The Prototype Books and Magazines list

(May 2nd 2024)

Note: This is the 252nd update of this consolidated list.

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    UK books


    UK Prototype Books
    No.TitleAuthorPrice
    Western Region and its constituents.
    CL2247100 Years of the Marlow DonkeyWells$3.00
    CL238810:30 LimitedChapman$4.00
    CL2506Don Breckon's Great Western RailwayBreckon$16.00
    CL2256East Somerset Railway 1858 to 1972Maggs$3.00
    CL2515Facility of Locomotion - Kington RailwaysSinclair$6.00
    CL2251Great Western - History - PBAllen$5.00
    BR1510Great Western Steam in the West CountryLockett$8.00
    BR1511Great Western Steam Double HeadedWilliams$6.00
    VJ12GWR- the Badminton LineRobertson$8.00
    CL2244Herefordshire RailwaysSmith$10.00
    CL2094Locomotives at the grouping -No.4 Great WesternCasserly$4.00
    CL2387Locos of the Royal RoadChapman$4.00
    CL2245Ludlow to Hereford - including the Kingston BranchMitchell$8.00
    CL2248Main Line to Metro - train and tram on the GWR routeBoynton$10.00
    BR1512More Great Western on ShedWilliams$6.00
    CL2596Paddington 1854 - 1979Clinker$4.00
    CL2242Railways in Avon - history of development and decline 1832-1982Avon planning$4.00
    CL2243Railways of HerefordWood$12.00
    CL2249Railways round ExmoorMadge$5.00
    CL2104Swindon WorksBREL$3.00
    CL2383Un-Beaten TrackKnox$6.00
    ES171Vale of Rheidol railway pictorialReeves$3.00
    CL2494Western Main Lines - Worcester to HerefordMitchell$8.00
    CL2476Woodstock BranchLingard$6.00
    Southern Region and its constituents.
    CL2277Basingstoke and Alton Light RailwayGriffith$4.00
    CL2478Best Railway Photographs No. 2 - SouthernMorris$4.00
    CL2279Bodmin and Wadebridge RailwayWhetmath$4.00
    CL2269Book of the Schools ClassTownroe$3.00
    CL2545Brighton BalticsPerryman$8.00
    CL2290BR(SR) country track mapBR(SR)$4.00
    CL2291BR(SR) suburban track mapBR(SR)$4.00
    CL2267By Rail to MildenhallTurner$3.00
    CL2266Callington RailwaysCrombleholme$3.00
    CL2265Centenary of the Barnstaple Ilfracombe Line 1874-1974Lock$3.00
    CL2280Chichester and Midhurst RailwayClark$4.00
    CL2480Days of Steam - Waterloo to BournemouthShaw$4.00
    V2171Diesel and Electric memories - HampshireHall$4.00
    CL2270Duplicate locomotives of the LSWR (Illustrated)RH Ltd$3.00
    CL2584East Kent RailwayCatt$6.00
    CL2445Famous locomotive types No. 4: King Arthurs and Lord NelsonsTownroe$4.00
    CL2289Famous Train Journeys - No. 2 - Devon BelleAnderson$4.00
    CL2549Hythe-Southampton Ferry and Hythe Pier RailwayStearn$4.00
    CL2274Kent and East Sussex Stock BookCrombleholme$2.00
    CL2444Locomotive Engineers of the Southern RailwayWebb$4.00
    CL2446Locomotives of the Southern Railway - classes, building dates, names, etc - 1934Allchin$2.00
    CL2447Locomotives of the Southern Railway - classes, building dates, names, etc - 1934Allchin$2.00
    CL2441Locomotives of the Southern Railway (Western Section)Tilling$4.00
    CL2448Locomotives of the Southern Railway (Western Section)Tilling$4.00
    CL2605London's First Railway - the London and GreenwichThomas$6.00
    CL2093London's First Railway - the London and GreenwichThomas$6.00
    CL2423Lost Lines - SouthernWelbourn$8.00
    CL2278New Romney Branch LineHarding$4.00
    CL2580Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction RailwayCheesman$6.00
    CL2590Rail Centres - Clapham JunctionFaulkner$10.00
    BR1513Railway Liveries - Southern RailwayHaresnape$5.00
    CL2292Railway Stations of Battersea and Wandsworth -photographic recordConnor$4.00
    CL2281Railways of Devils DykeClark$4.00
    CL2588Railways of WaterlooFaulkner$8.00
    CL2273Rother Valley Railway (later K&ESR)Finch$4.00
    CL2479Sheppey Light RailwayHarding$6.00
    V2142Somerset and Dorset Railway - picture historyAtthill$5.00
    CL2065Somerset and Dorset Railway - pape backAtthill$3.00
    CL2553Southern Railway 1923-1947 - Chronicle and RecordSavill$4.00
    CL2439Southern Region 2 character head codesBeecroft$2.00
    CL2436Southern Region Chronology and Record 1803-1965Clark$10.00
    CL2443Southern Region unusual train services 1979SE Group$2.00
    CL2442Southern Region unusual train services 1983-84SE Group$4.00
    CL2430Southern SceneEarley$6.00
    CL2434Southern SteamNock$6.00
    CL2429Southern TrainsAllan$6.00
    CL2263Travelling Charts - London to BrightonRCO$5.00
    London Midland Region and its constituents.
