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By: Fred J. Lee
ISBN: 9780908573691
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 1996
Publisher: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society Inc
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(Paperback)
By: A.C. Bellamy
ISBN: 9780908573417
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 1984
Publisher: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society Inc
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(Paperback)
By: Christian Wolmar
ISBN: 9781788549851
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2023
UK Publication Date: 8th December 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A concise, authoritative and fast-paced telling of how the railways changed the world.
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By: Keith Hallett
ISBN: 9780648697053
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2022
Publisher: Brolga Publishing Pty Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: T.A. McGavin
ISBN: 9780908573752
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2000
Publisher: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society Inc
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By: G.R. Rossiter
ISBN: 9780908573622
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 1993
Publisher: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society Inc
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(Paperback)
By: G.J. McClare
ISBN: 9780908573516
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 1988
Publisher: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society Inc
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(Paperback)
By: Allen Jackson
ISBN: 9781847979490
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2015
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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Provides a record of the last operational mechanical signalling and infrastructure on Britain's railway network as it was applied to the former Great Western Railway. This book also includes a comprehensive explanation of what mechanical signalling is and how it works.
(Paperback)
By: Robin Jones
ISBN: 9781785002861
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2017
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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Since the mid-nineteenth century the East Coast Main Line has been one of the major routes from London to northern England and to Scotland. This book looks at how the London-Edinburgh line became the world's fastest steam railway and how its proud and unique heritage is appreciated and celebrated today more than ever before.
(Hardback)
By: Don Benn
ISBN: 9781473858442
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2017
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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Biography of British train travel from the 1950s to present day.
(Hardback)
By: David Goodyear
ISBN: 9781399066310
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2023
UK Publication Date: 30th September 2023
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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A large variety of railway liveries, from the BR era to the current passenger and freight scene. Features countrywide locations, including Preserved Railways. Useful detail within photographs for railway modellers. Reflective commentary accompanies each caption. Liveries are presented in alphabetical order to assist research.
(Hardback)
By: Kevin McCormack
ISBN: 9781473860292
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2017
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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Brilliant photographic coverage in colour of minor railway lines axed by Beeching.
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By: Pip Dunn
ISBN: 9781785000980
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2016
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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English Electric Type 1 design, what we now know as the Class 20s, appeared in June 1957. This title looks back at the operations of these fine locomotives since 1957, covering their varied workings and duties, regional use and rail tour operations. It also covers the technical aspects and specifications of the locomotives, including liveries.
(Hardback)
By: Geoff M Plumb
ISBN: 9781473823952
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2021
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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High-quality historical colour and monochrome images printed on high-quality art paper.
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By: James W Lowe
ISBN: 9781399022729
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2024
UK Publication Date: 30th April 2023
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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This useful and well researched book is a must for any serious railway historian or locomotive enthusiast, 704 pages with reference to 350 builders, 541 illustrations and 47 diagrams. The material in this book has been carefully selected to cover all the leading former steam locomotive manufacturers in the British Isles.
By: Morton Media Group
ISBN: 9781844681228
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2010
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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(Hardback)
By: Brian Janes
ISBN: 9781399023436
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2023
UK Publication Date: 30th August 2023
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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Colonel Stephens ran independent railways on a shoestring, assembling a rich variety of locomotives to run his lines, some built to his designs. Set out in this book, for the first time, the how and why he achieved this across his whole 'empire'.
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By: Geoffrey B. Churchman
ISBN: 9780908876747
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 1991
Publisher: transpress
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(Hardback)
By: Tim Hillier-Graves
ISBN: 9781399059534
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2023
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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A fresh appreciation of A1/A3 Pacific Flying Scotsman and her sister engines.
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By: Fred Kerr
ISBN: 9781473899926
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2018
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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Covers the chequered history of the locomotive, right through to preservation and its return to steam. This publication includes a selection of QR Codes with links to items of film footage.
(Hardback)
By: David Maidment
ISBN: 9781399095433
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2023
UK Publication Date: 30th August 2023
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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The illustrations of all the classes, with drawings and weight diagrams, will be of value to the many modellers who construct replicas of the GWR scenes before the Grouping' and the Second World War. Describes and illustrates their operation as well as the more routine portrait' photographs.
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By: Graham Hutchins
ISBN: 9781775593553
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2019
Publisher: Exisle Publishing
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Railways played a pivotal part in the development of New Zealands economy, towns and cities, and helped shape a distinctive culture. This is a comprehensive, highly readable account of our railways story, from the earliest days of the colony, through rails growth and golden days, slow decline and recent resurgence.
(Hardback)
By: Kevin McCormack
ISBN: 9781399098717
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2023
UK Publication Date: 30th April 2023
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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Gallery of GWR/BR(W) branch line images from early 1900s to 1965. Some 220 images including a colour section. Emphasis on previously unseen photographs. Views concentrated on working trains with surrounding infrastructure. Reflects rural life in more relaxed times.
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By: David Maidment
ISBN: 9781399022668
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2023
UK Publication Date: 30th May 2023
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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The inside story of the restoration and operation of the eight preserved Great Western Castles from the pens of those intimately involved.
