Please use the October 2011 Form (88kb .pdf file) to order these items by post.
Great Western Society Steam Calendar 2012
This year we have ventured into the realms of black and white photography using the wonderful collection held by the Great Western Trust. The clarity and detail of the photograph for February taken in 1890 is a joy to behold, as are those for the other months. The information below each one is not only informative but encourages further in depth study and interest. We are sure you will enjoy this wonderful calendar and will probably wish to retain the photographs once 2012 has passed.
Hardback, Colin J. Marsden & Christopher G. Perkins, Ian Allan
Price: £8.00 including UK postage per calendar / £9.00 for overseas postage per calendar.
Great Western Society Christmas Cards
Snowy scenes around Didcot Railway Centre.
£4.50 per pack of 5 (including UK postage)
Railmotor - The Steam Engine that Rewrote Railway History
A truly astonishing story of the restoration and rebirth of Edwardian magnificence, No. 93 is the only steam railmotor operating in Britain today. You have read about this wonderful vehicle in the Great Western Echo, now is the time to own the book.
Hardback, Robin Jones, Halsgrove
Price: £21.95 (including UK postage)
Tornado - 21st Century Steam
The recreation of a 1960s steam locomotive capable of hauling express passenger trains on Britain's main line at 90mph is both an engineering marvel and a tribute to the visionary A1 Steam Locomotive Trust.
Hardback, Jonathan Glancey
Price: £29.99 (including UK postage)
Poster to Poster Vol. 4 - The Eastern Counties
The National Railway Museum at York houses Britain's unique collection of railway posters. This fourth volume in the series uses the National Collection to take a journey around the eastern counties of England using many previously unseen images. The result is a stunning artistic guide to both the region and its railway poster heritage.
Hardback, Richard Furness
Price: £50:00 (including UK postage)
Great Western Kings
In this authoritative and lavishly illustrated book Kevin McCormack celebrates the iconic King Class of steam locomotive looking first through the history of GWR 20th century locomotive design and then providing an in depth review of the life and times of the Kings themselves.
Hardback, Haynes, Kevin McCormack
Price: £30:00 (including UK postage)
The Story of the Great Western Railway from Bristol to London
This is the dramatic story of how and why the Bristol to London section of the GWR was built and nicknamed 'Brunel's billiard table' after its chief engineer. It was the world's first railway designed for high speed passenger travel and Brunel adorned it with masterpieces such as Wharncliffe Viaduct, Maidenhead Bridge, Box Tunnel and the stations at Paddington and Bristol Temple Meads. This documentary, written and presented by railway historian Mike Beale, is enhanced by stunning archive footage and illustrations, interviews and modern location film of the route today.
DVD, 75mins.
Price: £17:49 (including UK postage)