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Making Tracks - Railway Modelling by Design by Paul Lunn and published by Atlantic Publishing. NOW REDUCED TO £9.99

Well known modeller and Author Paul Lunn takes us through how to create and develop designs for interesting and visually pleasing railway layouts.

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Kevin Derrick from Strathwood Publishing has gathered together a further collection of good quality colour photographs of Class 50 locomotives from all around the country in a variety of periods and liveries and a few shots of DP2 in action too! £2 Off and POST FREE

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Now offered at £5 off the published price is a copy of Willie Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives Volume 42 part A which looks at the various classes of North British 4-4-0 locomotives under LNER classifications D25 to D30.

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Great Western Coaches in Colour compiled by Kevin Robertson and published by Noodle Books in 2011.

This is a hardback volume of colour plates of Great Western Coaches in the 1950s and 1960s from a variety of photographers.

It features exterior and interior photographs of a range of vehicles from Hawksworth main line stock, Collett stock, camping coaches, specialist vehicles, restaurant cars, auto trailers and older relics.

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British Railways Atlas 1947 published by Ian Allan in 2011.

This is a hardback reprint of the original 1947 atlas published by Ian Allan in 1948.

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Seventies Spotting Days Around the West Country by Kevin Derrick and published by Strathwood.

A further volume of high quality Diesel and Electric era photographs comes from Kevin Derrick and Strathwood publishing, this time covering the West Country.

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Scottish Railways - Two Decades of Transition by Donald Peddie and published by Strathwood Publishing POST FREE.

Donald Peddie seeks to portray the former Scottish Region of BR in the years between nationalisation and the arrival of the new BR Standard classes at a time when the region was going through a period of great change.

Good quality black and white plates from the collection of the late Ian Peddie show the decline and decay of the pre-grouping designs.

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John Scott-Morgan takes an in-depth study of the former London & South Western Railway's Atlantic Coast Express from inception to the last train in 1964 when Dr Beeching's cuts to the withered arm took effect. Supported by good quality topical black & white photographs of the train and route.

 

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The Book of the M7 0-4-4Ts by Peter Swift and published by Irwell Press.

Peter Swift takes a detailed look at the M7 0-4-4Ts of the former London & South Western Railway supported with historical information, operational details and photographs.

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Volume Six of the Steaming Sixties colour albums from Irwell Press is by George Reeve and looks at the former Southern Railway route from Woking to Weymouth.

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North East Scrapyards 2 - Steam Memories 1950s 1960s by David Dunn and published by Booklaw Publications

No 20 of the series of photographic albums from Booklaw from the 1950s and 1960s is the second volume by David Dunn featuring photographs from the various scrapyards in the North East whilst they were busily sending once mighty workhorses from the steam era into oblivion.

Yards covered include Clayton Davie, Hughes, Bolckows, W Willoughby's, Darlington Works, Arnott Young and Thompsons.

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Terry Gough ARPS takes us on a tour of the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways recalling in photographs his various visits between the mid 1950s to the late 1980s.

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Sixties Spotting Days Around the Midlands by Kevin Derrick and published by Strathwood

Kevin Derrick from Strathwood Publishing seeks to portray the Midlands part of the former London Midland Region of BR in the sixties whilst the region was going through a period of change.

Good quality colour photographs show the decline and decay and captions record the fate of the locomotives and locations depicted together with notable events which occurred at the time.

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Michael Welch presents a further volume of top quality colour prints from a selection of well-known photographers supported by well written and informative captions.  This time we take a look at Scotland.

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John Parkinson describes how he has developed his modelling skills over a number of years in creating the scenic environment.

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Various members of the Dean Forest Museum Trust have collaborated to put together a volume of photographs tracing the former Severn & Wye Railway and GWR branch line from Berkeley Road to Norchard supported by maps and informative text.

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Bruce Oliver traces the Southern route between Waterloo and Southampton by steam in a series of good qulaity colour photographs from the 1960s.

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Photos From the Fifties Collection - Variety on the Southern 1948 - 1968 compiled by Hugh Davies and published by Noodle Books

Hugh Davies has compiled a selection of good quality Black and White photographs from the late 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.

