The callander oban railway
List the callander oban railway
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In , the railway became part of lmscallander had been reached in by the dunblane, doune and callander railway (soon to be absorbed into scottish central railways and then caledonian railway)following completion in , oban developed as a fashionable resort, though economically the railway was never really profitableoxfam bookshop hexham the callander & oban railway company was formed in with the objective of linking callander, scotland to the west coast port of oban over challenging terrain, particularly at glen ogle and the pass of brander at loch awethe brown cloth boards are gilt stamped on the spinethis volume contains 200 pages of black and white photos and a colour frontispiecestarting in , the single track line passed killin in , reaching tyndrum in and dalmally inthis hardcover first edition was published by david & charles, newton abbot, devon, englandthe text block appears to be clean and unmarkedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreits overall condition is reasonable, although the dustjacket is priceclipped, rubbed, grubby and creasedthe spine is also sunnedthe corners and the top and foot of the spine are bumped
21 €
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A facinating book of the "portishead branch railway line" dated in very good conditioninteresting subject at present due to the present interest in the opening of this wonderfull scenic railwaymany images and indepth detail of this branch that should reopen soon224 pages with many photographs taken over the years
5 €
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The great western railway game - board game(god`s wonderful railway)suitable for 2-6 players with references to all things gcomplete with all tokens, playing cards and large map game boardsystem between the wars
3 €
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Oxfam books & music fareham this book was first published by the great western railway in to enhance the enjoyment of their passengers on the 305 mile journey from paddington to penzance1st thus paperback published by peninsula press insee oxfam website for delivery information read morein very good used conditionmaps, line drawings and information about the towns and villages describe the glorious countryside of southern england that could be seen from the windows of the cornish riviera express
24 €
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The book contains a small sticker and handwritten note from previous owner on the first page, but there is only minor wear to the laminate dust jacket and hard coversee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop lower petergate a very good copy of this full color pictorial showcasing the western maryland railway's operations from , the first full year of dieselisation, through , the last year that the wm was operationally independent
80 €
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All aboard! for glacier the great northern railway and glacier national park by c w guthrie (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 10 to 12 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
12 €
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Ex gwr - lydham manor, - working the torbay steam railway - europa card b7 (see scan for further details) stamps: card issued: cancel: condition: clean - as in scan postal discounts always available on multiple purchases read more
2 €
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham history of the great western railway volume 3: wartime and the final years see oxfam website for delivery information read more
3 €
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Title: history of the great western railway – volumes 1 & 2 author: ei will consider selling separatelyif you require any further details, information, etcmacdermot book types: hard back both books are in very good conditionplease do not hesitate to contact me
25 €
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This book is a celebration of the great western railwayreads like new book and is a souvenir editionillustrated throughout with good condition dust cover
25 €
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Produced as the british railway network was reaching its zenith, and as tourism by rail became a serious pastime for the better off, it was the first national tourist guide specifically organized around railway journeys, and to this day offers a glimpse through the carriage window at a britain long pastthis is a facsimile of the actual book - often referred to as 'bradshaw's guide' - that inspired the 'great british railway journeys' television series, possibly the only surviving example of the editionoxfam shop dumfries collector's item, landmark in the history of the tour guide, snapshot of britain in the s - bradshaw's handbook deserves a place on the bookshelf of any traveller, railway enthusiast, historian or anglophileit is an exact copy with a removable belly-bandsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
7 €
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Oxfam shop cotham hill the nene valley railway is a standard-gauge steam railway running over 5 miles through nene park, between wansford and orton mere, peterboroughit has many steam locomotives and - built to an international loading gauge - it offers the unique spectacle of british, french, danish, german, swedish and norwegian locomotives and stock on the same railway listening in the signal box at wansford, the double-headed swedish tanks and are heard passing with a train following her return to wansford can be heard passing through the station, 'light' on the far track a lineside recording near castor of 'greene king' as she pulls uphill towards wansford a footplate ride on (double-headed with 656) starts with the sounds of stoking and whistling as they leave wansford the air pump of , followed by that of 656, is heard the sounds heard in a footplate ride onis heard from various lineside locations the southern region 4-6-0 'greene king' passes the site of old castor station at speed there is very slight bumping and rubbing to the outer sleeve, but it is intact and otherwise in excellent condition the turbo generator of is heard, followed by its pump settracks: side 1 1 recorded from the guards van, immediately behind the smoke box of , we hear the train leaving orton mere and coasting into ferry meadows stationsee oxfam website for delivery information read more on a busy platform at wansford station, the guard checks the doors of a train and blows his whistle, to be answered by the locomotive's whistlethe lp and inner sleeve are in excellent condition
