The IRS publishes a wide range of books about industrial railways, both in the United Kingdom and overseas. The Regional Handbooks were the first books that the Society produced, in it's very early days, and these have now grown greatly from the slim little booklets of those early years. In the 1960's we brought out the first EL Handbook, to provide a more up-to-date guide for the enthusiast looking for the existing industrial and preservation railways of the UK, and this is now in its 14th edition. Over the years we have also published a number of other books about specialised subjects, such as a particular industrial system, or locomotive builder.
The IRS does not just limit its interest to the industrial railways of the UK and Foreign books started in 1956 with the first of a series on the industrials of France, which is now in its second generation. Since then the coverage has spread to other countries around the world such as Germany and Cuba, with more to follow. And finally there is the Society's magazine, the Industrial Railway Record, with its range of articles on all sorts of industrial railway subjects.
Note: Many former Society publications (books & the 'Record') are now out of print, but we do have some good second hand copies available of some of these. If you are interested please make enquiries by email to Bob Darvill (for the 'Record') or Andrew Smith (for books).
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Terms: Payment with order. All prices given are in UK pounds Sterling (£). Cheques/Postal orders to be made payable to "Industrial Railway Society" or "I.R.S.". UK postage stamps are acceptable in lieu of cheques/postal orders for small amounts. Payment can also be made by Giro transfer to account number: 48-274-2801 (book sales only).
Please note that IRS members can often buy these publications at substantially lower prices than those quoted here - why not join up now and enjoy these and other benefits?
Foreign orders: We can only accept cash or cheques in UK Sterling, due to the exorbitant bank charges for converting foreign currency and foreign cheques. Please note that we can no longer accept French bank cheques.
The IRS can now accept foreign credit card orders via the PayPal
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Important: please note that we can ONLY accept credit card orders
via PayPal, so please DO NOT
send card orders to us via post or email, as they cannot be processed.
Postage: The prices for IRS publications no longer includes postage & packing. We now charge for p&p - add 10% for p&p to UK addresses, orders over £30 to UK addresses are post free; for overseas addresses add 20% for orders up to £29.99, 10% on orders over £30. For buyers outside Europe, books can be sent by AIR MAIL but at an extra cost of 35% on the prices listed. Any surplus can be credited against future orders or refunded.
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Update Lists: The IRS frequently publishes special 'Bulletins' containing additions and corrections to its historical handbooks, to enable members to keep these books up to date with the latest information. These 'Amendment Bulletins' are sent out to members along with the normal 'Bulletin', as a normal part of the membership service. Sets of these are also available for purchase by non-members while stocks last. These are the 'Update Lists' mentioned in the entries for various publications.
All orders (unless otherwise noted) to:-
Stuart Geeson, 24 Dulverton Road, Melton Mowbray, Leics, LE13 0SF, ENGLAND
There is only room here to list those books published by the IRS, but our book sales service can also supply a large number of railway books from other publishers. Why not ask for a list?
Important: It is with great regret that we have to announce that John Powell, the Society's Photocopying Officer, has passed away. The Society's photocopy service is therefore suspended until further notice.
In the last 50 years the IRS has published many books and issues of the 'Record' that are now out of print. However we can supply photocopies of most of these publications, and their related amendment 'Bulletins', at reasonable prices. There are too many items available to list here, but you can download a complete list in the form of an Adobe Acrobat 'pdf' file. Acrobat Readers are available for most operating systems, and can be downloaded for free from the Adobe website.