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Bruce Murray & Kevin Robertson present a study of the various road vehicles used by the Southern Region of British Railways ranging from transition from the Southern Railway to the late 1950s.

The book features high quality close up B & W plates of the vehicles ranging from Scammell three wheelers and trailers to lorries and vans.

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Richard Parkinson describes his career on the Southern Region from cleaner to passed Fireman at Exmouth Junction shed in words and pictures.

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A Pictorial Record of LMS Signals published by Noodle Books.

Here we have a reprint in paperback of the scarce Warburton study of LMS Signals.

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Southern Region Memories - Photographs from the Bluebell Museum Archive from Noodle Books

John Sharp and Tony Hillman have compiled a selection of good quality Black and White photographs from the Bluebell Museum Archive. These photographs came from a large collection of Southern Railway and Southern Region archive material held by the late John J Smith of Lens of Sutton.

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The Meon Valley Railway Part 1 Building the Line by Kevin Robertson and published by Noodle Books Dec 2010.

Kevin Robertson tells the story of the promotion and construction of the Meon Valley line in Hampshire in words and pictures in the first of a series of books looking at the line.

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LNER Carriages by Michael Harris - Paperback Reprint published by Noodle Books Dec 2010.

Noodle books have reprinted the 1994 book on LNER carriages by Michel Harris which has been much sought after in recent years.

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Looking Back at Stanier Locomotives by Kevin Derrick, published by Strathwood.

Kevin Derrick from Strathwood presents a colour album covering the various designs of LMS Stanier locomotive.

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A Chronology of the Constituent Locomotives of the Southern Railway by Mike Williams.

Offered post free within the UK only and £3 off the RRP is a copy of the first of two volumes by Mike Williams which details the post 1890 locomotives inherited by the Southern Railway in 1923.

It lists those inherited from the SECR, LBSCR and LSWR and full details are given of each locomotive including build dates, type, origins, wheel arrangement, designer, withdrawal date, numbering and naming details.

The lists are accompanied by photographs and preservation details where applicable.

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Great Western Steam in Shakespeare Country by Bob Pinxton.

Bob Pinxton continues his in-depth look at various railway routes in the Cotswolds by looking at former Great Western steam on the routes which radiate South from Moor Street towards Leamington Spa and Honeybourne.

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Stewart J Brown celebrates the 100th anniversary of Plaxton coachbuilders with a photographic history of the products of the company since 1907.

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Offered at £10 off the published price of £19.99 is a copy of David N Clough's book on the English Electric Class 50 locomotive.

He provides a wealth of information on the construction and operation of the class supported by good quality black & white plates.

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Offered at £3 off the published price is a copy of Pete Waterman's book about his collection of model railways. Full of stunning good quality colour plates.

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Offered at £9.99 is the hard-back edition of John Morris' and Anthony Fords book featuring fascinating photographs from the archive of E J Morris - company secretary of the Pullman Car Company.

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THE ATMOSPHERIC SOUTHERN NOW OFFERED POST FREE WITHIN THE UK ONLY

Offered at £8 off the published price of £11.95 is a collection of photographs of the Southern taken in the 1960s by Roderick Hale.

A fine art student at the time, he carefully composes photographs of a variety of aspects of railway life, such as queuing passengers, deserted stations, railmen at work, children playing by the line together with really atmospheric photographs of trains.

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Hot on the heels on the volume on the class 37s, John vaughan now turns his attention to the everlasting class 47s which in most cases are well over 40 years old and still going strong.

The book contains photographs of the class at work on a variety of trains and locations around the country.

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The second modern image offering from OPC is based on the ever popular class 20 locomotives.

Written by Pip Dunn, it covers the life and times of the class at home and abroad with a small colour section in the middle.

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AJ Mullay presents the story of the railways in Scotland in the 25 year gap between the grouping in 1923, and nationalisation in 1948.

Published by Tempus at £16.99, it is now offered at £6.99.

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Stephen Johnson and Alan O Rourke take a brief look at the history of the railways of Ireland before explaining how to go about modelling the railways of Ireland with its contrast in narrow and broad gauge and a multitude of prototypes to choose from.

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Cyril McIntyre looks at the buses operated by CIE in the Republic of Ireland in the period from 1945 to 1987.

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