    CL2456Aylesbury RailwayGadsden$4.00
    CL2455Bristol and Avon RailwaySimmonds$4.00
    CL2579Cromford and High Peak RailwayRimmer$6.00
    CL2378How they built the Settle and Carlisle railwayMitchell$4.00
    CL2294Lancashire EnginemenNuttall$4.00
    CL2457London's North Western Electric - a Jubilee historyAtkinson$6.00
    VJ22Lost Railways of NottinghamshireKingscott$5.00
    CL2374On the Settle and Carlisle RouteFlinders$6.00
    CL2299Porter to Signalman 1937 to 1965 - bygone stations in LeicestershireJarvis$5.00
    CL2379Shanty life on the Settle and Carlisle RailwayMitchell$4.00
    CL2458Short history of the Liverpool and Manchester RailwayHolt$6.00
    CL2556Stratford upon Avon and Midland Junction RailwayDunn$6.00
    BR1508The Somerset and DorsetPeters$10.00
    CL2295Through the links at Crewe -Top Link Foorplate memoriesJohnson$4.00
    CL2555Wirral RailwayHighet$6.00
    Eastern Region and its constituents.
    CL2417Anatomy of a railway accident - Loughborough 1933Godber$4.00
    CL2415East Coast RouteDow$6.00
    CL2304Forge Valley Line - Pickering to ScarboroughLidster$6.00
    CL2306Great Central Then and NowHawkins$20.00
    CL2300I tried to run a railwayFiennes$5.00
    CL2409Investigation into the King's Cross underground fireFennell$16.00
    CL2370Last Years of the Great Central Main LineRobotham$8.00
    CL2481Locomotives of the LNERNock$6.00
    CL2303Pioneers of Science and Discovery -the Stephensons and steam railwaysDorman$6.00
    CL2400Railway WalksVinter$4.00
    CL2302Stockton and Darlington - 150 years of British RailwaysSemmens$8.00
    CL2405Top ShedTownend$10.00
    Scottish Region and its constituents.
    CL2499Caledonian DunalastairsNock$8.00
    CL2397High Girders - the Tay Bridge DisasterPrebble$4.00
    CL2489Highland RailwayVallance$8.00
    CL2491Highland RailwayNock$8.00
    PC25Loco Profiles 17: Jones Goods & Indian L$2.00
    PC26Loco Profiles 17: Jones Goods & Indian L$2.00
    CL2391North British AtlanticsThomas$4.00
    CL2490Royal Deeside LineFarr$8.00
    CL2486Springburn StoryThomas$8.00
    CL2492Tales of the Glasgow and South WesternSmith$8.00
    CL2396Tay Bridge Disaster - new light on the 18799 tragedyThomas$4.00
    Wales railways
    CL2310Welsh RailwaysWright$5.00
    Other companies UK
    CL2309Britain's Joint LinesCasserley$10.00
    CL2603London RailwaysCourse$8.00
    CL2316Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway - 1890 to 1990Bendles$4.00
    CL2571Metropolitan District RailwayLee$8.00
    CL2631Metropolitan Electric LocomotivesBenest$8.00
    CL2632Metropolitan Electric LocomotivesBenest$4.00
    CL2633Metropolitan Electric Tramways - short historyGibbs$4.00
    CL2620Metropolitan Electric Tramways vol 1 - origins to 1920Smeeton$10.00
    CL2621Metropolitan Electric Tramways vol 2 - 1921 to 1933Smeeton$10.00
    CL2311Railways of Southern England: independent and light railwaysCourse$10.00
    CL2459Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol 1 - West CountrySt.Thomas$8.00
    CL2460Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol 2 - Southern EnglandSt.Thomas$8.00
    CL2461Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol 3 - Greater LondonSt.Thomas$8.00
    CL2464Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol 7 - West MidlandsSt.Thomas$8.00
    CL2465Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol 8 - South and West YorkshireSt.Thomas$8.00
    CL2466Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol 9 - East MidlandsSt.Thomas$8.00
    CL2468Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol 11 - North and mid WalesSt.Thomas$8.00
    CL2469Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol 12 - South WalesSt.Thomas$8.00
    CL2470Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain Vol 13 - Thames and SevernSt.Thomas$8.00
    CL2451West London Joint RailwaysAtkinson$8.00
    CL2577West London Railway and the WLERBorley$6.00
    CL2064World's smallest public railwayAllan$1.00
    CL2346Worlds Smallest Public RailwayRansome-Wallis$4.00
    General UK
    CL2074ABC BR diesel locomotives 1979Allan$1.00
    CL2078ABC BR locomotives winter 1960/61 - diesel and MUsAllan$1.00
    RL15Age of the RailwayPerkin$3.00
    CL2349Along the LineBTC$4.00
    CL2517An Entry in the Train RegisterFrancis$12.00
    CL2526Bibliography of British Railway HistoryOttley$16.00
    CL2527Bibliography of British Railway History - supplementOttley$16.00
