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Lyd: A New Lynton & Barnstaple Locomotive - 2nd edition Hardback
Lyd: A New Lynton & Barnstaple Locomotive
By James Evans, Paul Lewin, David Payling and Jon Whalley
The story behind Lyd - the UK's newest steam loco now in hard back with colour cover featuring coal-fired Lyd in SR green . Foreword by James Evans. Contents are as follows:
2nd Edition. Hardback book detailing the story behind the Ffestiniog Railway's new build L&B loco Lyd - surely required reading for all L&B aficionados.Price: £15.00The Legendary L&B
This is not intended to compete with the major studies of the L&B and neither is it the place to seek technical specifications or dimensions of rolling stock and station buildings. Instead, it focuses on an aspect of the Lynton & Barnstaple story often neglected by railway historians: the impact of the legendary line on those who dedicated their working lives to its operation and also on the wider community served by the L&B interesting.
Price: £8.95The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway by Brown, Prideaux, & Radcliffe 2010
Considered by many to be the major source of information about the L&B’s brief life from 1895 -1935 and its subsequent disposal. Containing full details of all the locos and rolling stock including several drawings. This edition has a completely updated final chapter covering the difficulties faced by the members and volunteers of the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Trust in rebuilding the line and all the major undertakings .
Funded by the L&BR Trust Surrey Support Group it is only available online from here.The latest edition of this well known book by GA Brown, JDCA Prideaux, HG Radcliffe with additional material by GA Brown and PJM Rawstron. Available only from the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway.Price: £9.95Speed to the West
Great Western Railway publicity and posters from 1923 to 1947 by Aldo Delicata and Beverley Cole.Price: £7.95Branch Line to Lynton
A simple photographic journey from Barnstaple to Lynton on the old railway
Price: £15.95BOOK 'The Adventures of the Pilton Puffers' by Gordon A. Brown
A book for the younger enthusiast with three stories centred around the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway. Also includes a cardboard model of Woody Bay Signal Box to make up into a money box.BOOK 'The Adventures of the Pilton Puffers' by Gordon A. BrownPrice: £2.50Historical Map, "Barnstaple & Ilfracombe" 1919
New 2007!Price: £7.99Woody Bay, by Harriet Bridle
"This book is for all who love wild, grand and lonely places for they are sure to appreciate beautiful Woody Bay.Price: £9.95Exmoor Pub Walks
All the walks in this book are from 8-15km (5-9 miles) in length and can be walked in a day - some in a morning or afternoon. Each takes in glorious scenery, some of the best Exmoor has to offer.Price: £3.99Exmoor A Shortish Guide
What to see and what to do in England’s smallest National Park, with suggested drives and short walks to help you explore its high moorland, sea cliffs and rolling hills cut by fast-flowing rivers.Price: £3.99Steam on Southern Metals
Photo book with captions with scenes depicting the working of steam traction on the Southern Railway.
Price: £7.95South For Sunshine
SR Publicity & Posters Book by Tony Hillman and Beverley Cole.Price: £7.95Devon's Railways
Local historian and award-winning author Helen Harris traces the triumphs and failures of Devon’s pioneering rail companiesPrice: £3.99The Redlake Tramway & China Clay Works
84 page paperback book by E.A. Wade, illustrated with black & white photos throughout, detailing the story of this railway on Dartmoor, Devon.Price: £9.50North Devon Clay
The story of an industry and its past.
Absolutely fascinatng book about the clay industry of North Devon and its narrow gauge railways.Price: £21.00The Withered Arm
This is a super little book packed with photos and captions, exploring the Southern Railway lines of the West Country, often phrased as ‘The Withered Arm’.Price: £16.99Devon Railway Stations
221 page hardback book by Mike Oakley from The Dovecote Press, detailing all of the 237 railway stations past and present from around Devon.Price: £14.95Repro Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Auction Catalogue
Facsimile copy of the original 18 page auction catalogue from the closure of the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway.Price: £4.95Short Walks from Killington Lane Booklet
A small A5 booklet detailing two walks from Killington Lane Station on the railway.Price: £1.00The Lynmouth Flood Disaster Book
This book is an absolutely excellent insight into the 1952 disaster and a must for anyone interested in learning about the subject.
Signed by the Author!Price: £6.99Lynton Walking Map
1:12,500 scale (5" to the mile) Walking Map.Price: £2.00Combe Martin & Hunters Inn Walking Map
1:12,500 scale (5" to the mile) Walking Map.Price: £2.00OS Exmoor Explorer Map OL9
1:25000 scale map (2½ inches to 1 mile). Number 9 in the Outdoor Leisure series for Ordnance Survey covering the Exmoor area.
Price: £7.99Lynton & Lynmouth A Shortish Guide
What to see and what to do in and around these gems of the Exmoor coast, including short walks to the Valley of the Rocks and to Watersmeet, and very short drives, to Woody Bay and Hunter’s Inn and to Malmsmead and the ‘Doone Valley’.Price: £2.99Short Walks on Exmoor
"Fifteen circular walks, typically 6-9km (4-6miles) in length, and likely to occupy a morning or an afternoon.Price: £2.99
