The Montague-Jones Library Database

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Items in the Library

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Item No Old DB Ref Title Authors ISBN Publisher Published At Year Published Format NRM Classification Primary Theme Condition
16745 Biog-038 Footplate Days : More Reminiscences of a GW Fireman Gasson, Harold 090288851X Oxford Publishing 1978 H1 Biography
16760 Biog-040 Men of the Footplate Wallis, P Ransome (to be determined) 2014 H1 Biography
16775 Biog-042 On the Footplate: Memories of an GWR Engineman Drayton, John 0851532993 Bradford Barton 1976 H1 Biography
16790 Biog-044 My Life on the Footplate Davey, Richard 0900586435 Peco Beer 1974 H1 Biography
16805 Biog-046 Footplate Over the Mendips Smith, Peter 086093022X Oxford Publishing 1978 H1 Biography
16820 Biog-048 Men of Steam: A Portrait of Life on the Footplate Forsythe, H G 0906899044 Atlantic St Day 1982 H1 Biography
16835 Biog-050 Four Thousand Miles on the Footplate Nock, O S Ian Allan 1952 E8D Biography
16850 Biog-052 From the footplate : reminiscences of the last years of steam Nock, O S 0246121106 Guild 1984 E1 Biography
16865 Biog-056 Bill Harvey's sixty years in steam Harvey, D W 071538712X David & Charles Newton Abbott 1986 H1 Biography
16880 Biog-057 A Life With Locomotives Harvey, D W 1873676018 Marwood Publishing Wymondham 1992 H1 Biography
16895 Biog-058 Bert Hooker: Legendary Railwayman Hooker, A E 0860934470 Oxford Publishing Sparkford 1994 H1 Biography
16910 Biog-062 Line clear ahead : 75 years of ups and downs Nock, O S 0850595452 Patrick Stephens 1982 H1 Biography
16925 Biog-064 Life on the Lines Farrington, John Hugh 086190012X Moorland Publishing Ashbourne 1984 H1 Biography
16940 Biog-068 A lifetime with locomotives Bond, Roland Curling A lifetime with locomotives Goose & Son Cambridge 1975 H1 Biography
16955 Biog-069 Life in a loco works : first-hand experiences of a Crewe engineering apprentice in wartime Taylor, Charles 0860935302 OPC Sparkford 1995 H1 Biography
16970 Biog-070 LMS Locoman: : Wellingborough (or Willesden?) footplate memories Bushell, G 0851534244 Bradford Barton 1982 H1 Biography
16985 Biog-072 A Locoman's Log, 1937-85: Steam and Diesel Footplate Life Alcock, Gwilym Tudor 1857940830 Silver Link 1996 H1 Biography
17000 Biog-074 Southern Locoman Hollands, George 0851534228 Bradford Barton 1982 H1 Biography
17005 Biog-075 Rambling railwayman's recollections: secondman, driver and instructor days, 1967-2009 Burch, Geoff 9780956796769 G Burch SI 2014 Hardback H1 As New
17008 Biog-076 Ramblings of a railwayman: life as an engine cleaner and fireman at Guildford MPD (70C) from 1 April 1961 - 9 July 1967 Burch, Geoff 9780956796707 G Burch Guildford 2011 Hardback H1 As New
17012 Biog-077 Further ramblings of railwaymen; featuring stories and photographs [from work colleagues at Guildford, Eastleigh, Salisbury and Weymouth: front cover] Burch, Geoff 9780956796714 G Burch Guildford 2012 Hardback H1 As New
17015 Biog-078 Man on the Southern – Jim Evans looks back Evans, Jim 0043850782 George Allen & Unwin London 1980 H1 Biography
17030 Biog-080 Richard Maunsell: an engineering biography Chacksfield, J E 0853615268 Oakwood Press Usk 1998 E1 Biography
17045 Biog-084 On and Off the Rails Elliott, Sir John; Esau, Mike 0043850898 Allen & Unwin 1982 H1 Biography
