Please use the November 2008 Form to order these items by post.
A4 portrait style limited edition
SOLD OUT
Locomotives from the National Collection
Over 85 stunning colour illustrations appear in this new album, depicting the great variety of locomotives forming the National Collection. Most images record the engines in operation, either before they were secured for preservation or under the aegis of the N.R.M. P. Hardback. Waller & A. Butcher. Ian Allan.
Price: £18.49 (including UK postage)
The Bideford, Westward Ho! & Appledore Railway
: Originally planned and built as a normal railway, the first part of this line was actually a street tramway before it ventured out into the countryside as a light railway, although the word ‘Light’ never appeared in its title. The author has researched and discovered much new material not previously seen in print. Hardback. Rod Garner. Kestrel.
Price: £21.45 (including UK postage)
Didcot Steam Apprentice
After leaving school at the age of 15, the author became in turn, a fitter’s boy and a full apprentice at Didcot Depot. His training involved not only work in the Lifting Shop at Didcot, but also spells at Old Oak Common, Reading Depot, Swindon Works and, as a qualified fitter and turner, at Oxford shed in 1966, before leaving the railway. 150 photographs support his entertaining account of these years, most never before published. Patrick Kelly. Paperback. Silver Link.
Price: £20.49 (including UK postage)
A Decade of Change
An impressive large format photographic portrait of a changing decade of railway operation in scenic locations all around Britain. Detailed and informative captions bring life to the outstanding images. M. Darby et. al. Hardback. Ian Allan.
Price: £23.49 (including UK postage)
Craven Arms to Wellington, including the Madeley Route
The route runs between the 1852 Shrewsbury & Hereford Railway (GWR/LNWR joint), crosses the 1862 Severn Valley Railway (to Hartlebury) at Buildwas, and continues on the 1849 Shrewsbury & Birmingham Railway to Wellington, which became part of the GWR in 1872. Hardback. Middleton.
Price: £18.45 (including UK postage)
Craven Arms to Llandeilo: The Heart of Wales Line
The photographs of this journey convey the pastoral charm of this fascinating route as it passes through the countryside from the Welsh Marches towards the industrial regions of South Wales. Hardback. Middleton.
Price: £18.45 (including UK postage)
Blackpool Tramways 1933-66: 75 years of Streamliners
This title commemorates 75 years since the entry into service of the first of a fleet of streamlined trams. Most of the tram fleet in Blackpool today is derived from these 1930s designs. Hardback. Middleton.
Price: £18.45 (including UK postage)
Reading to Guildford
Reprint - first published in 1988. Hardback. Middleton.
Price: £18.45 (including UK postage)
Through the Window: The Great Western Railway from Paddington to Penzance
Originally published by the GWR in 1924, this beautifully written book describes more than a wonderful railway journey for it allows us a look at the great swathe of southern Britain that was well served by that railway. This new edition has 20 pages of Bradshaw’s timetables to help you plan your journey in the great days of steam. hardback. Old House Books.
Price: £14.49 (including UK postage)
Railway Archive, No 20: September 2008
This latest issue includes as its main article “The Locomotives of William Dean, Part 1” by Peter Treloar, with 31 fine photographs from his extensive collection. Part 2 will be in the next issue, No 21 in December.
Price: £10:00 (including UK postage)
Tunnel Vision
This is a masterful examination of the whole Channel Tunnel Rail Link project from start to finish both in terms of construction and operation, with fantastic colour photographs illustrating the text. Paperback. Ken Cordner. Ian Allan.
Price: £17.49 (including UK postage)
Branch Lines Around Towcester: the S & MJR Routes
Linking Blisworth, Banbury, Broom & Olney, the S & MJR name lives on, as does the fascination for a route not noted for passengers, but more for Midland iron ore to South Wales and Avonmouth bananas to London. Hardback. Middleton.
Price: £18.45 (including UK postage)
Hornby Magazine Yearbook No 1
Christmas is coming and also the first Hornby railway annual for all modelling enthusiasts. We are assured that this will be (and we quote) “a winning combination of popular features, inspiring photographs and informative articles for all modellers wanting to delve deeper, aim higher, and create innovative, accurate layouts”! What more can one say? Hardback. Ian Allan.
Price: £20.49 (including UK postage)
Level Crossings
For the reader who thinks he has everything — a comprehensive account of the history and development of the level crossing and all the safety issues surrounding them in the current day and age. This is the first time this subject has been covered in such great depth, written by a former BR Board Signalling and Safety Officer. Hardback. S. Hall. Ian Allan.
Price: £23.49 (including UK postage)
Steam below Zero
Exploring steam in Britain and around the world in the grip of winter. Transport Video Publishing.
Price: £18.45 (including UK postage)
Steam and Snow
As above but with film from the 60s, 70s, 80s to the present day. Transport Video Publishing.
Price: £18.45 (including UK postage)
Rails across the Mountains
A journey along some of the highest and most scenic mountain railways in the world, from Scotland to South America. Transport Video Publishing.
Price: £21.45 (including UK postage)
Steam across the Swiss Alps
A wide variety of motive power against a background of Alpine mountain scenery. Transport Video Publishing.
Price: £21.45 (including UK postage)
Journey by Steam
From Kings Cross to the north west of Scotland on the ‘North Briton’ tour of April 2008, interspersed with journeys through the world of steam past and present. Transport Video Publishing.
Price: £14.45 (including UK postage)
Please use the November 2008 Form to order the above items by post.