MITTON, G.E.

Peeps at Great Railways: The North-Eastern and Great Northern Railways.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1911. 1st edition. Pp.96/4(ads for other publications), colour frontispiece + 6 further colour illustrations and 26 small sketches in the text, railway sketch map to front free endpapers,spotting to closed page edges, toning to final page of ads to end. Dark red cloth with grey illustrations of signals framing colour plate which is pasted to front board, gilt title to spine, spine slightly dulled. Scarce. G+.

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Book number: 40845

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Keywords: Mitton North Eastern Great Northern Railways Peeps at Great Railways Trains 41971 Railways

MOFFAT, HUGH.

East Anglia's First Railways.

Lavenham: Terence Dalton, 1987. 086138038X. 1st edition. Peter Bruff and the Eastern Union Railway. The Eastern Union Railway had an independent life of less than twenty years."It was probably the first railway in Britain to experiment with fish-plates for joining each rail to the next and to try a communication cord. The area the railway served was predominantly agricultural, yet within it one company made parts of its permanent way another built much of its rolling stock." 23cms x 18cms x 2cms. Pp.x/228, many black & white photos, illustrations and maps, signed by the author to title page, maps to endpapers Brown cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

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Keywords: Hugh Moffat Signed East Anglia First Railways Peter Bruff Eastern Union Railway Cobbold Tunnel Locomotives Rolling Stock Permanent Way Stations History Branches Lines Robert Sallis Hawthorn 51507 Railways

MORGAN, JOHN SCOTT.

The Corris Railway Company. (signed).

London: Gemini Publishing, 1977. The author is of the opinion that if the Corris Railway had managed to remain open a few more years, thus reaching the 'Preservation Era' which startd in 1950 with its neighbour the Talyllyn Railway, the line would never have closed. Landscape format. 21cms x 30cms. Pp.64, black & white photos and illustrations throughout, signed by the author to front free endpaper with owner's initials to top corner. Stiff card covers, toning to edges. G+.

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Book number: 46427

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Keywords: John Scott Morgan Corris Railway Company Wales Pictorial History Locomotives Carriages Wagons Buses Vignes Machynlleth Merioneth Dulas Valley Narrow Gauge 48007 Railways

PRICE, J.H. (INTRODUCTION).

Cook's Continental Timetable August 1939.

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1987. 0715391135. A New Edition of the August 1939 Issue of Cook's Continental Timetable with Enlarged Type. "Shows Europe's train sevices at the peak of their pre-war development, with a range of forgotten frontier stations where borders were changed in 1945." Pp.520. Orange cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

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Keywords: Price Cooks Continental Timetable August 1939 Railways Europe Pre War Pullman Trains Stations 51499 Railways

GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY.

The Official Guide To The Great Eastern Railway. The Royal Mail Route To Holland, Harwich Route to the Continent, Via The Hook Of Holland. Also To Rotterdam, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, and Esbjerg.

London: Paris, New York & Melbourne: Cassell And Company, Limited, 1900 . 0. A very good original binding, with all maps in good condition. 16mo. 6.75" x 5.0" x 1.25". [4pp. - Adverts]/pp.388/[2pp. - Adverts] . Illustrated red cloth binding, edges carefully strengthened. Front cover with black titles and an illustration of "King's Gateway, Trinity College , Cambridge". Spine with similar black titles. Rear cover with advert. Clean illustrated text throughout, on lightly toned paper. This book contains 25 Maps (most are folded and are strengthened along the hinges. They include: "Map Of The Great Eastern Railway.."; "Panoramic Map , Showing The Course of The Great Eastern Railway (Section 1) ." ; " "Map Of The London And Suburban District.." ; Plan Of London." ; "Plan Of Epping Forest District." ; "Map Of The Essex District.."; Panoramic Map , Showing The Course of The Great Eastern Railway (Section 2) ."; "Plan Of Colchester." ; Plan Of Ipswich."; "Map Of The Suffolk District.."; "Plan Of Norwich." ; "Plan Of the Broads District." ; "Map Of The Norfolk District.." ; "Plan Of Yarmouth." ; Panoramic Map , Showing The Course of The Great Eastern Railway (Section 3)." ; "Plan Of Cambridge." ; "Map Of The Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, And Lincolnshire Districts.." ; "Plan Of Birmingham." ; "Manchester." ; "York." ; Map Of The Harwich Route.." ; "Brussels." ;.

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Book number: 50824

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Keywords: 52264 Cassell and Company Great Eastern Railway Royal Mail Route to Holland, Harwich Route to the Continent, Via the Hook of Holland. Also to Rotterdam, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, and Esbjer Railways

BRITISH RAILWAYS.

1948 British Railway Locomotives. (Combined Volume).

London: Ian Allan Ltd, nd. (c. 1968). Transport of the Forties. Facsimile reprinting of the ABC of British Railways Locomotives. Combined Volume. Parts 1-4. 1948. A reprint of the first nationalisation combined volume and lists all locomotives taken over by British RRailways from the four group companies. 15.5cms x 11cms x 2cma. Pp.52/56/68/72, many black & white photo illustrations. Tan cloth, dustwrapper rubbed with chips and tears to top of spine and top rear edge.to top rear edge. VG/Good.

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Book number: 50053

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Keywords: British Railways Locomotives Steam Motive Power Diesel Engines Dieselisation Trains 51574 Railways

BRITISH RAILWAYS.

British Railways Locomotives & Locoshed Book. 1959.

