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The Railway Products of Baguley-Drewry Ltd
and its Predecessors
by Allen Civil & Roy Etherington
ISBN 978 901556 44 1
273 x 210mm
format, with 372 pages, with nearly
500 b&w photos and
maps, a full maker's list,
and scale drawings of
selected locos.
£29.99 (hardcover)
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The Snailbeach District Railways
by Eric Tonks
ISBN 978 1 901556 49 2
Reprint of the 1974 edition
52 pages, with 30 b&w photos, 3
maps
and 7 pages of drawings.
£6.95 (softcover)
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The Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Railway
by Eric Tonks
ISBN 978 1 901556 50 6
The book covers The Potteries, Shrewsbury & North Wales
Railway, The Shropshire Railways, The Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Railway and
the Military Period.
Reprint of the 1972 edition
102 pages, with 69 b&w photos,
4
maps and 2 drawings.
£8.95 (softcover)
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'Ex-BR Diesels in Industry
6th Edition (6BRD)
Compiled by Adrian Booth
ISBN 978 1 901556
42 1
A5 size, 80
pages of text + 32 colour photos
£8.95 (softcover) |
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'Industrial Locomotives 2006' (14EL)
ISBN 978 1 901556
39 1 (hardbound)
ISBN 978 1 901556
40 7 (softbound)
A5 size, 382
pages with 32 colour photos
£15.95 (soft) or
£20.95 (hard)
A complete index of the locomotives in this
book is available for download in PDF
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'Industrial Wagons - an Introduction'
by David Monk Steel
ISBN 978 1 901556 33 9 (softbound)
An introduction to the subject of the wagons used
internally on standard gauge UK industrial railways, with descriptions of a
range of representative examples.
Extensively illustrated with many photos
and a number of scale drawings.
A5 size, 100
pages with 66 colour & B&W photos
and 12 scale drawings -
£12.00 |
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'Brush Diesel &
Electric Locomotive Works List'
by George Toms
ISBN 978 1 901556 13 1
The works list of all diesel & electric locos
from SPRITE in 1945 up to the present day.
A5 size, 48 pages of text + 40 photos
£6.00 (soft) |
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'The Industrial
Railways of St.Helens, Widnes & Warrington : Part 1 - St.Helens'
by C.H.A.Townley & J.A.Peden
ISBN 978 1
901556 10 0
In 1991-95 Runpast Publishing produced a series of four
books on the industrial railways of the Lancashire coalfield. This book is a continuation
of the series in the same style, by two of the original authors, but is now published by
the IRS.
Hard bound with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9 inches, 272 pages,
with 55 black & white photos and 45 maps. £19.95
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'The Industrial
Railways of St.Helens, Widnes & Warrington :
Part 2 - St.Helens Coalfield and the Sandfields'
by C.H.A.Townley & J.A.Peden
ISBN 978 1
901556 25 4
Latest in this definitive series on the
industrial railways of the St Helens region. Includes a special section
on Pilkington Brother's narrow gauge sandpit railways.
Hard bound with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9 inches,
310 pages,
with 69 black & white photos and 60 maps. £19.95
Special Offer
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'The Industrial
Railways of the Wigan Coalfield :
Part 1 - West & South of Wigan'
by C.H.A.Townley, F.D.Smith & J.A.Peden
ISBN 978 1
870754 18 7 #
Hard bound with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9 inches, 272 pages,
with 51 black & white photos and 29 maps. £19.95
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'The Industrial
Railways of the Wigan Coalfield :
Part 2 - North & East of Wigan'
by C.H.A.Townley, F.D.Smith & J.A.Peden
ISBN 978 1
870754 23 1 #
Hard bound with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9 inches, 272 pages,
with 56 black & white photos and 26 maps. £19.95
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'The Industrial
Railways of Bolton, Bury and the Manchester Coalfield :
Part 1 - Bolton & Bury'
by C.H.A.Townley, C.A.Appleton, F.D.Smith & J.A.Peden
ISBN 978 1 870754 30
9 #
Hard bound with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9 inches,
206 pages,
with 46 black & white photos and 30 maps. £19.95
Special Offer |
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'The Industrial
Railways of Bolton, Bury and the Manchester Coalfield :
Part 2 - The Manchester Coalfield'
by C.H.A.Townley, C.A.Appleton, F.D.Smith & J.A.Peden
ISBN 978 1
870754 32 3 #
Hard bound with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9 inches,
254 pages,
with 86 black & white photos and 30 maps. £19.95
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The above four titles were originally published by Runpast Publishing, but
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'Brewery Railways of
Burton-on-Trent' by C.Shepherd
ISBN 978 0
901096 93 7
A detailed history of the extensive industrial lines that
once served the mass of breweries in this Midlands town. Also mentioned are the few other
industrials lines in the town.
