Driving Steam Locomotives - an Introduction Holland & Ryder • £ 5.25 • (F) SEE MAIN ENTRY IN THE "TECHNICAL" SECTION. Add to shopping basket

Lima - The History Hirsimaki • £37.85 • (A) This very good history of the Lima Locomotive Works has been reprinted after some years out of print. It is the very full story of a concern which made its money building Shay geared locomotives, but which also developed the “Superpower” concept which was to be the last flowering of American steam. Over 350 pages with around 550 illustrations, maps, drawings, diagrams, rosters etc. Hardbound. Hundman Publishing. Add to shopping basket

The American Locomotive Company - a Centennial Remembrance Steinbrenner • £44.95 • (A) Quite splendid, large format (11" wide by 8.5" tall") 542 page history of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO), once the largest builder of locomotives in America, and one which engaged in both domestic and international markets. Slightly under half the book is devoted to ALCO's steam locomotive production, which included some of the most famous of all American steam locomotives. The balance is devoted to ALCO's diesel locomotives which ultimately were unable to compete with GE & GM products, but which included some of the most famous of all American diesel locomotives. With over 1000 photos and illustrations and very well produced, this is a major reference work. Hardbound. On Track Publishers Add to shopping basket

Mason Steam Locomotives Wallace • £32.50 • (A) Whilst not built in large numbers, between 1853 and 1890 the Mason Machine Works of Taunton, Massachussetts produced the finest locomotives, in form and function, built in America, mainly as a result of the engineering genius, and good eye, of the firm’s founder William Mason. The majority of the conventional locomotives were ‘American’ 4-4-0s and were machines of a rare beauty, but from 1872 Mason started building his famous “Bogies” (effectively Single Fairlies) in various gauges and wheel arrangements, and became the first American user of Walschaert’s valve gear in the process. This book looks at Mason, his business and its products in chronological order, and contains around 300 B & W photos, plus numerous drawings which will be very useful for anyone modelling classic 19th century American locomotives. 192 well produced pages. Hardbound. Heimburger House. Add to shopping basket

Beyer-Garratt Articulated Locomotives 1947 • £14.00 • (C) Digital (high quality photostat) reprint of a truly fascinating book issued by Beyer, Peacock in 1947, extolling the benefits of the Beyer-Garratt locomotive, and illustrating all the Garratt types built to that date, not necessarily by Beyer, Peacock, giving details of the service the locomotives operated, their major dimensions etc. (but no drawings). To this have been added reproductions of Henry Garratt's own sales brochure and two large colour photographs. 176 spiral bound pages. Joe Lloyd. Add to shopping basket

Locomotives of Zimbabwe & Botswana Hamer • £ 24.95 • (A) Excellent detailed book covering the motive power of Rhodesia Railways in what is now Zimbabwe, plus the locomotives of what are now Botswana Railways. The classes covered range from the very early days up to virtually the present so diesel, as well as steam power, is covered although Garratts naturally have pride of place. Industrial lines are also covered. 224 pages, 100s of B & W photos, 41 in colour. Hardbound. Stenvalls Add to shopping basket

Over Here! Baldwin Military Locomotives in the U.K. Little • £ 5.95 • (G) Coincidentally linked to the Christian Cenac’s title, this is a good value book telling the story of the various WWI 60 cm gauge Baldwin WD 2-6-0 tank locomotives used in the U.K. after the conflict, on the Glyn Valley, Snailbeach District, Welsh Highland and, notably, the Ashover Light, Railways. Also covered are industrial users, Baldwins in India and how two of these arrived in the U.K. 38 well produced pages. Drawings, 43 B & W photos, 1 colour illustration. Paperback. NGRS Add to shopping basket

Glyn Valley Locomotives Rockett • £12.95 • (F) The 2ft 41/2” gauge Glyn Valley Tramway is best remembered for its Beyer-Peacock tramway locos, and then the re-gauged WD Baldwin, but four other locomotives played their part in the line’s history. All eight are described here, and drawn in detail in 16mm scale. Lining, painting and livery are described and there is a useful ‘Timeline’ to describe when the locos were in service. 48 landscape format pages. Softcover. Theodore Press Add to shopping basket

