mike morley Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Books are heavy and the brackets that support the shelves on which mine live are not the most substantial of things, so get checked every few months in case they are showing signs of collapse. When I checked them about this time last year I found the brackets were still okay - it was the wall to which they were screwed that was showing signs of collapse! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERS Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 I daren't even count them let alone add up what I've spent over the years Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Too big according to my long suffering wife......... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
greslet Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 At least 10 feet of shelf space, so I guess that's a few hundred books. Plus the ones that are starting to arrive on my kindle. I must admit I do love railway books, but I can think of worse addictions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Both Sandy and I collect books. A long time ago we ran out of space to put up more shelves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 At times I question the wisdom of placing so much dead weight (bookcases, filing cabinets) on an upper floor (my wife does question it more frequently, but for other reasons!). At library school, we were told that libraries, as a group of buildings, have the second highest loading per square foot, after machine shops. Now, I can think of others that must be pretty heavily loaded (turbine halls?), but I think the general point that books in bulk weigh a lot is valid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicktuk159 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Like Peter (see above) I have been collecting all my life and can currently claim over 20,000 books and magazines on railway associated subjects (inc trams/traction engines and canals) but unlike Peter I have yet to organise my collection ... whilst I maintain a stock of over 16,000 books/magazines in my shop it is often easier to look something up there than to find my own copy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markharris Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I have almost 300+ book and the rest of them are in the form of ebooks. Best part about them is we can get them earliest as soon as they get published. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torr Giffard LSWR 1951-71 Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 ....2 more added to the TG reference shelf today I'm afraid. Our first fund raising coach trip for 2014 was to Ironbridge and Ludlow.....the bookshop adjacent to the Ludlow outdoor market had 'Diesels on the Western' by Michael Welch and 'Western Branch Lines' by David Soggee & Michael Welch...these two excellent colour albums seemed the perfect reading material for a couple of hours in the beer garden at 'The Feathers'. Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointstaken Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Thinned out my collection of "Model Railroaders" today by donating them to the dump. The collection of 300-400 books are staying, but which really need cataloguing into their various subjects, as suggested elsewhere. Then I might know what I've got - the "Country Branch Line" rubs shoulders with the "Oxford Book of Verse". Dennis Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted March 16, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 16, 2014 Is there a push in the UK to stop public/school libraries from having ACTUAL BOOKS? On of the local council's here in Melbourne got caught out last week, when it was leaked out that a new library mightn't have any actual books. However it seems now that they have buckled under the public pressure & have agreed the following. UPDATE: BOOKS are back on the agenda for a new library planned for Newport after Hobsons Bay Council last night agreed to let library users have a say on what their library should contain. Wow, users are going to have a say on what's in their library! The mind boggles. <http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/west/campaign-to-include-books-at-a-new-library-in-newport-gains-momentum/story-fngnvmj7-1226850209893> Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie.dunn Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 I only have a small collections but that's only because I buy books that I find useful I have all of Colin marsden recognition guides which have a vast selection of colour photos and I also have the second edition of BR steam locos 1948 - 68 which to me is the best steam book out there. I also have a sizeable collection of model rail magazines Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Hayter Posted October 20, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 20, 2014 Well I thought my 6000+ items (probably 75% magazines) was large until I saw Trains12's entry. Must try harder! No, on second thoughts, maybe not. I still need room for the layouts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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