Yeovil Railway Centre Shop

Details of a selection (only) of our second hand books, followed by a few of the new books available. In addition to a wide selection of Videos, DVDs and model railway items, our shop has a comprehensive collection of books. Amongst these are a considerable number of rare books and first editions. Virtually all of these are in good condition, although a few have slightly torn, but intact outer covers.

Details of our stock are listed below. We do endeavour to keep this list updated regularly and although we do not provide a mail order service for second hand items, you may wish to contact the shop if you would like any book to be held for you to view/collect when you visit the Centre (important if travelling a distance). To avoid possible confusion, please be sure to quote the shop serial number. We cannot accept any liability for errors or books already sold or not available.

Shop Serial No.	Title:	Date Printed:	Author:	Publisher:	ISBN No. (or similar)	Category:(As stored on Bookcase)	Price:	Condition: (normally Good, otherwise noted)	Notes: (Hardback/Paperback, Date of First Edition ...)
7	George Stephenson	1975	Davies, Hunter	Weidenfeld & Nicholson	0297-76934 0	Biography	£5.00
8	Twenty Locomotive Men	1964	Nock, O S	Ian Allan		Biography	£5.00
11	The Railway Engineers	1955	Nock, O S	Batsford		Biography	£5.00
13	Thomas Brassey, Railway Builder	1969	Walker, Charles	Muller	584 10305 0	Biography	£4.00
14	Locomotive Engineers of the G W R	1946	Webb, Ben	Ian Allan		Biography	£2.00
16	Early Railway exhibition: Paintings, drawings, prints and books III	1954	Various	FTS 1956		Catalogue	£3.00		Paperback
17	Early Railway exhibition: Paintings, drawings, prints and books III	1956	Various	FTS 1956		Catalogue	£3.00		Paperback
18	Handbooks of the Science Museum: Land Transport III part 1	1931	Various	HMSO 1931		Catalogue	£3.00
19	Handbooks of the Science Museum: Land Transport III part 2	1948	Various	HMSO 1948		Catalogue	£3.00
21	Railways of England		Ackworth, W M	Ian Allan		General	£5.00
22	Titled Trains of G B	1983	Allen, Cecil J	Ian Allan		General	£4.00		3rd Ed, FP 1946
24	The Chronicles of Boulton's Siding	1927	Bennett, A R	Locomotive Publishing Co		General	£4.00
25	The Railway Age	1937	Bruyn Andrews, Cyril	Country Life		General	£4.00	Cover Torn
26	Railway Memories	1945	Bucknall, Rixon & Budden, D & T	J A Allan		General	£3.00	Cover Torn
31	Light Railways: Their Rise and Decline	1964	Davies, W J K	Ian Allan		General	£25.00
32	Pictorial Encyclopaedia of Railways	1968	Hamilton Ellis, C	Paul Hamleys		General	£5.00
34	Steam Portfolio	1968	Dunnett, Malcolm and others	Ian Allan	7110 0044 1	General	£4.00
35	The Railway Enthusiasts' Bedside Book	1966	H A Vallance Ed.	Batsford		General	£3.00
40	Decline of Steam	1965	Gifford, Colin T	Ian Allan		General	£50.00		First Edition 1965
42	The Trains We Loved	1947	Hamilton Ellis, C	George Allen & Unwin		General	£5.00
43	A Picture History of Railways	1956	Hamilton Ellis, C	Hulton Press		General	£5.00
44	The Beauty of Old Trains	1952	Hamilton Ellis, C	George Allen & Unwin		General	£4.00
45	The Lore of the Train	1971	Hamilton Ellis, C	George Allen & Unwin	0-04-385058-8	General	£10.00
46	The Four Main Lines	1950	Hamilton Ellis, C	George Allen & Unwin		General	£5.00	Slight Tear
48	The Engine that Passed	1968	Hamilton Ellis, C	George Allen & Unwin		Locomotives	£5.00
50	Railway Designs since 1830, Vol 1: 1830-1914	1968	Haresnape, B	Ian Allan	7110 0029 8	General	£5.00
52	London Termini	1969	Jackson, Alan A	David & Charles	7153 4474 9	General	£5.00
53	Penguin Guide to the Railways of Britian	1981	Jones, Edgar	Allen Lane	0 7139 1137 9	General	£3.00	Very Good
54	Veteran & Vintage Series: Railway Carriages 1839-1939	1964	Kichenside, G M	Ian Allan		General	£4.00