Merthyr Tydfil Tramroads and their Locomotives Rattenbury & Lewis • £14.50 • (F) 2004 was, of course, the 200th anniversary of the first use of steam traction on rails by Richard Trevithick and his Pen-y-darren locomotive on the tramroad of the same name. After this event, the focus of steam development tended to move to the north-east, but the tramroads around Merthyr Tydfil continued to be a centre of steam locomotive development, as recounted in this readable two-part book. Part One deals with the development and history of the tramroads, whilst Part Two covers the locomotives, proposed, or built, for use on these roads. These came from a number of sources, and were of a variety of types, including ‘cog’. 88 page paperback. Numerous photos and drawings. R&CHS Add to shopping basket

Fairlie Articulated Locomotives Vol. 1 - on the American Continent Binns • £ 14.95 • (C) This book tells the story of the Fairlie double boiler locomotives and their success in some places, and their failure in other parts of North and Latin America. Similar types, including the Johnstone and early double-boiler designs are also included. 96 pages. 77 mainly new photos and plenty of drawings. Paperback. Trackside Publications. Add to shopping basket

The Leader Project Fiasco or Triumph? Robertson • £19.99 • (B) Was Oliver Bulleid’s ‘Leader’ design a brilliant piece of work, killed off by the conservative Riddles, or was it a novelty too far? In this interesting and readable book Kevin Robertson attempts to distinguish fact from fiction, and whilst he doesn’t reach a firm conclusion, suggests that the potential of the design was considerable. 160 well produced pages, crammed with photos, many detail, and some drawings. Hardbound. Ian Allan Add to shopping basket

Claughton & Patriot 4-6-0s Toms & Essery • £16.95 • (D) Excellent book looking in detail at, firstly, the four cylinder “Claughton” class 4-6-0s of the L & NWR, the largest locomotives it built, and the 3 cylinder “Patriot” class which the LMS created by ‘rebuilding’ the “Claughtons”. The technical and service details are first-rate, and there are numerous photos, and works drawings. 124 pages. Paperback. Wild Swan Add to shopping basket

A Gresley Anthology ed. Hughes • £ 12.95 • (D) This excellent book comprises a selection of articles on different Gresley designs, and aspects of them, which have appeared over twenty years in “The Gresley Observer”, written by a host of experts, both from the engineering and the footplate sides. 112 beautifully illustrated pages. Card covers. Wild Swan Add to shopping basket

The Rebuilt ‘Royal Scots’ James, Hunt & Essery • £ 10.95 • (F) Very good look at this famous class of 3 cylinder 4-6-0s. Considers the background to these rebuilds and their operational history, but the major attraction of this book is the considerable number of well reproduced original drawings, including one double fold out page, which makes it an invaluable aid for anyone building a model of this class, especially live steam. 60 A4 format pages with drawings and b & w photos. Softcover. Wild Swan Item Out of Print

The Horwich Moguls Hunt, Essery & James • £ 11.95 • (F) Excellent book telling the full story of the development, variations and service of the LMS “Crabs”. 35 b & w photos of details, or members of the class in service, plus no less than 19 clear reproductions of assembly drawings, including one fold out one, which make this book a tremendous boon for modellers. 72 pages. Softcover. Wild Swan Add to shopping basket

The ‘Princess Royal’ Pacifics Hunt, Essery & James • £ 14.95 • (D) Another in the excellent LMS Locomotive Profiles series, this time looking at Stanier’s first Pacific design, the lovely ‘Princess Royal’ class which, whilst later overshadowed by their ‘Coronation’ class sisters, were very succesful, and lasted to the end of steam. As always in this series an excellent text is combined with very good photographs, many detail, of members of the class and a considerable number of works’ drawings. 112 page paperback. Wild Swan Add to shopping basket

The Mixed Traffic Class 5s Nos. 5000-5224 Hunt, James, Essery, Jennison & Clarke • £14.95 • (E) Add to shopping basket

The Mixed Traffic Class 5s Nos. 5000-5224 - Pictorial Supplement Jennison, Clarke, Hunt, James & Essery • £12.95 • (E) Add to shopping basket

