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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
35225 S-Br004 Branch Lines Nock, O S Batsford London 1957 C1
44290 S-Sou113 British Railways southern region in colour : for the modeller and historian Robertson, Kevin 0711032335 Ian Allan Hersham 2007 Softback C1 As New
37867 S-Di010 DEMUs-Southern Region DEMUs - British Railway Pictorial Kevin, Robertson ; Abbinnett, Hugh 9780711035119 Ian Allan Surrey 2012 Softback C1 Motive Power – Diesel inc DMU's - British Railways Good
16210 Gen-A010 Country railways Atterbury, Paul 1857999193 Weidenfeld & Nicolson London 1996 C1
44384 S-Sou124 Southern steam : the final flourish Ashley, David Railway Performance Society Storrington, West Sussex 2017 Booklet C1
44380 S-Sou123 The railway system in Southern England from 1803. British Rail - Southern Region British Rail Southern London 1979 Booklet C1
18425 Gen-C040 Colonel Stephens' railways: a view from the past Morgan, John Scott 0711026289 Ian Allan Shepperton 1999 D1A
20915 Gen-Mi002 Minor standard gauge railways [Loco Paper 129] Kidner, R W Oakwood Trowbridge 1981 D1A
23765 Gen-Sta002 Standard Gauge Light Railways Kidner, Roger Wakely Oakwood Press Sidcup 1937 D1A
39575 S-Ke007 The Kent & East Sussex Railway. rev ed. Garrett, Steven R Oakwood Press Tarrant Hinton,Blandford 1980 Booklet D1A Regional Railways - Kent & East Sussex Fair
34805 S-Ba004 Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway 1901-1936 Griffith, Edward C Edward C Griffith Farnham 1970 D1A
34985 S-Bo004 Bordon Light Railway Harding, Peter 0950941433 Peter Harding Woking 1987 D1A
36260 S-Branch-Ke East Kent Light Railway Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith 0906520614 Middleton Press Midhurst 1989 D1A Regional Railways – Branch Line Series
39095 S-Hu001 Hundred of Manhood and Selsey Tramways, later known as the West Sussex Railway, 1897-1935. Griffith, Edward C Griffith 1948 D1A
23180 Gen-Rail131 Railway trolleys : a brief history of railway trolleys and rail cars West, James 0950647365 EARM Publications Colchester 1996 D1B
35645 S-Branch-Bo Bournemouth and Poole Tramways including Moordown and Christchurch Harley, Robert J; Anderson, Roy C 1873793472 Middleton Press Midhurst 1995 D1B Regional Railways – Branch Line Series
47270 S-We008 The Weymouth Harbour Tramway Lucking, John Oxford Publishing 1986 D1B Places – Weymouth
47300 S-We010 The Weymouth Quay Tramway Caddy, C L Dorset Transport Circle 2015 D1B Places – Weymouth
47265 S-We007 Weymouth Harbour tramway in the steam era Beale, Gerry 0860933040 Oxford Publishing Company Poole 1986 D1B
10190 ABC-Lo-B1945 ABC of Locomotives of Minor British Railways Duncan, Ian G T Ian Allan 1945 D2 Motive Power - ABC Series
24500 Gen-W030 World's smallest public railway : the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Ransome-Wallis, Patrick Ian Allan London 1962 D2
40710 S-Ly011 The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Yeomans, J. R. 0851532594 Bradford Barton Truro 1979 Hardback D2 Good
18185 Gen-C004 The Calshot "Express": a history of the narrow-gauge railway at the Royal Air Force Station, Calshot, Southampton Cooper, Frederick William Oakwood Lingfield 1963 D3
19445 Gen-I006 Industrial locomotives: including preserved and minor railway locomotives. 9th ed. 090109661x Industrial Railway Society London 1991 D3
19460 Gen-I008 Industrial Narrow Gauge Railways Dean, Ian 0852637527 Shire Aylesbury 1985 D3
19760 Gen-La010 The Last Days of Industrial Steam. Sawford, Eric 0862999154 Alan Sutton Stroud 1995 D3
20420 Gen-Loc030 Locomotives of the Ministry of Defence Hateley, R W 0901096717 Industrial Railway Society London 1992 D3
37520 S-Ca002 Calshot and Fawley Narrow Gauge Railways Cooper, Frederick William 095111087X Plateway Press Brighton 1989 D3
