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www.ttpublishing.co.uk WelcometotheworldofTransportTreasuryPublishing.Anindependent publisherbasedinHighWycombe. TransportTreasuryenteredthefieldofbookpublishinginthesummerof2019 withasimpleambition;tobringtothemarketplaceimagesfromourarchive thatmightotherwiseperhapsneverbeseen. Wehaveatourdisposalsome750,000railwayandtransportnegatives includingthecollectionsofmanywellknownandperhapsnotsowellknownbutshouldbe–photographers.Theseinclude,AlecSwain,AEBennett,DrIan CAllen,EricSawford,LeslieFreeman,ProfHPWhite,WACSmith,RCRiley etcetc.Morearebeingaddedononaweeklybasis.Inadditiontospecific collectionswehousethousandsofnegativesfromotherindividualswhohave depositedtheircollectionswithTheTransportTreasury. Ourmantraissimple,toproduceaqualityproductwithqualitycaptions. All ourbooksarecompiledbynamesknownandrespectedintheirfieldand cover notjusttheUKscenebutIreland,Europe,AfricaandSouthAmerica. Several havealsoprovenextremelypopularsodon’tmissoutonthechanceto add specifictitlestoyourcollection;weareconfidentyouwillnotbe disappointed. Paperbackbooksare273mmx215mmcontaining112pagesprintedonquality artpaperwithdetailedcaptions. Wealsohaveour‘Totem’rangeofbooks.Thesearehardback,270mmx 210mmlandscape.‘Totem’booksareproducedinstrictlylimitednumbersand willnotbereprinted.Wealsoproducethe‘Turntable’rangeofveryspecialist subjects. Our‘Flagship’seriesconsistsqualityimageryonheavyweightglosspaperand hasprovenverypopular. Amongthenewestadditionsarethe‘Times’series, ‘WesternTimes’andnow ‘SouthernTimes’.RegularperiodicalsfortheWestern andSouthernenthusiast whichhavebeenverywellreceived.Lookoutfor someexcitingnewsabouttheTimesseriesveryshortly! Since2019wehavepublishedover40titleswithmanymoretocomein2023, 2024andbeyond.Welookforwardtowelcomingyoutoourworld.
WesternWays-TheRCRileyArchive1937–1964:Vol1
over18,000blackandwhile UKrailwayimages.Eventhoughit hasbeenover40yearssinceanalbum devotedtohiswork waspublished,onlyahandfulhaveeverbeenseen before.This newbookaimstoaddressthatomission.“WesternWays”is
thatiswhatyouwillfind insidethebook.‘WesternWays’showcasessomeofR CRiley’s
duringthelateGreatWesternRailwayandBritishRailperiods.
Somerset&Dorset-TheRCRileyArchive 1955-1965:Vol2
CompiledbyJefferyGrayer£14.50 SOLDOUT
104pages/158illustrations/ISBN-978-1-913251-01-7
ThesecondbookinthepictorialseriesfeaturesDickRiley’s photographyof thefamousSomerset&Dorsetrailway.Thecrosscountryline,alsoknownas S&D,isoneofseveralmuch-lamented linesandperhapsthemostmissed today.DickRiley photographedS&Dfrequentlyinaten-yearperiod,starting in 1955.“Somerset&Dorset”letsyoutravelintimetotheglory daysofthe line.RileyusuallyrecordedS&Dduringthesummer months,treatingustoa wealthofviews,fromthe“PinesExpress” andotherthroughtrainstomore humblepassengerworkings, freightandevenshuntedandbankingduties. Theinfrastructureor thestaffarenotneglectedeither.WhilsttheS&Dmay havebeen oneofthemostphotographedlinesinthecountry,DickRiley’s viewsbreaknewground.Hisphotographswereoftentakenfrom vantage points,rarelyvisitedbyothers.Hisunrivalledskillsmake thisaunique collection,atruerecordofonemancollatingthe storyofthisonceatruly remarkablerailway.
CompiledbyJeremyClements£14.50 104 pages/ 169 illustrations/ ISBN 978-1-91325100-0 ThenameRC‘Dick’Rileywillbefamiliartoseveralgenerations ofrailway enthusiasts.Startingin1937,DickRileycaptured
the firstbookinaseriesdedicatedtoRiley’srailwaypassion. Dicklovedallthings railway:locomotives,trainsofallsorts, infrastructure,andrailwaypeople,and
bestphotographywithafantasticselectionofimagescaptured
SouthernMedley-TheRCRileyArchiveVol3 CompiledbyMikeKing£14.50 112 pages/ 141 illustrations/ ISBN 978-1-913251-02-4 ‘SouthernMedley’isthelatestbookintheRCRileyseriesandthis time featurestheSouthernRegion.CompiledbySouthernexpert MikeKing,the 112pagesillustrate141blackandwhiteimagesmost ofwhichareseenin printfortheveryfirsttime.Mikehastaken severaltopicsdividingthechosen viewsintodifferent‘themes’ startingwiththeobviouslocomotivesand movingontotrains, electricunitsofcourse,stations,signalboxesandhis famedtopicof rollingstockallofwhichhedescribesindetailusinghisexpert knowledge.Thephotographsseenaremadeaslargeaspossible,so nodetail isomittedwhilsttheprintingonhighqualityartpaperdoes truejusticetoa MasterofPhotography.Geographiccoverageisfrom KentthroughtoDevon includingLondonTermini,mainlines,cross country,branchesandevengoodsyard.Inallabookthatneedsto beontheshelvesofeverySouthern enthusiast,andwesuspectone thatwillfindaplacewithothersaswell. SoldOut
SoldOut
TheSouthern’sWitheredArm
ByAlanButcher SOLDOUT
112pages/141illustrations/ISBN978-1-913251-05-5
‘WitheredArm’isalookattheSouthernbranchlineswestof Salisburyand westofExeter.Therecanbefewwhodonot lamentthepassingofthe numerousbranch,mainandcross countrylinesespeciallythoseinDevonand Cornwallwithtoday justthreeshortbranchstubsremainingofwhatwasonce the trulyexpansiveSouthernnetworkwestofSalisburyandthen westof Exeter.AuthorAlanButchercomeswithanintimate knowledgeofseveralof thelinesfeaturedandsotalkswith authorityontheroutes,stations,features andlocomotivesused inwhatwasthefinalyearsofoperationfromthemid 1950s onwards.Notonlydidtheroutescloseduringthistimebutso did AdamsRadialmanytypesofsteamenginedisappear,butexamplesofthe andE1Rclassesareseenatworkaswellas BulleidPacificsonshortlength trains–thejustificationforwhich continuestobedebated50yearson.Using materialfrom severalarchivesincludingthatofRCRiley,PeterGrayandRoy Vincent,thisisacollectiontotrulysavour.
TheSouthernaroundLondon
TheRCRileyArchive1937-1964:Vol4
CompiledbyJeremyClarke£14.50
112pages/158illustrations/ISBN978-1-913251-11-6 RailwaysbooksontheSouthernRailwayanditssuccessorthe Southern Regionhaveforlongtendedtoconcentrateonthe moreglamorous iconicbranchesaswellastheaspectsoftheSR;theWestCountryandits services.ToreachsuchfarflungcornerstheprestigePullmanandcoastalpassengerwouldfirst hadtotravelthroughtheLondonsuburbs,a conglomerationof routeswhosehistoryisasentwinedastherails themselves. Researchershaveinthepasttendedtoshyawayfrom describing thisareaandwithgoodreason–itisalltooeasytogooffon the wrongline!JeremyClarkeisamanwhohasstudiedtheareafor decades,anenthusiastlivinginthesouthLondonareaheis rightlyplaced todescribeapartoftheSouthernnetwork previouslyignoredbutnowlaid bareforalltosee.
