Sale Books

For a list of the abbreviations used please see book condition  page.

 

All books are hardback unless otherwise stated, paperback (pb), booklet or leaflet.  

 

If you have any questions about these sale books or would like to see a photograph, please e-mail julie@bufferbooks.com

Adley, Robert.  The Call of Steam.  Blandford Press, 1983, pp160, mid large format.  VG, VG   £1.00 

Ahern, John H. Handbook of Two Rail for 00. (card cover) Hamblings, pp18. VG   £1.00 

Allen, G. Freeman. (compiled by)  Last Years of British Steam.  First Series. .  Ian Allan, 1967.  VG,VG   £2.50   

Allen, G. Freeman (compiled by)  Great Railway Photographs by Eric Treacy.  General editor P.B. Whitehouse with introduction by Dr. J.A. Coiley.   Peerage Books/David & Charles, 1987, pp216, large format.  VG, VG £2.00     

Allen, Geoffrey Freeman & Whitehouse, Patrick (consultant editors).  The Illustrated History of British Railways.  Foreword by Sir Peter Parker.    Book Club Associates/Omega Books, 1983, pp224, large landscape format.  VG, VG (repaired tear to dust jacket)    £2.50  

Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers & Firemaen. Rates of Pay & Conditions of Service for Footplate Staff.   British Rail 1982. (pb) pp214. VG (some wear & creasing to cover)   £2.00 

Atkins, C.P.  West Coast 4-6-0s At Work. .  Ian Allan, 1981, pp128, large format, isbn 0 7110 1159 1.  VG, VG     £3.50      

Awdry, Christopher (edited by) Railways Galore. A guide to preserved, miniature railways and railway museums in Britain and Ireland. Boxtree, 1996, pp160, large landscape format, isbn 0 7522 1687 2. F, VG    £3.50  

Barman, Christian.  Early British Railways.  With Sixteen Reproductions of Old Prints and Drawings.  (stiff board cover)  A classic of its time written by the then publicity officer of the BTC.   King Penguin Books, 1950, pp40 + 16 pages of colour illustrations.  G  wear to spine and edges.    £0.75

Beaumont, Anthony. A Gallery of Old Timers. 51 pictures of steam wagons, traction engines, fairground rides, ploughing engines, rollers and other old timers. (pb) Model & Allied publications Limited, 1970, pp50. G (lose pages)   £0.50  

Bluebell News.  Spring 1969.  Vol 11  No. 1.  (paper cover)  Bluebell railway Ltd., pp20.  VG   £0.60

Body, Geoffrey & I.G. (edited by). Railway & Steam Enthusiasts Handbook. Vo. 7. (pb) Avon-Anglia Publications and services, 1977, pp72 +12 pages adverts. VG   £1.00     

Breakell, Bill.  Steam and wheel.  The Development of Transport in the South Pennines 1840-1914.  (glossy card cover)  Pennine Heritage Network, pp16, isbn 0 907613 07 1.  VG   £0.40

Britain's Small Railways.  Balfour, 1973, pp96.  VG, P   £1.25

British Steam Locomotives.  A Colourmaster Publication.  A lovely small book of colour, line drawings which were released as postcards in the late 1970's.  Text O.S. Nock. (pb)  Photo Precision Ltd., pp32.   F  £0.15   

Brown, Murray (edited by).  A Day in the Life of British Rail.  Guild Publishing/David & Charles, 1989, pp192, large format. VG, VG   £2.50 

Buck, James. Discovering Narrow Gauge Railways. (pb) Shire Publications, 1972, pp80, isbn 0 85263152 9.   G  (1 loose page) £0.50 

Butcher, Alan C (editied by)  Railways Restored 1993/94. A family Guide to Railway Days Out. (pb)  Ian Allan, 1993,128, isbn 0 7110 2125 2.  VG   £0.50  

Butcher, Alan C (editied by)  Railways Restored1994/95. A family Guide to Railway Days Out. (pb)  Ian Allan, 1994,128, isbn 0 7110 2228 3.  VG   £0.50 

Butcher, Alan C (editied by)  Railways Restored 2004.  (pb)  Ian Allan, 25th edition 2004, pp176 + 32pp of Heritage railways 2004 timetables.  VG   £1.00

Casserley, H.C. Railways Between the Wars. David & Charles, 1971, pp127, isbn 0 7153 5294 6. VG, VG   £2.50 

Casserley, H.C. Steam Locomotives of British Railways. Hamlyn, 1978, pp484, isbn 0 600 02210 2. VG, VG   £1.50  

Casserley, H.C. The Observer's Directory of British Steam Locomotives. Frederick Warne, 1981, pp239, landscape format, isbn 0 7232 2413 7. VG, VG £1.25  

Cavalcade Reflections.  (pb)  BR ER, 1975, pp48.  VG    £0.50

Cavalcade Remembered 1925.  (pb)  BR ER, 1976, pp84.  VG    £0.50

Clinker, C R.  Railway History Sources.  A handlist of the principal sources of original material, with notes and guidance on its use.  (card cover)  Avon-Anglia, 1976, pp20.  VG  £0.50