A much acclaimed book.
Hard bound with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9 inches, 316 pages,
with many track plans and photos - 8 in colour. £20.00 |
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'Tramways &
Railways of John Knowles (Wooden Box) Ltd' by A.R.Etherington & R.West
ISBN 978 1 901556 02
5
A new and detailed history of this manufacturer of
refractory ware and stoneware pipes, who used both standard and 18" gauge railways at
their works in Derbyshire. The book contains 10 maps, 8 of which include the use of
colour, and eight scale drawings of the wagons and steam locomotives.
Hard bound with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9 inch, 104 pages,
with 10 maps and 66 photos (9 in colour). £14.00 |
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'Peat Railways of
Thorne & Hatfield Moors'
by A.J.Booth
ISBN 978 1 901556 04
9 (hardbound)
ISBN 978 1 901556 05
6 (softbound)
sold out
A history and detailed photographic record of the 3ft 0in
gauge peat railways which were operated by Fisons, their predecessors, and successors.
112 pages, with 12 maps and 143 black &
white photos.
£14.95 (hard cover) |
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'British Small Mines
(North)'
by A.J.Booth
ISBN 978 0 901556 14
8 (hardbound)
ISBN 978 0 901556 15
5 (softbound)
This one covers mines in northern England & southern
Scotland.
Details of 28 mines, of which several had locos.
7 x 9.5 in, 112 pages. £12.95 (soft) £14.95 (hard) |
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'British Small Mines (South)'
by A.J.Booth
ISBN 978 1 901556 20
9 (hardbound)
ISBN 978 1 901556 21
6 (softbound)
This one covers mines of the English
Midlands, the Forest of Dean and West Wales. Details of 28 mines, of which
several had locos.
7 x 9.5 in, 96 pages. £12.95 (soft) £14.95 (hard) |
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'Small Mines of South
Wales - Vol.2'
by A.J.Booth
ISBN 978 1 901556 00
1 (hardbound)
ISBN 978 1 901556 01 8 (softbound)
A survey of another 34 of the little private coal mines.
Also includes an appendix listing all known mines in the period 1980 - 1997.
7 x 9.5 in, 112 pages with 145 photos.
£12.95 (soft) £14.95 (hard) |
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'Industrial Railways
of Manvers Main and Barnburgh Main' by A.J.Booth
ISBN 978 0 901096 94
4 (hardbound)
ISBN 978 0 901096 95
1 (softbound)
A photo album of this Yorkshire coal mining complex, one
of the biggest in the UK. Also includes track plans of the sites and a list of all the
known locos.
7 x 9.5 in, 128 pages. £14.95 (hard) £9.95 (soft) |
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'National Coal Board -
Flameproof Locomotives' (FLP)
by A.C.Smith & A.R.Etherington
ISBN 978 0 901096 45 8
A listing of the locomotives used underground in British
coal mines, with notes on the various loco builders.
A5, 126 pages + 47 photos. £4.00 (soft)
(£1.00 if more than £5.00 worth of other books ordered at the same time)
Seventeen update lists - £4.00 |
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'Continent, Coalfield
and Conservation -
The Austerity 0-6-0ST's'
by A.P.Lambert & J.C.Woods
ISBN 978 0 901096 63
0
A detailed history of the 377 locomotives built 1943-1946
for the Ministry of Supply, plus the extra 14 built in 1953 for the M.o.D.
A5, 84 pages + 30 photos
SOLD OUT!
Two update lists - £1.00
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'The PWM's - British
Rail's 97/6 Class Shunters'
by A.J.Booth
ISBN 978 0 901096 74 1
The history of British Rail's PWM 97/6 class 0-6-0D's,
used for permanent way work. Includes details of the five main PW depots, with track
plans.
A5, 64 pages, with 32 photos. £3.50 (soft) |
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'Railway
Executive/British Transport/BR Board - Industrial Locomotive Registration Plates'
by Henry E.Pryer
ISBN 978 1 901556 06 9
Listing of all known registration plates that were
carried by industrial locomotives licensed to run onto public railway lines.
52 pages, 5 illustrations. £4.50 (soft cover)
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