An official publication which should grace the library of any rail enthusiast. Pre-dating the Beeching closures of the 1960's this large volume lists every station, junction, sidings, collieries and works which used the rail system in the UK. Originally costing 25 shillings to purchase which is about...

Have you ever wanted to visit places of interest around this wonderful country while travelling by train? Well now you can so forget high ticket prices, forget overcrowding and forget delays and let your armchair take the strain. The box is strong and intact and has only suffered slight rubbing at the...

You can hear the shriek of the whistle and smell the smoke in your nostrils with this item. Having been played for around four decades this pack of Top Trumps is in remarkably good condition. The set is complete with 32 cards, the title card and even the 10 points credit card. All are in clean undamaged...

These days when planning a train journey we use technology but back in 1956, if you wanted to plan a rail journey, on one of the many different services available you either went to the station or for one shilling you could buy a Passenger Services book. Such a guide provided every piece of information...

"All Aboard!!!" It's time for steam train enthusiasts to buy a ticket or rather a pack of Top Trumps. This set brings together some of the most famous steam trains in museums or preservation railways in the UK. Each card has a coloured photograph of a specific train, along with engine number, where it...

Most jigsaws depict vintage steam trains but this is something different a diesel. The town scene illustrated on the lid is wonderfully vintage look in both the vehicles and costumes shown but also the vivid colours used. The box is strong and intact but it's beginning to show it's almost 60 years. The...

A perfect gift for a jigsaw enthusiast who enjoys trains or even a train enthusiast who enjoys jigsaws. Over 500 interlocking, thin cardboard pieces form a circular picture depicting a train from France, Great Britain, Italy, Australia, South Africa and the USA. This is quite a difficult jigsaw to undertake...

People have always been intrigued by misfortune and disaster while other people aim to proffer from such events. This is true with this postcard recording the Tramway Accident which occurred in Bradford on the 31st July 1907. Fortunately this time there were no fatalities but the tram appears to have...

Be transported back to the heyday of British family holidays. Back in the 1950's and early 1960's the staycation was far more popular and affordable than foreign holidays. This jigsaw shows how one could be transported to your seaside destination - car, bus, train or boat. Considering it's age this item...

Created for the London and North Eastern Railway company as part of the Beautiful Britain Series of playing cards, this was a way of promoting the company to the wider public before the days of social media. Interestingly, this humble everyday item bears evidence of social, political and economic strife,...

All aboard!! Relive the age of steam with this jigsaw depicting the West Coast Postal being hauled by the locomotive 71000 Duke of Gloucester. The box remains strong and intact. The corners are rubbed and there is some creasing but this is to be expected of an item this age. The colour of the front illustration...

Apparently most electric trains of the world in the late 1960's and early 1970's looked remarkably similar. This pack of Mini-Trumps Fact Cards consists of 30 cards each with a colour photograph of a specific train. The trains are mainly European with some from Japan, USA and China. The instructions...