RAILWAYS from Chilton Books

London: Paris, New York & Melbourne: Cassell And Company, Limited, 1900 .. A very good original binding, with all maps in good condition. 16mo. 6.75" x 5.0" x 1.25". [4pp. - Adverts]/pp.388/[2pp. - Adverts] . Illustrated red cloth binding, edges carefully strengthened. Front cover with black titles and an illustration of "King's Gateway, Trinity College , Cambridge". Spine with similar… Read more about this item

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

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

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1951. 1st edition. Mostly concerned with the railways prior to their Nationalisation in 1947. Contents: I.The Pleasure of Watching Trains; II.The Living Complexity of a Railway; III.The Traffic on the Line; IV.The Railway Engine; V.The Man on the Footplate; VI.The Railway Scene; VII.Station Sauntering; VIII.Travelling Hopefully; IX.The War Record of the Railway Service; X.British… Read more about this item

London: Ian Allan Ltd, 1983.. Facsimile reprinting of the ABC of British Railways Locomotives. Combined Volume. Parts 1-4. Also Diesel and Electric Locomotives and Multiple Units. Summer 1959 Edition. Show the state of BR power with dieselisation well under way. The list of shed allocations show the final distribution of British Railways steam power before the main-line diesel… Read more about this item

London: Ian Allan Ltd, nd. (c. 1968).. Transport of the Forties. Facsimile reprinting of the ABC of British Railways Locomotives. Combined Volume. Parts 1-4. 1948. A reprint of the first nationalisation combined volume and lists all locomotives taken over by British RRailways from the four group companies. 15.5cms x 11cms x 2cma. Pp.52/56/68/72, many black & white… Read more about this item

Lavenham: Terence Dalton, 1987.. 1st edition. Peter Bruff and the Eastern Union Railway. The Eastern Union Railway had an independent life of less than twenty years."It was probably the first railway in Britain to experiment with fish-plates for joining each rail to the next and to try a communication cord. The area the railway served was predominantly agricultural,… Read more about this item

London: Ian Allan, 1968.. Second edition. Contents; 1.Development of British Signalling; 2.Types of Signal - Semaphore; 3.Types of Signal - Colour-Light; 4.Allied Safety Devices; 5.The Block System; 6.Power Operation; 7.Automatic Train Control; 8.Emergency Working; 9.Other Signalling Systems. Appendix 1.Signal Box Bell Codes; Appendix 2.Lever Colours. Pp.104, 8 pages of colour signal diagrams + many black &… Read more about this item

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

Newton Abbot: David & Charles,1968.. This is a reprint with an introduction and corrigenda by C.R.Clinker of one of the Victorian classics of railway history....It deals with the history, engineering works, scenery and that intricate machinery which keeps a railway going." Pp.510, 7 maps + 210 contemporary engravings. Maroon cloth, dustwrapper has minor edge wear. VG/G+.

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

Frinton-on-Sea: South Anglia Productions, 1992.. 1st edition. "Around the Essex/Suffolk borders immortalised by the paintings of Constable the railway meandered through the sweeping cornfields between attractive wayside stations (broken only by the larger towns of Sudbury and Haverhill) to Shelford Junction and thence to Cambridge...The sad fact today is that most of the railway is all but a memory,… Read more about this item

Giggleswick: W.R.Mitchell, 1989.. 1st edition. Featuring action pictures of a living railway, this book was published after the unexpected (and very welcome) decision by the Transport Secretary to refuse British Rail permission to close the line in April 1989. 24cms x 17.5cms. Pp.48, line route map + many black & white photos and illustrations throughout. Illustrated stiff card… Read more about this item

Ashbourne: Moorland Publishing Company Ltd, 1978.. 1st edition. "The Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway was an amalgamation of smaller East Anglian railways that connected the Norfolk seaside resorts with the towns and cities of the Midlands....With a collection of photographs dating back to the 1880s this book portays a wide variety of scenes once to be seen on… Read more about this item

London: Ian Allan Ltd, 1959.. 1st edition. Contents: I.The Great Eastern Railway; II.Great Eastern Locomotives; III.East Anglian Train Services of the Past; IV.Modern Motive Power and Signalling; V.High Speed and Systematic Service in East Anglia Today; VI.To the Continent via Harwich; VII.Progress...by Great Eastern. 18cms x 12.5cms. Pp.64, many black & white photo illustrations, some facts and figures… Read more about this item

Stroud: Amberley Publishing, 2015.. In this informative volume, Andy T.Wallis uses over 200 fascinating photographs and maps to explore the history of the four lines in north Essex, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, which have all now closed save for one section of the Stour Valley line. Also included are the branches from Long Melford to Bury St Edmunds, the Saffron… Read more about this item

Todmorden: Bellcode Books, 1993.. 1st edition. "Over 200 photographs recall the time when the Bradford area was alive wih railways and steam. It is not a history book, but a journey back to the days before the magnificentExchange station gave way to the Interchange, the days when the Devonian left Forster Square for the sunnier end of the country,… Read more about this item

London: Ian Allen Ltd, 1987.. 1st edition. "Focuses on the arrangement of coaches behind the locomotive - i.e the train formation. Attention is concentrated primarily on express trains, but cross-country and local trains are also included." 24cms x 17.5cms. Pp.112, many black & white photos throughout. Illustrated laminated boards. VG.

London: John Murray, 1978.. A captivating survey of London's 12 major railway stations - the cathedrals of the Railway Age.His [Betjeman's] inimitable affection for their unique and solid features and follies...is enhanced by the way he ranges over their background history, adding his own experiences of steam and electric journeys. John Gay's superb photographs complement the text admirably." … Read more about this item

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