17060 Biog-086 Country railwaymen : a notebook of engine drivers tales Grigg, Arthur Edward Blandford Press Poole 2014 H1 Biography
17075 Biog-088 To the railway born : reminiscences of station life, 1934-92 Carter, Tony 0947971793 Silver Link Kettering 1996 H1 Biography
17090 Biog-090 Life in a Railway Factory Williams, Alfred Alan Sutton 1984 H1 Biography
17105 Biog-092 The railway navvy : 'that despicable race of men' Brooke, David 071538449X David & Charles 1983 E2 Biography
17120 Biog-093 Life and Work among the Navvies [Facsim reprint] Barratt, Daniel William (Vicar of Nassington) 1857942132 Silver Link (Wells, Gardner & Darton) 2003 E2 Biography
17135 Biog-094 The Railway Workers. 1840-1970 McKenna, Frank 0571115632 Faber & Faber London 1980 H2 Biography
17150 Biog-096 Home and distant : a 40-year railway career from apprentice fitter to BRB headquarters, 1952-93 Grant, Brian 1857941063 Silver Link Kettering 1998 H1 Biography
17165 Biog-098 Staying on track : the reflections of a railwayman. Zeitlin, Graham 1904244106 Scotforth Books Lancaster 2002 H1 Biography
17180 Biog-100 South West Railwayman. King, Donald 0043850987 George Allen & Unwin London 1983 H1 Biography
17195 Biog-102 150th Anniversary of passenger railways and ... railwaymen, 1825-1975. National Union of Railwaymen NU R Publicity Dept 1975 H2 Biography
17210 Biog-104 Tales of the Old Railwaymen Quinn, Tom 071530544 David & Charles 1998 H2 Biography
17225 Biog-108 Riddles and the '9Fs' Rogers, Hugh Cuthbert Basset 0711012083 Ian Allan London 1982 E8E Biography
17240 Biog-110 The last steam locomotive engineer : R.A. Riddles. Rogers, Hugh Cuthbert Basset 0043850537 Allen & Unwin 1970 E1 Biography
17255 Biog-112 Light relief : tales of a relief signalman in the 1950s. Warland, Jack 185260381X Patrick Stephens Sparkford 1992 H1 Biography
17270 Biog-114 Signalling days : final reminiscences of a Great Western railwayman Gasson, Harold 0860931188 Oxford Publishing Oxford 1981 H1 Biography
17275 Biog-115 Signalman Burke, M. 0851534236 Bradford Barton Truro 1982 Softback H1 Good
17285 Biog-116 Signalman's Morning Vaughan, Adrian 0719538270 John Murray London 1981 H1 Biography
17290 Biog-117 Signalman's Nightmare Vaughan, Adrian 0719542855 John Murray 1987 H1 Biography – Signalman
17300 Biog-118 Signalman's reflections : a personal celebration of semaphore signalling. Vaughan, Adrian Silverlink Preston 1995 E15 Biography
17305 Biog-119 Signalman's Twilight Vaughan, Adrian 0719539730 John Murray 1983 H1 Biography – Signalman
17315 Biog-120 Small coal and smoke rings : a fireman on the Great Western. Brock, Derek 0719540763 John Murray London 1983 H1 Biography
17330 Biog-124 Steam Sapper Meacher, Charles 1872017517 Square One Pubs Worcester 1992 B4-7 Biography
17345 Biog-125 Raised in steam : the story of an association [L.N.E.R. Pupils' Association] Elliot, G C N 0853621438 Oriel Press 1972 H1 Biography
17360 Biog-126 Speaking of steam. Cox, Ernest Stewart 0711002363 Ian Allan London 1971 E8F Biography
17374 Biog-127 Double-Headed - (More Tales from the Footplate Maggs, Colin G 0750928158 Sutton Publishing Stroud 2002 Hardback Biography Good
17375 Biog-128 Steam: tales from the footplate. Maggs, Colin Gordon 1840151870 Budding 2000 H1 Biography
17380 Biog-129 Steam in the Blood Hardy, R H N Ian Allan 1975 H1 Steam
