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Let's start the week with a celebration of the Centenary of the Castles which has just come out. Further info at: https://strathwood.co.uk/products/western-times-special-castle-class-centenary?_pos=5&_psq=castl&_ss=e&_v=1.0 Kevin

The Beaten Track Volume 3: The Traction and Extremities of Britain's Rail Network 1970-1985 Following on from the very successful first two volumes just in case you missed them we do still have copies in stock. This new one is packed with historic information and interesting facts making this a good read within its 176 pages with colour all previously unseen archive photographs to enjoy as well. HARDBACK Grab yours right now with Strathwood for £34.95 and check out our wide range of titles and special offers too. https://strathwood.co.uk/products/the-beaten-track-volume-3-the-traction-and-extremities-of-britains-rail-network-1970-1985 Kevin

Hmmm, should this title ever come out we will be stocking it of course. in the meantime, we do have material to help those modelling the goods side of things. https://strathwood.co.uk/products/the-l-ner-delivers-the-goods-volume-1-general-considerations?_pos=2&_psq=The L&_ss=e&_v=1.0 Also, with this new one due into stock very soon. https://strathwood.co.uk/products/the-l-ner-delivers-the-goods-volume-two-the-scottish-and-north-eastern-areas Hopefully helpful. Kevin

Agreed if you further swell the pockets of Mr Bezos and encourage global companies to employ their staff with rubbish contracts, so their principles can go into space on a jolly, I am not surprised. I also see Amazon's packaging is not a patch on ours as well. Yes, they are cheaper, but as the saying goes you get what you pay for as we supply many thousands of customers worldwide and with careful packaging too. https://strathwood.co.uk/products/edward-thompson-wartime-cme-due-in-december-2021-pre-order-today?_pos=1&_psq=thompson&_ss=e&_v=1.0 https://strathwood.co.uk/pages/shipping-and-delivery Simon's follow up title on Sir Nigel Gresley as the LNER first CME will be released next month, keep your eyes peeled on here, it's another cracker. https://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/366-strathwood-books/ Kevin Derrick as owner of Strathwood Publishing as Simon's publisher.

Lots of new arrivals once again, as ever lots more information on our website follow the links. https://strathwood.co.uk/products/british-railways-the-first-25-years-volume-13-east-anglia-essex-and-suffolk https://strathwood.co.uk/products/the-railways-slate-quarries-and-tramways-of-blaenau-ffestiniog https://strathwood.co.uk/products/the-railways-of-stirling https://strathwood.co.uk/products/railways-and-industries-of-the-biddulph-valley-volume-one-the-north-staffordshire-railway-era Kevin

Expected to arrive today we have The Beaten Track Volume 3: The Traction and Extremities of Britain's Rail Network 1970-1985 as the follow-on volume to the first two in this series which have proven to be popular all round. Be sure to complete your set as they are full of modelling inspiration. The Beaten Track Volume 3: The Traction and Extremities of Britain's Rail Network 1970-1985 https://strathwood.co.uk/products/the-beaten-track-volume-3-the-traction-and-extremities-of-britains-rail-network-1970-1985 Kevin

For this week we have chosen The Peaks: Classes 44/45/46 Packed with historic information and interesting facts making this a good read within its 128 pages with both colour and black & white previously unseen archive photographs to enjoy as well. HARDBACK Grab yours right now with Strathwood for £27.50 and check out our wide range of titles and special offers too. https://strathwood.co.uk/products/the-peaks-classes-44-45-46-available-mid-september-2023-may-be-advance-ordered-now?_pos=2&_psq=peaks&_ss=e&_v=1.0 Kevin

Fresh into stock and welcomed aboard these in the last week or so we have had... Speedlink Volume 1 Introduction, Covered Goods Vans and Open Wagons https://strathwood.co.uk/products/speedlink-volume-1-introduction-covered-goods-vans-and-open-wagons and making some sense of the busy and sometimes complicated London rail network. London Railway Atlas https://strathwood.co.uk/products/handbook-for-railway-steam-locomotive-enginemen-2023-edition Kevin