The Mixed Traffic Class 5s Nos 5225-5499 and 4658-499 Hunt, James, Essery, Jennison & Clarke • £15.95 • (D) Add to shopping basket

The Mixed Traffic Class 5s Nos 5225-5499 and 4658-499 - Pictorial Supplement Jennison, Clarke, Hunt, James & Essery • £12.95 • (E) Add to shopping basket

The Mixed Traffic Class 5s Caprotti Valve Gear Engines and Class Summary Hunt, James, Jennison & Essery • £15.95 • (E) The publication of the last book above (but not the last by Series Number), completes this monumental series looking at all the variants of the LMS ‘Black Fives’ - all 842 of them, built over 17 years, by 5 different works. The first two books look at the first 225 locomotives, built in 1934 & 1935 and the third and fourth at all the locomotives originally built with sloping-throatplate fireboxes and Walschaerts or Stephenson valve gear. The last book covers the two types of Caprotti valved locomotives, plus a Summary/Update over the whole series. As usual the main books contain excellent text, photos and drawings, the supplements having a few drawings and many B & W photos. Great books for modellers of this class in any gauge. 104, 72, 128, 64 & 96 pages respectively. Main books paperback, Supplements soft cover.Wild Swan Add to shopping basket

LMS Locomotive Profile No. 8 - The Class 8F 2-8-0s Hunt, Jennison, James & Essery • £16.95 • (C) Add to shopping basket

The Class 8F 2-8-0s Pictorial Supplement Hunt, Jennison, James, Essery & Hunt • £13.95 • (E) The latest in this very good series, here looking at the Stanier designed 8F class of 2-8-0s which were the LMS’s heavy goods locomotive, and which penetrated much of the country, having been built by numerous private builders, as well as LNER, GWR & SR works, plus Horwich; they also penetrated far overseas as an ROD standard class. A lot of drawings in the main book, as well as photos and text, with many more photos in the Supplement. 136 & 80 pages respectively. Paperback. Wild Swan Add to shopping basket

LMS locomotive Profiles No. 9 - Main Line Diesel-Electrics Nos. 10000 and 10001 Hunt • £14.95 • (E) The latest in this excellent series abandons steam, and looks instead at one of the two pioneering diesel electric designs on Britain’s railways, the other being Bulleid’s one on the Southern. No’s 10000 and 10001 were designed by H.G. Ivatt and his team, with considerable input from English-Electric, but only 10000 was actually an LMS engine - by 3 weeks. To my mind the twins were uncommonly handsome engines, and they certainly grabbed my attention when glimpsed on periodic journeys on the WCML! Here you get their full history in every way, including a number of original drawings well reproduced, as well as numerous B & W photos. 80 pages. Paperback. Wild Swan. Add to shopping basket

LMS Locomotive Profile No. 10 - The Standard Class 4 Goods 0-6-0s Hunt, Jennison, Essery & James • £18.95 • (D) Add to shopping basket

The Standard Class 4 Goods 0-6-0s Pictorial Supplement Essery, Jennison, James & Hunt • £14.95 • (F) Whatever may have happened in the last couple of decades of British steam, for most of steam's reign, the inside cylinder 0-6-0 was the ubiquitous goods locomotive on Britain's railways. And arguably the most ubiquitous of these was the LMS Class 4 Goods, based on a Midland Railway design,- these lasted very late into the steam era, and found their way to most parts of the LMS. In these two volumes the class is examined in the considerable detail one expects from this exceptional series. 126 and 72 pages respectively with considerable quantities of drawings and B&W photos in the first volume, plus the latter only in the second one. Paperbacks. Wild Swan Add to shopping basket

Great Western Steam Rail Motors and their services Lewis • £37.95 • (A) Even including Sentinel’s versions of the 1920s & 30s, steam railcars were not generally successful, but exceptions were those on the Great Western Railway which developed a considerable number, starting in 1903 and ending in 1935 when the last example was withdrawn. The development of these, and others used by South Wales railways, is covered in considerable detail, as is their service, in this truly excellent book. 312 pages, 100s of photos, drawings and diagrams. Hardbound. Wild Swan Add to shopping basket