    CL2335Biographical Dictionary of Railway EngineersMarshall$5.00
    CL2339BR locoshed book - 1981Allan$2.00
    CL2337BR pocket book no 1. - diesel and electric locomotives 1990Fox$2.00
    CL2338BR pocket book no 2. - coaches 1990Fox$2.00
    CL2540British Railway BridgesAllan$4.00
    CL2528British Railway TunnelsBlower$8.00
    CL2381British Railways in TransitionAldcroft$6.00
    CL2328British Railways Today and TomorrowRly Exec$4.00
    CL2537British Steam RailcarsRush$10.00
    CL2355British Steam RailwaysNock$4.00
    CL2073BR electric locos and MUs (ABC)Allan$1.00
    CL2079BR motive power combined volume 1980Allan$5.00
    JL8Branch Line memoriesSmart$8.00
    CL2241British Rail - Mainline - Gradient ProfilesAllan$5.00
    CL2524British Internal Combustion locomotive 1894 to 1940Webb$10.00
    CL2523British Pacific LocomotivesAllen$6.00
    ES166British Pacific LocomotivesAllen$6.00
    CL2098Britain's New RailwayNock$5.00
    CL2040British Rail 1948-78 - a journey by designHaresnape$8.00
    CL2520British Steam since 1900Tuplin$6.00
    CL1198British Railways in Transition (1914 to 1963)Aldcroft$4.00
    RE94British Trains of YesteryearEllis$5.00
    CL2591Chronology of London RailwaysBorley$8.00
    CL2522Classic Locmotives from 1850 to the present dayGriffiths$6.00
    CL1935Classic TrainsFaith$5.00
    CL2344Coming of Age of Railway GroupingRly Gazette$4.00
    CL374Continental Railway Guide no. 184 9, September, 1862 (original)Bradshaw$40.00
    VJ30Covering my TracksAdley$5.00
    CL2046Derby Railway Technical Centre (MR special)Marsden$3.00
    CL2554Development of the RailcarKidner$6.00
    CL2359Discovering Lost RailwaysSt.John Thomas$4.00
    CL2063Electric RailwaysCooper$3.00
    CL2519Famous railway photographers - H.C.CasserleyDavid and Charles$6.00
    VJ29For the Love of SteamWeston$5.00
    CL2505GEC Traction and its predecessors - 1823 to the present dayBradley$30.00
    CL2221Ghost Train (fiction)Laws$4.00
    CL2070Great Steam locomotives of all timeNock$3.00
    RE71Great Trains - luxury rail journeys of the worldWheaton$3.00
    CL2219Heartbeat Chronicles (The TVO series)Tibbals$10.00
    CL2353How I Became an Engine DriverMcKillop$4.00
    CL2541Hundred Years of development of Electric TractionBruce$4.00
    CL2043It can now be revealed - British railways in peace and war - 1945BR$3.00
    CL2099Last Journey of William HuskissonGarfield$5.00
    ES179Last Years of British Steam - second seriesAllan$7.00
    CL2347Loco Profile - special - R.H.D LocomotivesBarlow$5.00
    CL2343Locomotive Stock of the Main Line Companies of Great Britain and Ireland - 31DEC36RCTS$2.00
    CL2342Locomotive Stock of the Main Line Companies of Great Britain - 31DEC34RCTS$2.00
    CL2084Locospotters annual 1963Allan$3.00
    CL2085Marshall's book of railwaysWaller$5.00
    CL2473Mastering MomentumSillcox$6.00
    VJ31Obstruction Danger-significant BR accidents 1890 to 1986Vaughn$5.00
    CL2377Passengers no moreDaniels$6.00
    CL2227Rail Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland (1990)Baker$8.00
    CL2228Rail Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland (2007)Baker$8.00
    CL2403Rails to Disaster - More British steam accidents 1906 to 1957Hamilton$4.00
    CL2058Railway AgeRobbins$3.00
    CL2101Railway AgeRobbins$3.00
    CL2474Railway Dictionary - an A to Z of railway terminologyJackson$10.00
    CL2530Railway Enthusiasts EncyclopediaNock$8.00
    CL2345Railway Handbook 1945-46Rly Gazette$4.00
    CL2090Railway HeraldryDow$8.00
    CL2102Railway NavviesColeman$3.00
    CL2529Railway RelicsMorgan$8.00
    CL2095Railwaymen, Politics and MoneyVaughn$6.00
    RL18Railways - 2 - the 20th centurySimmons$1.00
    CL2062Railways of BritainNock$3.00
    CL2068Railways of the Modern Age since 1963Nock$3.00
    CL2069Railways of the transition fom steam 1940-1965Nock$3.00
    CL2050Red for Danger (2nd edition)Rolt$4.00
    CL2329Reshaping of British Railways - Part 1: Report - 1963HMSO$5.00
    CL2330Reshaping of British Railways - Part 2:Maps - 1963HMSO$5.00
    CL2334Richard TrevithickHodge$4.00
    CL2510Riddles standard types in trafficAllen$6.00
    CL2366Royal JourneyBTC$4.00
    CL2365Royal TrainsKingston$10.00
    CL2240Signal BoxesVanns$5.00
    CL2235Signalling Atlas and Signal Box Directory (2010)Kay$8.00
    CL2237Signalman's MorningVaughn$5.00
    CL2238Signalman's TwilightVaughn$5.00
    CL2516Speaking of SteamCox$8.00
