steve1023 Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 10 hours ago, robertcwp said: The Transport Treasury DMU book is very good and well worth having if you are into DMUs. Hi Robert. Are the images in this book colour or black & white or rough mix? Also, does it cover the full working lives of DMUs or just to a certain point please. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertcwp Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 59 minutes ago, steve1023 said: Hi Robert. Are the images in this book colour or black & white or rough mix? Also, does it cover the full working lives of DMUs or just to a certain point please. Steve The TT one is all black and white, mostly green era with some blue, white/blue and blue/grey and one Network SouthEast. Covers all the main types including the BUT 4-wheelers but not railbuses. There are some rare shots, such as a makeshift 3-car Derby Heavyweight (later class 114) and an early Swindon Inter-City unit at Wick when they were tested on the Far North lines in the early 1970s. Some appear to be BR official shots but most are not and I don't think I have seen the vast majority of the images previously. The front cover shot is also interesting because it's uncommon to see photos of Pressed Steel 117s on the GW&GC Joint. I suspect the service shown leaving High Wycombe is a legacy of the fact that the original route was GWR via Bourne End to Aylesbury. 1 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Strathwood Posted September 25, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 25, 2021 Yes both very good and in stock, the Transport Treasury offering benefits from older images although as such it is black & white, whereas the latest one from Irwell/Mortons covers a wider era from the early days through into very much into the blue period. I am at pains to say neither are our titles but as a well known mail order outlet we do carry large stocks certainly of the latest one which is highly recommended and I wish we had access to some of the images when I put both the volumes of Looking back at DMUs together a few years ago. https://strathwood.co.uk/products/first-generation-diesel-multiple-units-a-pictorial-observation So a top recommendation from me and good value too at £12.99. Kevin 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1023 Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Hi Kevin. You said earlier in the week you were going to publish a list of your own forthcoming titles. Is this still goingvto happen? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Strathwood Posted September 25, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 25, 2021 (edited) Thanks for the reminder Steve. Trying to get realistic hard dates for delivery at present due to all the Covid and transportation challenges is impossible, therefore we can with confidence state that these two will be delivered to us and launched in December, no firm date except December. WOODHEAD LAMENT 1948-1981 256 Pages black & white photographs large format landscape HARDBACK £39.95 Also we have this one too. Edward THOMPSON Wartime CME 184 Pages colour and black & white photographs HARDBACK £34.95 As we get closer to delivery we will put them up on our website with more details for pre-ordering. Kevin Edited September 25, 2021 by Strathwood 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stortman Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Great to see Simon Martin's amazing research in printed form. This may well be the definitive work on Thompson. Presented to the Gresley Society and he was applauded! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted September 26, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 26, 2021 On 25/09/2021 at 10:00, robertcwp said: The TT one is all black and white, mostly green era with some blue, white/blue and blue/grey and one Network SouthEast. Covers all the main types including the BUT 4-wheelers but not railbuses. There are some rare shots, such as a makeshift 3-car Derby Heavyweight (later class 114) and an early Swindon Inter-City unit at Wick when they were tested on the Far North lines in the early 1970s. Some appear to be BR official shots but most are not and I don't think I have seen the vast majority of the images previously. The front cover shot is also interesting because it's uncommon to see photos of Pressed Steel 117s on the GW&GC Joint. I suspect the service shown leaving High Wycombe is a legacy of the fact that the original route was GWR via Bourne End to Aylesbury. There was an SO through train from Paddlngton to Atylesbury via the Wycombe branch which left Wycombe at 14.22 (1958 TT) although the times might have changed slightly once it was dieselised. It had gone by the early 1960s presumably once teh Marylebone service had been fully dieselised and the timetables reviewed in consequence. