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Books in this section are authored by SRS Members and are the result of their lengthy and painstaking researches.

Items listed on this page should be ordered from the Bookstall Manager, details below.

Mechanical Signalling in Plymouth by Larry Crosier

Price: £15.95    UK Postage: £1.75

This A4 soft cover book, totalling 196 pages, covers the Plymouth area from Saltash to Marsh Mills and Plympton on the Great Western Railway, and from Tamerton Foliot to Plymouth Friary on the London & South Western Railway including the various local branches. There are diagrams and detailed descriptions of each box in the area, many of which Larry worked, as well as his own reminiscences, and details of how each box was worked. There is also a wealth of information such as Special Instructions, Special Bell Codes, and some proposed signalling schemes.
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The Swift Series

The diagrams published in these volumes were assembled by John Swift during his work over many years across the Midland Division and later the whole of the London Midland Region. They were originally prepared as an aide-memoire for use in discussions of local operating problems, and are based on personal observations and the official drawings prepared for operating purposes, rather than on the more usual signalling sources. More...

The John Wagstaff Collection

These comprise four volumes entitled "London Brighton & South Coast Railway: Signal Boxes in 1920-1922". Some later additions have been added to correct or amplify the earlier sources. A further volume similarly covers the Isle of Wight prepared from information collected by the author over a period of more than thirty years; these signal box diagrams include locking tables. More...

Signalboxes on Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Lines - North East Lancashire by Chris Littleworth

Price: £17.95    UK Postage: £1.75

This book covers in 170 pages the history of signal boxes at some 190 locations on the former L&YR lines between Preston, Chorley and Bolton on the one hand, and Todmorden, Colne and Hellifield on the other. The result of several years' research, the book comprises brief histories of each box, plus appendices dealing with the box and frame designs used by the L&Y and its successors, the internal equipment of the boxes, and traffic patterns on the lines concerned. Over 160 diagrams and some 44 photographs are also included, illustrating the various types of box in the area. Sample Page  Order now.

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Signalling Atlas and Signal Box Directory, Great Britain and Ireland

Price: £14.00    Postage: free in UK   £2.00 EU   £3.00 elsewhere

The Third Edition of the Signalling Atlas and Signal Box Directory has been published by the Society. It is a 'perfect bound' paperback comprising 108 pages including coloured maps. The information is up to date as at 1 January 2010.

Members and others have pointed out a number of corrections to the 2004 edition of Signalling Atlas (which is itself now out of print), and these may still be downloaded here in Adobe Acrobat® (PDF) format. If you haven't already obtained it, the Acrobat® Reader program can be downloaded from here.

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Signal Box Registers

The registers list every known signal box within the area covered by the volume. An update service is available to members. More details here.

Purchasing Bookstall Items

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Orders for books and other items listed on this page, NOT Other Publications, should be sent by post, with payment by sterling cheque payable to “Signalling Record Society” and drawn on a UK bank, to:

SRS Book Sales
1 Saint David’s Close
Leverstock Green
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
Hertfordshire.  HP3 8LU
United Kingdom

Except at times of absence due to holidays or business, orders will normally be despatched within seven days.

Email enquiries may be sent to book sales. Click here for the order form.

Discounts for members

SRS members are entitled to a £1 discount on each book purchased. In some instances a larger discount is offered, where available they are indicated against the relevant item. To claim your discount, please state your membership number, so that the details can be checked. Not a member? join here.

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UK postage and packing

Orders for delivery to addresses in the United Kingdom will be dispatched by second class post. The charge for postage and packing is as shown in the descriptions of individual books or series on other pages.

The Royal Mail defines UK addresses for this purpose as those falling within England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, also the Channel Islands (Alderney, Guernsey, Herm, Jersey & Sark) and the Isle of Man.

Overseas postage and packing

Orders for delivery to addresses outside the United Kingdom will be dispatched by air mail at the Small Packet rate. The charge for postage and packing to addresses in Europe is double the UK p&p amount shown for each book; the charge for addresses outside Europe is three times the UK p&p amount shown per book. For example, a Swift book to Europe costs £2; a Wagstaff book to Australia costs £4.50.

The Royal Mail defines non-UK addresses by zones. These are European and Rest of the World.

The European zone is defined as including Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria (EU), Azerbaijan, Azores (EU), Balearic Islands (EU), Belarus, Belgium (EU), Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria (EU), Canary Islands, Corsica (EU), Croatia, Cyprus (EU), Czech Republic (EU), Denmark (EU), Estonia (EU), Faroe Islands, Finland (EU), France (EU), Georgia, Germany (EU), Gibraltar (EU), Greece (EU), Greenland, Hungary (EU), Iceland, Irish Republic (EU), Italy (EU), Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia (EU), Liechtenstein, Lithuania (EU), Luxembourg (EU), Macedonia, Madeira (EU), Malta (EU), Moldova, Monaco (EU), Montenegro, Netherlands (EU), Norway, Poland (EU), Portugal (EU), Romania (EU), Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia (EU), Slovenia (EU), Spain (EU), Sweden (EU), Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and Vatican City State.

Countries not listed above or falling within the UK zone are treated as Rest of The World.

Other ways to buy

A selection of SRS books will normally be available at any SRS meeting, and at the annual Warley show at the NEC. In addition, some of the better railway bookshops stock SRS books, notably Bill Hudson, Ian Allan Bookshop (Birmingham and London), Midland Counties Publications and Robert Humm; if the one you use does not, please ask them to contact us.