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12 minutes ago, pinza55007 said:

All I wanted is what I ordered.

 

Which, it seems, is what was being done for you (in fair time) but you seem intent on making a bad smell. RMweb is not TripAdvisor.

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2 hours ago, Strathwood said:

Just to clarify for those watching from the side lines before the ref raises a red card.

 

One book was incorrectly picked and packed (human error in the warehouse) which meant two copies were sent of one particular title (they both had very similar names by the way the only difference being 1960s and 1970s in their titles). In the meantime the title not sent 1960s has unfortunately gone out of print, making it impossible to rectify with a straight swap. To clarify further we are talking about two £7.99 titles, therefore I thought a gesture to offer a FREE title of the customer's choosing up to £50 was more than fair as he was being very grumpy over the telephone, besides who needs bad publicity?

 

The offer is still open in spite of the unfortunate comments posted on here.

 

It goes back to what a famous US president once said "you can't please all the people, all of the time" no matter how hard one tries.

 

Kevin

 

 A very good gesture on your part 

 

I bought the  Somerset and Dorset Book . Cant claim to have read it yet because there is so much in it , but thoroughly enjoying it . 

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Crikey what a week...

 

Another new title has just landed too.

 

East Midlands Steam 1950 - 1966  £19.99

Composed of just over 6,000 square miles of land, the East Midlands enjoyed a diverse system of railways in the days of steam.  These routes ranged from the main lines connecting the north and south of Britain to small branches, as well as cross-country and local lines.

East Midlands Steam, 1950-1966, presents the twilight years of steam traction in the area with nearly 200 superb colour and black-and-white images.

The book covers Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland.  In addition to the cities that appear – Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, and Nottingham – a number of large towns are included, such as Chesterfield, Grantham, Kettering, Loughborough, Mansfield, Northampton and Wellingborough, etc.

With lines formerly operated by the London, Midland & Scottish Railway and London & North Eastern Railway, many locomotives of these companies are present, alongside the Standard Classes of British Railways.

With a rich industrial heritage in the region, a number of privately owned locomotives appear at work on several sites, such as collieries, quarries and power stations.

The East Midlands was a busy and exciting place for steam enthusiasts to observe and record locomotives at work.  In doing so, a wonderful era of British history has been captured.  This collection has been assembled to celebrate those distant days.

 

128 pages lavishly illustrated with both colour and B/W photographs HARDBACK

 

https://strathwood.co.uk/products/the-last-years-of-west-midlands-steam

 

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Okay so what's new this week in the warehouse?

 

Just arrived from Crecy we have How a Steam Locomotive Works £19.95

 

Unavailable for some time, this book proved to be an instant success when first published, explaining as it did, in a simple and comprehensible way the complex engineering behind a steam locomotive. The subject is explained through a series of easily understandable diagrams which show the function of the components in step-by-step sequences. The clear diagrams and explanations require no prior technical or engineering knowledge. Photographs, both historic and contemporary, illustrate the text.

 

Starting with a basic introduction to the principles of the steam locomotive boiler, the text provides detailed explanations of both coal and oil firing. Further detailed chapters examine the essential components, including gauge glasses, injectors, ejectors, control valves, mainframes, cylinders, valve gear, lubrication, air and vacuum brakes and cab layouts. Additional chapters cover wheel arrangements, balancing, engine layout and fault finding.

 

This expanded edition is the ideal introduction to the subject both for older steam enthusiasts, as there are few who understand every aspect of the steam locomotive in its entirety, a subject which encompasses many engineering specialisms including structures, dynamics, thermodynamics and fluid flows, and heritage railway volunteers and fans who love this most dramatic and inspiring form of traction but may not be up to speed with how it actually operates. 

 

176 pages with over 300 photos & diagrams to fully explain the subject SOFTBACK

 

https://strathwood.co.uk/products/how-a-steam-locomotive-works

 

On a light-hearted note I cannot see how they get a 12" to the foot scale loco working on DCC Sound, so I best read on...

