Written by Ian Pope and Paul Karau this two-volume series provides an excellent record of the Great Westerns' Forest of Dean branches.

Volume two covers the branches in the Forest of Dean, starting with the Churchway branch from Bilson on the Cinderford line. Next the Whimsey branch is covered, including the interesting goods yard at Whimsey, later the site of Berry Wiggins depot and the Admiratly use of the Hawthorns tunnel during??WW2.

Again compiled by Keith Turton, this third volume follows on from the first two in the series and looks at another wide range of wagons and their owners.

Seperate sections also cover the advertising used by wagon builders; how much the wagons cost over the years; what colours were used to paint their liveries; what they looked like at the end of their lives; and the possibility of modelling collieries.

As with the others, this book features excellent reproduction and an excellent and interesting reference.

New??Book Released??May 2009.

The third volume from Ian Pope covering private owner wagons of Gloucestershire, extending south from the Badminton route into??the City of Bristol. This includes the industrial??areas around Warmley, the northern edge of the Somerset coal field and Avonmouth, with its docks and chemical plants.

The majority ofd wagons featured are engaged in the coal business, however the City of Bristol had diverse businesses, including chemicals, pottery and fireworks, with wagosn for these companies being found in this volume. Wherever possible a breif description and history of the wagon owners business is given.

128 pages, 150+ illustrations and maps. Hardback.

Track layout diagrams covering the main lines into and through Cardiff, plus the Penarth Dock branch. For many locations several diagrams are included, showing the changes made over the years from Victorian times to the 1990s,??reflecting the changes made to??accomodate??changing traffic needs.

This new edition includes a small selection of photographs from around Cardiff#s railway network.

Track layout diagrams covering the extensive network of??lines around the docks at Cardiff, including the??coal storage yards and transhipping arrangements to load ships.??For many locations several diagrams are included, showing the changes made over the years from Victorian times to the 1990s,??reflecting the changes made to??accomodate??changing traffic needs.

This new edition includes a small selection of photographs from around Cardiffs' docks, including views of ships in dock,??dockside cranes and the coal loading tipples.

Written by John Scott-Morgan and Kirk Martin and produced in association with the London Transport Museum this profusely illustrated book is the story of the thirteen GWR pannier tanks purchsed by London Transport. Many in-service views are included, showing panniers at work alongside LT electric trains, underground,??on the surface and finally in retirement.

Serving until 1971, well into the time when colour photography was affordable and being??the last working mainline steam locomotives in the UK these locomotives were captured on film during the final years. Many of these locomotives??have continued in active retiring??heritage railways and providing steam power during the first seasons of several of todays best known lines.

Highly recommended for GWR, LT and heritage railway enthusiasts.

An interesting and well resarched book covering the hsitory of the GWRs Alcester branch in Warwickshire. Chapters cover the origin, promotion and political machinations which brought the line into existance, a detailed history of the lines' operation from 1883 until wartime closure and a detailed description of the line, illustarted with maps and plans. The authors have suceeded in finding photographs to support the maps for many locations, providing a good reference views to understand the text, track layouts, buildings and the dozens of minor details which cannot easily be described by official plans.

approx. 100 pages close to A4 size with soft covers.

The product of many years of??research by??author Chris Sambrook this book details the many railway carriage and wagon building firms for which Great Britain was once noted. Not only??the major builders, such as Charles Roberts,??Gloucester RC&W, Birmingham RC&W and Hurst Nelson covered but so are many dozen of the smaller businesses, some almost one-man bands.

The companies have been listed out alphabetically with the links between firms highlighted for ease of cross reference. This was necessary as many of the firms followed on one from another or had members of wagon building family dynasties connected with them - something which only became apparent when actually compiling the volume. It makes a wonderful contribution to British industrial and railway history forming an invaluable source both for historians and for those with an interest in carriage and wagon production.

This book is a natural companion to the many books detailing private owner wagons by owner/operator which have been published, including the Lightmoor volumes by Keith Turton and Ian Pope.

200pages, 275mm x 215mm, printed on gloss art paper with printed board covers.

The LNER's most famous locomotives were designed by Sir Nigel Gresley and Arthur Peppercorn.Appointed CME of the GNR aged just 32, Gresley moved to the LNER in the 1923 grouping.Here he was to become inexorably linked with record-breakers Flying Scotsman and Mallard

Peppercorn, a great admirer of Gresley's work, then set out to create more practical Pacific locomotives

A profile of the Stanier Princess Royal class by David Hunt, Bob Essery and Fred James. Between them these three authors have collated and interpreted thousands of records and documents to bring new light to the design, development, testing and modifications made to this class of pacifics throughout their working careers. A career which, for two of the class, will continue into the future.

Produced in association with the National Railway Museum whose archives contain many of the works drawings and official test documents used to refine the locomotives.

A new book from wagon reseacher??Ian Pope covering wagons owned by companies and merchants in Gloucestershire. Featuring over 450??high quality illustrations, accompanied by captions and details of the owners and operators. Often colourfully painted and sometimes with extensive lettering private owner wagons offered mobile advertising for their owners. Mostly used to haul coal, there are many other businesses who owned wagons in Gloucestershire, plus the city of Gloucester boasted one of the most prolific and successful railway wagon building companies.
This book covers Gloucestershire, north of the Badminton route and the Bristol county boundary, with a book on Bristol in the future.

Written by Ian Pope and Paul Karau this two-volume series provides an excellent record of the Great Westerns' Forest of Dean branches.

Volume one covers in detail the route??from the Gloucester-Newport line at Newnham, into the forest, past the well-known Eastern United colliery to Cinderford. Along the way each station and siding is described and illustrated. Information is provided not only on the railway but also the customers it served and??their business.

Expanding the range of Midland Counties colour books, this volume covers the first generation Diesel Multiple Units. The diesel-mechanical railcar units were introduced in the 1950s, replacing steam on many branch and secondary passenger trains, and remained in widespread use into the 1990s.

Each of the major classes of diesel units is covered in this book, with photographs from the earliest years to final withdraw from service, displaying the many liveries carried.
Related subjects : British Railway Coaching Stock in Colour.

96 pages.

An interesting and useful collection of photographs from across the British Railways Southern region from 1948 until the mid 1990s. Excellent views of everyday scenes show what the railways really looked like in the past, including dozens of detail shots of long-gone buildings, signs and rail vehicles. Literally hundreds of inspirational ideas for incorporation into model railways.

96 pages

The latest welcome addition to this successful Midland series will be of particular interest to the railway modeller as it examines many of those often overlooked aspects of the traditional railway scene, which were once so commonplace that they were barely noted, until they were gone. The term ???railway infrastructure??? in the context of this book has the broadest interpretation. The more obvious elements are features such as bridges, level crossings, tunnels, stations, train sheds and trackwork. However, many other aspects of the railway and its environs will be covered, including features such as lineside fencing, water columns, fire devils, gas and oil lamps, signal and point rodding and building interiors.

The book???s colour pictures, as well as providing a very useful reference source for modellers, will bring back many memories and remind us just how many features of the railway environment have changed over the years.

Track layout diagrams covering the central Bristol area, including the Bristol City dock lines and Potishead branch. For many locations several diagrams are included, showing the changes made over the years from Victorian times to the 1960s-1990s period,??to accomodate??diesel traction and changing traffic needs.

This new edition includes a small selection of photographs of features Bristols' railways.