Due in we have another book on Jubilees for you, that's two in three weeks. A class that is always popular treat yourself to both here. https://strathwood.co.uk/products/staniers-jubilee-4-6-0s?_pos=2&_psq=jub&_ss=e&_v=1.0 https://strathwood.co.uk/products/stanier-s-jubilees-arrives-w-c-11-september-order-now-for-prompt-delivery?_pos=3&_psq=jubilee&_ss=e&_v=1.0 Kevin

As we understand it the print run is over 80% sold now, so those waiting for Christmas might pull up short if they don't get in soon. https://strathwood.co.uk/products/a-pictorial-atlas-of-the-somerset-dorset-joint-railway?_pos=6&_psq=somerset&_ss=e&_v=1.0 Kevin

The LMS Princess Coronation Pacifics, The Final Years & Preservation Packed with historic information and interesting facts making this a good read within it's 184 pages with both colour and black & white archive photographs to enjoy as well. HARDBACK Grab yours right now with Strathwood for £30.00 and check out our wide range of titles and special offers too. https://strathwood.co.uk/products/the-lms-princess-coronation-pacifics-the-final-years-preservation Kevin

How about something to go with your new Peaks book? As we are doing a special offer until Midnight Monday 2nd October we are including a free coaster with all mugs being ordered, not just the Peaks one, the whole range. https://strathwood.co.uk/products/peaks-mug Kevin

Yes indeed, our stock arrives on Thursday 28th. Kevin

Expected into our warehouse on 28 September, we will start shipping all the advance orders asap, have you got one on order yet? The Peaks: Classes 44/45/46 https://strathwood.co.uk/products/the-peaks-classes-44-45-46-available-mid-september-2023-may-be-advance-ordered-now Kevin

Among this week's new deliveries, we have copies of these two in stock now. The LMS Princess Coronation Pacifics, The Final Years & Preservation https://strathwood.co.uk/products/the-lms-princess-coronation-pacifics-the-final-years-preservation also The A4 Pacifics After Gresley: The Late L N E R and British Railways Periods, 1942-1966 https://strathwood.co.uk/products/the-a4-pacifics-after-gresley-the-late-l-n-e-r-and-british-railways-periods-1942-1966 Kevin

Great bit of spotting, thanks. Kevin

These are all about to sell out as we cannot replace stocks as they are out of print with their publishers. Maps of London's Transport - Design Development in the First Half of the Twentieth Century https://strathwood.co.uk/products/maps-of-londons-transport-design-development-in-the-first-half-of-the-twentieth-century?_pos=1&_psq=Maps of London's Transport - Design Development in the First Half of the Twentieth Century&_ss=e&_v=1.0 British Railways The First 25 Years Volume 4: The South West Somerset & Devon https://strathwood.co.uk/products/british-railways-the-first-25-years-volume-4-the-south-west-somerset-devon?_pos=1&_psq=British Railways The First 25 Years Volume 4%3A The South West Somerset &_ss=e&_v=1.0 Southern Medley The R. C. Riley Archive Volume 3 https://strathwood.co.uk/products/southern-medley-the-r-c-riley-archive-volume-3?_pos=1&_psq=Southern Medley The R. C. Riley Archive Volume 3&_ss=e&_v=1.0

Arriving late on Friday afternoon we took delivery of Railway Times 1949 as the follow on to the popular first issue looking back at 1948. Sure to be another winner. https://strathwood.co.uk/products/railway-times-1949 Kevin

Southern Times Issue 6 Summer & Autumn 2023 Packed with the historic, the informative, the unusual and even the bizarre, here are eighty pages of historic fact accompanied by many more previously unseen images. 80 pages with both colour and black & white archive photographs to enjoy. SOFTBACK Grab yours right now with Strathwood for £12.95 and check out our wide range of titles and special offers too. https://strathwood.co.uk/products/southern-times-issue-6 Kevin

