Railway source books and other publications

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Pre-Grouping companies

Great Western     Southern     LMS     LNER

Post-nationalisation

Modelling


General

A Professional’s Guide to Railway Photography, Silver Link Publishing, ISBN: 1-85794-185-9, £29.99

British Railways Past and Present: South Wales Part 3, Past and Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1 85895 162 3. Price: £15.99 (Issue 1)

British Railway Past and Present (33): Worcestershire, Past and Present Publishing. ISBN: 1 85895 161 5. £15.99

British Railways Past and Present (40): Cheshire, Past and Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN: 1 85895 232 8. Price: £15.99

Past and Present Companion: The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway: Snow Hill to Cheltenham. Past & Present Publishing. ISBN: 1 85895 208 5. £15.99 (Issue 2)

Lost Lines:Western. Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN: 0 7110 2278 X. Price: £13.99

British Railways Past and Present (38): West Wales, Past and Present Publishing Ltd. ISBN: 1 85895 175 5. Price: £15.99

West Country Branch Lines: A Colour Portfolio, Ian Allan Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0 7110 2950 4. £14.99 (Issue 2)

Railway Stations from the Air, Ian Allan Publishing Ltd. ISBN: 0 7110 2980 6. £35

British Railway Pictorial: Black Country, Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN: 0-7110-2969-5 £12.99 (Issue 5)

The Great Northern Railway: An Irish Pictorial, Midland Publishing. ISBN:1-85780-169-5 £14.99 (Issue 5)

Branches and Byways: Southwest Scotland and the BorderCounties, OPC, ISBN: 0-86093-575-2. £35 (Issue 5)

London's Underground, Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN: 0-7110-2935-0. £19.99 (Issue 5)

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Pre-grouping

London & South Western Railway Miscellany, OPC. ISBN: 0 86093 584 1. Price£19.99. (Issue 6)

Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton, Portrait of a Famous Route—Part One: Oxford to Worcester, Runpast Publishing, ISBN : 1 870754 59 X. £14.99. (Issue 3)

An Illustrated History of Southern Wagons Vol: 2: LBSCR and minor companies. OPC. ISBN: 0 86093 220 6. Price £19.99 (Issue 6)

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Great Western

Great Western Branch Lines 2—Rural Wales, Runpast Publishing. ISBN: 1-870754-57-3. £10.99

Great Western Lines & Landscape: Business, Pleasure, Heritage and Landscape, Runpast Publishing. £14.99 (Issue 2)

The Power of Castles, Oxford Publishing Company, ISBN: 0 86093 587 6 £19.99  (Issue 3)

Working Steam: Collett Granges & Manors. Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN: 0 7110 2973 3. £14.99 (Issue 2)

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Southern

An Illustrated History of Southern Coaches, OPC. ISBN 0 86093 570 1. Price: £35 (Issue 1)

Southern Railway Miscellany, Oxford Publishing Company, ISBN: 0 86093 582 5. £19.99 (Issue 3) 

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LMS

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LNER

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Post-nationalisation

British Main Line Diesel Locomotives, OPC. ISBN: 0 86093 544 2.

Britannia Pacifics, Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN: 0-7110-2920-2, £16.99.

British Railway Goods Wagons in Colour 1960–2003, Midland Publishing. ISBN: 1 85780 170 9. £14.99 (issue 4)

The Diesel Shunter, Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN: 0 86093 579 5. £35 (issue 4)

The Heyday of the Westerns, Ian Allan Publishing Ltd, ISBN: 0 7110 2981 4. £14.99 (Issue 3) 

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Modelling

Designs for Urban Layouts, Atlantic Publishers. ISBN: 1 902877 08 2. £14.99. (Issue 2)

Historical Railway Modelling, Pendragon, ISBN: 1 899816 10 0

Introducing TRAX: Wiring the Layout, KRB Publications. ISBN 0 9542035 5 0: Price £14.99 (Issue 1)

Modellers’ Guide to the Great Western Railway. Silver Link Publishing Ltd. ISBN: 1 85794 204 3. £17.99 (Issue 2)

Mainlines in Modest Spaces, Atlantic Publishers. ISBN: 1 902827 11 2. Price £16.50 (Issue 6).

Railway Operation for the Modeller, Midland Publishing. ISBN: 1 85780 168 7. Price £14.99 (Issue 6).

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