Lightmoor Press

Volume 4 of the Gloucestershire Railways series by Neil Parkhouse has been split into two parts.
This volume picks up the Midland Bristol & Gloucester 'Charfield route' at Stonehouse and follows the line to Westerleigh, including the branches to Dursley, Sharpness and Thornbury.
275x215mm. Printed on gloss art paper, casebound with printed board covers.

Revised and enlarged edition of Neil Parkhouse' Gloucestershire Railways volume 1 covering  West Gloucester and the Wye Valley Lines
Incorporating pages of additional material and colour photographs which have become available since the publication of the first edition.
Written and produced by respected Gloucestershire and Forest-of-Dean railway and industry historian Neil Parkhouse this is the first volume in an on-going British Railway History in Colour series covering Gloucester and routes to the west and south west of the city towards Wales.

The county of Gloucestershire was once served by a maze of railway lines, many of which have long been closed. Fortunately, the scenery and differing railway architecture attracted the attention of a number of photographers many of whom began working with colour transparencies. This collection of over 500 colour images is supported with maps, tickets, Working Timetable extracts and other ephemera, to paint a picture of the railways of West Gloucestershire and the Wye Valley as they existed over fifty years ago. The aim has been to show the infrastructure – stations, signal boxes, goods yard, engine sheds – which has been lost, as much as the trains and their motive power. Along the way, some of the other locations which were once railway served – such as docks, quarries and industrial works – are also illustrated.

Routes covered are Gloucester to Chepstow, Gloucester to Hereford, Ross-on-Wye to Monmouth, Monmouth to Pontypool Road and to Chepstow, plus the Llanthony branch to the 'GWR side' of Gloucester docks and the Ledbury branch.
 275x215mm. Printed on gloss art paper, casebound with printed board covers.

British Railways History in Colour volume 8 covering the Western Region lines in Warwickshire between Fenny Compton and Birmingham Snow Hill.
Enjoy the sights of this busy GWR main line in the last decade of steam – plus the iconic Blue Pullman and a few early diesels – and all in glorious colour!
Authored by Andrew Britton. 304 pages 275x215mm printed on gloss art paper. Casebound with printed board covers.

Lightmoor Press BR Steam in Dean - The Photographs of Ben Ashworth edited by Ian Pope

Pannier tanks and stunning scenery make an unmissable combination in Ben Ashworth's photographs of the last days of steam in the Forest of Dean.

BR Steam in Dean has been out of print for a few years and a reprint (2017) is a welcome return.Ben Ashworth's superb photography documenting the end of steam in Gloucestershire is always a delight to study for the detail and atmosphere. This book presents a selection of images focusing on railways, trains and rail traffic set in the scenery of the Forest of Dean.

A snapshot of the Forest before the end of the era of coal mining and steam locomotives which will be of interest to local historians, railway enthusiasts and local residents alike.

Ben Ashworth & Ian Pope. 80 pages. 275x215mm. Printed on gloss art paper, perfect bound with card covers.

By the mid 1850s, Shrewsbury had become an important railway centre and several proposals were made to link the county town to the Welsh coast. In addition to passenger traffic, the coal, lead and stone mining district to the west of Shrewsbury, whilst not large, offered steady traffic, and so a railway from Shrewsbury to Welshpool was promoted locally.
96 pages. 275x215mm. Printed on gloss art paper, card covers.

Lightmoor Press Great Western Steam 1934-1949 - Photographs by Normal Lockett (Mike Arlett & David Lockett) 9781899889464
For this second volume of Norman Lockett’s photographs, we move to his favourite railway, the Great Western and, in particular, the main line between Bristol and Plymouth.
Beginning in the mid 1930s, Norman captured the GWR’s last great era, before the Second World War and then Nationalisation brought to an end nearly 125 years of company history. Living in Plymouth and later back in Weston-super-Mare (where he was born), he often chose picturesque locations which seem not to have been frequented by other photographers. He captured a fascinating array of GW main line workings, from the top link expresses down to the humblest of auto workings, along with numerous freight trains and the occasional branch line service. All but a few of his photographs were taken on glass plate negatives, Norman’s preferred medium, to which we have returned for the scanning process.
With text and extended captions being provided by Mike Arlett (along with additional coaching stock information from John Lewis), GWR enthusiasts will find much to delight herein, whilst disciples of railway photography will appreciate the work of a ‘master’ of his art. In the present day era, when the next train along is likely to look exactly the same as the previous one, we can all wallow in an age when locomotive types were in such abundance that surprises were always just around the corner, when services were often comprised of whatever carriages were available, or goods working made up of a huge variety of wagons.
In short, sit lineside with Norman and just watch the trains go by!

160 pages. 275x215mm. Printed on gloss art paper with colour laminated printed board covers.