Cockman, F.G. British Railway's Steam Locomotives. (pb) Shire Publications, 1980, pp80, isbn 0 85263 531 1.    VG   £1.00  

Cockman, F.G.  Railway Architecture.  (card cover)  Shire Publications, 1976, pp30.  VG  £0.75  

Cockman, F.G.  Discovering Preserved Railways.  This covers the 36 major lines that were functioning at the time of publication and contains maps and details of the railway centres.  A very good copy of this difficult to find iconic volume.  (pb)  Shire Publications Ltd., 1980, pp80.  VG       £1.25  

Cockman, F.G.  Railway Architecture.  (card cover)  Shire Publications, 1976, pp30.  VG  BUT has been hole punched to put in file.   £0.25 

Cole, Terry.  Guide to the Bluebell Railway.  (glossy card cover)  Bluebell railway Preservation Society, pp16.  VG   £0.20                        

Corkill, W.A.  Railway Modelling. An Intoduction by W A Corkill.  David & Charles, 1979, pp96.  VG, VG   £2.25  

Cowie, L.W.  The Railway Age.  Macdonald Educational Ltd. (ST. Michael), 1978, pp61, large format.  G  £0.20 

Cross, Derek.  Roaming the West Coast Rails.  Promotional Reprint Co./Ian Allan, 1996, pp128, large format, isbn 1 85648 341 X.  F, VG  £2.50     

Day, John R.  Trains.    Treasure Press, 1989, pp 159, glazed boards.  VG   £0.75

Ellis, C. Hamilton. Die Welt Der Eisenbahn. Die Geschichte der Lokomotiven, wagen und Zuge aus aller Welt. Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung Stuttgart, 1971, pp240, large format, isbn 3 440 03571 9. VG, VG £3.00   text in German 

Ellis, Hamilton.  The Pictorial Encyclopedia of Railways.  Hamlyn, 1977, pp591.  VG, VG    £1.00    

Ellis, C. Hamilton. The Trains We Loved. This includes studies of the original companies, the nature of the carriages and even a section on the Irish Companies. (pb) Pan Books, 1971, pp110. VG (some browning to pages)    £0.75

Five Years of Steam on Britain's Main Lines. From Shildon 1975 to Rainhill 1980. (card cover) Leander Locomotive Limited Publication, pp60.   VG   £0.75  

Flinders, T.G.  On the Settle & Carlisle Route. .  Fraser Stewart /Ian Allan, 1994, pp112. F, VG   £2.50  

Fratner, Alexander.  Stopping Train Britain.  BCA/Hodder & Stoughton, 1983, pp167.  VG, VG     £1.75  

Fratner, Alexander.  Stopping Train Britain.  BCA/Hodder & Stoughton, 1983, pp167.  VG, VG     £1.95  

Garratt, Colin. Around the World in Search of Steam. David & Charles, 1987, pp184, isbn 0 7153 8550 X.    VG, VG   £2.00  

Garratt, Colin.  British Steam Nostalgia.  Patrick Stephens Ltd., 1987, pp144.  VG, VG   £2.25

Garratt, Colin. Illustrated Encyclopedia Classic Days of Steam. (pb) Hermes House, 2000, pp128, isbn 1 84038 803 X.   F    £1.00  

Garratt, Colin. Illustrated Encyclopedia Locomotives of the World. (pb) Hermes House, 2000, pp128.   F   £1.00  

Garratt, Colin.  Iron Dinosaurs.  Last Steam Locomotives of the World:  South East Asia.  This looks at steam on Java, Sumatra, Taiwan and on Negros Island in the Philippines.  An exceptional value volume.  Blandford Press, 1976, pp189, 57 colour plates.  VG, VG   £1.50

Garratt, Colin. 100 Years of Classic Steam. Colour Library, 1997, pp304, large format.   VG, VG inscription on fly leaf   £2.75  

Garratt, Colin (on the work of The Rev. A.W.V. Mace).  The Golden Years of British Steam Trains.  Milepost, 1995, pp186, large format, isbn 1 900193 05 1.  VG, VG     £1.50   

Garratt, Colin.  The Last Days of British Steam Railways.  Splendid images from the shed, lineside and not least the scrap yard.  Magna Books/Patrick Stephens, 1994, pp136.  F, F    £1.95           

Garratt, Colin. The Railway Photography of Henry Priestley. Sutton Publishing, 2000, pp150, isbn 0 7509 2508 6. F, VG   £3.50  

Garratt, Colin. The World Encyclopdia of Locomotives. A complete guide to the world's most fabulous locomotives. Acropolis Books, 1997, pp256, large format, isbn 1 85967 455 0.   F, VG   £3.00  

Garratt, Colin. Veterans in Steam. Blandford Press, 1979, pp160, isbn 0 7137 0854 9.   VG, VG £2.00 

Garratt, Colin & Wade-Matthews, Max.  Locomotives.  A complete history of the world's great locomotives and fabulous train journeys. Lorenz, 2006, pp512.  F, F   £2.50

