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The swing section of the Severn Bridge, which spanned the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal. Seen here circa 1959, the bridge was closed following an accident in October 1960, when two petroleum barges collided with one of the river piers, bringing down two of the spans. Five of the crewmen on board died in the disaster. The bridge was never repaired and was demolished in 1967. T.B. Owen

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The verdant and picturesque county of Gloucestershire was once served by a maze of railway lines, most of which have long since been closed. Even on those lines still open, almost all of the intermediate stations have disappeared from the railway map. Fortunately, the varied combinations of scenery and differing railway architecture attracted the attention of a good number of photographers many of whom, from the late 1950s, began working with colour in an era when the majority of railway pictures were still being taken on black & white film. Never before has the medium of colour been used to try and illustrate in detail the railway system of a particular area. Within these pages, author Neil Parkhouse has assembled a breathtaking array of well over 550 colour images, coupled with maps, tickets, WTT extracts and other ephemera, to paint a picture of the railways of West Gloucestershire and the Wye Valley as they existed mostly over fifty years ago. The aim has been to show the infrastructure – stations, signal boxes, goods yard, engine sheds – which has been lost, as much as the trains and their motive power. Along the way, some of the other locations which were once railway served – such as docks, quarries and industrial works – are also illustrated. Local people will also find much to enjoy here, as the pictures show far more than just the railway, illustrating much

of the surrounding area as it used to be. Whilst the period covered is largely 1960-65, the last years of the steam era on British Railways Western Region, the earliest pictures in this volume are some Dufaycolor slides of Tintern station taken in the 1930s. The cut-off date is the mid 1970s. The railway system of Great Britain, as it was in the 1950s and 60s, now no longer exists and very little of what is shown in these pictures still remains. This, then, is a chance to sit back and remember the railways of West Gloucestershire and the Wye Valley, in the company of some talented photographers who made it their mission to record this vanishing scene, and to enjoy an altogether simpler way of life than we have today. This is colour as it can and should be used, with five more volumes covering the rest of the county to follow.

+ GLOUCESTER CENTRAL (west end) to CHEPSTOW + LLANTHONY DOCKS + + LEDBURY BRANCH + GLOUCESTER to HEREFORD + ROSS to MONMOUTH +

+ MONMOUTH to PONTYPOOL ROAD + MONMOUTH to CHEPSTOW +

WEST GLOUCESTER & WYE VALLEY LINES

Neil Parkhouse

RAILWAY TITLES: BRITISH RAILWAY HISTORY IN COLOUR

FOREST of DEAN LINES and the SEVERN BRIDGE

Neil Parkhouse

The iron and coal industries of the Forest of Dean can trace their history back for hundreds of years but they began to be properly developed from the late 18th century and in doing so provided Gloucestershire’s contribution to the Industrial Revolution. The Severn & Wye and Forest of Dean tramroads are amongst the earliest lines established in Great Britain. Horse operated, they were later converted into railways worked by locomotives and, later still, both also provided passenger services for the benefit of local inhabitants. These only lasted for around fifty years, however, with that on the S&W line, having commenced much earlier, succumbing in 1929, whilst passenger trains on the Forest of Dean Branch to Cinderford covered the period from 1907 to 1958. It is for freight traffic that the Forest lines are chiefly remembered today and we are fortunate that several photographers made it their mission to record these lines and their operations in the last years of their life. The early loss of many of the passenger trains ensured that the tangle of branch lines in the Forest also attracted numerous railtours, most of which are illustrated and a separate study of these has been made. Also illustrated in detail is the Severn Bridge, the S&WR’s attempt to break out from the confines of the Forest, which ended up bankrupting the company but which provided an additional outlet for Forest coal and connected the communities of Lydney and Sharpness for over eighty years, until it was damaged in a tragic and disastrous accident in 1960. It was subsequently demolished in the late 1960s and its demise is still much mourned today. The bridge and its swing span is here illustrated as never before. For this second volume covering the railways of Gloucestershire in colour, author Neil Parkhouse has once again assembled a remarkable and extensive selection of over 600 pictures, collected over the last fifteen years, which are further illustrated with maps, tickets, WTT extracts and other ephemera. As well as the lines and the infrastructure, various of the collieries, docks and works which were served are also pictured. The hugely individualistic nature of the Forest of Dean is well depicted within these pages and many of its hidden nooks and crannies explored. The period covered is from the late 1950s to the mid 1970s, when traffic on the branch to Parkend finally ceased and the Dean Forest Railway took over. Railway enthusiasts and local Forest of Dean folk alike will find much to enjoy within these pages, when life moved at a different pace and the Forest was still a very secret part of the county of Gloucestershire.

+ The Forest of Dean Branch (Newnham to Cinderford, Northern United & Whimsey) + The Severn & Wye Line (Lydney to Lydbrook, Lydney Docks & Princess Royal Colliery) + The Coleford Branch (Coleford Junction to Sling, Coleford & Whitecliff)

+ The Severn Bridge Railway (Lydney to Sharpness)

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THE BANBURY & CHELTENHAM

DIRECT RAILWAYSTANLEY C. JENKINS, BOB BROWN & NEIL PARKHOUSE

A new history of this well-loved and picturesque cross-country route, complete in one profusely illustrated volume. Beginning with the early schemes affecting the Cotswolds, the narrative then examines how the railway developed piecemeal, beginning with branches from Kingham to Chipping Norton and to Bourton-on-the-Water. After completion of extensions to Banbury in the east and Cheltenham in the west, and the later construction of a direct avoiding line at Kingham, thereby establishing the ‘Direct Railway’ of it’s title, through services began operating over the line between South Wales and the North East. Traffic on the eastern half particularly declined after WW2 and workings through to Banbury ceased after the line was severed by a tunnel collapse in the early 1950s. There is a comprehensive chapter on the line’s operation, followed by a detailed study of the entire route travelling from Cheltenham St. James to Banbury, with numerous plans of all the stations and junctions at the various stages of their development. The major industries connected with the line, such as the quarries at Leckhampton and the ironstone quarries around Hook Norton, are also afforded due consideration. This is a sumptuous, well rounded history, backed up by a collection of over

550 photographs and illustrations, many not previously published, covering the line from the 1860s up to its closure and demolition in the 1960s. With the recent demolition of the station building at Bourton-on-the-Water, leaving the converted station at Stow-on-the-Wold as the only surviving building along the line, this volume provides a fitting memorial to this picturesque cross-country route.

368 pages, 275mm x 215mm, gloss art paper, casebound, colour dustjacket

ISBN 9781899889 15 0 PRICE £24.99

RAILWAY TITLES: LINE HISTORIES

The Minehead Branch 1848-1971Ian Coleby

Published in 2011, this fully revised second edition includes new information and pictures – and the missing section of the 2-chain map! The author has taken the chance to revise some of the information in the light of new research and some newly discovered historic photographs have also been included. Beginning with the early history of the branch, which was opened in two sections, to Watchet by the West Somerset Railway, with the later extension to Minehead under the auspices of the Minehead Railway, first chapters also recount the line’s operation by the broad gauge Bristol & Exeter Railway. Further chapters then examine the line’s operation through different eras, look in detail at the signalling and associated infrastructure, document the traffic and train services throughout its history, and study the history of the branch’s two GWR Camp Coaches, at Stogumber and Blue Anchor. The final two chapters then take us on a journey along the branch in great detail, to Watchet and then on to Minehead. The book is completed with a number of Appendices, incuding lists of all the bridges and culverts, and of railwaymen known to have worked on the line. With over 550 illustrations, along with in depth surveys of every station including scale drawings of most of the station and other buildings along the branch, this superb book is a must for modellers, GWR branch line enthusiasts and railway historians everywhere. The line survives today as the much loved West somerset railWay.

392 pages, 275 x 215mm, gloss art paper, casebound, colour dustjacket

ISBN 9781899889 20 4 PRICE £24.99

THE RUABON TO BARMOUTH LINE

MARTIN F. WILLIAMS

Running through the sylvan beauty of the Dee Valley in Wales, the journey by train from Ruabon to Barmouth was arguably one of the finest in Great Britain. The Great Western Railway described the journey as ‘A paradise for artists and fishermen and a country rich in mountain streams, wild woods and wide far views, unbeaten in any part of Wales’. Leaving the busy industrial environs of Ruabon – with its mines, quarries, brick,

tile, pipe and chemical works – the line soon entered the picturesque Vale of Llangollen. For over 50 miles the railway followed the valley, surrounded by mountains on all sides. The historic towns of Llangollen, Corwen, Bala and Dollgellau were called at before the line reached the beautiful expanse of the Mawddach Estuary. Keeping to the south side of the Estuary, the line joined the main coast lines of the former Cambrian Railway at Barmouth Junction, before heading north over the famous Barmouth

Bridge and into the holiday resort of Barmouth. Local author Martin F. Williams has enjoyed a lifelong interest in the Ruabon to Barmouth line, its people and its history. Many years of research have brought him into contact and close friendship with many who knew and worked on the line, providing a unique working insight into its day-to-day operation. Using hundreds of photographs, with a selection in colour and kmost previously unpublished, together with informative text and captions, he takes the reader on a fascinating journey along the line, back in time – from its earliest days until its closure under Dr. Beeching in January 1965.

REFLECTIONS OF A LOST WELSH RAILWAY

288 pages (incl. 14 in colour), 215 x 275mm, gloss art paper, laminated printed board covers. ISBN: 9781899889 97 6. PRICE £30.00

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RAILWAY TITLES: SOUTH WALES RAILWAY HISTORY

A HISTORY of the PORT TALBOT RAILWAY & DOCKS COMPANY

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SOUTH WALES MINERAL RAILWAY COMPANY Volume 2: 1894-1971 Robin G. Simmonds

A HISTORY of the PORT TALBOT RAILWAY & DOCKS COMPANY

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SOUTH WALES MINERAL RAILWAY COMPANY Volume 1: 1853-1907

Robin G. SimmondsThe origins of the Port Talbot Railway & Docks Company can be found in the formation of the Port Talbot Company in 1836 and the construction and development of the first Port Talbot dock under the not always benevolent eye of the landowner, C.R.M. Talbot. Following Mr Talbot’s death his daughter, Miss Emily Charlotte Talbot, in 1894 promoted the PTR&D Co. in order to improve the dock and realise the industrial potential of her newly inherited Margam Estate. In this first volume Robin Simmonds describes these developments and continues the story of the railway side of the undertaking up to 1908 when the GWR took over the running of the railway by agreement leaving the PTR&D directors to concentrate on the docks side of the business. A short distance along the coast the South Wales Mineral Railway, opened throughout in 1863, connected the collieries at Glyncorrwg to a new dock at Briton Ferry. Leased to the Glyncorrwg Coal Co. and its successors since 1855 and in receivership since 1877, the SWMR was never a financial success, but it was a useful source of traffic and in 1907 was acquired by three of the PTR&D directors acting as trustees for the GWR, and was then worked by the PTR. The volume closes with an account of the locomotives and rolling stock acquired by these lines up to the GWR taking over the operation of both railways in 1908. Profusely illustrated, including numerous photographs of the PTR’s construction, and of the collieries and industries served by the railway.

