KNIVETON, GORDON N.

THE ISLE OF MAN STEAM RAILWAY.

Douglas, Isle of Man Manx Experience/Isle of Man Railways, 1993, Official Guide." Revised edition, first published 1990. Card covers. 36 pages. Illustrated with colour & b./w. photographs, drawings & maps. 8" x 8¼". Near fine. 1993

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Book number: 2643

Catalogue: Railways & Trains

Keywords: Isle of Man steam train Douglas railway Castletown Port Erin Laxey Duke of Sutherland Governor Loch Tynwald Boynt

KNIVETON, GORDON N. AND SCARFFE, ANDREW A.

THE MANX ELECTRIC RAILWAY. Official Guide.

Douglas, I. of Man. Manx Experience / Isle of Man Railways, 1994, Revised edition. Stiff card covers. 48 pages. Illustrated with colour & b./ w. photographs, drawings & diagrams. 8" x 8¼". Near fine. ISBN 1873120028. 1994

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Book number: 2644

Catalogue: Railways & Trains

Keywords: Isle of Man electric trains Douglas Laxey Manx

MEADE, DOROTHY AND WOLFF, TATIANA.

LINES ON THE UNDERGROUND. An Anthology for Underground London Travellers.

London. Cassell, 1994., Softback. Poetry & prose witn London Underground stations and train connections. 248 pages. With small b./w. drawings by Basil Cottle and Jonathan Newdick. 8.5" x 5.5". Near fine cover. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks. ISBN 0304344516. 1994

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Book number: 5121

Catalogue: Poetry / Railways & Trains

Keywords: poetry poem poet verse anthology underground London stations train Poetry

NOCK, O.S.

THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.

Shepperton. Ian Allan, 1973., Paperback. Reprint, first published 1963. 190 pages including index. 32 pages of over 60 b. & w. photographs, line illustrations plus a map. 8½" x 5¼". Contents very good, no inscription or marks. Cover is creased on back, worn & chipped on edges, 1½" tear on front side edge has been taped on inside. Priced on front cover £1.00. ISBN 0711004080. 1973

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Book number: 4428

Catalogue: Trains & Railways

Keywords: Caledonia Nock railway train engine locomotive

OWEN, GWILYM (SIGNED BY AUTHOR)

RUNNING TO TIME. Recollection of a Station Master.

Anglesey, Wales. Gwilym Owen & Roy Y. Ashworth, 1998., Softback. "Recollection of life as a Station Master in the mid-twentieth century." Signed by the author, in English and in Welsh. Designed & illustrated by Roy Y. Ashworth. Pages 1 & 2 are a biography of Mr. Owen by Peter G. Howe. 78 pages, with about 45 black & white photographs, pictures & drawings. Mentions some of the smaller stations on the Isle of Anglesey which have now disappeared. 2 small marks on front cover from yellow paint, 2 very tiny pale yellow paint spots on inside of front cover, and slight, faint scratches on front cover, o./w. near fine. 8" x 5.75". ISBN 0948469560. 1998

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Book number: 2380

Catalogue: Biography / Railways & Trains

Keywords: 5634 Anglesey railways train stations Menai Brittania Bridge oct* Mar1

ROBBINS, MICHAEL.

THE RAILWAY AGE.

London. Penguin Books, 1965., Paperback. First published by Routledge & Keegan Paul. 191 pages including notes on sources. Cover slightly marked, paper slightly yellowed, previous owner's name label on half-title page which has left an impression on page opposite, o./w. very good. 7" x 4¼". 1965

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Book number: 2381

Catalogue: Railways & Trains

Keywords: railway trains George Stephenson Brunel

THE GUILD OF RAILWAY ARTISTS, AND HOLLINGSWORTH, BRIAN.

THE GREAT WESTERN COLLECTION.

London. Guild Publishing, 1985, First published 1985 by Blandford Press. 160 pages, with 60 colour plates of trains, railways or stations by various artists . Foreword by William McAlpine. Contents near fine. Cover has tiny faint mark on front, o./w. near fine. No d./w. Landscape format 31cm. x 26.5cm. 1985

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Book number: 6622

Catalogue: Railways & Trains

Keywords: engines train railways station Great Western Railway

VARIOUS AUTHORS.

