MORE BOOKS ON OVERSEAS AND COLONIAL RAILWAYS FROM ASSOCIATED PUBLISHERS

We are pleased to offer books on railway subjects complementary to our own publications, but produced by other publishers. This selection is being expanded whenever possible so that we are able to offer readers the best possible coverage of railways worldwide in the English language.

Prices do not include postage & packing. UK and European customers please add 10% of the book price, overseas please add 20%.

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The Malta Railway - B.L. Rigby
Detailed book on the British-built railway from Valetta to Mdina, covering its history, the railway's operations, locomotives & rolling stock, closure and an exploration of today's surviving remains.
Softback, 120 pages, 95 mono photos + maps, plans & drawings.
£9.95

Railways of the Channel Islands - C.W. Judge
A pictorial survey with lengthy and informative picture captions and maps. Covers railways and tramways on all the islands, with sections on the German occupation. Softback, 88 pages, mono.
£5.95

The Essential Guide to Swiss Heritage and Tourist Railways - Mervyn Jones
A complete guide, with details of each railway site, its location and what's to be found, along with good background information. Covers all the scenic lines & museums
Softback, 192 pages, full colour photos.
£15.95

Tramways a Vapeur du Tarn - Sarah Wright
English language history of a 60cm gauge railway in souoth-west France. Copiously illustrated, with lots of maps, station plans, and loco & rolling stock drawings. Softback, 208 pages, mono.
£13.95

The Narrow Steam Locomotives of Estonia
- Peeter Klaus with Keith Chester
A book about steam locomotives used on the 750mm & 600mm gauge lines of Estonia. Covers all eras on these sadly now defunct railways and required much research. Many rare photos.
Hardback, 128 pages, 151 mono photos, plus maps and diagrams.
£14.95

Austrian Narrow Gauge - John Organ
Middleton Press album of 16 narrow gauge lines in Austria. Hardback, 96 pages, mono.
£14.95

North East German Narrow Gauge - John Organ
Middleton Press album of narrow and metre gauge in the Harz and Baltic areas. Hardback, 96 pages, mono.
£14.95

West German Narrow Gauge - John Organ
Middleton Press album of narrow and metre gauge throughout the former West German 'Bundesrepublik'. Hardback, 96 pages, mono.
£14.95

Saxony Narrow Gauge - John Organ
Middleton Press album of 750mm, 600mm, and 380mm gauge narrow and miniature railways in Saxony. Includes the Harz n.g. system and Saxon n.g. locos - Saxon-Meyer articulateds and 0-10-0 & 2-10-2 tank locos. Hardback, 96 pages, mono.
£14.95

Swiss Narrow Gauge - John Organ
Middleton Press album of 11 narrow gauge mountain lines in Switzerland. Hardback, 96 pages, mono.
£14.95

Mountain Railways and Locomotives in old Picture Postcards - Keith Taylorson
Worldwide selection of 100+ mono images, with background in formation. Softback, 64 pages.
£9.95

The Railways of Palestine & Israel - Paul Cotterell
A fascinating look at the railways of this troubled land and its mixture of British and foreign locomotives & rolling stock. Gauges narrow and standard feature. Hardback, 150 A4 pages, mono
£18.95

Narrow Gauge Railways of Cuba - Chris Walker
Railways, locomotives, and rolling stock from the 1860s to the present day. The railways are looked at region by region ini a comprehensive examination of the subject. Softback, 200 pages, 16 page colour section, rest is mono. £30.95

Narrow Gauge in Colombia - Chris Walker
Railways and Steam Locomotives - narrow gauge in the mountains in a tropical setting. Locomotives from the UK, USA, Germany, Czechoslovakia, including several articulated types. Plenty of maps & locomotive diagrams and illustrations from historic postcard views. Softback, 96 pages mono photos.
£18.95

Eritrean Narrow Gauge - Don Mitchell, A.R.P.S.
The amazing narrow gauge line re-instated virtually as it was 60 years ago. Superb full-colour photography with brief history and informative photo captions. Published by Middleton Press in their standard format. Hardback, 96 pages.
£15.95

South African Narrow Gauge - Garratts galore, along with other narrow gauge locos, photographed in full colour on many different lines in South Africa, published by Middleton Press in their standard format. Hardback, 96 pages.
£15.95

Sierra Leone Narrow Gauge - Philip Beal & Vic Mitchell
History of the Sierra Leone's narrow and Cape gauge lines in pictures, published by Middleton Press in their standard format. Hardback, 96 pages, mono.
£14.95

Locomotives of Zimbabwe - Rev. Ted Hamer
Thorough examination of steam and diesel traction in Zimbabwe and Botswana. Covers the narrow gauge railways as well as the 3'6" gauge lines of the national railways. A very comprehensive book.
Hardback, 224 pages, 100s of mono photos, 16-page colour section, diagrams.
£29.95

Japanese Railways in the Meiji Period -
Tom Richards & Charles Rudd
Early Japanese railway history from the period 1868-1912, which was the dawn of railways in Japan. The first railway, Tokyo - Yokohama, bridges, tunnels and the first locomotives. Includes short accounts of the work of Trevithick's descendants and other British engineers.
£6.25