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Railways Restored 2005. Butcher, Alan C., Ian Allan Ltd, 2004. 26th Edition. ISBN: 0711030537. 192 pages. + 32 pages national timetable of scheduled services. 620g. Pictorial card covers MINT. Illustrated with a few b/w photographs. A useful guide to the major preserved railway, railway museums and preservation centre in the UK.
£4.00
£3.45

RAILWAYS ROUND EXMOOR. Robin Madge, The Exmoor Press. 1988, 1988. 3rd Revised Edition. ISBN: 0900131586. 72 pages, 145g. soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings.
£4.50
£2.50

Railways Since 1939. H.C. Casserley, David & Charles, 1972. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0715354876. 128pp. 640g. Black cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs. A pictorial history of the main events since 1939.
£4.50
£3.45

Railways South East - Summer 1988.. White, H. P. (Editor), Railways South East, 1988. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 120 pages, 270g. a4 sized Soft card covers, FINE. Illustrated with b/w &some colour photographs. Topics include 'The Oxted Line', 'Colchester Shedmaster', 'Clerestories on the District' & 'The London Suburban Tank Engine' among others. Volume 1, No. 2.
£6.00
£2.50

Railways South East - Summer 1989.. White, H. P. (Editor), Railways South East, 1989. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 240 pages, 270g. a4 sized Soft card covers, FINE. Illustrated with b/w &some colour photographs. Topics include '150 Years of the Boat Train', 'Southern Carriages in BR Days', 'Underground Shuttles' & 'SouthEast news' among others. Volume 1, No. 3.
£6.00
£2.50

Railways South East - Summer 1993. White, H. P. (Editor), Railways South East, 1993. 1st Edition. ISBN: 09530835. 60 pages, 270g. A4 sized Soft card covers with small crease to front bottm corner, Near FINE. Illustrated with b/w &some colour photographs, track plans, route maps and line drawings. Topics include 'The Tilbury Line', 'The Dartford Loop Line', 'Early Years of the Southern Region' & 'The Great Northern & City' among others.
£3.00
£2.50

Railways South East - The Album. White, H. P. (Editor), Capital Transport Publishing, 1994. . ISBN: 1854141651. 96 pages. 730g. Pictorial laminated Boards a little sunned to spine. FINE. A series of original articles by different authors on various aspects of the railways of South-East England.
£5.00
£3.45

Railways South East - Winter 1987/88. White, H. P. (Editor), Railways South East, 1987. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 60 pages, 270g. a4 sized Soft card covers, FINE. Illustrated with b/w &some colour photographs, track plans, route maps and line drawings. Topics include 'Central line to the West', 'Scenes of the Great Northern, 1908-14', 'Fifty Years of Portsmouth Direct Electrics' & 'The Metro Land Tanks' among others. Volume 1, No. 1.
£6.00
£2.50

Railways South East - Winter 1988/89.. White, H. P. (Editor), Railways South East, 1988. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 180 pages, 270g. a4 sized Soft card covers, FINE. Illustrated with b/w &some colour photographs. Topics include 'Memoriews Kings Cross Goods, 1937/38', 'Railways Around Romford', 'The Surry Iron Railway' & 'Network SouthEast news' among others. Volume 1, No. 3.
£6.00
£2.50

Railways South East - Winter 1991/2. White, H. P. (Editor), Railways South East, 1992. 1st Edition. ISBN: 09530835. 60 pages, 270g. a4 sized Soft card covers with small crease to front bottm corner, Near FINE. Illustrated with b/w &some colour photographs, track plans, route maps and line drawings. Topics include the now lost 'Meon Valley Railway', 'More on Bullied's 4-6-2s', 'Willesden Shed' & ' East Kent Light Railway' among others.
£3.00
£2.50

Railways South East - Winter 1992/93. White, H. P. (Editor), Railways South East, 1993. 1st Edition. ISBN: 09530835. 60 pages, 270g. A4 sized Soft card covers with small crease to front bottm corner, Near FINE. Illustrated with b/w &some colour photographs, track plans, route maps and line drawings. Topics include 'The Tilbury Line', 'Military Narrow Gauge', 'Baker Street Station' & 'The Tonbridge and Dover Line in the Early Fifties'.
£3.00
£2.50

