Mortons Books

Book of the Week: The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (Golden Jubilee 1 May 1973 – 1 May 2023)

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Alex Bestwick

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7 November 2023

This week’s book of the week celebrates The North Yorkshire Moors Railway in the year of its Golden Jubilee.
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Book of the Week: Diesel Dawn 7

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Alex Bestwick

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10 April 2023

Our latest book of the week is the upcoming Diesel Dawn 7 – pre-order today! DIESEL DAWN 7 – WESTERN […]
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Book of the Week: Railway Surprise Book Box

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Alex Bestwick

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20 March 2023

This week’s book of the week is full of surprises!
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Don’t read this… mystery inside!

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Alex Bestwick

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3 March 2023

SURPRISE…save 60% on rail reads with these mystery boxes!
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Book of the Week: Exeter’s Railways by David Mitchell

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Alex Bestwick

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6 February 2023

Our first book of the week for 2023 is a fascinating ride into the history of rail travel in Exeter.
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Book of the Week: Diesel Dawn 6 – Brush Type 2S

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Alex Bestwick

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8 August 2022

This week’s book pick is the sixth installment in Gavin Glenister’s Diesel Dawn series.
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Book of the Week: STRATFORD DEPOT LOCOMOTIVES

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Alex Bestwick

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1 August 2022

Photographer Roger Rounce’s Stratford Depot Locomotives is packed with stunning images and a must-read for rail enthusiasts.
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Three new railway titles available on Mortons Books

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Arianne Davey

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22 June 2022

Three new railway titles are now available to buy on the Mortons Books website – Railwaymen of the Welsh Valleys 1914-1967 Vol 2; More Memories of a Didcot Apprentice; and Stratford Depot Locomotives in the Eighties and Nineties
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Poignant memoir tells of steam’s twilight years

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El Armstrong

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1 April 2021

The humorous and often poignant experiences of a trainspotter-turned-booking clerk during steam’s twilight years are told in a new memoir by Barry Allen.
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Colonel Stephens: Celebrating a light railway legend

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Sam Hewitt

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31 March 2021

The life and work of an ingenious engineer who inspired Britain’s preserved railway sector is celebrated in a new publication written by Heritage Railway magazine editor Robin Jones.
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