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Great Western Railway: A History by Andrew Roden Publisher Comments The Great Western Railway company is remembered with nostalgia, 175 years after its foundation Covering the most beloved of Britains prenationization railway companies, this history details how the Great Western Railway built and ran the great main... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $29.95 New - Hardcover 
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A Farewell to Steam by Tony Butcher Publisher Comments In the years following the Modernisation Plan of 1955, main-line steam traction was in rapid retreat from BR metals, and as the process of line withdrawals and the elimination of familiar steam locomotive classes accelerated, an increasing number of... (read more) Your price: $32.95 New - Hardcover
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Lner Six-Coupled Tank Locomotives 1948-68 by Eric Sawford Publisher Comments The year 1923 was a year of great change on the railways. Formation of the 'Big Four' resulted in the LNER taking over the Great Northern, Great Eastern, Great Central, North Eastern, North British and Great North of Scotland railway companies. Railway... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $17.50 Sale - Hardcover
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The GRW Handbook 1923-1947 by David Wragg Publisher Comments Uniquely among Britain's railways, the Great Western Railway retained its identity from the time of its incorporation in 1835 until nationalisation in 1948. This was one of the great railways, so much so that for some enthusiasts it was the railway, even... (read more) List Price $44.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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Shire Library #605: Stephenson's Rocket and the Rainhill Trials by Richard Gibbon Publisher Comments The iconic shape of George and Robert Stephenson's Rocket, as unveiled to the world in 1829, is arguably the most enduring silhouette in railway history. But why was Rocket that special, curious, shape? And why does the surviving locomotive, a star... (read more) Your price: $12.95 New - Trade Paper
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Riding the Iron Rooster by Paul Theroux Publisher Comments Paul Theroux invites you to join him on the journey of a lifetime, in the grand romanttic tradition, by train across Euope, through the vast underbelly of Asia and in the heart of Russia, and then up to China. Here is China by rail, as seen and heard... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Great rail trips of the world by Charles Jacobs Book News Annotation The Jacobs' recommendations with diagrams of cars and rooms, symbols, maps, photos. Solid advice by devoted train riders. Published by Travel Digests, 73-465 Ironwood St., Palm Desert, CA 92260. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Real steel :an illustrated history of the world's greatest trains by Colin Garratt Publisher Comments A comprehensive portrait of the locomotive and railway industries from 1825 to the present, this fascinating volume includes more than 250 photographs of steam engines, diesel and electric trains, the roofless carriages of the late 1800s, and much more... (read more) List Price $17.98 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
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Wordsworth Railway Dictionary by Alan A. Jackson List Price $11.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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More Great Railway Journeys by Benedict Allen List Price $29.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Spiral Tunnels and the Big Hill: A Canadian Railway Adventure by Graeme Pole List Price $14.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Railway King a Biography of George Hudso by Robert Beaumont Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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Tracks Across the Landscape the S&L Commemorative History by Brian Campbell Description Chemins de fer Nouvelle-âEcosse Cap-Breton, ãIle du Histoire.... (read more) Your price: $19.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Locomotion :the railway revolution by Nicholas Faith TOC v. 1 Engines of enterprise -- v. 2 Taming the iron monster -- v. 3 The war machines -- v. 4 Magic machines and mobile people.... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Hardcover
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Venice Simplon Orient-Express: The World's Most Celebrated Train by Shirley Sherwood Description Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-183) and index.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $16.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Victorian Railway by Jack Simmons Description Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-401) and index.... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $27.00 Used - Hardcover
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Fire & Steam: How the Railways Transformed Britain by Christian Wolmar Publisher Comments Now in paperback, Fire and Steam tells the dramatic story of the people and events that shaped the world's first railway network, one of the most impressive engineering achievements in history. The opening of the pioneering Liverpool and Manchester... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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Skye Railway by John Thomas Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Midland Railway Portrait by Peter Truman Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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Train Journeys in Viking Lands by Terry Plant Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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