Railway - Great Britain & Ireland
ADLEY, Robert
Covering My Tracks - Recollections of the end of steam
Reminiscences of the last years of steam and reflections on revisiting locations after twenty years in the late 1980s. Although largely UK, a chapter on a visit to Turkey is included. Supported by the authors' fine colour photographs throughout.
Aerofilms
Britain's Railways From the Air
Then & Now [Volume One]
Fascinating aerial photographs across the country, comparing 1997 with the same location in the 1920s to 1970s. Substantial large format hardback. A second volume followed as 'From the Air Britain's Railways Then & Now' (see separate listing).
Aerofilms
Railway Stations From the Air
Fine photographs of stations across the country taken from the 1920s to the 1960s. Well produced in large format substantial hardback; station images over double pages with inset maps and Images are
Aerofilms
From the Air Britain's Railways
Then & Now [Volume Two]
Second volume of aerial photographs across the country, comparing 2000/1 with the same location in the 1920s to 1970s. Substantial large format hardback. The first volume compared 1997 in 'Britain's Railways from the Air' (see separate listing).
AGNEW, W. A.
Electric Trains - Their Equipment and Operation
Volumes One & Two - Including Notes on Electric Locomotives, Electro-Pneumatic Brakes, Regenerative Braking, Air-Operated Doors, etc.
Detailed 1930s study of technical aspects of electric traction, illustrated with photographs and fold-out diagrams throughout in two substantial volumes.
AHRONS, E.L.
Locomotive & Train Working in the Latter Part of the Nineteenth Century
Volumes 1 to 6
Pioneering articles covering pre-grouping locomotives and their workings. Originally printed in 'The Railway Magazine' between 1915 and 1927, a selection from each area of the British Isles was published in six illustrated volumes between 1951 and 1954.
AHRONS, E.L.
The Steam Railway Locomotive - Explaining the Component Parts and Method of Working of Modern Steam Railway Locomotives
AHRONS, E.L. & NOCK, O.S.
The British Steam Railway Locomotive
Volume 1 and 2 from 1825 to 1965
A classic railway study, this history of the British steam locomotive was first produced as a series of articles by E.L. Ahrons in 1925. It was published as a single volume in 1927 and the history continued in a second volume by O.S. Nock in 1966.