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Norwegian Railways - From Stephenson to High-Speed.
Roy Owen:, Balhom Press, 1996. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0952806908. 260 pages, 840g. Pictorial laminated boards with previous owners name and purchase location to corner of paste-down, FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs, maps and drawings.
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Nostalgia of Steam - Journeys Round Britain. (The British Railways Collection)..
Gilks, John Spencer, Silver Link, 2002. Reprint. ISBN: 1857941667. 192 pages. 820g. Pictorial soft card covers. FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs. An evocative panorama of our railways in the days of steam including the stations, bridges, tunnels, signal boxes and the railwaymen themselves.
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NREA 2018 British Locomotives Multiple Units and Coaching Stock "The Spotter's Companion".
National Railway Enthusiasts Association (Compilers), National Railway Enthusiasts Association, 2018. 40th Edition. ISBN: . 148 pages, 125g. Card covers FINE.
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O.S. Nock's Railway Reminiscences of the Interwar Years.
O. S Nock, Ian Allan LTD, 1980. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711010420. 176 pages. 600g. Red cloth boards Near FINE with the contents tight and clean, in a Very Good d/w with crease to top edge. Illustrated with over 150 of the authors own photographs revealing the great age of British Steam in all its glory.
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Odd Corners of the Southern from the Days of Steam.
Postlethwaite, Alan, Sutton Publishing, 1999. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0750919396. 144 pages, 700g. Black cloth boards FINE in a Near FINE d/w with small repaired tear to rear top edge, now in clear removable wrap. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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"Off the Rails" - A Detailed Account of Railway Accidents and Derailments..
Bishop, Bill, Bracken Books, 1984. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1851702083. 96 pages. 480g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and track layouts. The author retraces his life on the railways serving on the breakdown trains.
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The Official British Rail History of Trains: For Young People.
Michael Bowler, Hutchinson, 1985. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0091615119. 160 pages, 475g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and many line drawings. A history of British Railways produced with the cooperation of British Rail.
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The Old Mineral Line - Watchet - Brendon Hill.
Sellick, R. J., Exmoor Press, 1988. 2nd Revised Edition. ISBN: 090013139X. 64 pages. 130g. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed to edges, FINE with the contents tight and clean. A survey Illustrated with b/w photographs of the West Somerset Mineral Railway as it was and as it is today.
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On Cambrian Lines .
Derek Huntriss, Ian Allan LTD, 1993. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711021856. 79 Pages. 400g. Oblong format. Pictorial laminated boards. FINE with just a tiny dent to top edges. Illustrated with colour photographs. Concentrates on the former Cambrian Railways routes in the 1950s and 60s.
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On Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Lines (On Lines Series).
Robertson, Kevin, Ian Allan Ltd, 2002. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711029555. 80 pages. 450g. Oblong Format Pictorial laminated Boards FINE. A pictorial history of this now closed railway line.
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On Great Western Lines.
Roy Hobbs, Ian Allan Publishing, 2000. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711027579. 80 pages. 450g. Oblong format. Pictorial laminated Boards MINT. Illustrated in colour with route-maps,
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On Highland Lines.
Robotham, Robert. , Ian Allan LTD, 2000. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711027145. 79 pages. 400g Oblong format. Pictorial laminated boards. FINE. A pictorial history with the routes of the 1950s,60s and 70s illustrated with colour photographs.
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On London and South Western Lines.
Butcher. Alan C., Ian Allan LTD, 1995. 1st Edition. ISBN: 071102331X. 80 pages. Oblong format. 450g. Pictorial laminated boards with sunned spine, Near FINE. A pictorial history of the old London and South Western Railway, fully illustrated with colour photographs throughout.
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On Midland Lines.
Derek, Huntriss, Ian Allan LTD, 1992. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711020906. 80 pages. 400g. Oblong format pictorial laminated boards FINE. Captures the final years of steam operation in the Midlands area.
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On Somerset and Dorset Lines.
Robert Robotham, Ian Allan LTD, 1995. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711024138. 80 pages. 450g. Oblong format Pictorial laminated boards FINE. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout plus route map showing opening and closing dates of the lines described.
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On Southern Metals.
Les Elsay, Oxford Publishing Co., 1984. 1st Edition. ISBN: 086093215x. 96 pages, 640g. Orange cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w with repaired tear to sunned spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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On The British Narrow Gauge.
Harris, Michael , Ian Allan LTD, 1980. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711009600. 128 pages. 540g. Blue cloth boards a little faded to edges, and previous owners name to Free end-paper, Very Good in a Very Good d/w slightly faded to some edges. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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On the Footplate: Memories of a GWR Engineman.
John Drayton, Bradford Barton, 1976. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9780851532998. 112 pages, 210g. soft card covers a little rubbed to corners, Near FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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On the Settle and Carlisle Route.
