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  • LOTHIAN BUSES
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    LOTHIAN BUSES
    FRED KERR
    The city of Edinburgh has always been innovative in its provision of transport ranging from the end of the 19th century when it leased land for the creation of a cable tramway network through operating the same when the lease ended in June 1919 to the current era when it trials a range of vehicles as it seeks to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2030. The company’s maintenance s...

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  • RAILWAYS AND INDUSTRY ON THE VALE OF NEATH
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    RAILWAYS AND INDUSTRY ON THE VALE OF NEATH
    JOHN HODGE
    This book covers the Vale of Neath line, the eastern portion of which was originally the Taff Vale Extension line, opened in the mid 19th Century, and taking in all the locations in this first book. It was unique in South Wales railway history as it was the only line running east to west across several of the valley lines which ran north to south, with connecting junctions into...

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  • THE SHROPSHIRE & MONTGOMERYSHIRE LIGHT RAILWAY
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    THE SHROPSHIRE & MONTGOMERYSHIRE LIGHT RAILWAY
    PETER JOHNSON
    The Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway, was one of the lines managed and operated by Colonel Holman Fred Stephens from his office in Salford Terrace in Tonbridge Kent. It was a revival of the long disused Potteries Shrewsbury & North Wales Railway, a railway that went bankrupt shortly after opening in the mid 1860s and was left derelict for forty years. The railway reop...

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  • THE RAILWAY GROUPING 1923 TO THE BEECHING ERA
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    THE RAILWAY GROUPING 1923 TO THE BEECHING ERA
    BOB PIXTON
    When King George V ascended to the throne in 1910, world trade was increasing and at home the country’s private enterprise railways were booming with larger trains and more freight being carried than ever before. Over the next fifty years the country had experienced not one, but two world wars. Railways had been forcefully reorganized, not once but twice, eventually becoming st...

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  • BORDER TOWNS BUSES OF LONDON COUNTRY TRANSPORT (NORTH OF THE THAMES) 1969-2019
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    BORDER TOWNS BUSES OF LONDON COUNTRY TRANSPORT (NORTH OF THE THAMES) 1969-2019
    MALCOLM BATTEN
    London Transport was created in 1933 with monopoly powers. Not only did it have exclusive rights to run bus (and tram and trolleybus) services in the Greater London area, it also ran services in a Country Area all around London. Green Line express services linked the country towns to London and in most cases across to other country towns the other side of the metropolis. This c...

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  • SPIRIT OF NORTHERN RAILS
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    SPIRIT OF NORTHERN RAILS
    DAVID GOODYEAR
    This book endeavors to capture the very essence of the railways in the northern UK, exploring in photographs their imprint upon the landscape. Railways are illustrated as they traverse the bleak fells, pass by traditional cotton mills and industrial heritage, stride over iconic viaducts crossing vast windswept valleys and coastal estuaries, and as they share the grandeur of ico...

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  • MODEL BUILDING AND SUPER DETAILING
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    MODEL BUILDING AND SUPER DETAILING
    DAVID ASHWOOD
    This book in the railway modelling series drills deeper into the tips and techniques that can be utilised by the modern modeller to produce a detailed and cohesive model railway. Through rich and varied imagery from the Market Deeping club, British and international examples, a number of different styles of scenery are covered. Subject chapters include locations from open count...

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  • BUSES IN THE BORDER TOWNS OF LONDON COUNTRY 1969-2019 (SOUTH OF THE THAMES)
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    BUSES IN THE BORDER TOWNS OF LONDON COUNTRY 1969-2019 (SOUTH OF THE THAMES)
    MALCOLM BATTEN
    London Transport was created in 1933 with monopoly powers. Not only did it have exclusive rights to run bus (and tram and trolleybus) services in the Greater London area, it also ran services in a Country Area all around London. Green Line express services linked the country towns to London and in most cases across to other country towns the other side of the metropolis. This c...

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  • WESTERN REGION STEAM LOCOMOTIVE DEPOTS
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    WESTERN REGION STEAM LOCOMOTIVE DEPOTS
    LAURENCE WATERS
    From the opening of the Great Western Railway in 1838 through to the end of steam traction on the Western Region in 1965 the ‘engine shed’ formed an important role in both the infrastructure and operation of the railway. As the Great Western system expanded so did the need for larger locomotive servicing facilities and from the 1870s right through to the 1930s many sheds were r...

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  • FLYING SCOTSMAN, AND THE STORY OF GRESLEY'S FIRST PACIFIC LOCOMOTIVES
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    FLYING SCOTSMAN, AND THE STORY OF GRESLEY'S FIRST PACIFIC LOCOMOTIVES
    TIM HILLIER-GRAVES
    Herbert Nigel Gresley’s first Pacifics, though notable in their day, were made universally famous by one of their number – 4722 Flying Scotsman. Throughout her life she has been feted and glamorised far more than any of her sisters and yet when appearing from the LNER Works at Doncaster in 1923 she was just another member of the class, but at some stage, early in her career, sh...