Concluding the history of the Port Talbot Railway & Docks Company and the South Wales Mineral Railway, this account covers the period from 1908 to 1922 when they were worked by the GWR. The PTR&D Co’s 1894 Act also authorised the company to make a new dock at Port Talbot and the construction and development of this part of the company’s undertaking from 1894 to 1922 are described. The history of the PTR&D Co. and SWMR as independent companies is completed with accounts of their finances and of the men who were responsible for guiding their fortunes. Both were absorbed into the enlarged GWR in 1922 and 1923 respectively, and thus became part of the nationalised British Railways in 1948. The railways saw relatively little development during this period and were mostly closed by the 1960s but the docks and the industry around them continued to expand, culminating in the modern Abbey Works at Port Talbot. The volume closes with an account of what would have been encountered during journeys along the lines of the PTR and SWMR in their heyday, and of the industries, principally collieries, that were served, and with an illustrated survey of the private owner wagons which conveyed their output. Includes the complete 2-chain survey of both lines.

304 pages, 215 x 275mm, gloss art paper, casebound with colour dustjacket.

ISBN: 9781899889 79 2. PRICE £30.00

264 pages, 275mm x 215mm, gloss art paper,

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The Rhymney Railway opened in the winter of 1857-58 and this idiosyncratic company was largely reliant upon outside framed saddle tanks during the 19th century. In the early 20th century, under the guidance of R. Jenkins and C.T. Hurry Riches, the motive power and rolling stock was transformed, providing the Company with modern stock that survived in some cases to the British Railways era. Indeed, the last of the powerful Rhymney tank locomotives finally went to Swindon for cutting up in 1957. This volume, the first in a series of Welsh Railway Records, has as its focal point a series of detailed drawings prepared by the late Mike Morton Lloyd and the late Trefor Jones of pre-Grouping Welsh rolling stock as it appeared in original condition and after rebuilding by the Great Western Railway. There are thirty-eight drawings for the RR all reproduced here at 7mm scale. These are accompanied by photographs and summary histories. The Introduction has returned to original source material to give a history of the Rhymney Railway, whilst the Appendices give build, renumbering and withdrawal details of all the locomotives owned by the Company, as well as details of rolling stock types and their renumbering upon absorption into the GWR in 1922. Published in conjunction With the Welsh railWays research circle

RHYMNEY RAILWAY DRAWINGSWELSH RAILWAY RECORDS VOLUME 1

136 pages, 275mm x 215mm gloss art paper, laminated

printed board coversISBN 9781899889 47 1

PRICE £18.00NIGEL NICHOLSON, TREFOR JONES & MIKE MORTON LLOYD

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The first of three volumes looking at what happened to the NSR after it was taken over by the LM&SR in 1923, up until Nationalization in 1947. This first volume covers the background to the establishment of the LM&SR and the demise of the NSR, the changing nature of industrial activity in North Staffordshire, the competition with road transport for passenger and freight traffic, and the impact of the Second World War. Separate chapters then follow the main line from Manchester and Macclesfield through Stoke to Colwich, including the Talke and Chesterton branches, connections to the factories of Michelin Tyres and Josiah Wedgwood, the Trentham Park Branch and ROF 5 Cold Meece. There is an introduction to the NSR canal system, which then goes on to follow the whole of the Trent & Mersey Canal, and there is a short section on the hotels of the NSR. This volume then concludes

with a journey along the Stoke to Market Drayton line, which also includes diversions off on the Pool Dam and Apedale branches, the Newcastle-under-Lyme Canal, and the Audley Branch. The book is profusely illustrated with over 400 pictures and several maps, whilst the author has also had access to many previously unpublished items of ephemera, including timetables, tickets and other material. The considerable text benefits from extensive research, that has yielded much new information. Basil Jeuda has written and lectured extensively on the NSR and the subsequent history of the area it covered for more than thirty years, and this is the first major work to be published on the North Staffordshire Section of the LM&SR. PLEASE NOTE: STOCKS OF THIS TITLE ARE NOW LOW

THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY IN LMS DAYS Basil Jeuda

Vol. 1: Historical Background; Main Line North & South of Stoke; The NSR Canal System; Hotels; The Market Drayton Line

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This second volume begins with a short introduction, which includes essays on the decline in milk traffic and the promotion of Workmen’s tickets in North Staffordshire. We then take a brief look at ex-NSR locomotives in Crewe Works, before journeying to Harecastle, followed by trips along the Sandbach Branch and the little known Macclesfield, Marple & Bollington Railway. A lengthy sojourn along the Churnet Valley follows, after which we return part way up the line to Rocester, to head off along the Ashbourne Branch and ultimately to Buxton. Another long journey is then undertaken from Stoke to Derby, before returning a short way back to Tutbury to take the branch to Burton. Along all of these routes, brief stops are made to examine various industries and other aspects in more detail, such as the gypsum mines at Fauld, the ROF Radway Green, minor branch lines such as that to Cheadle, or the various ex-NSR engine sheds encountered. This volume ends with a brief study of the operations of Railway Air Services Ltd, particularly in relation to Meir aerodrome at Stoke. Profusely illustrated, with nearly 500 photographs, maps, tickets, posters, handbills, timetables and other material, much of it not previously published. Further original research has once more provided much new information for the text and captions. This seminal work is building into an important illustrated history of the North Staffordshire Section of the LM&SR. PLEASE NOTE: STOCKS OF THIS TITLE ARE NOW LOW

THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY IN LMS DAYS Basil Jeuda

Vol. 2: Crewe Works; Crewe to Harecastle; Sandbach Branch; Macclesfield, Bollington & Marple; Churnet Valley Line; Ashbourne Branch; Stoke to Derby; Burton Branch; Railway Air Services

176 pages, 275mm x 215mm gloss art paper, full colour

laminated printed board coversISBN 9781899889 65 5

PRICE £22.50

RAILWAY TITLES: STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY HISTORY

The third and final volume looking at what happened to the North Staffordshire Railway after it became a part of the London, Midland & Scottish Railway in the Railway Grouping of 1923. The lines travelled in this volume include the Loop Line, the Biddulph Valley Line, the Leek Line from Stoke to Leek, the Leek, Caldon & Waterhouses Branch and the narrow gauge Leek & Manifold Valley Light Railway. The collieries, quarries and other industrial concerns served are illustrated. We visit Stoke Works, to find out what happened to it under its new owners, take a look at the fate of ex-NSR rolling stock once it had been subsumed into the LM&SR fleet, and study the history of Stoke Round House and shed and look at locomotive allocations on the NS Section in the LM&SR period. Another detailed chapter then looks at what happened with the NSR’s smaller canals and ends with a short synopsis of Rudyard Lake’s fall from grace under the LM&SR. The book is illustrated with over 500 photographs, plus maps, tickets, posters, handbills, etc, much of it not previously published. Original research has again provided much new information for the text and captions. Basil Jeuda has written and lectured extensively on the NSR and the area it served for more than thirty years and, together, these three volumes now form an important pictorial history of the North Staffordshire Section of the London, Midland & Scottish Railway, and what the author has now indicated will be his valedictory contribution to railway research.

THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY IN LMS DAYS

Basil Jeuda

184 pages, 215x275mm, gloss art paper, laminated printed board covers. ISBN 9781899889 83 9. PRICE £25.00

Road Deliveries – Buses – The Loop Line – The Biddulph Valley Line – Stoke WorksRolling Stock – Stoke Round House & Shed – Locomotive Allocations – Traffic Control

Canals & Rudyard Lake – The Leek Line – Leek, Caldon & Waterhouses RailwayCaldon Quarries – Leek & Manifold Valley Light Railway


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ISBN 9781899889 01 3 PRICE £14.95

‘THE KNOTTY’ An IllustrAted survey of the north stAffordshIre rAIlwAy

Basil Jeuda A comprehensive North Staffordshire Railway pictorial album, with many previously unseen images and captions compiled by one of the recognised experts on the company. Sections on the locomotives, rolling stock, stations, canals, collieries, staff, signal boxes and other structures, provide a good overall picture of the NSR system. This was Basil Jeuda’s first book for Lightmoor.

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The 121/2 mile Stafford & Uttoxeter Railway opened in 1867 and had running powers from Bromshall Junction into the North Staffordshire Railway’s station at Uttoxeter. At the other end of the line the S&UR, with the agreement of the London & North Western Railway accessed Stafford Station which was also used by NSR trains. The line spent most of its independent life in receivership, eventually being acquired by the enterprising Great Northern Railway (GNR) in 1881. This book explores how that railway developed its relationship with the NSR over whose line it had to pass in order to reach its own metals at Egginton Junction. At the grouping of the railways in 1923, the GNR became part of the London & North Eastern Railway (L&NER) whereas the NSR and L&NWR became part of the London Midland & Scottish Railway (LM&SR) and so it was that Stafford and Uttoxeter continued to be locations where the trains and liveries of different railway companies rubbed shoulders. The narrative describes the personalities, operation and traffic of the S&UR, and examines the industries served by the railway, including the extensive salt works located at Stafford Common. The former S&UR lost its passenger service in 1939 but the line survived to become nationalised, the through link finally closing in 1951. The result of extensive and detailed primary research, the book is profusely illustrated and will appeal to railway enthusiasts and those who want to learn more about past commercial and industrial enterprise in the area in which they reside.

RAILWAY TITLES: STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY HISTORY

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240 pages, 215 x 275mm, printed on gloss art paper,

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ISBN 9781899889 90 7 PRICE £30.00

‘Their memories are dear and sacred to us and in their homesthere may still be mourning but let us remember, and alwaysremember, that those names take a proud place in English History.’Words spoken by Lord Anslow at the memorial unveiling ceremony.

This book is about the employees of the North Staffordshire Railway – ‘The Knotty’ – who lost their lives as a result of the First World War; 146 of them are listed on the magnificent war memorial at Stoke-on-Trent station which was unveiled by Lord Anslow, Chairman of the company, on 15 August 1922. The authors have discovered details of another six men whose names should also have been included. A biography of each man is provided, except for a small number included in a short section covering men of uncertain identity. An appendix lists all men employed by the NSR who served during the First World War. The book also contains a history of the war memorial itself and a description of its unveiling, together with an historical sketch of the NSR which was incorporated as a company in 1846

and survived until the grouping of the railways in 1923. A plan of the line shows it at its fullest extent when the company owned and operated over 200 miles of railway and employed some 5,700 people. The many illustrations have been carefully chosen to depict the men who died, their places of work, their homes and, where possible, their places of rest or commemoration. Maps illustrate the location of the Pottery towns where the men lived and the theatres of war where they died. Much of the content is based upon primary research resulting in a very poignant

presentation of those who gave their lives for their country.

Gone to warTHE NORTH STAFFORD’S

FALLEN RAILWAYMEN

224 pages, 215 x 275mm,

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The face of the Caledonian Railway was unmistakable, whether in the remote Highlands or the bustling industrial areas of central Scotland. Hitherto, studies of the railway have concentrated on its characteristic locomotives and rolling stock. For the first time, a volume is now devoted to the Caledonian infrastructure, in particular the signals, the telegraph pole routes and the signal boxes, which also distinguished the Caledonian scene. A close look with the sharp eye of the modeller is taken at these and their associated equipment. The signalling system existed to serve the traffic and so this book sets it in this wider context, recording how methods of controlling traffic evolved ingeniously to meet changing needs and discussing the men who devised and maintained it. A valuable chapter explains the organisation and an explanation of the work of the operating staff is supplemented by John Paton’s definitive essay on the architecture of their workplace, the signal box. Its development is charted by an unrivalled collection of photographs. This story of the how a great railway tackled safety and capacity is richly illustrated by historic photographs, which serve to throw a new and fascinating light on the Caledonian scene. Adherents of other railways who read this volume will find themselves looking at their own linesides with renewed interest, while admirers of the Caledonian will find much to sustain and enrich their passion.