WesternRegionNon-PassengerTrains
ImagesfromDickRileyandPeterGrayCollection
ByJeremyClements£14.50 LOWSTOCK
112pages/165illustrations/ISBN978-1-913251-08-6 ‘WesternRegionNon-PassengerTrains’Thinkofanyrailwaybutthe (Great) WesternRegioninparticularandthoughtswillinvariably turntotrainslikethe ‘CornishRiviera’or‘CheltenhamFlyer’.But theseandotherslikethemwereonlyonesmallpartofthescene withthemajorityofservicesmadeupof lesserpassengerworkings andevenmoreoffreight.Inthisnewbook, respectedGreat WesternandWesternRegionauthorJeremyClementshas cast asidetheprestigeworkingsandinsteadconcentratesoneverything from parcelstocoalandmilkandfromthroughfreightandpickup workingsto branchlineservicesandevenfreighttrainbanking. Over120imagesthework ofrenownedphotographersDickRiley andPeterGraymakeupwhatisan excellentexampleofNonPassengerworkingsastheyusedtobealso depictinglocomotive classesfromthelargestthroughtothehumblebranch lineengine. MostoftheformerWRnetworkisfeatured,reproducedon quality artpaperandwithdetailedandinformativecaptionsofthetype the authorisrenownedfor.
FirstGenerationDieselsinEastAnglia
ByAlanCButcher£14.50
112 pages/ 178 illustrations/ ISBN 978-1-913251-04-8
‘FirstGenerationDieselsinEastAnglia’Therailwayscenein eastern EnglandchangedlittleuntilthewidespreadcutsofDr Beechingandothers from1959onwards.Vastswathesofthe areaarenowdeniedaccessto whathadoncebeenlocal railwaysconsequentuponthewholesaleculling ofbranch, secondaryandcross-countryroutesallofwhichfailedtobe savedbymoderndieseltraction.Itwasacaseof‘toolittle–toolate’and assuchimagesofdieselsworkingshorttrains onthecountiesquaint countylinescameandwentwithina fewshortyears.Fortunately, photographerslikeDickRileyand DrIanCAllenwereonhandtorecord thisbriefperiodin historynowvividlybroughtbacktolifewiththe expertiseof EastAngliaresidentAlanButcher.Herethenisbookcovering twodistinctyetconjoinedpartsofhistory,earlydiesels,and longclosed lines.Theresult112pagesofunashamed nostalgiadepictingarailway systemintransition.
TractionTimes:anearlyBRTractionMiscellany
ByAndrewRoyle£14.50
112pages/158illustrations/ISBN978-1-913251-09-3 ModernisationofBritishRailwayscommencedinearnestin thepost1955 era.Newdieseldesignswererushedoffthe drawingboardintoservice fromvariousmanufacturersand withvaryingresults.Sometypeswere destinedtoworkas plannedfromthestart,othersafteradegreeof modificationwhilstotherswere,franklynothingshortofabject failures.In thisbooktractionenthusiastandformer professionalrailwayman AndrewRoyletakesaclinicallookat theseearlydieseltypes,discussing theirstrengthsand weaknessesandillustratedwithimagesmostofwhich willneverhavebeenseenbefore.
IsleofWightRailwayArt
ByRogerSimmonds£14.50
112 pages/ 141 illustrations/ ISBN 978-1-913251-12-3
Notartastheliteralsenseofpaintingsanddrawings,but insteadtheartofthe photographer.Therehavetobefair beenmanyvolumesofphotographson theIsleofWight Railways,butitisraretofindonemadeupofnotjustafew butawholebook-loadofqualityimages,mostofwhichwill almostcertainlybe newtothereader.IslandresidentRoger Simmondshastrawledthroughthe bestoftheimagesheld attheTransportTreasuryarchivetocomeupwitha selection fullyrepresentingtheIslandlinesattheirpeak,everyoneone illustratedincludingthosethatclosedinthe1950s.The photographsspanthe periodfromaround1947throughto theearly1960sandincludesomeofthe remarkableviewsof PaulHocquardwhoseskillbehindtheshutterhasbeen shut awayforfartoolong.Thisisabooktotrulysavour,onethat willsatisfy fromtheveryfirstpagethroughtothelast.
SteamatSwindon.TheRCRileyArchive:Vol5
CompiledbyAndrewMalthouse£14.50
112pages/158illustrations/ISBN978-1-913251-11-6
ThisnewbookcompiledbyAndrewMalthouseisasmucha labourofloveas anillustrateddepictionofSwindonintheyears 1938throughto1964.Seen throughthelensofthecameraofR C‘Dick’Riley,AndrewMalthouse impressesusimmediatelywith thebreadthofknowledgeofhissubject,which includesexamples ofmostGWRlocomotiveclasses,includingsomefromthe absorbedcompanies,aswellasadetailedplanoftheworks complexto orientatethevariousshopsandlocations.Finely detailedcaptionsprovidean insightthatwillleaveeventhemost ardentGWRfansaccruingevengreater knowledgeoftheir subject,whilstthesamedetailisgiventothestockand running sheds,thesignallingandevensomeofthemoreoutoftheway sidingsthatoncemadeupwhathadoncebeenthelargest railwayworksinthe country.ThisisNo5intheseriesofalbums usingimagesfromtheRCRiley collection.
TheBulleidMerchantNavyClass,originalandrebuilt
CompiledbyHectorMaxwell£14.50
112pages/141illustrations/ISBN978-1-913251-10-9
Almosteightyearsaftertheirintroductionandmorethanhalfa centurysincethelast exampleraninpublicserviceonBritish Railways,theMerchantNavyclasscontinueto courtcontroversy amongstenthusiastsbotholdandyoung.Introducedatatime when thecountrywasalmostonitskneeswithwar,anexpresss teamenginewouldseemto havebeentheverylastthingneeded andyetintheircharismaticdesignerOliver Bulleidandquickly discoveredprodigiousabilitytohaulincredibleloads,theywould soonbringroundtheirdoubtersalbeitasittranspiredforwhat wasonlytobeashort timespan.
TheSteamRailwayEastScotland WACSmithcollection CompiledbyBrianJDickson£14.50 112pages/141illustrations/ISBN978-1-913251-14-7 WAC‘Bill’Smithwasaprolificphotographerofsteam locomotives,ClydeSteamers andtrams.Hetravelledextensively throughoutScotlandduringthe1950sand1960s recordingthe changesastheolderpre-groupingsteamclassesdisappearedto be replacedbythenewStandardtypesandtheevenmore
moderndieselpower.Inso doinghealsophotographedmuchof theinfrastructuredatingbacktothepre-group Scottishrailways whichwassimilarlybeingdemolishedorreplacedatthetime.His other claimtofamewasastheorganiserofmanyrailtourswhich coveredScotlandinthe sameperiod.Bill’simagesencompass muchvariety,fromthegracefulGreatNorthof Scotland4-4-0s usuallyinbeautifullycleanconditiontotheworkstainedNorth British 0-6-0smanyofwhich,withlongworkinglives,endedtheir dayscarryingoutthesame dutiestheywereoriginallydesigned for-haulingtrainsofcoalaroundFife.Former CaledonianRailway locomotivesarealsoseenwiththeubiquitous0-4-4tankson branch linesandmany0-6-0smovinggoodstraffic.The workhorsesofpassengertraffic, LNERB1s,V2sandLMSBlack5sas wellasexamplesofexpresspowerarealso portrayed.
RailwaysaroundLondon
CompiledbyJohnGlover£14.50
112pages/152illustrations/ISBN978-1-913251-15-4
ThisbookcontainsaprofileofAlanAJackson’sphotographicwork relatedto railwaysintheLondonarea,overtheperiod1953to 1973.Thearrangementis geographical,startingwiththerailways onthenorthbankoftheThamesand workingfromtheLondon terminalsoutwards.Coveragemovesanti-clockwise roundtothe railwaysonthesouthbank.LondonUndergroundispicturedona line-by-linebasis,withthesub-surfacelinesfirstasindeedthey wereonthescene first,followedbythetubelines.AlanArthur JacksonlefthisNorthLondon grammarschoolin1939andjoined thecivilservice.InWorldWarIIheserved withtheRAFinthe MiddleEast,ItalyandFrance.HereturnedtomarryBeryl,a Queen Alexandraarmynurse,in1949.Theyhadthreedaughtersand eight grandchildrenfollowed.
