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850 Lord Nelson Book
£8.00‘Lord Nelson’ by Roger Hardingham The complete history in book form of Maunsell-designed No. 850 Lord Nelson. Published by the Friends of the National Railway Museum, this […]
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A Tribute to Eastleigh’s Railways
£25.00A new hardback book devoted to photographs from the Norman Cox collection AVAILABLE NOW. This 128-page book is full of rare black & white photographs which […]
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Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway
£6.50‘The Basingstoke & Alton Light Railway’ Reprinted after 40 years, this book was written by the late Edward Griffith and details the fascinating history of this […]
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Fratton Locomotive Depot
£12.95by Michael Harvey Large format paperback book full of photographs and history about the depot at Fratton, Portsmouth from 1891 to 1967. 150 unpublished photographs by […]
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GWR Dukedog Class
£9.95‘The GWR Dukedogs’ By Richard Derry
The full class list of the much-love Dukedog Class of which only one survives, No. 9017, at the Bluebell Railway. Histories of each member of the 29-strong Class which finally came to an end in 1960. Background to the class from the Earls to the Dukedogs, work’s visits, full allocations, namings and finer details of each member’s movements are accompanied by many photographs and a special tribute to the last survivor.
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Mid-Hants Railway – From Construction to Closure 1865 – 1973
£14.95Complete history of the now preserved line from Alton to Alresford. The full line was constructed between Winchester Junction and Alton in the 1860s and opened in 1865. This book traces the history of its construction with many rare photographs and plans. Description of services along the route including the early years through to the M7 push-pull years which lasted until 1957 and the introduction of the ‘Hampshire’ DEMUs. The book follows the struggle to keep the line open through the Beeching cuts period of the 1960s and later the culmination of hopes to retain the line which sadly ended with BR closure in 1973.
large format paperback 112 pages with photographs
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Read the real ‘Jericho’ story in our ‘Ribblehead’ book by the late W.R Mitchell MBE, plus a free DVD
£18.00Ribblehead by W. R. Mitchell MBE The ITV series – Jericho – was seen on our TV screens. In fact the storyline is about the navvies […]
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Return to the Summer of ’68
£5.00Return to the Summer of ’68
By Roger Hardingham
An A5 paperback full of colour and black & white images with captions of the final weeks of BR Steam. Stories of visits to motive power depots in April and June 1968 and the 4th August specials over the final weekend of steam. Shed visits to Bolton, Rose Grove, Stockport, Speke Junction, Edge Hill, Lostock Hall, Carnforth, Newton Heath and Patricroft. All compiled from Roger Hardingham’s collection.
24 Pages paperback with colour and black & white photographs, £5.
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Saving of Settle Signal Box
£4.00The remarkable story of how Settle’s old 1891 signal box was moved from its location of over 100 years to nearer the station. The movement required special measures being put in place to make certain the structure was secure and steel bracing put around it. A 90-ton road crane was hired in to lift the box onto six trolleys positioned across the main Settle-Carlisle Line which was closed and in a possession for track work elsewhere along the route.
This is the photographic story of the movement in 1997 and the restoration of the signal box as seen by photographs by Roger Hardingham.
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The Barry List No. 12
£4.95We are pleased to announce the latest edition of our famous Barry List which has become the ‘bible’ for heritage railways who have many of their steam fleet from this once ‘graveyard of steam’. This is the 50th anniversary issue 1973 – 2023.
Since the last edition, the eleventh edition, there have been many changes to the locomotives that escaped from Dai Woodhams’ yard at Barry. More have steamed into further service; many have changed locations; some have been scrapped to make way for new-build projects and dozens have now been withdrawn for overhauls.
‘The Barry List – Twelfth Edition’ details all of the changes up to date in April 2023; full list of locomotives saved from Woodham Brothers at Barry; those of the 213 saved which have steamed so far; where they are all located; those which will never steam again and those which have helped construct new-builds.
Edited by Roger Hardingham
48 pages A5 paperback colour and black & white photographs – £4.95
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The Mid-Hants Railway – Celebrating 40 Years in Colour
£10.95by Ron Neal A 100-page book in full colour showing stunning photographs of the Mid-Hants Railway Watercress Line’s progress from 1973 to 2013. The first locomotive […]
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The Moretonhampstead Branch
£18.95‘A Railway From Shore To Moor’ By John Owen. A detailed history of the 12-mile branch from Newton Abbot in Devon across the Teign estuary and […]
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The Saving of Urie S15s 30499 and 30506
£5.00Urie S15s 30499 and 30506 – The story of how these two unique locomotives were saved for our railway heritage. Roger Hardingham describes how a visit […]
