Collection Of 19th Century Railway Books: Drake's Road Book of The Grand Junction Railway 1838- A 184 page book detailing the then newly opened Railway from Birmingham to Liverpool and Manchester (map missing)- In original cloth board covers- The Midland Railway by F S Williams 1888- A compendious 678 page publication detailing the then construction, maintenance and present operations of the railways with particular emphasis regarding the then newly opened Settle and Carlisle line and its extensive engineering works- Also with over 120 illustrations, plus a number of maps- Interesting accounts regarding locomotive, carriage and goods transportation- Mentioning its lines region by region- In blue cloth board cover and gold tooling- The Locomotive Engine and Its Development by C E Stretton 1892- A fine 228 page book with over 90 drawings, illustrations and photographs of various British Locomotives, 12 of these fold out- Giving a lot of technical specifications about Locomotives constructed over this period- In cloth board cover- Our Railways, Their Development, Enterprise, Incident & Romance by John Pendleton 1896- Two Volumes; An extensive account regarding the working of the railways of Britain at that time- With folding black and white frontispieces and numerous black and white illustrations in the text, 2, 8vo- (pp- 556 + 559), original green cloth bindings- (5)