BritishRailwaysModernisation-EraDMUs
ByEvanGreen-Hughes£14.50
112pages/152illustrations/ISBN978-1-913251-16-1
TheModernisationeraofthe1950ssawawholesalechangeover fromsteamto dieseltraction.Amongstthesenewtrainswere morethan4,000railcars,orDiesel MultipleUnits,whichwereto revolutionisetraveland,intheprocess,vastly increasepassenger numbers.Lastinginsomecasesformorethan40years,these trains,whichcameinmanydifferentvariations,weretobecomean integralpart oftheBritishRailwaysperiod.DieselMultipleUnits, orDMUsforshort,aretoday adominantpartoftherailwayscene withtheirpopularitybeingdowntotheirlow runningcosts,high utilisationandoperationalflexibility.However,70yearsago, things wereverydifferent.Localandurbantransitwasmostlyinthe handsoftrainsmadeupofsteamenginesandseparatecoaches. Suchtrainscostalotof moneytorunandinthedepressionyears afterWorldWarTwowereoneofthe reasonsthattheBritish railwaynetworkwashaemorrhagingmoney.
DickRiley’s favouritephotographiclocations.Fromthemid-1950s untiltheearly1960s, severaltimeshemadethelongjourneyby roadfromsouthLondontorecord operationsinthismostremote corneroftheGreatWestern’sEnglishnetwork.In sodoinghe capturedsteam’sclosingyearsandthearrivalofthefirstdieselhydraulics,inthemselvesafurthermanifestationofBRWestern’s determination toretainaspiritofindependence.Thisalbum surveysfamiliartypesof locomotiveandrollingstockyethighlights howtheircompositionand operationswereuniquelyfashionedto meettheparticularchallengespresented bytheRoyalDuchy.
‘Cornwall’TransitionfromSteam.RCRileyArchive:Vol6 CompiledbyJeremyClements£14.50 112pages/152illustrations/ISBN978-1-913251-17-8 Cornwall,individualisticinitslandscapesandpeople,wasoneof
SoutherntotheCoast
CompiledbyJefferyGrayer£14.50
HolidayLine.Services departedfromitsmajorLondonterminito thecoastalcountiesofKent,Sussex, Hampshire,Dorset,Devon andCornwall.IndeedthroughouttheSummermonths aswellas onbank-holidayweekends,throngsoftripperswouldarriveatthe principalstations,somedestinedforasimpledayoutbythe seasidewhilstothers wouldbelookingforwardtotheirannual weekorfortnight'sbreak.Itwasattimes likethesethatthe concoursesatCharingCross,Victoria,LondonBridgeand Waterloowouldquicklyfillmuchtothedisruptionoftheordinary passengerand attimestherailwayoperator.Howeverawell-tried andpractisedrailwaycoped wellevenifsomeservicesneededto beduplicatedandeventriplicatedattimes.
ThetravelsofaYorkshireNewspaperPhotographer.
printed illustrationswehaveexamplesoftheworkofaYorkshire Newspaper Photographerwhotravelledbothwithinhishome countyandsometimes beyond.Neitherisitsetwithinaspecific periodbutinsteadthereareimagesof everydayandunique scenes,eventsandincidentscoveringboththeimmediate pre-war andthenthepostwarperiodalmostuptothedemiseofsteam. Press photographerswereinvariablyequippedwiththebest equipmentandhadan uncannyknackofsniffingoutwhatwas eithertotakeplaceorindeedhad happened–likelythrough cultivatingthefriendshipofarailwaymanortwo!As suchthey wouldappearonsceneatboththegoodandthebadtimes whereas todaythe‘negative’incidentswouldbestrictlytabooto most.Theresultisa bookofimagestakenthroughthelensofa skilledindividualabletomakehis audiencetakenotice.Railway Memories,ThetravelsofaYorkshireNewspaper Photographerwill certainlydothesameforthereader.
TractionTimes:ASecondSelection
Thissecondeditionof'TractionTimes'makesanotherforayinto the photographicarchiveof'TheTransportTreasury',illustrating thewiderangeof motivepowerthatcameontotheBritish Railwayscenetosupplantsteam traction.Somedesignsproved verysuccessful(andmayevenstillbeseenat worktoday),whilst othersstruggledtolastoutadecadeofuse.Multipleunits also sawwinnersandplentyoflosers.Thephotographerswho capturedimages ofthenewdieselsandelectricsatthetime,
factthatmuchofwhatthey wererecordingwouldberegardedwithgreatinterest
ofthisperiod ofgreattransitionandexploresdesignexamplesnot
RailwayMemories
DescribedbyAlanCButcher£14.50 112Pages/188Illustrations/ISBN978-1-913251-13-0 Thisisabookwithadifference.Within112pagesofartpaper
AnEarlyBRTractionMiscellany CompiledbyAndrewRoyle£14.50 112Pages/160Illustrations/ISBN978-1-913251-20-8
probablygavelittlethoughttothe
intheyearstocome.AuthorAndrewRoylediscussestheaspects
featuredinthefirstbook.
112pages/152illustrations/ISBN978-1-913251-18-5 NotfornothingwastheSouthernRailwayreferredtoasthe
SteamontheGreatEastern:NorfolkandSuffolk CompiledbyAlanCButcher£14.50
112pages/152illustrations/ISBN978-1-913251-24-6
Thisnewbooksdrawsheavilyonthatdoyenofphotographersof Eastern England,DrIanCAllan.TheeasterncountiesofEngland hadnoheavyindustry tostimulatethegrowthoftherailway network–agricultureandfishingproviding muchoftheirincome–withtheresultthatmanyoftheearlyrailwaycompanies suffered financialproblemsandultimatelybecamepartoftheGreatEastern Railwayin1862.Thecompanymanagedtostrengthenisposition, eventually operatingmostofthelinesinthetwocounties.In1923 theGERwas amalgamatedintotheLondon&NorthEastern Railway;the‘BigFour’erasaw increasingholidaytraffictoseaside resorts,althoughthiswasconcentratedover thecourseofonlya fewweeksinthesummer.AfteranalltoobriefIndian summer followingtheendofWorldWar2thistrafficdwindledandcar ownership reducedrailwaypatronageevenfurther.Itwasduring thiserathatDrIanCAllen wasathisbusiestphotographingthe railwaysastheveryreasonfortheir existencedwindledaway.A prolificrailwayphotographerhisimagesareusedto illustrateour travelsaroundcountiesofNorfolkandSuffolk.
MidlandArchiveVol1,ImagesfromtheRCRileyArchive
beaddressedwith volumeoneof‘MidlandArchive’,partofaseriesdedicatedto
CompiledbyPeteSikes£14.50 112pages/152illustrations/ISBN978-1-913251-23-9 Thisisthefirstforee‘northoftheThames’intheRCRileyarchive. Startingin 1937DickRileycapturedover18,000blackandwhite UKrailwayimages,onlya smallproportionofthesephotographs haveeverbeenseen.Hopefullythatmay
specificrailwaythemes.ItiscleartoseethatDickhadapassionfor allthings railway–locomotives,trainsofallkinds,infrastructureand railwaystaff.Youwill findexamplesofalloftheseinthisbook, showcasingsomeofthebestofhis photographyaswellasa fascinatingselectionofhisimagesrecordedfrom1954 to1965. LostDiesels,Lostlines CompiledbyEvanGreen-Hughes£14.95 112pages/158illustrations/ISBN978-1-913251-22-2 WhenBritishRailwaysreplacedsteamengineswithdieselsinthe mid-1950sthenewtractionwasbroughtintouseonasystem largely unchangedsinceVictoriantimes.Thesituationwasto radicallychange withinafewyearsastheBeechingcutsdecimated thenetwork,inthe processremovingthedutiesforwhichmanyof thenewdieselshad beenintended.Asaresult,manyofthe smallerormoreunsuccessful classeswereremovedfromthe networkandprematurelyscrapped,in somecasesevenbeforethe endofthesteamera.Thisbookcelebrates thoselostclassesand thelostlinesonwhichtheyonceoperated.
