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Second Hand Books

The Society's Book Shop at  Weybourne Station holds a large selection of second  hand books. Those shown below can be reserved for collection and are also available by mail order. Payment by Credit/Debit Cards can now be made.


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 Title: Model Railways   The Complete Guide to Designing, Building and Operating a Model Railway.
 Author: Cyril J Freezer
 Published BCA 1991
 Price £3.95
P & P: £2.80
This practical, step by step guide will help the budding railway enthusiast  to design and create his own miniature world. Cyril Freezer, editor for 25 years of one of the leading railway modeller's journals, shows how to transform the simplest of children's train sets into a fully operational layout, complete with architecture and scenery built from scratch.
 Condition  Very Good.

 

 
Title: Garretts of Leiston   First Edition
Author:

R A Whitehead

Published .Model & Allied Publications 1964
Price: £12.95
P & P: £4.90

This is the storey of a business that has been running for one hundred and eighty-six years, of the family who founded it, the people who worked in it and the machines it produced, in the context of contemporary social history.

Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket slightly damaged on top edge.


 

Title: Railways of the Southern Region 
Author: Geoffrey Body

Published

Patrick Stephens

1984

Price

£3.95
P & P:

2.80

Contents include: a detailed gazetter covering the important locations and all BR passenger and freight lines on the region; over 170 photographs and 33 maps; route summaries; distance details; information on trains, traffic, civil engineering  and other railway activity, early tramroads, preserved railways,  disused lines; tunnels; bridges and other track features.

Condition

Very Good.


 

Title: Edinburgh Rail Centre
Author: A. J. Mullay
Published: Silverlink Publishing 1991
Price: £5.95
P & P: £1.70
The Waverley  at one time Britain's biggest station was one of England's two major gateways into Scotland. railway development around Edinburgh has rarely stood still, although the extensions of the past have turned into retrenchment of recent years. This book charts the changes to Scotland's capital rail centre.   
Condition: Very good.

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Title:

The Power of the B17s and B2s

Author: Peter Swinger    
Published: Oxford Press
Price: £10.95
P & P: £2.90

 This book is an attempt to tell the story of each member  of this locomotive class in pictures  195 black and white plates with detailed text and captions.

Condition: Very good.

 

 
Title: The Welsh Marches
Author:

Roger Siviter

Published:

Baton

1986
Price: £5.95
P & P: 2.80
The book is divided into three sections ( Chester to Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury to Hereford, and Hereford to Newport), each section complete with detailed map and text. The Photographic section shows the many beautiful locomotives that have worked on this route in the last fourteen years, with emphasis on the GWR locomotives, and also features the many service and freight  trains run by BR during this period hauled by Class 40, 33 and many other types of diesel. traction.
Condition: Very good 


 

 
Title: The Railway Paintings of Alan Fearnley
Author:
Published: Greenwich Editions 1995
Price: £6.95
P & P: £2.80

The A King breasting the Dainton with the Royal Duchy, Cock of the North acceleratibg out of Kings Cross, a busy Ramsgate Harbour station besides the beach, a coal train ambling through the murk across Lydgate viaduct, these are among the generous portfolio of Alan Fearnley's evocative painting of the railway age. The text is written by the artist himself, telling of his enthusiasm for railways and how he came to paint the pictures. there is also numerous drawings.

Condition: Very good.
 


 

 
Title: Network South East
Author:

Mark Lawrence

Published OPC 1994
Price: £6.95
P & P: 3.10

Net work South East was launched on the 10th June 1986 and was one of the five business sectors of British Rail   It was created to provide a single railway system  to serve customers in the densely populated areas around the capital. This book provides a comprehensive pictorial review  and record of Network South East throughout its whole geographic area and illustrates the diverse nature of these operations.

Condition: Very Good..


 

 
Title: Designing a Layout
Author:

Barry Norman

Published Wild Swan Publications 1997
Price: £3.95
P & P: 1.90

This book includes a full set of photo-copyable templates to help you design your own layout, but features a wealth of well thought out and very varied finished designs. The book has a very generous of drawings, plans and prototype and photographs,.

Condition: Pages creased lower 10% but in good condition. Softback.


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P&P Code

Unless other wise stated.
A = £1.70 B = £2.80 C = £5.00 POA = Price on application. P&P costs are UK only Please enquire regarding non UK postage.

 

 

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