 

Kevin

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As the sales of the Irwell Press title The SOMERSET & DORSET RAILWAY Bath to Bournemouth The Main Line and Branches have been overwhelming and that stock levels are already down to less than 50 copies from the entire first print run, the publishers have authorised a reprint straightaway. There are no amendments to be made and the second smaller print run is expected in the warehouse in mid-September. 

 

Meanwhile if you have still to add this important work to your own library at home we can still supply you from our stocks.

 

https://strathwood.co.uk/products/the-somerset-dorset-railway-bath-to-bournemouth-the-main-line-and-branches

 

Kevin

 

 

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Nothing  new in stock this week from all the titles pretty much due in the last week or so, as several have been delayed it seems by the pandemic for actual delivery. That said we thought we would put a few more titles into the discounts and special offers section for the weekend instead, certainly worth a look for bargain hunters.

 

https://strathwood.co.uk/collections/special-offers

 

Have a good weekend.

 

Kevin

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No sooner than Monday arrives and so does the first of the delayed arrivals from last week in the shape of LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE CENTRAL DIVISION MISCELLANY - BR DAYS 1947-1966 fuller details can be found here. https://strathwood.co.uk/products/lancashire-yorkshire-central-division-miscellany-br-days-1947-1966

 

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Another new one to peruse.

 

Thompson’s B1s

The B1 Class 4-6-0 locomotive was Edward Thompson’s most enduring design.  Built from 1942-1952, the class totalled 410 examples and was a familiar sight across former London & North Eastern Railway territory.

Thompson’s B1s presents many of the engines at work in the LNER and BR periods through 230 excellent colour and black and white images.

The locomotives are pictured at locations such as: York, Newcastle, Darlington, Doncaster, Colchester, Grantham, King’s Cross, Marylebone, Neasden, Nottingham, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Leicester, Hull, Fort William, Aberdeen, etc.

The photographs, which have been taken at stations, sheds, lineside and workshops, are accompanied by well-researched and informative captions.

Thompson’s B1s celebrates the importance of the class in the history of the LNER and steam traction in Britain.

160 pages lavishly illustrated with both Colour & black & white photographs HARDBACK

 

More details; https://strathwood.co.uk/products/thompson-s-b1s

 

 

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Back into stock once more are copies of The SOMERSET & DORSET RAILWAY Bath to Bournemouth The Main Line and Branches after selling out completely within its first 90 days for the entire first print run, the publishers Irwell had authorised a reprint straightaway. There are no amendments that needed to be made and the second smaller print run has just arrived in our warehouse.

 

If you have still to add this important work to your own library at home we can once again supply you from our stocks.

 

https://strathwood.co.uk/products/the-somerset-dorset-railway-bath-to-bournemouth-the-main-line-and-branches

 

Kevin

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Also just arrived this morning we have from Lightmoor:

 

Gloucester to Swindon and Branches Part 1 Gloucester to Stroud  £30.00

 

The broad gauge line from Swindon to Kemble (and on to Cirencester) opened in May 1841 but it was not until June 1845 that the Great Western Railway were able to complete the line then to Standish, from where it used Bristol & Gloucester Railway metals to reach Gloucester. Here, the Midland Railway terminus was shared to begin with, the GWR finally opening their own station on the line through the city to South Wales in September 1851. Gloucester’s status as a major railway centre had begun.

The GWR station became Gloucester Central under British Railways and the first section of this volume covers it in detail, the infrastructure and the varied traffic on view on a daily basis.

We then take an extended tour of Horton Road shed and its facilities, showing many of the locomotives that resided here, along with others that were photographed when visiting, before exploring all three sides of the Gloucester triangle.

After that we head south to Standish Junction, where the Western lines are illustrated (the Midland lines were shown in Vol. 4A) and then followed to Stonehouse and finally Stroud. The journey up the Golden Valley to Kemble (for the branches to Cirencester and Tetbury) and Swindon will follow in Volume 5B.

As usual, the period covered is mostly from the late 1950s to the mid 1970s, through the last years of steam on BR(WR), the early green diesel era and then the change to Rail Blue.