fromWeymouthinDorsetthroughDevonandCornwall, encompassing theaptlynamedEnglishRiviera,andoninto Somersetandacrossthe SeverntoSouthWales,WestandMid Walesandstretchingasfaras PwllheliinNorthWales.Manyof thesetownshadtheluxuryofhaving namedexpressessuchas theCornishRiviera,RoyalDuchy,Torbay Express,Pembroke CoastExpressandCambrianCoastExpressconvey passengers totheirdestinationwithspeedandincomfort.Reviewing the collectionsofanumberofdifferentphotographersincluding Dick Riley,LeslieFreeman,A.E.Bennett,NevilleSteadandRoy Vincent,held bytheTransportTreasury,authorJefferyGrayer hasselectedover50 resorts,showcasedherein160images, datingfromthe1930sthrough tothe1970swhenserviceswere stillpackedwithholidaymakers especiallyinthepeakmonthsof JulyandAugust.So,donyourrose– colouredspectaclesand turntheclockbackmorethanhalfacenturyto thosehalcyon daysofsummerwhenthesunalwaysseemedtoshine, trains weremoreoftenthannothauledbysteamandaweek’sholiday
WesterntotheCoast CompiledbyJefferyGrayer£14.95 112pages/178illustrations/ISBN978-1-913251-21-5 TheWesternRegionservedalargenumberofholidayresorts ranging
bytheseawasinprospect. Railwaysaround Manchester Compiledby JohnGlover 112Pages/178illustrations/ISBN 9781913251-38-3 Abookfeaturingaspecificrailwaylocationisalwaysbest compiledbyanindividualwithlocalknowledge,andthatis indeedwhatwehaveherefromformerManchesterresident JohnGlover.JohnknewtherailwaysaroundManchester intimatelyatthetimeoftransitionfromsteamtodieseland electricandhasusedthatknowledgetobesteffectinthisall newtitle.Manchesterhadbeenintheforefrontofelectrification –twotypes–whilstco-terminusweredieselservicesandstill considerablesteamworkings. Britain’sRailwaysinUnseenBlackandWhite: Vol1:TheREVincentCollection CompiledbyKevinRobertson 112Pages/178illustrations/ISBN 978-1-913251-30-7 RoyEdgarVincentwasarailwayphotographerofapast generation.Arailwayprofessionaltoboot,heworked,and photographedtherailwaysceneatatimelongbeforethe clinicalbusinessapproachoftodayexisted.Hisblackandwhite archiveconsistsservalthousandimages,takenfromthesortsof vantagepoints,trackside,depotsetc,thataresimplynolonger accessibletotodayscamerawieldingenthusiast.Geographically toohecoveredawidearea,EasternandWesternregions specificallybutnotexcludingtheoddforaytotheMidlands,the southandevennorthoftheborder.Revellthenintrainsand roadvehiclesatlevelcrossing,sleepybranchlineswiththetrain runningthroughgrassstrewntrack;passenger,freight,stations, sheds,thewholeinfrastructurethatmadeupthe1950srailway scene.Ascenetoosoverydifferentfromtoday.
OldOakCommon
CompiledbyAndrewWilson 112Pages/160illustrations/ISBN 978-1-913251-40-6 OldOakCommonwaswithoutdoubtthelargestengineshedon theGreatWesternRailwayandlatertheWesternRegion. ReplacingasmallerandcrampedsiteatWestbourneParkinthe earlyyearsofthe20thcentury,thenewdepotwasbuiltaround fourturntableseachundercoveraswellasalargerepairshop andcoalingplant.ItwasatOldOakCommonthatengineswere preparedfortheprincipaltrainsoutofPaddingtonaswellasthe suburbanservicesandallmannerofshuntingturns.Indeedover theyearsitplayedhosttothemajorityofdifferenttypesof steamdesignsaswellasvisitorsfromotherrailways.Manyof these,theregularaswellastheunusualareillustratedinthisnew book,recallingatimewhensteamwaskingandOldOak Commonwasoneofthelargestsingledepotsservingthe
TRANSPORT TREASURY PUBLISHING COMING SOON
TheGreatCentralintheMidlands MikeMitchellwasnotoneofthemoreflamboyantorbetter knownphotographersoftherailwayworld. Hewasaself-effacingtypeyethisoutputwasconsiderableand thequalityofhisphotographscanstandcomparisonwiththe best.Fromthestartofhisphotography,in1956,hemadeithis missiontorecordthemovementofrailwaytrafficincertain districtsovermuchofitsjourney. HiscoverageoftheMidlandsgenerallywasextensivewhilstthe rangewasconsiderable,stretchingfromKentto NorthumberlandandCumbria.Awriterwantingrailwayphotos ofsomeoutlandish,unheardofspotwouldoftenfindthatMike couldsolvehisproblem.Mike’sphotographshavebeen publishedinvariousmagazinesandbooksoverthepast50 years,hereisafurtherselectiontoenjoy,withtheaddedbonus ofthesebeingsupplementedwiththeworkofafewothersto maximisetheareacoverage. BritishRailways‘Britannia’Pacifics Intendedasa‘onesizefitsall’,theBRdesignsofsteam locomotivesincorporatedallthatwasseenas‘bestpractice’from theBigFourrailwaycompaniesthatformedthenewBritish RailwaysatNationalisation.Whentheclassleader,No70000 Britannia,emergedfromCreweWorksearlyin1951fewpeople wouldhaveimaginedthatitwouldhaveaservicelifeofjustover 15yearsandthatoneoftheclasswouldsharethemelancholy distinctionofworkingthelastrailtourmarkingtheendof standardgaugesteamonthemainlinenetwork.Really appreciatedbythefootplatecrewsontheGreatEasternsection oftheEasternRegion–andequallydislikedbymostWestern Regioncrews–the‘Britannias’,andjustliketherestofthe Standarddesigns,werevictimsoftherundownofBRsteam, neverreallybeinggiventhechancetoprovethemselvesand withdrawnwellbeforetheirintendedlifespan.Thisbookfollows the‘Britannia’classaroundtheRegionsfromitsintroductionin 1951tofinalwithdrawalin1968.
Londonarea.
LesliePrice£27.50
ThenameofGeorgeHeironwillcertainlybeknowntothe railway marketasamanwhosehigh-qualityphotographic imageswerecomplimented byhisskillswiththepaintbrush. Butthisnewbookisnocombinationof photographsand paintings,insteaditdepictsjustonemedium:the photographs,andinsodoingshowcasessomeofthebest examplesof GeorgeHeiron’sskillwiththelens.Thesubject issteepedinromanticism;the steamerarailwaysceneon thelinesofthelateGreatWesternRailwayandin away probablynootherphotographerhasachieved.Inthis respectitsappeal iscertainlynotjustfortherailway enthusiastalthoughthecompilersdetailed captionsportray thetechnicalinformationshouldthatberequired.Insteadit is alsoabookforthephotographicconnoisseur.For someonewhoenjoys seeinghowartcanbecreatedfrom everydayscenes,trains,structures,people –indeedfromthe veryfabricofeverydaylife.Finally,itisabookforthe coffee table.Tobedippedintoandsavouredatleisure,forbesure once pickedupitwillproveahardbooktoreplace.