As the pre-orders have been quite strong, we thought we should give a heads up to all of our regulars on the eagerly awaited new Peaks book, as Crecy now say it is likely to be another fortnight away. Rest assured all of those with orders through Strathwood will be among the first to get their copies once they are released, as we have a large order in with Crecy ahead of the pack. The Peaks: Classes 44/45/46 AVAILABLE MID/LATE SEPTEMBER 2023 MAY BE ADVANCE ORDERED NOW https://strathwood.co.uk/products/the-peaks-classes-44-45-46-available-mid-september-2023-may-be-advance-ordered-now Kevin

The takeover of not only Irwell Press earlier this year but also a move into large scale wholesale activities to the railway, tram, bus and trolleybus book trade to fill the void created when the previous wholesaler retired, has taken up a huge amount of time and investment so far this year. However, we are moving again on not only new Irwell Press titles but also our own titles once again. The latter ones are very dependent upon me finding the extra writing time. Meanwhile, we have moved Strathwood's stock holding of transport titles to over 1500+ different transport titles this year along with distributing them all to the trade as well from our Bedford warehouse. Hopefully, we will start to see the first of the new promised titles back from the printers soon. Thanks for your question. Kevin

Arriving this morning we welcome the second issue of Eastern Times, for those who are new to this regular publication we still carry copies of the very first issue. EASTERN TIMES Issue 2 In this edition we have more excellent articles from our contributors starting with the elegant ‘R’ (D20) class 4-4-0 designed by Wilson Wordsell of the North Eastern Railway, the class giving service for over 50 years. This is followed by one man’s tale of how steam lingered on well after official withdrawal dates on his local line. We all have our favourite engines for many varied reasons, the elegant lines of A3 Spearmint are recalled and the reasons why it became a favourite explained. We then move to a more modern era and a signalman’s recollection of his working life at Broxbourne Junction in the late 70s and early 80s accompanied by excellent photographs of the trains he controlled. Then jumping to something completely different we feature Charlie, ‘The Last Shunting Horse’ who was the last of his kind to work on the railways, appropriately at Newmarket. Moving to the capital there is a feature of how the LNER were a large part of the modernisation of the transport system needed to meet the demands of long-suffering commuters in an ever-expanding metropolis before and after the Second World War. Most of us would have heard of renowned photographer H. C. Casserley, who would take an annual two-week holiday to travel and photograph the railway system, this usually covered a large area of the country. We follow one such trip he made in 1954 accompanied by many of the photographs taken at various locations throughout the trip, there are so many photos that we have had to split this article in two with the conclusion to appear in issue 3. Finally for this issue we head north and have a pictorial feature of West Hartlepool followed by a trip on ‘The Edinburgh Fast’. Introduction The Class R 4-4-0s of the North Eastern Railway Tales of a B17 Spotter No. 60100 Spearmint Broxbourne Junction Signal Box B1 at Banavie The Last Shunting Horse The 1935 LNER New Works Scheme The Man from the Pru – Part 1 West Hartlepool (51C) in pictures The Edinburgh Flyer The Headshunt 80 pages with 90+ black & white photographs printed on high quality glossy art paper SOFTBACK Kevin

Stanier’s Jubilees Follows the career of this 191 strong locomotive class from their introduction in 1934 to withdrawal in 1967. A number are featured during the LMSR period, whilst many are seen during the British Railways years. The engines are featured in over 200 excellent colour and black-and-white images. HARDBACK Grab yours right now with Strathwood for £27.50 and check out our wide range of titles and special offers too. https://strathwood.co.uk/products/stanier-s-jubilees-arrives-w-c-11-september-order-now-for-prompt-delivery?_pos=1&_psq=jubil&_ss=e&_v=1.0 Kevin

Today's new arrival is the up-to-date London Railway Atlas with all of the recent new lines and chords detailed in this popular style. https://strathwood.co.uk/products/handbook-for-railway-steam-locomotive-enginemen-2023-edition Kevin

Another one for fans of the Southern in the shape of The Southern Way Issue 62 Full details https://strathwood.co.uk/products/the-southern-way-62 Kevin