(England)
9 €
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the first five series of the tv show presented by michael portillo that traces historic railway journeys across britainportillo travels to destinations including holyhead, newcastle, york and sheffield, stopping to visit historic landmarks and to talk to those whose lives have been changed by the railway systemthe second series sees the former politician take as his guide 'bradshaw's handbook', a pamphlet on the burgeoning british railway system written by 19th-century cartographer and publisher george bradshawin the first series portillo sets out to chart how the nation's love affair with the railways began, travelling from liverpool to scarborough, preston to kirkcaldy, swindon to penzance and buxton to london, amongst other journeyssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein the third, fourth and fifth series portillo traces more historic rail journeys across britain including 'great yarmouth to beccles', 'darsham to felixstowe', 'sudbury to southend', 'ballymoney to derry', 'high wycombe to stratford-upon-avon', 'woking to clapham junction', 'london victoria to abbey wood', 'stirling to invergowrie', 'manchester to birkenhead', 'southport to leyland', 'preston to rochdale', 'haworth to huddersfield', 'honley to chesterfield', 'london euston to cheddington', 'bletchley to newport pagnell', 'northampton to nuneaton', 'leicester to loughborough', 'nottingham to leeds', 'southampton to basingstoke', 'winchfield to crowthorne', 'wokingham to bradford on avon', 'chippenham to gloucester', 'cheltenham to wolverhampton', 'norwich to brandon', 'ipswich to chelmsford', 'ilford to rochester', 'faversham to dorking' and 'brighton to chichester'
50 €
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Children aged 3 and up will love becoming aquainted with beloved characters such as percy, james, gordon, and toby down on the fat controller's railwayoxfam shop regent street bristol the ultimate gift for fans of thomas the tank engine! this elegant boxset brings together all 26 books, in hardback, from the original railway seriesnow millions of people across the world have grown up with the tales of sodor island, enchanted by the adventures of thomas and his friends, percy, gordon, and toby, and all the other engines that work on the fat controller's railwayhave you met them all? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit all began as a story made up by the reverand wawdry to entertain his son when he had measlesa nostalgic offering to share between generations and a real collector's item that makes a delightful present for new babies who are sure to grow up to be firm thomas fansthomas the tank engine has been delighting generations of children for over 70 years
(England)
19 €
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The foundations to every railway setthe original wooden railway! brio created the first wooden railway inmanufactured to brio's high standards and from fsc certified woodsuitable for ages 3 years and up
2 €
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Classic railway prints by the doyen of railway artists,philip d hawkins gwidely accepted to be one of the finest railway artists everlargest entitled ‘crewe elegance’ limited edition , signed by artist frame size x 25 inches print size 23 x 17 inches second largest entitled ‘battle at brickyard crossing’ limited edition , signed by artist frame size 29 x inches print size 20 x 17 inches smallest entitled duchess of the night frame size x 21 inches print size 15 x 14 inches all prints by philip d hawkins gthe two larger prints are limited editions and signed by the artist
75 €
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Classic railway prints by the doyen of railway artists,philip d hawkins gwidely accepted to be one of the finest railway artists everthe two large prints are limited editions and signed by the artistlargest entitled ‘crewe elegance’ limited edition , signed by artist frame size x 25 inches print size 23 x 17 inches second largest entitled ‘battle at brickyard crossing’ limited edition , signed by artist frame size 29 x inches print size 20 x 17 inches all prints by philip d hawkins g
60 €
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Pilatus railwaythe brünig railway from lucerne to interlaken50 p illustrations, six platesillustrations, six plates leinercorners- hinges rubbed, one headband has a snag, back cover held with temporary sticky tape (easily removed), spotslucerne and its environscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablezurich, [ p illustrations, six plates / two foldingthun and the lake of thunare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikizurich and its environsfüssli illustrations, seven plates / two doublesfrontispiece, illustrations, one illustrated double page[) p illustrations, seven plates, one folding map in colour129 p illustrations, 10 plates, one folding colour plan, one mapenglish translation of ‘la tour eiffel de 300 mètres’, the first work on the tower built for the world's fairgaston tissander the eiffel tower a description of the monument, its construction, its machinery, its object, and its utilitythe illustration consists of a frontispiece, a facsimile of a letter from eiffel, cuts and nine plates included in the paginationplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe lake of lucerneillustrations, plates / one double, without the mapzurich, 40 p illustrations, five platesthe rigi (lucerne vitznau railway)schauffhausen and the falls of the rhinetogether with 10 brochures on switzerland: orell füssli & co - constance and its environsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storestamped "sommet de la tour eiffel32 p illustrations, four plates
114 €
