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| GNSRA Sales List 2008 | |||
| These are monographs covering a particular topic in detail. They are thoroughly researched and provide good reference material to help with research. The following are currently available at the prices indicated from Barry Hoper, the Association Sales Officer. | |||
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| Books from the GNSRA | Member’s Price |
Non Member’s Price |
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| Railways of
Keith By Keith Fenwick. Published to mark the 150th anniversary of the opening of the first railway to Keith in 1856, this illustrated book tells the story of the station over the years. Softback. 48 A5 pages (incl. covers). |
£4.50 | £4.95 | |
| The Speyside
Line By Dick Jackson. A new edition of an old favourite. The text has been revised and expanded to cover recent events and a selection of colour photographs added. Recounts the history of this outpost of the Great North which later came to be known for the whisky traffic it handled. Fully illustrated. Softback. 60 A5 pages. |
£4.50 | £4.95 | |
| The Spey
Viaduct By John Ross. The story of “Barnett’s Monument” carrying the GNSR Moray Firth Coast Line across the Spey estuary. Fully illustrated including some unpublished photos. Softback. 36 A4 pages (incl. covers) |
£4.50 | £4.95 | |
| 150 Years of the Great North - Tales of the Little but
Good Compiled by Keith Fenwick and Keith Jones. Based on articles from the Great North Review this informative book tells the story of the Great North of Scotland Railway Company from its inception to the Grouping of 1923. Fully illustrated with covers in colour. Softback. 60 A5 pages. |
Sold Out | Sold Out | |
| The Cruden Bay Hotel and its Tramway By Keith Jones. Published jointly with the Grampian Transport Museum. A fascinating account of the GNSR’s Cruden Bay branch line with its eponymous luxury hotel, not forgetting the restoration of one of the tramcars which linked hotel and railway. Softback. 44 A5 pages |
£5.00 | £5.50 | |
| Royal Deeside’s Railway – Aberdeen to
Ballater By Dick Jackson. The full history. An attractive book with many illustrations, some in colour, and ordnance survey maps of selected stations. Softback. 72 A5 pages. |
Being Reprinted | ||
| Railways of Aberdeen : 150 Years of
History By Keith Jones. To mark the arrival of railways in the Granite City. A pictorial history of Aberdeen’s railways. More than 90 photographs with colour cover. Softback. 60 A5 pages. |
£4.50 | £4.95 | |
| Rails to
Alford By Dick Jackson. Researched and written to the usual high GNSRA standards this history of the railway from Kintore to Alford is fully illustrated including the extensive use of colour. Timetables, maps and traffic statistics are also featured. Softback. 60 A5 pages (incl. covers). |
£4.50 | £4.95 | |
| Railways of
Buchan By Keith Fenwick, Douglas Flett & Dick Jackson. This is the latest Association publication and describes the lines from Dyce to Peterhead and Fraserburgh, plus the Cruden and St. Combs branches. The Buchan lines will be best remembered for the fish traffic which they carried. This book follows in the style of the successful Deeside, Speyside and Alford books but is slightly larger to reflect the more complex nature of the lines described. The book is A5 format, soft cover, 78 pages (incl. covers) and is fully illustrated. |
£5.00 | £6.50 | |
| Great North of Scotland Railway
Locomotives By Hugh Gordon. Hugh Gordon’s definitive history of GNSR locomotives describes in detail all the locomotives built by the company and its constituents and also examines proposed locomotives. Each class is dealt with in turn. Hugh has drawn on his knowledge of locomotive design, first learnt as an LNER premium apprentice under Sir Nigel Gresley, to discuss the features and characteristics of each class. Full dimensions plus building and withdrawal dates are provided. Hardback. 96 pages illustrated with over 80 well-chosen photographs plus numerous drawings. |
£18.00 | £19.95 | |
| Bargain Offers from the GNSRA | |||
| Great North Memories– The NER
Era An illustrated record of the LNER Northern Scottish (GNSR) Area. 80 photographs and reproductions of documents. Softback. A4 size. 60 pages. |
£2.50 | ||
| Modelling the Great North of Scotland
Railway. Essential information for the Modeller, and of interest to the non-Modeller. Softback. A4 size. 32 pages of photographs and drawings. |