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  • BRANCH LINE BRITAIN
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    BRANCH LINE BRITAIN
    PAUL D SHANNON
    This book examines in words and pictures the network of British branch lines and other secondary routes that survived the mass closures of the 1960s. While nearly 4,000 route miles were lost between 1963 and 1970, the cuts were less severe than they might have been. Some lines were reprieved because of their social importance, even though they would never pay their way in purel...

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  • A HISTORY OF SHIP LAUNCHES AND THEIR CEREMONIES
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    A HISTORY OF SHIP LAUNCHES AND THEIR CEREMONIES
    GEORGE HODGKINSON
    The first comprehensive study to be written on the history of ship launches and their ceremonies. Throughout history, man has been performing rituals at the launch of a new ship to seek supernatural or divine protection for his ship and those who will sail in her. The form of the ritual varies according to local custom and religion: from the breaking of a coconut, to the releas...

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  • THE MERCEDES BENZ MIDIBUS
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    THE MERCEDES BENZ MIDIBUS
    ALLAN MACFARLANE
    This book covers an important aspect of British bus provision that has not been fully documented before. The Mercedes-Benz Midibus may have been small, but it had a huge impact. It became well respected by fleet engineers and served its purpose well. This story is not just about a successful vehicle, it focuses on several small coachbuilding businesses that rose to the forefron...

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  • GRESLEY'S SILVER LINK
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    GRESLEY'S SILVER LINK
    TIM HILLIER-GRAVES / RONALD HILLIER
    Gresley’s A4 Pacifics are arguably the most famous locomotives ever built, a status cemented by Mallard’s record breaking run on the 3rd July ‘38. And yet only a year later the glamorous ‘streaks’ seemed likely to be cast into obscurity by the coming of another world war. So, for only four exhilarating years they were allowed to flourish as their creator had intended and in tha...

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  • A VISUAL HISTORY OF CARAVANS
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    A VISUAL HISTORY OF CARAVANS
    ANDREW JENKINSON
    This book is a visual and informative look at the heritage of the touring caravan covering over a 100 years of this now very popular form of leisure. The book witnesses the UK being the inventor, developer and major producer of touring caravans. Images; (many from the Authors own personal archive) shows how caravan interior/exterior design has evolved and has been influenced by...

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  • THE GAS TRAMCAR
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    THE GAS TRAMCAR
    JOHN HANNAVY
    The Gas Tram was a short-lived phenomenon which briefly seemed to herald a new way forward in tramcar design, replacing horses and steam locomotives on the streets with quieter and smoother travel. One of the major advantages of the gas tram, according to those who proposed it, was the low capital cost of the conversion, and all without the need to install the expensive overhea...

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  • GREAT WESTERN CASTLE CLASS 4-6-0 LOCOMOTIVES - THE FINAL YEARS 1960- 1965
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    GREAT WESTERN CASTLE CLASS 4-6-0 LOCOMOTIVES - THE FINAL YEARS 1960- 1965
    DAVID MAIDMENT
    The author’s second volume about the Great Western’s classic express locomotives covers their final six years in British Railways service. In 1960 the Castles, many now modernized with double chimneys and 4-row superheaters, were still in charge of most of the Western Region’s expresses, but by the summer of 1963 their regular express work was limited to the London – Worcester ...

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  • GREAT WESTERN CASTLE CLASS 4-6-0 LOCOMOTIVES – 1923 - 1959
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    GREAT WESTERN CASTLE CLASS 4-6-0 LOCOMOTIVES – 1923 - 1959
    DAVID MAIDMENT / BOB MEANLEY
    The Great Western Castles were one of the most successful locomotive designs of the twentieth century in terms of both performance and efficiency. Designed by Charles Collett in 1923, based on the 1907 Churchward ‘Star’ class, 155 were constructed almost continuously, apart from the war years, between 1923 and 1950, in addition to fifteen rebuilt ‘Stars’ and one rebuilt from th...

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  • BRITISH RAILWAYS DIESEL ELECTRIC CLASSES 44 TO 46
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    BRITISH RAILWAYS DIESEL ELECTRIC CLASSES 44 TO 46
    FRED KERR
    Derby Works introduced the first mainline Diesel to UK service with the production of LMS 10000 in 1947, although mainline diesels had previously been tested on post-Grouping main lines prior to being exported. When British Railways' Modernization Plan of 1955 was initiated by a Pilot Scheme to identify the best features for a future standard diesel fleet, Derby Works upgraded ...

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  • LOST RAILWAYS OF THE WORLD
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    LOST RAILWAYS OF THE WORLD
    NIGEL WELBOURN
    Many readers will be familiar with Nigel Welbourn’s long running series of books, covering lost railways in Britain and Ireland. This new book Lost Railways of the World is the latest by this author on the subject of disused railways. The material for this volume has been collected and researched over a period of almost fifty years of world travel by the author. Informative tex...