    CL2367Station Now StandingPertwee$8.00
    CL2067Steam Railways of BritainNock$3.00
    CL2363Stopping Train BritainFrater$10.00
    CL2348Story of the TrainNRM$5.00
    CL2518That was my railway - ploughman's kid to railway boss - 1922 to 1969Hick$6.00
    CL2220The Train RobbersRead$4.00
    CL2226Track Atlas of Mainland Britain (2009)Bridge$12.00
    CL2087Trains annual 1963Allen$3.00
    CL2360Trains Annual 1965Allan$2.00
    CL2452Trains in Trouble Vol 1Trevena$6.00
    CL2453Trains in Trouble Vol 2Trevena$6.00
    CL2454Trains in Trouble Vol 3Trevena$6.00
    CL2401Trains to Nowhere - British steam accidents 1906 to 1960Hamilton$4.00
    CL2402Trains to Nowhere - British steam accidents 1906 to 1960Hamilton$4.00
    CL2072Trains we lovedEllis$3.00
    CL2511Two Miles a Minute - Britain's HST and APT.Nock$8.00
    CL2357Walking Old RailwaysSomerville$5.00
    CL2332William Hedley Locomotive PioneerBrooks$4.00
    CL2509Yeoman 59sAllen$6.00
    LT, bus, trolleybus and tram related books
    CL2607100 Years of the District - 1968LT$6.00
    CL23211946 Greater London Bus MapHarris$5.00
    CL2611Bakerloo LineLT$6.00
    CL2615Bakerloo Line - illustrated historyHorne$8.00
    CL2628Bakerloo Line - short historyHorne$6.00
    CL2559Battery Traction on Tramways and RailwaysIllingworth$4.00
    CL2536British Trolley BusesSymons$10.00
    CL2575Brush Diesel and Electric Locomotive Works ListToms$6.00
    CL2570Brush Electrical Engineering CompanyPrice$4.00
    CL2569Brush Electrical Engineering Company and its TramcarsPrice$4.00
    PR20Cardiff's Electric Tramways; 2nd edGould$3.50
    CL2613Central Line - a brief historyLT$6.00
    CL2608East London Lines and the Thames TunnelLT$6.00
    CL2634Felthams - story of the Union Construction CompanyBlacker$6.00
    CL2610Fifty Years of the Hampstead Tube - 1957LT$6.00
    CL2558Glasgow Subway 1896-1077Kelly$4.00
    CL2616Going Green - story of the District LineConnor$8.00
    CL2564Great Orme Tramway - the first 75 yearsAnderson$4.00
    CL2567Hellingley Hospital RailwayHarding$4.00
    CL2568History of the Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Electric Railway LimitedAnderson$4.00
    CL2602Jubilee LineLT$6.00
    CL2617Jubilee Line - illustrated historyHorne$8.00
    CL2561Liverpool Corporation Tramways part 1: 1897-1937Martin$6.00
    CL2562Liverpool Corporation Tramways part 2: 1937-1957Martin$6.00
    CL2563Liverpool Tramways 1943 to 1957Blackburn$6.00
    CL2599London County Council Tramways HandbookKennington$6.00
    CL2593London Motor Bus - origins and developmentBruce$10.00
    CL2624London on Wheels - public transport in the 19th centuryLee$4.00
    CL2598London Transport Board Railways Rule Book 1969LT$6.00
    CL2586London Transport Golden Jubilee Book - 1933 - 1983Green$12.00
    CL2625London Transport Railways - list of opening, closing and renaming dates of lines and stationsBennet$4.00
    CL2504London Transport Tramways 1933 to 1952Oakley$20.00
    CL2054London Transport carried on (London at war in WW2)Graves$3.00
    CL2581Mersey RailwayParkin$6.00
    CL2538Merseyside TransportMartin$6.00
    CL2618Northern Line - illustrated historyHorne$8.00
    CL2629Northern Line - short historyHorne$6.00
    CL2622Overground - review of London's transport 1900-1947Allan$6.00
    CL2600Overhaul of Underground Rolling StockLT$6.00
    CL2619Piccadilly Line - illustrated historyCroome$8.00
    CL2636Post Office Railway LondonBayliss$10.00
    CL2604Rails Through the ClayJackson$8.00
    CL2623Railway to King William St and Southwark deep tunnel air-raid shelterBancroft$4.00
    CL2597Rolling Stock OverhaulLT$4.00
    CL2614Seventy Years of the Central - 1970LT$6.00
    CL2612Sixty Years of the Bakerloo Line - 1966LT$6.00
    CL2609Sixty Years of the Northern - 1967LT$6.00
    CL2606Sixty Years of the Piccadilly -1966LT$6.00
    CL2565Snaefell Mountain Railway 1895-1970Pearson$4.00
    CL2637Source book of TramsPrice$6.00
    CL2047Steam to Silver - LT historyBruce$5.00
    CL2592Steam to Silver - LT historyBruce$5.00
    CL2057Story of London's UndergroundLT$3.00
    CL2595Story of the Victoria LineDay$6.00
    CL2552Tramcar, Carriage and Wagon Builders of BirminghamPrice$6.00
    PR1314Trams of Wales and the Isle of ManFinlay$2.00
    CL2532Tramways of PortsmouthHarrison$8.00
    CL2578Trolley Bus 1882 - 1966Brearley$6.00
    CL2630Victoria Line - short historyHorne$6.00
    CL2583Wotton Tramway (Brill Branch)Jones$6.00


