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UK: George Alle & Unwin, 1982. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This volume tells how the LMS succeeded in using its size to modernise and standardise itself into efficiency . how by sheer will-power the LMS climbed out of the recession into the record-breaking years which preceded the war in 1939. Boards… Read more about this item

UK: Ian Allen Ltd, 1974. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Smallest of all the four main line railways at the grouping in 1923, the Southern Railway was by no means the least influential. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs. There is light tanning to the text block edges and there is… Read more about this item

UK: Scotforth Books, 2002. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This book is Graham Zeitlin's fascinating account of the years of fun and frustration during a career in the railway industry, the struggle to achieve efficiency and business success in an area dominated by politicians and civil servants and the… Read more about this item

UK: Ebury Press, 2010. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This wonderful collection contains a wealth of entertaining stories, curiosities, mishaps and faux pas, and is a reminder that our railways really were - and occasionally still are - full of derring - do. romance and character. It adds up to irresistible reading for… Read more about this item

UK: Collins, 1993. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Little Trains of Britain, reveals the still secret country that lies beside the track. In the company of John Timpson, Alain Le Grasmeur and Chris awdry, visit the world that was ignored by the Beeching axe, which brought many of Britain's most beautiful standard gauge… Read more about this item

UK: David & Charles, 2008. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Tom Quinn's collection of first-hand accounts are drawn from his own research and interviews, covering every aspect of railway life during the steam era. Special picture features focus on some of the most visually striking aspects of the steam age. There is light… Read more about this item

UK: David & Charles, 1972. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. O.S.Nock tells the story of the King George V from personal acquaintance with many of the men involved in its design, construction and operation. He has studied the developments carried out on the engine and her class after World War II to… Read more about this item

UK: Moorland Pub. Co, 1979. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The photographs in this volume are chosen out of about 20,000 negatives taken in the post-nationalisation era of steam locomotion. They show each King Class engine with single chimney as built, and with double chimney as later modified. Each photograph is accompanied… Read more about this item

UK: Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, 1970. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This second volume of LNER Album completes the pictorial survey of London & North Eastern Railway trains and locomotives which was commenced in volume one. In this volume the author has chosen photographs of many of the pre-grouping engines at work… Read more about this item

Uk: Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, 1985. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The Southern railway was the smallest of the four companies grouped in 1923 under the Railways Act of 1921 and its territory was clearly defined geographically in the south and west of England, extending from Broadstairs in East Kent to Padstow… Read more about this item

UK: Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. " Arthur's, Nelsons and Schools" is a revision of the author's earlier work on these classes, and in addition features full details of their performances recorded by contemporary observers, a chapter reviewing the preservation of examples from the three classes, and… Read more about this item

UK: Millstream Books, 1998. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. This edition was originally published has a limited edition of 1000, unfortunately this copy is out of series has stated on the title page. A clean tight copy.

UK: Silver Link Publishing Ltd, 1993. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Using contemporary sources and subsequent research, and with the help of numerous maps and gradient profiles, the author describes and tells the stories behind Britain's railway inclines, each summit presented their own individual challenges, and provide us with these intriguing stories… Read more about this item

UK: Sutton Pub Ltd, 1994. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A superb collection of over 200 photographs of Dorset's railways during the 1950s and ' 60s', this book will appeal not only to former railwaymen, and to train-spotters of the period, but to steam enthusiasts everywhere. The D/W shows light shelf wear… Read more about this item

UK: Past & Present Publishing Ltd, 2002. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. British Railways Past and Present' is a nationwide series of books featuring photographs of railway locations taken several decades ago and comparing them with the same scene today. This volume covers Wiltshire with over 240 black and white photographs.… Read more about this item

UK: Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Somerset Railways examines the countless trains that passed by in the age of steam. Enriched by a wealth of photographs of staff from all walks of railway life, this book is a unique photograph collection, much of which has not been… Read more about this item

UK: Little, Brown & Company, 2004. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 3rd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fresh, funny and impeccably researched,' Underground London' is ' alternative' history at its best - an illuminating glimpse into the hidden world beneath our feet. The D/W shows shelf wear to its edges and corners.

UK: Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, 1987. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. In the preservation era, colour photography of steam locomotives are repeatable, replaceable and commonplace. Robert Adley's photography, undertaken before the days of fast colour film and SLR cameras, tells a different tale; the story of the grimy, depressing, neglected end of steam.… Read more about this item

UK: Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1994. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. O.S.Nock, an old boy of Giggleswick School , near Settle, writes of the world-famous Settle and Carlisle Railway with which he has been very familiar for more than three-quarters of a century . He traces its enthralling history, from its… Read more about this item

UK: Ian Allan Ltd, 1993. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Ken Appleby is a former senior railway manager, is ideally placed to comment on the history of York's railways from the ' inside '. This book provides an excellent account of the story of railways in and around York. Illustrated with… Read more about this item