41040 S-Min008 Ball clays of Devon and Dorset: an introduction by the Ball Clay Heritage Society Ball Clay Heritage Society, 1900147300 Ball Clay Heritage Society Newton Abbot 2003 Softback D3 As New
41035 S-Min007 Furzebrook Railway of Pike Brothers' Dorset clay works. Legg, Chris 9780906294895 Twelveheads Press Truro 2016 Softback D3 Railway History – General As New
41032 S-Min006 Fayle's tramways : Clay mining in Purbeck : two hundred years, six different gauges Legg, Chris 9780906294796 Twelveheads Press Truro 2014 Hardback D3 Railway History – General Good
41030 S-Min004 Fayles Tramways, Pike Tramways & Claypits - Extracts etc. (to be determined) 2015 Folder D3
14325 BR-De001 British Rail departmental locomotives 1948-1968: includes depots and stabling points Smith, Paul ; Smith., Shirley 9780711038004 Ian Allan Hersham 2014 Hardback D3 Motive Power - British Railways - General As New
14330 BR-E002 Britain's electric railways today : a centenary review of present day practice Frew, I 0855340215 Electric Railway Society/Southern Electric Group Sutton Coldfield 1983 D4 Motive Power - Electric inc EMU's - British Railways
27890 Manual-E-1925 Instructions applicable to the Electrified Lines (Direct Current conductor rail system). 1st June 1925 Southern Railway London 1925 Manual D4 Manual (Operations or Systems) Poor
28040 Manual-E-1966 Electrified lines instructions (direct current system) (BR 29857) British Rail (Southern Region) British Rail (Southern Region) London 1966 Manual D4 Manual (Operations or Systems) Good
28055 Manual-E-1966 Supplement no 2 to "Electrified lines instructions (direct current system) (BR29857/2) British Rail (Southern Region) British Rail (Southern Region) London 1974 Manual D4 Manual (Operations or Systems) Good
27905 Manual-E-1935 Instructions applicable to the Electrified Lines (Direct Current conductor rail system). 8th June 1925 Re-issued [and revised?] 1st October 1935. (Ex 415) Elliott, G M Southern Railway London 1935 Manual D4 Manual (Operations or Systems) Fair
27920 Manual-E-1941 Instructions applicable to the Electrified Lines (Direct Current conductor rail system). 8th June 1925 Re-issued [and revised?] 1st June 1941. (Ex 773) Southern Railway London 1941 Manual D4 Manual (Operations or Systems) Fair
28070 Manual-Elec-1967 Working instructions for A.C. electrified lines. (BR29987) British Railways London 1967 Hardback D4 Manual (Operations or Systems) Fair
28085 Manual-E-1975 Extracts from Working instructions for A.C. Electrified Lines (BR29988) British Railways London 1975 Manual D4 Manual (Operations or Systems) Fair
28100 Manual-E-1976 Electrified Lines working instructions (BR29857) [direct current system] British Rail (Southern Region), British Rail (Southern Region) London 1976 Manual D4 Manual (Operations or Systems) Fair
27875 Manual-Elec-1915 Instructions applicable to the electrified lines. London & South Western Railway, London & South Western Railway London 1915 D4 Manual (Operations or Systems)
27965 Manual-E-1926 Instructions applicable to the Electrified Lines (Alternating Current high pressure overhead wire system). 1st June 1926 Southern Railway London 1926 Manual D4 Manual (Operations or Systems)
28050 Manual-E-1966 Supplement no 1 to "Electrified lines instructions (direct current system) (BR29857/1) British Rail, Southern Region, British Rail (Southern Region) London 1968 Manual D4 Fair
28210 Manual-EMU-1951 1951 Type multiple unit electric stock numbered 5001 upwards: description and operation of electrical equipment British Rail, Southern Region, British Rail (Southern Region) London 1951 Manual D4 Needs Conservation
28057 mANUAL-e-1966 Supplement no 2 to "Electrified lines instructions (direct current system) (X1/888). "This Supplement replaces Supplement no 1)" (title page) British Railways, British Rail, Southern Region London 1981 Manual D4