Glenn, D. Fereday.  The Last Days of Steam in The Scottish Highlands.  Alan Sutton, 1991, pp136, isbn 0 86299 809 3.  VG, VG £2.00 

Glory Days.  The Charm of Railway Posters.  (paper cover)  Steam Railway, pp14, large format.   VG   £0.25 

Glory Days.  The Charm of Railway Posters.  (paper cover)  Steam Railway, pp14, large format.   VG   £0.25

Going by Train.  150 Years of Rail Travel in Britain, including a guide to the National Railway Museum at York.  (pb)  A Railway Magazine Special, 1975, pp60, large format.   £0.50 

Great Railway Show at the National Railway Museum.  Souvenir booklet (pb).  National Railway Museum, 1990, pp39, large format.  VG  £0.45                      

Great Western Collection.  The Guild of Railway Artists with an explanation by Brian Hollingsworth.  BCA/Blandford Press, 1985, pp160, large format.  VG, no dust jacket. £3.50  

Greenberg, Bruce.  Model Railroading.  A Family Guide.  Practical tips from an American expert.  Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1979, pp167, large format.  VG, G   £1.50

Haigh, A. & Joy, David. Yorkshire Railways. A comprehensive survey including Cleveland and Humberside. (pb) Dalesman, 1979, pp96. G   (some damage to bottom of spine + slight staining to bottom of pages)   £1.00   

Hamilton Ellis, C.  Royal Journey. A retrospect of Royal trains in the British Isles. A study by the acknowledged expert of Royal train carriages. (card cover) British Transport Commission, 1953, pp32.   VG       £0.75    

Hamilton Ellis, C.  Royal Journey. A retrospect of Royal trains in the British Isles. A study by the acknowledged expert of Royal train carriages. (card cover) British Transport Commission, 1953, pp32.   VG       £0.75  

Hamilton Ellis, C. Steam Railways. BCA/ Eyre methuen Ltd., 1976, 150 plates. VG, VG   £0.75  

Hamilton-Ellis, C.  Steam Railways.  Book Club Associates, 1976. G, G   £1.25

Hand, Victor & Edmonson, Harold.  The Love of Trains.  Steam and Diesel Locomotives in Action Around the World.  All colour including Japanese and Javanese steam.  Octopus Books, 1979, pp96, large format.  F, VG    £0.50    

Hand, Victor & Edmonson, Harold.  Trains.  Steam and Diesel Locomotives in Action Around the World.  All colour including Japanese and Javanese steam.  Octopus Books, 1988, pp96, glazed boards, large format.  F,    £0.50         

Hand, Victor & Edmonson, Harold. Trains.  Steam and Diesel Locomotives in Action Around the World.  All colour including Japanese and Javanese steam.  Treasure Press,  pp80, large format.  VG, VG    £0.50  

Handbook of Stuart Models.  Catalogue of small engines etc from Stuart Turner Ltd., Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, England with price list.  (card cover)    pp52.  G   £0.50

Haresnape, Brian.  Everyone's Book of Trains.  WHS/Hamlyn, 1981, pp80, glazed boards, large format.  F   £0.95

Hendry, Dr. R. Preston & Hendry, R. Powell.  The Steam Age in Colour. (pb)   Blandford Press, 1986, pp128, large format, isbn 0 7137 1905 2.  VG   £3.50  

Heap, Christine & Riemsdijk, John van.  The Pre-Grouping Railways.  Part 1 - Their development and individual characters.  A Science Museum Book.  (pb)  HMSO, 1972, pp75.  G  £0.50

Herring, Peter.  Handbook of Classic British Steam Locomotives.  Island Books, 2002, pp192.  F, F  £1.95

Herring, Peter.  Yesterday's Railways.  Recollections of an age of steam.  David & Charles, 2002, pp288, large format.  F, VG    £2.50     

Historical Railway Trail - Goathland to Grosmont.  North Yorks Moor National Park.  (card cover)  pp14, isbn 0 907480 02 0.   VG   £0.25

Hitches, Mike. Cheashire Railway's in Old Phototgraphs. (pb) Alan Sutton, 1997, pp128, isbn 0 7509 0756 8. G complete but lose pages   £0.50  

Hollingsworth, J.B. The Atlas of Train Travel. BCA/Basinghall Books, 1980, pp192, large format. VG, VG £1.50  

Hollingswoth, Brian. Atlas of the World's Railways. Bison Books, 1980, pp350, large format, isbn 0 86124 023 5.   £1.75   

Hollingsworth, Brian.  Model Railroads.  A detailed and well-illustrated work covering all gauges.  Galahad Books, 1981, pp192, large format.  G, no dust jacket.    £1.25 

Hoole, Ken, Simmons, Jack, Bonavia, Michael & Waller, Ian. Simmons, Jack (edited by) Rail 150. The Stockton & Darlington Railway and what followed. (pb)   Eryre methuen, 1975, pp198, isbn 0 413 32310 2.   VG   £1.00  

Hucknall, Dr. David.  Twilight of Scottish Steam.  PRC, 1995, pp120, large format, isbn 1 85648 251 0. F, VG   £3.00  