T.G. Flinders, Fraser Stewart, 1993. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1856480364. 112 pages, 465g. Pictorial laminated Boards FINE, No Dustwrapper. Illustrated with b/w photographs and route map to end-papers. The author gives a selection of over 200 photographs which takes the reader over the line in 5 pictorial stages.
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On the Settle and Carlisle Route.
T.G. Flinders, Fraser Stewart, 1993. Reprint. ISBN: 1856480364. 112 pages, 490g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs following the route of the S&C with map to front paste-downs.
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On the Slow Train - Twelve Great British Railway Journeys.
Williams, Michael , Random House UK, 2010. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9781848092075. 202 pages, 345g. Black cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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On the Slow Train Again - Twelve Great British Railway Journeys.
Williams, Michael , Preface Publishing, 2011. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9781848092853. 218 pages, 360g. Black cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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ON THE WOODHEAD ROUTE.
Alan Whitehouse, Ian Allan Ltd, 2001. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711027846. 80 pages. 450g. Oblong format Pictorial laminated Boards FINE. Illustrated with colour photographs, gradient profile and route map.
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Once Upon a Line, Volume One: Reminiscences of the Isle of Wight Railways.
Andrew, editor Britton, Oxford Publishing Company, 1983. 1st Edition. ISBN: 086093277x. 136 pages. 645g. Green cloth boards FINE in a Near FINE price-clipped d/w with slightly sunned spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs and map. A volume of stories and reminiscences of the railwaymen who ran the Isle of Wight railways, over the period that covers the 2 World Wars.
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Once upon a Line... - Reminiscences of the Isle of Wight Railways Volume 3..
Andrew Britton, Haynes Publishing, 1990. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0860934837. 136 pages. 590g. Green cloth boards FINE in a Near FINE d/w with small stain mark to rear bottom egde. Illustrated with over 150 previously unpublished b/w photographs and drawings. The continuation of recollections of the staff of the Isle of Wight Railways.
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Once Upon A Time Bt The Line Side.
Jones, Ken, Challenger Publication, 1998. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1899624112. 96 pages. 650g. Pictorial laminated Boards FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs. The recollections of a train spotter of the 1950,s and 60's.
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One Hundred and Fifty Years of the London and South Western Railway.
Kevin Robertson, Amber Graphics, 1988. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0951068415. 64 pages. 240g. Pictorial soft covers FINE. SIGNED by the author to reverse of front cover. lllustrated with b/w photographs.A history of the London and South Western Railway.
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One Hundred years of Roads and Rails around the Solent.
Glenn. David Fereday, ensign publications, 1991. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1854550438. 140 pages. 640g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with over 160 b/w photographs and route maps.
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?stereichs Museumsbahnen. ESA 12.
Prix, Hansgeorg., Verlag Josef Otto Slezak, 1979. 1st Edition. ISBN: 3900134561. 32 pages, 50g. Stapled soft card covers (small 16mo booklet), FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings, Text in German.
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Our Home Railways - How They Began & How They Are Worked..
W, J Gordon, Bracken Books, 1989. 1st Combined Volume Edition.. ISBN: 1851703144. 628 pages. 1.62Kg. Black cloth boards, FINE with previous owners name in small letters to front end-paper, in FINE d/w. Originally published in two volumes in 1910, this is edition is a one volume unabridged reprint of the original volumes. fully illustrated with 36 colour plates and 300 b/w photographs.
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Over the Alps - the Mid Hants Railway in Colour.
Welch, Michael S., Runpast Publishing, 2006. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1870754654. 72 Pages. 270g. Oblong format pictorial card covers FINE. A pictorial history of this preserved railway that originally ran from Alton to Winchester.
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The Oxford Companion to British Railway History From 1603 to the 1990s.
Simmons, Jack and Gordon Biddle [ Editors ]., Oxford University Press, USA, 1999. Reprint. ISBN: 0192116975. xv + 591pp. 1.6Kg. Black cloth boards. Near MINT in a Near FINE d/w slightly creased to bottom edge. An encyclpedic work on the history of the railways, with over 600 entries arranged alphabetically from 88 distinguished contributors. illustrated with maps and diagrams.
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Oxfordshire (British Railways Past & Present).
Laurence Waters; Tony Doyle, Past & Present Publishing Ltd, 1994. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1858950597. 144 pages, 415g. Soft card covers lightly rubbed to edges, Very Good. Illustrated with b/w & colour photographs in the Past & Present format.
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Paddington Station - Its History and Architecture.
Steven Brindle, English Heritage, 2004. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1873592701. 174 pages, 870g. Pictorial laminated Boards. MINT. No d/w as issued. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs and drawings.
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Paddington Station Through Time.
John Christopher, Amberley, 2010. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9781848689626. 96 pages, 315g. Soft card covers Near MINT. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs.
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Paddington to Princes Risborough (Western Main Line).
Vic Mitchell; Keith Smith, Middleton Press, 2002. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1901706818. 96 pages, 390g. Pictorial laminated boards FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and track plans.
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Paddington to the Mersey - The GWR's Forgotten Route from Liverpool to Birkenhead.