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This long-awaited book describes the carriages owned and operated by the Caledonian Railway from its opening until the 1923 Grouping, with 250 photographs and over 300 drawings. The topics covered include the CR’s reaction to technological developments in railway passenger transport and the increasing attention paid to passenger comfort and convenience. The description of

its carriage livery challenges some aspects of ‘received wisdom’ and deals with furnishing and internal décor. General service stock is reviewed to the end of McIntosh’s tenure in 1914, plus the carriages acquired from the West Coast Joint Stock fleet, the Pullman cars and the final designs in the Pickersgill regime. The CR Ambulance Train and other carriages

in war-time service are described along with vehicles which were not part of general service stock. Saloons, Invalid carriages, Post Office vehicles, the Prison Van, Inchture horse bus and the Connel Ferry rail motor are all covered, along with some proposed designs that never saw service, including a steam rail motor. Appendices give information about the number of carriages in the fleet, their numbers, carriage orders and building dates and list the available drawings of carriages and components, with their location.

360 pages, 215 x 275mm,

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board covers. ISBN: 978911038 00 9.

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CALEDONIAN RAILWAY

CARRIAGESMIKE WILLIAMS

RAILWAY TITLES: SCOTTISH RAILWAY HISTORY – CALEDONIAN

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This is a detailed history of the Caledonian Railway’s ‘Jumbo’ 0-6-0s, officially the ‘18in x 26in x 5ft 0in Goods Engine’, which were not only the workhorses of the Company but also formed the largest class of locomotives in Scotland. The 244 members of the class were built over a fourteen year period between 1883 and 1897, and many were also Westinghouse braked, whilst some were vacuum fitted as well, which thus allowed their extensive use on passenger traffic too. With the aid of official plans and drawings, along with numerous mostly previously unpublished photographs, and in conjunction with technical specifications and other data, the author has faithfully documented the history, work, performance and allocations of these iconic little engines for posterity. The entire class was taken over by the LM&SR at Grouping and most of them survived into the BR era, with the last four only being withdrawn in 1963, giving the ‘Jumbos’ a history of 80 years in total.

The Caledonian Railway ‘Jumbos’The 18in x 26in 0-6-0s

h.J.C. CoRnwell

The Cathcart Railway was opened in 1886, before most of the homes it now serves were built. With a length of 8 miles from Glasgow Central to Glasgow Central, it was operated by the Caledonian Railway from opening until Grouping. Jack Kernahan provides a history of the line from the first plans until the present day, including motive power and rolling stock, electrification, track layout and signalling, and the role of the line in popular folklore. The text has been thoroughly updated for this much enlarged second edition, with additional appendices, many new photographs, and the inclusion of numerous track and signalling plans.

THE CATHCART CIRCLE

192 pages including 8 in colour, 275mm x 215mm

gloss art paper, laminated printed board coversISBN 9781899889 56 3

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160 pages incl. 16 in colour, 275mm x 215mm

gloss art paper, laminated printed board coversISBN 9781899889 52 5

PRICE £22.50

JACK KERNAHAN

The first detailed history of the Caledonian Railway’s wagons, from 1847 until the Grouping in 1923. The introduction details the sources of information used and a chapter on the industrial development of Scotland outlines its influence on the size and diversity of the wagon fleet. The types of wagons and numbers in service are tabulated and an overview is offered of technical developments, which discusses how two Locomotive Superintendents transformed the wagon fleet. The liveries of wagons and Non-Passenger Coaching Stock are described, as are the systems used by the Caledonian to allocate running numbers. Photographic evidence and drawings depict a far more complex picture than that presented previously. Eleven chapters then deal with different types of wagons, ranging from those built by the thousand, to small numbers of wagons for special traffic. Building dates are given for each design, whilst design developments are described and supported by photographs and works drawings. Sample running numbers are included for modellers. A further chapter describes the Caledonian’s relationship with the private traders who ran wagons over the system. Appendices list the construction orders undertaken by the company and outside contractors, the surviving works drawings, and present specially commissioned drawings of details characteristic of Caledonian wagons.

CALEDONIAN RAILWAY WAGONS

AND NON-PASSENGER COACHING STOCKMIKE WILLIAMS



ISBN 9781899889 74 7 PRICE £30.00

Sir Walter Scott once described Perthshire as ‘the most varied and the most beautiful’ county in Scotland. Within Perthshire, Strathearn fully merits this accolade, with Upper Strathearn renowned as a tourist destination, and the lower reaches being a rich agricultural area. For over a century, the branch lines of Strathearn were an integral part of this district. This comprehensive history of those lines is the culmination of research over fifty years, drawing on many original documents and contemporary accounts. Lavishly illustrated with nearly 300 photographs, many never previously published, and over 200 other illustrations, it traces the development of these branch lines from the opening of the Crieff Junction Railway in 1856 to the closure of the last section of

line in 1967. This book also details the part these railways played in the development of the district and the communities they served, including a chapter on Gleneagles Hotel, all of which will be of interest to the general reader as well as the railway enthusiast.

296 pages, 215x275mm, gloss art paper, laminated printed board covers. ISBN 9781899889 88 4.

PRICE £30.00

Branch Lines of strathearntourists, tatties and trains John Young


THE SCOTTISH SHALE OIL INDUSTRY &

MINERAL RAILWAY LINESHarry Knox

232 pages, 215 x 275mm,

printed on gloss art paper,


ISBN 9781899889 73 0 PRICE £25.00

The monTRose & beRvie

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KinCaRdineshiRe 1770-1966miKe miTChell

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In full colour, 152 pages,

215 x 275mm, gloss art paper,


ISBN: 9781899889 96 9. PRICE £25.00

The Montrose & Bervie Railway is the story of the picturesque railway branch from Montrose to Inverbervie, which opened in 1865 and closed completely in 1966. It was built by the principal landowners of South-East Kincardineshire as a means of developing their estates and was an independent company (though operated by the Caledonian Railway) until 1881, when it was sold to the North British Railway. Promoted as a part of a plan for an independent route to Aberdeen via the coast, and in opposition to the more inland route of the CR via Strathmore, it never lived up to the expectations of its builders and shareholders, though it was for many years a reasonably successful part of the NBR. After WW1, with the rapid development of road transport, and in particular a frequent bus service on the coast road between Montrose and Stonehaven, revenue on the line rapidly decreased; the passenger service was withdrawn in 1951, followed fifteen years later by the freight service. This new, detailed and fully researched study, using original documents and contemporary newspapers, charts the history of the line against the backdrop of the progress of the SE Kincardineshire economy and the landed interests which controlled it. The development of Royal Mail services, and the coach and carrier services using the new turnpike road (controlled by the same landowners and unusual in being highly profitable) in the early 19th century are described, and the rise in the bus services in the 1920s is chronicled, so that the history of the line is set in its true context. Eleven appendices give full details of the stations, structures, operations, signalling and many other aspects of the railway, as well as data on the preceding turnpike road system and the bus services which followed. The text is profusely illustrated by over 170 illustrations, many in colour, and a number of statistical tables.

RAILWAY TITLES: SCOTTISH RAILWAY HISTORY – GENERAL

The Scottish Shale Oil Industry was to prove a world first, where mineral oils were produced for the first time, from the oil bearing shale lying below the county of West Lothian, and in an operation on an industrial scale. This enterprise, from the early beginnings in 1851, expanded into an extensive oil producing and refining industry which competed successfully against the increasing tide of imported petroleum and continued in operation until 1962. The history itself is stunning, involving tales of enterprise, invention, triumph and even failure, but all resulting in innovative progress and a core of Scottish know-how which was to contribute significantly towards the development of the modern oil industry, worldwide. It remains today a source of great pride with an ongoing legacy. This is the story, never before told in such detail. Author Harry Knox has assembled a magnificent collection of photographs, maps, plans and ephemera to illustrate this story, most of which have never previously been published. Covering the shale oil mines and the refineries; the narrow and standard gauge main line and industrial railways which served them;

the people – men and women – who worked in the numerous and varied jobs associated with the industry; and with detailed sections too on the communities which worked in and lived around these sites, this will surely come to be recognised as the standard history of the Scottish Shale Oil industry. And, with the current interest in fracking, it could well be that this is an industry we have not heard the last of.


GREAT NORTH of SCOTLAND RAILWAY CARRIAGES

KEITH FENWICK

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144 pages (4 in colour), 275 x 215mm gloss art paper, laminated board covers. ISBN 9781899889 41 9

PRICE £19.95

GREAT NORTH of SCOTLAND RAILWAY CARRIAGES

KEITH FENWICK The size of the GNSR and the survival of many drawings at its works at Inverurie has made it possible in one volume to trace the development of the Company’s coaching stock (including the famous Cycle Van) from the beginning until the Grouping in 1923. Published in conjunction with the GNSRA

Built in 1842 as an engine shed for the Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway, Haymarket has served the railways that radiate from Edinburgh ever since. Haymarket locomotives and footplate crews partook in the Railway Races of 1895, and on the non-stops between Edinburgh and

London before and after the Second World War. It is now the main DMU depot for Scotland. In this volume Harry Knox relates the full history of the depot, the motive power and the staff that have been based there, including analysis of the accidents and incidents in which they have been involved. Profusely illustrated, with mostly previously unpublished maps, plans, photographs and other material, this is a superb history of this important East Coast Main Line depot.

208 pages, 275mm x 215mm gloss art paper, laminated printed board covers. ISBN 9781899889 58 7. PRICE £24.99

RAILWAY TITLES: SCOTTISH RAILWAY HISTORY – GENERAL

CREATING AN EDWARDIAN MASTERPIECE

THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY’S

WEMYSS BAY STATIONJim MacIntosh

32 pages (4 in colour), 275 x 215mm, gloss art paper,

laminated card covers. ISBN 9781899889 59 4

PRICE £5.00

A pictorial study, with introductory background history, documenting the rebuilding of this station in 1902-3, which has endowed us with one of the great masterpieces of the Edwardian age. Published in conjunction with the Friends oF Weymss bay station.

The first engine shed and the workshops comprising St. Margaret’s, were built by the NBR in 1845. Mainly associated with the movement of coal and general freight traffic, the depot was never to match its close Edinburgh Haymarket neighbour in glamour of any form. Described as a dark, smoky hole filled with Reid’s Relics, it was nevertheless staffed by first-class enginemen and was to remain largely faithful to steam until closed in 1967. Within this volume is related the history, the staff, including many anecdotes thereof, the allocated work and the engines which were based at the shed, including accidents and incidents in which they were involved. The book, in short, describes the hard, dirty and relentless daily grind associated with the largest, if not most famous, running shed in Scotland. Heavily illustrated and with many never previously published pictures, the book makes a fine companion volume to Haymarket Motive Power Depot, Edinburgh.

320 pages, 215 x 275mm, gloss art paper, laminated printed board covers. ISBN 9781899889 95 2. PRICE £30.00ne

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RAILWAY TITLES: MILITARY RAILWAY HISTORY

THE SHROPSHIRE & MONTGOMERYSHIRE LIGHT RAILWAY

UNDER MILITARY CONTROL 1941-1960The 18 miles of railway from Shrewsbury to Llanymynech had a remarkably complex history. Opened as the Potteries, Shrewsbury & North Wales Railway in 1866, it never reached either the Potteries or North Wales. The railway was reduced to single track in 1867 and had sold all but six of its coaches by 1877. The line was finally forced to close as unsafe in June 1880. Attempts at resurrecting the line in 1890/1891 failed and it remained derelict for more than thirty years. The railway was re-opened, under the title of the Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway, in 1911 using the relaxation of standards for railway construction allowed by the Light Railways Act of 1896. Passenger traffic was seldom enough to pay its costs and ordinary passenger trains were withdrawn in 1933. Thereafter the railway continued to carry goods traffic, principally stone from quarries at Criggion. The loss of this traffic in early 1940 due to the collapse of a bridge brought the railway to the brink of a second closure. Late in 1940, however, most of the railway was taken over (under lease) by the War Department to form the basis of an extensive depot for the storage of ammunition. Additional track was laid, more than 200 rail-served Explosive Store Houses constructed and new marshalling yards built. The railway continued in this role until the ammunition depot closed, the railway effectively closing with the Depot. This book describes the third phase of the existence of the S&MRin its busiest years, the twenty years from 1941 to 1960.

