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Journey to Spain of The Royal Highness Prince Henry of Battenberg and Princess Victoria Eugenie

1906

Description of a Railway on a New Principle

1823

The Principles & Practice & Explanation of the Machinery of Locomotive Engines

1850

An Accurate Description of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway

Observations on a General Iron Rail-way or Land Steam-Conveyance

1825

The Official Guide to the London & North Western Railway

1909

The Railways of the United Kingdom

1849

The London & Birmingham Railway

1839

Third Series of Railway Practice

1847

A Train Errant: the experiences of a voluntary unit in France & an anthology from their magazine

1919

A Practical Treatise on Rail-Roads by Nicholas Wood

1831

Journey of HM Queen Alexandra and suite

1905

How he Reigned and How he Mizzled : a railway raillery by Alfred Crowquill.

1849

A Handbook of the Whitehaven and Furness Railway

1852

Book, "The Practical Railway Engineer", by G. D. Dempsey, 1855, 428+44 pages & 71 plates, cloth binding.

The Practical Railway Engineer

1855

Rule book, The Railway Executive. "Contains Standard Codes for Telegrams", date 1950, card cover, dark red. Number of pages 88.

The Railway Executive Railway Rule Book 1950

1950

Book, "Views of the Manchester & Leeds Railway", by A F Tait, 1845, published Bradshaw & Blacklock, 34 pages, 12 plates, cloth binding (embossed),

Views of the Manchester and Leeds Railway

1845

Leaflet, "InterCity Savers. Your travel guide from Dundee and Kirkcaldy" 1987, single fold leaflet giving information about InterCity savers and general travel information, cover illustration artistits impression of 125 en route through country side, number of pages single fold.

InterCity Savers. Your travel guide from Dundee and Kirkcaldy

1987

Bound volume "Accounts of the Four Railway Companies 1937" containing printed financial accounts and statistical information for the year ending 1937 from the London Midland & Scottish Railway, London Midland & Scottish Railway (Northern Lines Committee), the Dundalk, Newry & Greenore Railway, the London & North Eastern Railway, the Great Western Railway and the Southern Railway.

Accounts of the Four Railway Companies 1937

1937

Railway Rule Book, London & North Eastern Railway, "Police Manual", date 1941 reprint of 1928 revision, board covers, black, number of pages 139.

Police Manual

Bound volume - "Railway Accounts 1938", containing printed and typed financial accounts and statistical information for the following companies: Birmingham Canal Navigations; Liverpool Overhead Railway Co.; Manchester Ship Canal Co.; and the Mersey Railway Co. Also the following Joint Lines: Cheshire Lines Committee; Great Central & Midland Joint Committee (lessors and lessees); Great Central, Hull & Barnsley, and Midland Committee; Great Central & North Staffordshire Railway Committee; Leeds New Station Committee; Manchester South Junction & Altrincham Railway Co.; Methley Railway Jopint Committee; Midland & Great Northern Joint Committee; Norfolk & Suffolk Joint Railway Committee; Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne & Guide Bridge Junction Railway Co.; London Midland & Scottish and Great Western Joint Committee; Somerset & Dorset Railway Joint Committee; Southport & Cheshire Lines Extension Railway; South Yorkshire Joint Line Committee; Tottenham & Hampstead Joint Committee; and the Whitechapel & Bow Railway Co. Also the following Irish lines: Belfast & County Down Railway Co.; County Donegal Railways Joint Committee; Great Northern Railway Co.; Great Southern Railways Co.; Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway Co.; Sligo, Leitrim & Northern Counties Railway Co.; and the Strabane & Letterkenny Railway Co. Also the Forth Bridge Railway Co. in Scotland.

Railway Accounts 1938

1938

Book; The Guide to Railway Masonry; comprising a complete treatise on the Oblique Arch in Three Parts. Written by Nicholson, P. 39 plates.

The Guide to Railway Masonry

1839

Appendix to working timetable, London & North Eastern Railway (Southern Area General and Sectional), 1 November 1947, 446 pages plus index, card covers, original colour blue, green binding.

Appendix to working timetable

1947

Appendix to working timetable, Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway, 15 April 1920, 44 pages, paper covers, original colour grey, black binding, includes working timetables.

Appendix to working timetable

1920

Rule book, South Eastern & Chatham Railway, "Contains Telegram Codes", date 1922, card cover, blue. Number of pages 69.

South Eastern & Chatham Railway Railway Rule Book 1922

1922

Rule book, North Eastern Railway, "Contains Telegraph Rules and Regulations", date 1904, card cover, brown with white label. Number of pages 32.

North Eastern Railway Railway Rule Book 1904

1904

Rule book, London & North Eastern Railway, "Contains Let's Send a Message by the Single-Needle", date 1943, paper cover black and white photo. Number of pages 27.

London & North Eastern Railway Railway Rule Book 1943

1943

Railway Rule Book, Fleetwood Dock & Harbour Railway, sealed copy, board covers decorated inside, red with gold lettering, number of pages 48.