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted September 26, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 26, 2021 4 minutes ago, The Stationmaster said: There was an SO through train from Paddlngton to Atylesbury via the Wycombe branch which left Wycombe at 14.22 (1958 TT) although the times might have changed slightly once it was dieselised. It had gone by the early 1960s presumably once teh Marylebone service had been fully dieselised and the timetables reviewed in consequence. Saturday lunchtime in those days saw a bit of a commuter peak - many office wallahs worked Saturday mornings then. That had largely ceased by the '70s. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertcwp Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 (edited) From Summer 1961 Paddington Station Workings, although the unit in the image is showing 2M60 rather than 2M10 but WTT shows it as 2M60: Edited September 26, 2021 by robertcwp Add a bit. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Strathwood Posted September 27, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 27, 2021 Fuller details on the next two Strathwood titles can be seen on our website now. https://strathwood.co.uk/products/edward-thompson-wartime-cme-due-in-december-2021-pre-order-today https://strathwood.co.uk/products/woodhead-lament-1948-1981-for-release-in-december-2021-pre-order-today Kevin 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesysmith Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 How many of the woodhead book will be sold before it is even released? I know i have just paid for a copy lol. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Strathwood Posted September 29, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 27/09/2021 at 22:58, cheesysmith said: How many of the woodhead book will be sold before it is even released? I know i have just paid for a copy lol. It is beginning to look like almost all of them on both titles after just a couple of days of pre-orders, if this pace keeps up all the way to December that will be the case. It was like this on the Somerset & Dorset book recently from Irwell Press, although this is my decision as this one is a Strathwood title, and we will not be doing a reprint if it does sell out really quick. Instead we will be releasing the next two titles in the production line STEAM'S LAMENT Stanier & Ivatt Pacifics and Sixties Diesel & Electric Days VII during January. By the way we have another two titles lined up for February too. Kevin 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Simon Lee Posted September 29, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 29, 2021 As you no longer sell to those of us living in the EU will you be making copies available to 3rd party booksellers who still do ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Strathwood Posted October 1, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 1, 2021 Hooray we are back online with RM Web, hence the delay in answering your question Simon, which is yes of course we do sell to the trade and I am sure that your favoured outlet will be able to oblige. Our curtailment of sales into Europe only will I am sure be lifted by ourselves once matters settle down again once the paperwork and EU VAT issues have calmed down and everyone has grown used to them. Meanwhile we have bowed out of sales into the European Union only. We still supply to the rest of the world as one customer in Australia found last month as he received his order inside 7 days, to prove it can be done when all the planets align with the couriers after all. Kevin 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Strathwood Posted October 1, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 1, 2021 A quick glance at stock levels tells me that there are just 3 copies left of Looking back at Class 31 Locomotives then it is out of print, then it is a case of no more snails I am afraid. https://strathwood.co.uk/products/looking-back-at-class-31-locomotives-low-stocks-be-quick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Strathwood Posted October 1, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 1, 2021 Just in this afternoon into the warehouse we have from Lightmore Press The Tyseley Story - Seventy Years of Railway Pioneering In Birmingham £25.00 full details https://strathwood.co.uk/products/the-tyseley-story-seventy-years-of-railway-pioneering-in-birmingham?_pos=1&_psq=tyseley&_ss=e&_v=1.0 Also from the RCTS Michael Mensing – Railway Photographer £17.50 full details https://strathwood.co.uk/products/michael-mensing-railway-photographer?_pos=1&_psq=mensing&_ss=e&_v=1.0 Kevin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Strathwood Posted October 2, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 2, 2021 Perhaps appropriate for release in October and the run up towards Halloween this was another arrival yesterday and covers among other aspects within the topic the funeral trains of various royals and of course Sir Winston Churchill. Final Journey: The Untold Story of Funeral Trains £20.00 In addition some ideas for those who seek to leave this mortal coil by rail or to have their ashes scattered via a steam locomotive... Full details https://strathwood.co.uk/products/final-journey-the-untold-story-of-funeral-trains Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Strathwood Posted October 2, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 2, 2021 Another titles about to go out of print completely is Seventies Spotting Days around the North West with five left in stock and that will be it. https://strathwood.co.uk/products/seventies-spotting-days-around-the-north-west-stocks-are-getting-low-be-quick?