Mike Christensen OBE

192 pages, 275mm x 215mm gloss art paper,


PRICE £22.50

For sixty years the British Army operated a railway dedicated to training soldiers to operate a complete strategic rail supply system. This is the story of that enterprise, originally called the Woolmer Instructional Military Railway, which later became the Longmoor Military Railway. Volume 1 covers the early developments of the 19th century in regard to military railways in general and then in relation to the British Army, the construction of the line, its growth in the Great War and its subsequent decline through to its rebirth in the 1920s and 30s, ending with the mobilisation of the railway troops in September 1939. The final chapter is a detailed description of the route followed by the line, which connected with the Southern Railway’s stations at Bordon to the north and Liss to the south. Sumptuously illustrated, with many historic and previously unseen pictures and numerous plans of the system, this is destined to become the definitive history of the Longmoor Military Railway. Colonel David Ronald was the last commanding officer at Longmoor and Mike Christensen is well known as an authority on British military railways and on British railway signalling practice.

328 pages,275mm x 215mm, gloss art paper,

laminated printed board covers

ISBN 9781899889 69 3 PRICE £25.00

The LONGMOOR MILITARY RAILWAY

A New History Volume 1: 1903-1939Colonel David Ronald & Mike Christensen OBE


laminated printed board covers. ISBN 9781899889 77 8

PRICE £25.00

The LONGMOOR MILITARY RAILWAY

A New History Volume 2: World War Two and the Cold War Era

Colonel David Ronald & Mike Christensen OBE

Volume 2 takes the story through the years of World War Two and the Cold War Era to 1965.

Volume 3 carries the story to its conclusion with the closure of the Longmoor Military Railway and contains details of the locomotives and rolling stock. Profusely illustrated, with approximately 450 mostly previously unpublished photographs, plus numerous plans, items of ephemera and other illustrative material. Together, these three volumes now form an exhaustive and definitive history of this most unique of railway systems.

The LONGMOOR MILITARY RAILWAYA New History

Vol. 3: The Inevitable Closure, Locomotives & Rolling StockCol. David Ronald & Mike Chistensen OBE

288 pages (incl. 28 page

colour section), 275x215mm,

gloss art paper, laminated printed

board covers. ISBN

9781899889 89 1 PRICE £30.00

The opening volume in a series of books illustrating the first 25 years of British Railways, which will eventually cover the whole of Great Britain, with all of the photographs coming from previously unpublished collections. This first volume, on the East Midlands, travels roughly from Nottingham in the north, via Derby, Burton on Trent, Leicester and Wellingborough, southwards down to Bedford. We visit the Great Central Railway London Extension, former Great Northern Railway lines around Nottingham – including the magnificent joint GNR and GCR Victoria station – and the Midland Railway main line and its associated cross country branches. We also call in at Derby Works and the main depots such as Colwick, Toton and Wellingborough. The industrial lines around the Nottingham coalfield are not forgotten and there are many photographs of the reasons for the building of our railways originally, showing freight workings and particularly the coal industry. Our selection of pictures also covers the pre-TOPS diesel era, as well as 1950s and ‘60s London Midland and Eastern Region steam. There are photographs of all the main classes associated with the area in steam days, ranging from the ‘Garratts’, through the glamorous named passenger classes to the numerous freight classes often working out their last few years, finally finishing with the essential

shunting tanks. There are also a number of special features including a look at the Crosti ‘9Fs’ at Wellingborough, early diesel prototypes at Derby, a trip on the Desford to West Bridge Branch and a spectacular accident at Turvey on the Bedford-Northampton line. There is a mix of action and depot pictures, as well as plenty of unusual and ‘quirky’ shots amongst the 500+ photographs contained within, all backed up by extensive captions.

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208 pages, 275mm x 215mm, gloss art paper, laminated printed board covers, ISBN 9781899889 71 6. PRICE £22.50

This second volume looks at the West Midlands, starting at Rugby and following the two main ex-L&NWR routes as far as Stafford on the West Coast main line, and to Coventry, Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton. The former Midland Railway lines from Burton to Bromsgrove via Birmingham and the Camp Hill line are covered in some depth. There are extensive chapters on New Street station and the GWR’s Snow Hill station, together with their associated suburban routes. The less photographed lines in the Black Country, operated by both the London Midland and Western regions, were full of industrial interest and contrast with one of the steam era’s favourite locations, the Lickey Incline.

The picture selection ranges from ‘Coronations’, ‘Princesses’ and ‘Royal Scots’ on the West Coast main line and ‘Kings’ and ‘Castles’ on the Western Region expresses, to the humble freight engines trudging through the industrial areas. There are early diesel prototypes on the LMR, the newly introduced DMUs on the suburban lines, the glamorous ‘Blue Pullman’, gleaming new ‘Western’ hydraulics and the short lived ‘Lion’ prototype. More mundane diesel classes that worked the area after dieselisation are of course covered, as they took over from the ailing steam classes. There are several special features, including the 1960s rebuilding of New Street station and the journey of No. 46235 City of Birmingham through the city streets to the old Science Museum. There is a good mix of action and depot pictures, along with plenty of unusual and ‘quirky’ shots, all described in comprehensive captions. All in all, the perfect companion to the first volume covering the East Midlands.

The First 25 YearsVol. 2: The West Midlands

J. Allan and A. Murray

The First 25 YearsVol. 1: The East Midlands


240 pages, 215 x 275mm, gloss art paper, laminated printed board covers.

ISBN: 9781899889 78 5. PRICE £25.00

RAILWAY TITLES: PICTORIAL ALBUMS 1

240 pages, 215 x 275mm, gloss art paper, laminated printed board covers.

ISBN: 9781899889 94 5. PRICE £25.00

The third volume in the series explores the North West of England, through the county of Lancashire to the open fells of Westmorland. Travelling mainly over former L&NWR, L&YR and Furness Railway lines, our journey begins just north of Crewe and heads north along the West Coast Main Line to Warrington. We visit Merseyside, Liverpool and the Docks, including the Liverpool Overhead Railway, before continuing north to Wigan. We pay a visit to the Vulcan Foundry at Newton-le-Willows, the Central Wagon Company at Ince and the sheds at Wigan, Springs Branch and Lostock Hall before negotiating the complex series of junctions leading into Preston. The countryside opens up beyond Preston and we detour west to explore the Fylde Coast and the holiday resort of Blackpool, before resuming our journey north to historic Lancaster and the famous station at Carnforth, where the old Furness Railway line branches

off to serve the southern Lake District. We then visit Morecambe Bay, including the holiday resort of Morecambe and port of Heysham. The branch stations at Windermere and Kendal are recorded before we regain the main line and pass through the picturesque Lune Gorge to Tebay, finally climbing over Shap summit to complete our journey at Penrith. The atmospheric photographs cover steam, diesel and electric traction, express, freight and humble shunting engines. Everything from ‘Coronations’, ‘Royal Scots’ and ‘Jubilees’ to the now long forgotten electric units on the Lancaster to Morecambe and Heysham line. There is extensive coverage of freight working, including the rarely photographed

lines around St. Helens, finishing off with a study of the final year of steam operation around Carnforth. There is a mix of action and depot pictures, as well as plenty of unusual and ‘quirky’ shots, backed up by extensive and informative captions – all in all a perfect companion to the previous volumes in the series.

The First 25 YearsVol. 3: The North WestLancashire and Westmorland


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160 pages, 275 x 215mm, gloss art paper, colour

laminated board covers. ISBN 9781899889 46 4

PRICE £22.50

The third volume in this landmark series, with every single illustration again having been scanned from the original glass plate negative, and with detailed captions and text by Mike Arlett. By the 1950s, Norman was starting to venture farther afield, a process which was accelerated even further by, first, a move to Bath with his work and, second, a chance meeting with fellow photographer Ivo Peters. Becoming firm friends, Norman now had access to additional transport in the shape of Ivo’s famous Bentley. Thus, within these pages, we now travel across not only Norman’s native Somerset and into the adjoining counties but to a diversity of locations across much of the former network of the Western Region of British Railways. Thus we have views as far apart as the Tamar Bridge, Chester, Swindon, South Wales, Hereford, the Dovey Estuary, Gloucester, the Cotswolds and many other lineside locations visited either as a ‘one off’ or on several repeat occasions.

WESTERN REGION STEAM 1950-1965MIKE ARLETT & DAVID LOCKETT

192 pages, 275 x 215mm, gloss art paper, colour laminated board coversISBN 9781899889 60 0

PRICE £22.50

RAILWAY TITLES: PICTORIAL ALBUMS 2 & TRACK LAYOUT DIAGRAMS

Compiled by R.A. CookeInvaluable guides to station layouts, sidings, mileages, etc, covering the entire GWR/BR (WR) area, through the complete time span of each line. Includes signal box opening and closure dates and Private Siding Agreements (PSAs). The sections currently available are listed on the left. Further revised sections, with all text now typeset on computer and with illustrated covers are in production.

TRACK LAYOUT DIAGRAMS of the GWR and BR (WR)19A BRISTOL AREA £7 2037 FOREST OF DEAN £7 2043A CARDIFF MAIN LINE £7 1043B CARDIFF DOCKS £7 5046A RHONDDA VALLEYS £7 5046B PONTYPRIDD TO CARDIFF £7 5052 NEATH & BRECON RLY £6 0059 CENTRAL & MID WALES LINES £5 90

For this second volume of Norman Lockett’s photographs, we move to his favourite railway, the Great Western and, in particular, the main line between Bristol and Plymouth. Beginning in the mid 1930s, Norman captured the GWR’s last great era, before the Second World War and then Nationalisation brought to an end nearly 125 years of company history. Living in Plymouth and later back in Weston-super-Mare (where he was born), he often chose picturesque locations which seem not to have been frequented by other photographers. He captured a fascinating array of GW main line workings, from the top link expresses down to the humblest of auto workings, along with numerous freight trains and the occasional branch line service.

GREAT WESTERN STEAM 1934-1949MIKE ARLETT & DAVID LOCKETT

ASPECTS OF SOUTHERN STEAMMIKE ARLETT & DAVID LOCKETT

Having covered the Somerset & Dorset line and extensive parts of the GWR and, later, BR Western Region system in previous volumes, it is now the turn of the Southern Railway/Southern Region to be explored in the company of Norman Lockett and his plate camera. At a time when most railway photographers were converting over to celluloid film, Norman remained faithful to glass plates right to the end of steam, his only concession being to take colour slides as well from the late 1950s. Like many of his contemporaries, he believed

the quality that could be achieved with glass plates could not be matched, let alone bettered by monochrome film. A glance through the pages of this and the previous volumes can only prove he was right. We have returned to the original plates for the scanning process, as these provide far better and fuller images that can be had from the prints that Norman made from them. Once again, the vast majority of the pictures featured within have never previously been published. Norman covered only a part of the Southern, places easily reached from home by public transport or, later, in his great friend Ivo Peters’ Bentley. Nevertheless, there are still a huge number of highly photogenic locations covered here, from the ex-L&SWR line north from Plymouth, to Exeter, Weymouth, Bournemouth, Southampton and Salisbury, along with visits to various minor lines such as the Lyme Regis Branch, the Hayling Island Branch and

the Isle of Wight. An interesting array of workings are featured, along with a representative selection of Southern motive power, from humble well tanks, radial tanks and ‘M7’s, through ‘T9’s and Southern ‘Moguls’, to ‘King Arthurs’ and the mighty Bulleid ‘Pacifics’.

