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Vintage Railway Steam Train Locomotive Inc Bradshaws Guide 100 Books DVD
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A truly unique and wonderful collection of over 100 rare and out of print books covering the history of the British Railway and Bradshaws Guides.
Each book has been scanned in as a faithful reproduction of the original. The disc contains digital scans of all of the books in (Adobe) PDF format which allows each volume to be read individually.
The books will require suitable PDF software to view them, almost certainly you will already have this on your computer or device - if not we recommend Adobe Reader which is available free.
Please note that these will not play on a home CD/DVD player, they contain no video or audio files whatsoever. These are Data DVDs and can only be viewed on a PC/Laptop.
The list of just some of the titles on the DVD is shown below:
1. Bradshaw’s Handbook for Tourists in Great Britain & Ireland (1866) Section I…Adapted to the Railway System, Each Section Forming a Complete and Distinct Handbook with Maps. Plans of Towns & Pictorial Illustrations…Section I Containing A Descriptive Guide Through London and its Environs Including the Crystal Palace, Windsor. Hampton Court and Comprehensive Handbook of the Following Railways, Including Their Various Branches and Connections:-South Eastern; London, Chatham and Dover; London, Brighton and South Coast; London and South Western Including the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands To Which is Added the Official Tourist and Summer Arrangements of the Most Important Railway Companies of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
2. Bradshaw’s Handbook for Tourists in Great Britain & Ireland (1866) Section II…Adapted to the Railway System, Each Section Forming a Complete and Distinct Handbook with Maps. Plans of Towns & Pictorial Illustrations…Section II Containing Tours in North and South Wales, Ireland and the Lakes of Killarney and Comprising a Comprehensive Handbook of the Following Railways, Including Their Various Branches and Connections:-Ayrshire; Caledonian; London and North Western; Lancashire and Yorkshire (Western Sections); North Stafford and the Railways North of the Clyde and Forth To Which is Added the Official Tourist and Summer Arrangements of the Most Important Railway Companies of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
2. Bradshaw’s Handbook for Tourists in Great Britain & Ireland (1866) Section III…Adapted to the Railway System, Each Section Forming a Complete and Distinct Handbook with Maps. Plans of Towns & Pictorial Illustrations…Section III Containing Tours in the English and Scottish Lake Districts, Ayr (the Land of Burns), and a Comprehensive Handbook of the Following Railways, Including Their Various Branches and Connections:-The Great Western; the Bristol and Exeter; The North Devon; the South Devon; The West Cornwall; The North Western ( South Staffordshire, Shropshire and Chester District etc.) To Which is Added the Official Tourist and Summer Arrangements of the Most Important Railway Companies of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
4. Bradshaw’s Handbook for Tourists in Great Britain & Ireland (1866) Section IV…Adapted to the Railway System, Each Section Forming a Complete and Distinct Handbook with Maps. Plans of Towns & Pictorial Illustrations…Section IV Containing Tours Through the Great Manufacturing Districts of Lancashire and Yorkshire and Comprising a Comprehensive Handbook of the Following Railways, Including Their Various Branches and Connections:-Great Eastern; Great Northern; Lancashire and Yorkshire (Eastern section); Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire; Midland; North British; North Eastern To Which is Added the Official Tourist and Summer Arrangements of the Most Important Railway Companies of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
5. Modern Locomotive Construction (1892) – 674 pages. Fully illustrated. This technical book doesn't hold any punches. 670 pages of technical discussion on designing locomotives. The first chapter already jumps straight into determining macro requirements. Pretty juicy stuff. This 1892 text is one of the best on locomotive design that I have seen. It is on a par with the International Correspondence School locomotive design texts of the 1920s through 1940s. It is also one of the few sources I have found for detailed drawings of the bits and pieces that made up a locomotive in last part of the 19th century.
6. British Railways and the Great War (1921) – Volume 1. 580 pages.
7. British Railways and the Great War (1921) – Volume 2. 710 pages.
8. The Life of George Stephenson And Of His Son Robert Stephenson, Comprising Also A History Of The Invention And Introduction Of the Railway Locomotive (1868) – 528 pages.
9. The Midland Railway, its rise and progress, a narrative of modern enterprise (1888) – 558 pages.
10. The evolution of the steam locomotive, 1803 to 1898 (1899) – 350 pages. Second Edition, enlarged.
11. A History of the Great Western Railway; being the story of the broad gauge (1895) – 403 pages. Illustrated.
12. The Railways of Great Britain (1914) – 359 pages. Illustrated.
13. Our home railways, how they began and how they are worked (1910) – Volume 2. 366 pages. With 36 original coloured plates and 300 illustrations from photographs.