56	The Unbeaten Track	1944	Knox, Collie	Cassels		General	£4.00
58	Farewell to Steam	1956	Lloyd, Roger	George Allen & Unwin		General	£3.00
59	Railways	1970	Loxton, Howard	Paul Hamlyn		General	£2.00		FP 1963
61	Railways and their Future	1946	Monkswell, Lord	Ernest Benn		General	£3.00
63	Steam Nostalgia	1972	Nabarro, Gerald	Routledge Keegan Paul	0 7100 7391 7	General	£5.00
65	Branch Lines	1957	Nock, O S	Batsford		General	£5.00
66	British Steam Railways	1961	Nock, O S	A & C Black		General	£5.00
68	British Trains Past & Present	1951	Nock, O S	Batsford		General	£4.00
69	Speed Records on British Railways	1971	Nock, O S	David & Charles	0 7153 5342 X	General	£4.00
70	Steam Railways in Retrospect	1966	Nock, O S	A & C Black		General	£5.00
71	The Railways of Britain Past and Present	1947	Nock, O S	Batsford		General	£4.00		Hardback
71a	The Railways of Britain Past and Present	1962	Nock, O S	Batsford		General	£2.00		Paperback
73	The Golden Age of Steam	1967	Pudney, J	Hamish Hamilton		General	£4.00
74	The Withered Arm	1967	Roche, T W E	Branch Line Handbooks		History/Regional	£5.00		Paperback
75	The Making of a Railway	1971	Rolt, L T C	Evelyn	SBN 238 789	General	£15.00		First Edition 1971
76	Red for Danger	1955	Rolt, L T C	Pan		General	£1.50
77	Britain's Railways under Steam	1965	Snell, J B	Arthur Barker		General	£4.00
78	Early Railways	1964	Snell, J B	Weidenfeld & Nicholson		General	£4.00
80	Double Headed: Two Generations of Railway Enthusiasm	1963	Thomas, Gilbert & David St John	David & Charles		General	£3.00
83	Portrait of Steam	1967	Treacy, Eric	Ian Allan		General	£8.00
84	Lure of Steam	1967	Treacy, Eric	Ian Allan		General	£8.00		2nd Ed FP 1966
85	Railway Scrapbook	1962	Veale, E W P	Railway Publications		General	£3.00	Cover Torn
88	Steam in the Landscape	1971	Westcott Jones, Kenneth	Blandford	0 7131 0542 6	General	£4.00
89	Main Line Album	1964	Whitehouse, P B	Ian Allan		General	£4.00
90	Branch Line Album	1962	Whitehouse, P B	Ian Allan		General	£5.00
91	Branch Line Album (2nd Series)	1965	Whitehouse, P B	Ian Allan		General	£5.00
94	Railway Anthology	1965	Whitehouse, P B	Ian Allan		General	£5.00
95	Railways Today	1942	Williamson, J W	Oxford		General	£3.00
102	The Narrow Gauge (Spring 1974)	1974	Various	Narrow Gauge Railway Association		General	£1.00		Magazine
104	Rails in the Isle of Wight	1967	Allen, P C & Macleod, A B	George Allen & Unwin		History/Regional	£5.00
105	Steam in Scotland Vol 1	1968	Anderson, W J V	Ian Allan		History/Regional	£8.00	Cover Torn
106	The Somerset & Dorset Railway	1967	Atthill, R	David & Charles	7153 4164 2	History/Regional	£8.00
113	Shadows of the Great Western	1972	Blenkinsop, R J	Oxford Press	SBN 902 888 17 X	History/Regional	£4.00
116	Our Railway History	1945	Bucknall, Rixon			History/Regional	£4.00		FP 1944
117	Our Railway History Part 1	1944	Bucknall, Rixon			History/Regional	£5 Set of 3		Paperback
118	Our Railway History Part 2	1944	Bucknall, Rixon			History/Regional	£5 Set of 3		Paperback
120	Llanberis Lake Railway		Carrington, D C & Rushworth D C	Llanberis Lake Railway		History/Regional	£1.00		Paperback
122	The Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway	1972	Cartwright, Ralph & Russell, R T	David & Charles	0 7153 5500 7	History/Regional	£5.00	Very Good
123	Railway History in Pictures - The Midland	1969	Casserley, H C & Dorman	David & Charles	7153 4687 3	History/Regional	£5.00
126	Stock Changes LMS, GWR, SR, LNER	1946	Cresswell, A J	Swindlehurst & Nicholson		Locomotives	£2.00		Paperback
128a	A History of the Southern Railway Vol 1	1963	Dendy Marshall, C F (rev. Kidner)	Southern Railway		History/Regional	£20.00