TheAtmosphericWestern GeorgeHeiron’sEvocativephotographsasdescribedby
160pages/180illustrations/ISBN978-1-913251-06-2/ Hardback
GeorgeHeiron’sTravels:Midland&Western byLesliePrice 176pages/174Illustrations/ISBN 978-1-913251-39-0 /Hardback Followingthesuccessof‘TheAtmosphericWestern’featuring the stunningphotographyofGeorgeHeiron,compilerLeslie Pricehas delvedfurtherintotheHeironarchivetopresentthis portrayalof George’sworkontheMidlandlinesfromBristol north–togetherwith afurthersmatteringofWesternRegion views.Proponentsofquality photographswillbewellawareof howGeorgeHeironwasamasterof photographic composition,thetrain–orengine–justpartofthe overall imageandassuchwearetreatedtoarecordoftheperiodin question;the1950sandearly1960s. OurFlagshipseriescomprise thebestofthebest. Thesearebookstosavourandalsoboundto becomeacollectorsset.
COMINGSOON
ByAndrewMalthouse,KevinRobertson&JeremyClements
WesternRailwayandits
togethera
firstissuearearticlesontheLocomotive,Trafficand
1915,thefirstofaseriesofpictorial
4-4-0s,SwindonWorks, ShepherdingtheBranchLine‘CornishRiviera’,The Newton
SuburbanSets,ModernTraction,SomeEarly IncidentsandAccidents,John Armstrong,GWRBarrows,
Station Diagrambooks,ModernisingtheWesternPart1:Laira,etc.
previouslydealtwithaswellas
havearticles
Tunnel,GWRandWagonPooling,Homewith theMilk,ModernisingtheWestern, theHumbleDistantSignal, andGreatWesternAirServices–tonamebutafew. Well
Timeswillbuilttoanencyclopaedichistory oftheGreatWesternRailway.
WesternTimesIssue1
£12.50 90+Illustrations/80Pages/273x215mmdimensions/ Paperback/ ISBN978-1-913251-19-2 Inthisall-newregularperiodical,editorsAndrewMalthouse, KevinRobertsonand editorialassistantJeremyClements,have delveddeepintheannalsoftheGreat
successorBritishRailwaysWesternRegiontoput
high-qualityselectionofarticleswithsomethingforeverytaste. Inthis
Engineeringdivisionsasper
locomotivemiscellanies;thisoneonthe
AbbotBreakdownTrain,AFewClosedLines,Passenger Divisionsand
ReadingSignalWorks,anInitialPerspective,The
WesternTimesIssue2 ByAndrewMalthouse,KevinRobertson&JeremyClements £12.50 90+Illustrations/80Pages/273x215mmdimensions/ Paperback/ ISBN978-1-913251-25-3 ThisisthesecondissueofWesternTimesthefirsthavingbeen receivedtomuch acclaim.‘WT’breaksnewgroundinstudying theGreatWesterninareasnever
featuringoldfavourites.Inthislatestissuewe
coveringarichlydiversenumberofsubjectsincluding; Moretonhamstead,TheScottishPanniers,TheCrocodile, RebuildingColwall
researchandwellillustratedbyexpertsintheirfield,the contentsofWestern
WesternTimesIssue3
ByAndrewMalthouse,KevinRobertson&Jeremy Clements£12.50
90+Illustrations/80Pages/273x215mmdimensions/ Paperback/ ISBN978-1-913251-26-0
Sincelaunchingthefirstissuein2021,WesternTimeshasgone fromstrengthto strengthsomuchsothatprintrunshave neededtobeincreased.Why?Well simplyputhereisanew journalthatfillsagapfortheGreatWesternandWestern Regionfan;someonewhovaluesindepthresearchandhigh qualityimagery.Issue 3,releasedinApril2022includessuch gemsasinformationonthe‘DeanSingles’, ‘WesternWeeds’, ExperimentalMotivePower’,‘PhotographingtheGWRand BR(W)’,‘TheQuestionofBridgeLoadings’andadditional
WesternTimesIssue4
ByAndrewMalthouse,KevinRobertson&Jeremy Clements£12.50
90+Illustrations/80Pages/273x215mmdimensions/ISBN 978-1-913251-28-4
Includedisaneclecticselectionofarticlesfeaturingtheold,the notsoold(andtous)themodern.Westartwithadetailedlook atDulvertonbytheexpertontheareaFreddieHuxtable.Thisis followedbytheslightlyolderwithPart2ofDeanSinglesand somepre-groupcoachingstock.Moreuptodateis‘Theendof Monarchy’–ifyoudonotquiteunderstandthetitle,itwillbe immediatelyobviousonlookingattheissue.Nottobe forgottenisaslightlytongueincheekcontinuationofourseries on‘ModernisingtheWestern’butgoingbackto1915.Wealso havepiecesonsignalling,‘Maud’,anMSWJfavouriteandof courseourregularsincludingabookreviewand‘Modern Traction’.WESTERNTIMEShasalreadycarveditsownniche andwearecertainthistoowillbeawelcomeissue.
materialon ‘Mortonhampstead’–pluslotsmore.80sides, 273mmx215mmforjust£12.50. SouthernTimesVol1 ByKevinRobertson£12.50 90+Illustrations/80Pages/273x215mmdimensions/ paperback/ ISBN978-1-913251-27-7 ‘SouthernTimes’isthenewquarterlypublicationfromThe TransportTreasury. EditedbyKevinRobertsoneachissue featuresmostlyunseenmaterialrightthrough frompregroupingtimestoBRdays.Steam,electric,diesel,allare-or willbe featuredalongwithin-deptharticlesbothwrittenand pictorial,deliberately intendedtorekindlememoriesand pursuenostalgia.Printedonqualityartpaper andwiththe coversdesignedtohaveanidenticalbackgroundcolourstyling -so theylookgoodontheshelftogether-SouthernTimesis nottobemissed.Good valuetoo;80sides,273mmx215mm forjust£12.50.
SouthernTimesVol3 ByKevinRobertson£12.50 90+Illustrations/80Pages/273x215mmdimensions/ paperback/ ISBN978-1-913251-34-5 SouthernTimesNo3’willbeavailableinearlyAutumn2022.As withprevious(andfuture)issuesthereisaneclecticmixof locomotives,rollingstockandlinedescriptions,includinginthis issuethedemiseofthe‘LordNelson’class,‘RidingtheRivers’,the LSWR‘A12’‘Jubilee’type,Part2oftheDeptfordBranch,andPart IofthemuchlamentedHorshamtoGuildfordline.Thelattera contemporarydescriptionfromthelate1940swhenanyideasas toclosurewerecertainlynotbeingconsidered.Addtothismore locoallocationsfromthe1930s,ourregular‘Archives’featurewith moreonsignalboxes,colourpages–ofcourse–andnot forgettingsomeSouthernElectricstock.Hardtopackitallinto80 sides,itfits–just! SouthernTimessubscriptionservicenowavailable (Contactusformoredetails)! SouthernTimesVol2 ByKevinRobertson£12.50 90+Illustrations/80Pages/273x215mmdimensions/ paperback/ISBN 978-1-913251-31-4 Thepositivereaderresponsetothefirstissueinthisnewseries wasfargreaterthanwehadeverdaredhopeandweareproudto presentafurtherofferinginthisongoingseries.IncludedinIssue2 isthehistoryanddevelopmentofsmokedeflectorsontheLight Pacifics,thefirstpartofanarticleontheDeptfordHarbourbranch, apre-Sevenoaksrecordofaderailmentofa‘River’classengine, colourfromSCTownroe,andlots,lotsmore. COMING SOON! WesternTimesVol5&6 SouthernTimesVol4&5
Defeated”,theSomerset&DorsetRailwayhasattracted manysoubriquetsovertheyears,notallofthem complimentary.However,thisfascinatingroute,which closedoverhalfacenturyago,stillhasadedicated followingamongstthatsadlydecliningbandofformer passengersandstaffwhoknewitinitsoperationaldays andamongstthosetooyoungtohaveexperiencedthe delightsofitspicturesqueroute,itswidevarietyof motivepower,itsrangeofthroughexpressesandlocal trains,andthefriendlystaffwhoservedlocal communitiesthroughdecadesofloyalservice.This collectionofcolourimagesassembledbyJefferyGrayer recallsthesaddeclineofitslateryearsandfollowsonto theeventualclosureanddemolitionoftheroutesuch thattodaytheonlytrackremainingisinthehandsof dedicatedpreservationsocietieswhoseektokeepalive thespiritoftheoldline.
locationsinSouthAmericaaswork,timeandmoney permitted,andreturnedtotheUKwithovertwo thousandcolourandmonochromephotographic images whicharenowheldbytheTransportTreasury. The countriesfeaturedinthiscollectionof160images are Argentina,Bolivia,Brazil,Chile,Colombia,Ecuador, Paraguay,PeruandUruguay.Steam,dieselandelectric tractionfromtheUK,US,Japan,Germanyandfive other Europeancountriesarerepresented,aswellasan innovativeArgentineloco.Inadditiontocaptions packed withinformationforeachimagetherearealso brief historiesofeachrailwayandasummaryofhowit has triedtomeetthechallengesofthelasthalf-century.
