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The post of Station Master, like others on the modern railway, has disappeared, and details of the many and varied responsibilities and everyday jobs that went with it will disappear too if they are not recorded. This work describes the development and duties of this once very prestigious grade.

Provides a photographic survey of the sites of past and present stations and locations in Central Birmingham. This book presents items of ephemera, together with maps and location details.

Describes the technicalities of the work and the hardships as well as lighter moments enjoyed by the apprentices, against the backdrop of the gradual run-down of steam on the Western.

Describes various vehicles of the BR era to the mid-1990s, from the humble and ubiquitous four-wheelers to the rarer multi-axle monsters. This book examines and explains the principles of loading and securing, and how those principles were applied to a huge range of traffic.

Features the last four dramatic years of steam, recording both working locomotives, shed scenes and a selected number of routes, many of which closed during the period of examination. This book illustrates the disappearing steam age railway.

Part of the "Recollections Series", this title takes us back to the year 1959. Through the archive pictures of Midland Red buses, selected to show the buses in their everyday role, it presents street scenes of the period throughout the British Midlands.

Since the early 1900s we can witness the unfolding story of this popular holiday line, from Newton Abbot through Paignton, the start of the preserved section, beside the sea at Goodrington, to Churston and the Brixham branch, through Greenway Tunnel, and down to the terminus beside the yacht-filled estuary.

Talks about: routes around Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot; The South Wales main line from Port Talbot to Llanelly; The Central Wales line from Swansea to Llandilo; lines along the Neath, Dulais and Aman Valleys; and The Glyncorrwg line.

Although published in 1999 when the WHR ran only from Caernarfon to Dinas, this book covers the whole route through to Porthmadog.

Explores the Thames bridges, from its source in Gloucestershire out to the North Sea. This book features images which are supported by information on Acts of Parliament, Thames authorities and Highway and Bridge authorities.

Covers: railways around Bournemouth; The Somerset and Dorset line north from Bournemouth; The Great Western line from Weymouth; Weymouth, the Quay line and the Easton branch; Branches to Abbotsbury, West Bay and Lyme Regis; and the preserved Swanage branch.

Originally part of the LNWR network, built to link industrial South Wales with the Midlands and the North, this scenic line runs from Craven Arms to Swansea via Builth Road, Llanwrtyd Wells, Llandovery and Llandilo, and is a popular route for steam-hauled specials.

On the railways, Dr Richard Beeching was appointed Chairman of the British Transport Commission - a decision that was to have considerable influence on the future of the network. The East Coast Main Line, for so long the domain of the 'A3s' and 'A4s' on express passenger services, saw the start of the diesel take-over.

Talks about: West Lancashire lines to Southport and Ormskirk; Preston station and approaches; and branches to Longridge and Knott End. This book also talks about L&YR routes to Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington and Colne; railways of the Fylde; Lancaster, Morecambe and Heysham; lines around Carnforth; and the Furness Railway.

Talks about London, Tilbury and Southend lines; Great Eastern main lines from London to Colchester and Cambridge; and branch lines to the Essex coast. This book also talks about cross-country routes via Sudbury and Braintree; the Colne Valley and Halstead Railway; branches to Thaxted and Buntingford; and more.

The Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society was the first such organisation in the world, and the inaugural society-operated train on 14 May 1951 heralded the dawn of the railway preservation movement in Britain. In the ensuing years, from its decrepit state in 1950, many changes have taken place on the railway.

Juxtaposes photographs of the same railway location separated in time. This book includes photographs of GWR main lines from Brent Knoll and Frome to Wellington and Whiteball and the Minehead branch, preserved as the West Somerset Railway.

Lack of space in the home is one of the principal problems facing the modeller, but help is at hand! This book includes a 'Small Layouts Gallery' of 30 actual examples, their design construction and operation described by their builders with the help of photographs and plans.

Concentrating on the famous 16-mile preserved stretch, this book looks at the whole of the original route from Shrewsbury to Kidderminster and Hartlebury, and on to Droitwich and Worcester. It also gives a glimpse of the connecting lines to Craven Arms, Wellington and Woofferton, including the Cleobury Mortimer and Ditton Priors Light Railway.

Juxtaposes photographs of the same railway location separated in time. This book includes photographs of the Great Western main line over the South Devon banks and Preserved lines: the Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway, Dart Valley Railway and Seaton Tramway.

Takes you on a journey down both banks of the mighty Tyne, from Scotswood in the west to Tynemouth in the east. This title features photographs that evoke a time when the river resounded with the din of the riveters' hammers, and shipyards were to be seen at every bend and on both sides.

Focuses on the development of the scenic landscape.

Covers: Glasgow termini: Buchanan Street, Central, Queen Street and St Enoch; Glasgow suburbs and North Clydeside; The Callander and Oban line including the branches to Killin and Ballachulish; The West Highland line from Glasgow to Fort William; The West Highland Extension to Mallaig; and rails around the Trossachs.