51112 S-Sou (Special 16) 50 years of the Bournemouth electrics 1967-2017 (Southern Way Special Issue no 16) Scott-Morton, Colin 9781909328914 Noodle Manchester 2019 Softback D4 As New
51108 S-Sou (Special 12) A third-rail centenary (Southern Way Special Issue No 12) Southern Electric Group, 9781909328396 Noodle Southampton 2015 Hardback D4
22535 Gen-Rail064 Railways : mechanical engineering Snell, J B 0099081709 Arrow London 1973 E0
23840 Gen-Ste012 Steam Boilers and Supplementary Appliances Fowler, William Henry Scientific Pub. Co London 2014 E0 Engineering - Steam Boilers
23870 Gen-Ste016 Steam Engineering Pullen, W W F Scientific Publishing Manchester 1901 E0 Steam
33440 REF-D002 Modern railways dictionary of railway industry terms Glover, John 0711030766 Ian Allan Hersham 2005 Hardback E0
28335 Gen-Ste011 Steam engine explained and illustrated : with an account of its invention and progressive improvement, and its application to navigation and railways : including also a memoir of Watt. 7th ed. Lardner, Dionysius Taylor and Walton London 1840 Hardback E0 Poor
29125 Manual-Weld-1970 Assembly, care and use of equipment for oxy-gas welding, cutting and heating processes. (BR9691/1) British Railways Board, British Railways Board London 1970 Booklet E0 Fair
22195 Gen-Rail018 Railway appliances : a description of details of railway construction subsequent to the completion of the earthworks and structures including a short notice of railway rolling stock Barry, John Wolfe Longmans, Green London 1876 E0 Engineering - General
16535 Biog-006 Thomas Brassey - Railway Builder Walker, Charles 0584103050 Frederick Muller London 1969 E1 Biography
16850 Biog-052 From the footplate : reminiscences of the last years of steam Nock, O S 0246121106 Guild 1984 E1 Biography
17030 Biog-080 Richard Maunsell: an engineering biography Chacksfield, J E 0853615268 Oakwood Press Usk 1998 E1 Biography
17240 Biog-110 The last steam locomotive engineer : R.A. Riddles. Rogers, Hugh Cuthbert Basset 0043850537 Allen & Unwin 1970 E1 Biography
17405 Biog-134 George and Robert Stephenson : the railway revolution Rolt, L T C Longmans London 1960 E1 Biography
22490 Gen-Rail060 Railway Engineers Nock, O S Batsford 1955 E1
40025 S-Loc018 Locomotive engineers of the Southern Railway and its constituent companies. Webb, Ben Ian Allan London 1946 Softback E1 Good
37355 S-Bu017 Master Builders of Steam Bulleid, Henry Anthony Vaughan Ian Allan London 1963 Hardback E1 Biography - Locomotive Engineers (Various) Fair
37370 S-Bu017 Master Builders of Steam. 2nd ed. Bulleid, Henry Anthony Vaughan 0711001774 Ian Allan London 1983 Hardback E1 Biography - Locomotive Engineers (Various) Fair
33530 REF-R006 Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers Marshall, John 0715374893 David & Charles Newton Abbot 1978 E1 Dictionary/Encyclopaedia – Biographical – Engineers
37145 S-Bu002 Bulleid : last giant of steam Day-Lewis, Sean Allen & Unwin London 1964 E1
37235 S-Bu009 Bulleid of the Southern Bulleid, Henry Anthony Vaughan 071100689X Ian Allan London 1977 E1
16630 Biog-025 Nine Elms Engineman Hooker, A E (Bert) 0851534546 Bradford Barton Truro 1980 Softback E1 Good
16620 Biog-021 Southern Region engineman : life as and engine cleaner, fireman and passed fireman at Nine Elms and Feltham 1957 - 1966 : includes firing on Sir Winston Churchill's funeral train Lester, James (Jim) 9781906419271 Noodle Books Southampton 2009 Softback E1 Biography As New
14555 BR-G010 British Rail main line gradient profiles Ian Allan in collaboration with Tothill Press Shepperton 1966 E2 Companies – British Railways - Gradient Profiles
14570 BR-G012 Gradient Profiles BR Main Line - The Age of Steam [new ed.] 0711008752 Ian Allan Shepperton 1997 E2 Companies – British Railways - Gradient Profiles
