Red Panniers
Last Steam on the Underground

Authors: John Scott-Morgan and Kirk Martin
Price: £27.00

This is the story of the thirteen ex-Great Western Railway ‘57XX’ pannier tanks that passed into the ownership of London Transport. Based at both Neasden and Lillie Bridge Depots between 1957 and 1971, they handled much of the engineering traffic over surface and sub- surface lines and are particularly remembered for the spoil trains to Watford Tip.

This comprehensive study of the ‘Red Panniers' gathers together many previously unpublished images of the locomotives, including a number taken at night and underground – the usual time and place where the panniers could be found at work. The last three survived in service until the middle of 1971 which made them the last working main line steam locomotives in the country, an often overlooked fact.

Tony Cooke Track Plans: Bristol
Author: Tony Cooke
Price: £7.10

The latest of this series to be reprinted with the new style text covers the Bristol area and the lines around the city docks. A photographic section has also been included to give a flavour of the area.

The Hereford, Hay & Brecon Branch
Published by KIDDERMINSTER RAILWAY MUSEUM

by William H. Smith

The history of the railway that ran from Hereford through such places as Moorhampton, Eardisley, Whitney, Hay-on-Wye, Glasbury and Three Cocks on its way to Brecon is an extremely complex story of politics and ambition, with several railway companies competing for what they estimated to be thr potential traffic, and thus revenue. The line was opened in stages by three separate railway companies. However, it was not until the Midland Railway saw the route as a means of getting to South Wales from the Midlands, took a lease of part of it (in 1874), and had running powers over the rest, that the line saw some sort of stability. The ambitions of the railway's promoters in the mid 1800s were never truely realised, and by the 1960s the line had become another branch at risk of closure. The end came for passengers in 1962, and important market towns such as Brecon and Hay-on-Wye, and smaller rural communities in Herefordshire and Breconshire lost their railway after nearly one hundred years' service.

The author has studied the history of the line in gret detail, and interviewed many railwaymen who used to work on the line. He has also managed to find a fascinating selection of photographs with which to illustrate this book, providing an invaluable reference work for those with an interest in railways and/or local history.

ISBN 978 0 9534775 4 8.
210mm x 272mm, 320 pages (28 in colour).
Casebound with four colour dust jacket.

Caledonian Railway Livery :
Published by LIGHTMOOR PRESS in conjunction with the CALEDONIAN RAILWAY ASSOCIATION

This detailed and lavishly illustrated study of the livery of the Caledonian Railway is the culmination of many years of careful research, using publicly and privately held records, photographs and artefacts. In addition, paint technologies have been investigated; monochrome photographic processes have been examined and colour perception has been explored.

Covering the whole of the existence of the Company, from 1845 to 1923, colours and pigments, Crests, scrolls and lining, together with lettering and numbering details, are all fully explained and illustrated. The locomotive stock has been divided into groups and classes in order to illustrate the different livery styles.

Separate sections deal with early locomotives and the Drummond period, and there are individual chapters also on the coaching stock and the goods wagons.

The thorough investigations have challenged certain previously made statements and assumptions, which cannot be verified by the photographic evidence or archival records. To assist understanding the evolution of the liveries, the appendices include a brief company history, short biographies of the locomotive superintendents, a list of locomotive build orders, notes on the adoption of the Westinghouse brake and an index of wagon photographs.

This is a major study of the livery of the Caledonian, by a respected authority on what was Scotland’s premier pre-Grouping railway.

British Carriage & Wagon Builders & Repairers, 1830-2006
Author : Chris Sambrook
Price : £24.99

This volume, the result of many years diligent research by the author, details the many railway carriage and wagon building firms for which Great Britain was once noted. Not only are the big players, such as Charles Roberts, the Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon, the Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon 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.
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200pp, 275mm x 215mm, printed on gloss art paper with printed board covers.

ISBN 13 : 9781899889273

Tony Cooke Track plans: Cardiff Main Line & Penarth Docks

Author: Tony Cooke
Price: £7.10

Tony Cooke Track plans: Cardiff Docks

Author: Tony Cooke
Price: £7.50

Two more Welsh volumes of this series are now available again, No. 43A Cardiff Main Line & Penarth Docks and 43B Cardiff Docks. Both have been updated with typeset wording to increase legibility and both also include a number of photographs to illustrate the lines covered.

Private Owner Wagons: Sixth Collection

Author: Keith Turton  
Price £21.00

This sixth volume follows the familiar and much acclaimed format of  
this series and takes a look at another wide range of wagons and 
their operators. Over eighty businesses are identified and the text 
is illustrated with more than 250 photographs of the wagons and their 
places of work. Each of the businesses is given a short history, 
together with all known details of their wagon fleet.

A further section looks back over all of the previous volumes and 
adds new material, both photographic and documentary, which has come 
to light since the original publication.
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184pp, 275mm x 215mm, printed on gloss art paper with printed board covers.

ISBN 10: 1 899889 25 9
ISBN 13: 9781899889259