The London & North Western Railway Eight-Coupled Goods Engines Talbot • £30.00 • (A) The LNWR had a considerable goods traffic, especially in the movement of coal in various directions, and adopted the eight-coupled locomotive with great enthusiasm as a result; at the 1923 Grouping it had more than 600 of these in service, some of which were to survive another forty one years before being withdrawn. The majority were 0-8-0 tender locomotives, but 2-8-0 tender locomotives and 0-8-2 and 0-8-4 tank locomotives followed, and this book also covers the MOD (GC Robinson designed) 2-8-0s purchased after World War 1. This is one of the best books I have ever read on a locomotive type.The complex subject is well researched and presented in words, pictures and drawings, as well as a text which not only covers the history and technicalities of the types, but also includes ‘oral history’ of their use and what it was like to drive them. There is a model engineering design for one of this type, and this book is required reading by any builder. Very highly recommended. 268 well produced pages heaving with B & W photos, drawings and diagrams. Hardbound. Published by the author. Add to shopping basket

Bulleid and the Turf Burner Shepherd • £17.95 • (D) O.V.S. Bulleid was the last ‘free thinker’ of the steam era, and the core of this book is the story of his last steam locomotive - the turf burning Co-Co No. CC1 built for Ireland’s CIE. But it also tells more, covering both the background to the turf burning plan and, to an extent, Bulleid’s not dissimilar (but less successful) ‘Leader’ class for BR. Numerous drawings and photographs. 100 pages. Paperback. KRB Publications Item Deleted

Les 141R Ces braves Américaines Colardey & Rasserie • £ 29.95 • (A) Back in print for the third time, and slightly updated since the last, 1995, edition, this is the complete story of the American and Canadian built 141R class of 2-8-2s which became the workhorse of the SNCF from 1945 until the end of French steam in 1974. Around 300 B & W photos, and a good French text covering every aspect of the development, delivery and service history of this famous class. 192 hardbound pages. Eds La Vie du Rail Add to shopping basket

Les “Mikado” du PLM Collardey & Rasserie • £39.25 • (A) Until the arrival of the American 141Rs, the PLM mikados of classes 141A to 141F were far and away the most numerous breed of this wheel arrangement on the SNCF. In PLM service they were largely freight haulers, but under the SNCF found a place hauling passenger trains on mountain lines in the Alps, and especially on the Cevennes and other lines through the Massif Central. This is a high quality and detail look at the class with numerous photos, some in colour, drawings, maps, rosters etc. 200 pages. Hardbound. Eds La Vie du Rail Add to shopping basket

Les locomotives “Pacific” du PLM Collardey & Rasserie • £39.25 • (A) The pacifics of classes 213C to 231K represented the conservative approach to design favoured by the PLM, with each class being an improvement on its predecessors. This worked well on the PLM, and subsequently the SNCF, where PLM pacifics outlasted the more famous Chapelon Pacifics on the Nord region. The PLM variety may not have been the fastest, or most powerful, of the French pacifics, but thanks to the continual improvements they were remarkable machines. Here is a high quality and detail look at the breed, with numerous photos, some in colour, drawings, maps, rosters etc. 206 pages. Hardbound. Eds La Vie du Rail Add to shopping basket

Allied Military Locomotives of the Second World War Tourret • £ 29.85 • (A) Well produced and researched book covering the British and American locomotives, both steam and diesel, used in all theatres of WW II. Includes specially designed and built locos and those taken over from home and occupied railways. Partially based on previous books by the same author, but with considerably more information. Includes an introductory chapter detailing the railway involvement in the various campaigns. 304 pages. 372 photos, 43 drawings and 27 maps. Hardbound. Tourret Publishing Add to shopping basket

A History of the American Locomotive, Its Development : 1830 – 1880 £ 20.00 • (A) Thorough story of the earlier years of the American Steam locomotive written by the Curator of the Smithsonian. Good technical text and a lot of excellent contemporary engraved drawings. One of the few books currently available covering the era of the “woodburning 4-4-0s” although it starts long before them. 504 page, larger format, paperback. Dover Publications. Add to shopping basket