Railways Through the Mountains of Europe. Ascanio Schneider, Ian Allan LTD, 1967. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 374 pages, 995g. Black cloth boards FINE in a FINE d/w in clear protective sleeve. Illustrated with b/w photographs and route maps.
£12.00
£3.45

Railways Through the Thames Valley. C.R.L. Coles, Ian Allan, 1982. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711011583. 124 pages, 540g. Blue cloth boards FINE in a Near FINE d/w. Records trains in the area over the last 60 years
£5.00
£3.45

The Rainhill Trials - The Greatest Contest of Industrial Britain and the Birth of Commercial Rail.. Christopher McGowan, Little, Brown, 2004. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0316724807. 380 pages, 545g. Brown cloth boards Near MINT in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with photographs and drawings in the text. THE RAINHILL TRIALS describes the highs and lows of each contestant, whether it be the eventual winner, Stephenson's Rocket or the people's favourite, Novelty, and relives the incredible tensions of the trials.
£4.00
£3.45

Ratty's 100 - The Story Of The Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway In Over 100 Pictures. Douglas. Ferreira, Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway, 1977. Reprint. ISBN: . 72 pages, 240g. Stapled card covers a little sunned and with small stain mark to spine, Very Good with the contents tight and clean. Illustrated with period b/w photographs.
£4.00
£3.45

Reflections on the Portishead Branch. Mike Vincent, Oxford Publishing Co., 1983. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0860931900. 224 pages, 400g. Soft card covers with a scar to front from old price sticker, Near FINE with the contents tight and clean. Illustrated with b/w photographs, maps gradient profile and trackplans. A history of this line throughout its operational existence, with details of dock workings at Wapping, Canons Marsh and City Docks in Bristol.
£5.00
£3.45

A Regional History of Railways of Great Britain Volume One - The West Country Railway History - Paper back Edition. St. John Thomas, David , David & Charles, 1973. 4th edition. ISBN: 0715363638. 274 pages, 535g. Soft card covers a little edge-rubbed and spine creased, Very Good with previous owners name to front end-paper. Illustrated with b/w photographs and maps with large fold-out map to rear. This is the paperback version of this popular series.
£4.00
£3.45

A Regional History Of The Railways Of Great Britain - Volume 1: The West Country.. David St John Thomas, David and Charles, 1981. 5th Revised Edition. ISBN: 0715381520. 286pp. 650g. Black cloth boards near FINE in Very Good price-clipped d/w in clear protective sleeve. The fifth and substantially revised edition of the first book in a pioneer series, published in 1960. Illustrated with b/w plates, line drawings and maps, including one folding.
£7.00
£3.45

A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Volume 14 - The Lake Counties. Joy, David, David St. John Thomas, 1990. 2nd Edition. ISBN: 0946537569 . 273 pages. 590g. Black cloth boards Near FINE with slight browning to page edges, in a NEar FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs, drawings, and junction diagrams as well as the large fold-out map tipped in to rear paste-down.
£12.00
£3.45

A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain [ Volume 2 - Southern England ].. David St John Thomas, David and Charles, 1961. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 214 pages. 525g. Brown cloth boards near FINE in Near Very Good repaired and worn d/w now in clear protective wrap. The second volume in a pioneer series, published in 1961. Illustrated with b/w plates, line drawings and maps, including one folding.
£4.00
£3.45

Regional Rail Centres North West (Regional Rail Centres). Christiansen, Rex, Ian Allan LTD, 1995. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711023484. 192 pages. 1.12Kg. Black cloth boards MINT in a Near MINT d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs, route maps and track plans. Contains details of 8 different rail centre of the North-West area, including Liverpool, Chester, Warrington, Wigan, Preston, Lancaster, Carlisle & Barrow-in-Furness.
£13.00
£3.50

Reminiscences As Office Boy and Apprentice at Swindon Railway Works, 1944-1951 : The Sights, Sounds, Smells, Personalities and Jobs Remembered with Nostalgia from Steam Days. Gibbs, Ken, Oxford Publishing Co., 1986. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0860933806. 192 pages. 480g. Green cloth boards Near MINT in a Near MINT d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs with track layout of swindon works to end-papers.
£6.00
£3.45

Return to Swindon - An Account of Swindon and Its Works.. Tim Bryan, Avon-anglia Pubns., 1990. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0905466934. 28 pages, 100g. Stapled soft card covers Near MINT. Illustrated with period b/w photographs.
£2.50
£2.50