172 pages, 215 x 275mm, gloss art paper, laminated printed board covers. ISBN 9781911038 03 0. PRICE £25.00

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RAILWAY TITLES: PRIVATE OWNER WAGONS

PO WAGONS OF BRISTOL & DISTRICT Ian Pope. ISBN 9781899889 36 5. 128pp. PRICE £18.00PO WAGONS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE Ian Pope. ISBN 9781899889 23 5. 240pp. PRICE £21.99Both 275mm x 215mm, gloss art paper, laminated board coversBetween them, these volumes cover all known wagon owners and operators in Gloucestershire, the Forest of Dean* and Bristol. Illustrated in total with over 1,000 photographs, plus maps and ephemera, with over 500 wagons identified. * Forest of Dean volume now out of print

THIRD*, FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH, SEVENTH, EIGHTH*, NINTH, TENTH, ELEVENTH, TWELFTH & THIRTEENTH COLLECTIONS by Keith Turton (* Please note that stocks of Third and Eight Collections are very low)All 275mm x 215mm, gloss art paper, laminated board covers. Vol. 3 128pp, Vols 4-6 184pp, Vols 7, 9 & 10 160pp, Vol. 8 & 11 168ppEach volume details the wagons of many operators from large utilities to the smallest coal merchants. Well illustrated, they look also at the history of the owners. Further sections in each volume give insights into the whole coal moving industry. The Fourth Collection looks specifically at wagons of the South Wales anthracite coal trade, whilst the Fifth Collection includes major pieces on owners such as Walter Boynton of Lincs, Coote & Warren of East Anglia, and Fox of Derby. The Sixth Collection details a further 80 operators, with a wide range of wagon types, including a number of tanks. It is not only railway modellers that will find this series of interest but also industrial historians seeking details of the coal trade and diverse British manufacturing industries. Another 70 operators are covered in the Seventh Collection, nearly 80 in the Eighth Collection and approximately 85 in the Ninth Collection, with updates to a further 14 who have featured previously. The Tenth Collection includes a further 70 operators, whilst there are 64 operators described in the Eleventh Collection and both volumes include updates to operators who feature in various of the earlier volumes. As well as the operators and their wagons, the industries they served are also covered, such that this has built into a unique insight into how British Industry transported its goods in the age of steam. All volumes include reference to the availability of models of the wagons and a list of sources.

THIRD COLLECTION: ISBN 9781899889 16 7. £14.99; FOURTH COLLECTION: ISBN 9781899889 19 8. £19.95FIFTH COLLECTION: ISBN 9781899889 22 8. £19.95; SIXTH COLLECTION: ISBN 9781899889 25 9. £21.00SEVENTH COLLECTION: ISBN 9781899889 35 8. £19.95; EIGHTH COLLECTION: ISBN 9781899889 42 6. £19.95NINTH COLLECTION: ISBN 9781899889 49 5. £19.95; TENTH COLLECTION: ISBN 9781899889 55 6. £21.00ELEVENTH COLLECTION: ISBN 9781899889 68 6. £21.00; TWELFTH COLLECTION: ISBN 9781899889 80 8. £21.00THIRTEENTH COLLECTION: ISBN 9781899889 93 8. £22.50; FOURTEENTH COLLECTION: In Preparation

This volume is intended to complement the series of books by Ian Pope on the wagons of Bristol, Gloucester and the Forest of Dean. The book studies all the known wagon operators in the historic county of Somerset. This area was ‘blessed’, if that is the right word, with a number of extractive industries – principally coal and stone – which in turn meant there were more wagons owned here than in comparable rural counties. Illustrated with over 400 photographs, drawings, maps and items of ephemera, this volume enumerates several thousand wagons, belonging mostly to colliery

companies, stone quarries, and coal factors and merchants, in use over the eighty years from 1860 to 1940. As well as identifying the owners, the opportunity has been taken to flesh out the people and businesses concerned to give an indication not just of the period but also the wider social and historical context in which the wagons were operated. Thus this book will be of interest to social and industrial historians as well as to aficionados of the private owner wagon.

PRIVATE OWNER WAGONS

OF SOMERSETRICHARD KELHAM

240 pages. 275x215mm, gloss art paper,


ISBN 9781899889 87 7 PRICE £25.00

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RAILWAY TITLES: PRE-GROUPING RAILWAY HISTORY – M&GN

The Midland & Great Northern Joint Railways Committee was the largest railway of its kind in Great Britain. This is the first of two volumes that will explore the complexities of the infrastructure of this fascinating railway, with the modeller very much in mind. Volume One studies the architecture of the line, including station buildings, railway cottages, gatehouses, goods sheds and locomotive sheds. Drawings and photographs of many structures feature prominently. Following these chapters, the major proportion of the book is taken up with an analysis of the stations and structures of the line as it traversed the popular ‘Broadland’ and ‘Poppyland’ areas of Norfolk, accompanied by detailed plans of each location.

THE STATIONS AND STRUCTURES OF THE MIDLAND & GREAT NORTHERN

JOINT RAILWAY VOL. 1: LOWESTOFT TO MELTON CONSTABLE

NIGEL J.L. DIGBY

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288 pages, 215 x 275mm, gloss art paper, laminated board covers. ISBN 9781899889 82 2

PRICE £30.00

The Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway came into being in 1893, when the Eastern & Midlands Railway, having over extended itself financially, was jointly taken over by the Midland and Great Northern railways. Following the joint takeover, the Midland assumed responsibility for the motive power whilst the GN looked after the signalling and permanent way. The line was run by a Joint Committee, the representatives of the MR and GNR giving way to those of the LM&SR and L&NER after the 1923 Grouping. It was only when the line was ceded to the L&NER in 1936, however, that it began to lose its independent identity, with the locomotive department seeing the M&GN and ex-Midland types replaced by those of the L&NER and constituents. This detailed profusely illustrated history of the Midland & Great Northern Railway, and in particular its motive power right from the very early days of the companies which grew to form it, fills another important gap in the locomotive history of the Midland Railway. The text includes much new information which has come to light in the last twenty years, adding to the research previously carried out in the 1980s, whilst much of the illustrative content, including numerous detailed plans and a plethora of historic original photographs, has not previously been published. The majority of the M&GN system was closed in 1959 and, today, the only surviving section is that operated as a preserved line by the North Norfolk Railway, who do much to keep the memory of the old company alive. This volume is therefore a timely addition to the history of this most distinctive of railways, which will be appreciated by enthusiasts, modellers and railway historians alike. STOCKS STARTING TO GET LOW

The MIDLAND & GREAT NORTHERN JOINT RAILWAY and its LOCOMOTIVES Bob Essery



PRICE £24.99

THE STATIONS AND STRUCTURES OF THE

MIDLAND & GREAT NORTHERN JOINT RAILWAY

VOL. 2: NORWICH TO PETERBOROUGHAND LITTLE BYTHAM

NIGEL J.L. DIGBYThe second of two volumes exploring the complexities of the infrastructure of this fascinating railway, with the modeller very much in mind. Volume Two covers the signalling and permanent way of the line, with further information on the many miscellaneous fixtures which adorned the railway, and details on the painting colours of buildings and fitments. The book then completes the analysis of M&GN stations and structures as the line traversed Norfolk through the Wensum Valley and West Norfolk, then onto the Fens, where it ran through Cambridgeshire to reach Peterborough, and Lincolnshire to reach Spalding and Bourne. Both volumes are copiously illustrated with a well chosen slection of pictures of each location, many included for the additional and often close-up detail they show. These are further backed up by a superb array of maps and plans, including highly detailed track plans of every location covered, plus scale drawings of various buildings, structures and items of station and lineside furniture. Together these two volumes document the look of this individual and long lost railway for the benefit of future generations.

288 pages, 215 x 275mm,

gloss art paper, laminated printed board covers.

ISBN 9781911038 01 6. PRICE £30.00

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RAILWAY TITLES: PRE-GROUPING RAILWAY HISTORYThe Wirral peninsula in north west Cheshire sits between the rivers Dee and Mersey, and, in many respects, exhibits the characteristics of a region isolated from other influences. This was well illustrated

in the development and ‘look’ of the railway company which served the most northerly and populated part of the peninsula – the Wirral Railway. The railway itself began in splendid isolation, with a branch from Birkenhead Docks to Hoylake, opened in 1866. From impecunious beginnings – the company was in receivership by the late 1860s and services ran only between Hoylake and Leasowe until 1872 – the Wirral system grew to become a busy commuter railway for the many people travelling over the Mersey to Liverpool, its tentacles eventually extending to West Kirby, New Brighton and Seacombe. Today, with the exception of the Seacombe Branch, the line remains in service as part of Merseyrail, carrying out the job it has always done. This is the first comprehensive study of the railway’s origins and its history as the Wirral Railway, followed by its later years under the LM&SR and British Railways, its operations, stations, locomotives, shed and works, and rolling stock. Its small locomotive fleet comprised entirely of tank engines and its independent nature is reflected in the fact that it was the first railway company in mainland Great Britain to run engines of the unusual 4-4-4 wheel arrangement. The goods traffic using the Wirral Railway is also studied in detail, including the industries, private sidings and wagons which connected to the system. Of particular note here is the highly lucrative working arrangement with the Great Central Railway, which allowed GC traffic to pass the short distance over Wirral metals from Bidston to Birkenhead Docks and which for many years generated a significant portion of the Company’s profits. T.B. Maund has compiled what will now become the definitive history of the busy, independent minded Wirral Railway.

THE WIRRAL RAILWAY AND ITS PREDECESSORS T.B. MAUND FCILT

240 pages, 275mm x 215mm gloss art paper

casebound, colour dustjacket

ISBN 9781899889 38 9 PRICE £24.99

SE&CR CARRIAGESA study of some of the carriage stock built for the SE&CR, from the perspective of both the railway historian and the modeller. Includes a cross section of 50 different types of bogie carriages, illustrated photographically and with a 4mm scale plan, plus details of their build dates, number sequences and histories.

128 pages, 275mm x 215mm, gloss art paper, colour

laminated board covers. ISBN 9781899889 24 2

PRICE £19.95

THE LB&SCRTHE BENNETT COLLECTION

KLAUS MARXA look at the LB&SCR in the early years of the 20th century, from the photographs taken by Henry & Walter Bennett of Hove. A number of their images are unique and many are reproduced here for the first time.



PRICE £19.95

PHIL COUTANCHE


Robinson's Locomotive Liveries on the Great Central Railway

JOHN QUICKJ.G. Robinson was appointed loco superintendent of the GCR in July 1900. This volume describes in detail the full range of liveries that were applied by the GC to the 28 classes of passenger, freight and mixed traffic locomotives, as well as the railcars, that Robinson designed for the company. Chapters give a brief history of each class and detail the changes made to their liveries over time. Illustrated with a selection of photographs supporting the descriptions in the text and supplemented with colour sample panels typical of the liveries that would have been applied in the early 20th century.