Hughes, Christopher (compiled by). The Great Railway Quiz. Test yourself with these hundreds of challenging questions. Guild Publishing/David & Charles, 1984, pp132, glazed boards. VG (covered inscription on front blank page) £0.60

Humm, Robert.  2 catalogues of Robert Humm, nos. 62 (Jan 1998) and 71 (spring 2000) .  (glossy card cover)  Both F     £095

Huxtable, Nils.  Classic Steam Trains.  Fantastic b/w photographs from across the world, including Finland, Denmark, Asia and North America.  Exceptional value.  Magna Books, 1995, pp112, extra large format.  F, VG   £1.95   

International Railway association.  Reprinted from The Railway Gazette, December 4, 11 and 18-25, 1942.  (grey card cover)  The Railway Gazette, 1943, pp24.  VG  £0.75

Jackson, Bryan H.  The Railway Enthusiasts and Historians Guide to Their Literature, Summer 1972.  (glossy card cover)  Bryan H Jackson, 1972, pp16.  VG   £0.25

Jamieson, Andrew.  Elementary Manual on Steam and the Steam Engine.  11th edition, revised and enlarged, with numerous diagrams, plates, arithmetical examples and examination questions with answers.  Charles griffin & Co, 1906, pp355.  G  Book complete with pull out diagrams but some spine damage and general wear due to age.   £1.50

Janes Urban Transport Systems 1990.  Edited by Chris Bushell.  (pb)  Jane's, 9th edition 1990, pp616, large format.    £3  

Jenkinson, David.  LNWR Carriages A concise history.  Pendragon, 1995, pp190, large format.  VG, VG   Pages 151-166 printed upside down.   £4.95   

Jenkinson, David & Whitehouse, Patrick.  Eric Treacy's LMS.  Foulis-OPC, 1988, pp192, large format.  VG, VG £3.00  

Joy, David & Mitchell, W RSettle-Carlisle centenary.  100 years in pictures of England's highest main line railway.   (glossy card cover)  Dalesman Books, 1975, pp96.  P  book complete but has several loose pages   £0.25

Keavey, John.  Yorkshire Dales Railway.  A guide to Embsay Station.  (paper cover)  Yorkshire Dales Railway Museum Trust, pp12.   VG    £0.20

Kichenside, Geoffrey. Great Train Disasters. The World's Worst Railway Accidents. Parragon, 1997, pp96, large landscape format, isbn 0 7525 2229 9. VG, VG    £2.50  

Kichenside, Geoffrey.  Trains.  St Michael Spotters.  Illustrated by Cliff & Wendy Meadway.  (pb)  Grisewood & Dempsey Ltd., 1981, pp48, colour illustrations.  VG   (inscription on inside front cover)      £0.15

Kichenside, G.M.     The How and Why Wonder Book of Railways.  (card cover)  Transworld Publishers, 1972, pp48.  G  some browning to page edges.    £0.50

Lambert, Anthony. Explore Britain's Steam Railways.  AA Publishing, 1999, pp160, glazed boards, isbn 0 7495 1050 1.   F   £1.25    

Lee, Charles E.  Workmen's Fares.  Survey of the provision of cheap daily conveyance of workmen between suburban homes and their places of business. Reprinted from 'The Railway Gazette' June 30th 1944.  (card cover)  The Railway Gazette, pp8.   VG   £0.75

Legg, Stuart.  (An anthology edited by)  The Railway Book.  (pb) An excellent anthology of prose and poems.  Rupert Hart-Davis, 1952, pp256.  VG    £0.95

Lewis, C.P. & Jorgensen, A.A.  The Great Steam Trek.  Hamlyn, 1978, pp248, large format.  VG, G    £1.25

Lovett Jones, Gareth.  Railway Walks, Exploring Disused Railways. David & Charles, 1983, pp285, isbn 0 7153 8543 7.  VG, VG    £2.00  

McGivern, Cecil. Junction 'X'. The script of an outstanding B.B.C. feature broadcast. (paper cover) BBC, 1944, pp56. G    £1.00  

Maggs, Colin G. (edited by).  The Best of The Last Days of Steam. Alan Sutton, 1995, pp142, large format, isbn 0 7509 0353 8. VG, VG (some edge curling to dust jacket)   £1.50  

Marsden, Colin J.  Motive Power Recognition: 1  Locomotives.  (glossy card cover)  Ian Allan, 1983, pp128, isbn 0 7110 1109 5.  VG    £1.25 

Marshall, John. The Guinness Railway Book. (pb) Guinness Publishing, 1989, pp200, isbn 0 85112 359 7.    VG   £1.50  

Marshall, John.  The Guiness Railway Fact Book.  (pb)  Guinness Publishing, 1994, pp192.  VG   £0.75

Morgan, Bryan.  Transport Preserved.  A history of the many items contained in the National collection.  (card cover)  British Railways Board, 1968, pp40.  VG   £0.75  

Munns, R.T.  Milk Churns to Merry-Go-Round.  A Century of Train Operation.  Munns, a professional senior railwayman charts the growth and development of certain traffics along with the stimulation of different operational systems such as MGR and high capacity wagon load.  A must for those who have an interest in the development of freight in the UK.  David & Charles, 1986, pp191.  VG, VG  EX LIBRARY with barcode and stamp.    £1.00

Murphy, Brian.  Aslef 1880-1980.  A Hundred Years of the Locoman's Trade Union.  (glossy card cover)  Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, 1980, pp64, large landscape format.   VG   £2.00  

National Rail Timetable - Sunday 24 September 2000 to Saturday 19 May 2001.  Part 1 & 2. With map.   (card cover)  both G   ex-library stock    £0.25                          

Nock, O.S.  A History of the LMS, vols 1,2 &3.