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
22505 Gen-Rail062 Railways : civil engineering Morgan, Bryan 0099081806 Arrow London 1973 Hardback E2
48095 Track-Gradients Gradients of the British main-line railways. Railway Magazine London 1947 E2 Track / Permanent Way – Gradients
15230 BR-Tr002 On-track plant on British Railways 5th Ed Butcher, R 1872768148 SCT Publications 1991 E3 Companies – British Railways - General
17975 Gen-Bri069 British railway track: design construction and maintenance Coombs, D H Permanent Way Institution Woking 1971 E3
20810 Gen-Ma004 Making Tracks Fairman, J R Kingfisher Southampton 1988 E3
21545 Gen-Pe001 Qustions and answers on railway permanent way. Locomotive Publishing Co London 1922 E3
26885 Manual-Civ-1961 Instructions to Civil Engineering staff, supplementary to Rule 234 for the use of self-propelled ‘on track’ tamping and ballast cleaning machines. Provision of look-out men and warnings to staff. (BR36820) British Railways, British Railways Board London 1961 E3 Manual (Operations or Systems)
42455 S-Som711 Historical survey of the Somerset and Dorset Railway : track layouts and illustrations Judd, C W; Potts, C R 0860930033 OPC Poole 1979 Hardback E3 Companies – S&DJR Good
28845 Manual-Pat-1960 Patrolling record book (BR36829/1) British Rail, British Rail London 1960 Booklet E3 Good
26880 Manual-Civ-1965 Mobile mechanised maintenance: notes for the guidance of supervisors, gangers and patrolmen. (BR12806/6) (Civil Engineering Handbook, no 24) British Railways, British Railways Board London 1965 E3 Fair
17810 Gen-Bri050 British Railway Bridges & Viaducts Smith, Martin 0711022739 Ian Allan 1994 E5A Architecture – Bridges & Viaducts
16235 Gen-A019 Aspects of Railway Architecture Clarke, Linda; Ives, John; Rankin, Stuart; Simons, Paul Bristol Marketing Board Bristol 1985 E5B Architecture
20675 Gen-Lon003 London's Historic Railway Stations Betjeman, John (photographed by John Gay. ) 071952573X John Murray London 1972 E5B
20690 Gen-Lon003 London's Historic Railway Stations. rev ed. Betjeman, John (photographed by John Gay. ) 0719534267 John Murray London 1978 Softback E5B
20765 Gen-Lon009 London's Termini (Second Edition) Jackson, Alan David & Charles Newton Abbott 1985 E5B
22235 Gen-Rail024 Railway Architecture Binney, Marcus; Pearce, David 085613269 Orbis London 1979 E5B Architecture
22250 Gen-Rail026 Railway Architecture Cockman, F G Shire London 1988 E5B Architecture
22265 Gen-Rail028 Railway Station Architecture (Reprint) Lloyd, David; Insall, Donald David & Charles Newton Abbot 1978 E5B Architecture
23060 Gen-Rail118 A pictorial survey of railway stations Buck, Gordon 0860934594 Oxford Publishing Sparkford 1992 E5B
23075 Gen-Rail120 Railway stations of Britain : a guide to 75 important centres Body, Geoffrey 185260171X Patrick Stephens Wellingborough 1990 E5B
23090 Gen-Rail122 Railway styles in building Bowers, Michael; Walters, Patrick 0855242388 Almark Publishing London 1975 E5B
36335 S-Branch-Lo London termini : past and proposed Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith 1904474004 Middleton Press Midhurst 2003 E5B Regional Railways – Branch Line Series
40580 S-Lon031 Southern country stations. 1, London & South Western Railway [LSWR] Antell, R 0711014205 Ian Allan London 1984 E5B Companies – LSWR
44660 S-Sou151 Historical survey of selected Southern stations : layout and illustrations. v.1 Pryer, G A; Bowring, G J 0860930165 Oxford Publishing Oxford 1980 Hardback E5B As New
23100 Gen-Rail123 Forgotten Railway Infrastructure 1922 - 1934: Stations, Signalling, Trackwork. Wallis, E; Robertson, Kevin (compiler) 1909328723 Crecy Manchester 2017 Softback E5B As New
24396 Gen-V007 Victorian stations : railway stations in England and Wales, 1830-1923 Biddle, Gordon 0715359495 David & Charles Newton Abbot 1973 Hardback E5B Good