The Locomotive Cyclopedia Vol.1 £ 43.95 • (A) Based on articles in "Mainline Modeller" magazine, and featuring 0-6-0s to 4-8-4s and Articulateds, this is a very high quality 11" x 14" book of 212 pages, with plans, photographs, histories and foldout plans. Hardbound. Hundman Publishing Add to shopping basket

The Locomotive Cyclopedia Vol. 11 £44.95 • (A) Extremely nice second volume from the pages of “Mainline Modeller” magazine containing great drawings, in HO scale, for 48 steam locos of various wheel arrangements as above, and 4 electrics, each accompanied by detail photos and history of the class described. 271 pages, 21 being fold out plans. Harbound. Hundman Publishing Add to shopping basket

Model Railroader Cyclopedia Vol.1 Steam Locomotives £ 33.95 • (A) Large format book of photos and good HO scale drawings of all American locos, by wheel type. Very useful for modelling in any scale. 272 pages, limpbound. Kalmbach Publishing. Add to shopping basket

America's Pioneer Mallet– Old Maud - A Life & Times Ames • £38.95 • (A) This is the history of the 0-6-0+0-6-0 tender compound mallet engine which the B & O had built for it in 1904. This was the first super-power locomotive and, at the time, was widely touted as the 'World's Biggest', the 'World's Most Powerful' etc. More importantly, it was the first locomotive in the line that was to end with the Big Boys and Alleghenys (although neither of these was a true Mallet). This is exceptionally good in both content and production. 144 large, landscape format, pages with more than 150 photographs and illustrations. Hardbound. On Track Publishers. Add to shopping basket

Uncle Sam’s Locomotives The USRA and the Nation’s Railroads Huddleston • £ 37.95 • (A) Tells the story of the standard USRA designs of Mikados, Pacifics, Mountains, Santa Fes, Mallets and switchers developed during WWI, when the nation was suddenly hit by a desperate need of locomotives to move war tonnage. These were long lived designs and often formed the basis of subsequent well known classes on different railroads. 196 pages. Numerous B & W photos. Hardbound IUP Add to shopping basket

Allegheny Lima's Finest Huddleston & Dixon • £ 32.95 • (A) New printing of the excellent 1984 original, with up-dated drawings. 260 pages and 270 b & w photos devoted to one of the greatest American articulateds, if not the best known. Hardbound. Hundman Publishing Add to shopping basket

Chesapeake & Ohio Super Power Steam Locomotives Huddleston • £ 21.25 • (A) Excellent look at the series of Super Power steam locomotives introduced by the C & O between 1930 and 1948 - the definition of Super Power being a two or three axle trailing truck to support a large grate area. Wheel arrangements ranged from a very handsome 4-6-4, to the monster 2-6-6-6 Alleghenies, on weight the largest steam locomotives ever built. Both the classes and what gave rise to the need for them is well covered in a good text and pictures, plus ‘weight diagram’ drawings. This is the first book on American steam power influenced by our reprint of Chapelon’s ‘La Locomotive a Vapeur’ (he says with pride)! 168 pages. Around 200 B & W photos. Hardbound. C & O Historical Society Add to shopping basket

Thoroughbreds Staufer] • £ 44.95 • (A) This is Alvin Staufer’s classic book devoted to the New York Central’s Hudson classes of 4-6-4 in both standard and streamlined forms. Huge amount of information in 352 pages and 800 photos. Hardbound. Published by the author. Add to shopping basket

Southern Pacific Daylight Locomotives Church • £ 42.75 • (A) Bob Church’s previous books on SP loco classes have been excellent and this new book, which covers all eight of SP’s 4-8-4, or ‘GS’ loco classes, is equally good. Of these only 5 classes were actually streamlined, and thus true Daylights, but even within these there were considerable detail differences. This book covers the background to each class, its development and service. There is considerable technical detail, plus 731 photos (mainly B & W), 38 drawings and even a page of the correct colour samples. 424 well produced pages. Hardbound. Signature Press. Add to shopping basket

