The below items are available to purchase, proceeds from which are used to enable us to continue to conserve and maintain our fleet of Rail and Road Vehicles, Containers, props and support equipment.
POCKET STOCKBOOK – Quorn Wagon & Wagon
‘NEW & UPDATED 2025 Edition’
This 122-page booklet provides pictures and details of every vehicle in the Quorn Wagon & Wagon groups’ rolling stock fleet.
Support us in restoring and maintaining our ageing collection of rolling stock in operational condition, for the enjoyment of visitors to the Great Central Railway.
£7.50 – Softback ring-bound A6 pocket booklet for easy reference. Includes space to note down vehicle sightings.
Stockbooks are available to purchase from West Hill Wagon Works, click here.
Stockbooks are available to purchase from Bowerbooks on eBay, click here.
The Stockbooks are also available direct from us in Test Car 2.
TEST CAR 2 Booklet
‘NEW & UPDATED Issue’
Providing an great insight into how the coach was modified for its role as a Test Car, its restoration and the slip/brake testing process for which it was used by BR.
£5.00 – Booklet
Click here to purchase from West Hill Wagon Works
Click here to purchase from Bowerbooks on eBay
Test Car 2 booklets are also available direct from us in Test Car 2.
Also available;
by Dave Bower
RAIL VEHICLE TESTING
A definitive guide to how and why British Rail tested trains in the 1980s and 90s, including first hand accounts of working on DM&EE test trains based from the Railway Technical Centre in Derby.
Published by: Salient Books
RRP: £29.95 – Hardback book
[ A new print – run of Rail Vehicle Testing is due very soon, please contact the author via the Bowerbooks webpage ]
We are always on the lookout for the following;
Railway Clearing House Standard 3048mm / 10ft wheelbase chassis. 5334mm / 17′ 6″ over the headstocks. Preferably Clasp braked. This is to give new life to a possible number of Grounded Boxvan bodies
British Rail Universal Trolley Equipment, of any design or mark, most notably a BRUTE ramp or cageless variety for large loads