Vol 1.  The First Years, 1923-1930.  George Allen & Unwin, 1982, pp94.

Vol 2.  The Record-Breaking Thirties, 1931-39.  George Allen & Unwin, 1982, pp96.

Vol 3.  The WarYears and Nationalisation, 1939-48.  George Allen & Unwin, 1983, pp95

3 vol set, VG, VG    £5.00                  

 

 

Nock, O.S.  A History of the LMS, vols 1,2 &3.

Vol 1.  The First Years, 1923-1930.  George Allen & Unwin, 1984, pp94.

Vol 2.  The Record-Breaking Thirties, 1931-39.  George Allen & Unwin, 1985, pp96.

Vol 3.  The WarYears and Nationalisation, 1939-48.  George Allen & Unwin, 1983, pp95

3 vol set £7.50  

Nock, O.S.  Britain's Railways at War 1939 - 1945.  Ian Allan, 1999, pp224.  VG, VG   £2.00  

Nock, O.S. From the Footplate. Reminiscences of the last years of steam. BCA/Granada Publishing, 1984, pp189. VG, VG   £2.50 

Nock, O.S.  Great British Trains.  An evocation of a memorable age in travel.  Guild Publishing/Pelham Books, 1985, pp212.  F, F   £2.50

Nock, O.S.  North Western.  A Saga of the Premier Line of Great Britain: 1846-1922.   Ian Allan, 1968, pp311.  VG, VG   £5.00   

Nock, O.S.  Pictorial History of Trains.  All colour worldwide illustrations with narrative by O.S. Nock.  Well worth a look.  Sundial Books/Marks & Spencer, 1976, pp128, large format.  F, F   £0.50              

Nock, O S. Steam Locomotive. A Retrospect of the Work of Eight Great Locomotive Engineers. A critical appreciation of the work of Churchward, Drummond, Gresley, Johnson, Stirling, Fletcher, Ramsbottom and Stephenson. A concise master work. (card cover) British Railway Board, 1968, pp39. VG   £1.00   

Nock, O.S. The Railway Enthusiasts Encyclopedia.  (pb) Arrow Books, 1971, pp316 + 32 pages of b/w photographs.   VG (crease down back cover)   £0.95

Nock, O.S. The Railway Enthusiasts Enclyclopedia. Hutchinson, 1968, pp341. VG, VG £2.00 

Nock, O.S. The Railways of Britain. (pb) Batsford, 1962, pp224. VG   £1.25  

Nock, O.S. & Treacy, Eric.  Main Lines Across the Border.   Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., 1960, pp155.  VG, P   £1.50   

Oldham, Kenneth.  Steam in Wartime Britain.   Alan Sutton, 1994, pp168, isbn 0 7509 0325 2.  VG, VG   £3.00  

Perkins, Derek. Great Little Trains of Wales.   (card cover)   Celtic, 1974, pp78, landscape format. VG   £0.50  

Perry, Gordon. North Norfolk Railway Guide Book. (card cover) NNRC, pp32. VG   £0.50  

Picture Reference book of Railways. (card cover) Brockhampton Press, 1967, pp32.   VG £0.75  

Plant 150.  Doncaster works open weekend.  25-27 July 2003.  Souvenir programme.  (glossy card cover)  2003, pp51, colour photos.   VG  £0.40

Preedy, Norman E. & Ford, H.L.  BR Diesels in Close Up. Bradford Barton, 1974, pp96. VG, G (3 tears and edge wear to jacket, large inscription on fly leaf)    £3.00  

Radcliffe, R.L. & Newcombe, R. (compiled and produced by).   25 years of Enthusiasm being the story of the first 25 years of the Locomotive Club of Great Britain 1949 - 1974. (card cover) Locomotive Club of GB, pp40. VG £1.00  

Rail & Steam Yearbook.  A month by month review of the transport scene.  1988.  (card cover)  EMAP National Publications, 1988, pp122, many b/w + some colour photos, large format.  VG   £0.75

Railfair 800.  Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th July 1994.  British Rail Maintenance Limited.  Doncaster Festival 800.  Event organised by the depot charity committee.  (card cover)  VG    £0.10

Railway Reflections.  First Issue.  No. 1  November/December 1980.  32 pages of previously unpublished photographs of the nostalgic days of British Railways.    (paper cover magazine size)   VG    £0.20

Railways Restored 1980. (crad cover) Ian Allan, 1980, pp96, isbn 0 7110 1033 1. VG £0.50  