17390 Biog-130 Steam was my Calling Beavor, Eric Stanley 0711004919 Ian Allan London 1974 H1 Biography
17395 Biog-131 A life on the lines : a railwayman's album Hardy, Richard Harry Norman 9781844861736 Conway London 2012 Hardback H1 Biography As New
17405 Biog-134 George and Robert Stephenson : the railway revolution Rolt, L T C Longmans London 1960 E1 Biography
17420 Biog-140 Boyhood ambition : how I became a train driver Davies, John Abergynolwyn John Davies Dyfed 1991 H1 Biography
17430 Biog-150 Victorian railway worker Trevor, May 0747804516 Shire Princes Risborough H2
17435 Biog-151 Railway navvies : a history of the men who made the railways Coleman, Terry Penguin by arrangement with Hutchinson of London Harmondsworth 1968 Softback H2
17450 TT-Brad-1850 Bradshaw's Timetable March 1850 - Reprint Bradshaw P Kay (TQ14 8AF) 2014 Timetable Timetables – Rail – Bradshaw
17455 Gen-Bra003 Westinghouse automatic brake : instruction book Westinghouse Brake Co. Ltd, Westinghouse Brake Co. Ltd London 1919 Booklet E14 Fair
17460 Gen-Bra004 Westinghouse automatic brake: description and operation. British Railways. Southern Region., British Railways. Southern Region. London 1956 Booklet E14 Fair
17465 Gen-Bra005 The Westinghouse automatic brake : instruction book[check title] Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company Westinghouse Brake & Signal London 1948 E14 Engineering – Brakes
17480 Gen-Bra006 British Railways brake vans & ballast ploughs. Gent, Eric 0902835165 Historical Model Railway Society Mansfield 1999 E13 Wagons – Brake Vans & Ballast Ploughs
17495 Gen-Bra007 The branch line age : the minor railways of the British Isles in memoriam and retrospect Gammell, Christopher 1851702393 Bracken Books 2015 C1
17510 Gen-Bra009 Branch Line Britain Atterbury, Paul 0715319906 David & Charles Newton Abbott 2004 Q0A
17514 Gen-Bre001 Railway breakdown cranes: the story of steam breakdown cranes on the railways of Britain, vol 1 Tatlow, Peter 9781906419691 Noodle Southampton 2012 Hardback E13 As New
17515 Gen-Bre001 Railway breakdown cranes : the story of steam breakdown cranes on the railways of Britain. v2 Tatlow, Peter 9781906419974 Noodle Books Southampton 2013 Hardback E13 As New
17520 Gen-Bre002 Railway cranes, v3: rail-mounted travelling cranes of Britain Tatlow, Peter 9780860936848 Crecy Manchester 2018 Hardback E13 As New
17523 Gen-Bri001 Britain's lost railways: the twentieth-century destruction of our finest railway architecture. Minnis, John 9781781313329 Aurum Press London 1994 Hardback E5B Architecture As New
17525 Gen-Bri003 Britain's Railways : An Industrial History Pollins, Harold 0715353160 David & Charles Newton Abbott 1971 A1
17540 Gen-Bri005 Britain's Railway Museums Williams, Peter 0711005656 Ian Allan London 1974 Q1A
17555 Gen-Bri008 The Aerofilms book of Britain's railways from the air. Leigh, Chris 0711017026 Ian Allan London 1987 Q3-4
17570 Gen-Bri009 The second book of Britain's railways from the air. Leigh, Chris; Aerofilms 0711019436 Ian Allan London 1987 Q3-4
17575 Gen-Bri010 Railway stations from the air Aerofilms, 0711029806 Ian Allan Hersham 2003 Hardback Q3-4 As New
17585 Gen-Bri015 British cross-channel railway passenger ships. Winser, John de S 185260459X Patrick Stephens 1994 G5A Shipping
17600 Gen-Bri017 British Internal Combustion Locomotives 1894-1940 Webb, Brian 0715361155 David & Charles Newton Abbott 1973 E10A