SomersetandDorsetDemiseCommemorating55yearssinceclosure £18.50 112Pages/185illustrations/Paperback/ ISBN978-1-915281-00-5 SouthAmericanRailwaysinthe1960s £24.50 120pages/162illustrations/Hardback/ ISBN978-1-915281-01-2 “Swift&Delightful”,“Slow&Dirty”,“Sabotaged&
Inthelate1960stheauthorvisitedasmanyrailway
Wearealwaysinterestedinhearingfrompublishedandpotentialauthorswho haveabookidea.Ourdifferentsizesandtypesofbookmeanyourideawill likelyfitintooneofourexistingstyles.TransportTreasuryPublishingareeasy toworkwithandwearereceptivetonewideaseitherusingmaterialfromour extensivephotoarchiveorbyauthor'sbringingtheirownideasandimages. WewelcomeideasforUK,Europeanandevenworldwidetransportsubjects. Speaktoussoon,welookforwardtohearingfromyou.
Haveyouordoyouknowsomeonewhotookrailwayphotosyearsago?Are youlookingforahomeforrailwayandothertransportrelatednegativesor slideswheretheymaybeappreciatedforyearstocome?TheTransport Treasuryisprobablythelargestrepositoryforrailwayrelatedmaterialinthe UK.Wecanlookafterandmaintainyourcollectionaswellasmakingit availableforotherstoenjoy.
Alltoooftenhistoricallyimportantcollectionshavebeenlost.Weseeitas ourresponsibilitytosafeguardthepastforthebenefitofthefuture.Talkto us,wemaybeabletohelp.
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RileyinIreland
CompiledbyMichaelMcMahon SOLDOUT
80 Pages/ 82 Illustrations/ ISBN 978-1-913893-01-9
TherailwaysofIrelandhavechangedevenmore thanthoseof mainlandBritain’srailwaysoverthe pasttwotothree generations.WhilstintheUK developmentandmodernisation hasbeenanalmost continualprocess,inEireantiquated working practices,stockandinfrastructurewasstillactivein the1950sanditisonlyinrecentyearsthatatruly modern andefficientsystemhasemerged.Backthen fewindividuals appeartohavehadtheforesightto recognisechangewould soontakeplacebutoneof thosewhodidwasthatdoyenof photographyRC Rileywhomadeaweeklongphotographic visitin thesummerof1950recordingasmuchaswas possible duringthattime.Inthisallnew80-page album,acknowledged IrishrailwayexpertMichael McMahonhasselectedsomeof thebestviewsfrom thatvisitaddinganexpertcommentaryto portraya scenewhichisnowsadlyvanishedforever.
DelticSwansong
ImagesfromthecollectionofNevilleStead CompiledbyNigelA.Petre SOLDOUT
80Pages/82Illustrations/ISBN978-1-913893-00-2
TherenownedDelticclasshadalifespanofonlyjust over20 yearsinfrontlineserviceontheEastern regionandyetinthat timetheycreatedafollowing thatremainsasstrongtodayas whenthelastone switchedoffitsenginesforthefinaltime backin 1982.Twomenwhoretainaparticularaffinityfor the classarephotographerNevilleSteadandformer BRDeltic fitterandtechnicianNigelPetre.Inthis newbookthetwo havecombinedtorecordthe finalmonthsoftheclassin revenueearlingservice describinginpictorialformboththeir regular, specialandoftenoff-routetravelsandeventhe tribulationsofindividuallocomotiveswhich sometimesleadto actualwithdrawals.‘Deltic Swansong’willappealtoanyone whorecallsboth theclassinregularserviceaccompaniedby the uniquesoundoftheirtwinNapierenginesaswellas the preservedexampleswhosepopularitydisplays nosignsof diminishing.
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AGlimpseofIndianRailways,1975
CompiledbyColinStone£17.50
80Pages/82Illustrations/ISBN978-1-913893-19-4
In1975agroupofBritishRailwayenthusiastshungry fora “steamfix”headedofftotheIndiansubcontinenttowitness everydaysteamoperations. Theyweren’tdisappointed,the sight,sound,smell, andfullsplendourofsteamwasalive,well andstill ablesatisfyanyloverofthesteamlocomotive.
Thanks tothosesteamenthusiastcameramen,and sadtosay,manyare nolongerwithus,alittleofwhat wasphotographednearlyhalf acenturyagocannow besharedwiththosewhonevergotto experience themagicofIndianSteam.Forthosethatdid, perhapsthisalbummayrekindlememoriesofthat incredible IndianRailwaysystem,oftenreferredtoas …“TheRailwaysof theRaj”.
RailsaroundIreland-AJourneyinPictures
CompiledbyNickDeacon£13.50 80Pages/83Illustrations/ISBN978-1-913893-16-3
VisitfiveofIreland’slostnarrow-gaugelinesandfive ofits5- foot3inch-gaugecompaniesinpictures takenbetween1914 and1966.Manyimagesare fromthe1950swhenmuchchange wasafootbut alsowhensomeoldfriendshadlingeredlong enoughtoberememberedhere.LandingatDún Laoghaire,we visitDublinandtheGreatNorthern beforeheadingforCork andtakingaclockwisetour throughMunster,Connaught,and Ulster,leaving IrelandviatheNCCatLarneHarbour.Onlyhalf ofthe photographersareknownandmanythenonlyby their initials.Maybeyoucanhelpidentifythem?
TheLNERClassD49s
Compiledby AlanCButcher £13.50
80Pages/Illustrations/ISBN978-1-913893-14-9
Introducedin1927constructionofthe‘Shires’ran until1929 withthe‘Hunts’followingbetween1932 and1935givinga combinedtotalof76examples. Althoughmorethancapableof operatingservices allocated,theintroductionofThompson’s ClassB1 mixed-traffic4-6-0locomotivesin1942sawtheD49s graduallylosefavour,astheirmaintenancecosts weregreater withlessroute-availability.Thefirst withdrawaloftheD49scame inSeptember1957, withthelastexampletakenoutofservice inApril 1961.Fortunately,oneexample,No62712 Morayshire, survivesinpreservationontheBo’ness& KinneilRailwayin Scotland.
RailwaysinCumbria-Asnapshotfromthe fiftiesand sixties
CompiledbyDavidSpaven£13.50 LOWSTOCK 80Pages/81Illustrations/ISBN978-1-913893-20-0
Inthe1950sand60s,Cumbriaofferedamicrocosmof what Britain’srailwaysdid,shapedastheregionwas byadistinctive geographyandthemajoreconomic forcesofmasstourismand concentratedindustrial development. Inthisalbum,photosfromthe substantialTransportTreasury archiveillustratethe characterofmanyofthelineswhichserved (andthose whichstillserve)theLakeCounties.Aswellas coveringallthekeyrailroutesofthatera,wehave soughtto providesomeunusualimagesfromlocations whichhaveoften beenbypassedinthe(literaland metaphorical)rushalongthe WestCoastMainLine overShap.Butthelatterhasnotbeen neglected either.Andweshowcasethesheervarietyofrailway equipmentandinfrastructureinacompactbut scenically diversegeographicalarea.Althoughmostof theCumbrianrail networksurvivedtheBeechingAxe, muchhaschangedinthe railwayscene,andthealbum thereforeallowsustoindulgein nostalgiaforpast timesonroutesbothlostandretained.