Railways.  The Pictorial Railway Magazine. January and February 1951 Issues.  Includes SE&CR Railmotors, Southern signals, and magnificent East Coast running.  (magazines)   VG    £1.25 for both

Ransom, P.J.G. The Archaelogy of Railways. (pb) World's Books, 1981, pp304. VG   £2.50  

Ransome-Wallis, P.  Locomotives & Trains of the Big Four.  Ian Allan, 1978, pp128.  VG, VG  (slight sunning on spine)  price clipped   £1.50 

Ransome-Wallis, P.  The Last Steam Locomotives of British Railways.  Book Club Associates/Ian Allan, 1987, pp191, large format.   F, VG   £3.00     

Raw, Philip G. (compiled by) Great Little Trains. Collectors Guide to Steam centres of the British Isles. (card cover) Fun products, pp40, large format.   VG   £0.75  

Rawlinson, Mark.  Freightmaster.  The National Railfreight Timetable.   Summer 1999.   Full details of timings, head codes, traction and types of train.  (glossy card cover)  Freightmaster Publishing, 1999, pp143.  G    Book complete but the binding is coming apart from the glossy card cover.    £0.75

Re-opening of the Bury - Rawtenstall Railway (Southern section) from 25th July, 1987.  (card cover)  ELR, 1987, pp15, b/w photographs.    £0.50 

Regulations Concerning Accidents to passengers and Staff.  Appendix 3 to Rule Book.  (maroon card cover)  200/RR/12/25/02  April 1982, p20.  VG   £0.50 

Rheilffordd Ffestiniog Railway.  A Traveller's guide.  Includes full colour photographs, maps and locomotive, coaches and wagon stock lists.  Also included is an A4 1979 FRS Lancashire and Cheshire Railtours programme.  (pb)  Ffestiniog Railway Company, 1983, pp20, large format.  VG       £0.85 

Rhodes, Michael & Shannon, Paul. The Freight Only Yearbook. No. 1. Silver Link Publishing, 1990, pp96, large format glazed boards, isbn 0 947971 28 9. VG   £3.00  

Robertson, Kevin.  Locomotives Between the Wars.  Alan Sutton, 1991, pp131.  F, G   £2.25

Robertson, Kevin.  The Last days of Steam around London. Alan Sutton, 1988, pp 175, isbn 0 86299 502 7. VG, VG £2.50 

Robertson, Kevin.  The Last Days of Steam in Berkshire.  Alan Sutton, 1987, pp148.  VG, VG price clipped  £2.50 

Robertson, Kevin.  The Last Days of Steam in Hampshire.  Alan Sutton, 1990, pp136.  VG, VG £2.50   

Robinson, Gerald T.  Steam Days.  Ian Allan, 1992, pp112, large format, isbn 0 711 2073 6.    VG, VG   £3.00   

Rocket 150.  150th Anniversary of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1830 - 1980  Official Handbook.   (glossy card cover)  BR, LMR in association with Avon-Anglia Publications & Services, 1980, pp84, isbn 0 905466 27 6.  VG   £1.00 

Rolt, L.T.C. Look at Railways.   Illustrated by John Young. (pb) Panther, 1969, pp96. VG £1.00  

Ross, David.  British Steam Locomotives - 1800 to the Present Day.  An excellent concise reference work.  Parragon, 2002, pp160, large format.  F, VG  £1.50

Route of the Settle & Carlisle Railway.  One of the most spectacular rail journeys in the British Isles.  Map.  Brian elkins, 1994.  F   £0.10

Rutland, Jonathan & Stephens, Margaret.  The Usbourne Young Scientist - Trains.  (glossy card cover)  Usbourne, 1991, pp32, large format.  VG    £0.50

Searle, Muriel V.  Lost Lines.  An anthology of Britain's lost railways. . New Cavendish Books, 1982, pp208, large format.  VG, VG   £3.50 

Semmens, P.W.B. Stockton & Darlington. One Hundred & Fifty Years of British Railways. New English Library, 1975, pp158, large format. VG   £1.00  

Simmons, Jack. Dandy-Cart to Diesel. The national railway museum. (pb) HMSO, 1981, pp68, isbn 0 11 29029 9. VG £1.00   

Siviter, Roger.  Settle and Carlisle Memories.  Unicorn Books, 1990, pp126, large format.  VG, VG  £1.50 

Siviter, Roger. Steam Specials. British Rail's Return to Steam. David & Charles, 1981, unpaginated, glazed boards, isbn 0 7153 8126 1. VG (front fly leaf page missing)   £0.50  

Siviter, Roger.  Tempo of Steam.  Ian Allan, 1980, pp128, large format.  VG, VG   £1.25  

Siviter, Roger.  Tempo of Steam.  This book is one man's view of the last dozen years of BR steam and also looks at the dying years on the continent.  The period covered is 1966 to 1979.  Ian Allan, 1980, pp128, large format.  VG, VG   (stamp on front blank page)   £2.50

Siviter, Roger.  The Settle to Carlisle.  A Tribute. The Baton Press, 1985, 181 photographs, large format.  F, F  £2.95

