Major Privately Owned Industrial And Colliery Railways, Routes 400-459 Minor Privately Owned Industrial And Colliery Railways, Routes 500-503 Preserved Railway Lines, Museum Collections Within The Region. Contained within the book are numerous maps and illustrations.

In good condition, minor crease mark on cover

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The Tramways of Huddersfield

A History of Huddersfield Corporation tramways 1883-1940 by Roy Brook

Published by The Advertiser Press Ltd, Huddersfield, date unknown. 116 gloss pages contained within thick card covers

This rare and exciting book deals, as the tile suggests, with the birth, growth, development and eventual closure of this once extensive tram system, the first to run by a municipality. It has been signed by Roy himself

In very good condition stil with its original fold out system map, rear cover has a creased corner

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Lost Railways of Shropshire

In this well written and excellently researched book, author Leslie Oppitz explains the history of these lost line, the reasons for their construction and for their closure. His account also covers the preserved lines of the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway, the Telford Horsehay Steam Trust and the Severn Valley Railway

158 Pages, gloss card covers, as new condition. Part of the Lost Railway Series

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Warwickshire Railway Society News

Volume 5 No.1 January 1966

4 pages with black and white images to fron and rear covers. Has been folded at some time but luckily remains intact

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Farewell to the former GWR line Birmingham to Chester

Stephenson Locomotive Society, Midland Area. Sunday 5th March 1967

This 4 page booklet contains quality black and white images and a thorough route description. Originally compiled from the October 1963 Railway World article, The Shrewsbury and Chester Railway

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Clear Road Ahead

This booklet was produced by 7029 Clun Castle Ltd and British Rail in association with The Birmingham Post for the open day at Tyseley MPD, 28th September 1969

The Clun Castle Ltd explaination is punctuated by many period black and white shots

Condition - Excellent

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S & D 150 Rail Anniversary

Darlington Souvenir Programme 1975

Locally published, 52 Pages, Local advertisments and Black and White photographs.

Condition - Staples starting to rust causing a little staining, book as expected for a 30 year old show programme

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Tales of the Rails by Ernie Ross

Ernie Ross worked on the railways in the Bristol area from 1936 to 1976. This book of his stories covers a wide range of subjects from Rasputin, the station master and his antics, to the problems of working the Strawberry Special.

This book is full of humour, detail and gives a fine, unusual insiders account of railway working life

A lovely card covered book, published by Bristol Broadsides in 1984, 96 pages, contains many period B&W images in excellent condition.

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