London: Ian Allan Ltd, 1983. 0711007268. Facsimile reprinting of the ABC of British Railways Locomotives. Combined Volume. Parts 1-4. Also Diesel and Electric Locomotives and Multiple Units. Summer 1959 Edition. Show the state of BR power with dieselisation well under way. The list of shed allocations show the final distribution of British Railways steam power before the main-line diesel locomotives and the flood of diesel multiple-units sent them to the scrap heap in droves. 15.5cms x 11cms x 2cma. Pp.236/90(notes on the use of this book), many black & white photo illustrations. Black cloth, dustwrapper has slight wear to top front edge. VG/VG.

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Book number: 50052

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Keywords: British Railways Locomotives Locoshed 1959 Steam Power Diesel Engines Dieselisation Trains 51573 Railways

SIMMONS, JACK.

The Victorian Railway.

London: Thames and Hudson, 1995. 0500278407. "This absorbing book looks at every aspect of the railway in Victorian times - from the origins and initial construction to the spreading impact on the nation; fromengineers and financiers tothe effect on leisure and the environment." 25.5cms x 17.5cms. Pp.416, 60 b/w illustrations. Pbk. VG.

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Book number: 33632

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Keywords: Jack Simmons Victorian Railway Trains Engines Tunnels Underground Vandalism Mobility Tourism Leisure Travel 33825 Railways

GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY SOCIETY.

Great Eastern Railway. Diagrammatic Map of System . 25.12.19.(Information Special No.2).

Great Eastern Railway Society, 1986. 0906669020. Sectionalised Official Track Plans. Including all stations, depots, sidings, goods sheds, loco sheds, signal boxes, etc. 29.5cms x 21cms. 39 track plans with index and route map with page numbers. Cream stiff card cover. VG.

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Book number: 49692

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Keywords: Great Eastern Railway Society Diagrammatic Map Track Plans Stations Depots Sidings Goods Sheds Loco Sheds Signal Boxes 50938 Railways

SWINDALE, DENNIS L.

Branch Line to Southminster.

Halstead: Halstead Press Ltd, 1981. Published jointly by the author and the Stour Valley Railway Preservation Society, Chappel and Wakes Colne Station, Colchester, Essex. Pp.72, many black & white photos throughout + map and station plans. Paperback. VG.

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Book number: 47173

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Keywords: Dennis Swindale Branch Line Southminster Essex Wickford Fambridge Althorne Burnham on Crouch Railways Trains Great Eastern Railway Battlesbridge Woodham Ferris 48703 Railways

SWINDALE, DENNIS L.

Branch Lines to Maldon.

Chappel, Essex: EARM Publications, 2007. 0950647373. Revised and updated edition. A short history of the branch lines in Maldon, Essex. Pp.64, black & white photographs and illustrations throughout. Paperback, colour photo illustrations to inside and outside cover. VG.

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Book number: 50683

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Keywords: Fennis Swindale Branch Lines Maldon Essex Railways Trains History 37439 Railways

TOWNROE, S.C.

The Arthurs, Nelsons and Schools of the Southern.

London: Ian Allan Ltd, 1973. 1st ed. Pictorial history of Southern Railway locomotives. Pp. 103, 80 b/w photographs, 6 diagrams, faint marks to fep. Brown cloth, illustrated d/w with clear film protective wrap affixed. G+/G+.

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Book number: 16887

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Keywords: Townroe Arthurs Nelsons Schools Southern Railway Locomotives Pictorial History A11574 Railways

WALLIS, ANDY T.

The Branch Lines of East Anglia. Bury, Colne Valley, Saffron Walden and Stour Valley Branches.

Stroud: Amberley Publishing, 2015. 9781445648279. "In this informative volume, Andy T.Wallis uses over 200 fascinating photographs and maps to explore the history of the four lines in north Essex, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, which have all now closed save for one section of the Stour Valley line. Also included are the branches from Long Melford to Bury St Edmunds, the Saffron Walden branch and the former Colne Valley & Halstead Railway from Chappel & Wakes Colne to Haverhill branch". 23ms x16.5cms. Pp.126, black & white photos throughout + branch line maps. Paperback, VG.

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Keywords: Wallis Branch Lines East Anglia Bury Colne Valley Saffron Walden Stour Railway Marks Tey Shelford Chappel Wakes Colne Haverhill Long Melford Bury St Edmunds Audley End Bartlow History Steam 51216 Railways

WALLIS, ANDY T.

Ipswich to Felixstowe Branch Through Time.

Stroud: Amberley Publishing, 2012. 9781445607665. 1st editin. This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of he many ways in which the Ipswich to Felixstowe Branch has changed and developed over the last century. 23.5cms x 16.5cms. Pp.96, sepia and colour photographs throughout. Illustrated stiff card covers.VG.

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Book number: 50119

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Keywords: Wallis Ipswich Felixstowe Branch Line Railway History Illustrated Photographs Goods Yards Dock Lines East Suffolk Westerfield Derby Road Orwell Trimley 51629 Railways

WHITAKER, ALAN AND MYLAND, BRIAN.

Bradford. (Railway Memories No.4).

Todmorden: Bellcode Books, 1993. 1871233038. 1st edition. "Over 200 photographs recall the time when the Bradford area was alive wih railways and steam. It is not a history book, but a journey back to the days before the magnificentExchange station gave way to the Interchange, the days when the Devonian left Forster Square for the sunnier end of the country, and the days when freight was the backbone of Bradford's railway business." 24cms x 18cms. Pp.96, black & white photo illustrations throughout. Paperback. G+.

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Book number: 49486

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Keywords: Whitaker Myland Bradford Railway Memories Yorkshire Great Northern Trains 51229 Railways