Donald Peddie’s late father Ian had a passion for railways, mainly Scottish but also for the narrow gauge lines of North Wales. He was able to indulge the latter on family holidays to various of the North Wales coast resorts in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and

thus captured the early days of Welsh narrow gauge railway preservation, along with some of the other narrow gauge systems which were still commercially operational. However, having a Scottish Region lineside photographic pass, it was not too difficult to make arrangements to visit standard gauge lines and sites, including the locomotive depots at Llandudno Junction, Aberystwyth and Machynlleth. Other standard gauge

locations covered include Afon Wen Junction, long since disappeared from the railway map, and the Cambrian line around Criccieth. but it is the images taken on the narrow gauge lines – the Festiniog, Talyllyn and Vale of Rheidol, and the various quarry systems such as Bethesda, Dinorwic, Pen-yr-orsedd and Penthyn, and at the various narrow gauge locomotive workshops, such as Boston Lodge, Coed-y-Park and Pendre, where unguarded belt driven machinery was then still in daily use – that will surely delight the most.

A North Wales Railway Travelogue

Donald Peddie

96 pages. 275x215mm, gloss art paper,

laminated card covers. ISBN 9781899889 92 1 PRICE £10.00

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RAILWAY TITLES: GENERAL RAILWAY HISTORY

MAINLINE TO

INDUSTRY Frank Jones

The story of the 13 ex-GWR ‘57XX’ pannier tanks that passed into the ownership of London Transport. Based at both Neasden and Lillie Bridge depots between 1957 and 1971, they handled much of the engineering traffic over surface and sub-surface lines and are particularly remembered for the spoil trains to Watford Tip. This comprehensive study of the ‘Red Panniers’ gathers together many previously unpublished images of the locomotives, the majority in colour and including a number taken at night and underground – the usual time and place where the panniers could be found at work. Three survived in service until mid-1971, which made them the last working main line steam locomotives in the country. The narrative includes reminiscences from the men who worked on and with them, and some of the photographers who recorded them.

Red pannieRSLaST STeaM On THe UndeRGROUnd

JOHn SCOTT-MORGan & KiRK MaRTin

176 pages, 275mm x 215mm, in full colour, gloss art paper, laminated printed board covers. ISBN 9781899889 29 7. PRICE £27.00

The firm of Alan Keef Ltd, Locomotive Builders & Light Railway Engineers, near Ross-on-Wye in rural Herefordshire, is well known to narrow gauge and industrial railway enthusiasts all over the world

but few know much of its origins and history. Alan Keef’s family company has today moved on to include the leisure industry, heritage railways and a rebirth of the large-scale garden railway, not to mention some very odd other railway applications indeed. For the steam enthusiast, there are details of the various locomotives that have been overhauled and rebuilt, in addition to those that have been built new. Over 200 photographs, mostly in colour, document the eighty or so new locomotives built up to the time of publication. Whilst everything the company makes tends to be slightly different, for the modeller there are scale drawings of the standard designs, which can then be customised to suit the usage, just as happens in real life. Although this is a story without an ending as the company continues to grow from strength to strength, it should be of interest to all those with a love of narrow gauge railways.

A TALE OF MANY RAILWAYS192 pages, 275mm x 215mm, in full colour throughout, gloss art paper,


PRICE £30.00

AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY & HISTORY OF ALAN KEEF LTDAlan M. Keef

Within this volume, the late Brian Webb covers Armstrong Whitworth’s involvement in the development of diesel traction on the banks of the River Tyne from the beginning of the 20th century until 1937, when the company ceased production of diesel railway motive power. AW was well ahead of its time and was the pioneer of diesel traction with products built in various gauges not only for the home market but for export to such far-away places such as Argentina, Brazil, Ceylon, India and the West Indies. If the company had continued with the development of its products and sales to the home market had been much greater, the history of Britain’s railways in the 20th

century would have been very different. This book is rich in the detail of the company’s involvement with diesel traction and includes rare photographs and technical diagrams covering the development of shunters, railcars, railbuses, articulated train sets and main line locomotives and is a welcome addition to the serious railway enthusiast’s collection.

ARMSTRONG WHITWORTHA Pioneer of World Diesel Traction Brian Webb

Published in conjunction with the Railway Correspondence & Travel Society

184 pages incl. 8 in colour, 215mm x 275mm, gloss art paper. Colour laminated printed board covers. ISBN 9781899889 45 7

PRICE £19.95

112 pages, 275mm x 215mm gloss art paper, card covers

ISBN 9781899889 02 0 PRICE £9.95

A listing of all the locos sold into industrial use by the main line railway companies during the 20th century. Eight chapters cover the ‘Big Four’ railway companies and their constituents, plus a further two for BR and the smaller independent companies. Well illustrated and an invaluable reference work. One of our most popular railway titles, compiled by a noted industrial railway authority, sadly now deceased.

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MONORAILS of the 19TH CENTURY Adrian S. Garner

This volume records the development of the monorail railway from its inception in the 1820s, when conventional two rail railways were still in their infancy, through to the construction of the successful Wuppertal Schwebebahn built at the end of the 19th century. In addition to their history, a full technical description of each unique system is provided together with drawings and illustrations. The book is based on original documentation and full references are provided to enable further research. Many of the designs were eccentric and few were commercially successful but this energetic period of industrial growth encouraged novelty. This book is the story of these unusual railways and their inventors.

288 pages, 215mm x 275mm, gloss art paper. Colour

laminated printed board covers ISBN 9781899889 57 0

PRICE £24.99

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ARCHIVE & RAILWAY ARCHIVE

A quarterly journal specifically for the Industrial and Transport history enthusiast, which is just coming up to complete 20 years of publication Archive covers a wide breadth of subjects – early motoring, buses & trams, road transport, canals and waterways, docks and harbours, coastal shipping, railways, mining, quarrying, manufacturing, milling, agriculture, aviation, power generation and industrial architecture – and we try to ensure that each issue contains an interesting mix of topics Articles are well illustrated with photographs, maps and plans, all to our usual high quality standards of production For those not ‘in the know’, this was our start in publishing, the first issue appearing in March 1994, with the latest, Archive 88,

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Celebrating the whole Golden Age of Britain’s railways – from approximately 1850 to 1950 – Railway Archive is a journal for the historian, modeller and general enthusiast. Strong on historic photographs, with articles written by experts in their various fields and with a leaning towards the pre-Group era.

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HIGHLIGHTS of 2015* Scherzer Lift Bridges in the British Isles * Old Leeds Locomotives * Birchenwood Colliery & Cokeworks * Traction Engine Locomotives* Stourbridge Firebricks & Gas Retorts * Surrey Limeworks Railways* Milk from Chartley to Finsbury Park * Coffin Making in the 1930s* In The Showroom: Post-War Hillman Minx;Alldays & Onions; Rover Scarab & M1; Vintage Bentley and Rolls Royce * English Oilfields Ltd * River Trent* Guy ‘Big J4’ * Shop Pit * Lofthouse Colliery * North Bay Railway, Scarborough

HIGHLIGHTS of 2015* Aspects of the Hull & Barnsley Railway – Parts 1-4 * The Railways of Annandale * The Railways at Trentham Part 1* The Bristol & Exeter Railway 4-4-0 Saddle Tanks * A C Johnstone, Railway Photographer 1913-14 – Parts 4-7* The Steyning Line * A Wandering Hunslet* The GWR at Westbourne Park & Old Oak Common* Some Large Town and City Stations of the L&YR * Pouteau at Paddington: The GWR in Transition* Wish You Were Here? – Railway Postcards of: Peeblesshire, Rutland, Anglesey & Carnarvonshire, Hampshire

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TITLES CURRENTLY IN PREPARATION FOR PUBLICATION IN 2016-17E PRIVATE OWNER WAGONS: A FOURTEENTH COLLECTION by Keith Turton E LINES BEHIND the FRONT by Bill Aves E

E PRIVATE OWNER WAGONS of the SOUTH-EAST: The LINES of the SE&CR and SOUTHERN RAILWAY EASTERN DIVISION by John Arkell EE BRITISH RAILWAYS The FIRST 25 YEARS Vol. 4 SOUTH WEST – SOMERSET, DEVON & CORNWALL by J. Allan & A. Murray E

E BRITISH RAILWAY HISTORY IN COLOUR – VOL. 3 GLOUCESTER MIDLAND LINES by Neil Parkhouse E CRUMLIN VIADUCT by Gordon Wood E

E BRITISH STEAM TRAWLERS by Donald Smith E RAILS to EAST GRINSTEAD by Klaus Marx E MOTOR RAIL by Alan Keef EE WILLIAM PICKERSGILL and the CR ‘956’ CLASS by Donald Peddie E BRANCH LINES to MALDON by Peter Paye E

E The BROAD GAUGE at WATCHET by Chris Saunders E The PAISLEY & BARRHEAD RAILWAY by Jack Kernahan E

E BRITISH MOTOR COASTER MEMORIES by Charles Waine E MONORAILS OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY by Adrian Garner E

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For over 100 years, the paddle steamers of Cosens & Co of Weymouth were a familiar part of the scenery along the South Coast, operating from their home port and seasonal bases at Swanage and Bournemouth. The story draws on a remarkable range of contemporary sources, illustrated by a superb selection of rare photographs, paintings, plans, sailing bills & other ephemera.

MARITIME TITLES

COSENS OF WEYMOUTH 1848-1918

320pp, 275mm x 215mm, gloss art paper, casebound colour dustjacket

ISBN 9781903599 14 3. PRICE £29.95

Severn Traders

MERSEY FERRIESVol. 2: The Wallasey Ferries

T. B. Maund & Martin JenkinsThis second volume completes the story of the Mersey Ferries. A comprehensive and profusely illustrated study of the Wallasey Ferries.

200 pages, 297mm x 210mm, gloss art paper, colour laminated board

covers. ISBN 97819035 99 08 2PRICE £20.00

THE PORT OF Penzance A History by Clive Carter

Crammed with tales from over five centuries of Penzance maritime history and illustrated with around 175 photographs, drawings and maps. The late Clive Carter had the knack of bringing history to life off the page. Smugglers, shipwrecks and rescues all feature.

A History of the Bournemouth, Weymouth and Swanage Paddle Steamers by Richard Clammer

The first in-depth history of the distinctive wooden sailing vessels that plied the Severn, its tributaries and associated waterways for centuries. Copiously illustrated with over two hundred mostly previously unpublished historic photographs, maps, drawings and plans. Includes 4 page colour section.

180 pages incl. 4 in colour 275mm x 215mm, gloss art paper

casebound with dustwrapperISBN 97809533028 2 6

PRICE £26.95

P. & A. Campbell Ltd of Bristol, registered as a Limited Company in 1893, was destined not to reach its century as the operator of the celebrated White Funnel Fleet of passenger steamers. As the postwar fleet waned in the 1950s profits dwindled and receivership beckoned. Remarkably, a new company structure was fashioned out of the old, in association with Townsend Ferries. A heritage quartet of motor-vessels went on to keep the

P. & A. Campbell Ltd flag flying in the Bristol Channel into the 1970s, and the white funnel appeared in the Irish Sea as well as the south-east of England, whilst Balmoral sustained the passenger link between north Devon and the island of Lundy. Here is the story of those years when Westward Ho, Balmoral and Devonia kept alive the White Funnel Fleet traditions in the Bristol Channel.

BALMORAL AND THE

BRISTOL CHANNEL

The late years of P. & A. Campbell Ltd Passenger Steamship Owners

Mike Tedstone


Sir Leonard Redshaw (1911-89) was one of the most innovative British shipbuilders of the 20th century. Under his command, the Vickers Barrow shipyard launched the world’s first all-welded passenger liner; the first British liner having all-welded aluminium superstructure; Britain’s first nuclear submarine; the nation’s first Polaris submarine; the first 100,000 ton tanker built in Europe; the first Type 42 destroyer; and the Royal Navy’s first command cruiser. He was knighted in 1972 for services to exports. Here, Leslie Shore offers the first biography about the Vickers’ shipbuilder that also portrays a traumatic period in British shipbuilding history. Photographs used in the book recall some of the great moments, not only in British shipbuilding but also in engineering.