There is plenty of locomotive variety here: ‘Castles’, ‘Halls’ and ‘Granges’, ‘9Fs’ and ‘8Fs’, ‘Prairies’ and pannier tanks, along with ‘Westerns’, ‘Hymeks’, ‘Peaks’ and ‘Teddy Bears’, but many will remember this route as much for the Gloucester to Chalford autos, usually – but not always – hauled by ‘14XX’ tanks, that served various long gone halts up the Stroud Valleys.

All of this is illustrated here, in glorious colour as usual. After ending our journey in this half volume at Stroud, we have an appendix with an unusual diversion to study a late 19th century proposal to build a branch line from Stroud to Painswick, courtesy of a rare colour plan drawn up by none other than engineer G.W. Keeling of the Severn & Wye Railway.

There are then two follow ups to previous volumes, the first presenting a further excellent selection of views around Over Junction and along the Llanthony Docks Branch, which was also used to store redundant locomotives heading to the scrap yards of South Wales.

The second takes us on a quick return visit to Eastgate and the Loop Line to Tuffley Junction, and includes photographs of the very last steam locomotive to call at Eastgate station. Anyone know what it was? Prepare to be surprised!

 

320 Pages copiously illustrated through out with colour photographs and maps HARDBACK

 

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Full details.

https://strathwood.co.uk/products/gloucester-to-swindon-and-branches-part-1-gloucester-to-stroud

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Yes we do have a large number of titles coming Dan, needless to say the challenges of the last year or so have delayed matters, but we are once again moving everything along again in spite of the many issues affecting us all.

 

It may only be fifth new title from us in last twelve months, but yesterday stocks of The Good Old Days arrived in our warehouse.

 

The Good Old Days

Not that we realised back in the 1970s and 1980s but for many of us today, upon reflection they certainly were. Care free days with a camera by the lineside or on station platforms without all the security and bother of today.

 

Instead we still had interesting first generation diesel & electrics to entertain us in the those days just about everything was in blue or blue and grey, not that we minded as we enjoyed a diet of Deltics, Class 40s, Peaks and Class 25s along with a wide variety of other types all now passed into history.

 

Here we present one cameraman's passion to record the everyday scene as it was in the context of the fast vanishing architecture and infrastructure of a traditional railway. As such these compositions are not your standard 3/4 front loco portraits, instead they reflect what we all wish we had recorded more of when we still had the chance.

 

The author describes how it really was being an enthusiast and spotter during the late 1970s into the mid 1980s vividly with the use of 100 carefully selected colour photographs along with informative and entertaining anecdotes within the captions.

If you reminisce for the latter part of the 1970s and the early 1980s then you will not want to miss this one.

 

96 pages in larger landscape format to display these superb Colour images at their very best on high quality glossy art paper in HARDBACK

 

https://strathwood.co.uk/products/the-good-old-days

 

Full details here and available from your usual sources.

 

We will be publishing a list of forthcoming titles for the next quarter on Thursday, now that things are sort of getting back to normal once more. 

 

Kevin

 

 

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7 minutes ago, Strathwood said:

Yes we do have a large number of titles coming Dan, needless to say the challenges of the last year or so have delayed matters, but we are once again moving everything along again in spite of the many issues affecting us all.

 

It may only be fifth new title from us in last twelve months, but yesterday stocks of The Good Old Days arrived in our warehouse.

 

The Good Old Days

Not that we realised back in the 1970s and 1980s but for many of us today, upon reflection they certainly were. Care free days with a camera by the lineside or on station platforms without all the security and bother of today.

 

Instead we still had interesting first generation diesel & electrics to entertain us in the those days just about everything was in blue or blue and grey, not that we minded as we enjoyed a diet of Deltics, Class 40s, Peaks and Class 25s along with a wide variety of other types all now passed into history.

 

Here we present one cameraman's passion to record the everyday scene as it was in the context of the fast vanishing architecture and infrastructure of a traditional railway. As such these compositions are not your standard 3/4 front loco portraits, instead they reflect what we all wish we had recorded more of when we still had the chance.

