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Overcrowded trains seem to be getting worse, have a look at this picture (Click to Enlarge)

We have added some interesting books to our Motive Power section, mainly European Report/Pocket Books, and a few others.

We found a very interesting article in the "Scottish Transport" magazine (No.41 dated Dec 1985).It contains the thoughts of one Graham Ewing on the accuracy of sayings such as "That locomotive is X years old, Built in such and such a year" etc. The article goes on to explain the situation that occurred in the 'St Rollox Works' in Glasgow, where they overhauled many of the 842 strong fleet of "Black 5" locomtives. apparently it was quite usual for body panels, major componants and even the tenders to be changed between engines on an 'as need' basis, also when a general overhaul called for work on the boiler, a spare boiler already overhauled was taken from the spare stock held in the works, and fitted as required. It is thought that for a fleet of around 840 locomitives, there where approx 900 boilers in circulation, mainly because the boilers took longer to overhaul than all the other componants put together. So, the question was raised, Whats in a (Locomotive) number?.

We are getting a lot of "Lost in the mail" reports from Italy, Spain and Mexico. Therefore, until further notice, we are having to pay extra to have these items tracked. This extra cost will unfortunately be passed on to our customers. The genuine book buyers have welcomed this move, but a few seem very put out. Odd that!.

Bradhaw's Tourist Handbook seems to be the order of the day, Sorry, we don't have any copies now, but if you would like one for your iPAD or PC, then CLICK HERE. (I hope this dosn't catch on!)

If anyone is into engineering and bridge design, then you must take a look at these pictures of Tower Bridge during construction.

We have added more items to our new section called PSV Booklets, mainly chassis lists of various bus types, Body types, registrations, type of construction etc. If you would like more than one of these, email us for reduced postage.

We have managed to buy some very nice books on Military Vehicles, most of which will end up on the Biblio/ABE database, so keep an eye out for those.

Also added "The Engine Works" to our Model Links, they repair and supply parts for most railway models, including the old ones. I recently sent off a 30 year old Wrenn Castle for repair, and it was returned within a week and runs beautifully, highly recommended!.

I know that railway modellers like a challenge, so here is one I found earlier. (Click to enlarge).

We have put on some American Railroad books, including some of the "Railroad Color History" series, plus some interesting company histories, including 'King Alfred Motor Services - The Story of a Winchester Family Business., 'Gardener' etc.

Books on the Clyde Steamers and shipbuilders of the area added recently . If anyone has a collection of very good condition transport books for sale, please let us know.

We have listed a complete set of 10 'Diesel Enthusiasts Pocket Guides', not just diesels, but electrics as well. I have listed these seperately under the Motive Power section, if you are interested in buying the whole set of 10, please email us, I am sure we can offer a bit of discount.

We have also added a few of the popular "Industrial Railway Record" publications to our 'Industrial History' section.

For 2012, we have greatly expanded the number of our books owned by Dereks Transport Books availible at the click of a button through this website, by including all of our books listed on the Biblio / ABE databases as well as the ones normally listed here.

This means there is a total of nearly 10,000 titles to choose from at any one time.

It also means that our customers can choose to pay for items by Credit or Debit cards using the Biblio (and ABE) shopping basket.

We are currently in the process of adding images of the actual books for sale as quickly as we can, only 3000 left to scan, don't hold your breath.

Lots of new stock in recently, we are processing these as fast as we can, many new titles on buses, both books and pamphlets/booklets, many interesting London transport/Underground booklets soon to be added, plus aviation and of course many new railway titles.

We are always in need of good quality books on all transport subjects, we will make you a very good offer for the right books and related items.

Also, we have managed to buy in many 00-gauge model buses, some limited edition, we are still trying to work out how best to present these items for sale, so hopefully it won't be long before pictures of these items will be availible here.

We will try and post interesting transport related videos as and when we find them. Here are a few to start off with.