Railway - Other

Telling the story of Bristol area railways over the last 50 years, this publication is lavishly illustrated, including many photos taken by rail employees that give a unique insight to railways around Bristol and the surrounding area.

Author: Paul Standford.

Publisher: Silver Link Publishing.

Hardback. 128pp. 17cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781857945669

Weight. 533

Original Price: £25.00

History and working.

Author: P,D. Rendall.

Publisher: Crowood.

Paperback. 240pp. 19cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781785004377

Original Price: £25.00

This new, expanded second edition has been completely reworked and is now published with colour illustrations both new and replacing the original black and white images where possible.

Author: Philip Horton.

Publisher: Silver Link Publishing

Paperback. 192pp. 17cm by 23cm.

ISBN 9781857945461

Weight. 556

Original Price: £25.00

A nostalgic, full colour look at the last mechanical signalling on the British railway network.

Author: Gareth David.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 227pp. 22cm by 28cm.

ISBN 9781526714732

Original Price: £30.00

Iconic Scenes of Trains and Architecture.

Author: David Goodyear

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 216pp. 22.5cm by 29cm.

ISBN: 9781399086509

Weight: 1.31kg

Original Price: £35.00

This book examines in words and pictures the huge changes that have taken place in the last 50 years on the British railway network. We see how steam-age infrastructure has gradually given way to a streamlined modern railway. 

Author: Paul D Shannon.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 176pp. 22.3x28.5x1.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526734792

Weight: 950g.

Original Price: £25.00

The Chester and Holyhead Railway is one of Britain’s most important main line routes, connecting London with mainland north Wales, and the Isle of Anglesey.The line was completed in 1850 under the direction of Robert Stephenson whose work included the famous tubular bridges that cross the river at Conwy and the Menai Straits near Bangor, the latter one destroyed by fire in 1970.

Author: Philip M Lloyd

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 276pp. 18cm by 25cm.

ISBN 9781526749192

Weight.0.993Kg

Original Price: £30.00

Author: Kevin Robertson

Publisher: Crecy

Hardback. pp. cm by cm.

ISBN: 9781909328570

Weight: 485g

Original Price: £16.95

New and reopened stations 1948-2018.

Author: Paul Smith & Sally Salmon.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 96pp. 22cm by 28cm.

ISBN 9781526704306

Original Price: £25.00

Stations, signalling & trackwork. Photographs from the Edward Wallis collection.

Author: Kevin Robertson.

Publisher: Crecy.

Paperback. 96pp. 21cm by 27cm.

ISBN 9781909328723

Original Price: £16.50

An illustrated survey 1955 to 2018.

Author: John Matthews.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 160pp. 21cm by 28cm.

ISBN: 9781526749154

Weight: 966

Original Price: £25.00

Civil engineer and railway builder 1805-1860.

Author: Anthony Burton.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 184pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781473872295

Original Price: £25.00

London historian Stephen Halliday presents an engaging discussion of Crossrail’s fascinating origins and the heroic engineering that made it all possible.

Author: Stephen Halliday

Publisher: History Press

Hardback. 174pp. 15.5x23.3x1.2cm.

ISBN: 9780750987851

Weight: 361g

Original Price: £14.99

Chapters describe what it was like to work and travel on the railway, and will study the evolution of passenger accommodation, working and safety practices

Author: Anthony Dawson.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 248pp. 17cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781473899124

Weight: 680

Original Price: £25.00

This book covers in pictures, the history and development of London's main terminal stations, looking at the stations through the lens of photographers from Victorian and Edwardian times through to the modern era.

Author: Geoff Swaine

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 208pp. 22cm by 29cm.

ISBN 9781526761880

Weight. 1.120Kg

Original Price: £30.00

Author: Nigel Welbourn

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 256pp. 21.5cm by 28.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399096171

Weight: 1.28kg

Original Price: £40.00

British luxury rail travel was not just the domain of the Pullman Company. In fact, they were far from the only providers as railway companies in Britain were extremely active from late Victorian times competing for leisure business. 

Author: Martyn Pring.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 365pp. 18x25.2x2.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526713247

Weight: 1.3kg.

Original Price: £35.00

The ancient city of York has been closely associated with railways since their conception and promotion by the ‘Railway King’, George Hudson. Its impressive station and engine sheds have played host to the elite of East Coast Main Line traction as well as a wide variety of ‘locals’.

Author: David Mather.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 144pp. 22x28.5x1.4cm.

ISBN: 9781399090360

Weight: 950g.

Original Price: £30.00

The British were at the forefront of railway development for the first fifty years of the nineteenth century.Railway Empire tells the story of how the British gave railways to the world, not only in the empire, but also in other countries outside areas of direct influence.

Author: Anthony Burton

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 264pp. 18cm by 25.5cm.

ISBN 9781473843691

Weight. 926g

Original Price: £25.00

Rail By Request is an enthusiast’s personal story and tells how the author visited, photographed, and spent time at every request stop on mainland Britain. It also explains where his love of railways is rooted, why he began this odyssey and how it became a very different and important experience to him. Journeying across the whole railway map to capture these often ignored stops – not just for posterity, but for the journey.

Author: Anthony Hart

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 208pp. 22cm by 29cm.

ISBN 9781526781123

Weight. 1125g

Original Price: £30.00

Their History and Development.

Author: Jonathan Willis

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 160pp. 22.8cm by 29.2cm.

ISBN: 9781526790583

Weight: 1.046kg

Original Price: £30.00

The West Riding of Yorkshire boasted the most complex railway network in Britain, comprised at various times of seven railway companies, with an eighth trying to secure a foothold, eleven significant joint lines and several minor systems.

Author: Bernard Warr.

Publisher: Crowood Press Ltd.

Paperback. 144pp. 19cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781785008467

Weight: 425g

Original Price: £16.99

A railway journey through the Cold War from London to Kong Kong.

Author: Christopher Knowles.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 220pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781473887442

Original Price: £25.00.

A Celebration of Railway Architecture.

Author: Robin Leleux

Publisher: Unique

Hardback. 128pp. 22cm by 28.5cm.

ISBN: 9780995749375

Weight: 840g

Original Price: £19.99

This book takes the reader on a pictorial journey; in time from the early 1970s to 2020 and to places all around Scotland.

Author: John Burnett Kirk

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. pp. cm by cm.

ISBN: 9781399011181

Weight: 897g

Original Price: £30.00

This book looks at the network over the last seventy years, from Nationalisation through to the present day. 

Author: Colin Boocock.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 231pp. 22.5x28.5x1.6cm.

ISBN: 9781526780881

Weight: 1.25kg.

Original Price: £35.00

Edward Thompson was the London & North Eastern Railways second Chief Mechanical Engineer, following the death of Sir Nigel Gresley in 1941.

Author: Tim Hillier-Graves.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 288pp. 22cm by 28cm.

ISBN 9781526731166

Weight. 1449

Original Price: £35.00

Rediscovering the Remains of Railways Never Completed

Author: Mark Yonge.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 268pp. c18x25.4x2cm.

ISBN: 9781399018531

Weight: 950g.

Original Price: £30.00

A pictorial study pf the 1983 - 1995 period.

Author: David Larkin.

Publisher: Kestrel Railway Books

Paperback. 90pp. 21cm by 27cm.

ISBN 9781905505173

Original Price: £14.00

- and the last steam-age signalman.

Author: Matthew W. Morgan.

Publisher: Noodle Books.

Paperback. 104pp. 21cm by 27cm.

ISBN 9781906419219

Original Price: £13.95