The 4300 4-8-2’s Church • £37.85 • (A) The Southern Pacific placed a total of 83 4-8-2’s into service between 1923 and 1930 split into 5 sub-classes, and all numbered in the 4300 series. Only the first two sub-classes were delivered by a builder (Alco), the rest being built by the railroad. Until the coming of GS locos, they were they SP’s workhorse for fast passenger and freight service, being both capable and reliable. As with the same author’s ‘Daylight’ book, this covers the background to each sub-class, its development and service. There is considerable technical detail, a good selection of drawings (some ‘pull-out’), 300 plus photos (some in colour), rosters etc. 172 pages. Hardbound. Signature Press Add to shopping basket

Pennsy Power Staufer • £ 41.95 • (A) 14th printing(!) of this great book on the development of Pennsy steam and electric power between 1900 and 1962. 320 pages. 750 photos. Hardbound. Staufer Books Add to shopping basket

Pennsy Power III Staufer,Edson & Harley • £ 52.25 • (A) This is the ultimate in Pennsy books with 1300 b & w photos covering just about everything the Pennsy possessed that moved between 1847 and 1968. 512 pages. Hardcover. Staufer Books. (No. 2 is currently out of print) Add to shopping basket

Santa Fe Locomotive Development Brasher • £39.95 • (A) Unlike the majority of railroads, the Santa Fe began furnishing its own loco specifications to builders in 1880; it always knew what it required, and got it. It may largely have eschewed articulateds, but its steam locomotives were developed to a very high degree with the 3460 Class 4-6-4s, the 3765 Class 4-8-4s and the 5001 Class 2-10-4s. It also played a pioneering role in the development of diesel locomotives for road service. This very good book reviews both the development of steam power, and the pioneer diesels, up till 1941. 304 pages, 291 photos (19 in colour), graphics. Hardbound. Signature Press Add to shopping basket

Southern Railway Steam Trains Vol. 1 - Passenger Tillotson • £19.95 • (A) Horrible, but pretty accurate title. This book looks in depth at the Southern Railway’s three classes of modern steam power, illustrating most members of each on trains which are also described. The three classes are the P Class Light Pacifics, the Ps-4 Class Heavy Pacifics and the T Class Mountains. The solitary streamlined Ps-4 merits its own chapter, and there are others on Unusual Passenger Power (mainly freight locos) and a chapter covering passenger train operations over the 1 in 20 Saluda Grade and the Swannanoa Route. The Southern’s Passenger locomotives, and especially the Ps-4 class, have a legitimate claim on being the most beautiful of all American steam locomotives, in part due to their British inspired livery - I always though this came from the British Southern Railway, but here the LNER is given the honour. Nicely done and good value. 123 pages. Numerous B & W, and a few colour, photos. Maps. Hardbound. TLC Publishing Add to shopping basket

Southern Railway Steam Trains Vol. 2 - Freight Tillotson • £20.15 • (B) In the same style as Vol. 1, this volume looks at the switchers, 2-8-0s, light and heavy Mikados, Santa Fe’s and 2-8-8-2s which the Southern used to power its freight traffic. Given that this railroad including the Saluda Grade, operations over which are again given a separate chapter, the Southern’s adherence to comparatively small locomotives is surprising. 106 nicely produced pages with lots of illustrations, maps etc. Hardbound. TLC Publishing Add to shopping basket

New York Central’s Early Power 1831-1916 Staufer • £ 41.95 • (A) Here is Al Staufer’s look at the motive power of the NYC and its constituents up to 1916. Lots of drawings and photos of 4-4-0s, as well as Mikes, Pacifics etc from later years. 350 profusely illustrated pages. Hardbound. Staufer Books Add to shopping basket

New York Central's Later Power 1910-1968 Staufer • £ 47.95 • (A) This is the story of all NYC's later power - steam, diesel and electric, but with the accent on steam, including the Niagaras and Mohawks. 496 pages. Over 1000 photos plus colour section. Hardbound. Published by the author. Add to shopping basket

FILM

How To Drive Steam Locomotives 60 mins • DVD £19.99 In a one hour video nobody can give you all the information you need to drive a steam locomotive, but here writer and narrator Peter van Zeller (a full time driver on the Ravenglass & Eskdale) has a good go ! Railways featured in depth are the Mid-Hants, the West Somerset and the Ravenglass & Eskdale. An interesting video and fun to watch, even if you do know how to drive a steam locomotive. Over 10,000 copies of this film have already been sold, so it must be worth having! Add to shopping basket