A softback illustrated history of the locomotives to have graced the rails of this North African / Middle Eastern country. Featuring the fleet from the earliest days of steam to the present day diesels.

As the hugely popular Llangollen Railway recovers from a financially troubled Lockdown period, we are delighted to present this 120 page hardback photographic album of the railway at its brilliant best!

A glorious full colour pictorial album of Diesels around Cardiff, from the 1960s to the present day. Classes featured include: 03, 08, 11, 25, 31, 33, 35, 37, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 50, 52, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 66, 67, 70, 73, 108, 116, 142, 143, 150, 153, 155, 156, 158, 175 and 221.

An illustrated overview of the narrow gauge ten coupled locomotives produced in Germany. Many of these iconic locomotives survived into preservation and will be familiar to narrow gauge enthusiasts who have travelled in Europe.

The rebuilding by the Ffestiniog Railway of the Welsh Highland Railway / Rheilffordd Eryri, a narrow gauge line through the heart of the Snowdonia National Park, was one of the most controversial of the millennium projects. In this softback illustrated album, compiled by the East Anglian Group supporting the Welsh Highland Railway from the photographs and memories of their members, the changes and memorable events (both positive and negative) that have occurred on the WHR between 1994 and 2019 are shown.

A 120 page hardback illustrated album by Helen Ashby, the Chair of the Friends of the Sierra Leone National Railway Museum, showcasing this idiosyncratic African narrow gauge system through all the eras of its operation. See the early optimism subside to a simple aspiration to survive, and then the remarkable story of its rediscovery in the aftermath of civil war through to its 21st century preservation in a project which, uniquely in West Africa, combines Government support, the will of the people, and the experience of a small group of determined Western preservationists.

In this book, leading member of the Railway Performance Society Alan Varley discusses and analyses a lifetime of railway travel across the French Railways (SNCF) network - over a million kilometres worth! The performance of different types of train is assessed on the wide variety of routes on which they operated, giving the opportunity to see the impact of modernisation, first from steam to diesel, and latterly to the dedicated high speed lines of the Trains a Grande Vitesse (TGV).

The ‘Colonel Stephens’ network of eccentric and impecunious light railways have long held a fascination for railway enthusiasts, including those too young to remember their operation. This A4 softback album is the first in a two part series focussing on the two of the Colonels’ railways to have been preserved (coincidentally both in Kent), by well known railway writer and photographer Jonathan James. This first volume looks at the East Kent Railway, based a few miles to the north of Dover, and showcases what the volunteers there have achieved in their rebuilding efforts.

A 56 page softback showcasing the best Indian photographs from the popular Historical Railway Images archive. The images are accompanied by extensive captions and informative background text. India’s railways are a microcosm of the culture of this vast and populous nation, with busy express trains on the main line heaving with passengers, and characterful narrow gauge railways climbing the mountains to resort towns such as Shimla. This book has high quality archive images covering the full range of India’s railways, rather than focussing on any single aspect.

A 64 page softback illustrated album showcasing a selection of the products of this famous Leeds locomotive builder that have been fortunate enough to survive in industry long enough to meet their salvation in the hands of the dedicated railway preservationists. Locomotives of all shapes and sizes, standard and narrow gauge, steam and diesel, can all be found within its pages. The high quality full colour photographs all have extended and informative captions, written by an author with a detailed knowledge of his subject.

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway is the UK’s leading heritage railway, carrying holidaymakers from the popular seaside resort of Whitby across the spectacular North Yorkshire Moors to the market town of Pickering. The line has been made famous by the TV programme ‘Heartbeat’, in which the station and village at Goathland features prominently as the fictional Aidensfield, and more recently by Channel 5’s ‘fly on the wall’ documentary ‘Yorkshire Steam Railway’. The author is not only a skilled photographer, but also a full time member of the railway’s staff, which gives him a unique ability to capture the behind the scenes activities on the railway.

The simple and lightweight construction, with minimal land requirements, means that miniature railways can be quite ephemeral in nature. The author, a much published writer on the miniature railway scene, both in the UK and overseas, has put together this collection of 37 miniature railways from around the UK which are no longer with us. Each line has a chapter of its own, consisting of a brief outline of the line’s history and route, along with a selection of photographs which illustrate the character of the featured railway.

The Nene Valley Railway, based just outside the city of Peterborough, is home to a diverse collection of locomotives amassed from around the UK and further afield. The railway has developed a well earned reputation as a centre of preservation in the UK, with many items of rolling stock imported from Europe, in addition to examples from the local sugar industry. This top quality full colour illustrated hardback, written by one of the line’s locomotive drivers, showcases both the resident collection and visiting locomotives as they work both passenger and demonstration goods trains through the Cambridgeshire countryside.

Within the heritage railway community, there is a growing awareness of the historical significance of the diesel locomotive. In this full colour illustrated album, the reader is guided through the trials and tribulations of operating such locomotives on the Spa Valley Railway, a leading heritage line in East Sussex. Resident and visiting locomotives of all shapes and sizes from the humble yard shunter to the mighty express locomotive are illustrated, with close up views of the interior of driving cabs and engine room layouts adding to the variety and interest.

The railways of the Isle of Man offer a fascinating insight into public transport in the Victorian era. This small island in the Irish Sea is home to no fewer than seven operating railways and tramways, as well as a transport museum and railway relics preserved ‘in situ’. The author, a well known transport photographer, undertook a tour of the island in 2019, and was granted privileged access behind the scenes to areas usually off limits to the general public. The result, published here, is a comprehensive illustrated survey of the island’s lines, which will prove a valuable historical record, particularly of the Douglas Horse Tramway, which was going through a major transformation at the time of the visit.

The Moseley Railway Trust, at its Apedale Valley Light Railway base in Staffordshire, has amassed a collection of narrow gauge railway equipment that is unique in the UK, and of national significance. As part of the World War One commemorations, the Trust put on three hugely successful ‘Tracks to the Trenches’ events, each with a different theme, in 2014, 2016 and 2018. This fully illustrated album is a collection of images from all three events, and provides unique coverage of not just the collection, but the outstanding dioramas recreated by the visiting re-enactors.