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He was still in his teens when he began photographing the extension work to britain's last main line railway - the great central railwaysignificantly, in addition to photographing the railway and its associated features, he also recorded rural life in the villages along the course of the line
25 €
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Oxfam shop hexham a striking wood-effect plaque commemorating the oldest preserved railway in the world, talyllyn railway, in earth-toned and metallic paintsome chips in the plaster on the back, but none on the display facewould be a lovely decorative piece for any history enthusiastsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
29 €
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Steam railway bookssouthern “steam specials” by john h bird, printed lbscr “stock book” by peter cooper, printed the great western railway in east cornwall by allan bennett, printed each read more
15 €
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Steam railway bookssouthern “steam specials” by john h bird, printed lbscr “stock book” by peter cooper, printed the great western railway in east cornwall by allan bennett, printed for three read more
10 €
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Steam railway books95) the great western railway in east cornwall by allan bennett, printed25) lbscr “stock book” by peter cooper, printed (priced £7(priced £ for all three read moresouthern “steam specials” by john h bird, printed (priced £3
6 €
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He left the railway and became a consulting engineer; his many works include printing presses for several newspapers and magazinesborn into a seafaring family and orphaned at age 16, maw was taken into the workshops of the eastern counties railway as an assistant before progressing to the design office as a draughtsmanbeing a short but complete description of the duties of the young engineer in preliminary and location surveys, and in constructionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemaw was a british civil engineer and astronomerin he founded the journal engineering and remained an editor for the rest of his lifepage 49 has been neatly annotated (see illustration)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe title concludes:- "he was made the head of the office and designed the first outside cylinder locomotive for use in india[with the signature on the front endpaper of william henry maw, ()] a rare book, and in remarkably good conditionour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehe was president of the civil and mechanical engineers' society, the institution of mechanical engineers and the institution of civil engineers" small thin octavo, pp (ii), 75, with the errata slip loosely attached after the title page, with blank pages at the rear for notes (unused), original green cloth, the corners very slightly worn, a very faint mark on the upper coverare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
(England)
30 €
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On the shocking discovery of a passenger's body on the great western railway excursion train, detective inspector robert colbeck and his assistant, sergeant victor leeming, are dispatched to the scenewhen a second man is strangled by a noose on a train, colbeck knows that he must act quickly; can he catch the murderer before more lives are lost? the memorable characters, first featured in the railway detective, again lead you down unexpected paths in their quest to solve the mystery of the noose murdersfaced with what initially appears to be a motiveless murder, colbeck is intrigued by the murder weapon - a noosewhen it emerges that the victim had worked as a public executioner, colbeck realizes that this must be intrinsically linked to the killer's choice of weaponoxfam bookshop royal exchange square londonhowever, the further he delves into the case, the more mysterious it becomessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
(England)
3 €
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On the shocking discovery of a passenger's body on the great western railway excursion train, detective inspector robert colbeck and his assistant, sergeant victor leeming, are dispatched to the scenewhen a second man is strangled by a noose on a train, colbeck knows that he must act quickly; can he catch the murderer before more lives are lost? the memorable characters, first featured in the railway detective, again lead you down unexpected paths in their quest to solve the mystery of the noose murdersfaced with what initially appears to be a motiveless murder, colbeck is intrigued by the murder weapon - a noosewhen it emerges that the victim had worked as a public executioner, colbeck realizes that this must be intrinsically linked to the killer's choice of weaponhowever, the further he delves into the case, the more mysterious it becomessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop brigg london
2 €
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The sights & sounds railway set from hape is a desirable gift for kids to use their imagination to create a colourful world for the little trains to inhabitdelivery includes 19 piecesplease keep it out of direct sunlight and store it in a dry placethe bright and engaging design of this track is perfectly suited to a toddler's attention span! begin in the tambourine forest, then tinkle across the rainbow tracks, and finally complete the journey at the rainbow bead mazethis toy is not washable; instead, you can clean it with a damp cloth
(England)
67 €
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Oxfam bookshop ipswich there was no rail connection from the town station to the quay for either goods or passengers, but in , the weymouth & portland railway company was formed to construct a branch railway to portland, the act also including a tramway from the town station to the harboursee oxfam website for delivery information read more
14 €
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The worlds greatest railway journeys boxed sets 12 discs see pictures and words
6 €
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The railway of the birmingham corporation waterworksvery good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapperauthor: judge, colinfold-out map to rearfold-out map to rear is present but torn and repaired with now aged tape which is losing its sticking power
17 €