Search Results: RAILWAYS from Chilton Books

London: Ian Allan Ltd, nd. (c. 1968).. Transport of the Forties. Facsimile reprinting of the ABC of British Railways Locomotives. Combined Volume. Parts 1-4. 1948. A reprint of the first nationalisation combined volume and lists all locomotives taken over by British RRailways from the four group companies. 15.5cms x 11cms x 2cma. Pp.52/56/68/72, many black & white photo illustrations. Tan cloth, dustwrapper rubbed with chips and tears to top of spine and top rear edge.to top rear edge. VG/Good.

London: Ian Allan Ltd., 1973.. 1st ed. Pictorial history of Southern Railway locomotives. Pp. 103, 80 b/w photographs, 6 diagrams, faint marks to fep. Brown cloth, illustrated d/w with clear film protective wrap affixed. G+/G+.

Frinton-on-Sea: South Anglia Productions, 1992.. 1st edition. "Around the Essex/Suffolk borders immortalised by the paintings of Constable the railway meandered through the sweeping cornfields between attractive wayside stations (broken only by the larger towns of Sudbury and Haverhill) to Shelford Junction and thence to Cambridge...The sad fact today is that most of the railway is all but a memory, closed completely north of Sudbury in March 1967." 30cms x 21cms. Unpaginated, black & white photo illustrations. Yellow illustrated stiff card cover. VG.

Todmorden: Bellcode Books, 1993.. 1st edition. "Over 200 photographs recall the time when the Bradford area was alive wih railways and steam. It is not a history book, but a journey back to the days before the magnificentExchange station gave way to the Interchange, the days when the Devonian left Forster Square for the sunnier end of the country, and the days when freight was the backbone of Bradford's railway business." 24cms x 18cms. Pp.96, black & white photo illustrations throughout. Paperback. G+.

London: C.P.Lombardelli, 1982.. Published as a photographic recorsd of Braintree's railways over the years, to commemorate the first five years of the Braintree line's electrification. 28 pages of black & white photo illustrations + double page map to centre. Pbk. VG.

Stroud: Amberley Publishing, 2015.. In this informative volume, Andy T.Wallis uses over 200 fascinating photographs and maps to explore the history of the four lines in north Essex, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, which have all now closed save for one section of the Stour Valley line. Also included are the branches from Long Melford to Bury St Edmunds, the Saffron Walden branch and the former Colne Valley & Halstead Railway from Chappel & Wakes Colne to Haverhill branch". 23ms x16.5cms. Pp.126, black & white photos throughout + branch line maps. Paperback, VG.

Essex: Stour Valley Railway Preservation Society, 1979.. It is the aim of this book to briefly recount the history of Braintree's branch lines, not only of the branch from Witham...but also of the humble cross-country line from Bishop's Stortford which, from its opening in 1869, faithfully served the agricultural industries of the area for just over a hundred years, although its passenger service survived only until 1952." Pp.63, timetable to rear endpaper, greetings card with illustration of Chappel Viaduct + newspaper cutting facsimile loosely enclosed. Paperback. VG.

Halstead: Halstead Press Ltd, 1981.. Published jointly by the author and the Stour Valley Railway Preservation Society, Chappel and Wakes Colne Station, Colchester, Essex. Pp.72, many black & white photos throughout + map and station plans. Paperback. VG.

Midhurst: Middleton Press, 1984.. 1st edition. "England's only 3ft. gauge passenger railway had elegant engines with tall slender chimneys, and tramcar-style coaches with foreign-looking verandahs. All the distinctive features are illustrated in this album, and numerous drawings are included for railway modellers. If faithfully recreates the atmosphere of yesteryear in this tranquil corner of Suffolk". 24cms x 17cms. Unpaginated. 120 black & white photos + many other illustrations, maps and drawings throughout, owner's initials to front free endpaper. Blue illustrated laminated boards, some sunning to spine. VG.

Chappel, Essex: EARM Publications, 2007.. Revised and updated edition. A short history of the branch lines in Maldon, Essex. Pp.64, black & white photographs and illustrations throughout. Paperback, colour photo illustrations to inside and outside cover.. VG.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1967.. 1sr edition. "Tells the stories of twenty-seven of the most notable disasters which have taken place since 1900,... including Salisbury, Grantham, Ais Gill, Quintinshill, Bourne End, Harrow, Lewisham, and others. In each case we are given the complete picture of the event; the technical background, the occurence itself and the aftermath. The human dramas of the railwayment concerned are vividly portrayed and the effects of the harsh discipline and the excessive hours of earlier years are not overlooked." Pp.180/4 (publisher's catalogue), 16 black & white photo illustrations, owner's initials to front free endpaper. Orange cloth, dustwrapper has 1cm tear to rear top edge + minor edge wear and slight sunning to spine. VG/G+.