VICKERS’ MASTER

SHIPBUILDERSir Leonard Redshaw

Leslie M. Shore

264 pages, 275 x 215mm, gloss art paper, casebound with colour

laminated dustjacketISBN 9781903599 17 4.

PRICE £24.99

80 pages, 275mm x 215mm, card covers. ISBN 97809533028 0 2

PRICE £4.99

184 pages, 215 x 275mm, gloss art paper, casebound with colour dustjacket. ISBN 9781903599 19 8. PRICE £24.99

The late Richard ‘Dick’ Scott’s fascination with sailing ships, particularly those which still survived trading coastwise around the Bristol Channel and across the Western Seas between Britain and Ireland in the 1940s and ‘50s, extended far beyond simple study. Although having a ‘day job’, Dick spent much of his spare time especially during holidays on board a number of these ancient vessels, making numerous working trips across the Irish Sea, getting to know many of the crews and particularly the characters who owned and captained them. This was a hard and dangerous profession but through his interest, ability and willingness to share their often hazardous existence, Dick earned the undying respect of the men he sailed with. He also had the foresight to take a camera with him and was thus able to capture on film the very essence of sailing in the Western Seas on board a wooden hulled ship, when only a man’s experience, wits and ability kept him and his crew from disaster. A perusal of the ships’ lists within these pages soon reveals just how dangerous the life of a seaman working in coastal sail was; we would be appalled today at the risks involved and the almost routine loss of life suffered – and tolerated – by the crews of these vessels. Nevertheless, the life had its rewards, in monetary terms for many of the owner/skippers, and the freedom granted by a life outdoors and on the move for many of the those who worked on board. And then there was the camaraderie, of the sort perhaps only shared by miners and soldiers, other men used to working with death and danger as constant companions. Through some truly memorable photographs and an Irishman’s way with words, Dick Scott brings this forgotten age to life for those who can now never experience it. As such, not only is this an important addition to the literary annals on maritime coastal sail, it is most likely to be the last written by someone who could say ‘I was there’.

IRISH SEA SCHOONER TWILIGHTTHE LAST YEARS OF THE WESTERN SEAS TRADERS RICHARD J. SCOTT

INCLUDES SCALE MODELLING PLANS FOR TOPSAIL SCHOONER KATHLEEN & MAY

Colin Green

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THE GLAMORGANSHIRE

&ABERDARE CANALS

Stephen Rowson & Ian L Wright

Both volumes 275mm x 215mm, printed on silk art paper, casebound with colour dustjacketVol. 1: 272 pages. ISBN 97809533028 9 5. Vol. 2: 352 pages. ISBN 9781903599 12 9. PRICE each: £30.00

These two volumes combine to form what is possibly the finest canal history so far written. The first volume covers the Glamorganshire Canal from Merthyr down to Pontypridd and the whole of the Aberdare Canal. It begins with the GC’s inception and building by the Merthyr ironmasters, looks at Merthyr as a canal town, examines in detail how the canal was kept supplied with water and documents the trade in Merthyr and Gelligaer coal. There is a chapter on the canal at Pontypridd before the final three chapters which examine aspects of the canals common to both volumes, i.e. the stone traffic and quarries associated with the canals, the bridges and the architecture. Also included is 'A View from the Boat', describing a journey down the Glamorganshire from Merthyr to Abercynon in 1898 and from there to Pontypridd in 1914, along with bridge and lock lists for both these sections and the Aberdare Canal. A down journey on the Aberdare Canal to Abercynon in 1898 is also described. These are illustrated by a series of maps hand-drawn by Ian Wright, who walked the whole of the canal in the 1940s in the company of a Glamorganshire Canal Co. boatman. Ian’s interviews with ex-GCC men make him one of the last links with the working canal! The second volume takes us on a journey south from Pontypridd to the Sea Lock at Cardiff and once again, the authors have assembled a wealth of historical data and superb illustrative material. Whilst this second volume, by definition, deals mostly with the Glamorganshire Canal, there are chapters which are again common to both canals – on aspects of maintenance, the boatmen, the locks and especially the boats. The Doctor’s Canal and Tramroad at Pontypridd is also covered in detail and there are chapters too on the Patent Fuel industry and the Glamorganshire Canal Railway. It is much enriched by the photographs of Samuel Fox, whose legacy of over 250 images of the Glamorganshire, taken over a period of nearly 50 years from the late 1890s, ensure that the life of the working canal was recorded for posterity. Both the Aberdare and the Glamorganshire canals have been largely obliterated but this two volume history now records their existence in great detail and brings them back to life in a way many thought would never be possible.

vol. 1 merthyr to PontyPrIdd & AberdAre to AberdAre CAnAl JunCtIon

vol. 2 PontyPrIdd to CArdIff

A guide book to the Anderton Boat Lift now fully restored to working order by British Waterways and with its own dedicated visitor centre alongside. Includes a potted history, along with the story of its restoration and reopening, all illustrated with a good selection of historical and contemporary photographs, maps and plans. Our best selling title.

WINNERDAVID ST. JOHN THOMAS

TROPHY for theRAILWAY & CANAL HISTORICAL

SOCIETY’sBOOK OF THE YEAR 2006

A GUIDE TO THE ANDERTON BOAT LIFTdavid carden & neil parkhouse

CANAL & INLAND WATERWAYS TITLES

48pp, 210 x 210mm, gloss art paper, in full colour, card covers. ISBN 9781903599 15 0. PRICE £5.00

GLOUCESTER DOCKS AN HISTORICAL GUIDE Hugh Conway-JonesHugh Conway-Jones has long been considered the authority on the history of Gloucester Docks and this new guide book will prove an invaluable companion for anyone visiting or intending to visit them. It also provides a good introduction to the history of the docks for anyone wanting to know a little about the development of this important waterways heritage site, with its magnificent array of 19th century warehouses. Illustrated with a superb selection of historical and contemporary photographs, maps, plans and ephemera.

A glance back at … Lydney Docks Neil Parkhouse

80pp, 210 x 148mm, gloss art paper, perfect bound, card covers. ISBN 9781903599 00 6. PRICE £7.50

For 150 years, from 1810 up until the final wagon loads were dispatched in 1960, Lydney was the principal port of shipment for Forest of Dean coal. The docks were established by the Severn & Wye Railway (built originally as a tramroad) and from 1894, they came under the joint ownership of the Midland and Great Western railway companies. Using maps, ephemera and a plethora of historic photographs, the author here details the history of this unusual harbour, the Upper Dock of which is separated from the Lower Dock by a stretch of canal nearly a mile long. Accessed from the tidal River Severn, the working of vessels into and out of the port was always restricted by the tides and often a hazardous process, to be undertaken with care, although old time sailing skippers often made it look ridiculously easy. All aspects of the docks are studied, including shipbuilding, the history of the harbour industrial estate, the vessels which regularly used the port and the personalities who spent their working lives involved with it. Following cessation of the final (logs) traffic in the mid 1980s, the docks went into a period of slow decline, which has today been halted by the partial restoration of them as a heritage site. A useful guide to anyone intending to visit Lydney Docks, which still retain much of their mystery, individuality and charm. This title is also part of the Forest of Dean ‘A glance back at …’ series.

48pp, 210mm x 210mm, gloss art paper, card covers, full colour throughout.ISBN 9781903599 05 1. PRICE £5.00

THEANDERTON BOAT LIFT

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The first boat lift at Anderton was designed by Edwin Clark and opened to traffic in 1875. Operated hydraulically, it moved vessels the 50 feet between the Weaver Navigation and the Trent & Mersey Canal above – the first commercially successful boat lift in the world. It was converted to electrical operation in 1906-08, which involved the construction of a substantial new superstructure over the original lift. This updated third edition, takes a detailed look at all aspects of the Anderton Boat Lift’s eventful life; its conception and construction; the conversion from hydraulic to electrical operation; and its operation, demise and eventual restoration. Along the way, the author considers the industry and transport systems of the Northwich area and the Staffordshire Potteries, which led to the need for the boat lift in the first place.

The Foxton Inclined Plane was one of the last great engineering constructions of the Victorian era. Completed in 1900, it was both a grand gesture and a hopeful gamble by the Grand Junction Canal Company. Whilst the man responsible for it, the GJCC’s Engineer, Gordon Thomas, was feted for the ingenuity of its design and construction, history has deemed the Foxton Inclined Plane to be a failure. Having misjudged the complexity and cost of its operation, the plane was taken out of use just ten years after it opened, with the flight of narrow locks it was built to replace being refurbished and brought back into use. It was scrapped in 1928. Meanwhile, Gordon Thomas’ career ended in sad ignominy, dismissed by the GJCC and unsuccessfully prosecuted for embezzlement.

A HISTORY OF THE THOMAS CANAL BARGE LIFT

DAVID CARDEN

THE

FOXTON INCLINED PLANE

180 pages, 215 x 275mm, gloss art paper,

laminated printed board covers. ISBN 9781903599 20 4.

PRICE £22.50

Fine Forest Coal, c1930 £4 95 Dock Developments at Newport, 1907 £4 95Lydney Harbour Dues & Regulations, 1902 £3 95A Treatise on Forest of Dean Stone, 1913 £4 50Severn & Wye Joint Railway Appendix to WTT 1932 £7 50

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The History of the Gas Light & Coke Company 1812-1949 Stirling EverardA superbly detailed history of the GL&CC, operators of the giant Beckton Gasworks in east London, one of the earliest gas companies in the south east and the largest when the industry was Nationalised in 1949. One of the standard works of reference on the Gas Industry. First published 1949. This edition 1992 by A&C Black for the London Gas Museum. 215mm x 135mm. 428pages. Printed on matt paper. Approx 20 illustrations, plus 6 fold out maps in colour. Casebound, colour dustwrapper. ISBN 0 7136 3664 5. PRICE: £9.99Always Under Pressure – A History of North Thames Gas Since 1949 Malcolm Falkus Another well detailed history, which takes the story on from the GL&CC volume. The company formed nearly four-fifths of NTG at Nationalisation in 1949, whcih met its demise upon privatisation of the Gas Industry in 1986. Published by Macmillan Press in 1988. 232mm x 155mm. 220 pages. Printed on silk art paper. Approx 40 illustrations, 60 tables, charts and maps. Casebound with colour dustwrapper. ISBN 0 3334 6819 8. PRICE: £7.99

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The TRENT & MERSEY CANALTRADE AND TRANSPORT 1770-1970

TOM FOXONA commercial history of the Trent & Mersey Canal has long been considered necessary but its writing has been obstructed by the fact that the canal company’s records were destroyed in a fire at Stone in 1950. Now, however, canal historian and ex-T&M working boatman Tom Foxon, has managed to get around this sad fact by researching the working history of the waterway from the other direction, as it were, by looking at the transactions from the point of view of the canal’s customers, carriers and users, and at the records of connecting waterways. In this way, he has managed to piece together a history of trade and traffic on this vital artery, which for 200 years linked the River Trent with the estuary of the River Mersey. In particular, it linked the pottery industries of Stoke and north Staffordshire, with the Mersey ports through which much of the raw material was brought in and the finished products exported. The carrying history of the T&M Canal was about much more than just pottery and china clay, however, with a whole range of cargoes regularly carried, from coal, coke and iron, to food and other comestibles, timber, building materials, salt, chemicals, liquid fuels and even shoes. From 1847, the canal was owned by the North Staffordshire Railway, passing to the LM&SR at Grouping in 1923. This detailed and extensively researched account covers these trades, along with the

boatmen and carrying companies that transported them, the factories and works at which they called, the wharves and docks they served and the feeder canals they travelled along. Canal and industry historians, waterway enthusiasts and those with a strong interest in the local history of the hinterland served by the T&M Canal will all find much to enjoy here and indeed to inform. Tom Foxon’s very readable text is heavily illustrated with a fine selection of historic maps and pictures.