    UK magazines


    UK Prototype Magazines and Calendars
    No.TitleAuthorPrice
    RL7Locomotives Illustrated89 Bulleid WC and BB 4-6-2s$2.00


    World Wide books
    Overseas bus, trolleybus and tram related books
    No.TitleAuthorPrice
    All sold
    World Wide prototype railway books
    No.TitleAuthorPrice
    CL2419Berlin TransitCook$4.00
    VJ32Great Railway Bazaar (paperback)Theroux$2.00
    CL2385Old Patagonian ExpressTheroux$4.00
    CL2418On rails under ParisPrigmore$4.00
    CL2420Schilthorn RondaboutFussli$8.00
    CL2376World Metro SystemsGarbutt$10.00


    North American books
    North American Prototype Railway Books
    No.TitleAuthorPrice
    VJ36Metropolitan Corridor-Railroads and the American sceneStilgoe$8.00
    NR283Canadian Rail Travel (1964-1991)Hardy$30.00
    VJ51CP in the rockies vol 1Bain$5.00
    VJ53CP in the rockies vol 3Bain$5.00
    VJ64CP in Southern Ontario vol 2Rossiter$5.00
    NR143Rocky Mountain SunriseHuxtable$75.00
    Large selection at Surplus Books listing.VariousVarious


    Books in languages other than English
    CL1062Histoire des Trains de LuxeBehrend$10.00
    CL220Voies Etroites du Jura VaudoisGrandguillaume$15.00


    North American magazines
    North American Prototype Magazines
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