London: Ian Allan, 1968.. Second edition. Contents; 1.Development of British Signalling; 2.Types of Signal - Semaphore; 3.Types of Signal - Colour-Light; 4.Allied Safety Devices; 5.The Block System; 6.Power Operation; 7.Automatic Train Control; 8.Emergency Working; 9.Other Signalling Systems. Appendix 1.Signal Box Bell Codes; Appendix 2.Lever Colours. Pp.104, 8 pages of colour signal diagrams + many black & white photos and figure illustrations. Red illustrated laminated boards, sunning to spine. G+.

London: Ian Allan Ltd, 1983.. Facsimile reprinting of the ABC of British Railways Locomotives. Combined Volume. Parts 1-4. Also Diesel and Electric Locomotives and Multiple Units. Summer 1959 Edition. Show the state of BR power with dieselisation well under way. The list of shed allocations show the final distribution of British Railways steam power before the main-line diesel locomotives and the flood of diesel multiple-units sent them to the scrap heap in droves. 15.5cms x 11cms x 2cma. Pp.236/90(notes on the use of this book), many black & white photo illustrations. Black cloth, dustwrapper has slight wear to top front edge. VG/VG.

Watford: Argus Books Ltd., 1977.. 1st ed. "Vintage model railways are now an accepted part of the collecting scene, and this book provides a concise survey of the subject for present and potential collectors as well as those interested in the historical background to a popular hobby." Pp. 140, b/w illustrations throughout. Grey cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w has small tear to top of spine. VG/G+.

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1987.. A New Edition of the August 1939 Issue of Cook's Continental Timetable with Enlarged Type. "Shows Europe's train sevices at the peak of their pre-war development, with a range of forgotten frontier stations where borders were changed in 1945." Pp.520. Orange cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

London: Gemini Publishing, 1977.. The author is of the opinion that if the Corris Railway had managed to remain open a few more years, thus reaching the 'Preservation Era' which startd in 1950 with its neighbour the Talyllyn Railway, the line would never have closed. Landscape format. 21cms x 30cms. Pp.64, black & white photos and illustrations throughout, signed by the author to front free endpaper with owner's initials to top corner. Stiff card covers, toning to edges. G+.

Lavenham: Terence Dalton, 1987.. 1st edition. Peter Bruff and the Eastern Union Railway. The Eastern Union Railway had an independent life of less than twenty years."It was probably the first railway in Britain to experiment with fish-plates for joining each rail to the next and to try a communication cord. The area the railway served was predominantly agricultural, yet within it one company made parts of its permanent way another built much of its rolling stock." 23cms x 18cms x 2cms. Pp.x/228, many black & white photos, illustrations and maps, signed by the author to title page., maps to endpapers Brown cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1951. 1st edition. Mostly concerned with the railways prior to their Nationalisation in 1947. Contents: I.The Pleasure of Watching Trains; II.The Living Complexity of a Railway; III.The Traffic on the Line; IV.The Railway Engine; V.The Man on the Footplate; VI.The Railway Scene; VII.Station Sauntering; VIII.Travelling Hopefully; IX.The War Record of the Railway Service; X.British Railways in 1960. A forecast. Pp.160, colour frontispiece + 16 black & white plates, occasional light spotting - mainly affecting the closed page edges. Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine. G+.

Birmingham: Ian Allan, 2001.. 30cms x 22cms. " Delves deep into the superb archive of the Aerofilms company - a collection that encompasses many hundreds of thousands of images taken over an 80-year period - to show a fascinating range of locations....Of particular interest to railway enthusiasts and historians, the book will also be invaluable to those fascinated by local history and by the evolution of landscape over time." Pp.246, black & white aerial photographs throughout. Blue cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

London: Ian Allan Ltd, 1959.. 1st edition. Contents: I.The Great Eastern Railway; II.Great Eastern Locomotives; III.East Anglian Train Services of the Past; IV.Modern Motive Power and Signalling; V.High Speed and Systematic Service in East Anglia Today; VI.To the Continent via Harwich; VII.Progress...by Great Eastern. 18cms x 12.5cms. Pp.64, many black & white photo illustrations, some facts and figures on The Great Eastern Line for 1959 to inside rear cover. Illustrated stiff card covers, minor crease to lower front corner. VG.