Railway Collection

Secondhand Railway Books


Railway books are their own kind of collecting. Someone is after a particular line, a works history, a locomotive class they have been chasing for years, or the volume that fills a gap in a run. What is here is whatever I have found, so the shelf changes constantly and rarely holds the same thing twice. At the moment that includes branch line and company histories, the London and Brighton and South Coast, the North Eastern, Crewe works, Brunel, and the occasional first edition. Every book is photographed exactly as it is, so the condition you see in the listing is the condition that arrives.

UK postage from £2.75. Free UK delivery on all orders over £15.

Featured Railway Books

UK postage from £2.75. Free UK delivery on all orders £15 and over.

All Railway Books

Level Crossings

Peter Van Der Mark, Stanley Hall

Very Good First Edition
£25.00

What Our Customers Say

29 Aug 2026

A treasure of a shop

What an incredible find! As a teacher, I always find it hard to update our class reading area and keep within a reasonable price. Often, cheap books are battered and in poor condition, but not here. Thank you so much for helping restock our classroom with exciting new books that the children had asked for! I will definitely be back again for more!

— Lauren O’Donnell

25 Aug 2026

Variety of Books

Arrived quickly in great condition. Children's books I ordered were generally less than £1 and the grown-up fiction books I purchased were only a small percentage of the number of books available. I bought a sweet valley high novel. Hadn't seen them in years. They were a favourite when I was a child.

— Fiona Johnson

15 Jul 2026

Great service

I was so pleased to receive six books very quickly after ordering. They were all in good condition and I am looking forward to reading them

— Jean Skelly

From the Bookshelf

News

Never Miss Your Favourite Author Again

Tell me who you love to read and I'll email you the moment a book of theirs turns up in the shop.

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Blog

Found in a Book: The Things Previous Owners Leave Behind (Part 1)

From a Red Cross bookmark to a Garfield gift tag, these are the unexpected things found tucked inside secondhand books. Part 1 of an ongoing series.

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Blog

How to Tell a First Edition from a Reprint (Without Being a Collector)

Not a collector but curious about an old book? Learn how to spot a first edition from a reprint using the copyright page, number line and a few simple clues.

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