 

The author describes how it really was being an enthusiast and spotter during the late 1970s into the mid 1980s vividly with the use of 100 carefully selected colour photographs along with informative and entertaining anecdotes within the captions.

If you reminisce for the latter part of the 1970s and the early 1980s then you will not want to miss this one.

 

96 pages in larger landscape format to display these superb Colour images at their very best on high quality glossy art paper in HARDBACK

 

https://strathwood.co.uk/products/the-good-old-days

 

Full details here and available from your usual sources.

 

We will be publishing a list of forthcoming titles for the next quarter on Thursday, now that things are sort of getting back to normal once more. 

 

Kevin

 

 

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Oh hell !  Going to have to buy another Billy Bookcase from that well known Swedish Emporium at this rate .   Looks like an excellent book . Just bought it .

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They are coming thick and fast this week already another new title has just arrived;

 

Liveries of the WR Diesel Hydraulics  £15.99

by Russell Saxton

The WR diesel hydraulic locomotives have always exercised a special fascination for the modern traction enthusiast. One of the most interesting aspects of their history was the wide variety of different colour schemes they appeared in over the comparatively short period they were in service, which encompassed almost every permutation of the old British Railways of the 1950s and 1960s, and post-1965 corporate image British Rail liveries. With over 150 images, it is an invaluable reference for the railway modeller and historian, and a feast of nostalgia for all fans of the glory days of diesel locomotives.

 

96 Pages Colour photographs SOFTBACK

 

full details https://strathwood.co.uk/products/liveries-of-the-wr-diesel-hydraulics

 

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Another one for modern traction fans even though DMUs started their long decline as early as 1968 for the Derby Lightweights and early Metro-Cammell sets, even so we all have memories of travelling in DMUs which designs ran in your area.

 

Just into stock today;

 

DIESEL DAWN 4. First Generation Diesel Multiple Units -

A Pictorial Observation   £12.99

This account is intended to give an overview of the types of first-generation Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) trains and railbuses that could be seen on BR from the 1950s to the 1980s. Their widespread introduction across the country came to be one of the great pillars of the Modernisation of Britain’s railways throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Put into service in a number of ‘schemes’ (each scheme covering part of the country) the new trains – bright, shiny and modern with wonderful panoramic views – replaced thousands of steam engines. For decades they dominated the railway passenger scene, becoming so commonplace as to go almost unnoticed as memories of steam faded.

The first generation Diesel Multiple Units were descended from the pioneering work of the Great Western Railway between the wars which, in conjunction with the firm AEC, introduced a fleet of railcars. The first BR DMUs had entered service in 1954 and took the operating scene by storm. Their rapid construction and deployment was driven by an attempt not only to modernise but to reduce operating costs.

Outside contractors, as well as BR’s own works at Derby and Swindon, were heavily involved in building DMUs, often being given a degree of freedom in their design and appearance. This led to a proliferation of types, including some that proved unreliable or difficult to maintain. It all added to the fascination of these new trains.

In addition to branch line and secondary workings, DMUs found themselves employed on intensively-worked suburban routes that were not electrified, such as those from King’s Cross, Paddington and St Pancras in London, around Birmingham and in the South Wales Valleys, as well as on some Inter-City routes such as between Edinburgh and Glasgow and across the Pennines.

104 Pages lavishly illustrated in both colour and Black & White SOFTBACK

 

https://strathwood.co.uk/products/first-generation-diesel-multiple-units-a-pictorial-observation

 

In case you missed these too we still have;

https://strathwood.co.uk/products/britains-railways-in-the-1960s-low-stock-be-quick  

 

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£7.99

 

also

https://strathwood.co.uk/products/the-rail-blue-years-selling-fast-be-quick

 

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£8.99

 

Kevin

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Dan we have no pre-order for you as we as a rule do not take pre-orders or customer's funds for something not yet in stock although this particular title was delayed at the printers due to the usual Covid issues earlier this month. Perhaps you pre-ordered somewhere else unfortunately? Check the cover design and the description against what I have put above.