Smith, Martin.  Portrait of the Central Wales Line.  Ian Allan, 1995, pp128, glazed boards, isbn 0 7110 2346 8.  VG  Bound upside down.    £2.75    (2.70)

Somerville, Christopher.  Walking Old Railways.  Written in the days before Sustrans, this describes some exceptional railway walks, including the S&D, Lyme Regis - Axminister, Shoreham - Christs Hospital, Mid Wales railway, Potteries Loop Line, Woodhall Spa - Horncastle amongst others.  A lovely volume that also considers other aspects such as the flora and fauna and infrastructure remaining.  David & Charles, 1983, pp144, glazed boards.  F   £1.50

Somerville, Christopher.  Walking Old Railways.  David & Charles, 1979, pp144, glazed boards.   G  Ex-library stock.    £0.50

Stanistreet, Alan.  West Somerset Railway.  Official Guide.  (glossy card cover)  Oxford publishing Co for the West Somerset Railway, pp20.  £0.40

Steam Locomotives. (pb) Salmon Ltd., 1977, pp48.   VG   £0.50  

Steam Railways. A Guide to Britain's Preservation Railways. (spiral bound with glazed boards) Cadogan, 1999, pp64, isbn 1 86011 700 7.   F.   £0.50  

Stockton & Darlington Railway.    Rail 150 Exhibition Steam Cavalcade 1825 - 1975.  Souvenir Guide.     (glossy card cover)  1975, pp80.  VG   £0.65

Stockton & Darlington Railway.    Rail 150 Exhibition Steam Cavalcade 1825 - 1975.  Souvenir Guide.     (glossy card cover)  1975, pp80.  G  some writing and markings in book.   £0.35

Summerson, S.  The History of 1708 and The Midland Open Cab 0-6-0 Tanks.  Short class and loco history with some interesting photographs.  (pb)  The 1708 Locomotive Preservation Society, 1979, pp16.  VG    £0.45

Swiss Collection of 6 books.

AA Essential Swizerland by Gery Crawshaw.

Glacier Express of Switzerland St. Moritz-Zermatt, travel guide.

Bern Loetschberg Simlon, 1968 & 1982.

BLS Rollmaterial, Materiel roulat, rolling stock. 

Willen, Peter. Lokomotiven und Triebwagen der Schweizer Bahnen, Band 3 Privatbahnen Berner Oberland, Mittelland und Nordwestschweiz.

All books are paperback, first 2 are in english. All 6   £3.00  

The Encyclopedia of Transport. The technology and history of transportation by land, sea and air. Marshall Cavendish, 1976, pp129, large format, isbn 0 85685 176 0. VG, VG £1.50  

The Last Years of British Steam. Second series. Ian Allan, 1973, unpaginated, large format, isbn 0 7110 0477 3. VG, VG   £2.50 

The Mid-Hants 'Watercress Line'.  Stock List  1983 Edition.  (paper cover)  Mid Hants Railway, 1983, pp60.  VG   £0.50

The Rannoch Line (Crianlarich to Fort William).  Edited selections from Mountain, Moor and Lock first published in 1894.   (pb)  Famedram, pp78.  VG    £1.50  

The Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Handbook. 5th Edition 1978. (glossy card cover) R&ERC, pp32, landscape format. VG £1.00 

Theroux, Paul.  The Great Railway Bazaar.  By Train Through Asia. BCA/Hamish Hamilton, 1976, pp342.  VG, VG   £2.00 

Thomas, David St John. The Country Railway.  (pb) Penguin, 1979, pp192. VG    £0.95

Thomas, David St John & Whitehouse, Patrick.  The Trains We Loved.  BCA/David & Charles, 1994, pp192, large format.  F, VG   £1.50  

Titled Trains in Pictures. A reprint of the photographs from 'Titled Trains of Great Britain' (card cover) Ian Allan, unpaginated. P (pages pulled away from cover, had been previously sellotaped, which has now perished)   £0.50  

Trains and Railways.  Volume 2 Number 7.  Magazine edited by Patrick B. Whitehouse and John Adams.   (paper cover)  New English Library, circa 1975.  VG     £0.20

Trains 1001 Photos.  Splendid colour photographs of steam, diesel and electric from around the world.  Includes chapters on railway technology, nostalgic journeys and model building.   Rebo Publishers, 2007, pp464, glazed boards.  F    £1.50   (0.40)

Treacy, Eric.  Portrait of Steam.  PRC/Ian Allan, 1991, pp200, large format.  VG, VG   £1.50  

Tufnell, Robert.  The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Railway Locomotives.  More than 1000 steam, electric and diesel locomotives from 1804 to the present day.  Robert Tufnell has a background as sales engineer for Brush and English Electric.  This volume looks at the development of locomotives across the world and the reference section profiles every major type of locomotive built.  New Burlington Books, 1987, pp256, large format.     VG, VG    £2.25        

Twells, H. N.  An Illustrated History of The London, Midland & Scottish Railway.  Fitzhouse Books/Batsford, 1991, pp120, glazed boards, isbn 0 7134 4433 9.  VG  £1.50  