129	Centenary History of the Liverpool-Manchester Railway 1823-1923	1929	Dendy Marshall, C F	Locomotive Publishing Co		History/Regional	£85.00
131	A History of British Railways down to 1830	1938	Dendy Marshall, C F	Oxford Press		History/Regional	£80.00	Slight Tear
132	North-Western Album	1965	Dorman, C C	Ian Allan		History/Regional	£4.00	Cover Torn
133	Talyllyn Century (1865-1965)	1965	Ed. L T C Rolt	David & Charles		History/Regional	£5.00
134	The Story of Cornwall's Railways	1970	Fairclough, A	Tor Mark Press		History/Regional	£4.00		Paperback
139	Jubilee Memorial - The Railway System: A History of the Stockton - Darlington Railway	1875	Jeans, J S	Longman Green, 1875		History/Regional	£10.00	Fair	Back Cover Separated
140	The Leek, Caldon & Waterhouses Railway	1980	Jeuden, Basil	North Staffordshire Railway	0 907 133 00 2	History/Regional	£4.00		Paperback
141	Memories of the Southwold Railway	1970	Jenkins, A Barrett	F Jenkins		History/Regional	£2.00
144	The Evolution of Railways	1937	Lee, Charles E	London Railway Gazette 1937		History/Regional	£4.00
147	Dorset Railways	1982	Lucking, J H	Dovecote Press	0 946159 02 5	History/Regional	£5.00
149	A History of the Great Western Railway, Vol 1, Part 1 1833-1863	1927	MacDermott, ET	Great Western Railway Co		History/Regional	£50.00		Set of 3 for £120.00
150	A History of the Great Western Railway, Vol 1, Part 2 1833-1863	1927	MacDermott, ET	Great Western Railway Co		History/Regional	£50.00		Set of 3
151	A History of the Great Western Railway, Vol 2, Part 1 1863-1921	1927	MacDermott, ET	Great Western Railway Co		History/Regional	£50.00		Set of 3
156	Settle & Carlisle	1979	Mitchell, W R & Joy, David	Dalesman Books	0 8520 6499 3	History/Regional	£4.00		Paperback
158	Severn Valley Steam	1971	Nabarro, Gerald	Routledge Keegan Paul	0 7100 7064 0	History/Regional	£10.00		Signed by the author
163	Scottish Railways	1950	Nock, O S	Nelson		History/Regional	£5.00	Cover Torn
164	A History of the Great Western Railway, Vol 3 1923-1948	1967	Nock, O S	Ian Allan		History/Regional	£10.00
166	Railways at the Turn of the Century, Part 4: 1895-1905	1969	Nock, O S	Blandford		History/Regional	£5.00
168	The GWR in the 19th Century	1962	Nock, O S	Ian Allan		History/Regional	£10.00
169	Main Lines Across the Border	1960	Nock, O S & Treacy, Eric	Nelson		History/Regional	£5.00	Cover Torn
175	A History of the London & North-Western Railway	1914	Steel, Wilfred L	Railway Travel Monthly		History/Regional	£75.00		First Edition 1914
176	The West Highland Railway	1965	Thomas, John	David & Charles		History/Regional	£5.00		Hardback
177	Scottish Railway History in Pictures	1967	Thomas, John	David & Charles	7153 4161 8	History/Regional	£5.00
179	The North-Eastern Railway - Its Rise and Development		Tomlinson, W W	A Reid & Co		History/Regional	£75.00		First Edition
181	North Western Steam	1963	Tuplin, W A	George Allen & Unwin		Locomotives	£5.00	Cover Torn
182	Great Western Steam	1958	Tuplin, W A	George Allen & Unwin		History/Regional	£8.00
183	The Tracks of the Royal Scot, Part 1: Euston-Carlisle		Vale, Edmund	L M S		History/Regional	£5.00		£10 set of 2
184	The Tracks of the Royal Scot, Part 2: Carlisle-Edinburgh		Vale, Edmund	L M S		History/Regional	£5.00		£10 set of 2
198	British Pacific Locomotives	1962	Allen, Cecil J	Ian Allan		Locomotives	£6.00
200	Unusual Locomotives	1960	Carter, Ernest F	Muller		Locomotives	£4.00
201	Unusual Locomotives	1960	Carter, Ernest F	Muller		Locomotives	£4.00
202	Locomotive Cavalcade 1920-51	1952	Casserley, H C			Locomotives	£3.00	Slight Tear
205	Two Essays in Early Locomotive History	1928	Dendy Marshall, C F	Locomotive Publishing Co		Locomotives	£75.00
208	The Flying Scotsman 1862-1962	1962	Ellis, M	George Allen & Unwin		Locomotives	£2.00