This is the seventh in a series of books, depicting the first 25 years of British Railways with many previously unpublished photographs.
Starting at Paddington we follow the main line to the west out as far as Langley, visiting the servicing point at Ranelagh Bridge, Old Oak Common MPD, and the secondary depot at Southall. We then travel the branches to Greenford, Staines West and Uxbridge Vine Street. The West London Line journey begins at Clapham Junction, crosses the Thames at Chelsea and then we study the passenger and freight traffic passing through Kensington Olympia, worked in the late 1960s by more than ten different modern traction classes.

This tenth volume in the British Railways The First 25 Years series covers Mid Wales, featuring former GWR, Cambrian Railway and LNWR routes.
Starting from Ruabon the GWR line is followed via Bala (junction) to Blaenau Ffestiniog, then onward to Barmouth and north to Pwllheli. South from Barmouth the Cambrian route is followed Dovey Junction and on to Aberystwyth and the narrow gauge Vale of Rheidol. Returning from Dovey Junction east through Machynlleth to Moat Lane Junction the Mid-Wales Railway is taken to Three Cocks Junction meeting the L&NWR Central Wales line whicch is covered from Craven Arms south to Llandovery. Resuming from Moat Lane Junction the Welshpool & Llanfair features before the final return to Oswestry, headquarters of the Cambrian Railways with a visit to the depot and works.
J. Allan and A. Murray. 208 pages. 275x215mm. Printed on gloss art paper, casebound with printed board covers.

This is the story of coal merchant and carrier James Smart of Chalford and his associates in the 1880s and 1890s. Regularly using the Stroudwater and Thames & Severn canals, Smart’s narrowboats also traded up the River Severn to the Midlands and over the Cotswolds to the Thames Valley and Wiltshire, whilst his barges traded down the Severn and around the upper Bristol Channel. The story is based on over one thousand surviving letters, postcards and telegrams written to James Smart by his employees, his suppliers and his customers, and these have been linked up with related voyages recorded in the tonnage books of the relevant canals. The story gives a wonderful insight into the lives of Victorian barge and boatmen, and shows how James Smart coped with managing his far-flung business in the days before the telephone.
162 pages. 210x210mm. Printed on gloss art paper, card covers.

A compenium of stories and delights relating to the Malmesbury branch railway
Author Mikle Fenton has been researching the history of this GWR branch for nearly half a century. His 1990 publication received acclaim for the thoroughness and depth of the approach. Far from being the comple story of this 61/2 mile Wiltshire railway, it opened fresh avenues of research, elicited contact from folk with more photographs and memories and highlighted topics deserving of further attention. Intriguingly, it led Mike to interview many more people who had a story to tell. This work containing all new material is the fruits of a further thirty-two research.
200 pages. 275x215mm. Printed on gloss art paper with colour laminated board covers.

Volume 5 in Neil Parkhouses' British Railways History in Colour Gloucestershire Railways series covers the GWR Gloucester to Swindon route. Just like the Midland Lines books this route has such a wealth on interest and history that two volumes are needed, the first, volume 5A, provides a detailed look at the GWR station in Gloucester and the adjacent Horton Road locomotive shed. All three arms of the Gloucester triangle are covered before departing south towards Standish Junction where we take the GWR route through Stonehouse to Stroud.
Author : Neil Parkhouse. 320 pages. 275x215mm. Printed on gloss art paper, casebound with printed board covers.

Volume 5 in Neil Parkhouses' British Railways History in Colour Gloucestershire Railways series covers the GWR Gloucester to Swindon route. Just like the Midland Lines books this route has such a wealth on interest and history that two volumes are needed, this second, volume 5B, picks up at Stroud and follows the line over Sapperton summit to Swindon, including the a Cirencester and Tetbury branches.
Author : Neil Parkhouse. 376 pages. 275x215mm. Printed on gloss art paper, casebound with printed board covers.

Another selection of photographs from the Norma Lockett archives featuring trains on the Somerset and Dorset line from the 1930s through the closure ion 1966, captioned by Mike Arlett.

192 pages. 275x215mm. Printed on gloss art paper with colour laminated printed board covers.

Volume 5 from the Severn and Wye Railway history focuses on Lyndey Docks and its' railways.
Lydney was the main port loading coal from the Forest of Dean onto coastal vessel;s for shipment to Bristol, round the coast of the West Country and to Ireland.
208 pages. 275x215mm. Printed on gloss art paper, casebound with printed board covers.

Volume 4 of the Gloucestershire Railways series by Neil Parkhouse has been split into two parts.
This volume will cover the Midland / Bristol and Gloucester Railway route south from Gloucester Eastgate to Stonehouse and the Stroud and Nailsworth branch. The Midland side of the Gloucester docks via the High Orchard and New Docks branches are included.
275x215mm. Printed on gloss art paper, casebound with printed board covers.

Supplement for Gloucestershire Railways volume 1 First edition
This supplement contains 48 additional pages and photographs added to the second edition of Neil Parkhouses' Gloucestershire Railways volume 1 covering West Gloucestershire and the Wye Valley lines. The supplement is being produced to allow purchasers of the first edition to obtain the added material without purchasing the new edition of the book.
48 pages. 275x215mm. Printed on gloss art paper, casebound with printed board covers.