 

Otherwise are you confusing it with this which we also stock. https://strathwood.co.uk/products/british-railways-modernisation-era-dmus

 

 

 

All the best,

 

Kevin 

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Kevin, thanks for your response, 

 

apologies for the misunderstanding. 

 

I had pre-ordered it online in a discount bundle with diesel dawn 2 & 3 and also 'chasing diesels in the last century' however when i pre-ordered it,  it was called First generation DMU'S, a pictorial observation. I believe the publishers have now changed it to Diesel dawn 4. so its the same bookazine i pre-ordered but just a different title.

if that makes sense!
 

 

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Also new in stock this week from Lightmoor Press we have this one which is proving popular:

 

Gloucester to Swindon and Branches Part 1 Gloucester to Stroud

The broad gauge line from Swindon to Kemble (and on to Cirencester) opened in May 1841 but it was not until June 1845 that the Great Western Railway were able to complete the line then to Standish, from where it used Bristol & Gloucester Railway metals to reach Gloucester. Here, the Midland Railway terminus was shared to begin with, the GWR finally opening their own station on the line through the city to South Wales in September 1851. Gloucester’s status as a major railway centre had begun.

 

The GWR station became Gloucester Central under British Railways and the first section of this volume covers it in detail, the infrastructure and the varied traffic on view on a daily basis.

 

We then take an extended tour of Horton Road shed and its facilities, showing many of the locomotives that resided here, along with others that were photographed when visiting, before exploring all three sides of the Gloucester triangle.

After that we head south to Standish Junction, where the Western lines are illustrated (the Midland lines were shown in Vol. 4A) and then followed to Stonehouse and finally Stroud. The journey up the Golden Valley to Kemble (for the branches to Cirencester and Tetbury) and Swindon will follow in Volume 5B.

 

As usual, the period covered is mostly from the late 1950s to the mid 1970s, through the last years of steam on BR(WR), the early green diesel era and then the change to Rail Blue.

 

There is plenty of locomotive variety here: ‘Castles’, ‘Halls’ and ‘Granges’, ‘9Fs’ and ‘8Fs’, ‘Prairies’ and pannier tanks, along with ‘Westerns’, ‘Hymeks’, ‘Peaks’ and ‘Teddy Bears’, but many will remember this route as much for the Gloucester to Chalford autos, usually – but not always – hauled by ‘14XX’ tanks, that served various long gone halts up the Stroud Valleys.

All of this is illustrated here, in glorious colour as usual. After ending our journey in this half volume at Stroud, we have an appendix with an unusual diversion to study a late 19th century proposal to build a branch line from Stroud to Painswick, courtesy of a rare colour plan drawn up by none other than engineer G.W. Keeling of the Severn & Wye Railway.

There are then two follow ups to previous volumes, the first presenting a further excellent selection of views around Over Junction and along the Llanthony Docks Branch, which was also used to store redundant locomotives heading to the scrap yards of South Wales.

 

The second takes us on a quick return visit to Eastgate and the Loop Line to Tuffley Junction, and includes photographs of the very last steam locomotive to call at Eastgate station. Anyone know what it was? Prepare to be surprised!

 

320 Pages copiously illustrated through out with colour photographs and maps HARDBACK

 

https://strathwood.co.uk/products/gloucester-to-swindon-and-branches-part-1-gloucester-to-stroud

 

Kevin

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There was a late change to the cover and title of the Irwell Press DMU book, which is almost all colour. I haven't seen it yet as my author's copies have not yet arrived.  It was written almost three years ago but held up by various events.

 

Please note that it only covers the diesel mechanical and diesel hydraulic classes from Derby Lightweights through to Swindon Class 123 Inter-City units, with a brief mention of the GWR diesel cars. It does not cover DEMUs but perhaps someone will cover them in future (not me). There are very few images from after the blue/grey era. Most photos are from my collection but some are by Tony Wright, to whom I am grateful for having been given access to his slides.

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