209	Some Classic Locomotives	1949	Hamilton Ellis, C	George Allen & Unwin		Locomotives	£5.00		First Edition
211	Outline of Great Western Locomotive Practice 1837-1947		Holcroft, H	Locomotive Publishing Co		Locomotives	£5.00		2 copies
211a	Outline of Great Western Locomotive Practice 1837-1947		Holcroft, H	Locomotive Publishing Co		Locomotives	£5.00	Cover Torn	2 copies
213	International Locomotives	1972	Le Fleming, H M	Inst of Mechanical Engineers	0 85298 055 8	Locomotives	£5.00	Cover Torn	FP 1962
218	The Railway Race to the North	1958	Nock, O S	Ian Allan		Locomotives	£20.00		First edition
218a	The Railway Race to the North	1958	Nock, O S	Ian Allan		Locomotives	£20.00		First edition
220	Historical Steam Locomotives	1959	Nock, O S	A & C Black		Locomotives	£5.00
222	Pocket Encyclopedia of Steam Locomotives in Colour	1964	Nock, O S	Blandford		Locomotives	£4.00
223	Locomotives of Sir Nigel Gresley	1963	Nock, O S	Locomotive Publishing Co		Locomotives	£6.00
224	Engine 6000: Saga of King George V	1972	Nock, O S	David & Charles	0 7153 5916 6	Locomotives	£5.00
226	British Express Locomotive Development 1896-1948	1952	Poultney, Edward Cyril	George Allen & Unwin		Locomotives	£4.00	Cover Torn
228	My Life with Locomotives	1962	"Rivington"	Ian Allan		Locomotives	£4.00
231	Veteran & Vintage Series: Steam Locomotives	1964	Williams, A & Percival, D	Ian Allan		Locomotives	£3.00
232	Famous Railway Engines of the World		Various	Percival Marshall		Locomotives	£1.00		Paperback leaflet
237	Model Railways 1838-1939	1962	Hamilton Ellis, C	George Allen & Unwin		Modelling	£4.00
239	Steamers of the Forth	1976	Brodie, Ian	David & Charles	0 7153 7155 X	Non-railway	£4.00
244	Travel and Transport through the Ages	1955	Lee, Norman E	Cambridge University Press		Non-railway	£4.00
251	Highball - A Pageant of Trains	1945	Beebe, Lucius	Bonanza		Overseas/Travel	£3.00
256	Pacific Steam - The British Pacific Locomotives	1961	Evans, Martin	Percival Marshall		Locomotives	£3.00
257	Atlantic Era - The British Atlantic Locomotives	1961	Evans, Martin	PubPercival Marshall		Locomotives	£3.00
259	Express Trains, English and Foreign		Foxwell & Farrar	Ian Allan		Overseas/Travel	£3.00		FP 1888
262	Locomotives of the World	1910	Howden J R	Hodder & Stoughton		Overseas/Travel	£5.00
263	The Picture Stories of World Railways		Johns, Christopher	World Distributors		Overseas/Travel	£2.00
266	On Railways at Home and Abroad		Ransome-Wallis, P	Spring Books		Non-railway	£3.00
267	On Engines in Britain & France	1957	Ransome-Wallis, P	Ian Allan		Locomotives	£4.00

SOME OTHER BOOKS AND ITEMS - WE HOLD MANY OTHERS!! (email to reserve - yeovilrailway@hotmail.com)

Book Launched 21 September 2003

YEOVIL - 150 YEARS OF RAILWAY HISTORY More copies now available of this excellent book!! Well known Railway Writer, Brian Jackson has launched his new book, published by The Oakwood Press (Price £14.95). The book is A5 format, 232 pages of high quality art paper, which includes more than 180 photographs, maps and plans. The book has a colour laminated cover, and a square-backed spine. This is the story of intense rivalry between the independent railway companies of the Victorian era and their ambitions towards the West of England. The broad gauge Bristol & Exeter Railway and the Great Western Railway, against the standard gauge London & South Western Railway who were held in a stranglehold for 18 years with its route to Exeter and the west by the local Salisbury & Yeovil Railway. Also examined are the many proposed schemes both feasible and impractical that appeared in the early years, not assisted by the topography of the Yeovil area which added to the difficulties when the three routes reached the town, making Yeovil one of those unusual and complex rural railway