Alexanders’Buses1961Volume2 CompiledbyHenryConn£13.50 80Pages/Illustrations/ISBN978-1-913893-10-1
ThisbookisthesecondpicturealbumofAlexanders buses andcoachesin1961andfeaturesunpublished viewsfromthe period19Augustthroughtotheendof November.Theviews inthisvolume,likethefirst,are inchronologicalorder,starting inKirkintillochthento Kilsyth,Larbert,Leven,StAndrews, Dundee,Falkirk, Perth,backtoLarbert,Stirling,Bannockburn, LochgellywiththefinalviewstakeninCowdenbeath. At LarbertdepottheviewsoftheexPlymouthTD4s areprobably thelasttakenbeforetheyheadforthe scrapyardandonthe samedaytheviewofRB206with extensivedamagetothe roofwithitsyouthfulage savingthisbusfromgoingtothe samescrapyard. ThereisalsoaclassicposedviewofBedford OBW235 atRiggsRoadinPerth,sadlytobesoldalittleover a yearaftertheviewwastaken.
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SteaminSouthAfrica APhotographicOdyssey
CompiledbyRonWhite£16.50
80Pages/82Illustrations/ISBN978-1-913893-02-6 AnotherbookonSouthAfricansteam–haven’twehad enough?Mywifecertainlythinksso…althoughIseeit as anotherreminderofthosemarvelloustripstoan unknown country.Adjurednottogobecauseof apartheid,thoseofus whodidmakethetripdidso simplytogetourfillof realrailways,nothingpolitical enteredourheads.Insteadwe focusedonlengthy freightsandinfrequentpassengerand mixedtrains. ThelatterwerenolongerknownintheUK,but here theycontinuedtoserveremotedorps;onceadayat best, M/W/Foatworst.Plusitseemedthesunshoneall thetime,too muchatmid-daywhentheshadowswere solidblackandthe reflectedglareapaininthelens; consequentlywequickly learnedtooperatefrompredawntoalatebreakfastandagain fromaboutmidafternoontopastsundownreturningafterto some remoteoasisfordinner,drink,bathandbed.
SteamMemoriesNorthEastScotland
CompiledbyDavidSpaven SOLDOUT
80Pages/82Illustrations/ISBN978-1-913893-03-3
ThedistinctivecharacteroftheformerGreatNorthof Scotland Railwayiswellillustratedbythisselectionof photosfromthe NevilleSteadcollection.Largely featuringtheperiodfromthe 1940stothemid-1960s–whentheBeechingAxedecimated theNorthEast Scotlandrailnetwork–thealbumcapturesthe atmosphereofawidevarietyofrailwaysacrossthe region.From thecityofAberdeenandthemainlineto Keith,throughcross- countrycorridorsinSpeysideand viathecoasttoElgin,to branchestoAlford,Ballater, Banff,Fraserburgh,Lossiemouth, Macduff,Peterhead andStCombs,theworldofthetraditional steam railwayisdelightfullyportrayed.
SteamontheNarrowGaugeandIndependent Linesof Austria- PhotographedbyPeterGray
CompiledbyAndrewFox£12.50
80Pages/82Illustrations/ISBN978-1-913893-05-7
Althoughprobablybestknownforhisphotographsof the railwaysoftheWestCountry,PeterGraytravelled widely, especiallyinEurope,capturingimagesofa worldwhichwould soonbetransformedbythe relentlessmarchofprogress.When hevisitedAustriain the1950sand1960sthecountryremained unspoilt, andtherailwaysplayedavitalroleintransportingboth freightandpassengers.Thenarrowgaugeand independent railways,withtheirfrequentlyarchaicand rusticcharm,had oftenchangedlittleinhalfacentury. Thisbookdepictsthe fascinatingvarietyofsteam tractionthatcouldbefoundon theselinesbeforethey changedbeyondrecognition,seen throughthelensof anenthusiastwhocombinedtechnicalskill withan excellenteyeforaphotograph.
TheFinalDecade-
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SixtyyearsagoBritishRailwaysbanishedsteam enginesaftera careerlifedatingbacktothe1830s. Atthesametimethe imageoftherailwaywas changingfromthatofthecommon carriertoone wherepassengertrafficwasnowthepriority.It would turnouttobethegreatestrevolutioninrailtransport sinceVictoriantimes.Whilstothersstoodwiththeir cameras and(fortunately)recordedthetrainsand especiallythe engines,PaulHocquarddidmuch more,seeingnotjustthe trainbutthewholesetting.
TheRailwaysofSalop
Includingthe5:30toBridgnorth
CompiledbyLesliePrice SOLDOUT
80Pages/101Illustrations/ISBN978-1-913893-06-4
Salopianrailwaysencompassedeverythingfrommain line urbansprawltocrosscountryandpicturesque branchlinesand inconsequencealsowitnesseda varietyofenginesandtrains. Addingtothevariety thecountyalsoborderedtheindustrial Midlandson onesideandruralWalesontheother,alladding to thecharmoftraintravelinpastyears.Inthisvery personal andattimesanecdotalaccount,LesliePrice, someofwhose ancestorsworkedonthoselines, takesusonajourneyof nostalgiaaroundthecounty.
DickRiley:WestfromPaddington
CompiledbyKevinRobertson£12.50
80Pages/92Illustrations/ISBN978-1-913893-07-1
‘DickRiley:WestfromPaddington’isamuch awaited opportunitytopresentaselectionofimages fromamasterof railwayphotography.Verymucha ‘closet’GreatWestern enthusiast,Dickspentmuch timerecordingthearrivalsand departuresfrom PaddingtonaswellasscenesatOldOak Common depotandvariouslinesidelocationsthroughthe ThamesValley.Inthisvolumewefollowhiscourseas faras Didcotandtakinginafewofthebranchlines hevisited.With hiscameraDickdidnotjustrecord
classeseither,forhewas
humbledutiesand
wonderful varietyofenginesandtrainsfromtheearly1950s throughwhensteamstillreignedsupreme.
theprincipalpassenger
equallykeentoportraythemore
inthecourseofdoingsogivesusa
The1960sSteamRailway CompiledbyKevinRobertson£12.50 LOWSTOCK 80Pages/104Illustrations/ISBN978-1-913893-04-0
Alexanders’Buses1961Volume1
CompiledbyHenryConn£12.50
80Pages/80Illustrations/ISBN978-1-913893-08-8
ThisbookisapicturealbumofAlexandersbusesand coaches andisnotintendedtobeahistoryofthe companyandfeatures unpublishedviewsfromthe period1Aprilthroughto13August 1961.Manyof theviewsweretakenafterthe15Maywhen Alexandersweresplitintothreenewcompanies; Alexander Fife,MidlandandNorthernwith approximately500,950and 450vehiclesrespectively. Theonlynoticeablechangeinthis volumeisthatnew busesorderedbythenewcompanieshave local registrationssuchastheLeylandPD3sdeliveredto AlexanderNorthernhaveAberdeenregistrations, although interestingly,stillinAlexanderspre-split livery.
ForgottenSteam
CompiledbyNickNicolson£16.50
80Pages/87Illustrations/ISBN978-1-913893-11-8
Thinkingbackoveralonglifeassociatedwithrailways but neveranofficialpartofthemit’samazingwhatI gotaway with;notmanyinsurancemenhavehad holdofanA4onan Aberdeen–Glasgow(althoughI didhaveapassforthat)or regularlyfiredanddrove the17.00Marylebone–Woodford asfaras Amersham(thecrewslovedwatchingmystarched whitecollarwiltandgogreywithworry,mywifewas less amusedwhenIgothomelateandfilthy).
