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The April Selection

Please use the April 2010 Form to order these items by post.

Recent Publications

Hertford Loop

Country Railway Routes: Hertford Loop, from the Suburbs to the Country

The Enfield branch was extended north to form the Hertford Loop and thus create a diversionary route for the main line to King's Cross. The centre part has reached its centenary of opening and the concept has proved to have been a great success confirmed by the variety of trains shown.

Hardback, Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Middleton Press.

Price: £19.45 (including UK postage)

 
Branch Lines East of Norwich

Branch Lines East of Norwich, the Wherry Lines

The fascinating changes on these intereting routes are fully illustrated and you can travel via Acle or Reedham. Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft are the destinations. At the former, you can enjoy the street tramway carrying assorted freight.

Hardback, Richard Adderson & Graham Kenworthy, Middleton Press.

Price: £19.45 (including UK postage)

 
Shrewsbury to Chester

Western Main Lines: Shrewsbury to Chester

Once part of the GWR's Didcot to Birkenhead route, this line carried heavy coal traffic from the mines in the Wrexham area. The many charming rural stations are illustrated along with a wide range of trains of all types and ages.

Hardback, Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Middleton Press.

Price: £19.45 (including UK postage)

 
The Railway Photographs of P.W. Pilcher

The Railway Photographs of P.W. Pilcher

An album of photographs taken between 1880s and 1930s, including GWR, from the collection of the railway photographer P.W. Pilcher, many in the Shrewsbury area.

Paperback, David J. Patrick, LNWR Society

Price: £12.45 (including UK postage)

 
How a Steam Locomotive Works

How a Steam Locomotive Works

The new book has been written to provide a simple explanation of how a steam locomotive works. No other book on the market provides this level of detailed explanation aimed at a general
readership and is a perfect introduction. Packed with illuminations, diagrams which are clearly
and carefully explained and ideal for all those without technical background.

Hardback, Dominic Wells, Ian Allan

Price: £20.49 (including UK postage)

 
British Railway Atlas 1955

British Railway Atlas 1955

With 45 full pages of maps this is an invaluable reference work for all railway enthusaists and
historians. Out of print for some time, this pleasing atlas is now reissued due to popular demand.

Hardback, Nick Grant, Ian Allan

Price: £18.49 (including UK postage)

 

 

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