£1.50 | ||
| Books from Other Publishers | |||
| The Traveller’s
Joy By John Ross. The definitive and fascinating history of the Morayshire Railway. Softback. A4 size. 192 pages. £9.95 |
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| No.4 | Tablet Exchange
Apparatus - Historical review. Description of the apparatus and its use. Lists locations. 11pp. 3 diagrams |
50p | |
| No.5 | Locomotive Watering
Facilities - locations etc. 3pp. |
50p | |
| No.6 | Engine Turntables - locations, sizes etc. 1887-1928. 4pp |
50p | |
| No.8 | Engine Headlights - Instructions regarding the use of headlights from the early days until the adoption of the national system. 4pp. |
50p | |
| No.12 | Ticket Collection and
Audit Numbers - Contains the Company's regulations for ticket examination and collection. Full list of audit numbers. 7pp |
£1.00 | |
| No.13 | Gradients - Gradients of all running lines. 18pp |
£1.20 | |
| No.14 | Class T Locomotives
- Specification issued to contractors in 1895 with some additional material. 32pp. |
£1.50 | |
| No.16 | GNSR Stations
- Details all GNSR stations with distances, OS references, opening and closing dates. 15pp |
£1.00 | |
| No.17 | GNSR Locomotives
- Full listing by classes of all GNSR locomotives and acquired stock with builders, dates and leading dimensions. 15pp |
£1.00 | |
| No.18 | Locomotives in North East Scotland 1923-67 - Numerical details by classes of all locomotives, steam and diesel as well as DMU's based on the Great North with dates in and out. 8pp | 75p | |
| No.19 | Class A (D44)
Locomotives - Details of this class with 4 scale drawings, dimensions and 4pp photographs. 7pp |
75p | |
| No.20 | Proposed Locomotives
- Hitherto unpublished details of proposals which did not get beyond the drawing board. 14 side elevations. 2Opp |
£1.50 | |
| No.21 | Signalling - Lists all signal boxes alphabetically and by line with opening and closing dates. Includes train control methods. 22pp |
£1.50 | |
| No.22 | Branch Line Costs - The only known case of a pre-grouping railway trying to find its running costs. Detailed breakdown for each line showing cost, receipts and staffing for the period 1903-04. 14pp |
£1.00 | |
| No.23 | Road Vehicles - Lists all known buses and lorries owned by the GNSR and LNER (NSA) Details of each one with its registration mark, building and withdrawal dates etc. 7pp. |
£1.00 | |
| No.24 | Omnibus Services - Details of all routes operated by the GNSR and LNER (NSA) up to the withdrawal of services in 1930. 10pp |
£1.25 | |
| No.25 | GNSR Coaches
- Historical survey followed by lists of coach types before and after the adoption of LNER diagram numbers. Gives numbers as well as other details. 8 photos. 14pp |
£1.60 | |
| No.26 | Acts of Parliament - Shows all Acts of Parliament and Parliamentary Orders obtained by the GNSR and its constituents. 13pp |
£1.50 | |
| No.27 | LNER Horse Drawn
Vehicles - Details of horse drawn lorries and carts in late LNER days. 6pp including 4pp drawings |
£1.00 | |
| No.28 | GNSR Wagon Stock
- First in a series relating to the Company's wagon stock. Covers numbering series and stock levels. 5pp |
£1.00 | |
| No.29 | GNSR Coach Details - Numerical lists of GNSR coaches with building and withdrawal dates. Disposal information of all coaches built for the Company. Covers all the vehicles outlined in Abstract No.25. 27pp |
£2.00 | |
| No.30 | LNER Coaches in the
Northern Scottish Area - Lists the types and provides full numerical information on all vehicles from 1923 until separate Area records were dispensed with in the late 1930's. 20pp |
£1.70 | |
| No.31 | Bridges – a complete listing of all bridges – there were over 1,000! 24pp |
£2.00 | |
| No.32 | Post Office Sorting
Carriages – details of the services and vehicles. 13pp, 4 drawings, 2 photos |
£1.00 | |
| No.33 | Coach Liveries - details of all the coach liveries. 12 pages, including colour illustrations. |
£2.50 | |
| No.34 . | Railway Permanent Way - A description of GNSR Civil Engineering practice in the early 20th Century as applied to the company’s permanent way. Includes drawings and black and white photographs. 6pp |
£1.50 | |
| No.35 | GNSR Wagons at the Grouping - Details and numbering of vehicles which existed at Grouping. Fully illustrated including colour reproductions and drawings. 20pp |
£3.00 | |
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