crossroads. Fully explained is the removal of the broad gauge and the expansion of the system to its peak, followed by decline as the motor vehicle and bus appeared, the difficulties of two World Wards and Nationalisation. The Beeching Report, the reduction of services, the closure of the Durston branch, and the reduction of the Wilts, Somerset & Weymouth line to a single branch. The battle to save the once fast Salisbury-Exeter route, a racing ground for expresses including the 'Atlantic Coast Express' and the'Devon Belle' reduced to single track with passing loops and hampered by unreliable motive power, until a rethink on policy improved services in 1993. Today both lines survive, albeit in reduced circumstances, steam specials visiting the Yeovil Steam Centre bring the few locomotive-hauled trains to the town. The history of Yeovil's 150 years of railways has never been covered in one book before, it makes compelling reading. CONTENTS Introduction The Borough of Yeovil The Race to the West and the Battle of the Gauges The Bristol & Exeter Railway The Wilts, Somerset & Weymouth Railway The Salisbury & Yeovil Railway The Yeovil & Exeter Railway Growth and Consolidation The New Century The Grouping Years Motive Power Signalling Nationalisation Beyond Beeching The Yeovil Town-Yeovil Junction Shuttle Associated Bus Services Sundry Working Arrangements The Yeovil Railway Centre Acknowledgements If you would like a copy but cannot come to the Shop (open Sunday mornings), please get in touch by CLICKING here and we will be pleased to advise the cost of posting a copy to you. To ensure you do not have a wasted trip (as we do sell out from time to time) you may wish to email us to reserve a copy. YOU CAN’T TAKE THE STEAM OUT OF ME by Colin Robins “Down to earth recollections of a Somerset footplateman. Read what is was really like on a steam locomotive.” Colin Robins was born in Crewkerne and worked at Yeovil Town, Basingstoke, Salisbury, Yeovil Pen Mill and finally in Fratton, Portsmouth, during his career. Original price: £13.50. Our price £10.00 (+ P & P). THE ORIGINAL BULLEID PACIFICS by John Scott Morgan The story of how the “Men from the Ministry” were persuaded to allow Oliver Bulleid’s unique design of the “Merchant Navy” 4-6-2 Pacifics, to be developed and built during wartime. These led to the “West Country” and “Battle of Britain” series. Original Price: £25.00. Our Price: £20.00 (+ P & P). Only one copy available. THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY HANDBOOK by David Wragg The book looks at the history and achievements of the Southern Railway, which accounted for the largest number of passengers and lowest volume of freight of any of the “Big Four” companies. List Price: £25.00. Our Price: £20.00 (+ P & P) Only one copy available. THE GREAT RAILWAY CONSPIRACY by David Henshaw Painstaking research by the author throws new light on the way in which Britain’s railways were “stitched up” by powerful political interests in the roads lobby during the 1950’s and 1960’s. Our price £14.99 (+ P & P) POINT AND SHOOT (Volume 2: ”Locomotives at Work”) by Ted Reading A photographic memoir, a collection of railway photos taken whilst trainspotting on the Western and Southern Regions for a four-year period from 1961. Our price £14.95 (+ P & P) THE FIRST OF THE LAST published by the D400 Group The life and times of 50050 “Fearless”. Original price: £13.50. Our Price: £10.00 (+ P & P) THE MERCHANT NAVY: SHIPS AND TRAINS IN WORLD WAR II by Ben Carver The book gives a brief outline of the war service of eleven British, Empire and Allied shipping lines – but why the selection? MODELS - We have a selection of models which vary according to sales) BACK