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

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Kevin Derrick from Strathwood presents an album of good quality full size colour prints covering the former Southern Region in the 1960s.

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Kevin Derrick has brought together a collection of good quality colour prints showing the various classes of BR Sulzer engined diesel classes from the early 1960s to the beginnings of the 21st century.

Various locations from the South West of England to the far North of Scotland feature.

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The latest book in the modelling series from Crowood Publishing is by George Dent and covers prototype British diesel and electric locomotives from 1955 to 2008.

The author who is a professional modelmaker shows us how to get the best out of proprietory models with the minimum of effort.

Following on from previous volumes showing train workings, Xpress Publishing turns its attentions to the ordinary weekday and summer Saturday workings for both the Midland and Somerset & Dorset at Bath Green Park in the summer of 1957.

The book includes the full working timetable, engine diagrams, enginemen' s workings, locomotive allocations, train formations, loadings and carriage workings.

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Latest in the series of books from Kevin Derrick and Strathwood looking at BR Diesel Locomotives in the Blue Era covers the former Southern Region and visitors thereto.

All in all a good quality album and for a limited period offered post free within the UK only.

This, the second volume on Great Western Road Vehicles from Trans-Pennine, seeks to portray the raod vehicles in use by the GWR who sought to reduce costs by using a standardised fleet.  Alan Earnshaw continues his pictorial examination of the fleet with hitherto unpublished pictures supplemented by a fleet list of the vehicles concerned.

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Written by a professional model-maker, this book, now into its 2nd edition, is a fascinating insight into high-end railway modelling and a great source of inspiration for beginners and experts alike. This edition has been significantly updated with new material and photographs, covering the many technological developments since the previous edition, such as digital command control. This book is an essential addition to the bookshelves of all serious railway modellers.

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This book from Visions International, written by Carr & Moseley, takes an in-depth look at the diesel and electric locos that have worked on british soil and, at some point in their lives, overseas as well.

Starting with the LMS diesel shunters sent abroad in WW2 right up to the class 87 electrics bound for Bulgaria the book is packed with rare and interesting photos, informative tables and maps, and an entertaining and informative text.

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Kevin Derrick from Strathwood Publishing seeks to portray the former Southern 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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This is a further volume of colour photographs taken in the 1960s published by Strathwood.

This time the emphasis is on the former London Midland Region and seeks to show the railway in a period of change and is littered with interesting anecdotes about the fates of the various locomotives or installations and notable events in the wider world at the time.

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Tom Ferris is one of the leading historians of Ireland's railways and looks at the development and decline of the system and its current resurgence in the light of the social and economic effects of the country they served.

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John G Cox looks at the achievements and failings of a great railway developer of the mid 19th Century.

Published by the Railway and Canal Historical Society, the book examines all Peto's known railway undertakings in detail in the context of the social and economic climate at the time.

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Author Tony Vernon is the great great grandson of Archibold Sturrock who provided technical expertise in the early years of the Yorkshire Engine Company of Sheffield.

He tells the story of the company from formation in 1865 through various ups and downs in fortune to closure in 1965, with a short section on the New Yorkshire Engine Company which was formed in 1988 and still trades today.

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Another operating history comes from Xpress Publishing; this time it is the turn of a busy Summer Saturday in 1961 at Exeter Central.

This location on the former Southern Region was well known for its complexity with re-engineing, splitting and joining up of trains, bankers, a local service and goods traffic to occupy the mind of the operators.

Railwaymen who were there at the time tell how all these different aspects of the job were carried out as a matter of routine with timetables, loco rosters, allocations and a blow by blow account of the day's activities.

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Peter Kay takes a new look at the history of the Corringham Light Railway and the communities and industries which formed around it.

He describes how a community and way of life was created around the armaments industry in the late 19th Century, and how it was subsequently swept away by the Oil Industry in the middle of the Twentieth Century.

An interesting read for railway enthusiasts and those interested in the history of South East Essex alike.

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Full colour album full of various works from photographers active in the 1970s when the early diesels were still active and during the transition to more modern forms of traction.

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The long awaited fourth volume from the RCTS on BR Standard Steam Locomotives covering the 9Fs.  A weighty tome at nearly 1.5 kilos!

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Jim Grindlay looks at the allocations of BR Diesel Multiple Units between 1948 and 1968.

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Jim Grindlay having looked at the allocations of locomotives throughout the period from 1948 to 1968 now studies individual years in detail starting with 1948.

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Steve Morris looks at the various diesel locomotive classes which have plyed the North Wales Coast from 1959 to 2008.

It includes the diminutive class 01 shunters marooned on the breakwater at Holyhead right up to the latest GM classes 66 and 67.