Hendry, R. Powell; Hendry, R. Preston, Haynes Publishing, 1992. 1st Edition. ISBN: 086093442X. 144 pages. 840g. Brown cloth boards MINT in a FINE d/w with slightly sunned spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs, route maps and track plans. A pictorial history of GWR's lesser known route north of Oxford, featuring over 80 different locations.
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Pannier No.18 Winter 2003.
, Great Western Study Group, 2003. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 20 pages, 100g. Stapled paper covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs. GWR Locomotive Tenders Part 2, 1926-1962. Coal Traffic and Private Owner Wagons in the South West.
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Paris by Metro - An Undeground History..
Delaney, Arnold, Chastleton Travel, 2006. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1905214057. 86 pages, 165g, Stiff card laminated boards, Near MINT. Illustrated with colour photographs, a useful guide and brief historical details of the Paris Metro, ideal for the first time traveller.
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Paris Metro Handbook.
Hardy, Brian, Capital Transport Publishing, 1st Edition. 1st Edition. ISBN: 185414104X. 104 pages. 210g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs, and route map. The information in this book is correct to the end of 1987. Text in English.
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Paris R.E.R. Handbook.
Brian Patton, Capital Transport Publishing, 2001. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1854142305. 136 pages, 302g. Soft card covers with previous owners name to reverse front cover and light crease, Very Good. Illustrated with colour photographs. Deals with the history, rolling stock and operation of the lines of the Reseau Express Regional (RER).
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Passengers No More.
Gerald Daniels & L. A. Dench., Ian Allan LTD, 1974. Reprint. ISBN: 0711004382. 110 pages, 570g. Black cloth boards with age toning to pages, Very Good in a Very Good d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Passing Trains & Blue Diesels, A Photographic Album 1986-87.
Reading, Ted, Published by the Author, 2020. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 80 pages, 185g. Soft card covers NEW. Illustrated with high quality b/w photographs taken by the author. SIGNED by author to title page. approx 130 half plate black and white pictures printed by Lings of Dorchester on 80 pages of art quality gloss paper. feature mainly freight movements around the authors place of work back in West London in the mid 1980, a period when corporate blue was fading away as was some of the freight movements photographed in the book. There is some Departmental interest.
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Paul Atterbury's Railway Collection.
Paul Atterbury, David & Charles, 2012. 1st Edition. ISBN: 9781446302026. 256 pages, 1.35kg. Pictorial glazed boards As New in an As New d/w. Illustrated with b/w & colour photographs and drawings.
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The Peak Forest Tramway including The Peak Forest Canal. (Locomotion Papers No. 38).
Ripley, David., The Oakwood Press, 1995. 3rd Enlarged Reprint. ISBN: 0853613788. 72 pages. 160g. Soft card covers Near MINT. Illustrated with b/w photographs, route maps and track plans.
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A Pictorial Record of Great Western Architecture.
Adrian Vaughan, Oxford Publishing Co, 1991. Reprint. ISBN: 0902888226. 442 pages, 2kg. Brown cloth boards FINE in a FINE price-clipped d/w. Illustarted with many b/w photographs along with scaled line drawings for the modeller.
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A Pictorial Record of Great Western Coaches Including the Brown Vehicles - Part II (1903 - 1948).
Russell, J. H., Oxford Publishing Co., 1973. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0902888048. 273 pages, 1.28kg. Brown cloth boards a little scuffed to top edge, and slight browning to page edges, Near Very Good in a Near Very Good d/w age toned and sun darkened to top edge and spine. Illustarted with b/w photographs, many GWR official records and scaled line drawings to 4mm scale. A must for all modellers of the period. Owing to the weight, extra shipping overseas may be required.
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A Pictorial Record of Great Western Signalling.
Adrian Vaughan, Oxford Publishing Co., 1984. Revised Edition. ISBN: 0860933466. 160 pages, 875g. Green cloth boards with slight lean to top of spine. FINE in a Near FINE slightly sun darkened d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and scaled line drawings. Written by an ex-railway signalman, who worked 13 years at the job.
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A Pictorial Record of LMS Road Vehicles.
Twells, H. N. & Bourne, T. W., Oxford Publishing Co., 1983. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0860931749. Not paginated. 1.14Kg. Maroon cloth boards FINE in a Very Good d/w slightly rubbed to extremities and partially sunned spine, in clear removable wrap. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs and scaled line drawings. Covers the period from the horse-drawn drays & tram cars to the motor lorries and buses of more recent times. Many interesting scaled drawings have been reproduced, along with original specifications.
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A Pictorial Record of LNER Wagons.
Tatlow, Peter, Oxford Publishing Co., 1976. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0902888927. vi + 180 pages, 985g. Blue cloth boards a little darkened to top and bottom edges, Near FINE in a Near FINE d/w slightly darkened to top edge. Illustrated with over 350 b/w photographs and 89 scaled line drawings from offical soruces.
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