Right Away with the "Pines" - A Guard's memories of S&D line trains.. MILES ROY, Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust, 1988. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0950679097. 48 pages, 110g. Stapled soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
£7.00
£2.50

The Ringwood Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway. Young, J. A., Bournemouth local studies publications, 1985. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0906287626. 36 pages, 65g. Stapled soft card covers FINE. Ilustrated with b/w photographs and maps showing the route of this long forgotten railway in the New Forest.
£6.00
£2.50

Roads & Rails Of Birmingham 1900-1939. Coxon, R. T., Ian Allan LTD, 1979. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711009139. 192 pages. 720g. Maroon cloth boards Near MINT in a Near MINT d/w. Fully illustrated with contemporary b/w photographs and drawings.
£8.00
£3.45

Roads and Rails of Tyne and Wear, 1900-1980. J Joyce, Ian Allan Ltd., 1985. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711014728. 144 pages, 550g. Black cloth boards. MINT in a MINT d/w. Illustraed with b/w photographs and with a route map to endpapers. A pictorial history of the public transport systems of Newcastle and Gatehead since the beginning the 20th Century.
£7.00
£3.45

Roaming the Southern Rails. Ransome-Wallis, P, Ian Allan Ltd, 1979. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711008930. 128 pages. 760g. Red cloth boards. FINE in a Very Good d/w with small loss to top of spine replaced by insert, and now in protective wrap. The Southern Area in the days of steam. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs taken by the author, and route maps to end papers.
£5.00
£3.45

Roaming the West Coast Rails. Ransome-Wallis, P, Ian Allan Ltd, 1980. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711009988. 128 pages. 760g. Blue cloth boards. FINE in a FINE d/w. The Southern Area in the days of steam. Fully illustrated with b/w photographs taken by the author, and route maps to end papers.
£7.00
£3.45

The Romance of Metro-Land - A Further Pictorial History of the Countryside Served By the Old Metropolitan Railway .. Dennis Edwards and Ron Pigram, Bloomsbury Books, 1988. Reprint. ISBN: 1870630378. 128 pages. 750g. Brown cloth boards Near MINT in a FINE d/w with very slightly sunned spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs with route map to end-papers.
£6.00
£3.45

The Romance of Scotland's Railways. St John Thomas. David. & Patrick Whitehouse., Book Club Assiciates, 1993. Book Club. ISBN: . 208 pages. 1.1Kg. Blue cloth boards. Near MINT in a Near MINT d/w. Illustrated with colour and b/w photographs, track plans and drawings with map to end-papers.
£6.00
£3.50

Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway. Smith, Derek, Ian Allan Publishing Ltd, 1993. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711021929. 64 pages. 350g. Oblong format. Pictorial laminated Boards. Near MINT. Fully illustrated with colour throughout.
£12.00
£3.45

Route Recognition 1 - Southern Region. Colin J Marsden, Ian Allan LTD, 1985. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711015538. 128 pages, 200g. soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and route maps. Gives a description of all the Southern Region routes.
£4.00
£3.45

Royal Road: 150 Years of Enterprise - Volume One. Philip Rees, Avon-anglia Pubns.& Services/British Rail Publications, 1985. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0905466683. 68 pages, 215g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. Volume one of two volumes published to mark the 150th anniversary of the Great Western Railway and its successor British Rail (western)
£3.50
£2.50

Ryde by Steam Volume 1.. Britton, Andrew J., Mednia Books, 2004. 1st Edition. ISBN: 095485070X. 80 pages, 700g. Oblong format pictorial laminated boards with slightly sunned spine. FINE. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout.
£8.00
£3.45

THE RYE AND CAMBER TRAMWAY.. Peter A Harding, Published by the author, 1985. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0950941417. 32 pages, 75g. Stapled soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs, track plans and route map.
£4.00
£2.50

SALISBURY (GWR 150) Great Western Railway and London & South Western Railway (Southern Railway). Fairman, J. R., British Rail, 1985. 1st Edition. ISBN: . 20 pages, 60g. Stapled card covers FINE. A celebration of the 150th anniversary of the formaing of the Great Western Rail, held at Salisbury Station. Complete with 2 page paper explaination sheet & guide.
£3.50
£2.50