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  • BRITAINS RAILWAYS THROUGH THE SEASONS
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    BRITAINS RAILWAYS THROUGH THE SEASONS
    DAVID GOODYEAR
    The four seasons pass by like a gliding ship, each signalled by a transformation of changing colors and hues of light, thus providing a form of marker to these passages of time. Living in the temperate zone we experience four distinct seasons. The railway scene reflects such in its own special character - cold winter air enhances the bountiful steam escaping from the hissing st...

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  • DISCOVERING LOST AUTOMOBILES AND THEIR STORIES
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    DISCOVERING LOST AUTOMOBILES AND THEIR STORIES
    MICHAEL WARE
    Many enthusiasts dream of finding a Bugatti or a Bentley in a barn or a long disused building. In reality, such finds are more likely to be an Austin 7, Ford Popular or a Mini. This book is stuffed with these so called “barn finds”. The author has tried to find out the background to the abandonment and the previous history of the “as found” car when it was in regular use. Why w...

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  • BRITISH TROLLEYBUS SYSTEMS - LONDON AND SOUTH-EAST ENGLAND
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    BRITISH TROLLEYBUS SYSTEMS - LONDON AND SOUTH-EAST ENGLAND
    PETER WALLER
    Although there had been experiments with the use of a new form of transport - the ‘trackless tram’ (better known as the trolleybus) - during the first decade of the 20th century, it was in June 1911 that Bradford and Leeds became the country’s pioneering operators of trolleybuses. There had been earlier experimental users – in places like Hove and London – and as the tide turne...

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  • TRANSPORT RECALLED: NORTH AND MID-WALES
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    TRANSPORT RECALLED: NORTH AND MID-WALES
    MARTIN JENKINS / CHARLES ROBERTS
    This book takes readers on a spectacular journey across North and Mid-Wales in the thirty-year period from the mid-1950s onwards. In full color, it features scenic railway main lines and branches; ports, canals and shipping including the Liverpool & North Wales Steamship Company; cable and electric tramways; all manner of connecting bus and coach services in urban and rural set...

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  • CLASSIC CAR GALLERY
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    CLASSIC CAR GALLERY
    LANCE COLE
    In a classic car photography book packed with an eclectic mix of automotive images, Lance Cole (author of the Classic Car Adventure) presents a stunning collection of photographs of old cars of all marques and types captured in many locations. Across Allards to Bugattis, Citroëns DKWs, Porsches, Saabs, Triumphs, Voisins, VWs, and a potpourri of well-known classics, the author h...

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  • WORCESTER LOCOMOTIVE SHED
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    WORCESTER LOCOMOTIVE SHED
    STEVE BARTLETT
    WORCESTER LOCOMOTIVE SHED is the third in a series of in depth studies of Western Region motive power depots. This provincial city was a busy and fascinating rail centre with main line passenger and freight services passing through alongside local passenger and freight tripping duties that together provided an endless panorama of railway activity. The Great Western Railway had ...

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  • VINTAGE BUSES IN GLORIOUS DEVON
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    VINTAGE BUSES IN GLORIOUS DEVON
    ROGER MALONE
    There is a head-turning charm about heritage transport. And where better to showcase such preserved delights than glorious Devon? This book is an affectionate endeavour to celebrate a bygone era. One kept vividly alive, and on the road, by the dedication of owner enthusiasts. Here buses visit the county's spectacular coastlines, climb towards rugged Dartmoor tors, and pass thro...

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  • LAST YEARS OF THE LONDON METROBUS
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    LAST YEARS OF THE LONDON METROBUS
    MATTHEW WHARMBY
    Mainstay of London Buses Ltd’s fleet into the 1990s, London’s MCW Metrobus fleet of M class remained almost completely intact by the time of privatization in the autumn of 1994. In the hands of seven new companies thereafter, there followed multiple new liveries and new identities, but it wasn’t until the end of the decade, when this account takes up their story, that withdrawa...

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  • THE SOUTHERN AFTER STEAM
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    THE SOUTHERN AFTER STEAM
    DON BENN
    After the end of steam on the Southern in July 1967, the author concentrated primarily on recording the Southern scene, to start with in black and white and then from 1972 in color. In so doing he built up a huge collection of slides for the period 1972 to 1988 concentrating on the lines close to his Kent home or in the London area but also with some images taken on the Central...

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  • SOUTHERN REGION ELECTRO DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES AND UNITS
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    SOUTHERN REGION ELECTRO DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES AND UNITS
    DAVID CABLE
    The electro-diesel locomotives and multiple units used by the Southern Region of British Railways, were unique to this region. The locomotives of class 73 were used extensively throughout the region, in particular on Gatwick Express services, as well as on departmental and track recording trains. Their versatility in being able to work off 3rd rail electricity as well as diesel...

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