14. Locomotive engine driving; a practical manual for engineers in charge of locomotive driving (1888) – 334 pages. Eighth edition with numerous illustrations. Comprising, besides other additional matter a key to the locomotive engine.
15. Railway practice, a collection of working plans and practical details of construction in the public works of the most celebrated engineers. Series 1-4 (1847) – 774 pages. Comprising roads, tramroads and railroads; bridges, aqueducts, viaducts, wharfs, warehouses, roofs and sheds; canals, locks, sluices, and the various works on rivers, streams. Harbours, docks, piers and jetties, tunnels, cuttings and embankments; the several works connected with the drainage of marshes, marine sands, and the irrigation of land; waterworks, gasworks, waterwheels, mills, engines. Third edition with additional examples.
16. A catalogue descriptive of simple and compound locomotives (1899) – 352 pages. Built by Brooks locomotive works, Dunkirk, N.Y.
17. Picturesque Donegal (1908) – 316 pages. Its mountains, rivers and lakes. Being the great Northern railway (Ireland). Company’s illustrated guide to the sporting and touring grounds of the North of Ireland.
18. Deeds of a great railway; a record of the enterprise and achievements of the London and North-Western railway company during the great war (1920) – 282 pages. With illustrations.
19. British railways, their passenger services, rolling stock, locomotives, gradients and express speeds (1893) – 364 pages. Second edition with numerous plates.
20. Steam locomotive construction and maintenance, describing workshop equipment and practice in the construction of modern steam railway locomotives with notes on inspection, testing, maintenance and repairs (1921) – 164 pages.
21. History of the Baldwin locomotive works, 1831 – 1920 (1920) – 180 pages.
22. The locomotives of the Great Northern Railway, 1847 – 1910 (1910) – 266 pages. New and revised edition with 8 full page illustrations and 121 illustrations in the text by the author.
23. Baldwin locomotive works. Illustrated catalogue of locomotives (1871) – 152 pages.
24. A story of railway pioneers, being an account of the inventions and works of Isaac Dodds and his son Thomas Weatherburn Dodds (1921) – 222 pages.
25. The London and North-Western railway (1911) – 128 pages. Containing 8 full page illustrations in colour and 28 small sketches in the text.
26. The railroad book of England: historical, topographical and picturesque; descriptive of the cities, towns, country seats, and other subjects of local interest. With a brief sketch of the lines in Scotland and Wales (1851) – 640 pages.
27. The Rogers locomotive company, Paterson, New Jersey (1897) – 150 pages.
28. The sunnyside of Ireland; Great Southern and Western railway Copany’s guides - Volume 1. 96 pages.
29. Baldwin locomotive works. Illustrated catalogue of locomotives (1881) – 172 pages. Second edition.
30. Baldwin locomotives. Illustrated catalogue of narrow gauge locomotives (1885) – 80 pages. Third edition.
31. Views on the Newcastle upon Tyne and Carlisle railway (1836) – 158 pages. To the chairman and directors of the Newcastle upon Tyne and Carlisle railway company, to whom the proprietors and the public are much indebted for their zeal and perseverance in forwarding the great national and local object, the following views connected with the scenes of their labours, and undertaken at their suggestion, are with permission respectfully dedicated, by their much obliged and obedient servant, John Blackmore.
32. The Great Western, Cheltenham and Great Western, and Bristol and Exeter railway guides (1839) – 344 pages. With a preliminary description of the construction of the Great Western and other railways, and guides to Windsor, Reading, Oxford, Gloucester, Hereford, Cheltenham, Bath, Wells, and Bristol.
33. Life in a railway factory (1915) – 364 pages.
34. Railroadiana. A new history of England, or, picturesque, biographical, historical, legendary and antiquarian sketches. Descriptive of the vicinity of railroads. (1838) – 242 pages.
35. Guide to the district of Craven: and the Settle and Carlisle railway (1879) – 170 pages with illustrations.
36. The railway companion from Chester to Holyhead...to which is added the tourist’s guide to Dublin and its environs (1849) – 190 pages. Containing a descriptive and historical account of all objects of interest that present themselves on this beautifully picturesque line: especially the monster tubular bridges across the river Conway and the Menai Straits, and the herculean harbour of refuge at Holyhead.
37. Drake’s road book of the London and Birmingham and Grand Junction railways: being a complete guide to the entire line of railway from London to Liverpool and Manchester: to which is appended the visitor’s guide to Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester (1839) – 158 pages.
38. Drake’s road book of the Sheffield and Rotherham railway, with a visitor’s guide to the towns of Sheffield and Rotherham (1840) – 160 pages. Illustrated by a map and engravings.
39. The railways of England (1900) – 522 pages. Fifth edition with 67 illustrations.
40. The North Eastern Railway (1914), its rise and development, containing many maps, diagrams and illustrations 928 pages.
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Many Many More..
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