Books - "railways"
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Railway Ribaldry
Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Gerald Duckworth & Co 1974
KEYWORDS: humour humor cartoons W Heath Robinson trains railways rail
Joseph Locke: Railway Revolutionary
Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1970
KEYWORDS: transport history trains rail railways infrastructure civil engineering Joseph Locke
The Railway Engineers
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: B T Batsford 1955
KEYWORDS: transport history trains rail railways infrastructure civil engineering
New Zealand Railways Staff Bulletin: Vol. 6, No. 1, Jan.-Feb. 1957
Super 8vo stapled light wrappers (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: R. E. Owen 1957
KEYWORDS: New Zealand railways rail trains locomotive bulletin 20th century
Romance of Victorian Railways
Super 8vo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Rigby 1980
KEYWORDS: Victorian 19th century trains railways anecdotes
Steam Locomotives of the Victorian Railways Volume I: The First Fifty Years
THIS VOLUME ONLY. Oblong imp. 8vo, viii + 235 pp.; green heavy card bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; illus. eps & tp, photos, illus.; NF (minor scuffing & soiling to bds; sl bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl soiling to eps); in slipcase, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Australian Railway Historical Society 2002
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian Victorian Government Railways steam engine locomotive trains railway
A History of Trains and Trams in Tasmania
8vo, xvi + 184 pp.; heavy white card bds, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; light fading).
PUBLISHER: A. B. Caudell, Government Printer 1987
KEYWORDS: Australia Tasmania trains locomotives engine trams railways
To China for Steam
Imp. 8vo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Blandford Press 1983
KEYWORDS: railways trains steam engine Peoples Republic of China Chinese freight passenger
Writing the Rails: Train Advemtures by the World's Best-Loved Writers
Super 8vo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers 2001
KEYWORDS: railways railroads travel travelling writers literary authors adventure journey
The Era of the 'R' Class Locomotives of the Victorian Railways
4to stapled light card covers (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Stephen E. Watson 1982
KEYWORDS: R class locomotives trains Victorian railways history
Britain's Big Four: The Story of the London Midland and Scottish, London and North Eastern, Great Western, and Southern Railways
Super 8vo hardcover (VG-) lacking d/w; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Winchester Publications 1948
KEYWORDS: Britian England British English railways trains locomotive passenger freight
Steam for Scrap Volume 2
Sq 8vo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Atlantic Transport Publishers 1985
KEYWORDS: trains railways steam engine scrap metal 20th century
Twilight of Steam Trains in New Zealand (1965-1971)
Super octavo stapled light card covers (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: None Stated
KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history steam locomotives trains 1960s sixties rail railways
Victorian Railways: Handbook on the Locomotive
Issued for the Guidance of Enginemen in the Description, Maintenance and Economical Operation of the Locomotive
Crown 8vo, pp. 161; brown cl bds, front board lettered & bordered in black; photos, illus. ten foldout blueprints fastened by metal clasp to rear; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Victorian Railways 1952
KEYWORDS: Victorian Railways locomotive trains engineer engineering railway transport
Catlins Rail: The Story of the Catlins River Branch Railway, 1879-1971
SIGNED, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 80pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Catlins Historical Society Inc 1996
KEYWORDS: signed A R Tyrrell New Zealand history Catlins transport trains rail railways Catlins River Branch
The Outer Circle: A History of the Oakleigh to Fairfield Park Railway
Super 8vo, pp. vi + 125 + [1 (advt)]; brown heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps, frontis., photos, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate cracking to front gutters); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; light tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: The Australian Railway Historical Society 1979
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian railway railways train trains locomotive 19th century social history transport
A History of Railways and Tramways on Tasmania's West Coast
Second edition. 4to, pp. viii + 212; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; archival repairs to spine at head).
PUBLISHER: Mercury-Walch 1984
KEYWORDS: Lou Rae Australia Tasmania West Coast trains trams railways tramways locomotive history
Patterns of Steam: Steam locomotives in Australia and New Zealand 1964-1985
Sq 4to, pp. 350; black heavy card bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; illus. ht, frontis., photos; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning).
PUBLISHER: Shane B. McCarthy [2006]
KEYWORDS: Shane McCarthy Australia New Zealand locomotives steam engines train trains railways photos photography
Gone on the Ghan
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PUBLISHER: Savvas Publishing 1986
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian transport rail railways trains Ghan
New Zealand Railway Motive Power 2002
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PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society 2002
KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport rail railways trains design engineering