_pos=2&_psq=north west&_ss=e&_v=1.0 Kevin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Strathwood Posted October 3, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 3, 2021 Here is another title that has now dropped below ten copies before it goes out of print; STEAM'S LAMENT London Midland Region Engine Sheds I 1A to 7D https://strathwood.co.uk/products/steams-lament-london-midland-region-engine-sheds-i-1a-to-7d?_pos=9&_psq=shed&_ss=e&_v=1.0 Kevin By the way volume III is not that far behind either. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Strathwood Posted October 5, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 5, 2021 Down to the very last copies 1 each of Looking back at Class 31 Locomotives https://strathwood.co.uk/products/looking-back-at-class-31-locomotives-low-stocks-be-quick?_pos=1&_psq=class 31&_ss=e&_v=1.0 and The Book of the PRINCESS ROYAL Pacifics £16.95 https://strathwood.co.uk/products/the-book-of-the-princess-royal-pacifics-last-few-copies?_pos=1&_psq=princess&_ss=e&_v=1.0 Kevin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Strathwood Posted October 5, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 5, 2021 That's the last Looking back at Class 31 Locomotives now gone I am afraid. Kevin 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Strathwood Posted October 5, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 5, 2021 (edited) Another heads up as these Irwell Press titles are already out of print with the publishers, however we have almost sold out too ourselves on these three from the very popular Pannier Papers & Prairie Papers series. The PANNIER PAPERS No.5 16XX £11.95 we have just 3 left. https://strathwood.co.uk/products/the-pannier-papers-no5-16xx-last-few-copies?_pos=1&_psq=pannie&_ss=e&_v=1.0 The PANNIER PAPERS No.6 1366, 15XX £15.95 we have just 10 left. https://strathwood.co.uk/products/the-pannier-papers-no6-1366-15xx-last-few-copies?_pos=2&_psq=pannier&_ss=e&_v=1.0 The Prairie Papers : No. 2 6100,3100, 8100s £13.95 we have just 5 left. https://strathwood.co.uk/products/the-prairie-papers-no-2-61003100-8100s-last-few-copies?_pos=1&_psq=prairie&_ss=e&_v=1.0 Once these have gone that leaves just low stocks on Pannier Papers No. 2, 3 & 4 remaining all the others in both series have already gone out of print and are no longer available. This gives those with ideas towards further detailing their models of these popular prototypes with perhaps a last chance if you are quick for some valuable reference material. Kevin Edited October 8, 2021 by Strathwood Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Strathwood Posted October 7, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 7, 2021 Another Irwell Press title about to go out of print imminently is; An Illustrated History of the PORT OF HULL AND ITS RAILWAYS £22.95 full details https://strathwood.co.uk/products/an-illustrated-history-of-the-port-of-hull-and-its-railways-last-few-copies?_pos=1&_psq=An Illustrated History of the PORT OF HULL AND ITS RAILWAYS&_ss=e&_v=1.0&variant=39397163663537 Kevin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Strathwood Posted October 11, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 11, 2021 A companion perhaps to our own STEAM'S LAMENT Bulleid's Merchant Navy, Q1, Leader & other works is due in tomorrow from Kevin Robertson who has of course written extensively on Bulleid's Leader previously, but now armed with further new material this new book will explain even more on the topic. THE LEADER LOCOMOTIVE - BULLEID'S GREAT EXPERIMENT £30.00 https://strathwood.co.uk/products/the-leader-locomotive Kevin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Strathwood Posted October 12, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 12, 2021 (edited) With the last copy of Looking back at Class 31 Locomotives having just been sold today, this leaves just three titles remaining in stock from the twenty-one titles published in this series on diesel and electric traction. Leaving just copies of these three titles still in stock to complete your collection: Looking back at Warships https://strathwood.co.uk/products/looking-back-at-warships Looking back at Class 50 Locomotives https://strathwood.co.uk/products/looking-back-at-class-50-locomotives Looking back at Type 5 Heavy Freight Locomotives https://strathwood.co.uk/products/looking-back-at-type-5-heavy-freight-locomotives Kevin Edited October 12, 2021 by Strathwood Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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