The Salisbury to Exeter Line - Recollections of the Southern Route to the West. Phillips, Derek & Pryer, George., Oxford Publishing Company, 1997. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0860935256. 192pp. 1.0Kg. Green cloth boards with previous owners book plate to front paste-down, FINE in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs, routemaps and track plans. A pictorial history of this part of the London to west coast route.
£10.00
£3.50

Salute to Snow Hill : The Rise and Fall of Birmingham's Snow Hill Railway Station, 1852-1977. Harrison, Derek, Barbryn Press, 1986. Reprint. ISBN: 0906160006. 120 pages. 340g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs. A history that covers the 125 years from inception to demoliton.
£8.50
£3.45

Salzkammergut-Lokalbahn : Bad Ischl - St. Wolfgang - St. Gilgen - Salzburg/Mondsee . ESA 10. Stockklausner, Johann, Verlag Josef Otto Slezak, 1978. 1st Edition. ISBN: 3900134510. 32 pages, 50g. Stapled soft card covers (small 16mo booklet), FIN E. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings, Text in German.
£3.00
£1.95

The Scarborough & Whitby Railway - a Photographic & Historical Survey. Lidster, J. Robin , Hendon Publishing Company, 1980. Reprint. ISBN: 0860670163. 40 pages, 205g. Stapled oblong format soft card covers with creasing to top corner of page block, Very Good with the contents and staples tight and clean. Ilustrated with b/w photographs, route map and scaled line drawings of Scalby Station.
£3.00
£3.45

Scenes from the Past 12 - Railways of North Wales - The Conway Valley Line - Blaenau Ffestiniog to Llandudno Junction. W.G. Rear, Foxline Publishing, 1991. 1st Edition. ISBN: 1870119142. Not Paginated, 585g. Pictorial laminated Boards FINE with slightly sunned spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs, drawings and track plans. 'Scene from the Past 12, Railways of North Wales'.
£12.00
£3.45

Scenes from the Past 4 - The Cambrian Coast Railway . W. G. & WILLIAMS, M. F REAR, Foxline Publishing, 1988. reprint. ISBN: 1870119037. 80 pages, 315g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with period b/w photographs.
£4.00
£3.45

Schafbergbahn St. Wolfgang Eisenbahn-Sammelheft. ESA 9. Stockklausner, Johann, Verlag Josef Otto Slezak, 1978. 1st Edition. ISBN: 3900134502. 32 pages, 50g. Stapled soft card covers (small 16mo booklet), FIN E. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings, Text in German.
£3.00
£1.95

Schmalspurbahnen im Harz.. Schadach, Volker / Metge, Friedrich, Fotostudio Volker Schadach, 1994. 1st Edition. ISBN: 3928728113. 96 pages, 305g. Soft card covers FINE. Illustrated with colour photographs.
£3.00
£3.45

Scotland East & North . Siviter, Roger, Great Bear Publishing, 2003. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0954115023. 80 pages. 450g. Oblong format Pictorial laminated Boards FINE. Illustrated with colour thoughout. A journey from Berwick-on-Tweed to Wick and Thurso, both via the main line from Perth to Inverness & the coast route over the Forth & Tay bridges.
£10.00
£3.45

Scottish Branch Lines. C.J. Gammell, Oxford Publishing Co., 1999. 1st Edition. ISBN: 086093540X. 192 pages, 1kg. Blue cloth boards Near MINT in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs and maps.
£10.00
£3.45

Scottish Steam in Colour 2. Gammell, C.J. , Ian Allan Publishing Ltd, 1993. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0711021945. 80 pages. 400g. Pictorial laminated boards MINT. Oblong format. Illustrated with colour photographs taken when steam was commonplace on Scotlands railways.
£9.00
£3.45

Scottish Steam Routes. Roger Siviter Staff, , Bloomsbury Books, 1988. . ISBN: 1870630068. Not paginated. 870g. Blue cloth boards with a small mark on first four pages o/w FINE, in a Very Good d/w. Illustrated with 199 b/w & colour photographs. A photographic album of the various steam workings over Scottish railway since the early 1970's.
£5.50
£3.45

Seaport to Seaside - Lines to Southport and Ormskirk - 13 Decades of Trains and Travel. Gahan, John W , Countyvise Ltd, 1985. 1st Edition. ISBN: 0907768075. 136 pages, 255g. soft card covers with small crease to top rear corner, FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and route map. The author takes the reader on a journey back in time on the Wirral Lines, first in the 1850's, then in the recent 1962.
£7.00
£1.95
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