20th Century Steam. A Wordsworth Handbook. Wordswoth editions, 1994, pp96, isbn 1 85326 816 X   ££0.75  

Tyson, Colin. The Great British Steam Railway Timetable 1995. (pb) Alan Sutton, 1995, pp160. £0.50  

Tyson, Colin.  The Great British Steam Railway Timetable 1995.  (glossy card cover)  Alan Sutton, 1995, pp160.  VG    £0.50

Union Pacific Railroad. A Brief History. (paper cover) May 1951, pp30. VG   £0.50    

Vaughan, A.  (compiled by).  The Kenning Collection.  Oxford Publishing Co., 1985, pp59, isbn 0 902888 13 5.  VG,VG   £1.00  

Vogelsang, Harald. Die Fahrzeuge und Anlagen des eisenbahn-Museums Bochum-Dahlausen. Museumsfuhrer. Stand April 1997. (pb) pp120, 164 b/w plates, text in German. VG £1.00  

Wade-Matthews, Max. Great Railway Journeys of the World. An encyclopedia of the world's best locomotive journeys. Lorenz Books, 1998, pp256, large format, isbn 1 85967 692 8. F, VG   £3.00  

Wade-Matthews, Max. Illustrated Encyclopedia Classic Railway Journeys of the West. (pb) hermes House, 2000, pp128, isbn 1 84038 860 9.   F   £1.00  

Waszak, Peter & White, Brian. Nene Valley Railway Visitors Guide. NVR, pp31. VG   £0.50  

Welbourn, Nigel.  Lost Lines:  Scotland.  (pb)  Ian Allan, 2001, pp128, isbn 0 7110 2276 3.  VG   £2.50    

Wensleydale Railway Association.  Relay.  Commemorative Issue first trains - July 4th 2003.  (glossy paper cover) Wensleydale Railway plc, 2003, pp15.  VG    £0.20     

Westwood, John.  All Colour World of Trains.  Steam, diesel and electric traction from around the world.  It includes such rarities as English Electric diesel (3ft 6in) locomotives on 4500 - tonne bauxite trains in Queensland.  Octopus, 1978, pp104, large format.  F, F   £0.75  

Westwood, John.  All Colour World of Trains.  Galley Press, 1987, pp104, large format, glazed boards.    F   £0.75 

Westwood, John.  Trains in Colour - including great railway events.  Steam in action from across the world along with some classic and modern traction.  Galley Press, 1979, pp64, glazed boards.  VG    £0.60

Whitehouse, P.B.  (edited by)  Britain's Main-Line Railways.  (pb)  New English Library, 1977, pp224, large format.  G  (paper back cover well thumbed)   £0.99                   

Whitehouse, Patrick B (edited by). The Splendour of British Steam. (pb) New English Library, pp144, large format. VG    £0.75   

Whitehouse, Patrick B. (edited by)  World of Trains.  Hamlyn/New English Library, 1976, pp144, large format.  G  some spine damage, ex-library copy.    £0.25 

Whitehouse, P.B. (editor) & Allen, G. Freeman (compiled by).  Eric Treacy Railway Photographer.  Introduction by Dr J.A. Coiley.   BCA/David & Charles, 1982, pp216, large format.  VG, VG £2.00  

Whitehouse, Patrick & Powell, John.  Treacy's British Rail.  David & Charles, 1991, pp192, large format, isbn 0 7153 9415 0. VG, VG   £1.50  

Whitehouse, Patrick & Powell, John.  Treacy's Routes North.  BCA/David & Charles, 1985, pp192, large format, isbn 0 7153 8739 1.  VG, VG £2.00      

Whitehouse, Patrick & Thomas, David St John.  LMS 150.  The London Midland & Scottish Railway - A century and a half of progress. David & Charles, 1987, pp208, large format, isbn 0 7153 8740 5. VG, VG (2 small repaired tears to dust jacket)    £1.50  

Whitehouse, Patrick & Thomas, David St John.   LNER 150.  The London and North Eastern Railway - A century and a half of progress.  Guild Publishing/David & Charles, 1989, pp208, large format.  VG, VG   £1.50  

Whiteley J.S. & Morrison, G.W.  The Big Four Remembered. PRC, 1994, 326 b/w plates, matt finish, large format.  F, VG   £2.50  

Williams, David C. Severn Valley Railway Visitors Guide. (card cover) SVRC, 8th edition 2001, pp36. VG £0.75   

Wilson, Sir Reginald.  Finance in Public Administration with particular reference tp Passenger Transport.   (paper cover)  British Transport Commission, 1954, pp21.  VG   £0.50

Wirral Railway Circle in Association with Steamtown Carnforth and Flying Scotsman Enterprises.  The North Eastern Railtour Sunday 21st September 1975.  1825-1975 Passenger Railways 150th Anniversary.  (card cover, 1975, pp48 with b/w photographs.  VG   £1.00 

The Wyvern.  Quarterly Journal of the Midland Railway Trust Limited.  No. 78 _ Spring 1990.  (card cover)  VG   £0.20