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Cornish publisher Twelveheads is well known for its books on Industrial Railways and in this volume, Michael Messenger looks at the Slate Quarry Railways of Gwynedd.

Both colour and black and white photographs feature covering all the slate quarry networks in this part of North Wales.

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Peter Jones brings us a comprehensive guide to building small live steam locomotives for a garden railway aimed at all modellers from beginners upwards.

Fully illustrated with photographs and drawings, it includes appendices of suppliers and specialist societies - an invaluable work for the larger scale railway modeller. 

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This unusual book from Sydney A Leleux and the Narrow Gauge Railway Society takes a close look at the various transporter wagons used on the narrow gauge railways of Britain to carry standard gauge wagons.

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Two new volumes, this and the next cover main and branch lines in Gloucestershire with views across North Gloucestershire of lines in use and some 40 years later. Features some 240 views (amongst others) of Gloucester, Cheltenham, Ashchurch, Tewkesbury, Winchcombe, and Moreton-in-Marsh.

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Ian Rice is well known for his extensive writing on model railway subjects and many enjoy his writing style and ability to communicate the skills he has for all to learn.

His latest book published by Haynes looks at how the hobby has been transformed in recent years with new materials and higher quality models and shows how easy it is now to create a realistic model.

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This is the second volume from Martin Bairstow on the railways of Ireland (please enquire about volume 1) and covers the Belfast and county Down, Northern Counties, Giants Causeway, Dundalk, Newry and Greenore, Ballycastle, belfast Tramways, and Cross Channel shipping.

Profusely illustrated with photos and maps, the text adds to what must be essential reading for the follower of the Irish railway scene.

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Following on from the earlier publication from Peter Kay on railway architecture in Essex, further material has come to light prompting a supplement which lists all the surviving railway buildings and structures in Essex.

This is supported by comprehensive photographs and OS mapping.

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Essex Railway's heritage and buildings are examined in this interesting book by Peter Kay which is brim full of photographs of railway buildings and infrastructure together with views of typical buildings both on and alongside the railway.

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Just when you think that nothing else can possibly be written on the Somerset & Dorset Railway, another book pops up.

This time it is from local publisher Millstream written by Alan and Christine Hammond who follow the style of earlier publications by producing numbered limited editions.

Each volume looks at typical scenes around the S & D supported by accounts of working on the line from the mundane to the rediculous.

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This book from Artist and Photographers press features the photographs of John Tickner, Gordon Edgar and Adrian Freeman
Once a bastion of steam, the railways of China have been going through a drastic modernisation programme over the past 10 years and the authors of this book have visited China 35 times to create a unique record of the last years of Chinese steam.

The result is probably one of the finest photographic albums currently available on the subject.

The RCTS has over the years issued some 19 books detailing the various locomotives of the L.N.E.R. Each volume concentrated on a particular type covering the full history of the class, origin, leading dimensions, date of construction, rebuilding and withdrawal of each engine, together with sections covering detail variation, classification, engine diagrams and allocation and work.

The eleventh volume covered supplementary information and went out of print very quickly hence the 2008 reprint.

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Roger Siviter commemorates the 40th anniversary of the end of steam traction on British Railways with a look in both Black & white and colour at steam at work between 1964 and the end on 11 August 1968.

It is followed by a short section showing main line steam activity since 1968.

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The latest book from the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Society as a special edition of their journal is in the name of the late Bob Mills who worked in the railway's Train Control Office.

We were fortunate that he kept copious notes as to what went on on a day to day basis and the book is based on these notes which give a real insight into what went on in the last years of independent status.

The notes are brought together and expanded by Noel Coates

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Trevor Lloyd Lee describes how to wire up your layout in a simple and easy to read volume.

Turntables, point motors as well as more complex trackwork is covered.

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Geoffrey Kingscott looks at the history of Trent station which was located just north of the River Trent in the junction of the lines from Leicester to Nottingham, and Leicester to Derby.

Little trace can be seen now, but at one time it was a busy interchange.

Modellers of all scales and gauges will welcome this title published and written by Christopher Vine.

Its 168 pages contain 130 colour photographs and 30 diagrams and takes the reader through all the necessary stages and processes in painting a model.

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A new book from Crowood Press by Nigel Burkin which seeks to explain the mysteries surrounding Digital Command Control.

The book offers a comprehensive introduction to the subject for the beginner and experienced modeller alike and is supported by some 400 colour photographs.

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The product of some 50 years of research, this book seeks to detail the evolution of Britain's railway owned ferry fleets and harbours.  Such humble vessels as dredgers, tugs and cargo boats, small ferries and excursion ships are not forgotten.  It centres on the immediate post 2nd World War period and has over 240 photographs.

Author: Richard Danielson

Publisher: Twelveheads Press