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    Rail 200 Issue 5 Doncaster Works  £16.50

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    'Doncaster Works’ is one of a series of 12 books being released in 2025 showcasing railway works and centres to commemorate ‘Railway 200’.

    For more than 125 years Doncaster Works constructed locomotives for the Great Northern Railway, then as a part of the London & North Eastern Railway and finally British Railways. It was from here that the Stirling ‘Singles’, Ivatt’s Atlantics and Gresley’s Pacifics including the famous Flying Scotsman and the world speed holder for steam, Mallard, emerged. The final locomotives to be constructed on site were the BR-built-Diesel-electric Classes 56 and 58 – today only carriage and refurbishment takes place in a town once famous for producing Gresley’s ‘racehorses’ and ‘streaks for the east coast route from London to Edinburgh.

    SR Guide Book  £4.95

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    Swanage Railway Pictorial Guide Book

    33 Pages

    Produced by Kingfisher Productions

    2022

    Swanage Railway Trust Magazine  £3.50

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    LATEST ISSUE - Swanage Railway Magazine

    Swanage: 125 Years of Railways  £24.95

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    The opening of the railway in May 1885 transformed Swanage into a respectable seaside resort. The Swanage branch was busy during the golden age of railways due to high passenger, clay, stone demands. Although not included in the Beeching Report, British Railways were determined to close the branch and after much resistance from the local community it closed to passenger traffic in 1972 and the track lifted except for the section to Furzebrook, retained for clay and later oil and gas traffic. Following closure enthusiasts rebuilt the dismantled section over a 30 year period adding three additional stations and today the Swanage Railway is a much acclaimed heritage line. This work, the first to cover the complete history of the branch from the first scheme in 1847 through the failed schemes of the 1860s, its rise and decline in a changing world and subsequent preservation are all told within 288 pages, supported by more than 240 photographs, maps and illustrations.

    The Book of the Ivatt 2 2-6-2Ts  £32.95

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    The Ivatt Class 2 tanks and moguls were amongst the last new LMS designs and although intended for secondary duties to replace a variety of ancient pre-grouping specimens, they incorporated all of the refinements developed over the previous decade and honed by Ivatt on his post-war Black Fives. The two classes were developed together, using the same boiler, sharing as many components as possible and they were very much complementary. Operationally, they worked mostly in different areas and on different duties and hence the story of the tender version is covered separately in the Book of the Ivatt 2-6-0s. There was no class that was so immediately and universally accepted by enginemen. Not only did they welcome both the tender and tank versions with open arms, "they worshipped the very rails they stood on". The 2-6-2Ts were really the last small tank locomotive designed for Britain’s railways; the BR Standard Class 2 in the 84000 series being merely a slightly modified version.

    The Glorious Years of the GWR  £27.50

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    The Glorious Years of the Great Western Railway
    by Peter Tuffrey

    Publication October 2024

    A superb edition with over 230 outstanding photographs and thoroughly researched, informative captions.

    Beautifully produced in hardback with rare and previously unseen images.

    The Wilts and Somerset Railway to Weymouth  £24.95

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    The Bath and Thingley line to Weymouth saw many changes over the years. Initially the junction with the GWR main line was at Thingley, offering a direct line to London, but then another line was laid through Bradford-on-Avon to Bathampton to give direct access from Bristol and Bath. As coal began to be brought through the Severn Tunnel from South Wales to Portsmouth, Weymouth and Southampton shipping services to the Channel Islands developed. First produce was moved and later it was holidaymakers too. Everything was good until the 1960s when car ownership reduced rail travel and foreign holidays became more popular. In this comprehensive history there are thirteen chapters looking at early history, locomotives, locomotive sheds, passenger train services and so on. The eleven appendices include signal box details in 1918, contractors, and shed allocations. 248 pages, 219 illustrations.

    William Adams: His Life & Locomotives  £25.00

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    William Adams (1823 – 1904) is probably best known from his locomotive designs for the London & South Western Railway. The years at Nine Elms were the culmination of career which began formally in marine engineering, including a period at sea with the Royal Sardinian Navy, encompassed civil engineering and surveying before joining the North London Railway as locomotive, carriage and wagon superintendent. This book tells the story of a genial man with a love of music, who was undoubtedly one of the finest late Victorian locomotive engineers.