Railway Rule Book

Rule book, North Eastern Railway, "Contains Telegraph Rules and Regulations", date 1906 (printed 1905), card cover, brown. Contains pull-out circuit diagrams, number of pages 63.

North Eastern Railway Railway Rule Book 1906

1906

Book; The Assistant Engineer's Railway Guide. Written by Haskall, W.D. 192 pages + tables & several plates.

The Assistant Engineer's Railway Guide

1848

Book, Jubilee Memorial of the Railway System - A History of Stockton and Darlington Railway, by J S Jeans, printed by Longmans Green & Co, Printed by Ballantyne & Co, 1875, hard covers, embossed with drawing of "Locomotion", 315 pages.

Jubilee Memorial of the Railway System - A History of Stockton and Darlington Railway

1875

Book; A Comparative Account and Delineation of Railway Engines & Carriage Wheels. Written by Barlour, H.B. 51 pages & 1 plate.

A Comparative Account & Delineation of Railway Engine & Carriage Wheels

1848

Book; The Grand Junction & the Liverpool & Manchester Railway Companion etc. Cornish, J. 110 pages & 1 folded map.

The Grand Junction & the Liverpool & Manchester Railway Companion

1837

Booklet, London & North Eastern Railway (North Eastern Area), Newcastle District Train and Traffic Control General Instructions, 1st June 1937, card covers, 22 pages.

Newcastle District Train and Traffic Control

1937

Travel guide, Great Eastern Railway, East Coast Pictures, by Percy Lindley, illustrations by Oscar Wilson, describing resorts around the East coast of Britain, 48 pages, with card cover.

GER: East Coast Pictures

1915

Rule book, London & North Eastern Railway, "Contains Telegram Codes", date 1939, card cover, green. Number of pages 124.

London & North Eastern Railway Railway Rule Book 1939

1939

Book; Our Iron Roads: Their History, Construction, and Social Influences. Written by Williams, F.S. 390 pages. Original cloth binding.

Our Iron Roads: Their History, Construction, and Social Influences

1852

Book; A Treatise on the Steam-Engine. Written by Bourne, J. 7th Edition. 495 pages, 37 plates & 547 woodcuts.

A Treatise on the Steam-Engine

1866

Book, "An Accurate Description of the Liverpool & Manchester Rail-Way with a map of the Line", 46 pages, map missing.

An Accurate Description of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway

Train signalling regulations, London Midland & Scottish Railway, "Book Of Instructions to Station Masters, Signalmen and Others containing The Regulations for Train Sigalling on Single Lines by the Electric Token Block System (section 3 of the Rule Book); also General Instructions to Signalmen", 3rd September 1934 (until further notice), 44 pages, linen hard covers.

London Midland & Scottish Railway Train Signalling Regulations 1934

1934

Rule book, Post Office Booklet, "Contains Rules for Acceptance of Telegrams, date 1937, card cover, green. Number of pages 12.

Post Office Booklet Railway Rule Book 1937

1937

Rule book, North Eastern Railway, "Contains List of Telegraph Stations", date 1921, card cover, dark blue with gold lettering. Number of pages 70.

South Eastern & Chatham Railway Railway Rule Book 1921

1921

Leaflet, "Apex Fare to London from the West Coast of Scotland" 1987, single fold leaflet advertising £35 return fare with travel information.

Apex Fare to London from the West Coast of Scotland

1987

Rule book, North Eastern Railway, "Contains Telegraph Rules and Regulations", date 1904, card cover, black with gold lettering. Number of pages 32.

North Eastern Railway Railway Rule Book 1904

1904

Book; Roads & Rails, & their sequences, physical & moral. Written by Bridges Adams, W. 372 pages.

Roads & Rails, & their sequences, Physical & Moral

1862

Report from the Select Committee on Railway Companies' Powers, 1864, 133 pages, ex Great Eastern Railway Library, Marylebone.

Select Committee on Railway Companies' Powers

1864

Guidebook, LNER, 'On Either Side No11', Describes and illustrates features of interest to be seen from the train between London (Kings Cross) and Edinburgh (Waverley) Fort Willaim, Inverness and Aberdeen with map, 76 pages, Soft cover, Cover illustration - Artists impression of streamline train with York Minster and Edinburgh Castle behind, Back cover - train with St Paul's Cathedraal and Scottish country scene, Artist Frank Newbould, 1939.

LNER: On Either Side No11

1939

Rule book, North British Railway, "Contains Telegraph Instructions", date 1906, card cover, red with white label. Number of pages 32.

North British Railway Railway Rule Book 1906

1906

Technical Reports, Roadrailer, 1960, 14 pages, 9 photographs.

Roadrailer

1960

Book; Drake's Road Book of the Grand Junction Railway, from the Liverpool & Manchester to Birmingham. 184 pages & map (torn away).

Drake's Road Book of the Grand Junction Railway