THE ELECTRIC RAILWAY NUMBER OF CASSIER'S MAGAZINE. Vol. XVI. No.4. August 1899.

N. A. Cassier, 1899., This is a special number published by Cassier's Magazine "articles from the foremost authorities in the field..host of photographic & other illustrations...a text book on electric railway engineering.." Pages 253 - 540, divided into 18 chapters, page 254 & 255 are photographs of the contributors. 1) "Latest Developments in Electric Conduit Railways" F.S. Pearson, chief engineer of Metropolitan Street Railway Co. N.Y. 2) "Electric Tramways in Great Britain" Robert W. Blackwell. 3) "Building an Electric Railway" Lemuel W. Serrell. 4) " Overhead Construction" J.G. White. 5) Development of Modern Electric Railway Motor" Dr. Cary Hutchinson. 6) "Some Early Traction History" Thorburn Reid. 7) "Electrolysis From Railway Currents" Arthur Abbott. 8) "Municipal Ownership of Tramways in the United Kingdom" Benjamin Taylor. 9) "Development of Tram Car" John Brill. 10) "Rails & Rail Joints" M.K. Bowen. 11) "Light Electric Railways" Dr. Louis Bell. 12) "Multiple Unit System for Electric Railways" Frank J. Sprague. 13)" Electric Locomotive" George R. Mair. 14)"Polyphase Alternating Currents for Electric Railways" Prof. Dugald Jackson. 15) "Selection of Rolling Stock" C.F. Uebelacker. 16) "Storage Batteries & Electric Railways " Herbert Lloyd. 17) "Electric Railways in America" William J. Clark.18) "The City & S. London Electric Railway" P.V. McMahon. Many b. & w. photographs, diagrams, charts & drawings, not numbered but there are well over 200. A very nice, clean, tight copy, bound in a dark green cloth, top & bottom of spine and corners slightly bumped, o./w. near fine. Contents clean, no inscription or marks, small bookshop label bottom f.e.p. 10" x 6.75". 1899

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Book number: 3702

Catalogue: Engineering / Railways, Trains & Locomotives

Keywords: train electric railway tramway electricity trams overhead Cassier's magazine

VAUGHAN, ADRIAN

OBSTRUCTION DANGER. Significant British Railway Accidents 1890-1986.

London. Guild / Patrick Stephens, 1989, Vaughan, a former signalman, examines over 30 British railway accidents, showing where safety equipment or procedures were neglected or ignored. 256 pages, with b./w. photographs & diagrams. Near fine. Near fine d./w. except for some very faint scratches. 9.5" x 6.75". ISBN 1852600551. 1989

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Book number: 2820

Catalogue: Railways & Trains

Keywords: railway train signal accident tracks junction signalman

WEBSTER, H.C.

INTRODUCTION TO THE LOCOMOTIVE.

London. Sampson Low, Marston & Co., circa 1965., Undated but probably between 1955 & 1965. Landscape format. 56 pages, with 16 full page clear line drawings of different parts of the locomotive, each one illustrated on the opposite page with a drawing of the entire locomotive showing where that part fits on it. 16.5cm. x 22cm. Cover & contents near fine, no inscription, but endpages faintly marked where d./w. flaps touch them. D./w. has small tear top of spine, & tiny tear front top edge, o./w. near fine. 1960

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Book number: 8849

Catalogue: Trains

Keywords: train engine locomotive railway

WILLIAMS, ALAN AND PERCIVAL, DAVID.

STEAM LOCOMOTIVES. Veteran & Vintage Series.

London. Ian Allan, 1964., Hardback with laminated cover. 64 pages. Descriptions of 60 steam locomotives, with a b./w. photograph of each on top of page. Contents near fine, no inscription or marks. Slightly marked on back cover otherwise it is near fine. 22.25cm. x 14.5cm . 1964

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Book number: 8850

Catalogue: Trains

Keywords: locomotive train engine railway