SteaminthePortugueseColonies
CompiledbyRonWhite£16.50 80Pages/87Illustrations/ISBN978-1-913893-13-2
WhensteamfinishedonBritishRailwaystherewere some photographerswhosimplyputawaytheir camerasandwhich includedcertainofthefamous ‘names’ofrailway photography.Lookingbeyond theseshorestowheresteam stillflourishedothers fromthesamegenrerecognisedplaces stillworth visitingandoneofthesewasMozambiqueand oneof thosephotographers,PeterGray.NowPeter’scolour viewsfromvisitsmadetoMozambiqueandAngola, atthe timebothPortuguesecolonies,maybeseen forthefirst time.Witnessthenrelicsofabygoneage runningalongside massiveBeyerGarrattstogether withtheoddinterloperas non-steamtraction attemptstomakeanimpression.The wholeislovingly captionedbyRonWhite,heafanof railwaysand steamespeciallyworldwideandwhobringsto the texthisinimitablecharm.
Afirmfavouriteinsteamdays,theLMSdesign Jubileeclasshas previouslyreceivedmuchattention sofarastechnicalinformation andworkingsonthe LMS/LMRsystemasawholeisconcerned. Never beforethoughhasadetailedlookbeentakenatthe workingsoftheclassconcentratednorthofthe border.Thisisa surpriseasrightfromthestart enginesoftheclasshadbeen basedatbothPerth andAberdeen.Inadditionnolessthan50 examples werebuiltbytheNorthBritishCompanyattheir QueensParkandHydeParkWorksinGlasgow.Inthis book, authorStuartAshworthdescribesandillustrates theworkofthe classinbothLMSandlaterBRdays usingtechnicalandfactual informationbut supplementedbypersonalaccountsand observation.
RailsaroundWycombeandtheChilterns
CompiledbyNickDeacon SOLDOUT
80Pages/85Illustrations/ISBN978-1-913893-09-5
TheChilternmainlinefromMaryleboneand Paddingtoninto theValeofAylesburywasinsome respectsovershadowedby theproximityoftherival routesoftheGreatWesternRailway andLondonand NorthWesternRailwayfromLondon. Marylebone lateralsotakingonamoreobviousroleasthe LondonterminusoftheindependentGreatCentral Railway. Nevertheless,theChilternlineanditsvarious offshootshada richlegacyofrailwayinterestinthe ageofsteam.Drawingon imagesfromTheTransport Treasurycollection,thetravelleris takenonajourney northfromGerrardsCross,throughHigh Wycombeto PrincesRisboroughwhiledetouringenrouteto take inthebranchestoMaidenhead,Marlow,Aylesbury, WatlingtonandasfarasThameonthelinetoOxford.
TheLMSJubileeClassbasedinScotland1935-1962 CompiledbyHenryConn£12.50 80Pages/92Illustrations/ISBN978-1-913893-15-6
SoldOut EarlyDieselsonthe LMSandLMR CompiledbyKevinRobertson £13.50 80pages/77Illustrations/ISBN978-1-913893-12-5 TheLMSwerethetruepioneersofdieseltractionon Britain’srailways,bothforshuntingandmainline purposes.Hereexamplesofexamplesoflocomotives fromtheearliesttimesonaredepictedincluding muchmoreinformationontheunique‘Fell’design.
LMSSteaminthe1930s
CompiledbyBrianDickson £13.50
80pages/77Illustrations/ISBN978-1-913893-23-1
FromtheGeorgeBarlowcollectionheldatThe TransportTreasury.BiographicalnotesonGeorge’s lifeasadriverandlaterOperatingManageronthe Romney,HytheandDymchurchlinearecontained withinthetext,sufficetosayitwassomeyearsbefore this,from1933onwards,thatGeorgewasfirst recordingtherailwaysceneonfilmandinparticular thecontemporaryLMSscene.Herehewasableto recordatimewhentheproductsofpre-groupingdays werestilldominantalthoughthearrivalofacertain Mr.Stanierwasstartingtobeseen.Witnessthen everythingfromLNWRsurvivorsandMidland stalwartsvaryinginsizefromcrane-tanktoaBeyerGarrat,andprogressingthroughthefirstStaniertank enginestotheBlack5,Princessandstreamlined Coronationclasses.
TheMidland&SouthWesternJunctionRailway
CompiledbyJefferyGrayer£13.50
80Pages/86Illustrations/ISBN 978-1913893-27-9
Knownlocallyasthe“Tiddly-Dyke”orthe“Milky Way”,thelattersoubriquetduetothevolumeofthat dairycommoditycarriedbytheline,thislongcross countryroutelinkingtheMidlandsviaCheltenham withtheSouthCoastatSouthamptonvia Andoverclosedover60yearsagoandthisvolume attemptstocapturesomeoftheflavouroftheold line.ItwasalwaysathorninthesideoftheGWR throughwhoseterritoryitranaudaciouslydaringto servetheheartlandofthecompanyatSwindon. PassingneithertotheLMSnortheSouthernatthe Grouping,asonemighthaveexpectedgiventhe railway’stitle,thelinebecamepartoftheGWR empireanditwastobetheWesternRegionofBritish Railwaysthatoversawtherundownandeventual closuretopassengersinSeptember1961.
BristolRailways
CompiledbyColinScott-Morton £17.50
978-1-913893-25-5 Bristolhasalwaysbeenanimportantrailwaycity.The originalwesterlyterminusoftheGreatWestern RailwayfromLondon,routesweresoonaddedsouth andwestintoDevonandCornwall,northand eventuallywesttoGloucesterandWales,together withnumerousbranchandharbourlinesserving industryandthedocks. Muchoftherailwaynetwork,junctionsandyards remainintactintothe21stcentury,andwhilstthe visualappearanceofthetrainsandinfrastructurehas changed-withmanynewcolourschemesthaninthe past-Bristolremainsameccaforthosewantingto seetrainsfromanynumberofdestinations;some passingthroughandothersterminating.
80Pages/85illustrations/ISBN
DavidClark’sSouthernOdyssey:Part1
CompiledbyRonWhite
Thisisnoordinaryphotobook;itconcentratesonthe EasternsectionoftheSouthernRegionbeforetheend ofthesteamerain1961,featuringararevarietyoffull colourimages.
Duringthetimebeforetherun-downofsteam,pridein thejobstillshonethroughandtrainsrantothe publishedtimetablewithnosmalleffortduetothe undertakingsofthemenatthefront.DavidClarkwas fortunatelyinapositiontorecordthefinalyearsof steamontheKentmainlines–andusuallyingood weatherconditions–supplementedbyoddbranchline outingsandalittleexcursionortwoacrosstheborder intoSurreyandSussex.
TOTEMCOMINGSOON
Portraitofthe SouthernQ1class
CompiledbyHectorMaxwell £13.50
Utilitarian,functional,unnecessarilyugly,clockworkdriven even;sucharethesoliloquiesthathavebeenusedtodescribe BulleidQ1classoffreightengine.Conceivedatatimewhen additionalfreightpowerwasadesperateneed,theeasiest andperhapsquickestsolutionwouldhavebeentobuildmore ofanexistingtype-butnotsoforMrBulliedontheSouthern. Insteadtheresultwasafunctionalenginesteamenginein appearanceunlikeanythingthathadgonebefore.Whilsttheir historyhasbeenrecountedpreviouslyhereisabookmainly consistingimagesnotpreviouslyseen;detailingtheclassat workonavarietyofdutiesandalsoatrest.
RailsaroundYorkandtheVale
CompiledbyNickDeacon
DrawingonsteameraimagestakenfromtheTransport TreasuryCollection,thisbooktakestherailwayepicentreof Yorkasitsprimarythemebutalsousesitasajumpingoff pointtovisitrouteswhichradiatedfromitsheart.Thelatter includethelinestoThirsk,Malton,MarketWeighton,Selby, ChurchFenton,andHarrogatetogetherwithaselectionof photographstakenatvariouslocationsenroute.Manyofthe photographsweretakenduringthe1950swhensteam remainedlargelyunchallengedonpassengerandgoods servicesthroughoutthearea.
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