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Modelling: Rolling Stock Locomotives Layout Design Techniques Reference |
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| Great Western Auto Trailers Part One | 200pages | Hardback |
| John Lewis | 1991 | £23.95 |
| This volume gives an historical overview of the whole subject, including the technical means of operating and all livery variations including the British Railways era. From here, all pre-grouping vehicles are covered in detail, including the conversions from steam railmotors. Because of the uses of the prototype, the illustrations show branch line and minor station detail very well, a lot of this being in South Wales. | 
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| Great Western Auto Trailers Part Two | 176pages | Hardback |
| John Lewis | 1995 | £27.95 |
| Reprinted 2006. Covering the post grouping and absorbed vehicles, this book carries on from part one and the story continues well in to BR days, finishing with the "one eyed" conversions of normal coaches. As with the first volume, there are many diagrams, drawings and notes to accompany the excellent photographs, making this book highly useful for modellers of this subject. At the end are miscellaneous details and very comprehensive notes on allocations and histories of individual cars. | 
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| Great Western Coaches Official Drawings | 80pages | Softback |
| John Lewis | 1998 | £10.95 |
| Modern mainline stock of the GWR, from Dreadnoughts to Hawksworth stock, a few photographs but mainly very detailed drawings. | 
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| Great Western Steam Rail Motors and their Services | 308pages | Hardback |
| John Lewis | 2004 | £37.95 |
| Chapter and verse on the subject, everything from detailed scale drawings of fittings and complete vehicles of all types through to allocations, services and even failures. The whole story from initial development is covered, as are the vehicles of the Great Western's constituent Welsh companies - the small petrol electric railcar also creeps in with its own small section, but everything else is steam. The collection of photographs reproduced is unimpeachable, showing the power plants, vehicles under construction, interior shots and of course the railcars in service. A personal favourite is the double page photograph on pages 34 and 35 showing several steam railmotors and a power plant outside the Works at Swindon whilst it is being extended. A really lovely book and as good an example of any of how very well organised the Great Western Railway was. As an aside I am afraid that I find Swindon a terribly depressing place since the works was demolished and I also wish that the execrable First Group would give up the "Great Western" title - they are not worthy of it. | 
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| L.S.W.R. Carriages Volume One 1838 - 1900 | 246pages | Hardback |
| Gordon weddell | 1993 | £23.95 |
| A lovely volume covering the subject of railway coaching stock from its earliest beginnings with the London and Southampton Railway right up until the fairly modern developments taking place at the turn of the Century. The photographic coverage is surprisingly comprehensive given the period covered and in illustrating the subject many interesting locations and related subjects are touched upon. There are numerous good quality scale drawings and appendices detail building, numbering and withdrawal dates. | 
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| Lancashire and Yorkshire Wagons Volume 1 | 194pages | Hardback |
| Noel Coates | 1990 | £21.95 |
| A wonderfully detailed and painstakingly researched account of the wagon stock and practices of a railway which was built around industry and delivering the goods. The author observes that the wagons were quite idiosyncratic and owed little to the practices of other railways, beyond the requirements of the Railway Clearing House. This volume covers general practice, the works , liveries and then open, low and flat trucks. A second volume will cover other types, but all sorts of wagons are featured in this volume in the greneral sections. This is of particular use to railway modellers, one of which the author is, having extremely clear and explanatory drawings and sketches of the various minutae of construction and brake operation etc. | 
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| Lancashire and Yorkshire Wagons Volume Two | 454pages | Hardback |
| Noel Coates | 2006 | £35.95 |
| Following on from volume one, with consecutively numberd photographs and diagrams, this book completes the account with a detailed examination of covered goods, coal and mineral, bogie merchandise, livestock and special wagons - including the essential brake van. Very well illustrated with informative photographs and official drawings, the book also deals with the use of wagons and their loads, several photographs showing the great bales of cotton used by the numeroust mills served by the company. An excellent reference source and another fascinating insight into how well commerce and industry were served by the steam railway. |
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| LNER Wagons Volume 1 LNER Southern Area | 248pages | Hardback |
| Peter Tatlow | 2005 | £34.95 |
| Although based upon the OPC book of 30 years ago, this is the first part of what is promised to be a four part set covering all of the wagons of the LNER. It is therefore a revised updated and much enlarged piece of work which bears little resemblance to the earlier work. This book covers ex Great Northern, Great Central and Great Eastern wagons, detailed photographs of good quality, scale drawings and numbering details. | 
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| LNWR Wagons Volume 1 | 208pages | Hardback |
| The London & North Western Society | 2001 | £26.95 |
| Starting with a fascinating set of views and description of Earlestown Works, where nearly all L&NWR wagons were built, this book goes on to describe wagon construction and mechanical details in general, before then illustrating in meticulous detail a range of wagon types broadly covering open, cattle and flat (timber & furniture) trucks. The drawings are superbly detailed and very clear, and the excellent photographic coverage includes an impressive number of pre-grouping views. The authors have set themselves a hell of a task, a further two volumes will be required to cover the whole subject at this level of detail, and one wonders when these will ever be produced. Nonetheless, this is the best book on wagons I've seen to date for clarity and detail. | 
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| Metropolitan Railway Rolling Stock | 172pages | Softback |
| James R Snowdon | 2001 | £19.95 |
| Enjoying an independent existance of 70 years until its absorption into London Transport in 1933, the Metropolitian developed some very distinctive styles of rolling stock, including a surprising amount of freight stock types. This very nicely put together and illustrated book covers all the types in great detail, including numerous scale drawings and detail photographs. The book also works as a very pleasing overview and history of this very busy system, part of Edward Watkin's forward thinking railway empire. | 
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