Kestrel Railway Books

01/04/2024

I'm afraid things kept getting in the way of updating our 'Mystery Pics' page, but at last, we've found time to do a refresh. Follow the link from our home page:

30/06/2023

It is well-known that HRH the Duke of Gloucester takes a keen interest in railway matters. Clearly he knows a good book when he sees one! Can we say "By Royal Appointment" now?
(Many thanks to Mel Clark for the photo taken at Alnwick in June 2023.)
https://www.crecy.co.uk/the-alnwick-branch?osCsid=fingilf9sav6jtbar30k9vvkn1

31/07/2022

We no longer supply our titles directly. Please order through your local bookshop or from our sole distributors, Crécy Publishing. Trade customers should also order from Crécy Publishing.

Crécy Publishing's Kestrel Railway Books page:

Kestrel Railway Books

01/07/2022

July offer number 2:
"Rails to Ashbourne" - £15.00 post free (usually £19.95)
https://kestrel-railway-books.sumup.link/product/rails-to-ashbourne-offer

Special offer! By Howard Sprenger, softback, 176 pages with 16 pages of colour photographs, over 300 illustrations, 273 x 215mm, ISBN 978-1-905505-29-6

01/07/2022

July offer number 1:
"The LSWR at Nine Elms" - HALF PRICE: £17.50 post free
https://kestrel-railway-books.sumup.link/product/lswr-at-nine-elms-half-price

Half price: £17.50. By Barry Curl, hardback, 370 pages, ISBN 0954203577

13/06/2022

Still available online for £15 post-free (usually £19.95) - and signed as well! 176 pages (16 in colour) with over 300 illustrations. A book I'd be very happy to receive as a Father's Day present if I hadn't written it!
https://kestrel-railway-books.sumup.link/product/rails-to-ashbourne-offer

Special offer! By Howard Sprenger, softback, 176 pages with 16 pages of colour photographs, over 300 illustrations, 273 x 215mm, ISBN 978-1-905505-29-6

01/06/2022

Offer extended through June.
kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk

18/05/2022

Our current advert.
https://www.kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk

03/04/2022

April offers from kestrel Railway Books...
https://www.kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk/

01/03/2022

New month, new offer! Our latest advert.
https://www.kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk

01/02/2022

February special offers in our current advert...
https://www.kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk/

01/01/2022

Our current advert - special offer valid through January...
https://www.kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk/

24/12/2021

"How shall we remove the large quantity of Winter precipitation on the Ashbourne to Buxton railway?"

"Perhaps we might contact Messrs Rolls-Royce and ask if we may borrow a couple of Mr Whittle's new jet engines. That should do the trick!"

Happy Christmas to all our readers!

12/12/2021

Only four copies left... when they're gone, they're gone!
https://kestrel-railway-books.sumup.link/product/rails-to-ripley-very-few-left

By Howard Sprenger, softback, 144 pages with over 200 photographs and maps, 273 x 215mm, ISBN 978-1-905505-16-6

01/12/2021

Our current advert...
https://www.kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk

01/10/2021

Our current advert:
https://www.kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk

26/09/2021

This month's offers will soon be ending...

01/09/2021

September offers - our current advert...
https://www.kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk

29/08/2021

Offer ends on Tuesday 31st August - we have another offer coming up in September.
https://www.kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk

27/06/2021

Kestrel Railway Books "Mystery Pics" have been refreshed again - follow the link from the Kestrel website
https://www.kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk

01/06/2021

Free online talk, Monday 7th June , 1200-1300 BST: "Tunnel Visions - a New Gateway for Nine Elms"
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-tunnel-visions-a-new-gateway-for-nine-elms-tickets-154250319859

In connection with this event, get "The LSWR at Nine Elms: The Works and its Products 1830-1909" by Barry Curl half price throughout June: https://www.kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk

01/06/2021

Our current advert - special offer on "Rails to Ashbourne" throughout June.
https://www.kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk

01/01/2021

Happy New Year!
Our January offer - order online from the website:
https://www.kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk

19/12/2020

"Neyland - A Great Western Outpost" by Richard Parker

This superb study describes the railway from its earliest days when Neyland (or New Milford as it was then known) was arguably the premier port for Irish shipping. Superbly illustrated, with most of the views seen for the first time, and a detailed and readable text taking the story through from the 1850s to closure in 1963.
Direct order here:
https://kestrel-railway-books.sumup.link/neyland-a-great-western-outpost

By Richard Parker, hardback, 152 pages, ISBN 0954203534

18/12/2020

"The Cheshire Lines Railway between Glazebrook and Godley" by Bob Pixton

Long before today’s road-dominated freight transport service, there was a line that bypassed the city of Manchester, to the south. This route connected the Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway (later the Great Central Railway) from Sheffield with the Cheshire Lines route between Manchester and Liverpool. On its way, it connected with almost every other line in the district to create a vital artery for goods traffic. Much of the coal finding its way to south Lancashire and the docks at Liverpool passed along this line from the pits of Yorkshire and Derbyshire. Goods from the docks also used the line to reach the conurbations east of the Pennines, and of course, every loaded coal and goods wagon produced an empty one to be returned for refilling. Certain sections of the route were amongst the most intensively worked freight lines in the country. The reader is taken along an imaginary journey from west to east, stopping at all the stations and other important railway features along the line. While the main focus of the book is the route between the two towns, the traffic and the connections generating it are explored as they arise along the journey.
Direct order here:
https://kestrel-railway-books.sumup.link/glazebrook-and-godley-the-cheshire-lines-railway

By Bob Pixton, softback, 136 pages with over 300 photographs, 273 x 215mm, ISBN 978-1-905505-21-0