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Coal from CamertonREVISED & ENLARGED

NEIL MACMILLEN & MIKE CHAPMAN

160 pages. 210 x 210mm, gloss art paper,

laminated card covers. ISBN 9781899889 86 0

Price £15.00This is the story of one village, in the context of the whole coalfield, which reflected life in this part of Somerset for over two hundred years. The North Somerset Coalfield is situated in an Arcadian landscape of valleys and streams, woods and fields only a few miles to the south west of Bath. Even today it is a somewhat secluded area, where access from neighbouring towns has always been difficult. It was an area isolated from the other coalfields in the Midlands and South Wales until the coming of the railways. The populations of Bristol and Bath were growing at the end of the 18th century increasing the need for easily accessible coal and in this unlikely area, amid the green hills of Somerset, there were real possibilities of meeting that demand. Furthermore, the coal owners were men of vision and enterprise. They were prepared to take risks to exploit the coal beneath their land and to look for the possibility of markets beyond their immediate area.

THE HISTORY OFTHOMAS GREEN & SON Ltd

John PeaseThomas Green & Son, of Leeds & London, manufactured a prolific range of products but today are known principally for their road rollers, lawnmowers, tram engines and tank locomotives. This comprehensive book covers the complete history of the company, its products and the key people who influenced the business and is profusely illustrated witbh a superb range of previously unpublished pictures.

152 pages, 215 x 275mm, gloss art paper, laminated

printed board covers. ISBN 9781899889 81 5

PRICE £18.00

NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE

COLLIERIES ON THE HILL NORTH OF CHELL

Allan C. Baker

64 pages. 275x215mm, gloss art paper, laminated card covers.

ISBN 9781899889 84 6

PRICE £7.50

In full colour. 184 pages, 210 x 210mm, gloss art paper, laminated card covers. ISBN 9781899889 85 3. PRICE £18.00

In describing these comparatively small mining operations, the author has spread his net far and wide. Not only are the collieries described in great detail, so are the associated railways, along with various earlier schemes to serve the area both by rail and canal. As most of the mining operations ceased around the end of the 19th century, it will be appreciated how much research has been involved. Well illustrated, with numerous maps, photographs and items of ephemera, this is an important addition to the industrial history of this largely forgotten corner of North Staffordshire.

During the 19th century, Cornwall produced most of the world’s copper and tin, as well as substantial quantities of lead, silver, arsenic, tungsten, zinc, iron and uranium. What made this unparalleled productivity possible was the development, pioneered by Cornishman Richard Trevithick, of the Cornish beam engine, a reciprocating steam engine capable of driving pumps that could keep the ever-deepening mines free of water. Although few of these great engines survive, many of the buildings in which they were once housed remain to this day, forming characteristic features of the Cornish landscape that have come to symbolize the county’s rich

mining heritage and now stand as silent monuments to the mining industry for which the county was once justly famous. This book introduces these remarkable engine houses by providing an illustrated guide to those in West Cornwall using contemporary and archival photographs supplemented with brief descriptions of the engines the buildings once contained, simple interpretations of some of their key features, and short histories of the mines of which they were part. It is not an exhaustive treatment, nor is it meant solely for the enthusiast, but rather, it provides an overview intended for all those interested in these historically important structures. Together, the authors bring over a century of expertise to this fascinating guide. Damian Nance is a St. Ives-born geologist with a lifelong interest and knowledge of Cornish engine houses, and Kenneth Brown is a leading expert on Cornish mining history and coauthor of the highly popular ‘Exploring Cornish Mines’ series.

A Complete Guide to theEngine Houses of

West CornwallDamian Nance & Kenneth Brown

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INDUSTRIAL HISTORY TITLES

Three centuries ago, the silver-lead mines of mid-Wales were highly prized and, after a rich discovery, the Company of Mine Adventurers was launched in a fanfare of publicity to work them. In 1704, to aid the promotion, William Waller, the manager, compiled his Description of the Mines in Cardiganshire, with a series of maps and plans of the mines and smelting works. They were the first of their kind ever published and have long been regarded by historians and industrial archaeologists as prime source material. To mark the tercentenary, the present volume contains a complete facsimile reprint of the original, which is now extremely scarce. Also included are explanations of the maps and text, enhanced with background material and correlation with present-day remains. David Bick spent a lifetime researching and exploring the sites and his series The Old Metal Mines of Mid-Wales will form a useful companion. In his inimitable and very readable style, he has delved into numerous archives to illuminate not only the Description but also the men behind the best known and most notorious mining promotion of the times. Errors of fact perpetrated by early historians are also brought to light. Sadly, David died in early 2006 following a long fight against serious illness, so this book proved to be his final contribution to the mining and industrial history of Great Britain.

64 pages, 200mm x 260mm.

In full colour, with stiff card covers.

ISBN 9781903599 11 2. PRICE £9.99

WALLER’S DESCRIPTION of the MINES in CARDIGANSHIRE David Bick

PEERLESSPOWELL DUFFYRN

of the South Wales CoalfieldLeslie M. Shore

Powell Duffryn’s growth as Britain’s foremost coal company is a remarkable aspect of the nation’s mining heritage. After 1935, Powell Duffryn Associated Collieries employed over 30,000 miners, operated around sixty collieries, and produced nearly forty per cent of the South Wales Coalfield’s output. Sir George Elliot founded Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Company in 1864 by raising capital to buy steam coal collieries from the sons of Thomas Powell. PD then mined coal that was the first choice in quality for fuelling steamships. Sir George ran the company in a style that gave rise to controversy amongst the company’s shareholders. Providently, in 1883 Elliot put Edmund Mills Hann, a County Durham mining engineer, in charge of the company’s collieries. Hann helped steer the company away from the edge of bankruptcy by harnessing

engineering to ensure that the company’s collieries in the Cynon and Rhymney Valleys became models of efficiency. Progress was impeded at times by industrial conflict and natural disasters. Nevertheless, by 1914, PD was a byword for Welsh steam coal around the globe. Then, in 1935, Edmund Lawrence Hann led the merger of PD with Welsh Associated Collieries to create the most powerful company in British coal mining. Leslie Shore offers this first full history about Powell Duffryn as a coal company. His previous publication, Vickers’ Master Shipbuilder: Sir Leonard Redshaw, was highly acclaimed, in ship and marine engineering magazines, as ‘a book to treasure’. Heavily illustrated.

240 pages, 215 x 275mm, gloss art paper, laminated printed board covers . ISBN 9781899889 67 9. PRICE £24.99

new

136 pages, 275 x 215mm, gloss art paper, card covers. ISBN: 9781899889709. PRICE £13.50

Recollections of Ernest Bartlett TaylorA WORLD GONE BY

Wimbledon to WitneyElectrical Engineer to Builder.The fascinating life story of the man behind one of Witney’s leading building firms. As well as telling of his schooling and upbringing, his takeover and expansion of the family building firm is well documented and illustrated. Add to that an interest in cars and aeroplanes, and the ownership of Witney aerodrome, plus a fondness of photography, then this book gives an incredible and beautifully illustrated insight into Witney life from the early 1900s to the 1970s.

Benjamin Moon and his eldest son Joseph undertake an imaginary journey through the industrial landscape of the North Somerset countryside. Father and son lived and worked at the centre of the Somerset Coalfield, where, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the town of Radstock found itself a focus of growing industrial expansion. Here is a record of that insular Mendip world, a world of pithead winding gear and chimneys, criss-crossing tramway tracks, railway inclines, embankments and bridges, drifts of steam and billows of smoke. Illustrated with a superb selection of old photographs, maps and ephemera, in full colour throughout.

FROM THE MENDIPS TO THE SEAAn imaginary journey through the industrial landscape of North Somerset

Duncan Harper

In full colour,112 pages,

210 x 210mm, gloss art paper,

laminated stiff card covers. ISBN 9781899889 99 0.

Price £15.00

Rosemary Warner & Dr Jane Cavell

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Edwardian Dean in Colour by Neil Parkhouse & Ian PopeA tour of the Forest’s towns, villages and industries from full-colour Edwardian postcards.44pp, 275mm x 215mm, card covers. ISBN 9781899889 00 6. £7.50The Story of Parkend by Ralph AnstisA history of the village of Parkend, once a centre of the iron and coal industry in the Dean.96pp, 275 x 215mm, card covers. ISBN 9781899889 0 44. £9.99Aspects of Awre by Awre Millenium Committee Recollections and reminiscences about this remote Severnside village.144pp, 210mm x 148mm, card covers. ISBN 9781903599 04 4. £9.99Cinderford St John’s Cricket Club by Alec Kear The story of a local cricket team with a proud history started by working men.36pp, 210mm x 148mm, card covers. ISBN 9781899889 07 5. £5.00Old Stone Crosses of West Gloucestershire by Ruth Proctor Hirst An illustrated gazetteer of all ancient stone crosses found west of the River Severn.40pp, 210mm x 148mm, card covers. ISBN 9781899889 03 7. £4.95A Flower of the Forest by Jean KestonThe story of a Coleford lad, killed on the retreat to Dunkirk and of his close-knit family.144pp, 205 x 145mm. Hardback, dustjacket. ISBN 97809533028 5 7. £12.99A Glance Back at … Bream by Ruth Proctor Hirst40 pages, 210 x 148mm, card covers. ISBN 97809533028 3 3. £4.50A Glance Back at … Mitcheldean by Paul Mason40 pages, 210 x 148mm, card covers. ISBN 9781903599 01 3 £4.50Robert Mushet and the Darkhill Ironworks by Keith WebbA study of the works where much pioneering work on steel alloys was done.88pp, 210mm x 148mm, card covers. ISBN 9781903599 02 0. £7.99‘Retrieving Wenty’s Sturty Bird’ by Ian Hendy The poignant and sometimes heartbreaking stories behind the names on Bream Cenotaph. 152pp, 275mm x 215mm, card covers ISBN 9781903599 03 7. £11.99The Verderers and Forest Laws of Dean by Cyril HartThis second edition has again been much updated and now takes the story to 2004. 224pp, 234 x 156mm, casebound with dust jacket. ISBN 9781899889 17 4. £24.99The Free Miners of the Royal Forest of Dean by Cyril HartMuch updated and enlarged edition of the classic history of the Free Miners of the Forest of Dean. 624pp, 234 x 156mm, casebound with dust jacket. ISBN 9781899889 10 5. £36.00The Commoners of Dean Forest by Cyril HartAn updated reprint of the history of commoning in Dean and the struggles to maintain the rights. 160pp, 234 x 156mm, casebound with dust jacket. ISBN 9781899889 11 2. £24.99Bermuda Dick by Averil Kear The story of six Forest men transported to Bermuda. A well illustrated social history.168pp, 220 x 155mm. Hardback, dustjacket. ISBN 9781899889 08 2. £12.95

FOREST of DEAN & SEVERNSIDE LOCAL HISTORY TITLES

A History of COTTRELL’S COACHES OF

MITCHELDEANPaul Mason

80 pages incl. 32 in colour, 210 x 210mm, gloss art paper.

Laminated card covers. ISBN 9781903599 16 7.

PRICE £12.75

Overlooking the Wye

A guide to the heritage of the Wye Valley

76 pages, full colour, 210x 210mm, gloss art paper,

casebound, card covers. ISBN 9781903599 21 1

PRICE £7.50

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