17615 Gen-Bri020 British locomotives : their history, construction, and modern development. Cooke, C J Bowen Whittaker & Co 1894 E8A
17630 Gen-Bri021 British locomotive classes : principal "big four" locomotive classes as at 1945. {Facsimile ed] 1856483428 PRC (orig Ian Allan) 2015 E8E
17645 Gen-Bri022 British Locomotive Builders' Plates Buckle, Keith; Lowe, David 1857800184 Midland Leicester 1994 E17
17660 Gen-Bri024 British Locomotive Classes: Principal "Big Four" Locomotive Classes as at 1945 Steam Days Special. Reed, Brian Ian Allan 1991 E8E
17675 Gen-Bri026 British Locomotives From The Footplate Nock, O S Ian Allan 1950 E8D
17690 Gen-Bri032 British locomotive names of the twentieth century. Casserley, H C Ian Allan 1963 M2
17695 Gen-Bri033 Locomotive names : an illustrated dictionary Pike, Jim 0750922842 Sutton Stroud 2000 Hardback M2 As New
17705 Gen-Bri034 British locomotive practice & performance : extracts from the pioneering Railway magazine articles of 1902-1908 Rous-Marten, Charles; Fryer, Charles 1852602228 Patrick Stephens 1990 E8D
17720 Gen-Bri035 British Locos 0f the 20th Century Volume 1 1900-30 Nock, O S Guild 1983 E8F
17735 Gen-Bri036 British Locos of the 20th Century Volume 2 1930-1960 Nock, O S Book Club Associates 1984 E8F
17750 Gen-Bri037 British Locos of the 20th Century Volume 3 1960 – present day Nock, O S Guild 1988 E8F
17765 Gen-Bri042 British main line services in the age of steam, 1900-1968. Harris, Michael 0860935361 Oxford Publishing Sparkford 1996 G3
17780 Gen-Bri046 British Pacific Locomotives 1962 Edition Allen, C J Ian Allan 1962 E8F
17795 Gen-Bri048 The British railcar : AEC to HST Tufnell, Robert M 1715385291 David & Charles Newton Abbott 1984 E10B Motive Power – Railcars
17810 Gen-Bri050 British Railway Bridges & Viaducts Smith, Martin 0711022739 Ian Allan 1994 E5A Architecture – Bridges & Viaducts
17825 Gen-Bri052 Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies Awdry, Christopher Guild 1990 SR General
17840 Gen-Bri054 British Railway goods wagons in colour: for the modeller and historian Hendry, Robert 185780094X Midland Publishing Leicester 1999 E13
17855 Gen-Bri055 British railway history : an outline from the accession of William IV to the nationalisation of railways v1 Ellis, Cuthbert Hamilton George Allen & Unwin London 1954 Hardback A1 Railway History – General Fair
17856 Gen-Bri056 British railway history : an outline from the accession of William IV to the nationalisation of railways v2 Ellis, Cuthbert Hamilton George Allen & Unwin London 1959 Hardback A1 Railway History – General Fair
17870 Gen-Bri057 British Railways in Action Nock, O S Thomas Nelson London 1956 B8-10
17885 Gen-Bri058 British railway locomotive: a brief pictorial history of the first fifty years of the British steam railway locomotive, 1803-1853 Westcott, G F (comp) HMSO London 1958 E8A
17900 Gen-Bri060 British Railway rolling stock Webster, Henry C Oxford University Press London 1942 E12
17930 Gen-Bri066 British Railways: steam and traction in colour [1948-1968] Boocock, Colin; Morrison, Brian 1856480143 Promotional Reprint Company Ltd London 1991 M1
17945 Gen-Bri067 British Railways in Transition Nock, O S Thomas Nelson 1963 B8-10
17975 Gen-Bri069 British railway track: design construction and maintenance Coombs, D H Permanent Way Institution Woking 1971 E3